Features
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Pepe Mangaña of Ministry
Pepe Mangaña has been paying his dues on the music scene for a long time. He has built a career doing everything from teaching, to playing with L.A. tribute bands, to touring and recording with Kyng. But in 2024, he…
Tif “Teddy” Lamson: The Rhythm Made Her Do it
Tif “Teddy” Lamson is different from many of the drummers that appear in Modern Drummer. She is a multi-instrumentalist and a songwriter that happened to choose the drums as her main instrument. She is walking in the singing-drumming-songwriting footsteps of Levon Helm, Karen Carpenter, Dave…
Neil Young and Chrome Hearts, Promise of the Real: The Universal Sound of Anthony LoGerfo
Anthony LoGerfo is one of those drummers who has played with everyone, yet you might not know his name (yet.) He was the drummer for 16 years in the band Promise of the Real, and he has played with legends…
Frank Zummo From Street Drum Corps to Sum 41 to Electric Callboy
From his musical beginnings in New York to the lure of LA and Hollywood, Frank Zummo has done it all. Early on, there were recordings and tours with Thenewno2, theStart, Krewella, Gary Numan, and Dhani Harrison. More recent tours and…
Evgeny Novikov of Slaughter to Prevail
Evgeny Novikov went from grinding seven-hour practice days in Russia to smashing stages across the world with Slaughter to Prevail. He went from playing in tiny clubs with broken kits to having viral moments playing on tunes like “Demolisher.” He’s…
Kassa Overall: What If… Jazz meets Rap meets Hip-Hop
Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer, and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation and hip-hop production techniques. He is taking the intersection of jazz and hip-hop into unchartered territories. At the beginning of his drumming career, Overall earned…
Stan Lynch Part 2: Drummer, Songwriter, Producer
Last month we talked to Stan Lynch about his new (breath of fresh air) band The Speaker Wars and their wonderful new self-titled record. But Stan Lynch has had a very special and wide-ranging career in music. There was the…
Ascending to New Rhythmic Heights
Todd Sucherman has carved out an extraordinary career as one of today’s most respected drummers, renowned for his versatility, technical mastery, and dynamic presence behind the kit. Rising from a musically gifted Chicago family, he played paid gigs at age…
2025 Music City Drum Show
Vintage Sonor, Pearl, LudwigCraviotto DrumsRogers Mardi GrasVoxel1941 LudwigSoundwave MasterSamsun CymbalsLeyan SenayBreslow Drum Co. Breslow Drum Co. Odery DrumsCentent CymbalsVintage Rick Marotta Yamaha setVintage Ludwig 70’s vistaliteWFL III SnaresSlingerland Gene Krupa replicaReverie CymbalsCami Loops and Jules MasciaTracy Broussard, Jake Sommers, Jim…
2025 Chicago Drum Show
For over three decades, the Chicago Drum Show has been the heartbeat of the global drumming community—an unmatched gathering spot for those in search of the finest, rarest, and most innovative vintage, custom, and modern drums, cymbals, percussion instruments, and…
Stan Lynch Returns with The Speaker Wars Part One
Drummer, songwriter, producer, Stan Lynch is back, but did he ever really leave? The last time many of us saw him he was departing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the peak of their success. I thought he was crazy,…
Abe Cunningham talks about Private Music… and much more!
After five (long) years, the Deftones are back with a new record called Private Music, and Abe Cunningham is back with more groove than ever, and even more cool snare drum sounds to make us drummers drool. We sat down…
Bringing the Groove Home to Nashville
When Yamaha Drums throws a party, it’s not just another industry showcase. It’s a celebration of the very heart of drumming. On July 19, 2025, Yamaha hosted its second annual “A Night in the Pocket” event. An unforgettable evening that…
Joe Chambers: A Life of Cross Rhythms
Drummer, vibraphonist, composer, bandleader, educator… Joe Chambers has done it all in his long career as a musician. Now he is talking about all of it in his new book Cross Rhythms: An Introspective into the Life and Musicality of…
