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Daniel Glass: Royal Crown Revue - Playing With Fire
Daniel Glass says leaving a major record label has had a lot of ramifications for Royal Crown Revue. But the main reason they did it was to have freedom to make their new record, Walk On Fire, the way they…
Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden
We managed to track down Nicko McBrain in Madrid, Spain while in the midst of Iron Maiden's successful world tour. "Who'd have thought even ten years ago that we'd still be going strong," the drummer says. "With Bruce and Adrian…
Galactic And Garage A Trois' Stanton Moore The Heart and Focus
One of the marks of greatness in a musician is that you can recognize him after the first couple of notes. Take, for example, New Orleans legend Johnny Vidacovich, who once showed a young student named Stanton Moore a thing…
Stephen Morris of New Order/Joy Division
Eighties synth pop band New Order has returned with a new album, and after two years of working on Waiting For The Siren's Call, drummer Stephen Morris is pleased it's finally seeing the light of day. The band started out…
Jaki Liebezeit: Can’s Rhythm Wizard Builds A New Kind Of Beat
photo by Heinrich Klaffs “In a way, I think the drumkit is finished.” Jaki Liebezeit didn’t get where he is today by mincing words—or beats. On the ’60s/’70s cusp, Jaki and his cohorts in the German ensemble Can conducted sonic…