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Jeff Ballard
Drum Wizard
This much is unanimously agreed upon: In the hierarchy of jazz drummers, Jeff Ballard has climbed so high he can clearly see the summit.
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Travis Barker
Action Man
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 finally lands on something he's into.
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Travis Barker
Life After Blink
With Blink-182 on an "indefinite hiatus," master slammer Travis
Barker has his sights
set on his next release with another group'the
sophomore album, titled Haunted Cities, from The Transplants.
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Travis Barker
Not Just
A Punk Drummer
Most of our favorite
drummers could go days, weeks, or months without
being stopped and
recognized in public. Such is not the case with Blink-182's Travis
Barker.
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Julio Barreto
Mountain Moving Time
With the release of Iyab', his premiere album as bandleader, Barreto
is destined to climb his own pinnacle of success.
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Russell Batiste
Spreading The Groove
It wasn't that Russell Batiste needed
another project when the
idea of Vida Blue was presented to him last
year. But once he sat down to jam with Phish's Page McConnell and
The
Allman Brothers' Oteil Burbridge, the deal was done.
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Eddie Bayers
Studio Start Joins
Two Bands
Eddie Bayers is blown away by the fact that, after thirty years of
first-call recording status, he's recently become a member of two bands.
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Frank Beard
ZZ Top, XXX, And Other Monsters
Frank Beard of ZZ Top has created his share of monsters. See if you
recognize one of them in the following scenario. You're barely into your first set with your local bar band when somebody
howls, "Play some ZZ Top!"
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Jay Bellerose
Vintage Twists With Joe Henry
Watching Jay Bellerose climb behind his kit as troubadour Joe Henry
walks on stage is an eye-catching moment. The mishmash assortment of vintage drum gear looks just as likely to fall apart as it
does to offer uniquely resounding percussive tones.
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Louie Bellson
Still Swinging At 80
When one of the greatest drummers of all time turns eighty,
celebrations are
held all over the country - from coast to coast for months.
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Charlie Benante
Comin' For You
The New York-based thrash metal drummer isn't just about getting
behind his Tamas and churning out blast beats to whatever material is present. Benante's service in Anthrax plays a much
larger role than what's typically expected of a metal drummer.
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Han Bennink
Solo Snare Escapades
Known to solo with anything that will instantly augment his kit, from clogs to a fire alarm, Han Bennink is Holland’s most radical drumming export.
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Ignacio Berroa
Havana Hot Head
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 moldy Russian guy with enough ear hair to start a small forest.
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Timm Biery
Coming Up With Options
Timm Biery is in the midst of a lengthy tour with Nils Lofgren, supporting the guitarists recent album Sacred Weapon, which was recorded at Lofgren’s home in Arizona.
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Jason Bittner
Proving Speed, Power, And Musicality Can Go Hand In
Hand
"I don't really work on foot speed at
this point, because I think I'm fast enough. I would rather spend my practice time on something that will bring a new and
different aspect to my drumming."
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Jason Bittner
Dedicated Metal
Want to know the true
meaning of a dedicated drummer? How about warming up
your chops on
practice pads in the back of a U-Haul trailer at 9:30 A.M. and in 95 degree
weather, all in preparation for taking
the stage at 10 A.M. on the
grueling second stage at Ozzfest.
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Jason Bittner
Man Or Machine?
In the wee morning hours of 2004, Jason Bittner put on his slippers, leashed the hounds, and left his Albany, New York home to pick up the latest issue of Modern Drummer.
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Brant Bjork
Fu
Manchu Rocks
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 to give it to him gratis. "They wanted me to work in the yard for each drum," he recalls.
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Jimmy Carl Black
Hearing Is Believing
Jimmy Carl Black, of Mothers Of Invention and Captain Beefheart fame, just turned seventy—and says last year was one of his busiest ever.
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Cindy Blackman
The Lady Comes To Play
Last year, drumming dynamo Cindy Blackman left behind her big-ticket rock gig with Lenny Kravitz to unleash the jazz devil inside.
