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Matt Sorum Interview: Guns N' Roses Drummer Creates Chaos

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Matt Sorum

Matt Sorum is a multi-platinum, Grammy-winning musician who gained fame as the drummer for the Cult, Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N’ Roses. Also that year, Sorum founded a touring project entitled Kings of Chaos, featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick and Slipknot.

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Monday

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November 2022

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Rick Beato Interview: YouTube Star Strikes a Major Chord

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Rick Beato

Rick Beato is a YouTube personality, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and educator whose career in the music industry has spanned several decades. Based out of Black Dog Sound Studios in Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, Beato has produced for and worked with such bands as Needtobreathe, Parmalee and Shinedown and has lectured on music at several universities.

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Ice-T Interview: "SVU" Star, "I'll Be There Until Mariska Leaves"

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Ice-T

Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he released another album, Power, which would go platinum. He’s also released several other records that went gold. In 1990, Ice-T co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, releasing its self-titled debut album in 1992.

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Artimus Pyle Interview: Plane Crash Haunts Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer

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Artimus Pyle

Long considered the “wild man” of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Artimus Pyle’s powerful and distinctive double bass drumming helped define the legendary Skynyrd sound. He got his first real break at the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam, then with other work for the Marshall Tucker Band, Pyle became known as a powerful session drummer.

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