February 2025 – Volume 49 • Number 02
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Articles in July 1982
From The Past — Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time...
For years, the ever-inventive drum equipment manufacturers have racked their brains.
Concepts — Tips On Sight Reading
A number of young drummers regularly take lessons and pour through drum books...
July 1982 - Volume 6 • Number 5
Features: John Panozzo - 8 Graham Lear - 12 The History of Rock Drumming - 16 Carolyn Brandy/Barbara Borden - 20 Martin Chambers - 24 Inside Paiste - 28 Roland Vazquez - 30 Columns: Editor's Overview - 2 Reader's Platform…
Roland Vazquez: Multi-Talent
Basically a self-made recording artist, Roland Vazquez, fuses successfully the areas of performing, writing and producing in a very charismatic and philosophical approach. With four albums to his credit, he has come a long way from the difficult times of…
Martin Chambers: High Energy Showman
Although he didn't begin playing the drums until he was sixteen and never took lessons, Martin Chambers has been playing what he calls the ideal gig since 1978, with the Pretenders. When friends in his hometown of Hereford, England, mentioned…
The History of Rock Drumming Part II - The Country Influence
In The History of Rock Drumming: Part I—The Blues Influence, we traced the development of rock drumming through one of its main sources: blues. The contributions of such great drummers as Fred Below and Clifton James were discussed and analyzed…
Styx's John Panozzo
Rock groups are not generally known for their longevity, so when a group is able to survive as a top act for over ten years, that is no small achievement. And when one further discovers that three of the group's…
Portraits — Jake Hanna
Good drumming is based on two principles that, by now, must be very familiar to the readers of this magazine: Good taste and good time.
Carolyn Brandy/Barbara Borden — Alive!
Alive! first came to my attention through photographer Kathy Sloane. She was telling me great things about these women who had a jazz band on the West Coast. While I was listening to all of the superlatives, I was thinking.…
