Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover will perform a free drum clinic at 6 p.m. April 26 at DP’s Music Center in Lewistown.
General manager of DP’s Music, Matt Combs, said that Drover will be performing the clinic to showcase ddrum company products and demonstrate his playing techniques...
After dedicating the past 17 years to playing with Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41, the band’s founding drummer Steve “Stevo” Jocz yesterday tendered his resignation.
Without offering further explanation, he wrote on the band’s Facebook page: “I’m sorry to announce that I’ve...
Former Anvil bassist Glenn Five has lashed back after drummer Robb Reiner compared his departure from the band to cancer surgery.
Five quit in 2012 after 15 years and later described Reiner and frontman Lips Hudlow as “grumpy old men” who made him feel expendable despite his long-term loyalty.
The...
Jim Eno, drummer for Spoon and producer of artists including Telekinesis, !!!, Heartless Bastards, and The Relatives, has launched Public Hi-Fi Records, a label extension of his Austin, TX studio. Like his recent Spotify Sessions with The Shins, Father John Misty, Poliça, and Tennis, among others,...
Dropped Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo says he’s crossing his fingers over a return to the thrash giants.
He was dismissed days before the band toured Australia in March, with guitarist Kerry King reporting there had been a contractual argument, and later adding that frontman Tom Araya had...
Robert “Bob” Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Cymbal Company and a prominent figure in the global percussion industry for six decades, died on March 27 at his home in Brunswick, Maine after a brief battle with cancer. He was 89 years old.
Endowed with a sharp intellect and a cutting...
A street drummer drew quite the crowd when he set up and performed outside King’s Cross Station in London.
Lots of people took out their mobile phones to film Oded Kafri, who is an upcoming solo artist.
He has made three studio albums but he is most famous for his performances...
Ex-The Mars Volta drummer, Jon Theodore, might be joining Queens of the Stone Age as the band’s new backbeat. According to a press release, Theodore has recorded tracks on the band’s upcoming sixth studio record, …Like Clockwork.
AntiQuiet.com has reason to believe he will be joining...
Scott Weiland has extended his “Purple at the Core” tour with a string of West Coast dates, but the Stone Temple Pilots frontman’s longtime drummer won’t be coming with him.
Drummer Danny Thompson announced his exit via Facebook post, saying the reason involved “self...
A new poster has been released for the biopic of CBGB club founder, Hilly Kristal, featuring Foo Fighters’ very own Taylor Hawkins. The band’s drummer plays Iggy Pop in the movie, scheduled to come out this year.
According to Rolling Stone, the movie recounts the tale of how Kristal...
John Rutsey, the original drummer for Rush, will not be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame this month along with the rest of the band. The decision has left fans less than pleased. “Once again, Rock And Roll Hall Of Shame: even when you finally get it right, you still get it wrong,”...
You may not be familiar with the name “Sakae,” but this Japanese drum company has been the mastermind behind all Yamaha high-end drums for 40 years. After developing percussion instruments for the Japanese school market, Sakae’s success caught the attention of Yamaha, who asked company...
The music-rights-management company BMI will present the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement to composer Cliff Martinez at the organization’s 2013 Film & Television Awards. The annual ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 15, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in California.
BMI...
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers are a professional touring group performing a full-length concert at theatres, festivals & collaborations with other art forms.
They are based at the Mugen Taiko Dojo, a purpose-built centre in Scotland, where they run a training programme, whose members undertake...
A group of Siberian percussionists have become an internet hit with an exhibition of ice drumming on frozen Lake Baikal. In minus 20C, they found by pure chance that the one metre thick ice has a distinctive and haunting rhythm all of its own, reported the Siberian Times.
‘I felt like...
