Back around 1910, when the fledgling bass drum pedal was improved and popularized by the Ludwig family, some percussionists were cast out of a gig. Gigs back t... Read More
Along with Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice was one of a few drummers who exploded into popular music in the late ’60s and completely change... Read More
Ever wanted to sit down for an interview with Neil Peart? Well now, you can.
Neil has agreed to answer DRUM! readers questions in our June 2009 issue. I... Read More
It's the cymbal line that will not die. For more than three decades Paiste's RUDE cymbals have been a hit with drummers. The RUDE series was developed in the l... Read More
The sound of drums will rumble across North America on Sunday, November 2, as ten Five-Star member drum shops launch the Big Beat. This effort will bring toget... Read More
It’s well into a Thursday night in January and R.E.M.’s Bill Rieflin is making himself a cup of Scottish breakfast tea.
It’s not a terribly cold night i... Read More
If the smoke-belching refineries of Chicago’s south side had a human equivalent, it might very well be Martin Akins, the workmanlike pummeler manning the a... Read More
Shannon Lucas sits slump-shouldered behind the cluttered counter at one of the thousands of identical Guitar Center stores peppered throughout America. The... Read More
No one is entirely sure what emo means anymore (remember when bands and fans would sit down and have a good cry?), but ask Mark O’Connell what kind of play... Read More
We weren’t in Kansas anymore, but we certainly weren’t in Oz either.
Following 16 sleepless hours flying east over the big pond, including an unexpected... Read More
