Modern Drummer is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, columns...
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American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Journey across three stints: 1978 to 1985, 1995 to 1998 and 2015 to 2020. Modern Drummer magazine...
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Christgau described him as "probably the best drummer in the world." Williams was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Percussive Arts...
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rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer, based in the United States. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s, and was the drummer for...
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Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English musician who has been the drummer of the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation...
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American musician best known as the drummer and a founding member of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit. Modern Drummer reported that Otto's playing is "grounded...
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The Rev (redirect from James Sullivan (drummer))
in an interview with Modern Drummer that he "was raised on that stuff as much as rock and metal." He was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy...
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Rob Bourdon (redirect from Rob Bourdon (drummer))
founding drummer Rob Bourdon's departure". NME. Retrieved September 6, 2024. Micallef, Ken (September 2014). "Rob Bourdon" (PDF). Modern Drummer. p. 48...
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Gene Krupa (redirect from Gene Krupa (drummer))
force in defining the standard band-drummer's kit. Modern Drummer magazine regards Krupa as "the founding father of modern drumset playing". Upon his death...
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Mitch Mitchell (redirect from John Mitchell (drummer))
into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2016, Mitchell was ranked number 8 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All...
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producer. He achieved international fame as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Queen. As a drummer, Taylor was recognised early in his career...
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Neil Peart (category 20th-century American drummers)
awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983 at the age of thirty, making him the...
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Eric Moore is an Australian drummer who was part of the founding three members of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, before departing from the band on...
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John Bonham (category English heavy metal drummers)
(31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed...
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others. He was named the number one R&B drummer and clinician in industry magazines including Modern Drummer and 'Drum!.' Zoro is the author of four books...
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professionally as JR, is an American drummer and session musician who has been called "one of the most recorded drummers in history". He is known for his...
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Roy Haynes (redirect from Roy Haynes (drummer))
Whereas were nominated for a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999. Haynes was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of...
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Phil Collins (category 20th-century English drummers)
43 in the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013....
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Ginger Baker (category English heavy metal drummers)
October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded...
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Jeff Porcaro (category American rock drummers)
the sound of Jeff Porcaro." He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993. Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954...
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Keith Moon (category English male drummers)
into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1982, becoming the second rock drummer to be chosen, and in 2011 he was voted the second-greatest drummer in history...
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Karen Carpenter (category 20th-century American drummers)
Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo Carpenters with her older...
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modern times, drummers are not employed in battle, but their ceremonial duties continue. Typically buglers and drummers mass under a sergeant-drummer...
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Eloy Casagrande (category Drummer stubs)
sponsored by Vera Figueiredo. Later, Casagrande also won Modern Drummer's Undiscovered Drummer Contest 2005 in New Jersey, and the following year, toured...
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Carl Palmer (category English male drummers)
and currently, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy. Palmer was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1989, and was awarded the Prog God Award at the 2017...
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Buddy Rich (category 20th-century American drummers)
1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born...
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Anika Nilles (category German women drummers)
2016. Retrieved 11 July 2021. "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2017 | Modern Drummer Magazine |". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved 11 July...
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Patents Quarterly. Associated Industry Publications. 1957. Modern Drummer: MD. Modern Drummer Publications. 2001. "Last week's trivia answer". Florida Weekly...
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Charlie Watts (category British male drummers)
Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained...
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Smashing Pumpkins' Zero EP. In 2011, Byrne won best "Up and Coming" drummer in Modern Drummer's Reader's Poll. In June 2014, Billy Corgan reported that Byrne...
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