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.
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…
Drum Wisdom: Susie Ibarra
The highly regarded player/educator, who as usual has a number of fascinating new projects coming to fruition, shares her priorities on and off the bandstand.
Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee
Toasting its twentieth anniversary this year, Umphrey’s McGee is at the height of its powers, delighting fans with new music, raging shows, and an innovative approach to online outreach. That goes double for its ever-evolving drummer, who brings big beats…
Andy Newmark
Just when you start to think that Andy Newmark has settled into a "bag", he invariably takes off in another direction. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Kenny Clarke — Jazz Pioneer
The truth of the matter is, Kenny Clarke is perhaps more responsible for the evolution of modern jazz drumming than any other single individual. The man is, in fact, the ultimate pioneer. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Stan Lynch — Heartbreaking Rhythm
With $100 in his pocket, Stan Lynch drove his dad's VW bus from Florida across country to L.A. in 1974. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Carl Allen
Some people get all the breaks. They're the ones who just happen to be in the right place at the right time and luck out with the glamour gigs that every aspiring musician dreams of. TO READ THE FULL STORY:…
Papa Jo Jones
"I don't waste time," Papa Jo says, the words snapping upside my head like a malevolent rimshot, the eyes bugging out and his voice becoming as hard and sharp as flint. "Time is too precious. TO READ THE FULL STORY:…
Slim Jim Phantom — The Aesthetics of Bangin' and Yellin'
The first thing you notice about Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats—aside from the tattoos that seem to crawl up and down both arms—is, well, his slimness. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
L.A. Studio Drummers Roundtable, Part 1
For a long time, a shroud of mystery covered the fact that our favorite groups on vinyl were not always the same individuals we saw in concert. Certainly the records never revealed anything to the contrary. But as the facts…
L.A. Studio Drummers Roundtable, Part 2
For a long time, a shroud of mystery covered the fact that our favorite groups on vinyl were not always the same individuals we saw in concert. Certainly the records never revealed anything to the contrary. But as the facts…
