Mapex Drums Announces Eleven City Drum Clinic Tour with Lamb of God's Chris Adler

By Guest | February 8, 2011

Mapex Drums is pleased to announce the upcoming Chris Adler clinic tour, "A

Throne with a View" which will take him through the country this winter,

beginning February 28th and ending on March 16th, 2011. Adler appeared at

the prestigious Modern Drummer Festival in 2005 and performed a "Battle"

clinic tour with his brother Willie Adler across Europe in 2008. "A Throne

with a View" will be his first and only U.S. clinic tour in 2011.

Adler's limited appearances are different from many drum clinics. "My goal

is to share my experiences on and off my drum kit through interaction with

those in attendance. 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," says Chris. He adds, "I've found that most fans and

young players want to know how I got to where I am, not the tech specs."

On this tour, Adler will be playing on the all-new Black Panther "Blaster"

drum kit. Mapex introduced the Black Panther Drum Collection in January at

the NAMM show in Anaheim, CA and this will be the first opportunity for many

fans to see and hear it. The Blaster kit features a unique maple and walnut

shell design and is the first in a series of new drum sets based on Mapex

Drums' popular series of Black Panther Snare Drums.

See below for all current clinic tour dates, and watch an example of one of

Adler's aforementioned drum clinics at YouTube.com/AdlerDrums. The tour is

sponsored by MAPEX DRUMS, AQUARIAN, PRO MARK, GIBRALTAR, MEINL, and ZOOM

(SAMSON).

CHRIS ADLER MAPEX DRUM CLINIC TOUR DATES

2/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ Backbeats Drum Shop

3/2 Bellevue, WA @ Donn Bennett Drum Studio

3/3 Fresno, CA @ Bentley's Drum Shop

3/6 San Antonio, TX @ Jeff Ryder Drum Shop

3/7 Nashville, TN @ Forks Drum Closet

3/8 Kansas City, MO @ Explorers Percussion

3/9 Memphis, TN @ Memphis Drum Shop

3/10 Kenner, LA @ Ray Fransen Drum Shop

3/14 Plainview, NY @ Original Long Island Drum Center

3/15 Portland, ME @ Drum Shop

3/16 Hollywood, FL @ Resurrection Drums

For more information on Mapex Drums and its Black Panther drum set line,

For more information on Chris Adler and Lamb of God, visit

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