iRock Contest Judges

Cobus Potgieter

Born in South Africa, Cobus has taken the U.S. by storm garnering over 1 million subscribers and 297 million views on YouTube. Partnering with Drumeo, the Cobus Method was created to teach drummers to ditch sheet music and play by ear. He is a founding member of the band Nine Club, went on tour with Busted, and has hosted drum clinics around the world.

66Samus

Samus Paulicelli is a multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded with many national acts including Decrepit Birth, Devin Townsend, Goatwhore, and Abigail Williams. Despite being a talented one-man band in his solo project “66Samus”, he is best known for his technical drumming work, specializing in blast beats and double bass drumming.

Greyson Nekrutman

The 21-year-old Nekrutman is one of the most explosive young players in the drumming world, having garnered a legion of fans since bursting on to the international music scene just a few short years ago. Currently the drummer for the band Sepultura, Nekrutman has quickly become one of the most in-demand versatile drummers noted for his work with Suicidal Tendencies, DJ Premier, Billy Howerdel, William Duvall among others. Nekrutman has also performed or recorded with Bakithi Kumalo, Darren Criss, Drumeo, Pearl Drums, Meinl Cymbals and has been featured in articles by Rolling Stone, Rhythm, Rhythm And Drum (Japan) and Sweetwater Music.

Casey Cooper

With over 2.7 million subscribers and 667 million views, Coop3rdrumm3r is the leading drum cover channel on YouTube. Pearl partnered up with Cooper to release his very own signature snare called the Igniter. Throughout the years, he has also collaborated with Drumeo, Sweetwater, Zildjian and many more.

Sunfyre

Sunfyre is a drummer from Costa Rica who is mainly known for her loud, high energy drumming and cosplay content. She is a Twitch partner with over 1.1 million followers across platforms, appeared on season one of Musician Mansion, and continues to change the game of streaming.