steve bidwell plays drums.

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Greetings drumming friends! I’m Stephen Bidwell, a drummer based in Austin, Texas and a sometime contributor to MD since 2008. The same year Mike Dawson first asked me to review some cymbals for MD I began assembling what started as an Afrobeat band. From humble beginnings learning Fela Kuti and Mulatu Astetke covers to now eight years later, we have our own body of work and a new album with a band called Hard Proof. The LP is called Stinger and you can stream it free here or grab it at finer record stores.

Show to release their new album Stinger , Hard Proof is a super-group featuring members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Cougar, Oco...

Modern Drummer Online caught up with Stephen Perkins while he was prepping for a clinic tour and some dates with Jane’s Addiction, commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the group’s watershed album Ritual De Lo Habitual.

***PRE-ORDER*** Item will ship week of 6/24/2016 Digital version of "Painted Flowers" will be emailed to you with 24hrs of your order....

by Stephen Bidwell Josh Eppard has been out with Coheed and Cambria since this past autumn. The group toured Europe in January, and March will find the band headlining the U.S. with Glassjaw in support. Coheed’s latest studio...

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