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Chris Adler

The musician 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

Chris attended Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia; attending college at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia where he met current bandmates John Campbell and Mark Morton.

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. One of the main reasons for the unique sticking style is that he is a left-handed drummer on a right-handed set.

Adler has been influenced by drummers of the metal world including Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Shannon Larkin of Godsmack, Dave Lombardo of Slayer, and Vinnie Paul, drummer for the now defunct Pantera and Damageplan and current drummer and founding member of the band Hellyeah, as well as other drummers such as Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio and Billy Cobham.

Equipment

Chris Adler uses Orion Series Mapex drums, a 12 inch Mapex Black Panther Birdseye-Maple snare, and Gibraltar hardware. He also uses and endorses Aquarian drumheads Pro-mark signature drumsticks, DW Drums 5000 series pedals and Meinl cymbals. Meinl produced the 24" MB20 Pure Metal Ride just for him and helped with the creation of the 12" Soundcaster Custom Distortion Splash. He also uses a Roland pad and TD-7 Module to trigger an 808.

Setup

The setup of Chris Adler:

Drums:Mapex Orion Series (as of Ozzfest 2007) [1]

  • 22"x18" kick drum
  • 22"x18" kick drum
  • 10"x9" tom tom
  • 12"x10" tom tom
  • 16"x16" floor tom
  • 18"x16" floor tom
  • 12"x5.5" Black Panther Birdseye Maple Snare (discontinued)

Cymbals: Meinl [2]

  • 14" Generation-X Filter china
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom medium soundwave hi-hat
  • 8" Classics bell
  • 12" Soundcaster Custom distortion splash
  • 8" Byzance traditional splash
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom medium crash
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom medium crash
  • 16" MB8 Medium Crash (as of January 2, 2008)
  • 8" Byzance traditional splash
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Soundwave Hi hat
  • 18" Byzance Brilliant medium thin crash
  • 24" MB20 Pure Metal ride
  • 17" Byzance Traditional China
  • 16" Generation-X Filter china

Hardware:[3]

Other:[4]

  • Aquarian Force II Bass Drum Batter Heads, Hi-Energy Snare batter head, Response 2 clear tom batter heads, Hi-Frequency Black Tom Resonant heads, Kick Pads on each bass drum head
  • Roland TD-7 Electronic Percussion Module
  • Roland Single Trigger Pad
  • Pro-Mark signature drumsticks

Discography

With Exit-In

  • Demo Tape (1988, Independently Released)

With Calibra

  • Demo Tape (1989, Independently Released)

With Cry Havoc

  • Demo Tape (1993, Independently Released)

With Jettison Charlie

With Grouser

  • Demo Tape (1996, Independently Released)

With Burn the Priest

With Lamb of God

Solo

  • Drum Nation Volume 3 (2006, Magna Carta)
  • Chris Adler and Jason Bittner: Live at Modern Drummer Festival 2005 DVD (2005, Magna Carta)

With EvilDeathInc.

References

  1. ^ http://www.drumheadmag.com/web/feature.php?id=34
  2. ^ http://meinlcymbals.com/artists/artist/ARTIST/chris_adler.html?cHash=cfd9068eae
  3. ^ http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showthread.php?t=173543&page=1&pp=12
  4. ^ http://www.drumheadmag.com/web/feature.php?id=34

External links

video clips, pictures and information about musician Chris Adler.

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