| Title | Modern Drummer Magazine |
|---|---|
| Image file | Jan77_cover.eps |
| Founder | Ron Spagnardi |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Category | Music |
| Company | Modern Drummer Publications |
| Publisher | Isabel Spagnardi |
| Firstdate | January 1977 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | moderndrummer.com |
Modern Drummer is a monthly publication targeting the interests of on drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public. Modern Drummer is also available on the internet.
First published in 1977, today the print version of Modern Drummer is available in 67 countries. The monthly digital edition, enhanced with music and videos corresponding to the current issue’s contents, is available on the internet. An electronic newsletter featuring unique editorial, MD Wire, is also published monthly. A corresponding website moderndrummer.com is used to supplement the magazine with blogs and other items which cannot be provided in the paper format (e.g., audio-video presentations).
In 1993 Modern Drummer Publications introduced a bimonthly drum dealer-oriented magazine called Drum Business, and for more than 20 years its book division has released works by drum educators. In 2006 the company published it's first hardcover book on the history of drumming, entitled The Drummer: 100 Years Of Rhythmic Power And Invention. Since 1987 it’s also produced the Modern Drummer Festival.
The ads worked, however, and subscriptions began coming in as the first issue was still being laid out on the Spagnardis’ ping-pong table. Ron contributed most of the magazine’s content, writing the majority of the articles on an old typewriter under various pen names.
Within two years, the Spagnardis’ basement could no longer provide the necessary space and so moved to its first proper office in Clifton, New Jersey. By 1984, the magazine once again outgrew its headquarters and moved to a larger facility in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Ten years later, it moved to an even larger facility in the same town. Modern Drummer’s offices remain at 12 Old Bridge Road in Cedar Grove today.
Ron Spagnardi passed away on Sept. 22, 2003. In an interview, Ron explained “I think the timing was right, and it filled a need. “There were drummers who wanted something of their own, and no one was doing it. There were a couple of publications at the time, but they were created in-house by drum companies specifically to advertise their own products and endorsers. We needed something that was going to talk about products across the board, something that would talk to all drummers.”
Among the books Modern Drummer Publications has released are titles by well-known drummers such as Gary Chester, Carl Palmer and Bill Bruford.
Ron Spagnardi authored more than a dozen books.
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| Name | Thomas Pridgen |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Thomas Armon Pridgen |
| Alias | "Tha Predator" |
| Born | November 23, 1983 |
| Origin | El Cerrito, California, U.S. |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Genre | Jazz, gospel, experimental, Fusion, progressive rock, hard rock |
| Occupation | Drummer |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Associated acts | The Memorials The Mars Volta Christian Scott Wicked Wisdom Keyshia Cole |
| Url | Thomas Pridgen unofficial website |
In 2006, Pridgen received a call from Omar Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta:
In 2007, Pridgen became the new permanent drummer for The Mars Volta. Pridgen's first appearance was at the March 12th show in New Zealand, where the band debuted the song "Idle Tooth" which was later renamed "Wax Simulacra" for the forthcoming album. After shows in New Zealand and Australia, The Mars Volta toured a few West Coast venues as the headliner, then entered the studio to record their fourth LP, The Bedlam in Goliath. Pridgen's style on Bedlam in Goliath used "blistering 32nd-note full-set combinations, stunning single-stroke rolls, and blazing single bass drum patterns" along with creative and precise paradiddle technique.
Thomas Pridgen has been voted as Best Up and Coming Drummer by Modern Drummer magazine.
Besides his work with The Mars Volta, he has also been involved with Christian Scott and Wicked Wisdom. Thomas, for some time, was working with singer Keyshia Cole as her live and session drummer and being her music director. He also was featured alongside with Tony Royster Jr., Eric Moore, and others in drumming DVD entitled "Shed Sessions", a Gospel Chops DVD.
Thomas was also featured on the Modern Drummer 2008 DVD with footage from his performance at the festival.
On one of the last dates of the Bedlam Tour in Mexico, Thomas and the band 'wrecked' the kit and cracked the 20"x24" acrylic bass drum. After this Thomas was seen only using DW maple jazz kits live, but he now uses his Acrylic kit again with his new band The Memorials.
“For me it was important to put a band together with my friends, and ya know, the record is a rollercoaster. Some songs are hard, but will make you cry by the end....”
The self titled album is due for release in January 18th, 2011.
