DALLAS, Oregon (AP) — Drummer Deen Castronovo from the rock group Journey was sentenced to 80 hours of community service in Oregon and ordered to attend anger-management classes for a domestic violence dispute. The Statesman Journal newspaper reported the sentence Wednesday based on court documents. The 47-year-old was arrested Jan. 20 after a dispute with [...]
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Keith Carlock Signs with Gr…
April 27th, 2012 
Seekbuster KMC MusicCorp Press Release Press Contact: Jeff Ivester Director of Percussion Marketing (973) 253-2607 jeff.ivester@kmcmusic.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Keith Carlock Signs with Gretsch and LP, Launches Clinic Tour (March 15, 2012) Gretsch Drums and Latin Percussion recently signed renowned Steely Dan drummer Keith Carlock to their respective artist rosters. Carlock, considered by most to be [...]
LP and Toca Endorsers Recei…
April 26th, 2012 Seekbuster KMCMusicorp Percussion Division Press Release Press Contact: Jeff Ivester, Director of Percussion Marketing (973) 253-2607 LP and Toca Endorsers Receive Latin Grammy® Awards (March 20, 2012) Earlier in the month, Toca Endorser Richie Marrero and LP Endorsers Eddie Montalvo, Robby Ameen and Jorge Gonzalez visited the LP and Toca Headquarters in Garfield, NJ, proudly displaying [...]
Tre Cool Joins Gretsch Drum…
April 24th, 2012 Seekbuster KMCMusicorp Percussion Division Press Release Press Contact: Jeff Ivester, Director of Percussion Marketing (973) 253-2607 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Day’s Tre Cool Joins Gretsch Drums Artist Roster (March 20, 2012) Gretsch Drums is pleased to announce that Tre Cool has accepted an invitation to join the company’s prestigious artist roster. As a member of the [...]
New SONOR Perfect Balance P…
April 23rd, 2012 Seekbuster Fresh onto YouTube from Sonor is their newest offering in the form of a very responsive pedal co-designed by Jo-Jo himself. CSM currently does not have much information on this pedal and we will release more as we get it. The very end of this video clearly shows how responsive this pedal gets. Drummer News
R.I.P. Dennis Stauffer
February 24th, 2012 Seekbuster It’s with a heavy heart we say good-bye to a great person and drum builder Dennis Stauffer. Quote Dennis Jay Stauffer Asheville – Dennis Jay “The Phattie” Stauffer, 1979 – 2012. Dennis was an amazing husband, father, son, brother, friend, and craftsman. Over the past 12 years, he built his business, Stauffer Percussion from the [...]
GIBRALTAR’S NEW TURNING…
February 23rd, 2012 Seekbuster Do you hate twisting wing nuts and carrying heavy stands? Check out the new Turning Point Hardware and cymbal mounting accessories, Quick and fast hardware Designed to solve two basic problems we hear about all the time. • Stands are too heavy. • Mounting cymbals with wing nuts takes time and is frustrating.
Dixons All new Drum Lines f…
February 22nd, 2012 Seekbuster It’s a whole new day at Dixon Drums. The brand that first built its reputation for good value drum set hardware before moving into low-end drum sets through an affiliation with Gretsch has now ventured out on its own with a whole new distribution deal with St. Louis Music. In doing so, Dixon has completely [...]
Molecules Drums
February 21st, 2012 Seekbuster Many times when we’re asked to just listen and not look we’re more than surprised at the results that ensue the spectacle. In this case.. Let’s take a look
Introducing the EMPYREAN Snare
February 19th, 2012 Seekbuster Empyrean [em-puh-REE-uhn]: The Highest upon High – Unmatched and Unsurpassable. Unmatched. Unsurpassable. These were the qualities we aspired to bring to the Empyrean. The ultimate wood-shelled snare drum; museum quality woods; gold plated hardware; a deep high gloss finish that you can dive right into; and a value-added package with an amazing array of one [...]
