September 1993
FEATURES TIM "HERB" ALEXANDER With their new album, Pork Soda, Primus has carved out a stylized and twisted place on the pop music landscape. And in the drum world, Tim Alexander's playing has declared its arrival in an equally against-the- grain fashion. • Matt Peiken 20 CLAYTON CAMERON The art of brush playing got a well-needed shot in the arm when Clayton Cameron got a hold of it. Now, after several years with Sammy Davis, Jr. and a highly regarded video on the subject, Cameron has taken his magic to Tony Bennett's drum 26 chair. Oh, and he plays sticks, too. • William F. Miller TOURING COUNTRY DRUMMERS Touring with country music's big stars is a different ball of wax from making the records. Get the lowdown on the country high road from Garth Brooks's Mike Palmer, Ricky Skaggs' Keith Edwards, Vince Gill's Martin Parker, and Billy Ray Cyrus's Gregg 30 Fletcher. • Robyn Flans VOLUME 17, NUMBER 9 COVER PHOTO BY ANDREW MACNAUGHTON COLUMNS EDUCATION NEWS EQUIPMENT 60 BASICS 8 UPDATE Miking Your Drums Fred Young, BY JOHN POKRANDT Prince's Michael B., John Tempesta of Exodus, and the 77 STRICTLY Sundogs' Jimmy TECHNIQUE Hobson, plus News Grouping Control Studies 114 INDUSTRY BY RON SPAGNARDI HAPPENINGS 78 CONCEPTS Faking It 34 ELECTRONIC BY GARY GRISWOLD DEPARTMENTS REVIEW 86 RocK'N' New KAT Products JAZZ CLINIC 4 EDITOR'S BY ED URIBE Your Left Foot OVERVIEW NEW AND 38 BY WILLIAM F. MILLER NOTABLE 102 ROCK CHARTS 6 READERS' Lars Ulrich: "Nothing PLATFORM 108 SHOP TALK Else Matters" Drumshells: TRANSCRIBED BY 12 ASK A PRO Where It All Starts
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