*Cymbals - Zildjian
*Cymbals - Zildjian
*Cymbals - Zildjian
*Drum Heads - Evans
*Thomas also used DW 9000 Series Hardware and Pedals, Pro-Mark TX510 Thomas Pridgen Autograph drumsticks, & Shure Microphones.
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| Name | Stewart Copeland |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Stewart Armstrong Copeland |
| Born | July 16, 1952 |
| Origin | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Genre | Rock, reggae, pop, New Wave, jazz, progressive rock |
| Occupation | Musician, composer |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Instrument | Drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards, guitar |
| Label | A&M; Records E1 Music |
| Associated acts | The Police Klark Kent Animal Logic Oysterhead Gizmo Curved Air |
| Url | Stewart Copeland official site |
Copeland has seven children: four sons (Sven, Patrick, Jordan and Scott) and three daughters (Eve, Grace and Celeste). He has one grandchild (Kaya).
Copeland's oldest brother Miles Copeland III, founder of I.R.S. Records, was manager of the Police and has overseen Stewart's interests in other music projects. Stewart's other brother, the late Ian Copeland, was a pioneering booking agent who represented the Police and many others. His father, Miles Copeland, once worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), according to files released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2008.
Copeland's hobbies include rollerskating, cycling along the beach in Santa Monica, filmmaking and playing polo.
Copeland is also noted for his strong emphasis on the groove as a complement to the song, rather than as its core component. He once drove this point home at a drum clinic: Copeland announced that he would show the audience something "that very few modern drummers can do," and proceeded to play a simple rock beat for two minutes. Nonetheless, his playing often incorporates spectacular fills and subtle inflections which greatly augment the groove. Compared to most of his 1980s contemporaries, Copeland's snare sound was very bright and cutting. Another novelty was his use of splash cymbals. He is also one of the few rock drummers to use the traditional grip rather than the matched grip.
*Stewart also uses his own Vater Stewart Copeland Standard Sticks.
In 1985, Copeland released a solo album, The Rhythmatist. Featuring drums and percussion, the record was the result of a pilgrimage to Africa. In 1988 he followed up with The Equalizer & Other Cliff Hangers on I.R.S. No Speak, an album collecting some of his soundtrack efforts. In 1986, Copeland teamed with Adam Ant to record the title track and video for the Anthony Michael Hall movie Out of Bounds. In 1989, Copeland formed Animal Logic with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke and singer songwriter Deborah Holland. The trio had success with their first album and world tour but the followup recording sold poorly, and the band did not continue. Copeland has occasionally played drums for other artists including Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tom Waits. In 1993 he composed the music for Ch 4's Horse Opera and director Bob Baldwin. He was commissioned by Insomniac Games and Universal Interactive Studios (now Vivendi) in 1998 to make the musical scores for the hit PlayStation game Spyro the Dragon. He was later commissioned again to make the music scores for the sequels , , and .
In 2000, he combined with Les Claypool of Primus (with whom he produced a track on the Primus album Antipop) and Trey Anastasio of Phish to create the band Oysterhead. That same year, he was approached by director Adam Collis to assemble the score for the film Sunset Strip. In 2002, Copeland was hired by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors to play with them for a new album and tour, but after an injury sidelined Copeland, the arrangement ended in mutual lawsuits. In 2005, Copeland released "Orchestralli", a live recording of chamber ensemble music which he had composed during a short tour of Italy in 2002. Also in 2005, Copeland started Gizmo, a new project with avant-garde guitarist David Fiuczynski. The band made their U.S debut on September 16, 2006 at the Modern Drummer Drum Festival. In January 2006, Copeland premiered his film about the Police called at the Sundance Film Festival. In February and March, he appeared as one of the judges on the BBC television show Just the Two of Us (a role he later reprised for a second series in January 2007). At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting performed the song "Roxanne" together again as The Police. This marked the band's first public performance since 1986 (they had previously reunited only for an improvised set at Sting's wedding party in 1992 and for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003). One day later, the band announced that in celebration of The Police's 30th anniversary, they would be embarking on what turned out to be a one-off reunion tour on May 28, 2007. Also at that time, Copeland released the compilation album The Stewart Copeland Anthology.
