Daniel Gollin’s Hodgepodge with History
By Michael Molenda
On 01st Feb 2022
Daniel Gollin has played in a lot of bands—Halfway to Gone, A Thousand Knives of Fire, 40 Pound Hound, and many more—and his kit salutes its owner’s musical mishmash by being comprised of bits and pieces. Some of those pieces have history, as well. “The toms and kick were used by Monster Magnet,” says Gollin. “I believe during the band’s Superjudge tour and/or possibly the Dopes to Infinity tour back in the 1990s. I got them used after Jon Kleiman sold them to a local shop called Drummer’s Alley in Red Bank, New Jersey—which closed years ago.” The rest of the kit was assembled from gear that delivered the sound Gollin wanted. The 1990s DW “Monster Magnet” shells are 13” and 16” toms with a 22” kick in gold sparkle. The snare is a 8×14 Ludwig Coliseum from the mid 1980s in black cortex that Gollin purchased from another local […]