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Sherry Sacks... plays drums for The Turn-Offs, an all-girl band out of Brooklyn,
New York.
Vanessa Salopek... has been drumming ever
since she was in Grade 6. None knew she would be the type to drum, but
when she sets up she sure can rock. She drummed the streets of Toronto
as many people watched and then complimented her on her drumming skills.
Vanessa is looking for band members to start a new band. She is part of
a skate team and is making demo drum tapes to send to Tama and Westbury.
She loves to write and snowboard in the winter. Look out for her in the
future; this girls got it going.
April Samuels... drums for Aschere
and Cherry Blossom Clinic.
Check out her website.
Jenny San Angel...
is a Los Angeles based drummer/percussionist from
Tulis,
an acoustic alternative band. She also sings, plays bass, guitar, and
keyboards in the house band at Tuesday
Nights at the Cafe's at Union Center for the Arts. Oh...one more thing,
she proudly wears her drummergirl T-shirt whenever she gets the chance!
Email.
Kim Sanchez...
currently plays in Without Reason, a pop/punk band
from South Florida. She is 28 and has been playing for the past 13 years.
Sarah... comes
from Chesapeake, Virginia and play drumset in her school band, The Chesapeake
Jubilee Pans. She also plays drumset in her own band, Pink Amoeba, while
her friends play many other instruments. Sarah is going into the 8th grade
at Hickory Middle School and is currently the only rising 8th grader girl
drummer there. In her grade she is the only one to have made all-city
in 6th and 7th grade and also district band. She plans to try out for
the volleyball team in the spring, she spends half her life on the computer
and she LOVES Lord of the Rings. Email.
Christina Sarni... is currently playing
for a band called Deaf Drum Project, a band with three drummers who
are hearing impaired. Email.
Il-shim Sato... is 16 years old and has been playing drums
for about a year. She was born in Boston, USA but has lived in England
all her life. She plays with various people in various bands. Email.
Lia Saunders... is only
12 and already plays the drums, in addition to riding her bike and taking
care of lots of pets.
Renee Sayles... plays in a rock group
called Rivenia. Email.
Gina Marie Scardino... plays drums for
Brooklyn-based Breaker! Breaker!
Sarah Scarlata... is based on the Central Coast of CA, and is an educator as
well as a performer. She's currently in Rain
Fur Rent Project, but has played with groups such as Glider, Brazzaville,
Virgil Cane, and Mark Kafoury. To hear some tracks from Rain Fur Rent,
visit their website.
Orly Schaffer...
lives in the Gold Coast in Australia and plays with
the all-girl band IQ Negative.
Eve Schampaert...is
a professional percussionist and backing vocalist living in New York City.
She plays and records currently with Duncan; Philip Foxman; and The Rhythm
Monsters; led by Roberd Levin. She also records TV commercials on vocals
and percussion. Check out her website.
Kate Schellenbach...
was the original drummer for the Beastie Boys and
now spends her time with those crazy kats, Luscious Jackson.
And of course, there's the drummergirl interview.
Patty Schemel...
has the distinction of being the former drummer
for Hole. Why she
no longer does seems to depend on whom you ask. Wondering what she's
up to now? Venture over to The Original
Patty Schemel Page. Patty has recently been recording with her own
bad Mainman and she recorded two Summer 2001 CDs with Lucid Nation.
Cindy
Schlicht... is 32 years old and hails from Minneapolis MN. Cindy
has been playing some 20 odd years, mostly play jazz and dixieland, and
she is also a show drummer. Recently Cindy returned from doing a national
tour with the touring company Troupe America doing a musical version of
the Dickens tale "A Christmas Carol". In addition to drums, Cindy also
plays a mean washboard with a dixie group called the Mouldy Figs, piano,
mountain dulcimer, and she sings. Cindy belongs to a womens singing organization
called Sweet Adelines International, which is an organization dedicated
to educating women in the art of 4 part harmony singing barbershop style.
How many Sweet Adelines out there can play drums? Contact Cindy at drummist@usfamily.com or
thbeatgozon@yahoo.com.
Jennifer
Schmidt-Gregson... is a single mom,
5th grade science teacher, and still makes time to play drums for Liberty
Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. She has been playing since the
age of 10, and has been a part of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra
in Indianapolis.
Gina Schock... along
with the rest of the Go-Go's, was part of the cultural soundtrack of the 80s. Check out
the Gina Schock Page
at Beatnick Beat: The Go-Go's Fanzine.
Jen Schwartz... is
a drummergirl and all-around talented musician from San Francisco. Her
new album is called Candy from a Stranger and it's put out by her company,
Rampage Productions.
