Drummers
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Adrian Young of No Doubt
Quick: Who is the most visible drummer in the world right now? No doubt, it's Adrian Young. Adrian has been around for a decade, and his band No Doubt just cranks out one hit after another. Turn on the TV,…
Alan White
As British progressive-rock institution Yes was traveling the globe on its 2005 world tour—featuring the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, signifying the reborn “classic” lineup—drummer Alan White sat down with Modern Drummer to inaugurate the magazine’s Playback column, in which the world's…
Travis Barker: Action Man
May 2005 Issue After a brief photo shoot at a Hollywood recording studio, Travis Barker is off to lunch. In his brand-new, jet-black, V12-powered BMW sedan, he rides shotgun and fiddles with the stereo. Swapping discs in the changer, Barker…
Danny Carey
Those of you familiar with the cerebral drumming of Danny Carey in the heavy prog-rock group Tool are about to experience a darker side of his musical personality - as a member of Pigmy Love Circus. Formed on the mean…
Abe Cunningham with The Deftones
Any busy drummer will tell you that sometimes the best tool for kicking your playing up to the next level is simply taking some time off. Judging from his performance on The Deftones' fourth album, this was clearly the case…
Tom Ardolino
Check the CD collections of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, or Paul McCartney, and chances are you'll find copies of Tiddlywinks, Grooves In Orbit, and Peek-A-Boo by veteran popsters NRBQ. That kind of admiration would be understandable if the…
Jason Bonham - Update
After taking time off to get sober, re-prioritize his life, and bond with his family, Jason Bonham is back on his drum throne and staying quite busy. "It's been nice to play again for the right reasons," says the drummer.…
Louie Appel of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
Feel-good party music is what Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes have always been about. And for the past two years, Louie Appel has been a very big part of bringing that feel-good groove to audiences around the world. "The…
Rick Allen of Def Leppard
Rick Allen has been playing drums all his life, and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he loves to do. Nothing. By now we all know the story of Rick's terrible car accident on December 31, 1984,…
Paul Allen
Paul Allen is very busy these days. The drummer began last year touring with first-season American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini and winner Kelly Clarkson, who went on to become one of the biggest stars of the year. When he first…
Robby Ameen
The first thing you notice when entering Robby Ameen's Manhattan apartment is the rich aroma of Cuban cigars, stroking your nose hairs like a dark breeze from an illicit island. Ameen's walls are covered with cigar-box covers from Habana's finest:…
Scott Amendola
Scott Amendola has never been satisfied to just be an amazing drummer. The thirty-one-year-old innovator has spent his career pushing music in new directions, never more so than with the eponymously named band he leads. Since moving to San Francisco…
Vinnie Amico: moe.'s Rhythm Method
America's favorite hippie jam band, moe., has been busy touring - and procreating. Explains drummer Vinnie Amico, "I went on my first tour in the spring of '97, then went out with the Further Festival. Then I had a baby.…
Brant Bjork
Let's put it this way: Brant Bjork's parents were all for him playing the drums. He got a snare and a hi-hat for his eleventh birthday, and his folks eventually bought him an entire kit - but they weren't about…