In March 2008, Copeland premiered a new orchestral composition "Celeste" at "An Evening with Stewart Copeland", part of the Savannah Music Festival. The performance featured classical violinist Daniel Hope. Copeland's appearance at Savannah included a screening of and a question and answer session. On August 21, 2009, at SummerFest '09, Copeland unveiled a recent composition, "Retail Therapy", which had been commissioned by the Music Society. Copeland then performed three more original works: "Kaya", "Celeste", and "Gene Pool", the last aided by San Diego-based percussion ensemble red fish blue fish. Copeland was also present for a composer's roundtable and a question and answer discussion in conjunction with the festival. Copeland wrote the score for an updated theatrical presentation of chariot-racing saga Ben-Hur, premiered September 17, 2009, at the London O2 Arena. Copeland provided English-language narration of the production, which is performed entirely in Latin and the Aramaic language. In September 2009, a memoir by Copeland entitled Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies was released by Harper Collins. According to an interview Copeland conducted with the Californian music store Amoeba Music, the book chronicles much of Copeland's life, from his childhood through the course of his work with The Police and to the present. In October 2009 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.
Latin rockers La Ruta close out their 1998 debut album ...Adios, Ruperto with "The Returning Adventures of Klark Kent", an instrumental tribute to Copeland.
Alternative rock band Sparky's Flaw released a song titled "Stewart Copeland" as a part of their 2005 EP album One Small Step.
In 2007 Copeland and Summers joined the rock band Incubus during the Incubus song "Stellar" at one of their concerts. In the middle of "Stellar", Incubus performed a verse from "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". Copeland and Summers joined in for that song, "Message in a Bottle", and "Roxanne".
In 2008, RIM commissioned Copeland to write a "soundtrack" for the BlackBerry Bold. Copeland created a highly percussive theme of one minute's length, from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer 'alarm tone' for when the device is used as an alarm clock. All of these tunes are preloaded into the Bold's system memory.
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| Name | Todd Sucherman |
|---|---|
| Landscape | Yes |
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Todd Sucherman |
| Born | May 02, 1969 Chicago, Illinois |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Genre | Hard rock, Progressive rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Associated acts | Styx, Spinal Tap, Brian Wilson |
| Url |
Todd Sucherman (born May 2, 1969) is the current drummer for the rock group Styx.
Sucherman grew up in a musical family and followed in his father's footsteps by playing the drums. His father, Arnold J. Sucherman, was a doctor by day and a drummer by night, playing in the house band at the famed Chez Parre' in Chicago. His mother, Jo (Seiwert) Sucherman, was an actress in the 1950s and 60s.
Sucherman started playing at two years old. His first paying gig was with his brothers at the age of six under the name "The Sucherman Brothers". The band consisted of Paul on keyboards, Joel on bass, and Todd on drums.
Sucherman attended Niles West High School, and then the Berklee College of Music from September 1987 to May 1988. There he studied with Skip Hadden, Ian Froman and Gary Chaffee, a world renowned educator.
In 1988, Sucherman returned to Chicago and quickly established himself as a noted session musician. As an in demand player for live and session work, Sucherman connected with the band Styx when their drummer John Panozzo was unable to tour. After John Panozzo's death on July 16, 1996, Sucherman became a full time member.
In addition to Styx duties, he has played with such artists as Brian Wilson, Tommy Shaw, Peter Cetera, Brian Culbertson, The Falling Wallendas, Steve Cole, Spinal Tap.
In September 2008, Sucherman was a featured artist in the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival. He also appeared on the cover of the October 2008 issue of Modern Drummer magazine.
In 2009 the Modern Drummer Magazine voted him number one Rock Drummer in the World.
The gear he currently endorses are Pearl drums, percussion and hardware, Remo drumheads, Sabian cymbals and Pro-Mark drumsticks.
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| Name | Jojo Mayer |
|---|---|
| Landscape | Yes |
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Jojo Mayer |
| Born | January 18, 1963 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Genre | Drum and Bass, Jazz, Jungle, Fusion |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Associated acts | Screaming Headless Torsos, Intergalactic Maiden Ballet, Nerve, John Medeski, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone |
| Url | / Official website |
| Notable instruments | Sonor Drum kit |
Jojo Mayer is known for bringing together jazz, drum and bass, jungle, and other influences. He is also famous for his ability to play the rhythms of programmed jungle drum 'n' bass music on acoustic drums, terming this technique "reverse engineering", a phrase borrowed from computing. He executes this approach using various methods such as the Heel-toe bass drum technique, the Moeller stroke, and the "pull-out" or "push-pull" accent which takes the beat on the rebound. Using this technique he can play beats at astonishing speeds. A few of his main influences are Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette and Buddy Rich.
