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Blake Richardson of ‘Between The Buried And Me’ Shows Off His Drum Set-Up
Apr 29th
The other day Metal Sucks posted a cool article written by Blake Richardson, the drummer from ‘Between The Buried And Me‘.
Ever wanted to find out what forms Blake Richardson’s drum kit and why he chooses particular equipment?
Well this article takes us through Blake’s drum set-up, cymbals and all, piece by piece. It’s so cool to get this insight into one of the best heavy metal drummers around. What makes it useful is that if someone like Blake Richardson is your drumming idol and if you’re one of those drummers (like me) who sits behind their drum kit, headphones plugged in, and with More >
SABIAN Cymbals Set-Up Builder
Feb 23rd
I guess this has been around for a while, but I only recently discovered it and I’d wish I knew about it when I was in the market to buy a new Drum Set with Cymbals.
It’s the Cymbal Set-Up Builder by SABIAN.
All you need to do is:
- Create your set-up from scratch OR
- Choose your favourite Sabian artist template, OR
- Choose a Genre template.
Then you can move things around, edit what drums you prefer and best of all, you can save your Sabian Cymbal Set-up and play the kit so you can find out what each cymbal sounds like. The only downside with More >
RINGO STARR drum kit – C&C Custom Drums – TMNtv
Oct 6th
We take a look at the incredible drum kit put together by C&C drums using Ludwig shells for the one and only Ringo Starr!
http://www.candccustomdrums.com
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Tour Of My Drum Kit – Phil McKenna
Oct 6th
Good quality tour of my drum kit with me, the lovable Phil Mckenna from Widnes [youtube gnyyIhf9wLo&feature=youtube_gdata]
What Should I Do With This Pearl Jam Drum Stick?
Oct 6th
I saw a Pearl Jam concert back in 1994 at the Empire Polo grounds near Palm Springs. I caught one of the drumsticks thrown by Dave Abbruzzese. I’ve had this thing 15 years. I dont play drums. I’ve thought about ebay. I only have one not the pair.
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Steve Smith: Legendary Drummer of ‘Journey’
Mar 1st
Today I discovered a drummer I had never seen before and was mighty impressed by his incredible drumming ability. His name is Steve Smith.
Steve Smith became famous for being in the successful rock band called Journey, back in the 1980s. Journey had several successful albums including the immensely popular “Escape” and “Frontiers“, both which had their own Top 40 Hits. With his inventive timekeeping and massive tom-toms, there’s no doubt Steve Smith’s ability helped drive Journey to success.
Check out this awesome drum solo by Steve Smith.
If you’re not too familiar with Journey’s music ,check out this vid and it might spark More >


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