Dream Cymbals has welcomed young drummer Leo Taylor from Area 11 into the UK family of artists. Area 11 are an electronic rock band, whose recent album ‘Modern Synthesis’ hit No.27 in the UK album charts and No.2 in the UK Rock charts. Area 11 has toured the UK twice to capacity audiences...
In July of 2015, Rikki Rockett, the happy-go-lucky drummer for one of the most notorious bands to emerge from the Sunset Strip in the ’80s, was diagnosed with oral cancer. Intense chemotherapy and radiation treatment followed, but Rockett’s cancer recurred. In the midst of all this, the father...
I cut my teeth playing at a weekly blues jam down in Austin hosted by some old-school blues cats who took me under their wing and taught me about playing musically and responding to other players. Every Sunday my parents would take me because I couldn’t drive or even get into the seedy bar! Throughout...
Steve Holley here, hoping everyone is doing well. Some of you may remember me from my time as a member of Paul McCartney’s Wings. I’m currently on a world tour with Ian Hunter and the Rant Band, celebrating my thirtieth year with Ian. I’d like to introduce you to a new record I’m part of...
He’s one of the most respected session players in the business, he’s a bandleader, and a TV star in his native France. He is that rarest of musicians, a chameleon able to adapt to any musical situation yet with a sound and style that are unmistakably his own. He’s Manu Katché. As a youngster,...
As I write this you’ll find me with a cold one in my hand, gazing out over the azure blue of the Mediterranean. Not really, I’m sitting on a flight case at the back of Newcastle Academy trying to stay out of the rain. However, despite the apparent lack of glamour, I can assure you there is no...
British drummer Jimmy Copley, who performed with Tony Iommi, Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck, Magnum and many others, has died after a battle with leukemia, according to a Facebook post by his former M3 bandmate Tony Martin. Martin wrote, “Sad to acknowledge the death of Jimmy Copley, drummer and all round...
I’m Cyrus Bolooki, drummer for the band New Found Glory, and I’m writing this while in the middle of our Twenty Years of Pop Punk anniversary tour. This tour has been really fun for us as we’re playing multiple nights in most markets, and each night we’re playing two of our first six full-length...
It’s your last chance to buy Early Bird tickets for this year’s London Drum Show. With drumming greats Jimmy Chamberlin, Andy Gangadeen, Kaz Rodriguez, Steve White and Ian Palmer already announced and plenty more up our sleeves, plus all the gear you could wish for and some exciting new...
Corky Laing, the powerhouse drummer of the legendary bands Mountain and West, Bruce & Laing is taking Mountain’s music back on the road. Since 2015 Corky has infrequently played in Europe and the US as Corky Laing plays Mountain. The audiences’ response to Corky’s passion, energy and respect...
Listen to Don Brewer’s powerful drumming on FM staples like “I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home” and “Footstompin’ Music.” Now zero in on his he-man vocals on the number-one Grand Funk Railroad hits “We’re an American Band” and “The Loco-Motion.” You’d be forgiven for assuming...
“I’m really pleased with the drum sounds on this record,” says Stone Sour’s Roy Mayorga. “We didn’t use any samples or any of that crap. We went natural on everything.” The record that Mayorga speaks of is Hydrograd, the band’s sixth and the first since 2013’s House of Gold and...
Chad, formerly of Breaking Benjamin and Black Label Society, among others, first came to Black Star Riders’ attention in 2012 when Thin Lizzy was touring North America with Judas Priest, and Black Label Society was also on the bill. After auditions last month in Los Angeles with some incredible...
Over the last few days, legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor has been trailing some enigmatic videos, raising the question: what on earth is he up to? From haunting, ambient washes accompanying the shot of a skull-headed walking cane at sunset, to a panoramic coastal view with Taylor singing “fly...
In his late teens Kaz was already emerging as a session player with potent drumming skills, an unbeatable work ethic and bags of promise. He worked with pop acts and spent a year earning his stripes on the road with Cirque Du Soleil. But it was when he opened his laptop and started making backing...
