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Scotty Gee of LoveHateHero
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."–Harry S. Truman After reading a couple of drummers' posts on here, there is a point that I want to stress, that no one else in mentioning. As with most…
Dylan Wissing
2007 was an extremely busy year for me. I played eighty-four shows in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New Orleans, with several recording projects and a zillion songwriting sessions and rehearsals. I'm keeping a current schedule and blog at myspace.com/dylanwissing.…
Anthony Biuso Blog
Hey, MD, my name is Anthony Biuso from (hed) p.e. My friends, oddly enough, call me Tiny Bubz. If you've found your way to my blog, then you must be like me: I live and breathe drums and drumming! I've…
Craig Pilo with Frankie Valli
Hello, MD readers! It's always a pleasure to punch in with my fellow drummers and the MD community. We are all fortunate to belong to a group that takes interest in one another, shares and swaps ideas, and above all,…
Torry Castellano: The Grip Of Death
Although Donnas drummer Torry Castellano still encourages the idea of being a self-taught musician, she’s quick to admit that she had to learn the hard way that improper technique can cause serious problems. A few years ago after a bout…
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…
John Zox
Greetings, Modern Drummers! I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you about my band, ZOX, my experience as its drummer for the past six years, and our new, third album, Line In The Sand. Allow me to give you…
Mike Najarian of State Radio
Hello, everybody, my name is Mike Najarian and I play in the band State Radio from Boston, Massachusetts. We just recorded an album at Real World Studios in Box, England with the infamous mastermind producer Tchad Blake, and I would…
Steven Spence of Black Tide
Hey, everyone, my name is Steven Spence, and I'm the drummer in Black Tide. We're an old-school metal band based out of Miami, Florida, and we just finished up an eight-week tour with A7X. Prior to that, we were fortunate…
Phanie D of Girl In A Coma
Hey, all, I'm Phanie D, drummer for Girl In A Coma. I'm not your typical drummer, I guess. I'm not taught, and to this day I'm still not too familiar with drummer terms. I learned purely because I love it.…
Best Of '07
I'm convinced that, ten years from now, we're going to look back at 2007 as an unusually fertile time in music and in drumming. True, these days the most intriguing musicians inevitably lurk in the under-reported corners of the music…
Jimmy “The Rev??? Sullivan
“I have a clear vision of what I’m going to do before I go in there,” says Avenged Sevenfold’s speedy stickman, Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. After recording an album as diverse and detailed as the band’s latest self-titled affair, he…
Alex “El Animal??? González: A Passion For Drumming
by Robyn Flans Maná is a true rags-to-riches story. Fueled by an intense passion for music and a belief that music can transcend the boundaries of language, the Mexican rock band has sold more than twenty-two million records and collected…
Alex Van Halen: Bashing and Crashing In the Here and Now
by Ken Micallef Practically joined at the hip to his brother Eddie, nephew Wolfgang, and David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen has finally returned to the road with the band that bears his name. It’s been four years since the…
