October 1984 - Volume 8 • Number 10 - Modern Drummer Magazine

October 1984 – Volume 8 • Number 10

Roger Taylor, Jerry Spieser, Les DeMerle, Bill Bruford, Max Roach, Liberty DeVitto, Terry Bozzio, Willie Wilcox, Phil Ehart

Articles in October 1984

Strictly Technique

Back To Back Rolls

Here are some exercises in back-to-back rolls. These rolls are a series of the same stroked roll (five-stroke, six-stroke, etc.) played in a continuous fashion, so as not to break the flow of constant 16th notes or an 8th-note triplet…

by Stanley Ellis
Aug 6, 2018
Up & Coming

Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst

A lot of attention has been paid to Australian bands in the last few years, and for good reason. What is not often mentioned is the abundance of excellent drummers who are responsible for the strong and danceable rhythms so…

by Bill Wolfe
Aug 6, 2018
Concepts

Centering And Breathing

My first Concepts article for Modern Drummer was entitled "Drumming And Breathing." Since that time, I have received letters and requests to write more on the same subject. Whether or not you are into yoga or meditation, there is ample…

by Roy Burns
Aug 6, 2018
Features

Les DeMerle — Transfuser

During this interview, Les DeMerle voiced slight annoyance and perplexity at reviewers who "always'' refer to him and/or his music as being "eclectic. " I believe that the commonly misunderstood definition of eclectic music is that it's weird, hard to…

by Scott K. Fish
Aug 6, 2018
Features

Jerry Speiser — Drummer At Work

Jerry Speiser comes from a land down under—Australia, to be exact. And he's in the group that helped make the land down under a desirable place to be and to be from. The group is Men At Work, and when…

by Robyn Flans
Aug 6, 2018