Thomas Ellis Gimbel (born November 1, 1959 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a member of the rock band Foreigner.\n', '

Gimbel started to play drums with his own band in Boston. Later he got interested in the saxophone. He played flute and guitar at Northfield Mount Hermon School in a band called Your Sister\'s A** with Matt Thurber (drums who later played in The Rings, Travis Hudelson (drums who later played with Rich Deans), Jim Steinwedell (lead guitar who later played in Panzer [CA]), Steven Harriman (lead guitar), and Robert Burns (bass). In the following year he continued to play in bands at school, applying to music schools on the east coast. After high school, Gimbel attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he majored in performance (flute). Не met guitarist John Butcher with whom he toured the United States. He played with Butcher for a few years.\n', '

Gimbel became a touring musician with Aerosmith from 1989 until 1995, performing keyboards, saxophone, percussion, and backing vocals. During this time, he appeared in a "Wayne\'s World" sketch on Saturday Night Live, and in the movie Wayne\'s World 2, where they performed two songs.\n', '

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