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Tonight was Guitar Centers Drum-Off 2007 Grand Finals. Many musicians and celebrities showed up for this awesome event.
Here's the original press release that was sent out:
This incredible night, was hosted by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, will feature performances by the four Drum-Off finalists, Paul Stoot, Ivan Garcia, Sherman Arnold, and Donald Marple as well as Angels & Airwaves, "Go Get A Late Pass!!!" featuring Questlove of The Roots, Street Drum Corps with special guests Adrian Young of No Doubt, Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion, Shannon Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars, John Sawicki of Stomp, Byron McMackin of Pennywise, Steve Smith of Journey and of The Roots, with special guests of No Doubt, of Bad Religion, of 30 Seconds to Mars, of Stomp, of Pennywise, of Journey and David Garibaldi of Tower of Power will participate as judges and receive the "Drum Legends Award."
Also judging the contest will be Thomas Lang, Joey Castillo of Queens of the Stone Age, Vinny Appice of Black Sabbath, Ray Luzier of Army of Anyone and Korn, Alan White of Yes, and drummer for Rob Zombie, John Tempesta. Also attending Jeremy Piven, Audrina Patridge of the Hills, Anthony Reyes of the St. Louis Cardinals, rapper David Banner, Nikka Costa, Dale tewart of Seether, Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Tommy Lee, Pro BMX rider Rick Thorne, Bert McCracken of The Used and previous Drum-Off Grand Champions Cora Coleman, Eric Moore, Jamil Byrom, Royce Shorter Jr. and Daniel Rodriguez. Plus the cast of Kyle XY, April Matson and Matt Dallas. of Tower of Power will participate as judges and receive the "Drum Legends Award."
Also judging the contest will be , of Queens of the Stone Age, of Black Sabbath, of Army of Anyone and Korn, of Yes, and drummer for Rob Zombie, . Also attending , of the Hills, of the St. Louis Cardinals, rapper , , of Seether, of No Doubt, , Pro BMX rider , of The Used and previous Drum-Off Grand Champions , , , and . Plus the cast of Kyle XY, April Matson and Matt Dallas.
Drummers began competing over three months ago at Guitar Center stores across the country. Beginning with preliminaries in over 213 Guitar Center stores, drummers then advanced on from store preliminaries to store finals. Winners of store finals then went on to compete at district finals at 24 Guitar Center stores nationwide for the chance to advance on to one of the four regional competitions held at Guitar Centers in New York City, Hollywood, Chicago, and Houston, TX with the winner of each of these regions advancing on to compete to be crowned the Drum-Off 2007 Grand Champion.
This year's winner will receive a prize package valued at more than $45,000 including a Toyota FJ Cruiser, $10,000 cash, a feature in a Guitar Center ad campaign, a $2,500 Levi's shopping spree, a custom designed drum kit from DW, Pearl, Tama or Gretsch, a Roland TD20 electronic drum-set, a set of cymbals custom printed with the winner's signature, a one year drum, cymbal, stick and head endorsement deal, and a write up in Modern Drummer magazine.
Additionally, store, district and regional winners will have walked away with thousands of dollars in prizes from Drum-Off partners.
This years grand prize winner was Donald Marple, 20 of Keyser, WV.
Check out the photos of the arrivals and performance by Street Drum Corps.
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