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Jason Mackenroth with The Rollins Band and Mother Superior
Jason Mackenroth doesn't seem to understand the term "downtime." Not only is the drummer simultaneously playing in both The Rollins Band and Mother Superior, he's playing back to back sets on tour. Sure, The Rollins Band is Mother Superior with…
Vinnie Amico: moe.'s Rhythm Method
America's favorite hippie jam band, moe., has been busy touring - and procreating. Explains drummer Vinnie Amico, "I went on my first tour in the spring of '97, then went out with the Further Festival. Then I had a baby.…
Skeebo Knight
Skeebo Knight loves drumming. Yet the pain he must endure simply to sit behind his kit and lay down a groove is staggering. Knight suffers from Scleroderma, which he describes as a connective tissue disorder that causes a variety of…
Dustin Hengst of Damone
Named after the wise-cracking ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Boston-based rock band Damone combine Joan Jett-inspired rock 'n' roll brattiness with Rick Nielsen-worthy power-pop sensibilities. Setting itself apart from the pack with the tomboyish verve of eighteen-year-old…
King Coffey of the Butthole Surfers
Here's one for truth in advertising. On the Butthole Surfers' latest album, Weird Revolution, precise digital editing replaces the band's famous idiot-savant studio trickery, and sophisticated beat architecture holds sway where gut-wrenching tom-thuggery once ruled. Somehow, the beautifully skewed Surfers…
Lori Peters of Skillet
With the same intensity that linebackers smash the head of Brett Favre, Skillet's Lori Peters attacks her set. "Being a drummer is a lot like being an athlete," Peters agrees. "It takes the same amount of dedication and discipline. You…
Drori Mondlak
Sometimes the truth about drums will come to Drori Mondlak at night. He'll stay up late, long after the gig, changing heads and tuning. Sometimes it will come to him during a jog in the forest, away from inner-city New…
