Drum dorks unite

Guitar Center announced today that Tommy Lee will finally stop DJing and Street Drum Corp. will present a 'commissioned program' called “Bezerk” as hype for the upcoming Drum-Off Grand Finals, which are set to take place January 8, 2010 (Elvis's birthday!) at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The drummers scheduled to play in “Bezerk” include Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Matt Sorum (Guns ‘N Roses, Velvet Revolver), José Pasillas (Incubus), DJ Aero, Sully Erna (Godsmack), Jay Weinberg, BANG! and others to be announced as the date gets sooner.  The event wll be hosted by Stephen Perkins  of Jane’s Addiction and will also include a tribute to John Bonham by his very own son, Jason Bonham, along with an exclusive collaborative performance by Danny Carey (Tool) and Brann Dailor (Mastodon).  My guess is that Tommy Lee will join them at some point since he is one of the most entertaining drummers to watch, but ya can't complain about seein' Carey, Dailor and Smith all in one day.  Throw in Mike Portnoy and Neil Peart and I would be in hog heaven!

The actual main event of the night is the performances by five undiscovered drummers who will compete infront of a panel of celebrity judges (including T-Bone, I am sure) to see who will win a prize package worth more than $40,000 and the title of “Guitar Center Drum-Off Champion”.   This seems like a pretty sweet event for any drum dork.  Too bad its in LA.