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Issue 3/2022 from April 13 at the newsstand 04/08/2022
In the new issue, British drummer Gavin Harrison explains how his trio Porcupine Tree ended the 12-year radio silence and what they are up to now.
With issue 3/2022 we continue to celebrate our anniversary this year. This time, our long-time author and history expert Fritz Steger is contributing an article to 40 years of “drums & percussion” that traces our roots at “Riebe’s Fachblatt”. Anyone remember?
British humour And then we couldn’t hide our excitement to learn that Gavin Harrison and his fellow prog rock band Porcupine Tree have ended their years-long hiatus. With their new album »Closure / Continuation«, which will be released in June, they are sure to win many new fans, not to mention the live concerts in October and November. Of course we didn’t want to wait that long and immediately grabbed the British master drummer Harrison for an interview. There he tells why satisfaction means success for him and that the new album and the tour are by no means to be regarded as a comeback, because, according to Harrison: “The band never broke up.” They just didn’t do anything for twelve years. Funny these Brits!
What’s in issue 3/22? Pee Wee Ellis drummer Guido May contributes a funk drumming special for this issue, where he talks inside out about how the author of such songs as “Cold Sweat” or “The Chicken” would like the drumming to be here. We tested equipment from Rogers’ “Covington” shell kit to Millenium’s “NonaPad” to the “EFNOTE 7” e-drum flagship. You can find out what panic attacks you can be exposed to at »Rock im Park« in the book excerpt from »Panzerschokolade« by Rachel Rep, also in issue 3/2022 (table of contents see below). The booklet (print edition) can be purchased from April 13th. Order online here (here as an e-paper).
Serious side notes Just as a small side note in our news section in the magazine, there is a piece of news that some of you might be amazed at: Messe Frankfurt GmbH announced the end of Musikmesse – after more than 40 years. The fact that this is only worth a few lines to us is due to the currently ambiguous source situation. It is leaked from Frankfurt that in the future the subject of “music” will be taken up again as a B2C event – i.e. one for so-called end consumers and not as a business event as before. It remains to be seen whether and what will actually happen then, because steps in this direction had already been taken during the many concept changes at the Musikmesse before Corona – without any breakthrough. Of course, we will keep you up to date here. In any case, you won’t find our usual report from the annual Musikmesse in the future. There are three competitions in issue 3/2022.
