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Only from the Drummer’s Choice® ©2021 Drum Workshop, Inc. All Rights Reserved.©2021 Drum Workshop, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CALI SHOPSweetwater.com | (800) 222-4700 When you shop at Sweetwater, you’ll get more with your order than from any other music retailer. Your brand-new gear comes with a Free 2-year Warranty, Free Shipping and Tech Support, a Dedicated Sales Engineer, and plenty of ways to score even more great gear. Plus, we throw a bag of Sweetwater candy into every box that goes out our door. It’s just part of the Sweetwater Dierence and our sweet way of saying thank you. Shop your favorite gear and get even more with every order Indulge in your favorite gear! No One Treats You Better #NewgGearDayTRÉ COOL AND THE DRUMMERS OF HELLA MEGA The Summer of 2021 brought the return of stadium rock—thanks to Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, and the Interrupters. No super- spreader events. No turmoil. Just the joy of seeing live music with 30,000 of your friends. Modern Drummer was there to document it all. By Michael Molenda 32 Jesse Bivona 36 Patrick Wilson 40 Andy Hurley 44 Tré Cool 14 IAN PAICE Deep Purple’s legendary drummer dishes on the band’s latest album, Turning to Crime. By Bob Girouard 20 LYNN PERKO-TRUELL The Sister Double Happiness and Imperial Teen drummer on her journey from punk to pop. By Clementine Moss 24 TONY SUCCAR A percussion powerhouse and Grammy-winning producer shares his studio secrets. By Michael Molenda M O D E R N D R U M M E R M A G A Z I N E • • Of Excellence THE WORLD’S #1 DRUMMING RESOURCEVolume 45 • Number 11 Tré Cool Cover and contents photos by Greg Schneider LESSONS 56 SIX STANDOUT GROOVES FROM DOOKIE 60 PRESENTED BY DRUM CHANNEL Creating Hooks by Stephen Perkins. GEAR 50 DONN BENNETT’S DRUM VAULT Tré Cool’s Burnt Slingerland Kit. By Donn Bennett 52 NEW GEAR FOR THE NEW YEAR Kick off 2022 with products from Artiphon, Big Bang, Full Circle, Louson, Status Audio, and Vater. By Michael Molenda 54 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP Sonor Perfect Balance Jojo Mayer Signature and Standard Pedals. By Jon Christ DEPARTMENTS 4 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Content Director Michael Molenda on “maybe” recording Green Day. 6 TRIBUTE David Garfield Salutes Vinnie Colaiuta. 8 KIT OF THE MONTH Ed Coughenour’s Bubinga bonzana. 10 YOUTH BEAT South Africa’s 14-year-old sensation Dominic McNabb. 12 HERITAGE That Great Gretsch Sound! museum. 64 IN MEMORIAM Graeme Edge, 1941-2021 M O D E R N D R U M M E R M A G A Z I N E • Of Excellence THE WORLD’S #1 DRUMMING RESOURCEModern Drummer November 2021 4 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Donn Bennett, Michael Dawson, Bob Girouard, Mike Haid, Will Romano, Rich Scannella, Ilya Stemkovsky. MODERN DRUMMER magazine ( ISSN 0194-4533) is published monthly by MODERN DRUMMER Publications, Inc. , 1279 W. Palmetto Park Rd PO Box 276064 Boca Raton, FL 33427. PERIODICALS MAIL POSTAGE paid at Fairfield, NJ 07004 and at additional mailing offices. 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No metal. No cables littering the floors. Amps, mic stands, mics, and instruments hidden away in secret storage rooms. And no album or CD covers displayed on the lobby walls as self- aggrandizing “artwork” to promote the studio’s resume. But after Sound & Vision closed in 1993—and I went on to establish Tiki Town Studios with producer Scott Mathews—I was haunted by visits to other studios that proudly exhibited the albums they had recorded. Rather than the artifacts of ego I had wanted to avoid in my studios, I finally understood the album covers provided a timeline for all the great sessions and good works produced in those facilities—honoring not just the artists, but also the producers, engineers, assistants, studio managers, techs, roadies, and food and drink go-getters that contributed to documenting an artist’s vision. Well, more to the point of this column (there actually is a point), my album-art resistance continues to haunt me today. Like many local studios, Sound & Vision’s marketing relied on word of mouth. Somehow, Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore ended up at our door, bringing engineer Kevin Army and a band called Operation Ivy. We got the gig to record Operation Ivy’s Energy album [1989], and that spawned a whole bunch of sessions from Army, Livermore, and the Lookout! family of bands—one of which was a cool little act called Green Day. Sadly, while I do recall members of Green Day bouncing into Sound & Vision from time to time, I have absolutely no documentation of what they might have done there. No early Green Day albums appear in old photos of the studio, because