SJC was formed in 2000 by teenage brothers Mike and Scott J. Ciprari, who used their parents’ and grandmother’s basements to warehouse parts and assemble their first drums. By 2006, SJC had become a nationally recognized brand, thanks in part to one of its eye-catching wood-hoop kits being played by Spencer Smith with Panic at the Disco at the MTV Video Music Awards.

January 2018 Issue