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All Maple Shell • Lifetime Warranty • Starting at $559 Go to Pearldrum.com to hear these amazing thin shell 100% Maple drums played by some of Nashville’s top touring drummers. Pearl is proud to be the ocial drums of The Hard Rock Cafe Nashville. Become Iconic. All Maple Shell • Lifetime Warranty • Starting at $559 Go to Pearldrum.com to hear these amazing thin shell 100% Maple drums played by some of Nashville’s top touring drummers. Pearl is proud to be the ocial drums of The Hard Rock Cafe Nashville. CONTENTS Volume 41 • Number 3 CONTENTS Cover and Contents photos by Alex Solca On the Cover 34 Kenny Arono “This book got me to do some serious re ecting. But it’s not a memoir. This is what I’m continuing to do.” He reached the top by knowing exactly what he was capable of as a modern professional drummer, and by working tirelessly to ful ll the responsibilities of the job. by Billy Amendola FEATURES 28 DAVE WECKL. When Chick Corea came a-calling in the 54 GREAT ’80S DRUM PERFORMANCES, ’80s, the then-rising star e ectively arrived. These days the PART 2: JAZZ AND FUSION. It wasn’t all about spiky beats drummer’s getting to relive those heady times. by Mike Haid and quirky singers in the MTV era. Instrumental music was going strong—and launching drum heroes we still bow down 30 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS’ to today. by Ilya Stemkovsky JEFF SIMON. The veteran band and its still-energized found- ing drummer have done more than most to bring the blues to 62 DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES’ BRIAN DUNNE. the masses. by Bob Girouard Talk about a high-stakes gig: backing one music legend after another on a weekly national TV show—when you’re not 32 MIKE PORTNOY. His gargantuan performance on the touring with Hall and Oates. Not that this veteran player takes new concept album by Neal Morse had us wondering about any of his good fortune for granted. by Bob Campbell all the classic double LPs lining his own shelves. by Ilya Stemkovsky 68 RAT SCABIES. Few have cut as lasting an impression as the original drummer with the Damned. And though his 48 OPETH’S MARTIN AXENROT. The fascinating evolution twenty-year membership in the British group has long since of the exploratory Swedish metal band is driven by a classic- ended, he’s still at it—and still a hero to drummers, especially rock lover’s cinematic rhythmic visions. by Mike Haid those of the punk persuasion. by Jon Wurster LESSONS EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENTS 74 Basics 16 Product Close-Up 8 An Editor’s Overview Stickings That Rock Ddrum Max Series Drumset The Uncommon Man Part 1: From a Hand Pattern to a Groove Dream Paper-Thin Crashes, TriHats, by Billy Amendola by Rich Redmond and Libor Hadrava Stacks Noble & Cooley SS Classic, Horizon, 10 Readers’ Platform 76 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic and Walnut Snare Drums Favorite ’80s Jazz or Fusion Twelve Essential Shu es DW Bass Drum Beaters Drum Track? 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOT INCLUDED. DW MD Contest Ad (MD) 2016.indd 2-3 10/26/16 4:35 PM AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW “Best service I’ve received from ANY store!” Founder Senior Art Director The Uncommon Man Ronald Spagnardi Scott G. Bienstock Robby, Vista, CA 1943–2003 Editorial Director ello, everyone! We’re already well into the Publisher/CEO Adam J. Budofsky Hnew year, and I always like to take the Isabel Spagnardi opportunity around this time to thank readers, Managing Editor Senior Vice President Michael Dawson included. not and hardware Cymbals only. Shell pack drum industry members, and everyone else who included. stand not stand, and hi-hat Kick pedal, snare Lori Spagnardi has supported Modern Drummer over the past Associate Editor forty-one years. Some of you will be picking up Vice President Willie Rose this issue at the winter National Association of Kevin W. 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