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Oct 04, 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 70 years old
Canadian rock musician, songwriter
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About Gil Moore
- Gil Moore (born October 4, 1953) is a Canadian musician.
- Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Moore was the drummer and vocalist (sharing vocal duties with guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett) of the Canadian power trio, Triumph.
- Before Gil was in Triumph he was in a band called Sherman & Peabody which also featured Buzz Shearman of Moxy and Greg Godovitz of Goddo. He co-wrote and contributed lead vocals to a significant number of Triumph songs and also performed this function live.
- While Emmett's vocals and songwriting tended toward the more melodic side of Triumph, Moore's vocal and writing style was more blues/hard rock oriented, although on the original line-ups last two albums, Moore also began writing and singing lead on a number of softer, ballad-style songs. Gil Moore is the owner of Canada's biggest recording studio Metalworks Studios, located in Mississauga, Ontario.
- The studio has been around for over 30 years and has recorded acts such as Drake, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Jonas Brothers and many more.
- On October 3, 2002 Gil Moore was presented with the Business and the Arts Award from the Mississauga Board of Trade in recognition of ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Community of Mississauga’.
- Gil is a recipient of the Mississauga Arts Council's Laurie Pallett Patron of the Arts MARTY Award (2015), the Mississauga Board of Trade Lifetime Achievement Award (2016), and Heritage Mississauga's President's Award (2019). In addition to the studio, Gil Moore is the founder of Metalworks Institute for Sound and Music Production (also located in Mississauga).
- The school has one and two year programs that include Audio Production, Live Sound, Entertainment Business Management and Music Performance & Technology. Gil plays Tama drums and Zildjian cymbals. He has two daughters, Lauren Moore and Holly Moore, and a son, Myles Moore. Now a senior citizen, Gil spends most of his days in lower gear, hanging out at his favorite Timmie's, at Mavis and Central Parkway.
- He usually is accompanied by his beautiful wife, and daughter, Holly, and on occasion has been seen there with his son, Myles.
- Late morning to bookish, you can catch Gil and the fam there.
