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Bun E. Carlos — Mind Over Metal

Beneath the pomp and parading is a very musical metal, and one of the hardest-working and clearest-thinking drummers in rock.

by Robin Tolleson
Nov 8, 2018

Kit of the Month - The Dream Police Kit

This vintage gold sparkle kit comes to us from Minnetonka, Minnesota, reader Rob Gilboe, who explains that the set was custom-built by drum tech Paul Jamieson and manufacturer Patrick Foley for former Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos in the…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Catching Up With…Bun E. Carlos

While the current members of Cheap Trick used the run-up to the band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction to promote a new album and take potshots at former drummer Bun E. Carlos in the press, the famously bespectacled…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Daryl Hall and John Oates' Brian Dunne

If you’ve ever seen Live From Daryl’s House, it’s a good bet that you’ve thought to yourself at least one time, Now that’s one gig I’d love to have. And to be sure, the enormity of performing with pop and…

Bob Campbell
Jan 31, 2017