Jim Horan has been playing drums in various bands for the last 33
years in the New York City/Westchester County music scene.  He toured
with Dirty Brown Eye in the late 1990’s into the 2000’s opening for such
bands as Overkill, Pro-Pain, Biohazard, E-Town Concrete, Dry Kill Logic
(Hinge), Nuclear Assault, Anthrax, Prong, and The Misfits.  He has
played shows in the following venues:  CBGB’s, Webster Hall, The Hard
Rock Cafe, The Webster Theater in Hartford, the Limelight, The Pyramid
Club, The Bank, The Blackthorn, and many others.  The band broke up
in 2004, but their music remains on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon
Music.
Currently, Jim is playing locally in two original bands and a few
cover bands.  Playing In Traffic is a hard rock/metal act that recently
played the Montauk Music Festival as one of the few metal acts at the
event to very responsive crowds.  They are completing their latest
album, which will be released soon.   Mad Handsome is a fun 80’s-90’s
cover band that plays often to enthusiastic crowds. Mad Handsome will
be playing Garcia’s at the prestigious Capital Theater in Port Chester
this summer.  He is also working as an alternate drummer in the The
Crossbones Band playing classic rock and Sonic Bloom, a female
fronted band that plays music from the 90’s-2000’s. Jim is also the
drummer for Meddlehead, which is a thrash. metal/punk project that will
be recording soon.
Jim works as a Special Needs teacher/administrator as well as a
drum instructor at the School of Rock in White Plains, New York.  Jim
continues to take drum lessons to keep growing as an artist.  He
currently works with Paul Bostaph (Slayer, Testament, Exodus,
Forbidden) and Todd Sucherman (Styx).  These legends have helped
him to unlock his potential and further his drumming journey.

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