Travis barker's gear set

Birth name: Travis Landon Barker
Born: November 14, 1975 (1975-11-14) (age 33)
Origin: Fontana, California,USA
Genre(s): Punk rock, pop punk, ska punk, alternative rock, hip hop, rap rock
Occupation(s):Musician, drummer, songwriter, producer, reality television celebrity, fashion designer
Instrument(s): drums, keyboards, guitar, piano
Years active: 1994–present
Label(s): Interscope, LaSalle/Atlantic, Geffen, Hellcat, MCA, Golden Voice
Associated acts: Blink-182, +44, Expensive Taste, Transplants, Box Car Racer, The Aquabats
Website : TravisBarker.com

Travis Barker is quickly becoming one of the more influential musicians on the Rock scene today. Travis began studying drums and taking lessons at the age of four. He studied with a jazz teacher and was exposed to many different styles of music. While in High School, Travis played in the jazz ensemble and marching band. He subsequently gained much experience performing at regional competitions and festivals. His senior year, Travis passed up drum corps tryouts for touring with a rock band. He gained more experience as a rock drummer in a few early bands such as Feeble, The Suicide Machines, and The Aquabats.

In 1998, Travis replaced Blink 182's first drummer and came to the band’s rescue at one show by learning over twenty songs in just a few hours and performing with them later that evening. Travis quickly became a much respected and popular member of the band and solidified his position as the timekeeper with his professional attitude, rhythmic skills and talent.

Travis gear set
Barker is now sponsored by Orange County Drum and Percussion and Zildjian.
Latest drum kit (2008–2009)

* Drums - Black Acrylic w/50% offset Lugs
o 10x8" Tom
o 12x10" Tom
o 16x14" Floor Tom
o 18x16" Floor Tom
o 24x24" Bass drum
o 14x6.5" Orange County Stainless steel/nickle snare

* Cymbals - Zildjian
o 14" A custom matersound Hi-hats
o 22" zildjian A custom ride
o 21" Aveidus crash/ride
o 10" A custom splash
o 20" K custom crash
o 19" A custom projection crash

Barker uses DW 9000 Series Hardware, Remo Emperor X Snare Heads and Remo weather king emporer Heads on his toms, Roland Electronics and his signature Zildjian sticks.

and drummerworld says he use this set :

and finally,, when i talk about modern punk rock drummer,, it's refer to travis :)

information taken from any source

Top Modern Rock song (may 2009)

hey guys,, this is newest modern rock chart per may 2009 by top40-chart which combine World Heavy Metal, Hard Rock & Alternative Singles (USA, Germany, UK, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Australia).

enjoy :)

1. Know Your Enemy - Green Day
2. Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
3. Casing The Dragon - Epica
4. Drowning (Face Down) - Saving Abel
5. Lifeline - Papa Roach
6. Careless Whisper - Seether
7. Up All Night - Hinder
8. Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance
9. Decode - Paramore
10.You Found Me - Fray
11.Black Heart Inertia - Incubus
12.How Could You? - Saliva
13.Something In Your Mouth - Nickelback
14.All I Want - Staind
15.Hey You - 311
16.My Loneliness - Firewind
17.Let It Go - Capetown
18.Panic Switch - Silversun Pickups
19.Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
20.Dirty Little Girl - Burn Halo
21.So Close, So Far - Hoobastank
22.No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
23.The Man Who Lost His Soul - Until June
24.The Night - Disturbed
25.Magnificent - U2
26.Death Of Me - Red
27.Champagne - Cavo
28.Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
29.Wars - Hurt
30.Second Chance - Shinedown

i've listened several song above, hinder have a nice groove compotition, seether nice arrangement but sounds like ordinary song for me...nothing sepecial

how about you guys???

Mike Portnoy Newest Gear Set

Here is newest mike's drum set. Base on tama starclasscic, sabian cymbal and any hardware (LP,Roland,Tama) he build his newest monster and called "mike's mirage monster"
enjoy it :)

spesification :
Drumset: Tama StarClassic Mirage Crystal Ice
A. 433mm Octoban
B. 472mm Octoban
C. 536mm Octoban
D. 600mm Octoban
E. 8x8 tom
F. 9x10 tom
G. 10x12 tom
H. 5½x14 tom
I. 16x16 floor tom
J. 5½x14 Melody Master snare
K. 18x22 bass drum
L. 18x22 bass drum
M. 536mm Octoban
N. 600 mm Octoban
O. 5x13 single headed tom
P. 14.14 floor tom
Q. 16x16 floor tom
R. 14x20 gong drum
S. 5x12 Melody Master snare
T. 18x20 bass drum