there were no albums displayed in the studio. Sadly, trying to accurately reconstruct any Green Day bookings from memory is fruitless, because my brain is far from a trustworthy databank these days. When I interviewed the fabulous Tré Cool for this month’s cover story, I was heartened he remembered those times, but we quickly got down to the real job of detailing the Hella Mega tour. Life is full of moments and connections, and I’m forever proud of the San Francisco Bay Area’s impact on music history. As a Class of ‘76 punk rocker, I’m also delighted at how brilliantly Green Day forged such a magnificent catalog of tough, melodic, electrifying, manifesto barking, world-changing, and memorable punk tracks. I just wish I could remember exactly what those talented “brats” were doing in my studio so long ago... Michael Molenda Content Directorcraviottodrums.comModern Drummer November 2021 6 V innie Colaiuta is considered by many in the international drumming community as one of the most accomplished drummers of all time. In his early years, however, after arriving in Los Angeles from the East Coast, there was surprisingly a bit of a struggle breaking into the studio scene. “When I first met Vinnie in 1979, the L.A. studio world was not yet ready to embrace him,” says keyboardist/composer David Garfield, Colaiuta’s longtime friend, Karizma bandmate, and owner of Creatchy Records. “He had been playing with Frank Zappa, and he was just starting to build a reputation around town. At that time, I felt that I was his biggest fan and champion. It didn’t take long before everyone in town began to embrace Vinnie and discover his amazing talents.” Garfield had met Colaiuta around 1978, when Karizma was playing The Baked Potato to packed houses every Tuesday night. Garfield and Karizma co-founder/drummer Carlos Vega introduced themselves to Colaiuta when he came into the club to check out the band. Later, when Vega left to tour with Randy Newman, Colaiuta came into the club again, this time while Ray Calhoun from The Gap Band was subbing on the kit. “I asked Vinnie if he would like to sit in—which is very rare in L.A.,” remembers Garfield. “He said, ‘Sure,’ and the rest is history. That was a magical moment. We played a Weather Report tune and Vinnie killed it.” Recently, Garfield decided to honor Colaiuta by releasing Cousin Vinnie [Creatchy Records]—a three-song EP featuring the drummer on two classic Karizma tunes (“Prophecy Extended” and “Oh Sweet Oso”), as well as a new piece appropriately entitled “Cousin Vinnie” that digitally creates a Colaiuta performance from bits and pieces. “I rented some giant concert toms and we had fun creating a bunch of overdubs,” explains Garfield. “Then, I brought the tracks home, added keyboards, and pieced everything together in Pro Tools. Vinnie doesn’t like to play solos. If you put the spotlight on him, he typically quits playing. So, the idea was to record all these great drum ideas that he did for me in the studio and create a piece from them.” The other two tracks spotlight both Colaiuta’s virtuosity and Garfield’s studio wizardry. “Everything we wrote in Karizma—no matter the time signature—had to groove,” says Garfield. “‘Oh Sweet Oso’ reveals the epitome of Vinnie’s genius in the musical way he ties the sections together and orchestrates the music so beautifully. For ‘Prophecy Extended,’ the original plan was to surprise Vinnie with Steve Gadd showing up and have the two of them play together. As that didn’t happen, Vinnie tracked the tune by himself, playing it from start to finish. Later, I overdubbed three drummers playing over Vinnie’s groove. After Vinnie, Gary Novak comes in first, playing eight bars of improv, and then eight bars of groove. Then, I had Gadd play over Novak’s eight bars of groove with his military-style vibe. Finally, the great Cuban drummer Jimmy Branly comes in and plays over them. By the end of the intro, all four drummers are playing in unison.” Garfield’s tribute to Colaiuta skills didn’t end with the EP. “I wanted to release Cousin Vinnie to spotlight Vinnie as one of the greats who added his artistry to my music,” says Garfield. “And on my Stretchin’ Outside the Box release—which I’ve been working on since 2015—Vinnie is the most featured drummer on the entire set.” David Garfield Salutes Vinnie Colaiuta By Mike HaidBUY FROM YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC RETAILER CHECK OUT MORE AT MODERNDRUMMER.COM Available In Print and Digital Format Presents: Master Studies This book focuses on these important aspects: accent studies, buzz-roll exercises, single and double-stroke patterns, control studies, flam patterns, dynamic development, endurance studies, and much more! 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