Features
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Keith Copeland
After meeting and interviewing Keith Copeland, there's one word that seems to represent his overall approach to drums: tradition. My dictionary has three definitions for that word. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Quiet Riot's Frankie Banali
For starters, Frankie Banali looks like a heavy metal rock drummer. His long, shaggy and curly black hair coupled with a face of innocence turned sour seems just right for one who pounds the beat for an outfit such as…
Ralph Cooper rhythm supplier
If you describe me as emotional, that's fine because it's the truth," Air Supply's Ralph Cooper admitted midway through our interview. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jon Hiseman Interaction
Yosser was a character in a British T. V. serial called The Boys From The Blackstuff. Unable to come to terms with being unemployed, Yosser used to go around watching other people doing their jobs and saying, "I could do…
Michael Carabello - Return To The Jungle
Percussionist Michael Carabello, an original member of the Santana band, has always played with raw power, poetry, and the confidence and simplicity of an old master. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
The Animals' John Steel
It was June, 1964. People were still trying to get used to four mop tops from England who had taken the country by storm when the radio began blaring a new sound. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Mark Sanders
At only 28, Mark Sanders is a veteran. Mark has toured with major acts and free-lanced in the L.A. megalopolis, recorded critically acclaimed albums, and done demo and jingle work. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
John Stacey — Nashville Time
John's bread and butter comes from backing country artists in the Nashville studios. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Joey Kramer — Finding A Place In The '80s
Talk about the best American hard rock bands of the '70s and Aerosmith has to be mentioned in the first breath. Driven by a sound that was as intense as it was relentless, Aerosmith initially caught the attention of the…
Ronald Shannon Jackson's Rhythms Of Life
Ronald Shannon Jackson is one of the most distinctive drum stylists of the past 20 years—a shaman of modern rhythm. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Loverboy's Matt Frenette
Things happen fast in the world of rock 'n' roll. The first time Matt Frenette was interviewed for MD, people were raving about Loverboy on the West Coast, but the group's popularity did not yet extend to the East Coast.…
Ben Koller on the Armed’s Only Love
The constantly engaged metal-drumming madman gets conned into recording one of the year’s most brutally raw albums— with a few surprises.
La Luz’s Marian Li-Pino
At the time of this interview, Marian Li-Pino of L.A.-based-via-Seattle psych-surf band La Luz had just returned from finishing their new album, Floating Features, at Dan Auerbach’s Nashville-based Easy Eye Studio. Li-Pino was riding high and excited about the creative…
A Perfect Circle’s Jeff Friedl
Watching and listening to Jeff Friedl play drums is like studying a veteran chess grandmaster. All the moves are deliberate, nothing is about speed or rushing to execute ideas, and there’s a thought-out intelligence to every decision. TO READ THE…
