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.
Mikkey Dee - Playing Heavy Music on the Drums
From 1985 through 1989 drummer Mikkey Dee created a modern style of progressive hard rock drumming with the band King Diamond. The recordings and the drumming on Abigail and Conspiracy laid the groundwork for many of today’s most extreme metal…
Cymbal Swap - Try Before You Buy
As a lifelong cymbalholic (and a longtime member of that defunct website) I don’t know why someone hasn’t thought of the idea of Cymbal Swap before now. But thankfully two drummers and cymbal lovers named Justin Netti and James Saullo…
Inside Drum Workshop’s DWe
Now that the Drum Workshop DWe kit has been around for a few months, and people are starting to play them, Modern Drummer had some questions that we wanted to ask about possibly the most groundbreaking advancement in modern drumming.…
Sheridan Riley - Always Deft, Driven, and Devoted
Since their 2014 debut, Alvvays have skyrocketed to become one of the most beloved rock bands around. Their excellent 2022 album, Blue Rev cemented their indie rock hero status, and a huge aspect of their satisfying sound is owed to…
Greg Hutchinson - The Pocket is the Pocket
The music world has been aware of drummer Greg Hutchinson for a long time, through his jazz work with legends like Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, and Michael Brecker. His work with his contemporaries like Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove,…
Eric Singer - Prelude to a KISS
Why would the title of an interview with KISS’s Eric Singer draw a title from a classic Duke Ellington composition? Well, I’ll let Eric explain that,“ I have music playing 24/7 in the house, it’s usually the Sinatra station on…
Virgil Donati Discusses Designing his New Techra Sticks
Virgil Donati is one of today’s finest and most intelligent drummers. The precision, articulation, and power in his playing is world renowned. When Modern Drummer learned that he was now endorsing Techra Sticks, we were intrigued. We wanted him to…
Lol Tolhurst and Budgie are Curious Creatures
Photo by: Louis-Rodiger It’s hard to imagine two other drummers from the post-punk era more influential than Lol Tolhurst from The Cure and Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Still to this day, you can’t turn on any alternative internet…
Chris Karabelas - for KING + COUNTRY Percussionist
Photo by: Alex Kluft Percussionist Chris Karabelas’ journey is an interesting story. He grew up outside of Baltimore, MD. His father was a big music fan who took him to more concerts than he can even remember. At five,…
Garrett Tyler - for KING + COUNTRY and Judah and the Lion
Photo by: Alex Kluft As we move through the for KING + COUNTRY percussion section, we move on to drummer and musical director Garrett Tyler. Garrett has been on the Nashville music scene for quite a while. His musical background…
for KING + COUNTRY: A Drummer’s Delight
Photo by: Kadin Tooley The band for KING + COUNTRY is a Christian pop band led by Joel and Luke Smallbone. Joel is a singer-songwriter, and Luke Smallbone is a drummer-singer-songwriter. Both Luke and Joel play drums and percussion during…
George Daniel - The Expansive Evolution of The 1975
The 1975 are among an elite class of 21st century rock bands. They’ve built a massive fanbase over the last decade, topped festival lineups around the world, and released five noteworthy albums that span from slick, funky new wave, to…
Post Malone’s Jacopo Volpe
Photo by Dave Lang How does a drummer get the gig playing with a global superstar like Post Malone? We asked drummer Jacopo Volpe to detail how his career has evolved. Jacopo provided Modern Drummer with some good insight into…
Onward and Upward: Memories and the Inspiration of Dom Famularo
Photo by: Sharon Griffin “Growing up in a musical house, I started to understand rhythm at a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are in the ‘Wizdom Drum Shed’ with my father, Drumming’s Global Ambassador Dom Famularo, making…