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John Blackwell
Playing With Royalty
John Blackwell always listened to his dad's advice, and it's paid off,
big time. "Growing up, my dad used to tell me, 'If you want to make any money in this business, play in the
pocket.'"
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John Blackwell
Helping JT Bring SexyBack
John Blackwell had a problem most drummers wouldn’t mind dealing with. Does he wait around for Prince to decide what his next adventure will be? Or does he work on his solo record, Forever Jia (dedicated to his late daughter).
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Brian Blade
Always Be Reacting
Brian Blade has performed and recorded with some of the greatest musicians of this or any era.
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Michael Bland
Former Prince Sideman Joins Soul Asylum
Most MD readers know Michael Bland as that funky R&B drummer who played with Prince for seven years during the ’90s. And in fact, you can hear him on the title track of Prince’s latest recording, 3121.
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Eric Bobo
Cypress Hill'stretching Percussion Boundaries
Although Eric Bobo would tag Cypress Hill as his
main gig, his current focus is a solo project. "It's a Latin jazz album, a return to roots for me, because that's my
background," Bobo explains. "It's not really anything that goes with the whole recent Latin explosion.
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Jim Bogios
Following The Leader
Jim Bogios was amazingly calm for someone who was about to perform two huge
concerts at separate venues in one night. Earlier this year he was scheduled to perform with The Dixie Chicks at the Universal
Ampitheatre in Los Angeles for a Recording Artists Coalition (RAC) benefit. That performance would follow a show at the LA Forum
with Sheryl Crow. He'd have to do dual soundchecks and performances in very diverse areas of LA. But Bogios was pumped
for it.
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Jim Bogios
From Sheryl Crow To Counting Crows
Many drummers are aware that Jim Bogios left Sheryl Crow for Counting Crows back in 2003. But Jim hasn’t really talked about the transition, until now.
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Cyrus Bolooki
Fan Turned Drummer?
Florida's New Found Glory has been rocketing in popularity over the past
few months, thanks in part to their hit, "Hit Or Miss," which hails from the band's self-titled MCA debut.
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Cyrus Bolooki
The Commander Returns
Cyrus Bolooki and his bandmates in New Found Glory have successfully
climbed over the hump of their 2002 sophomore release Sticks And Stones, returning with their third major-label recording,
Catalyst.
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Cyrus Bolooki
New-Found Fame
yrus Bolooki doesn't take life or fame for granted. In October of
last year,
while on tour with his fellow New Found Glory
bandmates--vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Steve Klein and Chad
Gilbert, and
bassist Ian Grushka--Bolooki had a freak accident. "We had
finished a show in New York City," he recalls, "and at the end of
the
show all the lights went out as planned. Unfortunately, there was no
barrier on the back of the stage, no railing or
anything. I got off my
drum riser and proceeded to walk to the left side of the stage--or what
I thought was the left side
of the stage--and actually walked
off the back of the stage. I fell about thirty feet and landed on my
left arm, breaking it in half
and breaking three bones in my back. That
night I didn't think I was ever going to be able to play drums again."
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Jason Bonham
UFO And Beyond
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 busy.
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Jason Bonham
Son Of Thunder
The rumors started spreading months before the official press release went out: “Led Zeppelin is getting back together and they’re going on tour.” MD, like everyone else, was getting excited at the possibility.
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Mike Bordin
Ozzy's Master Of Metal
It's beyond belief when we found out we were playing for the
Queen
of England," Mike Bordin gushes about his latest gig with the hugely
popular Ozzy Osbourne. And "amazing" just
about describes Bordin's
healthy career as a highly sought-after rock drummer. Through two
decades of touring and
recording experience in various name-brand rock
acts, including Faith No More, Korn, Jerry Cantrell (of Alice In Chains
fame),
and most recently Ozzy Osbourne, the lively and talkative
dreadlocked super-slammer still appears bewildered by the
accelerating
caliber of gigs and challenges thrown his way.
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Paul Bostaph
Downsizing For Speed
When one thinks of the quintessential Slayer drummer - whether it's Dave
Lombardo, Jon Dette, or in recent years, Paul Bostaph - a mammoth drumkit is what one pictures him seated behind. But Paul
Bostaph is about to change that notion.
