We are pleased to reveal that drumming superstars Jimmy Chamberlin and Kaz Rodriguez will perform at the London Drum Show 2017. Jimmy will rock out on the Main Stage on Sunday and hold an Education Zone session on Saturday, and Kaz will show off his incredible chops on the Main Stage on Saturday...
The man once dubbed “the most naturally talented drummer since Keith Moon” by The Who’s Pete Townshend, Reni is the magic element binding The Stone Roses together, past and present. The bucket hat-donning prodigy has serious skill a mad octopus when he picks up the sticks – and nowhere...
Keni Richards, a musician best known for his tenure as the original drummer for Autograph, has died at the age of 60. The band’s founding guitarist, Steve Lynch, confirmed the news via the band’s Twitter account, calling Richards “the mighty force that was our backbone from 1983-1988.” Guns...
I’m Jamie Perkins, the drummer for the Pretty Reckless. We’re a rock ’n’ roll band that has been steadfastly irritating the online hipster community since about 2009. I’m writing to let you know what we’re up to, partly because I’ve never done this before and partly because the...
Subbing in the for the ailing Neil Young. David Letterman inducted Pearl Jam into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night after an ovation that lasted about a minute from the crowd at the Barclay Centre in Brooklyn. Here’s what he said: Thank you. That’s very kind of you. I can’t even begin...
“It’s hard to define what jazz is these days,” Ziv Ravitz says. “In the end, it’s the spirit of everything being possible.” A drummer of fervent energy and inventive interplay, Ravitz freely blends elements of jazz, world music, avant-garde, and rock. His complex, fluid grooves and shifting...
“Our drummer and friend Zac Morris has been a Type-1 diabetic for over 10 years, and recently has been suffering issues with his kidneys, as well as other health issues, all due to the erratic nature of his disease,” says his band mates in Ugly Kid Joe. “Please help Zac reach his...
Just 77 Steve Smith 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Snare Drums will be issued. Each limited edition drum will come with a semi gloss Mountain Burl veneer on the inside and outside of the shell. Sonor has been working with Steve Smith for the last 40 years. In 1977, a young Steve Smith –...
Asked how he landed the drummer gig in In Flames after playing on the band’s new album, “Battles”, as a session drummer, Joe said: “I was probably in the right place at the right time. I had taken a little break from touring for a while and I was doing a lot of session work...
With over 70 million records sold worldwide, UB40 are one of the most successful bands that Britain has ever produced. But while many of the mega bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s were very typically British whether it be through the pomp of prog or punk’s railing against the establishment drummer...
If a Duran Duran show sounds like a throwback to the “Greed Is Good” era, well, you’re half right. The five-person act fronted by singer Simon Le Bon emerged in the early ’80s as part of the New Wave movement that bifurcated from punk rock; in the following decade, Duran Duran...
I’m a UK-based session drummer who is fortunate to hit drums and people applaud! My first inspiration for playing drums came when my dad took me to see a Genesis concert in 1980 I was completely blown away by Phil Collins and Chester Thompson’s drumming. Watching that show was my catalyst, and...
I’ve been drumming with “Weird Al” Yankovic since late-1980, and if you’d told me I’d still be doing that thirty-seven years later, I would have said you were crazy! And when I tell someone that I play drums for Weird Al, the response is often, “is he still around?” Not only is he still...
I wasn’t always into drumming. Growing up I was into sports and whatever else turned my gears, although I was a big music fan. I started playing a small amount of guitar with my older brother, but I was always eyeballing the kit at the music stores and tapping on it when I walked by it even though...
The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) recently hosted an exclusive masterclass with one of the most talked about drummers currently on the scene, Kaz Rodriguez. The packed out event at ICMP’s London campus was enjoyed by bass guitar degree and drum degree students.
Rodriguez...
