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Nir Zidkyahu
Born	November 1967 (age 57) Rishon LeZion, Israel
Genres	Rock
Occupation	Drummer
Instrument	Drums
Years active	1980s–present

Musical artist

Nir Zidkyahu (Hebrew: ניר צדקיהו, [ˈniʁ t͡sidˈkija(h)u], born November 1967), also known as Nir Z, is an Israeli studio-session drummer, and the brother of Blackfield's drummer Tomer Z. He joined in spring 1997 with Genesis, he played in eight tracks for their last album Calling All Stations and then became available for their 1997-1998 tour.

In 2000, he drummed on John Mayer's breakthrough album, Room for Squares. Since then, he has played drums and percussion for various artists including Jason Mraz, Joss Stone, Caroline Jones, Ray Wilson and Alana Davis. In 2003, he recorded with Flaw on their Endangered Species record and with Chris Cornell on his second solo album, Carry On, released 2007. Zidkyahu played on several songs of the comeback album, Skyscraper, for former Journey singer Steve Augeri's original band Tall Stories, released January 23, 2009. In 2009, Zidkyahu went on tour drumming for Billy Squier.

Zidkyahu was hired by Toontrack to record the drum samples for their virtual drummer programs Superior Drummer 2.0, New York Studios Vol.2 SDX, and New York Studios Vol.3 SDX.

References

"Superior Drummer 2.0 | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
"New York Studios Vol.2 SDX | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
"New York Studios Vol.3 SDX | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.

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Studio albums	From Genesis to Revelation Trespass Nursery Cryme Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway A Trick of the Tail Wind & Wuthering ...And Then There Were Three... Duke Abacab Genesis Invisible Touch We Can't Dance Calling All Stations
Live albums	Genesis Live Seconds Out Three Sides Live The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs Live over Europe 2007
Compilations	Turn It On Again: The Hits Platinum Collection The Last Domino? – The Hits
Box sets	Genesis Archive 1967–75 Genesis Archive #2 1976–92 Genesis 1976–1982 Genesis 1983–1998 Genesis 1970–1975 Genesis Live 1973–2007 R-Kive BBC Broadcasts
EPs	Spot the Pigeon 3×3
Singles	"The Silent Sun" "The Knife" "Watcher of the Skies" "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" "The Carpet Crawlers" "A Trick of the Tail" "Your Own Special Way" "Follow You Follow Me" "Many Too Many" "Go West Young Man" "Turn It On Again" "Duchess" "Misunderstanding" "Abacab" "No Reply at All" "Keep It Dark" "Man on the Corner" "Paperlate" "Mama" "That's All" "Home by the Sea" "Illegal Alien" "Taking It All Too Hard" "Invisible Touch" "Throwing It All Away" "In Too Deep" "Land of Confusion" "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" "No Son of Mine" "I Can't Dance" "Hold on My Heart" "Jesus He Knows Me" "Never a Time" "Tell Me Why" "Congo" "Shipwrecked" "Not About Us" "The Carpet Crawlers 1999" "The Silent Sun 2006"
Other songs	"The Musical Box" "Get 'Em Out by Friday" "Supper's Ready" "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" "Firth of Fifth" "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" "The Lady Lies" "Behind the Lines" "Domino" "Anything She Does" "Driving the Last Spike" "Fading Lights"
Video albums	In Concert Three Sides Live The Mama Tour Live at Wembley Stadium The Way We Walk The Video Show Live in London When in Rome 2007 Genesis Movie Box 1981–2007
Tours	Selling England by the Pound Tour The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour A Trick of the Tail Tour Wind & Wuthering Tour Invisible Touch Tour We Can't Dance Tour Calling All Stations Tour Turn It On Again: The Tour The Last Domino? Tour
Related musicians	Bill Bruford Chester Thompson Daryl Stuermer Nick D'Virgilio Nir Zidkyahu Anthony Drennan Daniel Pearce Nic Collins
Related articles	List of Genesis medleys Brand X Flaming Youth Mike and the Mechanics GTR Stiltskin Simon Collins Sound of Contact Jonathan King Tony Smith The Musical Box Six of the Best Genesis: Together and Apart The Farm
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