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.

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Ignacio Berroa - Havana Hot Head

by Ken Micallef Imagine growing up in a country where playing music is illegal, where practicing religion can get you yanked out of your home in the middle of the night, and where the only available drum instructor is some…

Modern Drummer
Jul 15, 2006

Dave Lombardo: Return Of The King

(September 2006 Issue) by Waleed Rashidi Instead of waxing poetic about what metal drumming living legend Dave Lombardo does behind the kit–you know, those punishing 16th-note kicks at rapid-fire tempos, incredible runs across his half-dozen rack toms, spastic patterns, and…

Modern Drummer
Jul 15, 2006

Ric Menck

In-demand drummer Ric Menck (Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush, Liz Phair, Marianne Faithful) faced a quandary during sessions for Sweet and Susannna Hoffs’ recently released duets album of ’60s covers, Under The Covers, Vol. 1: Mimic classic performances like the ragged…

Modern Drummer
Jun 25, 2006

Spencer Seim of The Advantage

When Spencer Seim was a kid, he spent hours each day riveted in front of the family television, tirelessly playing video games on his Nintendo Entertainment System. Beyond the games’ sense of fantasy, action, and adventure, Spencer became obsessed with…

Modern Drummer
Jun 25, 2006

Def Leppard’s Rick Allen

Rick Allen says the great thing about Def Leppard’s new album, Yeah!, is that the band didn’t have to spend time writing new material. Instead, they decided to record a selection of ’70s cover songs. “We were a ’70s band,”…

Modern Drummer
Jun 15, 2006
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Stewart Copeland: Staring Down the Future

by Ken Micallef In Stewart Copeland’s newly released DVD documentary, Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, there’s a moment when the drummer’s trademark over-the-top intensity nearly gets the best of his band. Playing one of their ’80s hits at an…

Modern Drummer
Jun 15, 2006

An Interview with Lisa Loeb

by Billy Amendola (photo by Terry Gabis) The very beautiful and talented singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb talks drums on MD Online. Lisa was raised in Dallas, Texas, where she studied piano/music theory and wrote her first songs while still in her…

Modern Drummer
Jun 1, 2006

Harold Jones

Harold Jones' golf game is reportedly a lot better now than the last time he was in Tony Bennett's band. But that's just one of the changes the drummer has been through in the thirty years he's been away from…

Modern Drummer
May 15, 2006

Vinnie Paul

As the drummer for two now classic metal acts, Pantera and Damageplan, Vinnie Paul has clearly leaned toward the heavier side of the rock spectrum. With his latest project, Rebel Meets Rebel, featuring vocalist David Allan Coe, bassist Rex Brown,…

Modern Drummer
May 15, 2006

Manu Katche

It's been at least fifteen years since Manfred Eicher, founder of the German record label ECM, pulled his sedan over to the shoulder of the Autobahn, smitten by the drumming coming from the radio. He paused until the DJ called…

Modern Drummer
May 15, 2006

Erik Sandin of NOFX

Had it not been for a group of aspiring punk rockers, NOFX's Erik Sandin might not have been featured in the pages of this magazine. "When I was a kid," recalls Sandin, "I knew some older kids from the neighborhood…

Modern Drummer
May 15, 2006

Prairie Prince: An Interview

by Billy Amendola Prairie Prince was born on May 7, 1950 in Charlotte, North Carolina and has been a founding member of art-rock band The Tubes since 1969. He was also a major player in getting the band Journey off…

Modern Drummer
May 1, 2006
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A Few Minutes With Rick Marotta

By Billy Amendola   Rick Marotta is no stranger to MD readers. And he’s certainly familiar to anyone who’s had the pleasure to see him play or crack jokes while hosting Yamaha’s Groove All Star show. A rock-solid session musician…

Modern Drummer
Mar 1, 2006

The Fab Faux's Rich Pagano at the Beacon Theatre

Image Pagano in concert with the Fab Faux at the Beacon Theater, New York City By Billy Amendola New York City drummer Rich Pagano is way more than just a member of the hippest Beatle cover band you'll ever hear.…

Modern Drummer
Feb 1, 2006
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