Drummers
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.
Troy Yocum: Going For The Guinness
MD Readers, After drumming for three straight days in the heat, I ended up straining my right calf muscle and couldn’t finish my attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for longest drumming marathon. The heat here played a big…
Jack Bruno: Staying Power
Story and Photos by Sayre Berman Relationships these days are tough—for whatever the reason that sense of commitment of "I'm in this for the long haul" just doesn't seem to be there as much as it used to be. So…
Pat O'Shea of Millions
What's up, everybody! My name is Pat O'Shea, and I play drums for the Chicago-based band Millions. Our debut full-length, Gather Scatter, is out now, and we've been pretty busy heading out on the road in support of it. We've…
Josh Trager of The Sam Roberts Band
Hey MD'ers! I'm Josh Trager from Montreal, and as it says above I play drums in the Sam Roberts Band. We just came off a pretty solid eight months of touring our new record, Love At The End Of The…
Mick Fleetwood
by Patrick Berkery Mick Fleetwood is held in high regard as a drummer for outfitting his band’s songs with hypnotic grooves in various forms. Think of the hollowed-out verses of “The Chain,” the delicate brushwork of “Sara,” and the steady…
Benny Greb: Breaking Down The Language Of Drumming
by Michael Dawson German drum star Benny Greb has a lot to talk about these days. Not only has he been steadily climbing the ranks as one of the world’s premier clinicians–he’s been a huge hit at major industry events…
Ryan Van Poederooyen: Developing A Terror Syndrome
For the last few years, Vancouver native Ryan Van Poederooyen has been making an increasingly loud noise with Canadian prog metal masters The Devin Townsend Band. Indeed, his brutal power and precise metal chops have helped him reach the top…
Steve Smith: Head, Hands, Feet, And “Shoulders???
Hudson Music has recently released Steve Smith’s DVD Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, which Smith describes as “a detailed look at the drumming of some of the jazz giants who have helped create the vocabulary and concepts of drumming…
Andrew Frawley of Telling On Trixie
Hello, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Andrew Frawley, and I'm the drummer in the New York rock band Telling On Trixie. We recently finished our second album, Ugly Broke & Sober. I started drum lessons at the age of…
Apples In Stereo's John Dufilho
Hello, modern drummers, my name is John Dufilho, and I play for Apples In Stereo. I also recently recorded a CD with my friend Rhett Miller (Old 97's singer/songwriter) at Pleasantry Lane in Dallas. The studio is owned and run…
The Urgency's Guerin Blask
Hey, everybody! My name's Guerin Blask, and I play drums for a band called the Urgency, based out of New York/Vermont. I can't really remember a time when I didn't bang the skins on a regular basis, whether on pots…
Papa Roach's Tony Palermo
Tony gives Modern Drummer associate editor Billy Amendola a drum-centric, song-by-song breakdown of Papa Roach’s new album, Metamorphosis. The tracking took place in studios A and B at NRG studios in North Hollywood. The drums consisted of a Pearl Masters…
Moonalice's Jimmy Sanchez
Recording the first Moonalice CD with producer T-Bone Burnett was one of those experiences that I never wanted to end. T-Bone (with his skilled engineers) created an organic, relaxed, and creative environment, one in which I felt completely free to…
Scott Reeder: Still Going For It
Talk about trial by fire: Several years ago, when drummer Scott Reeder landed the gig with the heavy rock quartet Fu Manchu, his first release with the band wasn’t a proper studio album where he could punch in parts and…
