Allman Brothers Drummer Is Selling His House…
March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Or trying to anyway. Claude “Butch” Trucks has had to cut the price of his swank Palm Beach pad from $4.8 million to a paultry $4 million. Looks like not even drum stars are insulated from a depressed housing market. Can anyone help this fellow out?
Brooks Wackerman Chats Up SuicideGirls
March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The aptly named Wackerman talks about drums, Bad Religion, Tenacious D, and Colonel Sanders in this interview with SuicideGirls. And speaking of the Colonel:
Vadrum Plays the Barber of Seville
March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Yet again Vadrum has blown us away with his great playing and irreverent creativity. Check out his drum-tastic take on The Barber of Seville.
Avril Lavigne Playing Drums
March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
Avril just got even hotter.
Rock Band for the Wii…
March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Is on the way, and Joystiq has the answers to nine nagging questions. More important, though, the site snagged a pic of the wii’s virginal-white drum kit. Try not to slobber too much:
Charlie Benante Lets Loose in Latest Interview
March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
IconsofPunk scored a great, candid, and pretty longish interview with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante. When asked to chat a bit about the band’s new singer, Dan Nelson, Benante responds:
To be honest with you, and it sounds funny for me to say this but, I didn’t want to make a big announcement about it, because we are still in the early stages. We were almost kind of forced into making the announcement now because of the internet; it ruins every surprise. One asshole finds out about something and they post it somewhere. You know?
And then after a little Star Wars smackdown (”…those last three movies for me were just movies to be made to sell toys”), Benante busts out with this prescient commentary about tabloid music-journos:
For me it’s like, what have you accomplished in your life that gives you any credit to criticize anyone in music, or in anything? It just kind of fucking freaks me out sometimes. People think “Well, my voice needs to be heard about this!” Who gives a fuck about you? The people who do that should probably pay more attention to what’s going on in their city, their country and fucking start protesting. The way they used to do it in the ‘60’s, about shit, you know? This country, to me…I’m a proud American, but when I see bullshit about fucking sixteen year old girls getting pregnant and I read comments from stars like “I fully support her”, I’m like, Fuck You. Don’t fully support her. Kids look up to her because she’s on a fucking television show. And try explaining that to your sixteen year old kid. I wish that whole thing would all come to an end. All of them, I just wish it would end. It’s just gossip and it’s disgusting.
So true, brotha drummer, so true. Down with celebrity gossip. And hack DIY journalists.
Except for us, of course. Everybody needs to know what the fuck we think. So we command you all to go get some coffee and watch the following drum duel between Benante and John Tempesta.
[via Blabbermouth]
Want to Win Dinner With Rick Allen?
March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
All you got to do is make the winning bid on eBay, and the dinner date is yours, along with some other way cool stuff: two premium tickets to a Def Leppard show, a preconcert meet-and-greet with Allen, and a backstage look at his drum kit.
Allen is auctioning off four prize packages that include the above goodies. All the funds received will go toward his Raven Drum Foundation, which seems to be a drum-away-your-pain kind of organization. Here’s the eBay auction for the first package; opening bid is $7,500. As of this posting, the $10,000 buy-it-now option is still a possibility.
[via Blabbermouth]
Drum Tables
March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We’re all guilty of practicing paradiddles on grandma’s furniture, but now there’s no need to suffer the wrath of the ole frosty-headed one. Check out these tables that are actually meant to be beat on (with your hands, that is). Made by the aptly named company Musical Furnishings, the tables come in four models, each with a number of “percussion inserts” that are interchangeable and rearrangeable. Prices range from $800 to $2,900.
[via Gizmodo]
Keith Harris Video Interview
March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Canadian e-rag andPOP has posted an interview with drummer Keith Harris. No playing, unfortunately, but he does chat a good four minutes about his influences, how he got started playing, and why Michael Jackson is still cool.
Now, about the playing:
Tico Torres Is a Painter
March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It looks like Lars ain’t the only drummer swingin’ paint brushes these days. Bon Jovi beater Tico Torres will be showing his work (his surprisingly competent work!) at the Walnut Street Gallery in Colorado. The exhibit starts today and continues through April 30. A sample of what you’ll see:
