Drums & Drummer News
July 11, 2008

Neil Peart's Nominated “Drummer Of The Year" in "Drummies 2008" HULIQ (press release), NC - 21 hours ago Neil Peart's Progressive Percussion Proves Itself Again; Nominated “Drummer Of The Year” For A Second Time in DRUM! Magazine's Drummies 2008; Selected “Best ...

Kotaku.com

Rock Band 2's Drums Sorta New, Definitely Improved Kotaku.com, NY - 8 hours ago One's the "standard" kit, which looks a lot like the first game's drums, only now with a number of improvements, like new drum pads that generate "far less ...

Jazz drummer Bobby Durham dies at 71 Houston Chronicle, United States - 7 hours ago Bobby Durham, a jazz drummer of impeccable taste and versatility who teamed with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald and became a fixture of the Jazz at the ...

Benefit Concert, Auction For Ailing Lit Drummer FMQB, NJ - 19 hours ago As previously reported, Allen Shellenberger, drummer for the rock band Lit, has been diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant brain tumor. ...

BBC News

Sgt Pepper drum skin makes £540000 The Press Association - 1 hour ago The iconic bass drum skin used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold for £541250 at auction. ... Beatles' 500k drum The List $1 million for Sgt Pepper drum NewsLite Sgt Pepper Drum Skin Sells For Half A Million Gigwise The Sun - UK Express all 228 news articles

Warm & Natural Drums Sonic State, UK - 21 hours ago Drums On Demand say that, like all their volumes, you simply find the master loop that fits your song and then choose from as many as 44 other loops in each ...

Uganda: Refugees Change Lives With Drums AllAfrica.com, Washington - 4 hours ago THE heavy drums have travelled far and wide. They have left footprints in places and palaces where you and I can never imagine setting foot. ...

Drums & Drummer News
July 10, 2008

‘Smacked’ with a chance to play drums Shrewsbury Chronicle,  USA - 18 hours ago Twenty people in all, won the exclusive chance to receive drum lessons from Erna, the Massachusetts’s native and Godsmack front man. ...

Riverdance drummer settles suit for €75000 Irish Independent, Ireland - 8 hours ago A FORMER drummer with Riverdance has settled his High Court action for damages claiming he suffered hearing loss as a result of his work with the show. ...

Drum Ballet founder honored Hope Star, AR - 12 hours ago by Grace Leonhart The founder of the Hope Drum Ballet has been selected to receive a Governor's Arts Award and will be honored at an awards ceremony and ...

Be The Drummer With Cadbury ‘Gorilla’ Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 9 hours ago ‘Gorilla’, which features a gorilla drumming out an impressive version of Phil Collins’ hit In the air tonight, has gained a similar response from Kiwis. ...

Dance to the beat of your own drum Dispatch Online, South Africa - 9 hours ago THE SOUND of beating drums will reverberate over Coffee Bay’s hills and valleys this weekend. The annual drumming festival in Coffee Bay kicks off on Friday ...

Have a go . . . at drumming in the woods Metro, UK - 5 hours ago Saturday's free event is the first of its kind in Sherwood Pines, and includes demonstrations from drumming groups in a variety of styles from around the ...

Drums & Drummer News
July 9, 2008

Oasis In Row Over New Drummer Showbiz Spy, UK - 2 hours ago By WENN, July 9 2008 OASIS frontman LIAM GALLAGHER objected to the band's new drummer - because he used to perform with pop star ROBBIE WILLIAMS. ...

Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, will release a ... WhatGoesOn.com, CA - 16 hours ago The auto-biographical album is Pete Best's thoughts and feelings as he takes us from the time he was a Beatle, which included the famous Hamburg, ...

Malaysia Star

Inspiring rhythm Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 13 hours ago However, even though they had broken loose from their shackles, they were still merely leading the lives of puppets; and though beating drums their own way, ...

Multi Award Winning Cape Breton Drummer Bruce Aitken First in ... PR Web (press release), WA - 1 hour ago Aitken who was named Music Nova Scotias Musiciian of the Year in 2004 is thrilled and honored at the invitation to be the first drummer to represent Canada ...

5:50 pm - Drum clinic with Larry Franquez set for July 19 Pacific Daily News, GU - 5 hours ago 5:50 pm, July 9 — The 12th annual drum clinic will be held from 3 to 5 pm July 19 at the new Shimbros Music Store, in the former Gold’s Gym, Route 8, Maite. ...

