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.
Jimmy Nicol
What thoughts could you generate if you were asked to step in and play for the most famous pop/rock group of all time?
Andy White
The group that was soon to revolutionize the music world was yet to make its first recording. This event occurred on September 11 of that same year.
Craig Krampf
Aside from his ongoing work with Carnes, he's become one of the busiest session drummers in Los Angeles, working on such projects as Santana, Jane Wiedlin, The Motels, Dwight Twilley, and Rocky III.
Terry Williams — Strait Foundation
He is a self-described instinctive drummer who plays for the joy of the beat, and his crisp, incisive, and dynamic style has developed through years of playing everything.
Alex Cooper
People think of Katrina & The Waves, and in their minds, no doubt, they see a future star in Katrina Leskanich, and a young, exciting band whose best work is yet to be heard.
Bud Harner — Stylistic Variety
From the time I started with music when I was 11 years old, I knew I wanted to be a professional drummer, and that's been it for the whole time.
Ralph Peterson Jr.
This energetic approach, combined with a deep respect for the history of the drums, has placed Peterson alongside some of the most respected jazz musicians today.
Marvin “Smitty” Smith Drum History In Transition
Affable, gregarious, and inquisitive, Smitty projected the kind of radiant enthusiasm and love off the bandstand that is the visible beacon of a soul at peace with himself.
Buddy Williams — Going For The Feeling
Williams has sometimes been accused by listeners of laying back too much—of underplaying, in fact.
Manny Elias — Patterns
Every year produces its musical surprises and success stories, and Tears For Fears was certainly one of 1985's most pleasant.
Jimmie Fadden — dirt ’n’ drums
I never had any formal training. I came into music probably like a lot of people do. The band got together and said,
