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Michael Pinnella was born in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, United States on August 29, 1969. Michael Pinnella is listed as a musician and composer. The age as of 2026 is 57.
My Take
Michael Pinnella earns my admiration the way few sidemen do: through sheer constancy. As one of only two musicians on all nine Symphony X albums, he's spent decades on the same ship, and that loyalty strikes me as quietly heroic in an industry built on churn. From Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, he's also a composer in his own right, releasing two classically tinged progressive-metal solo records. I'm a sucker for the craftsman working beneath the flashy vocals and guitars, building the harmonic foundation that holds a band's whole sound together. He looks understated, but to my ear he's the load-bearing wall.
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- Name (English)
- Michael Pinnella
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ピネーラ
- Reading
- まいける・ぴねーら
- Born
- August 29, 1969 (age 57)
- Origin
- Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, United States
- Occupation
- musician / composer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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Michael Pinnella was born on August 29, 1969 and is 57 years old.
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Michael Pinnella is from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, United States.
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Michael Pinnella works as musician, composer.
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