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.
Tower of Power's David Garibaldi: The Beat Builder
Building upon the James Brown legacy, he expanded the vocabulary of beat-displacement groove patterns and applied them in a “linear” concept.
Security Project's Jerry Marotta The Rhythm and the Heat
Recreating the sounds and grooves he conceived with Peter Gabriel — and reminding us just how shockingly satisfying they were.
Linda Pitmon
Her main dictate is to rock consistently, creatively, sometimes on a moment’s notice, and always like her life depends on it.
Aerosmith In Vegas
Aerosmith’s Deuces Are Wild residency at the MGM Resorts Park Theater in Las Vegas boasts a number of cutting-edge audio, video, and experiential enhancements.
The Velvet Underground
This month we check out some classic tracks from the influential band and associated artists.
The 2019 DCI World Championship Results
Blue Devils corps held on to a narrow lead of less than a tenth of a point to win a record-breaking nineteenth championship.
Catching Up With Ginger Baker
In December of 2014 Modern Drummer interviewed Ginger Baker, who died this past weekend at the age of eighty. We spoke to Baker, one of the most influential and notorious drummers in rock history, on the occasion of what would be his last studio album as a leader, Why?
King Crimson’s Gavin Harrison
Pushing forward with the ever-evolving art-rock institution, digging in deeper as a full-fledged member of the Pineapple Thief, and forever shaping the song.
Mark Guiliana — Blackstar in a Yellow Sweat Suit
The famed drummer is back in electro mode with his way forward-looking Beat Music project.
The Regrettes’ Drew Thomsen
Drew Thomsen has been holding down the rhythm with garage pop sweethearts the Regrettes for enough time to make a statement of purpose for all who come to rock out at their shows.
Steve Lukather on Five Jeff Porcaro Toto Tracks (Plus Five Non-Toto Ones!)
Back in 1977, after doing sessions in L.A. for a number of top acts and appearing on many hit records together, keyboardist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro decided to write, record, and tour for themselves.
