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, ...

Taylor Hawkins was one hell of a drummer. We lost a truly great musician when he passed in 2022. At the very least, we have a hefty catalogue of work to enjoy for decades to come. And one standout ...

The drummer is the heartbeat of songs, no pun intended. The driving sound turns up the motor on so many pieces of music and you need to have the writer person in the right place on the right song.

Nirvana and Foo Fighters member Dave Grohl believes that John Bonham of Led Zeppelin performed the best drum solo of all time ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: This is a rabbit hole that we could burrow into indefinitely, but as a starting point for your YouTube foraging we've compiled 11 isolated drum tracks from players regarded for their ...

After Led Zeppelin hit the road in late 1968, it didn’t take long for the band to earn a reputation for thrilling live shows. In Jan. ’69, Zeppelin broke through with a four-hour, four-encore ...

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 ...

Rush will screen a director's cut of their 2019 concert film, Cinema Strangiato, for a one-night-only event on Sept. 9. Rush previewed the project with a teaser featuring a portion of that solo. In ...

Motorhead and Scorpions drummer Mikkey Dee is seen playing a midair solo in a commercial for a new line of Volvo trucks. Dee – who owns a license to operate heavy-goods vehicles – performed what Volvo ...

In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man behind a modest drum set. But Watts wasn’t your typical rock drummer.

Ginger Baker was a paradox: a gamechanging rock drummer who insisted that he “never played rock,” a forefather of heavy metal who couldn’t stand the genre, and a Londoner who thoroughly assimilated ...