Cymbals: Sabian
1. 14" AAX Stage hats
2. 14" extra thin crash
3. 18" HHX Chinese
4. 18" HHX Studio crash
5. 8" Max Stax
6. 7" Max Stax
7. 9" Max Stax
8. 10" Max Stax
9. 7" Radia Bell
10. 18" AA medium thin crash
11. 20" HHX Chinese
12. 22" HH Rock ride
13. 19" Fierce Crash
14. 14" Max Stax
15. medium propeller
16. 13" HHX Stage hats
17. small propeller
18. 9" Max Splash
19. 16" HHXtreme crash
20. 20" AA El Sabor ride
21. 18" AAX Stage crash
22. 10" Max Splash
23. 11" Max Splash hi-hats
24. LP mountable cowbell
25. LP Rock Ridge Rider cowbell
26. 20" AA Chinese
27. 8" Radia flat bell
28. large propeller
29. 28" Zodiac gong (not shown, behind kit)
30. Roland Rhythm Coach (cowbell)
31. drink table holding one cup of blue sports drink and one bottle of water

Accessories: LP, Roland, Tama:
aa. LP 515 Studio bar chimes
bb. Roland PD-8 trigger pad
cc. LP mountable Cyclops tambourine
dd. Pro-Mark JSBG stick bag
ee. Buttkicker Concert seat subwoofers
ff. Tama HT430 Round Rider throne

Hardware: Tama, including Iron Cobra Rolling Glide bass drum pedals, all cymbals locked on with clear Slicknuts.

Heads: Remo CS (black dot) on snare batter, Ambassador snare-side, clear Emperors on tops of toms, clear Ambassadors on bottoms, Powerstroke 3 on kick batters with clear Emperors on front (with silver 6" holes).

Sticks: Pro-Mark MP420 Millenium II (hickory), MT-3 mallets, Hot Rods

and finally.. all peripheral above become this freak monster set!! whewww,, i can't imagine how can i play it all :(

information has taken from official mike's sites
for mike : u are my man on modern progressive rock!! ^:)^

PRS Mark Tremonti Signature

i put his guitar series here cause he is one of my favourite modern rock player!!
enjoy it:

Mark Tremonti is considered to be one of rock’s leading guitarists. As the guitarist of Alter Bridge and formerly of Creed, he has met extraordinary success and continues to grow as both a guitar player and songwriter. While Creed was on tour in support of their first record, My Own Prison, Mark was contacted by PRS and asked if he would like to try one of their guitars.

"I jumped at the idea to play one of PRS’ guitars. PRS was one of those guitars that I could never afford in high school or college and had always wanted to play one." PRS sent Mark a McCarty model which he instantly fell in love with. He played that guitar exclusively for a while, but ultimately wanted a guitar that was more suited to his playing style.

Mark Tremonti began to collaborate with PRS on his dream guitar that would soon become the Mark Tremonti Signature Model. He needed pickups that were a little more aggressive and could complement his rhythm playing which contains a lot of palm muting. The neck of the guitar needed to accommodate his style, influenced by thrash metal, shred, and traditional blues. PRS met these needs with the Tremonti wide-thin neck carve.

Mark Tremonti Signature Model Specs
Body
Back Wood :Thick Mahogany
Top Wood :Maple
Top Wood Options :10 Top Flame or 10 Top Quilt

Neck
Number of Frets :22
Scale Length :25"
Neck Wood :Mahogany
Fretboard Wood :Rosewood
Neck Shape :Tremonti Wide Thin Inlays Mother of Pearl Birds

Hardware
Bridge : Tremolo with Trem-Up Routing
Tuners : PRS 14:1 Phase II low mass locking tuners
Truss Rod Cover : Tremonti
Hardware Type : Nickel
Treble Pickup : Tremonti Treble
Bass Pickup :Tremonti Bass (Covered)
Pickup Switching :Volume and Tone Control for Each Pickup and 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector On Upper Bout

information has taken from official prs website

Korn “Escape From the Studio” as Tour Begins in Arizona

Photo: Arnold/WireImage
The normally serene spring home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks was transformed into a mass of pogoing teens on Saturday, April 25th, as Korn kicked off their Escape From the Studio tour, their first trek in nearly a year, at Tucson Electric Park. The 70-minute show focused on fan favorites and eschewed some of the more obvious choices. Funky interludes allowed Korn to step back a handful of times during the 14-song show, and stripped-down production gave the band the opportunity to spotlight the music. Save for singer Jonathan Davis’ H.R. Giger microphone stand and a Korn backdrop, the stage set-up was nearly bare.

