Yamaha has made a multi-million pound investment in new manufacturing for its high-end drum line-up.
The first wave of high-end acoustic drum production at the purpose-built plant in Hangzhou China, is now well under way and with even higher-spec ranges to come in the very near future.
The...
Being a heavy metal drummer is a very physically demanding job. There’s a lot of wear and tear on the body, and at age 50, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has been doing this for a while, and he’s got the bandages to prove it.
In a message on Anthrax’s Facebook page, Benante posted a...
An unknown elderly lady recently brought the Coalition Drum Shop in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, to a standstill with an apparently impromptu and rather impressive in-store showcase of her not to shabby drum skills.
The old lady got up on the kit and rocked out with an energetic drum solo whilst...
Not surprisingly, Todd Sucherman believes his job is one of the best in the world. Of course, what’s not to love about playing the drums for legendary rock band Styx.
Styx, along with REO Speedwagon and Head East, perform Aug. 10 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
The band...
A Thai drum teacher has created a great air drumming video.
The Thai drum teacher posted a video of himself playing along to a rock track on a drum kit that’s chalked on a wall. It’s so far racked up more than 200,000 hits on YouTube and growing.
The man behind it is Weerachat...
Tom Ousby, who is widely reported to have died after falling from a hotel in Spain, was an aspiring model and musician from London.
A YouTube video of him playing drums to Taylor Swift’s song 22 has been watched more than 9,000 times.
Tributes have meanwhile flooded on to Twitter,...
An innate sense of timing, along with the ability to operate each of his four limbs independently, beating out intricate, frenzied polyrhythms, turned legendary drummer Ginger Baker into one of the seminal percussionists of 20th-century popular music.
But the scarlet-maned jazzman has never...
Rock ‘n’ roll aficionados have an ongoing debate over who is the greatest drummer to ever anchor a band. Their argument, of course, will never be settled — but here’s a new wrinkle: Who is rock’s top female drummer?
Add Latter-day Saint musician Valeria Sepulveda to...
Roger Taylor and his V-Drums TD-30KV electronic drum kit
When it comes to the world of electronic drums, Roger Taylor was in at the ground floor. From the New Wave scene of the early 80s to Duran Duran’s 2010 album ‘All You Need Is Now’, Roger has always embraced the musical possibilities...
In an interview to promote his new rhythm art project, original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward explains why he passed on participating in the band’s reunion album, “13,” and tour.
“I was offered a contract and I couldn’t sign it,” Ward tells Guitar International...
Acoustic and electronic drums: you may have thought that the two never meet. Find out why the two camps actually strengthen each other
Music never stands still. It evolves at an alarming pace; new and old mashed-up to create completely new genres, sub-genres, and even micro-genres. Replicating...
Panic! At The Disco drummer Spencer Smith has opened up about his drug addiction in a new blog post.
Smith took to the band’s website at panicatthedisco.com to tell all about a stint in rehab last year for Vicodin and Xanax addiction. The drummer opened up the post by writing: “For...
