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Stimulate This! Tour with Arejay Hale of Halestorm
Hey, MD! It’s been a while since we last spoke. And speaking of “It’s been a while,” we’re now on the “Stimulate This!” tour with a band I’ve been a fan of since I were nine years old, Staind. I…
Mikey Martin of Shiny Toy Guns - How he got started!
Hello, Modern Drummers, my name is Mikey Martin, born and raised in beautiful Southern California. I’ve been the drummer for Shiny Toy Guns since 2004. When I started playing music early on in grade school, I fell head over heals…
The Morning After Girls' Anthony Johnson
Last year, two wonderful things happened in my life. First, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. And second, I joined my new band, The Morning After Girls! It consists of my Australian and American brothers. I hope…
Into Eternity’s Steve Bolognese
Hey, MD readers! Since my last blog there have been a few new things going on in my world I figured I’d let you in on. First, I’d like to recap the Asian tour I did in May with Into…
Brian Tichy: Speed-Baggin’
During a recent break from touring, recording, and writing with Billy Idol, multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy rejoined Foreigner for their upcoming record and tour. Tichy also recently rediscovered his longtime obsession with getting into shape by using a speed bag. How,…
The Dead Weather (Video)
Watch Jack and his latest band, The Dead Weather, doing "I Cut Like A Buffalo" live.
Elmwood's Donnie Marple
What is up, Modern Drummer! My name is Donnie Marple. I am the 2007 Guitar Center Drum-Off winner. Let me tell you a little about my past and then tell you what’s going on now. Winning the Drum-Off really sparked…
Scarlet Sins’ Elie Bertrand
Hello, Modern Drummers! I’m writing to you live from the T Dot, a.k.a. Toronto. I just came back from a wicked rehearsal. We just finished writing a few songs. I’m so stoked to go into the studio! Second album on…
Propagandhi's Jord Samolesky
My name is Jord Samolesky. I play drums for a shakin’ rock ’n’ roll band called Propagandhi. My experience with music began with listening to my parents’ Beatles, ABBA, and Boney M. albums. I took piano lessons between seven and…
Aiden's Jake Davison
My name is Jake Davison, I play drums in a band called Aiden. I'm in Salt Lake City, sitting in a hotel writing this blog for Modern Drummer. I started playing drums when I was super young. My dad always…
The Phenomenal Handclap Band's Patrick Wood
Greetings and salutations, I feel honored to have been asked to write this blog, so here goes…. My name is Patrick Wood, and I play drums and sing in the Phenomenal Handclap Band out of NYC. In addition to being…
T.S.O.L.'s Anthony "Tiny" Biuso
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! It's Anthony Biuso here, checking in with a blog to let you know what's been going on in my world. I left (hed) p.e. in August of 2008 to devote more time to my previous band,…
T.S.O.L.'s Anthony "Tiny" Biuso
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! It's Anthony Biuso here, checking in with a blog to let you know what's been going on in my world. I left (hed) p.e. in August of 2008 to devote more time to my previous band,…
The Ryanist of Antennas Up
At a show in Lawrence, Kansas, Jordan, then drummer of Oliver Future, now drummer of the Relentless 7, gets to telling me about C&C drums. He says that they have finished drumkits for Ringo Starr, and that they’re just generally…