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Ringo Starr Ringo 2012

There’s something timeless about Ringo’s drumming. Though he’s not one to get with “the click-track way” of making records, you simply can’t ignore his flawless time and backbeat, and he always makes the simplest drum parts feel so good. Ringo…

Modern Drummer
Jan 31, 2012

Ringo Starr

One gets a sense from Ringo Starr’s brand-new album, Ringo 2012, that the famous Beatle is thinking a lot about the past these days. First off, Ringo revisits a few of his older tunes here, employing reggae feels on “Step Lightly”…

Modern Drummer
Jan 31, 2012

Andy Horst of This Providence

What’s up, MD readers! I play drums for a band called This Providence. After taking nine months off the road to write and record a new album, I’m finally out touring again for the majority of the year to support…

Modern Drummer
May 6, 2009

Roger Taylor: Update

It shouldn’t really be much of a surprise that Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Nate “Danja” Hills all have production credits on Duran Duran’s new album, Red Carpet Massacre. After all, the band’s four founding members–keyboardist Nick Rhodes, singer Simon Le…

Modern Drummer
Jan 25, 2008

Rocky Gray of Evanescence

by Waleed Rashidi Rock stardom may be a cool thing, but to Rocky Gray, it’s the music–and playing his own parts–that matters. All it took was one wildly propulsive radio single to plaster drummer Rocky Gray’s performances all over the…

Modern Drummer
Dec 15, 2006
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