Chris Adler

Chris Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American drummer, best known as a member of the metal band Lamb of God. He also plays the piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and saxophone. He is the older brother to bandmate Willie Adler, and is also a vegetarian along with bandmate John Campbell.

Biography
Chris attended Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia, graduating in 1990. As Lamb of God gained more recognition throughout the years, Adler's reputation as a proficient drummer in the metal scene grew as well. Typically, he writes his drum parts after other band members have brought him some riffs and ideas. As seen on the Killadelphia DVD, Adler tries to create unique music while not taking anything away from the riffs or the song itself. Utilizing strong symmetry in his drumming and being highly skilled in his double bass work, Adler also creates unique sticking patterns to go along with his unique double bass playing style. One of the main reasons for the unique sticking style is that he is a left-handed drummer on a right-handed set.

Adler has been influenced by drummers of the metal world including Lars Ulrich, Shannon Larkin, Dave Lombardo, and Vinnie Paul. As well as notable jazz drummers such as Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio and Billy Cobham.


[edit] Equipment
Chris Adler uses Saturn Series Mapex drums, 12 inch Mapex Black Panther Birdseye-Maple snare, Gibraltar hardware, Aquarian drumheads,Axis Longboard pedals and Meinl cymbals. He designed his signature 24" Meinl MB20 pure metal ride cymbal and had the 12" Soundcaster Custom Distortion Splash designed by Meinl for him to replace his 12" Paiste Flanger Bell. He also designed and uses Pro-Mark Chris Adler signature drumsticks.


[edit] Setup
The setup of Chris Adler:

Drums:[1]

2 22"x20" kick drum
10"x9" tom tom
12"x10" tom tom
16"x16" floor tom
18"x16" floor tom
12"x5.5" Black Panther Snare (discontinued)
Cymbals:[2]

14" Generation-X Filter china
14" Soundcaster Custom medium hi-hat (top) and 14" Byzance dark hi-hat (bottom)
8" Classics High bell
12" Soundcaster Custom distortion splash
8" Byzance traditional splash
14" Soundcaster Custom medium crash
14" Soundcaster Custom medium crash
16" Amun thin crash
8" Byzance traditional splash
14" Soundcaster Custom medium hi-hat (top) and 14" Byzance dark hi-hat (bottom) (X-Hats)
18" Byzance Brilliant medium thin crash
24" MB20 Pure Metal ride
17" Byzance china (prototype)
16" Generation-X Filter china
Hardware:[3]

Pedals: Axis Longboards in Classic Black (2 singles)
Front Bar, Clamps and Boom Stands, GIBRALTAR.

[edit] Discography

[edit] With Exit-In
Demo Tape (1988, Independently Released)

[edit] With Calibra
Demo Tape (1989, Independently Released)

[edit] With Cry Havoc
Demo Tape (1993, Independently Released)

[edit] With Jettison Charlie
Hitchhiking to Budapest (1994, Turn of The Century)
"Legions of The Unjazzed"/"I Love You, You Bastard" EP (1996, Peas Kor Records)

[edit] With Grouser
Demo Tape (1996, Independently Released)

[edit] With Burn the Priest
Demo Tape (1995, Independently Released)
Split with ZED (1997, Goatboy Records)
Split with Agents of Satan (1998, Deaf American Recordings)
Sevens and More (1998, mp3.com)
Burn the Priest (1998, Legion Records)

[edit] With Lamb of God
New American Gospel (2000, Prosthetic Records)
As the Palaces Burn (2003, Prosthetic Records)
Terror And Hubris DVD (2004, Prosthetic Records)
Ashes of the Wake (2004, Epic Records)
Killadelphia DVD (2005, Epic Records)
Killadelphia (2005, Epic Records)
Sacrament' (2006, Epic Records)
Sacrament' DVD (2006, Epic Records)

[edit] Solo
Drum Nation Volume 3 (2006, Magna Carta)
Chris Adler and Jason Bittner: Live at Modern Drummer Festival 2005 DVD (2005, Magna Carta)

[edit] With EvilDeathInc.
"Full On" Now That's Metal Compilation CD (1996, mp3.com), Sevens and More (1998, mp3.com), Bedroom Compilation Cassette (1995, FFF)