Lamb of God’s Chris Adler in Long Island on 3/14 for “A Throne with a View” Tour; Plus New LOG Book
Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler has announced his upcoming Mapex Drum tour, “A Throne with a View”. Adler is one of the most phenomenal active players in metal, and “A Throne with a View” will be his first and only U.S. clinic tour in 2011.
He will be appearing on 3/14 Plainview, NY at the Original Long Island Drum Center.
Adler promises that his drum clinics will differ from the typical “behold-my-amazing-chops” presentation. “My goal is to share my experiences on and off my drum kit through interaction with those in attendance,” he says. “Of course, I will be playing and giving tips, but I will be far more focused on the story that got me where I am than the notion of impressing anyone. I’ve found that most fans and young players want to know how I got to where I am, not the tech specs.”
The tour is sponsored by Mapex Drums, Aquarian, Pro Mark, Gibraltar, Meinl, and Zoom (Samson).
Additionally, Adler has announced the release of a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes narrative book, detailing the early days of the band through the writing and recording of Lamb of God’s New American Gospel. This is the first and only book chronicling the history of the making of this classic album.
With over 100 oversized pages, the book also includes drum tablature, transcribed and verified by Adler. Along with accurate drum tabs per song, he precedes each song on the album with pages of written detail on how and why New American Gospel came to be, and his view of how it worked, or didn’t, in the band’s live set.
Fresh insights on "New American Gospel"
The book offers fans and studio aficionados looking for “fly-on-the-wall” access to how and why critical choices and decisions were made in the process of creating New American Gospel. Throughout the narrative, Adler speaks frankly of his drumming, the successes, the failures, and obstacles that ultimately led to him contemplating leaving the band years ago. The book is available at this link, or http://www.chris-adler.com.