Julie Schwartz, a.k.a. P-Go...
is in Seattle, Washington's Cathouse.
Jody Seifert... plays
with Cakelike. They have their very own website
but you'll have to be patient; it's currently under development.
Mar Sellars...
plays in the all girl Vancouver, BC band The
Ewoks.
Sherrie Senese...
lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. 34 years of age, Sherrie
has been playing since the age of 5! Currently teaching drum lessons,
she hopes to start a band in the near future. email
Jackie Seriani... drums for Torso, a
band from Phoenix Arizona that plays "hardcore industrial music". They
are currently working on their new cd and playing live around Arizona.
Email.
Rhea L. Sewell... is
a self-taught player who has been playing since she was 20 - she's now
31! Rhea played formerly with 1/2 Mad Poet, an all female trio and currently
plays with two other men in 7/8 Quick. They're a hard rockin' trio from
Wichita Kansas. Highlights of Rhea's playing include opening for Lilith
Fair in '98 in KCK and opening for Joan Jett in WI. Email.
Prageeta Sharma... lives in Brooklyn, New York and plays drums in the all-girl
punk-rock trio The Sleeves.
Sharon... played for the
Lizzies who have now broken up but their CD is still available.
Karin
Sherret... was
a percussionist for the now disbanded Sleeping Dogs Wake.
Kristen Shiner McGuire... is the first woman elected to the international Percussive
Arts Society Executive Committee. She also heads up PAS' New York State
chapter and is listed in Who's Who of American Women. She currently plays
lead pan for the Pan Gaia Steel Band.
Eilidh Short... lives in Glasgow,
Scotland and recently formed a band called "Lashes" with Lee, Michelle
and Monika. She says, "We're gonna be big." Email.
Katie
Short... lives and plays in Little
Rock, Arkansas. She is 16 years old and plays for a band called "Feature
Presentation ". Katie is the only girl in the band and it has always been
that way. She says, "I am just a girl living in a man's world, but not
anymore - us girls are busting out" They are looking forward to playing
a gig in October. Email.
Emily Shulstad... lives in St. Paul, MN and has been drumming for more than
10 years. In the past Emily has played with Wings of the Spirit and
a local jazz band called Supernatural as well as playing timpanifpr
her high school and university bands. Currently Emily is looking for
a band with which to play drumset. Check out her site.
Email.
Teresa Schultz... plays drums and other
percussion with a band named County
Road Zero, which plays Texas country, southern rock, and blues.
She's been playing since she was 13 and is now 35. She's not extremely
fancy but she beats the hell out of those drums. Usually when she's
done, it looks like sawdust all over the floor. Email.
Stefania
Siani... has been playing for 12 years with rock bands in pubs
around Italy. At present she plays with a band called RAG DOLLS K. Just
like Phil Collins, she drums and sings lead vocals for her band.
Eve Sicular... is
a one-woman klezmer machine! If you're lucky enough to live in New York,
check out her bands Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos.
Michelle Silberman...
plays The Honeypots.
Marcia Silk... also known as drummerchick
or DC to friends, plays for the band grounded
- a rock cover band now exploring original music. She sings lead and back
up vocals as well as composes music. She also plays every Sunday for her
contemporary church service where the praise music is rock-based. Email.
Morrisa Silvert... currently plays for Thadius' Ecstasy.
Gabriella Silvestri... isfrom San Paolo, Braziland has played
drums since 1994. Gabi has a female hard rock band called Hypnochicks.
Gabi also sings and likes blues, hard rock, heavy metal (traditional)
and classic rock. Kiss is one of the bands she absolutly loves. Visit
her Weblog.
Simone Simonton ... drums for the
Atlanta-based group Lift.
Laura Simpson...
drums for Jack off Jill and pill Magnet.
Lisa Siskind... tries
to keep warm in Minneapolis, Minnesota whilst drumming for Downcast.
Kenzie "Drummergurl" Sitterud...
is 15 years of age and plays with an all-girl rock/punk
band. Email.
Lamalani Siverts...
is in Live Girlz in Seattle and also placed in the
top three at the Washington State Solo Contest.
Dana
Sixty... formerly from Ottawa, she currently plays with Toronto
punk band, The Inner City Four.
Previously, she's bashed out tunes for The
Spazmz, The Ethyl Mormons, The Nina Hagen-Daas, Boomshanka and The
Muse. Dana started out playing at the age of 12 on a kit composed of an
overturned diaper pail, pots and pans. (Equipment has improved since then.)
She is currently shopping out a novel to publishers about an all-male
band with a female drummer. Email.
Boudine van Slobbe...
is yet another drummergirl from the Netherlands!
