CREEM SHOWCASE
Generally, we at SHOWCASE like to present a variety of the newest—and therefore, the snazziest—rock equipment for the edification of you, the reader. This month we’ve taken a different approach. Scott K. Fish and Billy Cioffi look back on rock’s most influential drummers and guitarists, respectively—those players whose styles were so unique that they kept vitality and innovation alive.
CREEM SHOWCASE
Generally, we at SHOWCASE like to present a variety of the newest—and therefore, the snazziest—rock equipment for the edification of you, the reader.
This month we’ve taken a different approach. Scott K. Fish and Billy Cioffi look back on rock’s most influential drummers and guitarists, respectively—those players whose styles were so unique that they kept vitality and innovation alive. You’ll surely enjoy reading it, since—if you don’t—you’ll be left out of the millions of conversations at holiday parties and get-togethers all over the United States, as sanguine students of culture discuss the very concept of this month’s SHOWCASE.
ALEX VAN HALEN
The Van Halen brothers have earned quite a reputation, but while the spotlight has generally been on Eddie, Alex has established himself as a heavy metal drummer of note. Alex’s style is based on the harddriving simplicity that characterizes heavy metal drumming, yet he has the chops and taste to weave his drumming in and out of Van Halen’s songs, exploding here and lying back there, beautifully unique and musical.