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.
John Maloney of People in Planes
Well, as the old joke goes, "What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?" Yes, the answer is "a drummer." Well, I'm certainly one person who does not get offended by such humor. I never classify myself as…
Amir Ziv
When MD managing editor Adam Budofsky suggested I write about my recent eight-day live-on-the-land drumming apprenticeship program, I realized this might be a great opportunity to think more deeply about what the concept of apprenticeship really means to me, and…
Eron Bucciarelli of Hawthorne Heights
Projekt Revolution was our first tour since losing our guitar player and best friend last November. I'd be lying if I said we weren't a little nervous about touring for the first time ever as a four-piece, but we were…
Drum God: Dave Grohl
Born January 14, 1969, Warren, Ohio Bio Born in Warren, Ohio, and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Grohl kicked off his music career in the 80’s drumming for the band Freak Baby and later joined the Washington, DC punk rock band…
Slideshow: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
A slideshow of images from the Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto interview, with audio from the Rascals. From the Cutting Room, NYC.
Chapter 4: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 4 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "The Beatles come to town - '64. The Rascals are comin'... Shea Stadium."
Chapter 3: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 3 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "I heard that you brought "Good Lovin'" to the Rascals." http://youtu.be/zfptXz1U_Us
Jay Nazz of Reckless Kelly
My band Reckless Kelly have been trying to get me to blog on our site forever and as soon as I heard that Modern Drummer was interested in me doing a blog for them, I jumped right on it. Sorry…
Chapter 2: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 2 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "Johnny Coleman, a crippled paraplegic, was one of the funkiest drummers I ever heard in my life."
War Stories' Adam Barker
Hello all of my fellow drummers and percussionists. My name is Adam Barker (no relation to Travis), and I've been drumming for about thirteen years now. I'm a San Diego native, and ever since I hit puberty there's been nothing…
Chapter 1: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 1 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto taped live at the Cutting Room in New York, NY.
Patrick Keeler of The Raconteurs and The Greenhorns
by Patrick Berkery “That’s the hardest thing about being in this band; everybody’s a damn drummer!” Behind most supergroups, there’s usually a fantastic drummer. Though in a supergroup setting, sometimes a fantastic drummer’s talents get obscured by the star power…
Styx's Todd Sucherman
by Ken Micallef “Anyone who has to honestly play Styx music will realize that there’s more here than meets the eye. I get to play a lot of drums in this band.” Great drummers often come from the most unlikely…
Billy Bob Thornton: Thinking Inside The Box
(October 2008 Issue) While many only know Billy Bob Thornton as an Academy Award–winning actor, he’s in fact been a musician far longer, ever since growing up in Arkansas. Thornton’s been playing drums since the age of nine, has released…
