John DiTeodoro jr. was born and raised in
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a suburb of
Philadelphia, where he attended Spring Mill Elementary and
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High, graduating at Central Montco Technical High School in Commercial Art. The first influences on his drumming style came from
Peter Criss (
KISS) His first experiences with local bands put him in contact with other young musicians of the neighborhood, like Billy Degley, later known as Billy Childs, and other future members of
Britny Fox. A short time later, he joined the British
hard rock band
Waysted, with which he recorded the album
Save Your Prayers in 1986. When Waysted disbanded, he returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to replace temporary drummer Adam West in the
glam metal band Britny Fox, who himself had replaced the late original drummer
Tony Destra. The band's first two albums,
Britny Fox (1988) and
Boys in Heat (1989), climbed the charts and achieved considerable success. Singer and guitarist
Dean Davidson left the band in 1990 to form Blackeyed Susan and Britny Fox continued with his replacement Tommy Paris, but did not get the good results of previous years. The first album with Paris,
Bite Down Hard (1991), did not find a receptive market and sold poorly. In 1991, Dee recorded with the Minneapolis glam metal band Mariah their second album
Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, However, he was instrumental in the hiring of his friend Johnny Dee to replace drummer Chris Branco in the
Doro Pesch's touring band, where he was the keyboard player. In 2007, the same label released another album of the band titled
III, featuring again Dee. The fast commercial decline of glam metal acts in favor of
grunge and
alternative rock, caused the dissolution of many bands like Britny Fox, leaving their members unemployed. In 2000, Britny Fox reformed and went on tour with Dee on drums, releasing the live album
Long Way to Live! (2001) and their fourth studio album
Springhead Motorshark in 2003. During the summer of 2002, Dee played on tour also with
Blaze Bayley (ex-singer of
Iron Maiden and
Wolfsbane), in support to the American
thrash metal band
Overkill on a European tour. In 2003, Dee, along with bassist Billy Childs, worked on the solo project of guitarist
Jack Frost (
Savatage,
Metalium), releasing the album
Raise Your Fist to Metal. in 2013 Dee was involved in a project to re-record classic
UFO songs in 2006, along with former UFO and Waysted guitarist
Paul Chapman and the former
MSG lead singer
Robin McAuley. In 2008, Britny Fox officially announced a new line-up, without Johnny Dee on drums. A new reunion was announced again in 2010 by former singer
Dean Davidson, without the previous agreement of the other band members. On September 3, 2022, it was announced that Johnny Dee is the new drummer for
Tyketto, following the departure of long time sticksman Michael Clayton. ==Equipment==