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American drummer
Chris Adler
Adler in 2015
Birth name Christopher James Adler Born (1972-11-23 ) November 23, 1972 (age 51)
[1] Origin
Washington, D.C. , U.S. Genres Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s) Drums Formerly of Website
chrisadler .com
Musical artist
Early life and influences
His influences include former
Wrathchild America and current
Godsmack drummer
Shannon Larkin ,
[2] and
Stewart Copeland
[3] of
The Police . Other influences are
John Bonham ,
Dave Lombardo ,
Gar Samuelson ,
Lars Ulrich ,
Billy Cobham , and
Gene Hoglan .
[4]
In an interview with
DRUM! magazine, Adler describes his first drum kit as a disaster:
"The bass drum legs were different lengths so they wouldn't touch the ground at the same time. Every time I would hit it, it would wobble from left to right. The cymbal stands were duct taped together, and I think after two or three times playing the kit, the pedalboard actually broke in half because it was made of that crappy old fake metal."
[5]
Career
In 2014, he contributed several drum tracks to the
Testament album
Dark Roots of Earth . The same year, he said that he could neither "confirm nor deny" whether he had performed on the
Slipknot single "
The Negative One ". He dismissed this in a later interview.
[6]
Adler performing with Lamb of God at
Rock am Ring 2015
On February 12, 2017, Dystopia won the
Best Metal Performance award at the 59th
Grammy Awards .
[7]
On July 19, 2019, after a year in which he did not tour with the band, Adler parted ways with Lamb of God.
Art Cruz later became his permanent replacement.
[8]
Personal life
In February 2019, Adler announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend.
[9] Adler is interested in
animal rights and is a
vegetarian .
[10]
[11]
Equipment
Current tour kit
Drums – Mapex Saturn in Satin Black Maple Burl
[12]
10"x9" Tom
12"×10" Tom
16"×16" Floor Tom
18"×16" Floor Tom
22"×18" Bass Drum (×2)
12"×5.5" Mapex Warbird (Chris Adler Signature)
Cymbals – Meinl
[13]
Current:
18" Byzance Traditional China
14" Pure Alloy Medium Hihat
8" HCS High Bell
8" Byzance Traditional Splash
16" Pure Alloy Medium Crash
16" Pure Alloy Custom Medium Thin Crash
10" Byzance Traditional Splash
18" Byzance Traditional Medium Thin Crash
14" Byzance Dark Hihat
24" Byzance Brilliant Pure Metal Ride
18" Byzance Traditional China
Cymbals circa 2016:
14" Generation X Filter China
16" Generation X Filter China
14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Soundwave Hihat or 14" Byzance Dark Hihat
8" Byzance Traditional Splash
12" Soundcaster Custom Distortion Splash
14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
8" Classics Custom High Bell
14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
16" Mb8 Medium Crash
8" Byzance Traditional Splash
18" Byzance Traditional Medium Thin Crash
24" MB20 Pure Metal Ride
17" Byzance Traditional China (Prototype)
Drumheads
[12] –
Evans
Toms: EC2S Clear – G1 Clear
Bass: EMAD Heavyweight – Custom Resonant
Snare: Heavyweight snare batter – 300 snare side
Hardware
[14]
Trick Pro V pedals
Gibraltar Rack System and Clamps
Mapex Cymbal Boom Arms
Other
[15]
Roland TD-7 Electronic Percussion Module and Single Trigger Pad
Roland trigger modules
Pro-Mark TX5AXW Chris Adler Signature Sticks
Discography
With Calibra
Demo Tape (1989, independently released)
With Cry Havoc
Demo Tape (1993, independently released)
With Jettison Charlie
Hitchhiking to Budapest (1994, Turn of the Century)
Legions of the Unjazzed / I Love You, You Bastard EP (1996, Peas Kor Records)
With EvilDeathInc.
With Burn the Priest
With Grouser
Demo tape (1996, independently released)
With Lamb of God
Solo
Drum Nation Volume 3 (2006, Magna Carta) feat.
Ron Jarzombek
Chris Adler and Jason Bittner: Live at Modern Drummer Festival 2005 DVD (2006, Hudson Music)
With Testament
With Protest the Hero
With Megadeth
With Thaikkudam Bridge
With Firstborne
Firstborne (2020, Firstborne Records)
References
^
"Chris Adler Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More" .
AllMusic .
^
"Lamb of God's Chris Adler Talks Drums (w/ Audio) – in Interviews" . Metal Underground.com. Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
^ Linda Friedel (March 16, 2011).
"Drum clinic rocks local music store – Wednesday Sun News Story – Kansas City" . Kccommunitynews.com. Archived from
the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
^ Phil Freeman (February 24, 2012).
"Lamb of God's Chris Adler's Five Favorite Drummers" . wonderingsound.com. Archived from
the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015 .
^
"Chris Adler: Working Man's Metal" .
DRUM! Magazine . Archived from
the original on September 14, 2010.
^
"LAMB OF GOD's CHRIS ADLER: 'I Have No Involvement' In SLIPKNOT's New Album" . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . August 14, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2017 .
^
"Chris Adler | GRAMMY.com" . Archived from
the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ Hammer, Alice Pattillo2019-07-19T22:21:48Z Metal (July 19, 2019).
"Lamb of God officially part ways with drummer Chris Adler" . Metal Hammer Magazine . Retrieved July 28, 2019 . {{
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^
"Chris Adler on Instagram" . Archived from
the original on December 24, 2021.
^
"Lamb Of God's Chris Adler Is Proud Vegetarian" . Metalunderground.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^
"Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler speaks up for animals" . Gmanetwork.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^
a
b
"Chris Adler" . Chris Adler . Retrieved April 23, 2017 .
^
"MEINL cymbals 2008.pdf" (PDF) . Retrieved October 1, 2011 . [
permanent dead link ]
^
"Drummerworld video showing Adler talk about his pedals and bass drum technique" . Pearl Drummers Forum. Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
^
"DRUMHEAD Magazine" . Drumheadmag.com. Archived from
the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
^
"Testament: New Album Title Revealed; Tour With Anthrax, Overkill, Death Angel Planned" . Archived from
the original on July 17, 2011.
^
Lamb Of God's Chris Adler Is Officially The Drummer For Megadeth's New Album
^ Shefeek, Afrin (November 30, 2019).
"Namah, saluting the luminary" . Deccan Chronicle . Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
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