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John Lennon & Yoko Ono, John/Yoko Plastic Ono Band

Power to the People, with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests Box Set Capitol Records’ new Power to the People, with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests Box Set is an amazing set for any music fan, but it’s an absolute treat…

By Mark Griffith
Nov 1, 2025

Who Is Your Favorite Post-Beatles Drummer on Any Former Beatle’s Solo Albums?

Apparently, the Modern Drummer community loves their post-Beatles drummers. When we reached out on our Facebook page to query you about your favorite drummers on the solo albums of Paul, John, George, and Ringo, we received quite a flurry of…

Modern Drummer
May 17, 2021

Jimmy Nicol

What thoughts could you generate if you were asked to step in and play for the most famous pop/rock group of all time?

by Austin Teutsch
Oct 26, 2018

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

by Rick Mattingly
May 18, 2018

Vinny Appice Leaving His Mark

Even appearing on national television with an ex-Beatle—as a teenager, no less—couldn’t have prepared him for the rock ’n’ roll glory that lay just around the corner. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

Story by “Pistol” Pete Kaufmann | Photos by Alex Solca
Mar 23, 2018
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Pete Best: Silver Beatle

Unless you happened to be in Hamburg, Germany, or Liverpool, England between the years of 1960 and 1962, you would not have seen the Beatles' original drummer, Pete Best. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

by Robyn Flans
Nov 16, 2017

Hal Blaine

To chronicle the career of Hal Blaine is an almost awesome task. The office walls of his Hollywood Hills home are adorned with gold records that span the last two decades of music, such memorabilia as a mounted "thank you"…

Robyn Flans
Mar 23, 2017
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