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  • Read the Little Feat drummer's feature from March 1988.<br>The drum world will never see another Richie Hayward. The longtime Little Feat drummer, who passed away in August, was among the most musically stylish and quietly influential drummers of the classic rock era, equal parts monster technician and old-soul groove master. MD conducted a number of significant interviews with Richie over the years, including his first major interview from March 1988, which we’re posting here. And be sure to watch this space for Richie’s October 1995 cover story.(continued)0October 21, 2010

    Richie Hayward: The MD Interviews, Part 1

    Read the Little Feat drummer’s feature from March 1988.
    The drum world will never see another Richie Hayward. The longtime Little Feat drummer, who passed away in August, was among the most musically stylish and quietly influential drummers of the classic rock era, equal parts monster technician and old-soul groove master. MD conducted a number of significant interviews with Richie over the years, including his first major interview from March 1988, which we’re posting here. And be sure to watch this space for Richie’s October 1995 cover story.(continued)

  • Longtime pop drumming star Manu Katché made a stop in North America this past summer for a few Canadian dates and a single U.S. appearance at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in support of his third ECM release, Third Round. Katché wrote all the music for the record, and it exemplifies the drummer/composer’s knack for creating and developing a special vibe in various forms. MD was at the Highline Ballroom to interview Katché for a Gearing Up feature, which is in the December 2010 issue. We spent a few extra moments chatting about Manu’s background. Here’s that discussion.0October 21, 2010

    Manu Katché : Gearing Up: Web Exclusive

    Longtime pop drumming star Manu Katché made a stop in North America this past summer for a few Canadian dates and a single U.S. appearance at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in support of his third ECM release, Third Round. Katché wrote all the music for the record, and it exemplifies the drummer/composer’s knack for creating and developing a special vibe in various forms. MD was at the Highline Ballroom to interview Katché for a Gearing Up feature, which is in the December 2010 issue. We spent a few extra moments chatting about Manu’s background. Here’s that discussion.

  • Hello, out there in drumland, Shawn Drover from Megadeth reporting once again about this current featuring Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. At this point, we now have only two shows left, and I must say that this tour has been a total blast for me! All the shows have been great, and the crowds are certainly...0October 21, 2010

    Shawn Drover of Megadeth

    Hello, out there in drumland, Shawn Drover from Megadeth reporting once again about this current featuring Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. At this point, we now have only two shows left, and I must say that this tour has been a total blast for me! All the shows have been great, and the crowds are certainly…

  • Hey, Modern Drummers, Ben Tileston here. For those that don’t know me (probably a large number of you), I play drums in TAB The Band and recently worked on Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry’s latest solo album, Have Guitar, Will Travel. I’ve been playing officially since I was twelve, but my real first start on drums...0October 19, 2010

    Ben Tileston of TAB The Band

    Hey, Modern Drummers, Ben Tileston here. For those that don’t know me (probably a large number of you), I play drums in TAB The Band and recently worked on Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry’s latest solo album, Have Guitar, Will Travel. I’ve been playing officially since I was twelve, but my real first start on drums…

  • Hello to all the readers of Modern Drummer! This is Derek Kerswill. I currently play drums full-time in the bands Unearth and Tangents, and also do a lot of independent studio work. My love for drums started the very first time I saw Animal on The Muppet Show. I kid you not—I have always given...0October 19, 2010

    Derek Kerswill of Unearth and Tangents

    Hello to all the readers of Modern Drummer! This is Derek Kerswill. I currently play drums full-time in the bands Unearth and Tangents, and also do a lot of independent studio work. My love for drums started the very first time I saw Animal on The Muppet Show. I kid you not—I have always given…

  • Kenny Aronoff is one of the world’s busiest session and touring drummers, working with a hugely impressive list of major artists including John Fogerty, Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Etheridge, Rod Stewart, Avril Lavigne, Willie Nelson, and the gig he first came to most drummers’ attention on, John Mellencamp...0October 18, 2010

    Kenny Aronoff: In Constant Demand

    Kenny Aronoff is one of the world’s busiest session and touring drummers, working with a hugely impressive list of major artists including John Fogerty, Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Etheridge, Rod Stewart, Avril Lavigne, Willie Nelson, and the gig he first came to most drummers’ attention on, John Mellencamp…

  • Hey, Modern Drummer fans! I hope you’re all busy playing your butts off out there! As some of you may know, four years ago I made the big decision to retire my position as artist relations director at Paiste, after having the pleasure of that great gig for nineteen years. It was a hard decision,...0October 14, 2010

    Rich Mangicaro

    Hey, Modern Drummer fans! I hope you’re all busy playing your butts off out there! As some of you may know, four years ago I made the big decision to retire my position as artist relations director at Paiste, after having the pleasure of that great gig for nineteen years. It was a hard decision,…

  • Video by Sayre Berman. Brooks And Dunn‘s Trey Gray Discusses His Set-Up. 0October 13, 2010

    Gearing Up With Trey Gray

    Video by Sayre Berman.
    Brooks And Dunn‘s Trey Gray Discusses His Set-Up.

