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Bruce Gary: Controlled Bombast with the Knack
Bruce Gary’s muscular tom-tom introduction helped the Knack’s “My Sharona” and their debut album, Get the Knack, break out of the late-’70s doldrums of disco and drum machines. The Knack was formed in Los Angeles in 1978. Their music was…
Carl Palmer Drum Solos
DVD LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED $19.95 Progressive rock drumming pioneer Carl Palmer helped define the genre’s first era with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, combining rock and classical influences within a hugely exciting drumming style that required speed, finesse, and…
Felipe Torres 2011 Blog
Hello, Modern Drummers, and thanks again for checking out my blog! Felipe Torres here. It’s been a while since I checked in, and I wanted to share with you some of the fun and amazing things that I’ve experienced this…
LP Qube and Finger Shot Shakers, Rio Stanton Moore Pandeiro, and Hi-Hat Shekere
The Qube has an internal baffle design that allows for various shaker effects. Forward-and-back motion creates one sound; side-to-side creates another. When shook in a circular pattern, the Qube produces a double-time version of both. The Finger Shot is a…
Shakerleg of the Kin
I hate drumsticks. Well, that certainly came out wrong. I love the way they sound, but not when I operate them, or rather, the way I am unable to operate them. When I was twenty-one and living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Gibraltar Quad Mount Platform Stand and Turning Point Swing Nuts
Gibraltar’s elliptical-leg Quad Mount platform stand (7700Q) allows players to mount two electronic tom pads along with two cymbal arms directly from the platform mount of one stand. Quad Mount platform stands are lightweight and portable and can accommodate a…
Siouxsie Sioux’s Robert Brian
My name is Robert Brian, and I am the current drummer for singer and punk legend Siouxsie Sioux. I have been Siouxsie’s drummer since 2007 and have toured the world and appeared on many TV shows as well as on…
Ryan Peel
What up, MD readers! My name is Ryan Peel, and I’m a drummer/singer-songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. I just released my debut single, “Even If,” and I’m getting ready to release my follow-up EP in September. I’m a second-generation drummer and…
Gretsch Full Range Ash Side Snares
Gretsch’s new Full Range ash side snare drums combine cutting tones with convenient mounting placement. Ash wood is inherently dense and produces a high pitch and bright timbre, making it an ideal choice for auxiliary snare shells. Available in 6x10…
Riley Breckenridge of Thrice
Greetings, Modern Drummer readers, my name is Riley Breckenridge and I play drums and write music for the band Thrice. I’ve been given carte blanche by the fine folks at MD to use this blog entry to write about whatever…
Adam Fischel with Debbie Gibson and Midtown Men
Hello to all you drummers in MD-land! I am currently touring with ’80s teen idols Debbie Gibson and Tiffany on their Journey Through the ’80s tour. MD associate editor Billy Amendola played on the original recordings from Debbie’s debut, Out…
In Memoriam: Woody “Sonship” Theus
by Gerry Gibbs Woody “Sonship” Theus, whose credits include work with McCoy Tyner, Charles Lloyd, John McLaughlin, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Michal Urbaniak, and Pharoah Sanders, passed away this past March 18, at age fifty-eight. Among the pallbearers at his…
TRX 22" ICON Heavy Ride Cymbal
Weighing in at a hefty 4,500 grams (9.5 pounds), the new 22" ICON Heavy Ride cymbal contains as much metal as a typical 24" ride. This cymbal was designed in conjunction with TRX artist Arin Ilejay (Avenged Sevenfold) and features…
Kenney Jones: British Drumming Royalty
by Adam Budofsky Among the most dynamic of all the groups who came out of England in the mid-’60s was the Small Faces, featuring singer/guitarist Steve Marriott, bassist Ronnie Lane, keyboardist Ian McLagan, and drummer Kenney Jones. After a number…
