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.
Omar Gongora
The key to watching Kinky's drummer/percussionist Omar Gongora live is to never blink. The fiery drummer, who fuels the band's blend of Latin rock, electronica, and disco, never stops moving as he swings from a DW drumkit that he plays…
Robin Goodridge of Bush
"I'm a straight-ahead player," admits Robin Goodridge of Bush. "You'll find very few extended fills of bizarre time signatures in our music. But I try to find new ways of playing basic rock music. One thing I'll do is move…
Andy Granelli of The Distillers
Punk-rock revivalists The Distillers have hit on a musical formula that could spell big success for their much buzzed-about major-label debut. Coral Fang infuses the old-school passion and lyrical relevance of hardcore punk legends like LA's Germs and Black Flag…
Trey Gray
"I had horrible gigs when I moved to town," Trey Gray recalls about moving from his hometown of South Bend, Indiana to Nashville, Tennessee. "Sometimes the gigs I did were only for the door, so I might only make a…
Dave Grohl: Returning To His Roots With Probot
(September 2005 Issue)Many drummers have hit it big since the post-metal resurgence of the early '90s. But no one has had the impact and influence of Dave Grohl. With the full-body flam and bass drum contortions of Nirvana's "Smells Like…
Trilok Gurtu
His style is often described as a blend of Indian music and jazz, but Trilok Gurtu denies that he's a jazz musician. "I like jazz, but I'm an Indian musician, just as John Coltrane liked Indian music but was a…
Bruce Guttridge
Dennis Chambers recently described Bruce Guttridge as "a monster" of a player (January 2000 MD). The compliment is well deserved; Bruce is one of the Mid-Atlantic's hardest working and most in-demand drummers. Coming off of a five-year stint with Ien…
Dana Hammond
Dana Hammond is all about setting goals and working to accomplish them. Even while working with Jessica Simpson and Mandy Moore, and performing and appearing in such high-profile commercials as Faith Hill's recent Pepsi ad, the drummer was thinking about…
Eric Harland
When twenty-five-year-old Eric Harland was a teenager, he weighed an astonishing 380 pounds, making him a target of cruel children, mean-spirited teachers, and sometimes, his own family. "I would walk into a clothing store and the employees would just laugh,"…
Winard Harper
The Savant label has recently released Winard Harper's Come Into The Light. The CD was recorded live at Cecil's, a jazz nightclub owned by drummer/producer Cecil Brooks III in New Jersey. Not since Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers has…
Keith Harris with The Black Eyed Peas
Any musician's first tour is a special memory - usually several months on the road with friends playing in front of a few interested fans. A lucky performer might head overseas for a run of shows. And that must have…
Gavin Harrison: Expanding Illusions
(September 2005 Issue) At thirty-nine, Gavin Harrison's drumming career encompasses some sixty-five recordings and over thirty world tours with artists as varied as Iggy Pop, Lisa Stansfield, Level 42, and Italian pop superstar Claudio Baglioni. In early 2002, Gavin joined…
Mickey Hart
Kodo's Mondo Head was an intense labor of love for producer Mickey Hart, who recorded over thirty hours of music from morning 'til night for a project he describes as "a marvelous hybrid filled with beautiful grooves and wonderful vocalizations.…
Graham Hawthorne: Blending The Third World With The New
In the past fifteen years or so, a New York City music fan out for a night of high-quality rock, pop, jazz, world music, singer/songwriter folk, or alt-country might well have been moved by the superbly musical and confident drumming…
