The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

Matt Grenier (August Burns Red)

Fast, consistent, heavy, mechanical, explosive. These are all attributes of a great drummer, and Grenier practically wrote the book on adapting this to a metalcore setting. August Burns Red is as catchy and accessible as they are brutally heavy. If you like good drummers, listen to Constellations and Thrill Seeker in full.

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The More You Know

  • When Prince was a kid, his father put him on stage at a James Brown concert where he danced with the singer until security took him off the stage.
  • Bob Dylan said on his school yearbook that his ultimate dream was being in Little Richard’s band.
  • Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, and Mark Wahlberg are all distant relatives of Madonna.
  • Before starting the band Kiss, Gene Simmons was a sixth-grade teacher.
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