Sucherman grew up in a musical family and followed in his father"s footsteps by playing the drums. His father, Arnold J. Sucherman, was a doctor by day and a drummer by night, playing in the house band at the famed Chez Parre" in Chicago. His mother, Jo (Seiwert) Sucherman, was an actress in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sucherman attended Niles West High School, and then the Berklee College of Music from September 1987 to May 1988.
Sucherman started playing drums when he was two years old. The band consisted of Paul on keyboards, Joel on bass, and Todd on drums. There he studied with Skip Hadden, Ian Froman, and Gary Chaffee, a world-renowned educator.
In 1988, Sucherman returned to Chicago and quickly established himself as a noted session musician.
As an in-demand player for live and session work, Sucherman recorded with Styx in March 1995 when they decided to re-record "Lady", now titled "Lady "95", for their 1995 Greatest Hits album, though he was uncredited. In February 1996 when it came time for the Return to Paradise tour and drummer John Panozzo was unable to perform, Styx asked Sucherman to join them for the tour.
After John Panozzo"s death on July 16, 1996, Sucherman became a full-time member, appearing on the 1997 live album, Return to Paradise. In addition to Styx, he has played with such artists as Brian Wilson, Tommy Shaw, Peter Cetera, Brian Culbertson, The Falling Wallendas, Steve Cole, and Spinal Tap, among others
In September 2008, Sucherman was a featured artist in the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival.
He also appeared on the cover of the October 2008 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, and in 2009 Modern Drummer Magazine voted him number one Rock Drummer in the World. Biological Cousins: Sylvia Seiwert, Luke Seiwert.