But there was nothing simple about the music. Sounds of a gothic church choir greeted the crowd as members of Korn — kilt-wearing Davis, guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer and bassist Reggie “Fieldy” Arvizu, as well as touring musicians — took the stage. With a dose of heavy beats the band ripped straight into “Right Now” as the wind whipped the sound around the stadium. A sea of hands reached for Davis and the rest of the crew during “Fake” and the growly, groove-heavy “Did My Time.” The monosyllabic grind of “Coming Undone” led nicely into a sample of Queen’s “We Will Rock You.”

Halfway through the set Davis marched out from backstage with a set of bagpipes and teased the crowd with a few notes of “Shoots and Ladders,” before setting them aside for the frenetic “Helmet in the Bush.” He left most of his communication with the audience to the music until “Here to Stay,” deep in the set, after which he said, “I’m feeling the motherfucking Korn love tonight, Tucson.” He recruited the audience to respond “faget” [sic] during the song of the same name in response to his yells of, “What the fuck am I?” And he didn’t let up during the encore, where he turned the exaggerated beats of “Somebody Someone” into another excuse to the crowd to grab out to him, causing the massive mosh pit in the outfield to sway back and forth.

Set list:

“Right Now”
“Fake”
“Did My Time”
“Falling Away From Me”
“Coming Undone/We Will Rock You”
“Shoots and Ladders” (on bagpipes only)
“Helmet in the Bush”
“Here to Stay”
“Faget”
“Freak on a Leash”
“Make Me Bad”

Encore
“Blind”
“Somebody Someone”
“Got the Life”

by: Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
courtesy: rollingstone.com

Slayer in the Studio: Loud, Fast and Ready to Thrash

Some things can be counted on at a Slayer recording session. "Can I interest you in something fast and aggressive?" asks producer Greg Fidelman. He's sitting beside guitarist Kerry King at the Pass Studios in Los Angeles, where Slayer are working on a still-untitled album planned for a summer release, and cues up a new metal track with the working title "Build Up." King is ready to thrash.

He's already tapped the Jägermeister machine upstairs, and is now bent over a custom camouflage guitar, his black combat boots on the hardwood floor in the studio control room. King is plugged simultaneously into four amps, each one given a name: The Beast, Hot Ticket Deux, BLS and GF11. Fidelman rolls "Build Up," and King begins overdubbing bits and pieces of intricate metal melody and a harsh, aggressive riff, his eyes closed, nodding to the intense recorded beats of drummer Dave Lombardo. King's strumming hand is a blur, like a wasp in flight.

"Man, I don't even remember it being that fast," King says with a laugh after one take. "We're fucking flying!" more

DW Collector's Series X Shell kit

Collector's Series X Shell kit
specification :
Price:
£543
Colour:
Any DW Collector's Series finish
Drum Shell Material:
North American hard rock maple
Floor Tom Size:
14"x12" (£748) and 16"x14" (£913)
Kick Size:
23"x18" (£1493)
Snare Size:
14"x6" (£573)
Tom Size:
8"x7" (£543 ), 10"x8" (£584) and 12"x9" (£641) / Rata drums: 6"x18" and 6"x12" (both £552)

Drum Workshop began life as a hardware company (a fact reflected in its class-leading stands and pedals) and expanded into drum manufacture in the late 1980s. Since then it's progressively strengthened the brand, earning a reputation for constantly evolving designs. DW's newest drums – dubbed X Shells – represent a departure from the accepted norms of drum construction. The clue's in the name people…
Build

If you're familiar with existing DW drums you may well recognise the acronym VLT. It stands for Vertical Low Timbre and describes a manufacturing process by which the outer and inner plies of a drum run vertically. Drums have to be cross-laminated for strength – at 90° to one another – but keeping the outer and inner plies vertical places less stress on a shell, giving it a lower fundamental tone.

In theory, a shell made up of exclusively vertical plies would possess enormous amounts of bottom-end. In reality, such a shell would not be strong enough to be fitted with heads.
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