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Alex Van Halen Complete Touring Drum Kit Used During A Different Kind of Truth Tour Up For Auction

Drumming News David Frangioni, award-winning veteran of the music and audio-visual technology industry, and CEO of Modern Drummer, is proud to announce an exclusive partnership with Goldin, the premier marketplace for collectibles, to host an […]

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Modern Drummer Inducted Alex Van Halen To MD Hall of Fame & Release Celebration Video With Mike Portnoy, Ray Luzier, & Jay Weinberg

Latest Drumming News Modern Drummer writes about this series: Alex Van Halen’s drumming has profoundly shaped the landscape of modern music and performance. His distinctive style, rhythmic innovation and iconic drum sound are deeply embedded […]

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Former Modern Drummer Editor/Writer Scott K Fish Looks Back On Philly Joe Jones Gretsch Ad Campaign

Latest Drumming News Scott writes: Music photographer Charles “Chuck” Stewart shot a series of full-page black-and-white Gretsch drums magazine ads featuring some of the legendary jazz drummers of the 1950s-1960s. These Gretsch ads remain favorites […]

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NAMM 2023: Rick Van Horn Introduces Gretsch’s 140th Anniversary Limited Production 2023 Models With A Word From Will Gretsch

Latest Drumming News Rick Van Horn (Former Modern Drummer Editor) Introduces Gretsch’s 140th Anniversary Limited models for 2023 In his tour he says: “Gretsch this year is celebrating it’s 140th Anniversary, that makes it the […]

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Scott K. Fish Blog (Former Managing Editor of Modern Drummer): ’81 Article Audio interview With Barry Keane: Canadian Studio Kingpin

Latest Drumming News This week is a look back at one of his earlier posts when he interviewed Barry Keane for the 1981 Modern Drummer – August/September Issue. Scott writes: SKF NOTE: This is 2-part […]

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Scott K. Fish Blog (Former Managing Editor of Modern Drummer): A Look Back Audio Interview With The Late Jim Gordon

Latest Drumming News This week is an interesting post that Scott posted on March 22, 2020.  After Jim’s passing Scott reached out to me (Paul Rogne) and suggested this interview. This interview with Jim took […]