'Riverdance' drummer sues over tinnitus Irish Times, Ireland - 13 hours ago A FORMER drummer with the hit show Riverdance has brought a High Court action alleging that his professional music career has been destroyed because of ... Riverdance drummer seeks damages over hearing loss Irish Independent all 2 news articles

Drums & Drummer News
July 8, 2008

Kotaku.com

Rock Band 2 Drums Will B Wireless 2 Kotaku.com, NY - 7 hours ago Rock Band 2 isn't going to just take the introduction of a wireless drum set in Guitar Hero World Tour lying down. No, Harmonix has its own wireless drum ...

A 20-minute interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 11 hours ago TYPE O NEGATIVE in February released two special editions of its acclaimed new album, "Dead Again". The deluxe CD version contains a bonus DVD with ...

Jamaica Gleaner

It was all in the drums Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 7 hours ago The Maxfield Avenue studio had the best drum sound at the time, and Dunbar's military-type tapping was the backbone of its numerous hit songs. ...

VELVET REVOLVER Drummer Brings Out Big Names For Rock Couture ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 19 hours ago As noted in a Los Angeles Times feature (April 20, 2008), "The Sorum Noce boutique, which the drummer designed, is beachy and British Goth at the same time, ...

Showbiz Spy

Drummer: 'I Turned Lindsay Lohan Off Men' Showbiz Spy, UK - 2 hours ago By Adam Nutburn, July 8 2008 McFly drummer Harry Judd reckons it was him who turned Lindsay Lohan into a lesbian. The 22-year-old musician -- who was ...

Ex-MEGADETH/Y&T Drummer JIMMY DEGRASSO Interviewed; Audio ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 11 hours ago Since his split with MEGADETH, Jimmy has also performed at the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival in 2002, Ultimate Drummers Weekend in Australia, ...

Borneo Bulletin

DJ, drummer, 8,steal hearts at Jerudong stage show Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Darussalam - 6 hours ago By Abang Jit Manis DJ Dafi sang and an eight-year-old drummer, Mohd Muis from Kuala Belait, played solo to a marching tempo during a stage show on the last ...

Drums & Drummer News
July 7, 2008

Contactmusic.com

Final drum roll for Ringo Starr’s birthplace Times Online, UK - Jul 5, 2008 He wasn’t even the best drummer in the band, let alone the world, joked Lennon. Now Starr faces a further indignity. The house at No 9 Madryn Street, ... Starr's birthplace facing demolition United Press International Ringo's birthplace faces demolition The Age Ringo Starr’s house to be demolished MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers Contactmusic.com all 37 news articles

Three more limited edition snare drums from Tama MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers, UK - 2 hours ago So it's no great surprise to see three more limited edition drums (two Artwood Customs and a Metalworks) joining the line-up of previously reported ...

lifepr.de

Black Alpha Slipknot Edition Group & Joey Jordison lifepr.de, Germany - Jul 4, 2008 (lifepr) Nottwil / Switzerland, 04.07.2008 - The renowned Swiss cymbal maker Paiste announces the introduction of Black Alpha cymbals, which have been ...

Fifes and Drums group still in step as it turns 50 Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jul 4, 2008 By SAM MCDONALD WILLIAMSBURG By tradition, members of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums get drummed out of the corps at age 18, the summer after ... Fifes and Drums celebrates Fourth with 50th anniversary concert Daily Press all 2 news articles

The Age

Sweat and tears for drum troupe The Age, Australia - 23 hours ago Members of Drum Tao, exponents of a modern interpretation of the martial art of taiko drumming. THEY live on a mountain in monastic isolation, ...

Saint Martin's drum line class helps students beat the heat The Olympian, WA - 6 hours ago The drum line has been part of the Saint Martin's University Summer Music Camp for three years, camp program director Krina Allison said. ...

Los Angeles Times

From Liverpool, with luv Los Angeles Times, CA - 17 hours ago The former Beatles drummer is touring North America this summer to promote a new album that's close to his heart. By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times Staff ...

311 Are The New Grateful Dead, Drummer Chad Sexton Says Before ... MTV.com - 1 hour ago Drummer Chad Sexton thinks he's got the answer. Sexton said that, over the course of 10 albums, they've managed to assemble a rabid fanbase who've supported ...

Plug In music

Pearl Jam Drummer Matt Cameron Unveils Jazz Trio, HarryBu McCage Plug In music, PA - 3 hours ago Harrybu McCage, the jazz trio assembled by Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, will release their self-titled debut CD in stores July 8. ...

Ex-Beatle rings out for peace today Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 4 hours ago He's asking everyone around the world to flash a peace sign at the stroke of noon, local time, the drummer's spokesperson announced last week.

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