Eight Centuries of Innovation & Ingenuity Followed Beginnings as Military Communication Device
By David A. Brensilver
The idea of stretching a cord o... Read More
BY ROBERT HENRIT | FROM THE AUG/SEPT 2002 ISSUE OF DRUM!
Over the years Premier has been responsible for lots of great stuff, but using the adage of a proph... Read More
BY PHIL HOOD
Domesticated cows have been around for 10,500 years, or about as long as humans have been farming and living in groups of significant size. But th... Read More
On this day in 1946, Harold Ray Brown, founding member, drummer, and vocalist for the funk band War, was born in Long Beach, California.
Brown and vocalist/g... Read More
On January 6, 2012, Tom Ardolino, a drummer best known for his 30 years with rock band NRBQ, died at the age of 56.
According to the New York Times, NRBQ (Ne... Read More
Legendary drummer Keith Moon played his final tour date with The Who on October 21, 1976, at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. Though Moon would perfor... Read More
Frank Zappa's Studio Tan, first released in September 1978 on DiscReet Records, is an album that Zappa would probably not be keen on commemorating, as he was em... Read More
In 1997, tour drummer Robert Williams sued Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) for lost wages and assault.
The musicians then decided to settle... Read More
The Beatles — or as they were known at the time, The Silver Beatles — invited Pete Best to join the band on August 12, 1960, shortly before their first club da... Read More
Today marks the 26th anniversary of Jeff Porcaro's death. The drumming virtuoso, whose name is synonymous with the famous half-time "Rosanna shuffle," would hav... Read More