April 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 4

British Drum Company - Lounge Series Drumset

Several personalities from the English drumming community came together to launch the British Drum Company.

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s “Piece of My Heart”

San Francisco circa 1967/68 was home to some of the most successful and forward-thinking rock bands of the time, including the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring singer Janis Joplin.

Long Live Rock!

Perhaps more than any other band on the planet, Dave Grohl’s post-Nirvana vehicle represents the very heights of grandeur that rock can still attain.

Porter & Davies BC-X Bass Drum Monitoring System

Porter & Davies is a U.K.-based company that manufactures a range of high-quality tactile monitoring systems, including the flagship BC2, the rack-mountable BC2rm, and the portable BC Gigster.

New Gear from Vic Firth, Tama, Mapex, CruzTools, Los Cabos, Vater, LP, Gretsch, and more.

New Gear from Vic Firth, Tama, Mapex, CruzTools, Los Cabos, Vater, LP, Gretsch, and more.

Music As A Game

In his book Effortless Mastery, jazz pianist, composer, and author Kenny Werner wrote, “Don’t forget: Music is something we just made up. It doesn’t actually exist as anything but a game for us.”

Eights And Sixes

We’re going to build upon the Eights and Sixes exercise that I introduced in Part 1 of this series by adding double strokes and rimshots into the routine.

Kyle Crane with Neko Case

Crane says that during rehearsals he homed in on tempos and focused on the way Case’s tracks were supposed to feel.

Oh Sees’ Paul Quattrone and Dan Rincon

Since 2015 the Oh Sees have utilized a double-drummer rhythm section, which currently features Dan Rincon and Paul Quattrone.

Morgan Ågren Of The Mats/Morgan Band

The career of Swedish drummer Morgan Ågren is proof that you needn’t adhere to typical scenarios to forge a unique professional path.

Latin Jazz Drumming Part 3: Mambo Bell Ideas in 3/2 Time

Welcome to the third installment in our series on Latin jazz drumming. In this lesson we’ll focus on mambo bell variations in a 3/2 time signature. The inspiration for this month’s column comes from an audition experience I had several…

Sean Lennon on the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s South of Reality

On February 22 the Claypool Lennon Delirium—an alternative psychedelic group that consists of Primus frontman Les Claypool and multi-instrumentalist/drummer Sean Ono Lennon—released their new album, South of Reality.

April 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 4

Five-A-Diddles

Throughout their careers, great drummers such as Zigaboo Modeliste, David Garibaldi, and Dave Weckl have opened our imaginations to the possibilities of paradiddles and their inversions.

Amanda Shires’ Jerry Pentecost

When Modern Drummer reached out to catch up with Jerry Pentecost, the drummer filled us in on his impressive performing schedule and concluded, “I’m really just a dude looking for donuts.”

New Releases by Phil Stewart, Henry Conerway, Jeff Berlin, Rudy Royston and more.

Groove and pocket are something drummers discuss often. It’s something where you know it when you hear it.

Modern Drummer 2019 Readers Poll Winners

The Foo Fighters’ tandem drummers had another huge year in 2018, with Taylor Hawkins powering the band throughout

What's Your Favorite Charlie Watts Performance?

When we first took to social media to ask which performances you’d recommend from the seminal Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts.

The Transformer

This creative yet compact setup comes to us from Westminster, California’s Jimmy Tran, and it marks the second time that one of the drummer’s kits has appeared in MD’s featured spotlight.

The Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show

Since its inception nearly two decades ago, the Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show has built up a reputation as a national premier drumming event.