Mike Byrne, 19, Smashing Pumpkins' New Drummer

19-year-old Mike Byrne from Portland, Oregon, is Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer. Byrne auditioned for the job in April, 2009, and beat out the competition of nearly 1,000 other drummers. The band's singer Billy...

New Mick Fleetwood Reality Webisode Series

Mick Fleetwood launches MyMickTV.com, his official channel for videos he shoots on the road.  Mick is currently on tour with Fleetwood Mac and in between gigs he tapes his life on and off the road with a Flip...

Smashing Pumpkins to Audition New Drummers, Maybe You?

If you've ever wanted to bang out beats for Billy Corgan, now's your chance. This Friday, in Los Angeles, the Smashing Pumpkins (ie. the lone front man Corgan) will hold auditions for a new drummer. For something as...

Mitch Mitchell, Drummer for Jimi Hendrix, Found Dead

Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the late, great, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in his hotel room in the early hours of this morning.Mitchell performed only two weeks ago in Los Angeles and appeared full of energy...

Anthrax kills another drum maker

Anthrax spores from animal skins have killed another drum maker in the UK and health officials are now trying to assess just how dangerous drum making using traditional methods with animal skin materials...

Inside The Legend Of The Most Recorded Drummer Of All Time.

This story is dedicated to one of the most recorded and well-respected drummers of all time. It was originally written and published in 1997.The old man's a little tired tonight, quite reasonable for a drummer...

Dead Man Good to Go for Obama Benefit

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Four People Killed In Jet Crash

I just found this story about the Blink 182 drummer and another musician getting injured in that recent airplane accident.  I was unaware that 4 people were killed.  There was a loud noise.  I wonder if it was terrorists?"Four people were recently killed in a...

Death Magnetic leak welcomed by Metallica

Death Magnetic, the latest album from rockers Metallica, has been leaked on the Internet a week ahead of the scheduled release date of September 12.  Once critical of the Internet's role in the evolution...

Led Zeppelin trio back in studio

Encouraging news for all those "Led Heads""Led Zeppelin musicians Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham have been working on new material. Drummer Bonham told a radio station in Detroit that the songs...

Olympic Impressions : Opening Ceremonies

08/08/08 started with hundred’s of "fou" drummers moving in unison to the thunder of their own drums. And then . . . the lights went out. I was horrified.   This is not a slur, just an honest...

Record Label Sues a Couple of Stone Temple Pilots

Classic major label strategy: hold onto your artists until the very bitter end. And, even then, don't let go: wring the musical blood from the stone carcass of their formerly great career. Brilliant...

Tommy Toon: Lee, Animated

I could make some off-color jokes about this one, but shall refrain. Inall seriousness, though, they're gonna have to be very selective indeedabout which stories would be appropriate for a younger audience,...

The Roots Struggle With 'Rising Down' at Def Jam

The Roots are veterans of the hip-hop game, having long been immersed in the struggle to achieve commercial success with music that defies tired rap clichés, sugary pop conventions, and lyrical...

Former Kraftwerk Drummer Dies

RIP to Klaus Dinger, one of the founding fathers of that most expansive and strange genre, krautrock.  Have a listen to Kraftwerk and Neu! for a primer."Klaus Dinger, a founding member of Kraftwerk and...

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