In Memoriam
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In Memoriam - Dennis Davis
There’s much to love about every drummer who played behind David Bowie. From Mick Woodmansey’s workmanlike chops to slick groove merchants like Andy Newmark and Omar Hakim to Mark Guiliana’s envelope-pushing concepts, all did amazing work with Bowie. TO READ…
In Memoriam - Herb Brochstein
Irvin “Herb” Brochstein, the founder of Pro-Mark Drumsticks, passed away this past January at the age of eighty-five. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
In Memoriam - Alan Myers
The drummer from the classic Devo lineup of the ’70s and ’80s died this past June 24 at age fifty-eight. Josh Freese, who’s been manning the throne in the band since the mid-’90s, pays tribute to the highly creative, super-precise…
In Memoriam - A.J. Pero
In Memoriam A.J. Pero On March 20, while on the road with Adrenaline Mob, longtime Twister Sister drummer A.J. Pero suffered a fatal heart attack while asleep on his tour bus. He was fifty-five. According to Twister Sister frontman Dee…
In Memoriam - Lenny DiMuzio
In Memoriam Lenny DiMuzio When Lennie DiMuzio died this past March 7 after a long battle with cancer, the phrase “end of an era” was truly appropriate. During his decades working at Zildjian and then for Sabian, DiMuzio defined what…
In Memoriam - Jim Coffin
Coffin was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1931, and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). After playing professionally in Los Angeles, he returned to Iowa and taught high school starting in 1956. TO READ…
In Memoriam: Remo Belli 1927–2016
Remo Belli started out like most of us: a humble drummer, looking to make a difference on the scene. Even he could not have predicted that, in time, that scene would encompass all of humankind. In this special tribute, players…
In Memoriam - Robert Zildjian
Robert Zildjian, who died this past March 28 at the age of eighty-nine, was many things. He was an astute and aggressive businessman, a devoted and revered family patriarch, and a walking compendium of percussion-industry history. TO READ THE FULL…
