November issue of Rhythm on sale 23 October
Pick up the latest issue and you'll find…
90 Years of Premier
This month Premier celebrates 90 years at the forefront of the drum world, and to mark the occasion we have put together a huge cover feature telling the complete Premier story. Plus, some of the drum icon's most famous fans helps us along the way, including Nicko McBrain, Chris Sharrock, Clem Burke, Kenney Jones and more.
INTERVIEWED
Matt Halpern (Periphery)
John Coghlan (Status Quo)
George 'Spanky' McCurdy (Lady Gaga)
Tony Hajjar (At The Drive-In)
Josh Eppard (Coheed and Cambria)
Simon Phillips
REVIEWED
New albums, DVDs and books from AxeWound, Stone Sour, Muse and more.
GEAR
PDP Concept drum kit
Lion cajons
Pearl throne thumper
Murat Diril cymbals
DW Airlift hardware
Roland HD-3 electronic kit
LEARN
Learn 'Monkey Man' by Toots and the Maytals, Queen classic 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and Bloc Party's 'Like Eating Glass.' Plus, learn how to get your parts spot on, get to grips with 12/8 and much more.
WIN
Win an incredible Premier Spitfire kit and hardware worth a staggering £4,000.
You'll find all this and more in the brand new issue of Rhythm, on sale in all good newsagents, online and on Apple Newsstand now.
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Rich is a teacher, one time Rhythm staff writer and experienced freelance journalist who has interviewed countless revered musicians, engineers, producers and stars for the our world-leading music making portfolio, including such titles as Rhythm, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, and MusicRadar. His victims include such luminaries as Ice T, Mark Guilani and Jamie Oliver (the drumming one).
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