MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover announced back in September that he would hold three free drum clinics for central Florida this coming November.

Dates are now as follows:

November

9 - All Pro Percussion - Tampa, Florida
10 - Drums 2 Go - Orlando, Florida
11 - Seminole Music & Sound - Seminole, Florida.
12 - Backstage Lounge - Gainesville, Florida

For more information and to sign up for Drover's clinics go to this location.

The Great Southern Brainfart caught up with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover on October 1st at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: Is there a particular Megadeth song that you find to be more challenging than others to perform?

Drover: "There isn’t really anything that sticks out, but 'Polaris' is tough because there’s a lot of different, weird patterns and stuff with the drums. Trying to keep it tight with everything that’s going on is harder than it may sound to pull off well. I’ve really got to have a lot of focus when I play that song. The same thing applies to when I play 'Take No Prisoners'. That’s a tough one. There’s so much going on in that song.

Q: Are there any specific artists or genres of music that we would be surprised to hear that you were a fan of?

Drover: "I like all kinds of music. I grew up in the 70?s listening to everything on rock radio back then. You’d play a DEEP PURPLE song, a SUPERTRAMP song, a FLEETWOOD MAC song, an EAGLES song or a STEELY DAN song and not blink an eye. Back in Montreal where I grew up it was just all part of the rock format. I love a lot of those bands like KANSAS and Supertramp I like a lot. If I had to pick a decade of music that I like the most it would be the 70?s. RUSH of course! That’s my favorite rock band. I love Rush and JUDAS PRIEST and that kind of stuff. It’s still a big influence on who I am as a musician."

Q: You and your brother Glen [Drover, former Megadeth guitarist] had a band called EIDOLON that put out some really great music. Do you have any plans to regroup with Eidolon ever?

Drover: "No. Why make another album that nobody buys? We did six records and that band got us [himself and brother Glen] into Megadeth, so I will always be thankful. I’ll never say anything bad about it. Glen (Drover, brother and former Megadeth guitarist) and I did that band, but doing six records that didn’t sell and doing another one wouldn’t make any sense. In the future, if I ever do anything outside of Megadeth or if Megadeth ever ends or whatever way down the road, I’ll do something with Glen, but it won’t be that. It would be something totally different because I don’t want to go backwards. I want to keep going forward."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Remaining dates on Megadeth's current tour with SLAYER and ANTHRAX are as follows:

October

12 - Freedom Hall - Louisville, KY
14 - War Memorial Coliseum - Ft. Wayne, IN
15 - DeltaPlex - Grand Rapids, MI
16 - Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
19 - Maverik Center - Salt Lake City, UT
20 - The Pearl - Las Vegas, NV
21 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Hollywood, CA