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Richard Christy: Mega Extras!
(June 2010 Issue) Richard Christy shares his ten favorite drumming albums, as well as shots of his kits over the years. Richard’s 10 Favorite Drumming Albums 1. Death Human (drummer: Sean Reinert) The perfect blend of speed and technicality—probably the…
Jim Archer of The Art Of Shooting
Greetings, Modern Drummers! My New York City band the Art Of Shooting has recently released our first full-length album, Traveling Show, and we’re excited about hitting the road to play for a bunch of new faces. I’d like to tell…
Foxy Shazam's Aaron McVeigh
Foxy Shazam’s Aaron McVeigh Interviewed By…Aaron McVeigh I was able to watch Foxy Shazam from on stage at South By South West, and let me tell you, there’s no other band like them. The band played three shows in one…
Billy Cobham Update
Billy Cobham is a living legend of the drumset, revered for his ultra-dramatic, muscular, and bar-raising work with fusion pioneers the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Since the ’60s Cobham has appeared on over 300 recordings, including those by pop and rock icons…
Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes
I started playing drums when I was about eleven. My first lessons were with a drummer named Stuart Johnson, who was collaborating with my brother in a band called Simon Dawes at the time. He got me started with some…
Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. Justin Peroff here, drummer for Broken Social Scene. Since meeting BSS de facto leader Kevin Drew fifteen years ago, I have been involved in the many versions of what the Broken Social Scene collective has been.…
Aaron Gillespie: Hardcore Hero
Aaron Gillespie was the long-time drummer in Underoath, one of the most popular hardcore bands in the world. In early 2010 he left the group to concentrate on his more melodic side project, the Almost, for which Gillespie handles the…
Jason Hartless – Crüe Fest Veteran And More
Hey everyone in Modern Drummer land! My name is Jason Hartless, and I come from The Motor City. I am fifteen years old and have been a drummer for all of my life. I have been fortunate enough to, by…
Sammy Baker with Heavy Trash
Hi, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Sammy Baker. Thanks for reading my blog entry. I hope it gives a little insight. I have played professionally for over thirty years. Being conversant in many different styles of music has helped…
Patrick Keeler: Future-Retro Brilliance With The Raconteurs And The Greenhornes
The term “supergroup” is thrown around quite often these days. Take a few awesome and noted musicians, have them record some killer songs, and…POOF… supergroup is born. The one thing that all supergroups have in common is that the drummer…
Marko Tarvonen of Moonsorrow/Barren Earth
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! Marko Tarvonen is my name, and I’m writing from Detroit. I’m on tour with my band Moonsorrow. We come from Finland and play epic melodic metal with some black metal influences mixed with some folkish and…
Robb Rivera of Nonpoint
My name is Robb Rivera and I punish the drums for a South Florida band called Nonpoint. I first started playing drums at the age of nine and I was and dabbling on guitar as well. I began my love…
Judgement Day's Jon Bush
Hello, world! Jon Bush here, drummer for the band Judgement Day. We’re an instrumental metal band featuring of violin, cello, and drums. (We call our style “string metal.”) That’s right, no guitars, which presents some unique challenges for me as…
Devendra Banhart’s Gregory Rogove
I’m Gregory Rogove, and I play drums and/or sing in few groups, including Devendra Banhart and the Grogs, Megapuss, and Priestbird. I recently finished work on a new Priestbird record that will be released a little later this year. Megapuss,…
