The drums always seem to be the butt of the musical joke. There are myriad jokes about drummers and how useless they are, and ...

Ringo Starr had a bit of a rocky start with The Beatles. Producer George Martin replaced him when the band recorded the single “Love Me Do.” and Ringo got replaced again when he struggled to play the ...

Few genres of music nail the drum solo quite like classic rock. Plenty of modern-day rock bands have put out a killer drum track or two, but you just can’t beat the old-school drum solos that would ...

This was the first time I ever heard timbales used as a main part of a drum part and not just as fills. It’s a constant rolling of timbales all the way through. It’s relentless drumming. The way the ...