• 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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    Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for 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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    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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    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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  • Christgau described him as "probably the best drummer in the world." Williams was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986. Williams was born in...
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    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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    Matthews (born 20 June 1971) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Kasabian. Matthews interest in drums was first started...
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    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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    Neil Peart (category Canadian rock 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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    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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    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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    Ginger Baker (category English male 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Phil Collins (category Big band drummers)
    by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Philip David Charles Collins...
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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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    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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    Mike Portnoy (category 20th-century American drummers)
    Known for his technical skill as a drummer in Dream Theater, Portnoy has won 31 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He is the second youngest person...
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    Whereas were nominated for a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999. His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; another...
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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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    is an American musician from Leominster, Massachusetts. He has been the drummer for the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys since May 1997. Kelly...
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    Jamie Miller is an American musician, currently the drummer for rock bands Bad Religion, Vanishing Life and Snot. He is also the lead guitarist and the...
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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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    Bourdon" (PDF). Modern Drummer. p. 48. Retrieved January 27, 2024. Micallef, Ken (May 18, 2007). "Rob Bourdon: Midnight Confessions". ModernDrummer.com. Retrieved...
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    Stewart Copeland (category American rock drummers)
    Fame as a member of the Police in 2003, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Copeland was born in Alexandria...
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    Todd Sucherman (category American male drummers)
    prestigious Modern Drummer Festival. He also appeared on the cover of the October 2008 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, and in 2009 Modern Drummer Magazine...
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  • common use by April 1981 when Hal Blaine used it in an interview with Modern Drummer magazine. The name became even more widely known when Blaine used it...
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    Jimmy Chamberlin (category American rock drummers)
    is an American drummer and record producer. Described as "one of the most powerful drummers in rock," he is best known as the drummer for the alternative...
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