22 Essential Soul Beats For Drummers
By Billy Lee Lewis
Take a moment to consider the names we use to identify various typer of popular music, such as “swing,” “speed metal,” “... Read More
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SJC Introduces Builder’s Choice #2 Limited Edition Drum Kit
SJC is proud to introduce Builder’s Choice Limited Edition drum kits, which are designed by a member of the company’s manufacturing team. SJ... Read More
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Peter Erskine: Drumming Improve Lessons Learned
Drummers learn to play by watching and listening to fellow drummers. But to learn improvisation, drummers should also train their ears on t... Read More
Video Story: Chicago Drum Company Makes Modern Tubs in the Slingerland Style
Video and text by Nicolas GrizzleChicago Drum Company began in 2011, when Jim Moritz and a friend wondered if they could put their coll... Read More
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10 Ways To Play Drums Like Rush’s Neil Peart
By David A. Brensilver | Photo by Chris Schwegler/Atlas Icons | From the June 2016 issue of Drum! magazineNo serious fan was surprised ... Read More
10 Ways To Sound Like Stewart Copeland
BY JOHN NATELLI
The time and place that saw Stewart Copeland’s emergence was in the midst of an artistic cleansing. Punk had its grip on Lon... Read More
RECENT STORIES
Matt Garstka: Let’s Get Technical with Animals As Leaders
BY ANDREW LENTZ
Prog-metal wunderkind Matt Garstka never thought he would wind up in the genre’s most buzzed about band, Animals As Leaders.... Read More
Will Champion: Just Right For Coldplay
BY DAVID WEISS, PHOTOS BY NEIL ZLOZOWER
For all the thousands of drummers pushing ahead in a tireless quest for rhythm fame, there will alw... Read More
George Kollias Exclusive Track Premiere
Artist: George KolliasTrack Title: "Buried Under the Flames"Album title: InvictusRelease Date: May 18thPurchase Link: ShopusaGeorge... Read More
Bill Rieflin: Steering R.E.M. Into Harder Waters
BY ANDREW J. NUSCA | PHOTOS BY KAREN MOSKOWITZ | FROM THE MAY 2008 ISSUE OF DRUM!
It’s well into a Thursday Night in January and R.E.M.’s Bi... Read More
John Guerin
If a drummer is known by the artists who choose to play with him, then none has ever been better than John Guerin. Self-taught on drums... Read More
Suicidal Tendencies’ Dave Lombardo: ‘I Can Create the Hardest, Fastest Music That I Want’
BY DAVID JARNSTROM | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM!
“I don’t keep track of Slayer,” Dave Lombardo says over the phone matter-of-factly... Read More
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