He plays with the guitarist David Fiuczynski in the avant-garde pop rock band Screaming Headless Torsos and in the fusion jazz band Intergalactic Maiden Ballet.
He is the founder of the Prohibited Beatz clique in the NYC underground live music scene.
*1992 - Square Dance
With John Medeski:
*1994 - Lunar Crush
With Screaming Headless Torsos:
*1995 - Screaming Headless Torsos
Sulfur:
*1998 - Delirium Tremens
With Depart
*2006 - Reloaded
Jojo Mayer & Nerve:
*2007 - Prohibited Beats
Jojo Mayer was interviewed by DrummerConnection.com - May 2010 - Jojo Mayer Interview by DrummerConnection.com
Jojo Mayer was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on "The Jazz Hole" for breakthruradio.com in July 2010 - Jojo Mayer Interview by breakthruradio.com
14" and 13" Snare Drum
10" Tom Tom
14" Floor Tom
8" Tom to the right of the Floor Tom
20" or 18" Bass Drum
Sizes may vary primarily based on local drum availability.
For drumheads (all Evans):
14" Hybrid Coated
14" Hazy 300
12" G Plus Clear
12" G Plus Coated
12" Hydraulic Black
12" Hydraulic Glass
For cymbals, he's recently been using (all Sabian):
21" Prototype AAX Omni
18" Fierce Crash
18" Prototype AAX Omni Crash
13" El Sabor Splash
13" HHX Evolution Top Hi Hat over 14" HHX Evolution Mini-China
10" Fierce Hi Hats
13" Fierce Hi Hats
10" Chopper
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| Name | Jason Bittner |
|---|---|
| Born | January 11, 1970 Albany, New York, United States |
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Genre | Thrash metal, Metalcore, Death metal, ska |
| Occupation | Drummer |
| Instrument | Drums, Percussion |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label | Century Media, Atlantic/Roadrunner |
| Associated acts | Shadows Fall, Stigmata, Burning Human |
In 1994 he joined the band Stigmata, a prominent hardcore band in the New York scene, and over the course of the next 7 years, recorded 3 albums, released a home video, and toured the U.S. and Europe with this outfit. In 1995 he started his original death metal band Burning Human. They recorded 7 songs that would appear on the album "We The People: A tribute to upstate NY's hardest". Most of these songs would be rerecorded for their first album which would not come out for another decade after Bittner joined Shadows Fall. Burning Human would eventually disband in the late 90's. Stigmata disbanded in 2001; the following fall, Bittner joined Shadows Fall. Initially, he had signed on just to do one tour of Europe with the band, but subsequently decided to remain as a permanent member.
In September 2002 the band released "The Art of Balance" and went on to tour throughout the US, Japan, and Europe. Over the course of 2005, following the release of Shadows Fall's follow up effort The War Within, Bittner started establishing himself as a clinician, performing at the Modern Drummer Festival, the DRUMMER live festival in the UK, followed by a clinic tour of Germany, and also PASIC in November 2005.
In 2006, filled in for Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante on several dates, who could not tour due to family obligations. Hudson Music released a joint DVD with Bittner and Chris Adler of the American metal band Lamb of God, Pro-Mark introduced the Jason Bittner Signature model 5BX drumstick, and Meinl introduced the Bell Blast ride, designed in conjunction with Jason. He was the cover feature of the UK drum publications, DRUMMER and Rhythm, the cover feature of DRUM!, and participated on Magna Carta's Drum Nation 3 record. Shadows Fall released "Fallout From the War" on Century Media Records in 2006 and spent the remainder of the year writing and recording Threads of Life at Studio 606 in L.A. with Producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush). Bittner also won the Modern Drummer Reader's poll for #1 Metal drummer for the second year in a row.
In the early winter months of 2007, Jason spent much of his time writing and recording old and material for his original band, "Burning Human". Late March brought the beginning of the Shadows Fall tour cycle supporting Threads of Life, which was released in April 2007. Also during this time period, Bittner started writing a monthly drum column for RHYTHM magazine in the UK, was a faculty member (along with Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, and Horacio Hernandez) at the 2007 Drum Fantasy Camp held at Seton Hall University, and won #1 Metal Drummer and #1 Rising Drumming Star awards in the 2007 DRUM! Reader’s Poll. His book, "Drumming Out of The Shadows", co-authored by Joe Bergamini, received the #2 award in the DRUM! Reader’s Poll for Best Educational Book, and he was also featured in the book "On the Beaten Path" by Rich Lackowski, the #1 Educational Book of 2008 in the Modern Drummer and DRUM! Magazine reader's polls. Bittner and Hudson Music launched his first ever instructional DVD entitled "What Drives the Beat" in October 2008, with a clinic tour following its release.
