interview
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
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…
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,…
Brian Chase: An Appetite For Adventure
As a Web-exclusive addendum to his July MD feature, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer pontificates on listening, sounding how you want to sound, and working with a click. Listening And Language (Or Hearing With Your Tongue) Finding the words to…
Zach Eichenhorn of Adam's Castle
MD!!! Well, here it is, your official update on the world of Zach Eichenhorn. I’m staying busy in 2009 doing what I love: playing drums! As I write this, I am traveling over the rolling hills of Pennsylvania on tour…
The Parlor Mob's Sam Bey
Hello, MD readers! My name is Sam Bey, and I play the drums in a rock ’n’ roll band called The Parlor Mob, from Asbury Park, New Jersey. We’re signed to Roadrunner Records, and our debut album is called And…
Jack Bruno: Staying Power
Story and Photos by Sayre Berman Relationships these days are tough—for whatever the reason that sense of commitment of "I'm in this for the long haul" just doesn't seem to be there as much as it used to be. So…
Lewis Nash: Jazz's Most Valuable Player
by Ken Micallef Swing, swang, swingin’! Splang-a-lang! Snap, crackle, pop! These well-worn words go a long way toward describing this thing of ours we call jazz, but they also illustrate the style of one of the idiom’s modern masters: Lewis…
Charlie Benante Chpt 1, Interview with Jason Bittner
How has your attitude changed towards just being in Anthrax? CLICK TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW
Charlie Benante Chpt 2, Interview with Jason Bittner
You said that Double Kick "Just Happened" for you. CLICK TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW
Charlie Benante Chpt 3, Interview with Jason Bittner
It was so exciting to have a different outlook on the band, musically speaking. CLICK TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW
Charlie Benante Chpt 4, Interview with Jason Bittner
You had a baby, and someone had to play drums for you... I knew that you could pull it off. CLICK TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW
