REO Speedwagon drummer Bryan Hitt has opened up about the band’s decision to pull out of a show at SeaWorld, Florida over the themepark’s killer whale treatment scandal, insisting there are “two sides to every story”.
The group joined the likes of Trisha Yearwood, Barenaked...
Washington hardcore band Black Breath recently went through a serious scare after drummer Jamie Byrum was hit by a car on Jan. 7. The stickman suffered multiple breaks in his leg, and after undergoing surgery, Byrum is currently healing up at home.
If you’ve never checked out Black Breath,...
The searing pace and quickfire trickery of Willian took a while to show itself in English football as Chelsea struggled to find rhythm and form. But as the winger has found his feet, so Jose Mourinho’s team have begun to gather ground in the most enthralling Premier League title race in years.
When...
Ayotte Drums is proud to announce that Ray Ayotte has returned to the company he founded thirty years ago. In his new role, as ambassador to the Ayotte brand, Ray Ayotte will also be involved in product development and marketing. “Ray Ayotte’s impact in the world of drum-making is immense,”...
Ten years on from the Pixies reunion no one ever thought would happen, we’re suddenly being hit on a semiregular basis with new Pixies material no one ever thought we’d get to hear.
Granted, the Pixies of 2014 are notably absent bassist, co-vocalist and — with apologies to frontman Black...
Entries for the international contest will be taken from 24 January, but the competition’s website is now live.
As part of Hit Like A Girl female drummers of all ages are invited to sign up at www.hitlikeagirlcontest.com and submit a video of their playing via the competition’s...
Anyone looking for some drum related fictional reading may wish to take a look at Dangerous Illusions, a new murder mystery novel from Joseph J. Gabriele, which revolves around a tale of stolen Ludwigs, Zildjian cymbals and Ringo Starr.
The novel, which is scheduled for publication in hardback...
Mike Wengren, drummer for Disturbed and Fight or Flight, and his wife Tina are expecting a baby boy.
Says Mike: “We can’t wait to be parents again and our daughter Ava can’t wait to be a big sister!”
Fight or Flight’s debut album, “A Life By Design?”,...
Crush Drums continues to add to its artist roster with Andy Theakstone of Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, the latest to sign on.
Theakstone has played around the world as a session drummer since 2006 – most notably with Get Cape Wear Cape Fly. Paolo Nutini, Liam Bailey, Amadou and Miriam and...
Anshuman is just a three-year-old, but he has won a million hearts with his amazing talent. The youngest drummer from Tripura’s East Pratapgarh area was born to Biswajit Nandi and Rashmi Nandi. Anshuman was inspired by his father, who is a professional drummer.
“I love to play the...
It’s quite possible that Butch Vig is tired of hearing his name mentioned in the same sentence as Nirvana’s Nevermind, but in this case we think it’s justified. The rousing thunder of Dave Grohl’s opening drum line in the still-electrifying Smells Like Teen Spirit still stands...
Following the news of his shock departure from Slipknot last month, former drummer Joey Jordison has revealed that he did not quit the band.
In a statement issued via Metal Hammer Jordison stops short of saying he was fired, however, does reveal that he was “shocked and blindsided” by the...
Musicians call it “spang-a-lang,” for obvious phonetic reasons, and it’s so synonymous with jazz, it no longer occurs to us that someone had to invent it. But someone did: a drummer named Kenny Clarke, who would have turned 100 yesterday.
Spang-a-lang was only part of Clarke’s...
The late engineer on mixing one of rock’s greatest albums
PRODUCTION EXPO 2013: Andy Johns, the younger brother of another famed engineer, Glyn Johns, began his career working as an assistant engineer with Eddie Kramer on Jimi Hendrix sessions. Andy also produced The Rolling Stones’...
Drummer Kenney Jones verified that he had indeed been negotiating a Faces reunion with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, despite keyboardist Ian McLagan’s incredulous comments in December. “We’ve been talking,” the drummer told Billboard on Wednesday. “Woody’s management...
