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March 2023:
Barry Kerch: Rock and Roll’s Eternal Student

Some people in the media that say Rock and Roll is dead. But those people haven’t heard or seen Shinedown playing to 15,000 people every night. Sometimes when I interview drummers while they are promoting their new records, we don’t often learn much about the drummer. But drummer Barry Kerch …


June 2012:
Shinedown's Barry Kerch
Barry Kerch

Shinedown’s master of bombast is expert at building glorious mountains of rock out of the good ol’ 2 and 4. But without his attention to detail, it wouldn’t amount to a pile of beans.


September 2006:
September 2006 – Volume 30 • Number 9

Dave Lombardo, Matt Cameron, Ignacio Berroa, Jim Riley, Kris Myers, Ray Luzier, Tony Thaxton, Tony Royster Jr., Barry Kerch, Paul Chuffo, Jerome Dillon, Jim Fox, Virgil Donato, Ringo Starr, Jason Bittner, Daniel de los Reyes, Scott Rockenfield



Posted: July 31, 2017

Barry Kerch
Category: News, News and Events
Shinedown’s Barry Kerch Auctions Snare Drum For Charity

Barry Kerch of Shinedown is actioning off one of his stage-played snare drums and a meet and greet to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.


Posted: February 4, 2016

Category: Feature Stories, Multimedia, Spotify Playlists
Listen to the Drumming: Great Tracks From MD’s March 2016 Issue

Our latest Playlist includes tracks from cover artist Barry Kerch and Shinedown, Jellyfish, Spock’s Beard, Dixie Dregs, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Vinnie Colaiuta, Savages, Daughter, and more incredible artists featured throughout the pages of the March 2016 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Listen below or in the Spotify app….


Posted: January 29, 2016

March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Barry Kerch
Category: Drummers, Issues, News, News and Events
March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Barry Kerch

See what’s in the March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer magazine featuring Barry Kerch.


Posted: January 29, 2016

Category: Drummers, Issues, News, News and Events
March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Barry Kerch

See what’s in the March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer magazine featuring Barry Kerch.


Posted: October 7, 2011

Category: Drummers, Multimedia, On the Beat, Videos
In The Studio With Shinedown’s Barry Kerch (VIDEO)

Shinedown’s Barry Kerch—runner-up in the Rock category of Modern Drummer’s 2010 Readers Poll—recently entered the studio to start work on the follow-up to the band’s platinum-selling breakout album The Sound of Madness. Here Barry and drum tech Mike Fasano give us a glimpse of the gear Barry is recording with—and …


Posted: August 24, 2010

Category: Drummers, Feature Stories
Chad Szeliga: Props From Peers

Since joining the heavy rock band Breaking Benjamin in 2005, just in time to record the platinum-selling Phobia album, Chad Szeliga has drawn lots of attention for his unerring control, power, and musicality—and not just from fans but from some of the best in the biz…. “Chad is not only …


Posted: August 11, 2009

Category: Drummers, On the Beat
Stimulate This! Tour with Barry Kerch of Shinedown

Right now, we seem to be on the never-ending world tour (not a bad thing) in support of our third album, The Sound Of Madness. We are currently on the Stimulate This! tour, which includes Halestorm, Chevelle, and Staind.


Posted: July 15, 2006

Category: Drummers, Feature Stories, Update
Barry Kerch of Shinedown

In 2001, Barry Kerch’s audition for Shinedown consisted of going into the studio, laying down tracks, and seeing what stuck. Within the tryout he performed the band’s eventual single, “45.???



Posted: February 12, 2016

Category: Mike and Mike Podcast, Multimedia, Podcasts
Episode 28: Joe Hibbs, Listener Questions, Modern Drummer 40th-Anniversary Custom Snare Drums, Rashid Williams, and more

Joe Hibbs, Listener Questions, Modern Drummer 40th-Anniversary Custom Snare Drums, Rashid Williams, and more in this week’s episode of the Modern Drummer Podcast with Mike and Mike.


Posted: February 5, 2016

Category: Mike and Mike Podcast, Multimedia, Podcasts
Episode 27: Barry Kerch, Sabian HH Remastered Series Cymbals, Hidden Rhythms Part 2, Listener Questions, and more

In this episode, Mike and Mike crack open the March 2016 issue of Modern Drummer and discuss cover artist Barry Kerch of the popular hard rock band Shinedown. Dawson shares some of his experience reviewing the new Sabian HH Remastered series, and Johnston digs deeper into his article in the …