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Episode 70: Questions, Questions, and More Questions

In this episode of the Modern Drummer Podcast, Mike and Mike dedicate the entire hour to questions submitted by listeners. Topics include how to get out of a funk, phrasing tips, choosing snare drums, and more. The show concludes with picks of…

Modern Drummer
Dec 2, 2016

Ringo Starr Meets the Beatles

We travel back to the December 1981/January 1982 issue of Modern Drummer, which featured a cover story with former Beatle Ringo Starr. In the piece, Ringo talked extensively about growing up in England, sharing the most remarkable ride in pop…

Modern Drummer
Feb 7, 2014

Joey Jordison Leaves Slipknot

Slipknot announced today that it has split with drummer Joey Jordison. In this recently conducted video interview, Jordison tells Modern Drummer about the recording and writing process for his project Scar the Martyr. For more from Joey check out the…

Modern Drummer
Dec 13, 2013

VIDEO: Joey Jordison of Slipknot Exclusive Interview on his Newest Project Scar the Martyr

(VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE. More on Drummer Joey Jordison ) In this exclusive video interview Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison tells Modern Drummer about the recording and writing process for his newest project Scar the Martyr. For more from Joey check…

Modern Drummer
Dec 5, 2013

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia Drummer Carl Palmer Video Interview

Modern Drummer magazine caught up with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia drummer Carl Palmer backstage at Yestival 2013 this past August. In Part 1 of this interview Carl waxes poetic about drumming legends Joe Morello and Buddy Rich.  In…

Modern Drummer
Nov 1, 2013
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The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra’s John Riley

by Paul Wells In addition to the cover story on big band star Buddy Rich, the December 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine features a fascinating conversation between the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra’s John Riley and VJO drum sub Paul Wells.…

Modern Drummer
Nov 19, 2012

Randy Ciarlante Levon Helm’s Latter-Day Right-Hand Man

by Bob Girouard   Randy Ciarlante occupied the second drum chair throughout the Band’s decade-long resurgence in the 1990s, touring with the group and playing on the critically acclaimed albums Jericho, High on the Hog, and Jubilation. Ciarlante was an…

Modern Drummer
Oct 22, 2012

CCR’s Doug Clifford

Discipline and Feel by Jeff Potter Doug “Cosmo” Clifford stamped his signature groove on the roots-rock/country/R&B mix of Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of the biggest hit makers of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Along with original bassist Stu Cook…

Modern Drummer
Oct 2, 2012

Mind Matters: The Drummer as Performer/Entertainer

The following is an excerpt from the Modern Drummer book Mind Matters: Overcoming Common Mental Barriers in Drumming, by Bernie Schallehn. The Drummer as Performer/Entertainer Q: I’ve been drumming with a band for the past five months, and the bandleader…

Modern Drummer
Jan 27, 2012

Chapter 4: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto

Part 4 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "The Beatles come to town - '64. The Rascals are comin'... Shea Stadium."

Modern Drummer
Aug 23, 2008

Web Exclusive Interview Blind Melon’s Glen Graham

(September 2008 Issue) Blind Melon’s Glen Graham talks to MD Online about the band’s dramatic resurrection, and the release of their first album in thirteen years, For My Friends. Blind Melon signed to Capitol records in 1991, and in two…

Modern Drummer
Aug 1, 2008

John Dolmayan of System Of A Down

When System Of A Down went on a self-imposed hiatus two years ago, many knew that it wouldn’t be the last time the world would hear from these metallic talents. Soon thereafter, two different projects cropped up from within the…

Modern Drummer
Jun 20, 2008
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Joey Zehr of The Click Five

Last summer I got to experience what it might have been like at Beatles concert at the height of Beatlemania. On separate occasions I saw shows by two new bands: The Click Five, from America, and McFly, from the UK.…

Modern Drummer
Oct 1, 2006

Victor DeLorenzo

Singer, songwriter, actor, studio owner, jingle writer, visual artist, and, yes, drummer for the world's most likable band, Violent Femmes, Victor DeLorenzo has long been known as a plier of many creative trades. by Adam Budofsky Among his current canvases:…

Modern Drummer
Jul 19, 2005
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