News Archive
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Band Negator has announced that they have now parted ways with their drummer Samebrann but no official reason has been given.
Negator has issued the following announcement about parting ways with the band’s drummer:
“Samebrann is no longer a member of Negator. Due to several...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Original Kiss drummer Peter Criss will make a special guest appearance with other top drummers at “Bonzo Bash” — an all-star tribute to late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham — on May 31 at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey.
Musicians scheduled to perform...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Pete Boot, drummer for early British heavy-metal band Budgie in the early-70s, credits a ground-breaking treatment for Parkinson’s disease as having helped improve his mobility by up to 90 percent.
“I have had this a year but it is still early days,” Boot tells Wales Online. “The operation...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll is auctioning off the drum kit he played on the band’s debut album Definitely Maybe and is expected to fetch as much as £15,000.
McCarroll, who left the band in 1995 and eventually took them to court for a share of their profits, said: “This drum kit...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2014
Swiss technical thrash metal masters Coroner have announced the addition of drummer Diego Rapacchietti to the group’s ranks.
The band says in a statement: “Diego is an accomplished and innovative drummer. He has played in bands Paganini, Venturia, 69 Chambers, and many more. Diego...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee plays drums on nine songs on the Smashing Pumpkins new album ‘Monuments To An Elegy’.
“I think he has probably the best record he’s ever written,” Lee says. “These are like epic, goose-bump songs. It sounds like the first couple...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Queen drummer Roger Taylor was so fed up of seeing below average tribute acts that he decided to host auditions for his own, with fans being given the opportunity to vote for their favourites on the Internet.
He said: ”The terrible ones [tributes] are cheesy and panto-like, more about...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Silent Voices, featuring Sonata Arctica members Henrik Klingenberg and Pasi Kauppinen, have announced Jani “Hurtsi” Hurula as their new drummer.
Says the band: “We are proud to announce the new Silent Voices drummer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jani “Hurtsi”...
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
Comedian Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, are preparing for their drum battle on “The Tonight Show” on May 22.
Ferrell, who fans have pointed out bears a striking resemblance to Smith, will challenge the musician in the drum-off to raise money for charity....
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Friday, May 16th, 2014
Drummer Stewart Copeland will be premièring his new orchestral work in Liverpool this month.
“I just want to rock the joint,” announces Stewart Copeland, which isn’t what you normally expect to hear uttered by a classical composer preparing to première a new work.
Then...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2014
A Sheffield hospital has entered in to a legal row over the treatment of a drummer and whether he should be allowed to die.
Lawyers for the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the former drummer, aged in his 50s, had a condition which affected the nerves of the brain stem...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Drummer Carlos Cruz and guitarist John Laux have announced they have left Californian thrash metal band Warbringer.
Though Cruz was only a member of Warbringer since 2011, Laux was an original member of the act, leaving vocalist John Kevill wondering whether or not Warbringer should trudge...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
The feud between Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney and pop star Justin Bieber has escalated after further comments have been made by Patrick in a recent interview.
Patrick Carney fumed to Rolling Stone that the 20-year-old Canadian pop star is “a f***ing moron” for turning millions of his...
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Monday, May 12th, 2014
Drummer James Kottak for the Scorpions has been released from jail and has returned to his home in the United States.
James Kottak, a US national, was last month sentenced to one month in jail after being convicted of insulting Islam, raising his middle finger and being under the influence...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2014
According to reports Smashing Pumpkins singer and guitarist Billy Corgan has Tweeted a studio update, confirming that Motley Crue drum legend Tommy Lee will perform on each of the songs from the upcoming SP effort “Monument to an Elegy.”
“Here’s a shot from the mission...
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