Feature Stories
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Louie Appel of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
Feel-good party music is what Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes have always been about. And for the past two years, Louie Appel has been a very big part of bringing that feel-good groove to audiences around the world. "The…
Rick Allen of Def Leppard
Rick Allen has been playing drums all his life, and nothing was going to stop him from doing what he loves to do. Nothing. By now we all know the story of Rick's terrible car accident on December 31, 1984,…
Paul Allen
Paul Allen is very busy these days. The drummer began last year touring with first-season American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini and winner Kelly Clarkson, who went on to become one of the biggest stars of the year. When he first…
Robby Ameen
The first thing you notice when entering Robby Ameen's Manhattan apartment is the rich aroma of Cuban cigars, stroking your nose hairs like a dark breeze from an illicit island. Ameen's walls are covered with cigar-box covers from Habana's finest:…
Scott Amendola
Scott Amendola has never been satisfied to just be an amazing drummer. The thirty-one-year-old innovator has spent his career pushing music in new directions, never more so than with the eponymously named band he leads. Since moving to San Francisco…
Vinnie Amico: moe.'s Rhythm Method
America's favorite hippie jam band, moe., has been busy touring - and procreating. Explains drummer Vinnie Amico, "I went on my first tour in the spring of '97, then went out with the Further Festival. Then I had a baby.…
Brant Bjork
Let's put it this way: Brant Bjork's parents were all for him playing the drums. He got a snare and a hi-hat for his eleventh birthday, and his folks eventually bought him an entire kit - but they weren't about…
Prince's John Blackwell: An Interview
John Blackwell always listened to his dad's advice, and it's paid off, big time. "Growing up, my dad used to tell me, 'If you want to make any money in this business, play in the pocket.'" Those were words of…
Mike Bordin with Ozzy Osbourne
"It's beyond belief when we found out we were playing for the Queen of England," Mike Bordin gushes about his latest gig with the hugely popular Ozzy Osbourne. Even though our conversation takes place over the phone, one can just…
Pat Mastelotto
Terry Bozzio and Pat Mastelotto have much in common. They've both worked with legendary rhythmic compositional masterminds'terry with Frank Zappa, and Pat with Robert Fripp in King Crimson. They both left Los Angeles after the major earthquakes of the '80s,…
Michael Brueggen of Supagroup
New Orleans-based rock 'n' roll traditionalists Supagroup spent half of 2003 and most of 2004 on the road with bands like Queens Of The Stone Age, Fu Manchu, and Drive By Truckers, touring in relentless support of its much praised,…
Brendan Buckley
Brendan Buckley is on a roll. Besides touring and recording with South American superstar Shakira, he's been involved with co-writing and producing her Pepsi commercial and the track "Fool" off her first English multi-platinum CD, Laundry Service. "One of the…
Jordan Burns of Strung Out
'You can put a Rush record on and steal a drum fill today,' says Strung Out drummer Jordan Burns. 'It's endless just how many drum fills you can steal from Neil Peart.' Weaned on a strict diet of Peart ('my…
Brian Burwell of Neve
Just when Brian Burwell's studio drumming career looked like it was about to take off, along comes pop/rock band Neve, asking him to join. It looks like Brian's decision to put sessions like Michael Bolton aside for the rock life…