Jason played an acoustic set with George Lynch (Lynch Mob) and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani) in the first ever acoustic performance of Lynch's Mr. Scary. The private event was hosted by US Music at the Hilton Hotel for NAMM 2010.
*Drums - Tama Starclassic Performer B/B, Custom Red Lacquer
*Cymbals - Meinl
*Drumheads - Remo
*Hardware
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| Name | Jack DeJohnette |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Born | August 09, 1942 Chicago, Illinois United States |
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion, new age |
| Occupation | Musician, Composer |
| Instrument | Drums, piano, percussion, melodica |
| Associated acts | Charles Lloyd, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Standards Trio, Bruce Hornsby Trio |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Label | Milestone/Prestige Records, ECM, MCA Records, Blue Note Records, Columbia, Kindred Rhythm |
| Url | Official website |
DeJohnette has led several groups since the early-1970s, including Compost, a jazz-rock group that did two albums for Columbia with Bob Moses and Harold Vick; Directions (with John Abercrombie, Alex Foster, Warren Bernhardt, and Mike Richmond); New Directions (with Abercrombie, Lester Bowie, and Eddie Gomez); Gateway (with John Abercrombie and Dave Holland); and Special Edition (with David Murray, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Peter Warren, and others). Since the 1980s, he has been a member of what has become known as Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio alongside Jarrett and Gary Peacock. He is a dazzling improviser and a clear stylistic successor of Roy Haynes, and two of the greatest drummers of the 1960s, Tony Williams and Elvin Jones.
Since 2003, Jack has been part of Trio Beyond with fellow musicians Larry Goldings (organ) and John Scofield (guitar). The trio was set up in tribute to The Tony Williams Lifetime trio led by Williams with Larry Young (organ) and John McLaughlin (guitar). He also currently appears as a member of the Bruce Hornsby Trio. In February, 2009, DeJohnette received the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Peace Time.
DeJohnette successfully incorporates elements of free jazz and world music, while maintaining the deep grooves of jazz and R&B; drummers. His exceptional experience of time and style, combined with astounding improvisational ingenuity, make him one of the most highly regarded and in-demand drummers. He also occasionally appears on piano, on his own recordings.
With Gateway
With Trio Beyond
With Charles Lloyd
With Herbie Hancock
With Miles Davis
With Joe Henderson
With Bill Evans
With Eric Kloss
With Wayne Shorter
With Chick Corea
With Lee Konitz
With Miroslav Vitous
With Freddie Hubbard
With Joe Farrell
With George Benson
With Hubert Laws
With Joe Zawinul
With Sonny Rollins
With John Abercrombie
With Steve Kuhn
With Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana
With Keith Jarrett
With Kenny Wheeler
With Cannonball Adderley
With Stanley Turrentine
With Collin Walcott
With Michael Mantler
With McCoy Tyner
With Gary Peacock
With Bill Connors
With Jan Garbarek
With Terje Rypdal
With Ralph Towner
With Richie Beirach
With Mick Goodrick
With Joanne Brackeen
'''With John McLaughlin
With George Adams
With Pat Metheny
With John Surman
With Peter Warren
With Chico Freeman
With Eero Koivistoinen
With Bennie Wallace
With Michael Brecker
With Eliane Elias
With Dave Holland
With Dave Liebman
With Harold Mabern
With John Scofield
With Joe Lovano
With Lyle Mays
With Steve Swallow
With Richie Beirach
With Steve Khan
With Chris Potter
With Kenny Werner
With Teri Roiger
With the World Saxophone Quartet
With D. D. Jackson
With Wadada Leo Smith
With Antonio Farao
With Geri Allen
With Kalman Olah
With Szakcsi Generation
With Chet Baker
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| Name | Derek Roddy |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Born | August 28, 1972 South Carolina, United States |
| Instrument | Drums, guitar, bass |
| Genre | Death metal, blues, jazz, rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Years active | 1997–present His ability to record entire drum tracks in one or two takes earned him the nickname "One Take". |
| Name | Roddy, Derek |
| Date of birth | August 28, 1972 |
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| Name | Brann Dailor |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Brann Dailor |
| Born | March 19, 1975 |
| Instrument | Drums, vocals |
| Genre | Heavy metal Sludge metal Grindcore Death metal Progressive metal |
| Occupation | drummer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Associated acts | Mastodon Lethargy Today is the Day Discordance Axis Fiend Without A Face Gaylord |
| Url | http://www.mastodonrocks.com/ |
Brann Dailor (born March 19, 1975 in Rochester, NY) is a drummer, best known as a member of Mastodon, a progressive metal band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Dailor was also a founding member of mathcore band Lethargy, and played with grindcore bands Discordance Axis and Today is the Day.
