Latest News Todd Sucherman – Interview + All Drummers “Maybe I’m Amazed” Cover & Todd’s Ode to Pearl Drum Solo – 4/12/21 A Look Back to 2020- Cindy Blackman Santana’s ‘Give The Drummer Some’ – Album Review – April 11th, 2021 The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 – Album Review – April 9th, 2021 THE ARISTOCRATS’ NEW LIVE ALBUM “FREEZE! LIVE IN EUROPE 2020” Brian Tichy – Interview +“I’m the One” by Van Halen – Play Along & Lesson Video! Yoyoka Soma – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight – HLAG 2018 Contestant & 2021 Jr Global Ambassador – 4/4/21 Steve Gadd Band At Blue Note Tokyo – New Live Album Review – April 3rd, 2021 A Look Back – Thomas Lang’s ‘ProgPop’ Album Review (Video Lessons Attached!) Magazine Features On The Cover Edit Bunker’s Zach Danziger Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Lloyd Bishop Web Exclusive! Alex Rüdinger of Good Tiger on the Group’s Sophomore Album, We Will All Be Gone by Ben Meyer Former Hole and Current Upset Drummer Patty Schemel Interview by Ben Meyer | Photo by Alex Solca Drum Wisdom: Legendary Educator Michael Carvin by Keith Carne | Photo by Rahav Segev Modern Drummer 2018 Readers Poll Winners! Big & Rich's Keio Stroud Story by Aaron Strickland | Photos by Joey Tanner Jimmie Vaughan's George Rains by Cleve Warren Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 28: Narada Michael Walden & Dominique McDowell. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 27: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 26: Narada Michael Walden & Gary Husband. Ringo Starr Pop Up Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 25: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Gerald Heyward The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 24: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Part 2 The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 23: Narada Michael Walden & Lenny White. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 22: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Magazine Education Basics The Fundamentals of 5/4 Rock by Joel Rothman Strictly Technique Three Birds With One Stone – Optimize Your Practice Time by Chris Prescott Style And Analysis John Clardy On Tera Melos’s Trash Generator Article by Austin Burcham | Photo by Colin Eldridge Jazz Drummer's Workshop Bebop Syncopation, Part 3: Elvin Jones by Mike Alfieri Rock Perspectives Seven-Over-Three Polyrhythms by Aaron Edgar Concepts The Failure Percentage by Russ Miller Magazine Reviews & Gear Sugar Percussion – 2-12 Series Mahogany Snares Ddrum – Dios Maple Series Drumset Ahead – Maxx 5A and Frank Zummo Drumsticks, Stick-On Practice Pad, and Compact Stick Holder Alesis – Strike Pro Drumset Dream – Re-Fx Naughty Saucer Gearing Up - Phantogram’s Chris Carhart New and Notable - New Drum Gear from Simmons, Zildjian, Roland, Sound Percussion Labs, Tama and Sabian! Modern Drummer Featured Products Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 2 - Alex Van Halen Book Bundle | $0 Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 - Neil Peart Book Bundle | $0 All Access Subscription | $95.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview Appreciation and Gratitude by Billy Amendola In Memoriam Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart: 1961-2017 Story by Patrick Berkery | Photo by Ebet Roberts Readers' Platform Drum Fills: Keep It Simple, or Shred? Out Now John Convertino on Calexico’s The Thread That Keeps Us Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Eric Stoner On Tour Marty Beller With They Might Be Giants Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Erik Rosengarten In Memoriam Remembering Ben Riley, Frank Capp, Grady Tate, and Chuck Blackwell. Must-Have Gear Ulysses Owens Jr. Article by Jeff Potter | Photo by Rayon Richards Retailer Profile Professional Drum Shop Interview by Patrick Berkery Critique The Chick Corea & Steve Gadd Band, Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdés, Good Tiger, Quartet NL, and more! Backbeats The 2017 Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show Story and photos by Bob Campbell Kit of the Month A Slingerland Unmasked