BY BRAD SCHLUETER
Alex Van Halen’s drumming has influenced generations of drummers and always served as the perfect complement to his brother’s stellar guitar ... Read More...
BY NATE BROWN, ILLUSTRATION BY MATT MIGNANELLI
You’re jamming your groove, and you’re solid. A drum-fill break is coming up, but you’re sweating because you ha... Read More...
BY MIKE JOHNSTON
Internationally acclaimed Internet drumming educator Mike Johnston introduces vital concepts needed to maximize his Ten-Day Plan For Faste... Read More...
BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI
This month we’re learning to work another of my favorite rudiments, the triple-stroke roll, for maximum speed and control.
Althou... Read More...
BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI
I got the hint that I had a knack for fast chops ever since my former drum instructor, Joe Morello, nicknamed me Tiger. Although playing... Read More...
BY THOMAS LANG
1. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR
Foot technique is all about the foot, not about the pedal (spring tension, beater angles, or throw) and no... Read More...
BY ANDY DOERSCHUK AND WALLY SCHNALLE
It’s undeniable. Humiliated by its own excesses and reduced to a mere parody of itself, the rock drum solo is as extinct a... Read More...
BY JOHN NATELLI
To try and calculate the impact of John Henry Bonham on rock drumming is to attempt the impossible. It’s safe to say that, for most of us, ther... Read More...
BY CARLOS SOLORZANO & WALLY SCHNALLE
In the 30 years since nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr as the drummer for Iron Maiden, his pocket playing, incredible... Read More...
BY JOHN NATELLI
It was the ambitious fourth album by the English band Yes — a group of slightly nerdy, absurdly skilled art-rockers — that first turned the ear... Read More...
