Travis Barker has confirmed that he’ll be travelling on a cruise ship to play Blink 182’s UK tour dates. The All The Small Things drummer hasn’t flown since a tragic plane crash in 2008, which saw four people lose their lives and left him with severe burns. When asked by Radio...
Michael Miley has become a real drum hero in the last few years. Want proof? Well, how’s about his band being handpicked by Ozzy Osbourne to support Black Sabbath on their farewell world tour? Yeah, that oughta do it. So here is the lowdown on that, his band’s album Hollow Bones and...
Kittie drummer Mercedes Lander has launched a new band called The White Swan, which sees her singing as well as playing drums. After weeks of teasing the band has finally released their first official promo photo featuring (from left to right) Kira Longeuay (bass), Shane Jeffers (guitars), and Mercedes...
Chicago/Los Angeles Declassified Records announced today the newest album from progressive fusion legends “BangTower” entitled “With N With Out”, is now available for official Pre-Order from PledgeMusic. The highly anticipated 13 track sophomore album, due for retail release December 6,...
Jerome Jennings The Beast Since moving to New York from his native Cleveland 12 years ago, Jerome Jennings has become one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the scene. Currently a member of the Christian McBride Trio, Craig Handy’s 2nd Line Smith, and the groups of vocalist Paula West and...
Liberty Drums CEO Andrew Street reveals why he thinks the future is boutique and why retailers need to start getting more bespoke brands in store. How did the company begin and what’s your background in the industry? The company was registered as Liberty Drums in 2006. It was birthed from many...
L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis and the band’s co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns recently inked a deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of a new L.A. Guns album, tentatively due in June 2017. Guns and Lewis began working on new music together again after playing periodic dates together...
New Order drummer Stephen Morris is to become the latest member of the band to publish his autobiography. Morris has signed a deal with publishers Constable for his memoirs, which will be released in 2018. The book follows New Order singer Bernard Sumner writing his autobiography Chapter And Verse...
With a sound that falls somewhere between the dark indie melodies of The Smiths and Depeche Mode’s synthpop stylings, it’s little wonder that Blossoms are winning plaudits by the bucketload. First they earned a place on the BBC’s Sound of 2016 and then they were handpicked to open...
Ian Matthews he’d just had a weekend to remember as Kasabian packed out Leicester’s King Power Stadium for two huge shows. The gigs, put on to celebrate the city’s gobsmacking Premier League triumph, sold out in a matter of minutes. Not bad considering the band had no new material to showcase...
It’s a dream that many music playing fans would love to accomplish, so how did Kurt Friedenberger end up playing drums onstage with Alice in Chains during their recent show in North Charleston, S.C.? He wore a t-shirt asking to do so. Alice in Chains’ resident blogger Baldy relayed the events...
Longtime New York City drummer Tony Leone is currently on the road with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The Californian blues-rock group, whose members also include Black Crowes vocalist Chris Robinson, guitarist and vocalist Neal Casal, keyboardist and vocalist Adam MacDougall, and bassist Jeff Hill,...
As you know our longtime drummer, friend, and brother that is the almighty Daniel Svensson has left In Flames to pursue other dreams. He is still with us in spirit when we write our music, in our lives, and someone whom we will cherish forever. We are truly grateful for the nearly 20 years that...
Steve Gadd, one of the most influential drummers of all time, and his Band during their „Way back home Tour“. During this 3 week long Tour the Steve Gadd Band will be performing in various venues in Germany, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and the UK. London will be hosting us in the...
Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has told the press that his bandmate Steven Tyler’s announcement on the radio that Aerosmith would be embarking on a farewell tour in 2017 came as news to him. “As far as I know, there is no farewell tour. Asked why Tyler told everyone who was listening...
