Drummers
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Paul Withers Blog
When John mentioned he might need a drummer for Pro Audio, we were working in the edit bays of some of America's top reality shows, making content that would be in America's (and in some cases the world's) living rooms…
Carl Palmer: Asia, Alpha & Astra = Phoenix
(September 2008 Issue) by Ken Micallef “Asia isn’t about showing the expertise of the bandmembers. With The Carl Palmer Band, it’s different; I want to show every firecracker I’ve got.” As if channeling the cosmic power encompassed in the prophetic…
Thomas Pridgen: Turning Bedlam Into Beats
by Ken Micallef “I want to play stuff that hasn’t been played before, stuff that will make people wig out.” Twenty-four-year-old Thomas Pridgen unleashes the most rabid drumming in recent memory on The Mars Volta’s The Bedlam In Goliath. Of…
Eric Kretz Update
Since Stone Temple Pilots disbanded five years ago, Scott Weiland (Velvet Revolver), and the DeLeo brothers Robert and Dean (Army Of Anyone, among other projects) have made plenty of noise on their own. As for drummer Eric Kretz, he’s been…
Zac Farro of Paramore
After several months of constant road work, eighteen-year-old Paramore drummer Zac Farro is finally back at home relaxing. And it’s a little strange for him. “I haven’t felt like a normal kid in two years,” he admits. “It’s so weird;…
Jon Bermuda Schwartz Blog
Hello, MD bloggers! I'm best known for being "Weird Al" Yankovic's drummer, and I'm quite proud of my lengthy association with him. I did my first recording with Al in late 1980, and twelve albums later, there are no signs…
Joel Richman
Hello, everyone! Joel Richman from Las Vegas, where things are definitely heating up for the summer. After years touring with the likes of Bernard Allison, Shannon Curfman, Tina & The B-Sides, and many others, I decided to move to the…
Adam Deitch
by Michael Parillo When MD spoke to Adam Deitch about Lettuce’s new LP, Rage!, and other aspects of his funky career, we had so much good stuff left over that we now offer this exclusive addendum to the August…
Bob D'Amico of The Fiery Furnaces
Hello, Modern Drummer blog world! When asked to write something for this, I was thrilled, because I grew up reading MD and I honestly have to say that the magazine and its consistent content taught me so much about drums,…
Howie Diamond of Low Vs. Diamond
Hey there, Modern Drummer readers. As I'm writing, I'm somewhere between Salt Lake City and Denver in some weird, unknown mountain range on tour with my band Low Vs. Diamond. At 3:00 a.m., it's dark and cold, and I'm sitting…
Sean Davidson from Blacklist Union
This coming July 22, my band, Blacklist Union, are set to release our new album, Breakin Bread With The Devil, produced by Chris Johnson (Evanescence, Josh Todd) and Anthony Valli of Crazy Town. Our record release party will be on…
Rodney Howard on Tour
Touring extensively with Gavin DeGraw, Regina Spektor, and most recently Avril Lavigne, drummer Rodney Howard plays a lot of TV gigs. “What’s different about playing a TV show is that you have three minutes to put across the beginning, middle,…
Ricardo Meléndez
I was introduced to drumming as a source of self-discipline at the age of eight. That's when I got a five-piece drumkit, fell in love with rhythm, and became obsessed. It became the center of my life. Along with the…
Serj Tankian's Troy Zeigler
It never ceases to amaze me the ways in which sideman status can permeate my everyday life. I often find it very comforting, because it solidifies my feelings of dedication to what I am doing musically. I know, in a…
