“Chuck Schuldiner from Death yelled at me for being drunk onstage. That was me not at my best”: Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan is interviewed by equally legendary drummers from Slipknot, Sepultura and more

Gene Hoglan posing for a photograph with his arms folded.

Never has a nickname been so appropriate as the one bestowed on Gene Hoglan: The Atomic Clock.

“Heathen from the band Zimmer's Hole had a motorcycle shop that Strapping Young Lad used to practice at,” says the man who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest drummers ever to have battered a kit into submission. “I remember I was working out [SYL’s] The New Black record at his place, and he came up and said, 'Dude, you're like the Atomic Clock on the drums!' I just thought that was really fun, so I put that as a credit on one of the records. It just ended up sticking and it's a nice wholesome nickname, unlike Mean Gene The Killing Machine.”