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Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Gavin Harrison: Expanding Illusions
(September 2005 Issue) At thirty-nine, Gavin Harrison's drumming career encompasses some sixty-five recordings and over thirty world tours with artists as varied as Iggy Pop, Lisa Stansfield, Level 42, and Italian pop superstar Claudio Baglioni. In early 2002, Gavin joined…
Chris Hesse: Rocking Out
"I learned to play drums by putting on headphones and playing to Rush's Fly By Night until I knew every song by heart. Neil Peart was my first major influence." So says Chris Hesse, drummer for Southern California hard rockers…
Chevelle's Sam Loeffler
Literally a few days before our interview with Sam Loeffler, the news came that Chicago trio Chevelle had just been awarded platinum status (sales of one million copies) for their sophomore effort, Wonder What's Next. And that's exactly the question…
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…
Phil Collins
Phil Collins' first studio album in six years, Testify, is another brilliant collection of pop songs, textures, and sounds from the singer/composer/drummer/producer, who still considers himself - first and foremost - a drummer. When last we spoke, two years ago,…
Adam Deitch with John Scofield
"He's a bad boy, that's for sure," says guitar star John Scofield of his talented young sideman Adam Deitch. On the Sco gig, Deitch comes across like a composite of two great drummers that the guitarist has worked with before'the…
Kevin March of Guided by Voices, Shudder to Think, and The Dambuilders
"On my ride home from the last show, that's when I really started thinking, 'What am I going to do next?'" Kevin March is reflecting on the recent retirement of Guided By Voices, the immensely prolific, critically heralded indie rock…
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…
Troy Luccketta
It's not unusual for bands that enjoyed success during the glory days of glam-metal to still tour today. What is rare is finding any of these groups producing new albums that don't sound hopelessly dated. An exception is Tesla, a…
Adam Pedretti: Killing Heidi's Thunder
For Killing Heidi drummer Adam Pedretti, the common link between his former band, hardcore rockers NIL, and his present group, the teen-appeal rock band fronted by seventeen-year-old bombshell Ella Hooper, was producer Paul Kosky. "Paul had worked with NIL as…
Alexis Fleisig: Series 7 Drumming
(October 2001 Issue) When director Daniel Minahan needed an edgy, suspenseful score for his film Series 7, a dark, satiric lampoon of reality-based TV focusing on a fictional game show where contestants compete to the death'the film's music supervisor suggested…
AL3 : Powerman 5000's Drummer In Revolt
(December 2000 Issue) Al 3 has gone from playing in cover and original bands in upstate New York, to blues bands in Boston, to Powerman 5000. Although they've sold close to two million copies of Tonight The Stars Revolt! and…
