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Matt Cameron
Drinking From The Well (July 2005 Issue)
"I can definitely
claim this as my band," says Pearl Jam drummer Matt
Cameron of his
psychedelic revivalist project, Wellwater Conspiracy.
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Teddy Campbell
Backstreet Beat (August 2005 Issue)
After working as drummer and musical director for 98', Teddy Campbell was asked to join The
Backstreet Boys band by Ricky Miner, who put both bands together.
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Teddy Campbell
Delivering the Message on TV (July 2005 Issue)
Out of all the reality TV shows on the air, American Idol has risen above and beyond to become a cultural
phenomenon. The live house band, directed by leader Rickey Minor and featuring drummer extraordinaire Teddy Campbell, plays a
pivotal role in making the show one of the most entertaining and watched programs in TV history.
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Brendan Canty
As Twisted As Possible (August 2005 Issue)
"We approach each
project without referring to the previous one," says
Fugazi drummer
Brendan Canty. Indeed, Fugazi's sixth full-length album, The Argument (Dischord), once again
shows the veteran Washington, DC punk band moving into fresh territory.
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Danny Carey
Re-Joins The Circus (August 2005 Issue)
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.
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Keith Carlock
More Than Time For Sting (August 2005 Issue)
So how did Keith get the gig with Sting?
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Keith Carlock
Mississippi Man, Steely Dan Fan (August 2005 Issue)
Quick: Who's the only drummer to play on an entire Steely
Dan album? Purdie? Porcaro? Nope, that would be this month's cover artist, the impossibly talented Keith Carlock. A star is
born.
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Keith Carlock
Locking The Groove (November 2006 Issue)
After touring with Sting and Steely Dan, and recording Donald Fagen’s Morph The Cat, Keith Carlock faces the musician’s cruelest fate: a night off in Cleveland.
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Bun E. Carlos
Back In Box (August 2005 Issue)
Cheap Trick recently celebrated twenty-five years together with the release of the
appropriately titled Silver, a two-disc collection of hits and best-loved tunes recorded live in the band's hometown of
Rockford, Illinois.
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Patrick Carney
Attacking The Drums (October 2008 Issue)
While The Black Keys’ latest offering, Attack & Release, retains much of the DIY ethos the Akron, Ohio duo has honed since its early days, it’s clear that drummer Patrick Carney and singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach wanted to mix it up for this release.
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Michael Cartellone
Damn Yankees, Fogerty, And Lynyrd Skynyrd (August 2005 Issue)
It's been a little over a year since former
Damn Yankees drummer Michael Cartellone joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. He came into the picture shortly after the band released Edge
Of Forever, which Kenny Aronoff had recorded. Ironically, just the previous year, Michael had taken over the John Fogerty gig from
Aronoff.
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Torry Castellano
The Donnas Wanna Drum (August 2005 Issue)
Each member of The Donnas has all just barely passed the mile marker
of twenty-one years old. (Their latest Lookout Records release is titled Turn 21.) But drummer Donna C (real name: Torry
Castellano, real age: twenty-two) has more accomplishments under her belt than many female drummers twice her age.
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Torry Castellano
The Grip Of Death (March 2008 Issue)
Although Donnas drummer Torry Castellano still encourages the idea of being a self-taught musician, she’s quick to admit that she had to learn the hard way that improper technique can cause serious problems.
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Deen Castronovo
The Journey Of A Decade, The Career Of A Lifetime (August 2008 Issue)
During the heyday of metal music in the ’80s, an underground subgenre known as “shred metal” emerged.
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Jimmy Chamberlin
Zwan Song (August 2005 Issue)
When Smashing Pumpkins disbanded in late 2000, vocalist Billy Corgan and
drummer Jimmy Chamberlin decided to take a year off before working together on another project. Those plans quickly changed.
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Jimmy Chamberlin
The Evolution Of Jimmy Chamberlin Still Smashing (November 2007 Issue)
As a self confessed “elder statesman of music,” and one of the most influential drummers of the past fifteen years, Jimmy Chamberlin has a thing or two to say about the state of the instrument.
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Dennis Chambers
Santana Now: A Force Of Nature (August 2005 Issue)
A rhythmic force of nature since its inception in San Francisco's
Mission District in 1966, the Santana band has always set the bar high. And now, with superstar drummer Dennis Chambers
joining percussionists Raul Rekow and Karl Perazzo, the bar (and the expectation) is even higher.
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Martin Chambers
New Challenges, New Energy (July 2009 Issue)
When the Pretenders' raw and rootsy album "Break Up The Concrete" appeared last fall, fans were disappointed to find that Martin Chambers was not behind the kit.
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Terry Chambers
Senses
Working Over Time (August 2005 Issue)
Twenty years ago, when he walked away from the band that he helped
create, drummer Terry Chambers didn't see much future for Brit-pop innovators XTC.
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Chad Chapin
Band Of Brothers (August 2005 Issue)
"It's definitely hotter when you have blood running in the rhythm section," says
Tait drummer Chad Chapin.
