Drummers
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Josh Garza: A Bonham Disciple Carves His Own Path
It’s one thing for a drummer to cite John Bonham as an influence, but it’s another thing entirely for his playing to actually channel the principal characteristics of Bonham’s distinctive sound. Josh Garza of NYC’s Secret Machines, who recently released…
Virgil Donati: Hellacious Drumming With Devil’s Slingshot And Beyond
When guitar god Tony MacAlpine was asked to tour Europe in 2007, he called on two of his former band mates from Steve Vai’s touring group, bass virtuoso Billy Sheehan and drumming superstar Virgil Donati. The shredsters quickly gelled, and…
Carbon 9's Matty Milani
What's up, MD readers? This is Matty Milani from the band Carbon 9. I'm that rock 'n' roll drummer that luckily is not selling vacuum cleaners, or I wouldn't be posting a blog here. I am so stoked! Carbon 9…
Green River Ordinance's Denton Hunker
Hello, Modern Drummer! Come on in, sit down, relax a bit, and groove. I'm Denton, a slave to the groove, an avid pursuer of the pocket, and a scholar of the percussive arts. On December 18, 2007 I graduated from…
ThundHerStruck's Stephanie Leigh
Memories Of A Tour In Iraq My name is Stephanie Leigh, and I'm the drummer for ThundHerStruck, the all-girl tribute to AC/DC. One of the most incredible tours I've ever been a part of was the MWR military tour in…
Jay Bellerose: All In A Year’s Work
(March 2009 Issue)If you caught Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on 2008’s Raising Sand tour, you couldn’t help but focus on the guy providing the heartbeat to the harmony-laden, roots-and-roll revue, Jay Bellerose. Not only was Bellerose’s drumming an inventive…
Carmine Appice Interview with Liberty DeVitto, Chpt 11
Carmine Appice Talks with Liberty DeVitto in Part 11 of this video interview at the Cutting Room. "He says, "Do you think I'm sexy" is on a Chips Ahoy! commercial. So I said, "You gotta be kiddin' me!" A Chips…
Roger Taylor of Duran Duran Drummer Blog
Hi there, Roger Taylor here (no, not the one from Queen, the other one!) and I've just come off the Duran Duran Red Carpet Massacre world tour. We've been on and off the road for around fourteen months, starting off…
Carmine Appice Interview with Liberty DeVitto, Chpt 10
Carmine Appice Talks with Liberty DeVitto in Part 10 of this video interview at the Cutting Room. "It's very valuable to own a copyright. It's the most valuable thing you can do. Just own your own copyright on songs, on…
Carmine Appice Interview with Liberty DeVitto, Chpt 9
Carmine Appice Talks with Liberty DeVitto in Part 9 of this video interview at the Cutting Room. "I did a lot of writing in my life. If you go on ASCAP, I have a hundred and forty songs... You know,…
Jason Graham of Taxi Doll
Hello, MD readers! It's Jason Graham writing from Los Angeles, and I'm excited to let you know about a couple of electronic rock projects I've been working with. My main group, Taxi Doll, has a new album, Here And Now,…
Jimmy DeGrasso: Laying Down His Signature Stroke With A New Project
When F5 bassist and founder David Ellefson needed a drummer for the group’s sophomore CD, it was a no-brainer to enlist his former Megadeth rhythm section partner Jimmy DeGrasso. Though Ellefson hadn’t done any preliminary drum programming, DeGrasso nailed his…
Kevin Johnson
Hello, MD readers. This is a very important time in history. The first African-American president took office recently, and he spoke of standing on the shoulders of those who came before him. As this idea pertains to music, and to…
Russ Kunkel iVideosongs
If you’ve ever wanted to take a lesson with L.A. studio veteran Russ Kunkel–keeper of the beat on dozens of the biggest hits to come out of California in the ’70s–here’s your chance. You can now learn from Russ in…
