Patrick Berkery

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.

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Matt Laug on Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”

The existence of live and programmed drums on a track is commonplace today. Twenty-five years ago, though, it was such a fresh idea it could launch a career. If you were anywhere near a radio or MTV in the latter…

Modern Drummer
Jul 9, 2020

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney

In the five years since the band’s last full-length... TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

Modern Drummer
Jul 8, 2020

Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center

Wheaton, Maryland Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center has been in business longer than drum department manager Darren Zentek has been alive—this year marks the store’s sixty-second. Levin’s was initially located in the District proper, before moving just north of the…

Modern Drummer
Jun 3, 2020

The Pretenders’ Martin Chambers

The band’s founding drummer finds himself back on tape for the first TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

by Patrick Berkery
May 1, 2020

Encore: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

No matter how far out the pianist/singer takes things on this classic double album bursting with fresh ideas, drummer Nigel Olsson adds just the right touch. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

Patrick Berkery
Feb 23, 2017
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