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Ricardo Rodriguez

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Ricardo Rodriguez

    Modern Drummer Announces Celeste Fox as the 2026 Winner of the Neil Peart Spirit of Drumming Scholarship (opens the original)

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    Modern Drummer magazine, alongside Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), Carrie Peart (Trustee of The Estate of Neil Peart), and Olivia Peart, is proud to announce Celeste Fox as the recipient of the 2026 Neil Peart Spirit of Drumming Scholarship. Established to honor the legendary Neil Peart by inspiring and nurturing a young drummer with the goal of developing the next generation of drumming talent, the annual award celebrates the extraordinary musicianship, lifelong artistic growth, integrity, a

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Ricardo Rodriguez

    Modern Drummer presents Eric Singer’s KISS Kruise Drum Off (opens the original)

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    The Eric Singer’s KISS Kruise Drum Off will give booked KISS Kruise guests the opportunity to compete live in front of Singer and a panel of professional drummers. The competition takes place Sunday from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM on the Main Ballroom Stage. Drummers interested in competing can submit a one-minute video featuring either a drum solo or a play-along performance to a KISS track. From the submissions, six drummers will be selected to compete live at the event. Following the opening round,

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Ricardo Rodriguez

    Guitar Center crowns champion of Drum-Off 2026 following national competition (opens the original)

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    Hamilton, AL drummer Jonathan Fortson earns the Drum-Off title, brand endorsements, professional gear and a $25,000 cash prize as the legendary competition concludes its first run in a decade Guitar Center announced Jonathan Fortson of Hamilton, Alabama as the Drum-Off 2026 Champion, marking the culmination of the legendary drumming competition’s first run in a decade. First launched in 1988, Drum-Off ran for 28 years and drew more than 100,000 participants, helping provide an early platform for

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Ricardo Rodriguez

    Stephen Perkins’ Jimmy Page DW Kit and Return to ’70s Rock | Modern Drummer (opens the original)

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    When Stephen Perkins formed The Panic Channel, he wanted to step away from the fast-moving, tom-heavy language of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros. His answer was a massive custom DW kit inspired by Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and the physical power of 1970s rock. There are drum kits designed for speed and articulation, and then there are drums that make you want to hit them as hard as you can. When Stephen Perkins began working on the music that would become The Panic Channel, he found himself

  5. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Ricardo Rodriguez

    Stephen Perkins’ 1997 Jane’s Addiction Relapse Tour Drum Kit | Modern Drummer (opens the original)

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    Six years after Jane’s Addiction broke apart, Stephen Perkins returned to the band’s music with Flea on bass, a new rhythm-section chemistry to build, and a radically different DW Short Stack kit designed for speed, articulation, and clarity. In 1997, Jane’s Addiction was preparing to do something it hadn’t done in years, play together again. The band had broken up in 1991. Now, six years later, the Relapse Tour would bring Jane’s Addiction back to the stage—with Flea stepping in on bass. For St

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