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No Doubt’s Adrian Young Inteview May 2013

Behind the larger-than-life drumming persona of Adrian Young you’ll find many of the same qualities shared by the rest of us humble timekeepers. It takes a certain amount of mojo to play sold-out arenas wearing only a Mohawk and a pair of underwear. But it also takes hundreds of hours in the garage practicing to be able to really sell every song to huge audiences the world over. After a No Doubt rehearsal for a six-night stand at L.A.’s Gibson Theatre, Young took the time to chat with us about his development, his growing relationship with electronics and programming, and the myriad projects he finds himself involved with during his band’s downtime.   MD: When you joined No Doubt in 1989, you were still fairly new to the drums. What was your practice regimen at the time? Adrian: I’d only been playing drums for a year and a half when […]
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