"My parents were hippies, but they were Frank Zappa hippies, you know? They were putting Miles Davis' Bitches Brew on my headphones when I was two years old. I grew up listening to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Close to the Edge by Yes, King Crimson's Red. All that stuff was jamming at my house at full volume all the time when I was a baby, along with Coltrane's Love Supreme, Stevie Wonder -- Innervisions -- stuff like that. Constantly."
His sister Skye committed suicide at age 14. After her death, Dailor spent time in a mental hospital and fell heavily into drugs. Her death served as an inspiration for Mastodon's fourth studio album, Crack the Skye. Although the album's story line involves the adventures of a paraplegic boy in Tsarist Russia, Dailor told Metal Hammer that many of the songs are fantasy narratives involving him saving his sister from death.
“My sister Skye’s suicide is something I’ve been dealing with for 20 years. I wanted to lift her up and put her name out there forever. It was the most deeply emotional moment of my life, and always with suicide there’s a lot of guilt that comes with it. The whole story is my metaphor for if I’d been able to come in and pick her up and save her from that situation...everybody experiences loss. At some point in your life you will lose someone near and dear to you and I’m lucky enough to have some kind of artistic platform to immortalise it, to have some kind of tribute. We owe it as artists to come from the deepest place possible; that’s art."
On limited edition box sets of Crack the Skye, a photo of Dailor's sister can be seen through a tunnel lithogram in the album art.
Dailor has an obsession with Randy Rhoads (late lead guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne) due to the fact that he was born on the day (different year) that Randy Rhoads died, as noted in an interview on Uranium. Dailor chose the same color scheme as Rhoads' guitar for his signature drum kit - black with white polka dots - and his bass drum sports a picture of Rhoads.
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| Name | Benny Greb |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Born | June 13, 1980 |
| Origin | Augsburg, Germany |
| Instrument | Drums, Percussion, |
| Genre | New Wave/rock , Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician, Music Teacher |
| Years active | 2002 – Present |
| Url | http://www.bennygreb.de/ |
Benny Greb (born on June 13, 1980 in Augsburg, Germany) is a prolific German drummer and clinician. He started playing the drums at age six and began taking lessons at age twelve. He plays a large variety of music and can be seen playing rock with Stoppok and The Ron Spielman Trio, jazz with The Benny Greb Brass Band and Sabri Tulug Tirpan, funk with Jerobeam, reggae with Bobby McFerrin, fusion with the NDR Big Band on their Frank Zappa Project, with 3erGezimmeR and Wayne Krantz, and acoustic punk with Strom & Wasser. He will also be performing at the Modern Drummer Festival 2010.
Greb appeared on the scene in 2009 with his Hudson Music DVD "The Language of Drumming".
Greb endorses Sonor drums, Meinl cymbals and percussion, Remo drum heads, and Pro-Mark sticks. With Meinl, he designed the Filter X Trash Hat, a 12" splash 14" china stack that delivers a trashy axillary hi-hat sound, and the Byzance Vintage Sand Ride, a dry cymbal with a sandblasted top and partially lathed bottom. Recently, he developed the Byzance Vintage Sand Hats, hi hats with a similar construction to the his signature ride.
*Greb also uses Sonor 600 Series hardware with Giant Step pedals, Meinl Bongos, Cowbells, and Shakers, and Pro-Mark Benny Greb signature drumsticks.
* September 21 - Mother's Music - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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![Chris Adler [Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2005] - Now That You've Got Something To Die For](http://web.archive.org./web/20110318193518im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rOEz7XM8BzI/0.jpg "Chris Adler [Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2005] - Now That You've Got Something To Die For")
