Chris Adler
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Chris Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American drummer, best known as a member of the metal band Lamb of God. He also plays the piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and saxophone. He is the older brother to bandmate Willie Adler, and is also a vegetarian along with bandmate John Campbell.
Biography
As Lamb of God gained more recognition throughout the years, Adler's reputation as a proficient drummer in the metal scene grew as well. Typically, he writes his drum parts after other band members have brought him some riffs and ideas. As seen on the Killadelphia DVD, Adler tries to create unique music while not taking anything away from the riffs or the song itself. Utilizing strong symmetry in his drumming and being highly skilled in his double bass work, Adler also creates unique sticking patterns to go along with his unique double bass playing style.
Adler has been influenced by drummers of the metal world including Lars Ulrich, Shannon Larkin, Dave Lombardo, and Vinnie Paul.
Adler also has the longest hair out of all the band members, since the band started adler has not cut his hair once and he only shaves his face to get rid of the little bits of hair on the cheeks to tidy himself up.
Equipment
Chris Adler uses Saturn Series Mapex drums, 12 inch Mapex Black Panther Birdseye-Maple snare, Gibraltar hardware, Aquarian drumheads, Axis Pedals and Meinl cymbals. He also designed his own 24" Meinl MB20 signature pure metal ride cymbal, as well as his own "Chris Adler" Pro-Mark drum sticks.
Chris no longer uses a Paiste Flanger Bell. Meinl made Chris a custom "distortion splash" cymbal and now uses that in place of the Paiste.
Setup
The setup of Chris Adler:
Drums:[1]
- 2x22"x20" kick drum
- 10"x9" tom tom
- 12"x10" tom tom
- 16"x16" floor tom
- 18"x16" floor tom
- 12"x6" custom walnut snare
Cymbals:[2]
- 14" Generation-X Filter china
- 14" Soundcaster custom medium hi-hat (top) and 14" Byzance dark hi-hat (bottom)
- 8" Classics bell powerful
- 12" Soundcaster custom distortion splash
- 8" Byzance traditional splash
- 14" Soundcaster custom medium crash
- 14" Soundcaster custom medium crash
- 16" Amun thin crash
- 8" Byzance traditional splash
- 14" Soundcaster custom medium hi-hat (top) and 14" Byzance dark hi-hat (bottom) (X-Hats)
- 18" Byzance Brilliant medium thin crash
- 24" MB20 Pure Metal ride
- 17" Byzance china (prototype)
- 16" Generation-X Filter china
Discography
With Burn the Priest
- Split with ZED (1997, Goatboy Farms Recordings)
- Split with Agents of Satan (1998, American Recordings)
- Sevens and More (1998, mp3.com)
- Burn the Priest (1998, Legion Records)
With Lamb of God
- New American Gospel (2000, Prosthetic Records)
- As the Palaces Burn (2003, Prosthetic Records)
- Ashes of the Wake (2004, Epic Records)
- Sacrament' (2006, Epic Records)
Solo
- Drum Nation Volume 3 (2006, Magna Carta)
References
External links
- Interview with Chris Adler on Rockdetector.com
- Chris Adler at OnlineDrummer - Contains video clips.