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October 1987

An Editor's Overview

Summer Drum Reading

Kit of the Month

Clean, Compact, and Consistent.

JAZZ INSIGHTS

Ichi Go, Ichi Ye

New and Notable

SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR SPD-SX PRO V 2.0, LP IMPROVES THE CYCLOPS, THE NEW GRAHAM PEDAL, DW SOUNDWORKS METAL LEGACY 2

Product Close-Up

Ebenor Quality Percussion: Noranda Copper Snares

Product Close-Up

OCDP: Orange County Drum & Percussion, The Loudest Name in Drums Returns!

Industry Happenings

CHICAGO DRUM SHOW SCHEDULE, NEW ROLAND EL SEGUNDO HEADQUARTERS

On the Cover

Devon “Stixx” Taylor: A New Era of Greatness

Features

Adonis Rose: New Orleans Drumming, and Much More!

Features

Gunnar Olsen: Inside Puscifer’s Normal Isn’t

Features

Elise Trouw: The Architect of Loop and Groove

Features

Steve Judd of Karnivool— Back Behind the Machine

Transcriptions

Chick Corea Elektric Band II “Ished” from Paint the World, drummer Gary Novak

Strictly Technique

Silent Drum Practice – Part 3: The Imaginary Drum Set

Basics

Rock Perspectives

Progressive Drumming Essentials: Septuplet Fives

Jazz Drummer's Workshop

Master Studies II: Table of Time (Revisited)

Teacher's Forum

The New Breed: (Some More) Advanced Reading

Collector's Corner

The History of Parade, Circus, and Vaudeville Drums

Out Now

Out Now May 2026

Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition

In Memoriam

James Edward Gadson, June 17, 1939- April 2, 2026

EYE CANDY

Payton Taylor’s Zara Larsson Touring Kit

Flipbook

May 2026 – Volume 50 • Number 5