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Jim Chapin
Still Rolling (August 2005 Issue)
It's a steamy tropical night in South Florida. I'm sitting out on Jim Chapin's
lanai, watching the eighty-one-year-old drummer rip off amazing licks on his ever-present practice pad while the tree frogs and
locusts in the backyard provide a symphonic backdrop.
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Jim Chapin
Remembering Jim Chapin, 1919-2009 (October 2009 Issue)
Remembering Jim Chapin
1919–2009
The venerable drum teacher passed away this July 4, leaving behind thousands of acolytes–and a million great stories
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Oliver Charles
As Soulful As Possible (August 2005 Issue)
It wasn't the Gospel songs that Oliver Charles was asked to play during
The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Ben Harper sessions last spring that knocked him for a loop. It was the singers themselves.
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Brian Chase
An Appetite For Adventure (July 2009 Issue)
As a Web-only bonus, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer pontificates on listening, sounding how you want to sound, and working with a click.
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Stephen Chopek
Timing is (Almost) Everything (August 2005 Issue)
Who the heck is Stephen Chopek? Where did this guy come from?
Just ask Charlie Hunter.
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Jon Christensen
ECM Great (August 2005 Issue)
Jon Christensen's got definite views on percussion. Basically, if you want the job
done properly, you do it yourself. "Since most percussionists have paid good money for all sort of instruments," he explains, "they
feel compelled to use them all the time.
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Jon Christensen
A Beat Is Not Always What You Think It Is (August 2005 Issue)
The title of this piece is a cryptic warning that appears in
the liner notes of Jon Christensen: Selected Recordings, a recent tribute CD on ECM's Rarum series.
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Jim Christie
Open To Anything (August 2005 Issue)
Jim Christie will play just about anything. "I love playing polkas," he says. "I'll
play Norte-o music all day long. I love playing straight-ahead jazz. I love playing country. I like playing anything, as long as it's
good."
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Paul Chuffo
Heavy, But Keeping It Light (September 2006 Issue)
If you’re unfamiliar with the Brooklyn instrumental quartet Gutbucket and you glance at the stage before a performance, you might think you’re about to hear some jazz. An alto sax, an upright bass, a hollow-body guitar, and a three-piece drumkit with a tiny kick drum do create such an impression.
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Mike Clark
Proving It Again And Again (August 2005 Issue)
Ironically, jazzman Mike Clark will go down in history as the guy who cut one
of the slickest funk tracks in history, "Actual Proof." Blame it on jazz, says Clark: "I stack that stuff up on the funk!"
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Les Claypool
(September 2005 Issue)
Les Claypool sat down with MD Online to discuss an impressive partner in rhythm, his new bandmate in
Oysterhead: Stewart Copeland.
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Tommy Clufetos
School's Out For Young Rocker (August 2005 Issue)
Tommy Clufetos started playing drums at age six, and by his
eleventh birthday he was gigging nonstop.
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Joe Cocuzzo
Journeyman Jazzer (August 2005 Issue)
Singer Keely Smith, the "straight man" (woman) for the late, great Louis Prima
("Just A Gigolo") has been joined in her New York and East Coast concert and nightclub tours by much sought-after jazz drummer
Joe Cocuzzo.
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King Coffey
Sparking The
Weird Revolution (August 2005 Issue)
On the Butthole Surfers' latest album, Weird Revolution,
precise digital editing replaces the band's famous idiot-savant studio trickery.
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Cora Coleman-Dunham
Rising To The Challenge (January 2008 Issue)
For the past two and a half years Cora Coleman-Dunham has been fulfilling her drumming dreams as part of Prince’s latest band–which also includes her husband Joshua Dunham on bass.
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Grant Collins
Another Monster From Down Under (August 2005 Issue)
As the saying goes, it's not what you've got, but what
you do with it that counts. Australian drummer Grant Collins is proof. Many drummers have a big kit like his. But not many players
can audiences amazed with their drum compositions for two hours straight. And Collins performs at clinics and solo concerts
without the benefit of backing tracks.
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Phil Collins
Testifying On And Off The Drums (August 2005 Issue)
Phil Collins' first studio album in six years, Testify, is another
brilliant collection of pop songs, textures, and sounds from the singer/composer/drummer/producer, who still considers himself -
first and foremost - a drummer.
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Simon Collins
Playing The Perfect…Phil (December 2008 Issue)
As the son of drumming and pop icon Phil Collins, Simon Collins grew up with music in his genes.
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Gabriel Comacho
The Stevenson Factor (August 2005 Issue)
When LA's Audio Karate chose punk drumming legend Bill Stevenson
to produce their new album, Lady Melody, it was "pretty much a dream come true" for drummer Gabriel
Camacho.
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Chuck Comeau
Writing From The Drums (August 2005 Issue)
"I don't want to let anyone down at the magazine, but I'm not a
very technical drummer," Chuck Comeau explains, while chatting it up with Modern Drummer in the posh lobby of the Westin New
York hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
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Aaron Comess
Spin Doctors, Joan Osborne, And Some Jazz (August 2005 Issue)
When Spin Doctors parted ways with Epic Records
several years ago, many wondered if we'd ever see another album from the guys who seemed to rule the early-'90s
airwaves.