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Paul Bostaph
Metal Risk-Taker
Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Systematic, Forbidden: Over the past couple of decades, drummer Paul Bostaph’s résumé reads like a “wish list” of heavy rock, metal, and thrash acts.
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Rob Bourdon
Midnight Confessions
Back in 1999, Rob Bourdon was just another drummer in LA, playing with his band Linkin Park, doing the rounds of clubs, and working on his loops, beats, and pieces.
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Terry Bozzio
Two Of A Perfect Pair
Terry Bozzio and Pat Mastelotto have much in common.
They've both worked with legendary rhythmic compositional masterminds, they both left LA for Austin, Texas, and when they
finally had a chance to get together, the obvious thing to do was...play!
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Billy Brimblecom
Overcoming The Losss Of A Limb
In early 2005, drummer Billy Brimblecom was excited about his new band, Blackpool Lights. The fledgling group he’d recently formed and was on the cusp of recording its debut album. Then Billy got the kind of news no one wants to hear. “A week after we played our first show, I found out that I had cancer,”
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Jim Brock
On The Nature Of Drumming
Jim Brock’s new CD/DVD set, The Nature Of Drumming, is an inspirational look at what makes this fine drummer/percussionist tick.
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Michael Brueggen
Solid With Supagroup
New Orleans-based rock 'n' roll traditionalists Supagroup spent
half of 2003 and most of 2004 on the road with bands like Queens Of The Stone Age, Fu Manchu, and Drive By Truckers, touring in
relentless support of its much praised, self-titled fourth album.
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Bill Bruford
Our Prog Forefather
Progressive rock’s evolution from its nascent days in London’s university halls and local clubs to stadium-filling global phenomenon has its roots in the tumultuous melting pot of 1960s rock and psychedelia.
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Sam Bryant
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Grooveologist
It took a little inside politics and a lot of passionate
playing to get Sam Bryant into The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band four years ago. Shepherd and his band were running up and
down the East Coast to support their 1995 release Ledbetter Heights when they made a stop in Bryant's hometown of
Wilmington, North Carolina. Bryant heard Shepherd was looking for a new stickman, so he wrangled his band the opening slot.
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Bob Bryar
The Long Road To Success
As the drummer for one of the hottest acts working today, you might think that Bob Bryar is a “flash in the pan” success story. But he’s had to go through a lot to get to where he is today.
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Brendan Buckley
Ready For The Good Times
Brendan Buckley is on a roll. Besides touring and recording
with
South American superstar Shakira, he's been involved with co-writing
and producing her Pepsi commercial and the
track "Fool" off her first
English multi-platinum CD, Laundry Service
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Dave Buckner
Paramour Drumming
When the members of Papa Roach chose to live for several months in LA’s historic Paramour Mansion while recording their band’s fifth album, drummer Dave Buckner got a bit more creative inspiration than he expected. “The Paramour is definitely haunted,” Buckner explains.
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Chuck Burgi
From Broadway To Billy
When Billy Joel decided to tour this year, Chuck Burgi went from holding the drum chair in Billy’s Broadway musical Movin’ Out to being the drummer in the legendary artist’s band.
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Jordan Burns
Punk Attitude, Prog Chops
'You can put a Rush record on and steal a drum fill today,' says
Strung Out drummer Jordan Burns. 'It's endless just how many drum fills you can steal from Neil Peart.'
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Gary Burton
A Fifty-Year Vibe
In 1999, as Gary Burton was celebrating his fiftieth year as a
vibraphonist, the
vibraphone itself turned seventy-five years old.
Burton felt the time was right to pay tribute to the instrument and the
players
who pioneered jazz vibraphone. The result is his recent album
on Concord, For Hamp, Red, Bags, And Cal.
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Brian Burwell
Neve's Nerve Center
Just when Brian Burwell's studio drumming career looked like it was
about to take off, along comes pop/rock band Neve, asking him to join.
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Matt Byrne
On The Rise
You know that warm, fuzzy feeling you get with certain people? Well, when Matt Byrne first
joined Hatebreed in 1998, that feeling just wasn't there.
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