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Brooks Wackerman
Tanacious D's Drum Pick (April 2007 Issue)
“Without giving too much away, I’m actually playing the role of Colonel Sanders in the show,” confesses drummer Brooks Wackerman, speaking of his current gig on tour with the musical/comedy duo Tenacious D.
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Brooks Wackerman
Busy As He Wants To Be (March 2008 Issue)
When it comes to challenges–and keeping very busy–Brooks Wackerman is always up to the task.
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Matt Walker
From Pumpkins To Cupcakes (May 2002 Issue)
Though he's played drums for over two decades, Matt Walker is perhaps best known as "That guy who
replaced Jimmy Chamberlin in Smashing Pumpkins."
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Derico Watson
Pocket, Chops, and Soul (February 2009 Issue)
For the past five years, Michigan native Derico Watson has held one of the most coveted chairs a drummer could imagine, touring regularly with pioneering bassist Victor Wooten.
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Charlie Watts
The Stones’ Rock-Solid Survivor ( 0 Issue)
Legendary Charlie Watts, providing the timeless pulse to “the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band.”
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Chick Webb
The First True Drumming Idol (December 2009 Issue)
Chick Webb simultaneously defined drumming during the swing era, while also paving the way for the “modern” jazz movement of the 1940s.
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Raymond Weber
New Orleans Social Club (August 2006 Issue)
When Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans native Raymond Weber was on tour in Brazil playing drums with Ivan Neville. But his family was home; in fact, his wife was casually cooking a pot of red beans and relaxing when the storm struck. “I called her and said, ‘Are you crazy?’”
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Christian Welter
Music & Motorcycles (August 2007 Issue)
Christian Welter is living his dream: playing music and working on motorcycles. Welter is one of the mechanics on the popular Orange County Choppers show. He’s also their band’s drummer.
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Mike Wengren
Enjoying The Ride (October 2006 Issue)
Around the middle of last year, Disturbed began touring behind the new album, Ten Thousand Fists, and they’ve been out on the road, nonstop, ever since.
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Nathan Wetherington
How To Become A Hot Session Drummer (January 2008 Issue)
Nathan Wetherington was a working actor in Hollywood when he accidentally became a professional drummer. Having played drums from ages ten to seventeen, Nathan left drumming for acting after he scored a two-year gig with The Blue Man Group.
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George Wettling
The Ultimate "Chicago style" Accompanist ( 0 Issue)
George Wettling was one of the leading proponents of the early "Chicago style" of jazz drumming.
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Alan White
Yes Magnified (May 2002 Issue)
"Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, and I wrote all of the material in the studio," explains
drummer Alan White of Yes about their recent album, Magnification.
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Peter Wildoer
Maturing Metalhead (May 2007 Issue)
When most folks think of extreme-metal drumming, they tend to picture a guy like Peter Wildoer, especially during his days with the progressive metal band Agretator.
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Pete Wilhoit
Feeling The Sting Of Fiction Plane (February 2007 Issue)
In 2004, after playing with the band Fiction Plane for a year, Pete Wilhoit was offered a position to be the only American member of the all-British band.
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Brad Wilk
Original Fire (September 2006 Issue)
For a guy who can really punish his drums, Brad Wilk has always been hip-shakingly funky. In 2002, he told MD, “I’ve listened to a ton of old organic funk. I would go to sleep with James Brown records on repeat.”
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Chris Wilson
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists’ (December 2007 Issue)
“This is the first record where I don’t really regret anything I played,” says Chris Wilson.
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Pat Wilson
Hearing Red (January 2009 Issue)
When Weezer entered the studio to track their sixth album, the band was committed to finding a fresh approach to their recording experience.
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In The Loop With The Pros
In The Loop With The Pros (July 2005 Issue)
With all of the samplers, prerecorded loops, and programmers in the studio, how much of
what we hear today from a drummer is actual acoustic drums or electronics? MD asked some of the best "hired guns" in the
business to comment on their current role and gear requirements in the studio.
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Dave Witte
Municipal Waste and Burnt By The Sun Drummer Dave Witte: Exclusive In-The-Studio Performance (October 2009 Issue)
When photographer Scott Kincaid shot Municipal Waste drummer Dave Witte for the October issue of Modern Drummer, he brought along his video camera and filmed Dave playing along to two tracks. Here Dave gives us the rundown of his approach to tracks by Municipal Waste and Burnt By The Sun:
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Wuv
P.O.D.'s Stickman Shines On The Band's Latest (July 2008 Issue)
In an industry that is fond of burning out young bands and tossing out their ashes with the trash, P.O.D. has been through the fire and come through purified and forged like a soldier’s blade.
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