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Frank Beard of ZZ Top

Frank Beard of ZZ Top has created his share of monsters. See if you recognize one of them in the following scenario. You're barely into your first set with your local bar band when somebody howls, "Play some ZZ Top!"…

Modern Drummer
May 12, 2004

Charlie Benante: Comin' For You

"I think I understand guitar more than most guitar players do," says Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante. "I come at it from two different ways'the guitar rhythm perspective and the drum perspective." You see, the New York-based thrash metal drummer isn't…

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May 12, 2004

Eric Bobo

Photo by Flor Guzzetti Although Eric Bobo would tag Cypress Hill as his main gig, his current focus is a solo project. "It's a Latin jazz album, a return to roots for me, because that's my background," Bobo explains. "It's…

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May 12, 2004

Jim Bogios

Jim Bogios was amazingly calm for someone who was about to perform two huge concerts at separate venues in one night. Earlier this year he was scheduled to perform with The Dixie Chicks at the Universal Ampitheatre in Los Angeles…

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May 12, 2004

Paul Bostaph

When one thinks of the quintessential Slayer drummer - whether it's Dave Lombardo, Jon Dette, or in recent years, Paul Bostaph - a mammoth drumkit is what one pictures him seated behind. But Paul Bostaph is about to change that…

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May 12, 2004
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Terry Bozzio

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,…

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May 12, 2004

Gary Burton

In 1999, as Gary Burton was celebrating his fiftieth year as a vibraphonist, the vibraphone itself turned seventy-five years old. That same year, two legendary vibes players died: Milt ("Bags") Jackson and Red Norvo. Burton felt the time was right…

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May 12, 2004

Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick recently celebrated twenty-five years together with the release of the appropriately titled Silver, a two-disc collection of hits and best-loved tunes recorded live in the band's hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Silver is an endearing scrapbook anthology of memories…

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May 12, 2004

Tommy Clufetos

Tommy Clufetos started playing drums at age six, and by his eleventh birthday he was gigging nonstop. "I started playing in my dad's band," Tommy says. "We'd back old-time rock 'n' roll acts like Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis.…

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May 12, 2004

Joe Cocuzzo

Singer Keely Smith, the "straight man" (woman) for the late, great Louis Prima ("Just A Gigolo") has been joined in her New York and East Coast concert and nightclub tours by much sought-after jazz drummer Joe Cocuzzo. He also recently…

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May 12, 2004

King Coffey of the Butthole Surfers

Here's one for truth in advertising. On the Butthole Surfers' latest album, Weird Revolution, precise digital editing replaces the band's famous idiot-savant studio trickery, and sophisticated beat architecture holds sway where gut-wrenching tom-thuggery once ruled. Somehow, the beautifully skewed Surfers…

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May 12, 2004

Grant Collins

As the saying goes, it's not what you've got, but what you do with it that counts. Australian drummer Grant Collins is proof. Many drummers have a big kit like his. But not many players can audiences amazed with their…

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May 12, 2004
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Gabriel Comacho of Audio Karate

When LA's Audio Karate chose punk drumming legend Bill Stevenson to produce their new album, Lady Melody, it was "pretty much a dream come true" for drummer Gabriel Camacho. "The first punk band I listened to was The Descendents," says…

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May 12, 2004

Lynn Coulter

Lynn Coulter has been very busy for the past three years. After working with Rita Coolidge on the singer's pop music, he got involved with her side project, Walela, which gained some attention from their involvement in Robbie Robertson's album…

Modern Drummer
May 12, 2004
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