Drummers
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Felix "D'kat" Pollard
Felix Pollard’s drums weren’t the only thing pounding after he got a last-minute call to play for Lionel Richie’s 2004 performance on Oprah. The thought of performing for two legends in his hometown of Chicago with no rehearsal gave the…
Jerome Deupree New England International Drum Expo Blog
Hey, folks! I want to tell you about the New England International Drum Expo that was held in Manchester, New Hampshire a couple weekends ago. I was very honored to do a clinic on Sunday. The roster of players was…
London of City Sleeps
London of City Sleeps here, with a few tips for the road and at home. First–and I can't stress this enough–practice with a metronome. I see a lot of drummers out there who don't even bat an eye at the…
The Return of Double Drumming’s Greatest Hits
In the February 2007 issue of Modern Drummer, we ran a feature called “Double Drumming’s 25 Greatest Hits.” At the time we asked MD readers to submit their own favorite double-drum performances, which we’d post online at a later date.…
Stella Mozgawa of Mink
Image from Stella Mozgawa's Instagram @steezmeez G'day cyberspace and Modern Drummer! My name is Stella Mozgawa. I play the ol' drumkit for Mink. I'm twenty-one years old, and my dimensions could be best described as 14", 22", 13", and 16".…
Aaron Gillespie
Aaron Gillespie had things he wanted to say. As drummer and lead vocalist for the screamo outfit Underoath, he was one sixth of the equation. With the recent release of his debut solo opus, Southern Weather, Gillespie grabs his guitar,…
Craig Macintyre
Drummer Craig Macintyre is in the middle of a two-year tour with Josh Groban, promoting the star vocalist’s latest album, Awake. According to the drummer, there are many challenges to the gig. “A lot of people assume Josh’s music is…
Justin Hanson from So They Say
Hey, MD readers, I'm Justin Hanson, and I play drums for So They Say. We're an alternative rock band based out of St. Louis, Missouri. We got together 2004 while I was still in high school, and we started touring…
Carl Allen: Embracing the Journey
story by Michael Dawson Soon after moving to the New York area in the early ’80s, Carl Allen landed a dream gig with post bop trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. That gig established the then nineteen-year-old drummer as a leading light among…
The Evolution of Jimmy Chamberlin: Still Smashing
by Ken Micallef As a self confessed “elder statesman of music,” and one of the most influential drummers of the past fifteen years, Jimmy Chamberlin has a thing or two to say about the state of the instrument. He…
Jason Sutter with Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth drummer Jason Sutter wasn’t looking to jump ship when he was asked to sit in on a third-call audition for vocalist Chris Cornell. Cornell, who left Audioslave earlier this year, needed a band to tour with in support…
Tony Allen: Afrobeat Legend
As the most important drummer in African music, Tony Allen provided the Afrobeat pulse for Fela Kuti’s Africa ’70s band and recorded a clutch of solo albums (Jealousy, Progress, Lagos No Shaking). Currently Allen works for UK supergroup The Good,…
David Bergander of Celebration
Greetings! I'm David Bergander of the band Celebration. We're very excited that our second album, The Modern Tribe, is out now on 4AD. We've learned many things creating this record, the most important being, follow your heart, trust your gut,…
Drummer Blog: Marc Norgaard
Hello, fellow drummers, from Baltimore, Maryland! My name is Marc Norgaard, and I have been running a successful drum session-via-the-Web business for a number of years. I've had the opportunity to play on everything from demos to jingles to complete…
