What comes to mind when you hear or read about rock and roll? It’d probably be an image of a band in leather pants, tousled hair, and one or more of the band members clutching a guitar. You might also ...

Long before he was making people laugh for a living, Fred Armisen played drums with the Blue Man Group, and also manned the kit for Trenchmouth, a Chicago punk band that released five albums in the ...

The late Ginger Baker could be just as explosive when not playing the drums as he was when battering out thundering polyrhythms and launching into the extended solos that made him a legend as the ...

Guitars, sure. Vocal performances, fine. Keys, bass, flute—got it. Sometimes what you really need to get riled up is percussion. Percussion! It’s the hits of the drums that get your heart pounding, ...

The musician who helped define the role of the superstar rock drummer has died at 80. By Christopher R. Weingarten Ginger Baker, who died Sunday at the age of 80, was an architect of rock drumming, ...