Quotes from the Original Fearless Leader No plan. No staff. Just a grand passion, the personal savings of Ron Spagnardi and his wife Isabel, and the sweat entity of his dad and their daughter. There was little hope that a second issue would be possible, or any other issues thereafter. But 45 years later, Modern Drummer is still in the game. We thank Ron and Isabel for the spark, and for establishing a platform for service to the drum community and editorial excellence that continues to this day. The passion remains. Sadly, Ron died too young at 60 years old on September 22, 2003, after a battle with cancer. “All my life, all I ever did was play and teach the drums,” he told tigerbill.com in the early 2000s. “But I saw guitar and keyboard magazines, and I thought that drummers should have a magazine of their own. So, like […]

December 2021 Issue