You must check out her all-percussion band Van Kampen. That's right: all drums, all the time.
Smiley... from
Australia is in Year 9 and has been playing for 6 years. She's closer
to playing in a band after having found an appropriate guitarist. Email.
Mariken Smit...
plays in Seedling, straight out of Amsterdam.
Kelly Smith...
has been playing jazz, funk, hip hop, R&B, rock, and gospel
for 14 years in Detroit, MI. If you're looking for a female drummer in
the Detroit area, give her a call on 248-961-7590.
Latina Smith...
is currently the Chief Musician at Redemption Christian Church
in Dale City, VA. Ain addition to drumming she also plays a plethora of
instruments including the piano, violin, viola cello, bass, congos and
other percussion instruments. Latina lso writes music, sings and produces
and is presently preparing to begin laying tracks for a CD within at Omega
Studios in MD.
Michaela Smith...
is an avid percussionist from Moore, Oklahoma. Her
band experience is with the Moore High School Marching Band (26th at BOA
Nationals in '99 and hope to be in the top 30 this year). Michaela has
been playing with the high school for 3 years, 2 of those for marching
season. The first year she was a privileged freshman studying with the
high school guys. Email.
Sarah Smith... has
been drumming for about 4 years. At the age of 16, she plays with school
bands and is the only girl drummer in the local area.
Tamara Smith... is
the drummer for North Carolina original rock band "110". She's 30 and
has been playing a kit for just a year - evidence that it's never too
late to pick up the sticks.
Jana Snow... Copperas
Cove High School Drumline Captain and center snare (3 yrs), CCHS Indoor
Drumline, United States Percussion Camp student and staff assistant (6
yrs), Baylor University Drumline, BU Jazz, Latin and Percussion Ensemble
and Symphonic Band, drum instructor for University H-S and Hillsboro H-S,
currently pursuing a degree in music education. Email.
Bonnie Snyder... from Maryland has been
playing for four years for her school and she played the bass in the local
high school marching band when she was in the 8th grade (before highschool!!)
Bonnie takes private lessons and plays all different types of music from
rock to Latin to jazz. She has not been in any bands yet but is hopeful
of joining one soon. Email.
Danielle Snyder... is fourteen and she rocks out on her TAMA drumkit that she
began teaching herself to play three years ago. Dannie is now the #1 percussionist
at her school and first chair in the jazz band. She also plays first chair
in the district band and receiveda rating of straight ones at a solo ensemble
competition recently. Dannie says, "It wasn't till this year where I discovered
that music is my life all thanks to my band teacher Mrs. Einius."
Linda Soderstrom...
is from Sweden and she currently plays with Mudhorse that has one
of their songs on a double CD with signed and unsigned bands. You can
get in touch with them via email.
Sherri Solinger... plays
with The Murmurs. Sherri is also in the band
Longstocking on Chainsaw Records.
Flavia Soneghetti...
is in the Brazillian band Yolk.
Jaime Southern...
is the captain of her school's drumline in Hampton,
Virginia.
Bianca Sparta... formerly
of San Francisco's Magical Unicorn now plays with Erase Errata and California
Lightening, both from Oakland.
Tia Sprocket... has played with Sexpod, Raging Slab, Luscious Jackson (during
the Lilith Fair tour) and Lucid
Nation on their DNA and Suburban Legends CDs. She's working on
her first solo CD.
Rainy-Maple Stanford...
plays with Turn and Cough, The Missing Peace, id.
She says, "I use a DW 000 double bass and my Pork Pie snare is my child."
Email.
Melary Stanko...
has played with the Greensburg Salem High School Marching Band for 4 years.
She played the flute the first year, then switched over to drums. She
got a lot of help from Mr. Rosatti and especially Brian "Little B"
Coiner. In her senior year of HS she finally got to play the snare. She
hopes to continue playing the drumset and possibly play in a college drumline.
Email.
Whitney Starr... plays
drums for her two small rock bands, Knumb and
End Ever. In addition, Whitney also plays drumset in the pit for her
award winning high school band, The Pirates.
Cheryl Steele... is
one third of Canada's premier all-girl surf/garage band, The Z-Rays.
Keith Moon, watch out!
Sarah Steger... is
in the Lake Region High School Band in Winter Haven, Florida and she has
her own webpage.
Candice Steinke...
is the drum captain of her high school band.
Christine
Stevens... is certainly a big influence on drummers, and facilitates
drum circles all over the world. She's a multi instrumentalist with
a big focus on drums. Her bio, her world trips, her articles, etc..
are well documented on the REMO website.
She is also the Director
of Music Therapy and Wellness Programs at Remo Drum Company. She
also has her own company
website.
