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, ...

What comes to mind when you hear or read about rock and roll? It’d probably be an image of a band in leather pants, tousled hair, and one or more of the band members clutching a guitar. You might also ...

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 ...

Next to prog’s general existence, there’s no better symbol of rock-musical excess than the drum solo. Critics have never liked them; old Rolling Stone reviews would rip in-concert double albums whose ...

"I put way more emphasis on a drummer's personality than technique." It's a surprising statement, coming from Mike Portnoy, one of the most admired drummers in heavy music for the past three decades.

It's no secret that in rock 'n' roll nothing gets a crowd going like a good ol' fashioned drum solo. It's as fundamental a rock cornerstone as the blues. In fact, some of the biggest bands in rock ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Nothing exists in isolation or appears out of thin air and this is true of the British drummers who changed rock to hard rock, leading eventually to heavy metal. Bill Ward, John ...