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Mountain's Corky Laing (VIDEO)

If there’s a man responsible for bringing the lowly cowbell the respect it deserves, it’s Mountain’s Corky Laing. Video by Sayre Berman

Modern Drummer
Jan 20, 2010

Thomas Pridgen: Buzz Inspiring

Thomas Pridgen has inspired more buzz among Modern Drummer readers than almost anyone else working today. Even diehard Mars Volta fans were unprepared for the frenetic wall of drumming Pridgen produced on the band’s 2008 album The Bedlam In Goliath.…

Modern Drummer
Jan 7, 2010

Sonny Greer: Duke Ellington’s Crowd Pleaser

Sonny Greer was born in 1903 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and studied drums with vaudeville drummer J. Rosemond Johnson. His first professional job was as a youngster in a pit band in Red Bank, New Jersey. Within a few…

Modern Drummer
Jan 6, 2010

Joshua Radin's Frederik Bokkenheuser

Hi, modern drummers! My name is Frederik Bokkenheuser. Greetings from Webster Hall in New York City. I am currently touring with Joshua Radin.  We have been on the road for over two months now, in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and…

Modern Drummer
Dec 1, 2009

Yoko Ono Talks Drums With Modern Drummer

by Billy Amendola At the young age of seventy-six, there’s just no slowing down for artist, activist, and avant-garde queen Yoko Ono, widow of the late Beatle John Lennon. Her latest CD, Between My Head And The Sky, made with…

Modern Drummer
Nov 24, 2009
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Robin Stone of the Amenta

Hey there, everyone in MD Interwebs land! My name is Robin Stone, and I play in the Amenta. I’ve got something different to talk about: extreme metal drumming. Whenever you turn on the radio or watch any pop/rock video, chances…

Modern Drummer
Nov 4, 2009

Scott Garapolo of Apache Stone

Hey, MD readers! First off let me say that it’s the biggest honor to appear here, I’ve read this magazine religiously for years, so I’m psyched! I just landed the gig with Apache Stone, a band fronted by Mike Lombardi…

Modern Drummer
Oct 5, 2009

Wesley Finley of Rebelution

Hey, Modern Drummers, my name is Wesley Finley and I play drums in a band called Rebelution. As we tour the nation in support of our new album, Bright Side Of Life, I’d like to let you guys in on…

Modern Drummer
Sep 22, 2009

Sampsa Väätäinen of Rubik

Greetings to all fellow drummers and readers of Modern Drummer! My name is Sampsa Väätäinen and I play the drums in Rubik, from Helsinki, Finland. I definitely did not expect to be writing on this blog, but man, what a…

Modern Drummer
Sep 3, 2009

Jes Calcaterra of Billy Boy On Poison

Hey, MD readers! My name is Jes Calcaterra and I play drums in Billy Boy On Poison, a Los Angeles—based band with Ironworks Music/Universal Republic. All of us are young people with old souls, exactly how the music sounds. Although…

Modern Drummer
Aug 30, 2009

Heart’s Ben Smith

I’m very happy to post a note on the MD blog about Heart’s new recording. I recently got a call from Ann and Nancy Wilson–my sisters in Heart–to come track some drums in L.A. for a new studio album, as…

Modern Drummer
Aug 30, 2009

Stimulate This! tour with Jon Wysocki of Staind

Hey MD, Jon from Staind here. We’re about halfway through our Stimulate This! tour with Shinedown, Chevelle, Halestorm, and Lo-Pro. This tour has a cool vibe with the crowds and among the bands. All the groups seem to get along…

Modern Drummer
Aug 14, 2009
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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…

Modern Drummer
Aug 11, 2009

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…

Modern Drummer
Aug 5, 2009
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