Laurie Stewart... has been swinging the
sticks since the 80's and is still causing major ruckus at the ripe
old age of 22. She has been working as a session player for various
acts in her home town of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Recording and other
projects have proven effective in honing her skills and she has lent
her name to some amazing musical acts. Laurie's album is set for release
sometime in 2005.
Vicci Stewart...Texan's will remember her drumming
with the band Jane Doe, who she was with for years. Opportunity
knocked and she then moved out to Los Angeles to join up with Smelly
Roses, an all-girl band that rocked LA. Check her out in her latest
project as the drummer in P!nk's new video, 'Just like a pill'. Along
with the video, you can catch Vicci playing live in Los Angeles with her
new band Plastic Dog. email.
Rhonda Stinnett...
plays a CB set and is currently not in a band.
Fillie Stomps...
hails from Northport, AL. My favorite thing in the world is to play my
drums and at school she is known as the "band queen" because
she does everything possible in music to help her get a full schorlarship
to a college. Not the only girl drummer in my family, Fillie's second
oldest sister Kelly was a drummer and is now a music teacher. When Fillie
saw Kelly play in the LSU drumline she knew right away that she wanted
to be just like her. She started taking private lessons from the UA School
of Music in 2000 and now takes private lessons five days a week with Larry
Mathis on mallets and timpani, Mark Lanter on set, Andy Martin on marching
band, and oboe with Eric Larson. Fillie says that music is her world,
her life, her passion, and love and she works hard to perfect her playing.
Miriam Storz... lives in Germany and drums for thrash-metal band Nuclear
Warfare. Miriam loves playing the drums, especially playing
live.
Sarah "Saturn" Stow... from Cambridge,
UK, has been drumming for eight years and is the veteran of as many bands.
She currently has three on the go: Pretty
Vacant, girl-powered rockers, Skelliga,
far out trip goth hillbillies, and easy-listening sixties popstrels the
Darts Club. Keith Moon, Brian Downey [Thin Lizzy], Jon Bonham and Nicko
McBrain are among her many influences, and one of her (many) non-drumming
talents is being able to eat 24 Cadbury's cream eggs in 3 days!
Erika Strobel... lives in New York and has been drumming for five years -
and she's only 14 years old! Email
her.
STS (Shanna)... drums
for Portland, Oregon's The Lookers, a melodic sing-along dyke pop band,
in addition to Cadallaca and 1 Threw 7.
Elizabeth Stuart...
lives in San Francisco and plays Middle Eastern hand percussion (and sings)
in world, Jewish and Arabic groups including Vocolot
and Tahneen, "The all-girl, all-American, Middle Eastern band."
She also drums, sings and composes for modern dance productions and avant-garde
improv events. (She used to play keyboards in rock and jazz bands, but
has been primarily a drummer girl for 7 years now!)
Shelly Sullivan... from South Florida started playing drums 1-1/2 years ago
at age 54 and she says, "Best thing I could have done!"
Chanel Summers... (aka "Jade")
is the co-founder and drummer for the Seattle, WA band, Missionary.
Missionary makes a conscious attempt to evolve away from simple, raw,
fiery garage sounds and in the process turns conventions inside out, melding
punk and indie guitar rock, classic pop, funk, and stadium-sized riffs
with evocative lyrics, jagged, roaring guitars, and melodic pop hooks.
Chanel's drumming influences include Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver), Tre'
Cool (Green Day), Chad Smith (The Red Hot Chili Peppers), Jabo Starks
& Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown), Steve Ferrone, Kenny Aronoff (John
Mellencamp & countless others), and Fab Moretti (The Strokes). Chanel
has worked in the video game industry for 10 years and is one of the original
creators of the Xbox video game system and the designer of its groundbreaking
sound chip. Email.
Phoebe Summersquash...
plays with the Godrays, and more recently, with Brilliantine.
Read more about her here.
SeMe
Sung... was the drummer for the Chickettes in San Francisco and
now drums, sings, and plays bass with the UnProfessionals.
Natalie Surry...
is a 17 year old who has been rocking the kit since age 11 and is the
drummer for Brighton, UK-based female fronted metal band Accolade. They
have been together since November '04 and are currently gigging, gathering
fans around Brighton, and rocking out in a downtown studio every week.
Natalie attends the BRIT school for performing arts and intends to make
a name for herself as a hard rocking drummer! Her inspirations include
Neil Peart, Joey Jordison, Jose Pasillas, and Chad Smith.
Kristen Swanson...
plays in the Portland, Oregon-based moody, toothy,
slippery, and loopy Carmina Piranha.
Sarah Sydow... plays
with Mister Funny Shoes. Email.
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