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J.R. Conners
Embracing Phil (August 2005 Issue)
After shedding most of their hardcore persona a few years back, however, Cave In set
out to redefine themselves, morphing into more of a prog-rock act, complete with epic compositions.
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Luis Conte
The Power Of 3 (February 2008 Issue)
Percussion great Luis Conte’s new album, Marimbula, is a trio disc featuring bassist Jimmy Johnson and guitarist Barry Coates. Conte describes the music as a unique mixture of ideas.
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John Convertino
Embracing The Art (April 2007 Issue)
“I was actually trying to channel Charlie Watts on this record,” laughs Calexico drummer John Convertino, explaining his M.O. while recording the critically acclaimed Tucson, Arizona band’s latest album, Garden Ruin.
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John Convertino
Finding The Sweet Spot (February 2009 Issue)
Calexico drummer John Convertino has always been more a mood-setter than a traditional timekeeper.
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Billy Conway
Orchestra Morphine (August 2005 Issue)
Last summer ('99), after finishing their new record, The Night, the
Boston-based group Morphine left for Europe to play several festival dates.
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Joachim Cooder
On The Ry Side (July 2008 Issue)
For Joachim Cooder, this is a very exciting time in the life of Hello Stranger, a group he started several years ago with bandmate Juliette Commagere.
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Tre Cool
Back With Green Day
- And A Warning (August 2005 Issue)
By just looking at Tre Cool you can tell there's a touch of the
devil in him. Listening to Warning, the latest collection of tunes he and his Green Day cohorts put out in October, it's obvious
Beelzebub rears his horns once Cool gets behind the kit and the adrenaline starts to surge.
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Ken Coomer
Wilco Calls Area Code 615 (August 2005 Issue)
For the past five years Wilco has been the ideal forum for Ken
Coomer's experimentation. Within the band's swirling mix, which touches on The Beatles, Hank Williams, and many
points between, Coomer's ability to play just what's required - and always make it unique - is what sets him apart.
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Stewart Copeland
Top Of The Pecking Order (August 2005 Issue)
A case can be made that Stewart Copeland is the single most
influential drummer of the last twenty-plus years. A good case.
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Stewart Copeland
Staring Down The Future (June 2007 Issue)
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.
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Jody Cortez
Breathing Life Into Loops (August 2005 Issue)
Jody Cortez has recently released a CD of loops under the banner King Cortez
called Killer Loops (Big Fish Audio). "It encompasses performances in Latin, bebop, jazz, reggae, rock, funk, R&B, hip-hop, and
straight-ahead rock," Cortez says.
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Mike Cosgrove
Booty Shaking Alien Ant Farm (August 2005 Issue)
Mike Cosgrove went into the recording of Alien Ant Farm's debut
release, ANThology, having done some solid homework.
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Mike Cosgrove
Truant Time (August 2005 Issue)
Mike Cosgrove is thinking back on the band's recording sessions for their latest
release, truANT, with producers Dean and Robert DeLeo. "My tracks on our last record [ANThology]
were a little
more gated and controlled," Cosgrove says. "And even
though it was heavy and rockin', this time the producers let me do
my
own thing and stretch a bit. They had their suggestions, but it was
cool. They were encouraging. In fact, they would say,
"That's it, I
think we got it." And I was like, "No, it's not.""
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Lynn Coulter
Native American Heart (August 2005 Issue)
Lynn Coulter has been
very busy for the past three years. After working with
Rita Coolidge on
the singer's pop music, he got involved with her side project, Walela,
which gained some attention from
their involvement in Robbie
Robertson's album Music For The Native Americans. According to Coulter, each project
requires a different approach.
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Paul Crosby
Making Good Choices (August 2005 Issue)
Two-thousand-two was
a wild ride for Memphis rockers Saliva-world tours,
Grammy
nomination, platinum sales of their 2001 debut Every Six Seconds, and vocalist Josey Scott singing co-lead
with Nickelback's Chad Kroeger on "Hero," the massive hit from Spiderman. When it rains, it pours.
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Matthew Cross
Orange
9MM's Stickman Is No Pretender (August 2005 Issue)
Recording Pretend I'm Human proved to be a
radical departure for Orange 9MM drummer Matthew Cross, an old hand at laying out well-rehearsed rhythm tracks while sitting
behind the glass. "We demoed like seventy songs in the past year and a half," he says.
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Lee Crystal
Former Blackheart (October 2006 Issue)
Lee Crystal, drummer for Joan Jett & The Blackhearts from 1981 to 1986, is just a regular guy from Brooklyn–except that he’s so much cooler than the rest of us.
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Abe Cunningham
Back With A Passion (August 2003 Issue)
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 for Abe Cunningham.
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Abe Cunningham
Crucial Tales Of The Carbo Kid (March 2007 Issue)
The Deftones’ new record, Saturday Night Wrist, is widely considered to be their finest. And it should be. The band say it was their most challenging experience by far.
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