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Six lucky candidates from a field of 5,000 have survived contests across hundreds of Guitar Center stores to compete at the 2008 Drum-Off finals on January 10. But who will walk away the best new skin-pounder in the music game? That's up to the bigshots. They were announced on Wednesday , and feature some fearsome drummers from across the sonic spectrum, including Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins, Tool's Danny Carey, No Doubt's Adrian Young, Avenged Sevenfold's The Rev and session vet Kenny Aronoff. Those distinguished musicians will be joined by celebration host and Jane's Addiction slammer [...]