Drummers
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Nick D'Virgilio
Phil Collins began his successful musical career as the exciting young drummer for an obscure prog band from England called Genesis. He eventually worked his way out from behind the drumkit to center stage as the lead vocalist. As lead…
Duduka Da Fonseca: Samba Deep
As a teenager growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Duduka Da Fonseca witnessed Brazil's bossa nova revolution firsthand. With renowned drummer Joao Palma as a neighbor, Duduka was accepted into an inner circle of drummers including Edison Machado, Dom Um…
Damon Delapaz
Just over a year ago, Damon Delapaz was the guitarist for Houston, Texas-based pop-punk band FenixTX, then an underground independent group whose tracks hadn't even hit major radio rotation. Yet, all that changed within a matter of a few short…
Zach Danziger
Like a musical cat, Zach Danziger has had more lives than most drummers have sticks. The New York-born drummer cut his teeth with Michel Camilo, Chuck Loeb, and Wayne Krantz, but just when his rhythmic intelligence seemed destined to make…
Jack DeJohnette
"When I play, I go into an altered state, a different headspace. I plug into my higher self, into the cosmic library of ideas." "The sound of my music was changing as fast as I was changing musicians," jazz legend…
Jerome Deupree and Billy Conway reunite in Morphine
Last summer ('99), after finishing their new record, The Night, the Boston-based group Morphine left for Europe to play several festival dates. A few days into the tour, on July 3, in Palestrina, Italy, singer/songwriter Mark Sandman suffered a fatal…
Cody Dickinson: Defining An Artist
"It's a misconception that blues music is simple and easy to play," says Cody Dickinson of The North Mississippi All-Stars. "When you start dealing with the swing element and the feel, it gets tough. It's much harder than straight-8th rock."…
Marko Djordjevic
Marko Djordjevic brought the crowd to life at the johnnyraBB NAMM concert/party last summer in Nashville. The Yugoslavian-born player won over the drum enthusiasts with his mix of impressive chops, quick thinking, and sheer joy of playing. It was clear…
Lou Dog from Kottonmouth Kings
"I come from that Orange County, mid-'80s punk rock scene," says Lou Dog, drummer for hip-hoppers Kottonmouth Kings. "I'm a punk drummer. I play hip-hop like a punk." Lou joined Kottonmouth Kings, with his former Humble Gods cohort, Brad X,…
Steven Drozd Interview
Like all the masters of psychedelic pop, The Flaming Lips blow your mind with the most ordinary of devices. These seem-to-be eccentrics, who've recently won a Grammy for the instrumental "Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)," are really just…
Dave Dunseath
A degree in business from the University of Arkansas and a diploma from the school of hard knocks on the nightclub circuit couldn't prepare Dave Dunseath for the education he received when he arrived in Nashville in 1986. "I came…
Phil Ehart of Kansas
It's been seventeen years since the original Kansas lineup recorded tmgether. Such an event merits special circumstances, for sure. So when Kansas founder Kerry Livgren realized the solo material he'd been working on would be perfect for his old band,…
Josh Eppard of Coheed & Cambria
Though Coheed & Cambria's drummer Josh Eppard grew up playing along to Sly & The Family Stone's sticksman Gregg Errico, and also cites The Cars as a musical influence, the band's progressive rock underpinnings challenge him. "All of our songs,…
Shane Evans of Collective Soul
Name the musician who said, "I got more interested in sampling honest sounds, like throwing a wrench at a sheet of metal, getting some crazy sound, finding the rhythm in the chaos, then sampling and looping it." Let's see, Moby…
