page_title: Drum Workshop
section_title: Endorsements
hierarchical_section_title: Drum Workshop / Endorsements
caption_attribution_description: English: Tony Royster, Jr.
context_page_description: Drum Workshop is an American drum kit and hardware manufacturing company based in Oxnard, California. Current products by DW include drum kits, snare drums, hardware and bass pedals.
context_section_description: Many drummers endorse DW, including Tony Royster, Jr. (Jay-Z), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett (Michael Jackson), Cobus Potgieter (Ventura Lights), Gerald Heyward (Chris Brown), Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta), Cora Coleman-Dunham, Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise), Dave Grohl, Stephen Perkins, Dominic Howard (Muse), Luke Holland (The Word Alive), Alex González (Maná, De la Tierra), Steve Jocz (Sum 41), Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold), James Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth), Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Scott Phillips (Creed and Alter Bridge), Abe Laboriel Jr. (Paul McCartney), Sandy Gennaro, Stuart Elliott (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel) Peter Criss, Neil Peart of Rush, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Will Berman of MGMT, Zak Starkey, Nickelback and Martone drummer Daniel Adair, Thomas Lang, Terry Bozzio, the late Troy Penland, Roger Taylor, Max Weinberg, José Pasillas from Incubus, Atom Willard (Angels & Airwaves), Glen Sobel The hired gun of (Alice Cooper) and Other Bands and Christoph Schneider (Rammstein).
  Others include Jason Bonham (Black Country Communion, Led Zeppelin)
  Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Bruce Becker (David Becker Tribune), Victor Loyo (Luis Miguel and studio session drummer), Eric Moore (Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves), Rex Hardy Jr. (Mary J. Blige), Matt Greiner (August Burns Red) and Venzella Joy Williams (Beyoncé).
  The reunion of the Eagles in 1994 also marked the band's mainline drummer Don Henley's endorsement and addition to the roster. Henley switched to DW after using Ludwig and TAMA from the 1970s to the 1980s and following the band's hiring of Scott Crago as a backup and touring drummer. Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is also a DW artist, as is Marco Minnemann.
  Tico Torres of Bon Jovi switched to DW drums and hardware after using Pearl for over 25 years in April 2013 during their Because We Can tour.
  Travis Barker of Blink-182, although endorsed by OCDP drums, uses DW hardware.
caption: Tony Royster, Jr.
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