  • by Associate Editor Michael Parillo<br> I'm going to focus on live music this time, because I was lucky enough to see two wonderful bands and two amazing drummers in NYC last month. First up was BRIAN BLADE and the Fellowship at the Village Vanguard. Whoa! Blade got right down to business on the bandstand, opening the set with a stunning bit of whisper-soft and often lightning-quick mallet playing. The music, alternately contemplative and raging, was hypnotic and often trance-like. The wickedly creative Blade played with sensitivity and bluster alike, using the element of surprise to his great advantage.0October 10, 2010

    Now, what’s on the MD editors’ musical minds this month…

    by Associate Editor Michael Parillo
    I’m going to focus on live music this time, because I was lucky enough to see two wonderful bands and two amazing drummers in NYC last month. First up was BRIAN BLADE and the Fellowship at the Village Vanguard. Whoa! Blade got right down to business on the bandstand, opening the set with a stunning bit of whisper-soft and often lightning-quick mallet playing. The music, alternately contemplative and raging, was hypnotic and often trance-like. The wickedly creative Blade played with sensitivity and bluster alike, using the element of surprise to his great advantage.

  • Keith Knudsen was best known for his work with the Doobie Brothers, playing on six top-ten albums including 1978’s number-one record, Minute By Minute...0October 8, 2010

    Keith Knudsen of The Doobie Brothers: Prepared, Perfect

    Keith Knudsen was best known for his work with the Doobie Brothers, playing on six top-ten albums including 1978’s number-one record, Minute By Minute…

  • Hey, everybody, Nate Morton here with a quick update. I’ve been performing with Cher in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace, and the performances have been amazing, truly an extravaganza! I’m often asked what it’s like working with Cher, and the best response I can think of is, she is exactly like what she seems—a down-to-earth,...0October 8, 2010

    Nate Morton with Cher

    Hey, everybody, Nate Morton here with a quick update. I’ve been performing with Cher in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace, and the performances have been amazing, truly an extravaganza! I’m often asked what it’s like working with Cher, and the best response I can think of is, she is exactly like what she seems—a down-to-earth,…

  • Hi, MD readers! My band is on tour with Hanson and this has been one of the more memorable tours I’ve done. For starters, as the only support band, we are given a soundcheck every day AND allowed to leave our back line onstage. That alone takes so much stress out of the usual support...0October 7, 2010

    Andrew Cook Of A Rocket To The Moon

    Hi, MD readers! My band is on tour with Hanson and this has been one of the more memorable tours I’ve done. For starters, as the only support band, we are given a soundcheck every day AND allowed to leave our back line onstage. That alone takes so much stress out of the usual support…

  • Ed Thigpen, an important element in the music of jazz luminaries including Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, was known as “Mr. Taste.” Thigpen was most noted for his brush technique and articulate sense of pulse and swing. Thigpen was born in Chicago in 1930, the son of jazz drummer Ben Thigpen, who was highly regarded...0October 5, 2010

    Ed Thigpen: “Mr. Taste”

    Ed Thigpen, an important element in the music of jazz luminaries including Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, was known as “Mr. Taste.” Thigpen was most noted for his brush technique and articulate sense of pulse and swing. Thigpen was born in Chicago in 1930, the son of jazz drummer Ben Thigpen, who was highly regarded…

  • It all started in fifth grade music class. Everyone had to learn how to play 8th and 16th notes by tapping drumsticks on an old textbook, and if you had the guts to get up in front of the class, you could try yours on a snare drum (which meant that when you messed up,...0October 4, 2010

    Kyle Young of Maddam Ink

    It all started in fifth grade music class. Everyone had to learn how to play 8th and 16th notes by tapping drumsticks on an old textbook, and if you had the guts to get up in front of the class, you could try yours on a snare drum (which meant that when you messed up,…

  • Aye, MD faithful readers! My name is Tosin Aribisala. It is an honor for me to write a blog for this awesome drummers’ magazine. I have been an ardent reader and subscriber to Modern Drummer for over eleven of my twenty-three years playing the drumset. When I was growing up, I started with the hand...0October 1, 2010

    Tosin Aribisala: Afrikan Rhapsody

    Aye, MD faithful readers! My name is Tosin Aribisala. It is an honor for me to write a blog for this awesome drummers’ magazine. I have been an ardent reader and subscriber to Modern Drummer for over eleven of my twenty-three years playing the drumset. When I was growing up, I started with the hand…

  • Hi Modern Drummers, This is Sara Lund. Some of you may remember me from the 1990s, when I played with a band called Unwound (1991–2002). We put out several records on the Kill Rock Stars label out of Olympia, Washington—the town where we also lived. Over the years we toured the U.S.A. many times over,...0September 30, 2010

    The Corin Tucker Band ’s Sara Lund

    Hi Modern Drummers, This is Sara Lund. Some of you may remember me from the 1990s, when I played with a band called Unwound (1991–2002). We put out several records on the Kill Rock Stars label out of Olympia, Washington—the town where we also lived. Over the years we toured the U.S.A. many times over,…

  • by David Ciauro The metal hero takes us inside the creative process. Plus: Pickles talks!0September 29, 2010

    Gene Hoglan: Making Dethklok’s Metalocalypse

    by David Ciauro
    The metal hero takes us inside the creative process. Plus: Pickles talks!

  • by Billy Amendola More—way more—with the fusion and pop maestro. In a continuation of our interview with Narada Michael Walden from the November 2010 issue of Modern Drummer, the fusion and pop drumming/producing maestro reflects on his early days, teaching, spirituality, playing in odd time signatures, and coming full circle with guitar legend Jeff Beck.0September 29, 2010

    Narada Michael Walden: Web Exclusive

    by Billy Amendola
    More—way more—with the fusion and pop maestro. In a continuation of our interview with Narada Michael Walden from the November 2010 issue of Modern Drummer, the fusion and pop drumming/producing maestro reflects on his early days, teaching, spirituality, playing in odd time signatures, and coming full circle with guitar legend Jeff Beck.

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