December 2005

An Editor's Overview

We Can (and Should) Learn from Everybody!

Kit of the Month

All Fired Up: Ken Mondillo’s Salute to Myron Grombacher

JAZZ INSIGHTS

Blue Note Blues

Product Close-Up

DW Collector’s Series Vavona Exotic SonicPly Snare Drum: Maple and Aluminum, the Best of Both Worlds!

Product Close-Up

Alesis Strike Max Electronic Drum Kit

New and Notable

MEINL ANIKA NILLES LUNAR RIDE AND HATS, TAMA ANIKA NILLES SIGNATURE SNARE, SABIAN RAY LUZIER MANTARAY

Industry Happenings

Guitar Center Crowns Champion of Drum-Off Competition, Roland Opens Flagship Store in New York City, 3rd Annual Drum Queens Festival held in Lagos, Nigeria

On the Cover

Godsmack’s Sully Erna and the “Battle of the Drums” 

Features

Mike Mangini: In Perpetual Motion

Features

Cindy Blackman-Santana Talks About Her New Record, Coherence

Features

The Warped Tour Then and Now… with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Joe Sirois and Hoobastank’s Chris Hesse

Features

Jarvis “Jeb” Barnes: Drumming with Tate McRae, Driven by Discipline, Rebuilt Through Rhythm

Transcriptions

Godsmack “I Stand Alone,” drummer Tommy Stewart and “When Legends Rise,” drummer Shannon Larkin

Basics

Renew-Refuel-Move to DRUM!

Rock Perspectives

Progressive Drumming Essentials: Polyrhythms, Demystifying the Process

Jazz Drummer's Workshop

Master Studies II: Adventures in Time in ¾

Teacher's Forum

The New Breed: Composite Systems Part 2

Collector's Corner

Gretsch Drums and Memorabilia from the Northup Drums Museum

Out Now

Out Now October 2026

EYE CANDY

Kent Slucher’s Luke Bryan Touring Kit 

Flipbook

October 2026 – Volume 50 • Number 10