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Take an inside peek at Tommy Lee recording his latest Methods Of Mayhem CD at www.thepublicrecord.com.

Richie Morales recently finished up a mini East Coast tour with guitarist and former New York Yankee Bernie Williams. Williams’ latest CD, Moving Forward, has been nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album.

Connor Hanwick (formerly of lo-fi teen-pop duo Cape Of No Hope) is on the Drums’ EP, Summertime. To watch a video of the single “Let’s Go Surfing,” visit www.youtube.com/.

Derek Ries is on Push Play’s Found. To watch a video of the first single, “Midnight Romeo,” visit www.pushplaysite.com/#/Videos.

Shawn Pelton and Perry Gartner are on the CD Soul Sister, Vol. 1 by Vaneese Thomas (daughter of Stax legend Rufus Thomas and sister of Carla Thomas). For more visit www.myspace.com/vaneesethomas

Sonny Emory is on Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers’ CD Levitate.

Former Journey lead singer Steve Augeri is back with his original band, Tall Stories. Their new CD, Skyscraper, features longtime band member Tom DeFaria as well as a handful of stellar guest drummers, including Rodney Howard, Bobby Rondinelli, and Nir Z. To hear tracks, visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/tallstoriesmusic.

Todd Sucherman produced and played on the new Taylor Mills record, Under The Surface, and filled in on TV talk show dates with Spinal Tap. Sucherman finishes up his Styx “day gig” for the year in November, with 117 dates with the band in 2009. For more on the drummer and on Taylor Mills, check out www.toddsucherman.com and www.taylormills.com.

Kenny Aronoff is on John Fogerty’s latest, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again. You can also catch Aronoff on tour with Fogerty. For tour dates and more, visit www.johnfogerty.com.

Xavier Muriel is on Buckcherry’s latest CD, Live & Loud 2009. The band is also touring with Kiss. For more on X, check out his MD Update at www.moderndrummer.com.

Adam Carson is on AFI’s Crash Love.

Chad Szeliga is on Breaking Benjamin’s latest, Dear Agony.

Brando Marius is on Landon Pigg’s The Boy Who Never.

Tommy Clufetos is on the latest from Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe 2. This is the follow-up to Zombie’s triple-platinum Hellbilly Deluxe, released in 1998.

Thommy Price (longtime member of Joan Jett’s Blackhearts) is on the latest solo album by Kasim Sulton (longtime bassist of Todd Rundgren’s band), the double-disc All Sides. Tad McCully is playing select live dates. For more on Sulton, check out www.myspace.com/kasimsulton. Also check out Price on the reissue of D.L. Byron’s 1980 power-pop debut, This Day And Age. For more on Thommy, visit www.myspace.com/thommyprice.

Chris McHugh is on Toby Keith’s American Ride.

Rich Redmond is on Jason Aldean’s Wide Open CD/DVD. Check out Rich’s blog at www.moderndrummer.com.

Scott Underwood is on Train’s fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco. For tour dates and more, visit www.myspace.com/train.

Lastly, check out photographer Jules Follett’s beautiful new coffee-table drum book, Sticks ’N’ Skins. For more info, visit www.sticksnskins.com.


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