King’s X bassist/vocalist Doug Pinnick, ex-Mars Volta drumming phenom Thomas Pridgen and guitarist Eric Gales have teamed up for a new project, the appropriately titled Pinnick Gales Pridgen. You can ...

If you really want Memorials (and ex-Mars Volta) drummer Thomas Pridgen to define his Bay Area band’s powerfully psych-y, soul-spiked tuneage, you’re almost gonna have to bully him into it. That’s how ...

The new super-trio comprised of King’s X bassist/vocalist Doug Pinnick, ex-Mars Volta drumming phenom Thomas Pridgen and guitarist Eric Gales has released their first song, “Hang On, Big Brother,” and ...

Editor’s note: The author, a Vallejo native, each week takes a look at different media personalities. She can be reached at [email protected]. Thomas Pridgen was born with an eclectic musical ...

GQ has this neat video series, The Breakdown, in which they get real-life professionals to look actors pretending to do their job in movies and then critique the work. So, y’know, they’ll show a ...

Virtuosic pianist and Chicagoan native Michael King, began playing drums in his local church band at the early age of 4. This fortuitously melodic schooling nurtured an undeniable affinity to the ...

Once upon a time it was hard to walk into an arthouse cinema without bumping into a jazz soundtrack. Miles Davis' for Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud (1958), Charles Mingus' for John ...

It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming drums, he knew they were meant for him. Preternaturally ...

Professional drummer (The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies, Thundercat) Thomas Pridgen breaks down drumming scenes from movies, including 'Whiplash,' 'Drumline,' 'Step Brothers,' 'Wayne's World,' 'This ...

It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming drums, he knew they were meant for him. Preternaturally ...

A true master of many trades, Raymond spent much of his life farming and also worked for fifteen years at DuPont. Never one ...