Eddie Van Halen and his bandmate brother Alex are suing the drummer’s ex-wife for using her famous married name in a new business venture.
The rockers claim Kelly Van Halen’s construction and interior design company dilutes the band’s brand and creates unfair competition.
Kelly...
The Yamaha Drums on the Road tour is now underway and the first two tour dates were a great success! The Drum days, announced last month, are taking place across the UK with a selection of specialist Yamaha drum dealers. We have so far visited Gateshead and Sheffield and received superb feedback for...
Ronald Shannon Jackson, the drummer whose furious fusion of free jazz, rock, funk and punk broke musical barriers, has died in Fort Worth, Texas, after a battle with leukemia. He was 73.
He performed with jazz giants Charles Mingus, Betty Carter, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham,...
Drum Shop UK has announced that it will be the first UK retailer of the Sakae Rhythm drum brand.
The handmade Japanese drums, distributed in the UK by Soar Valley Music, will be available online as well as its 4,000 square-foot store in Newcastle.
After four decades in the industry working...
Nottingham Drum and Guitar Centre has been confirmed as one of among a small group of drum stores stocking Sakae Drums.
The Nottingham store is the latest to be announced as a select Sakae dealer, after it was revealed yesterday that Drum Shop UK will become the brand’s first UK retailer.
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For the third consecutive year, cymbal specialist Sabian is allowing the public to decide which models will be brought into production for the following year with its Sabian Cymbal Vote Tour.
Running between September 1st-October 31st, the Sabian Cymbal Vote Tour will see 12 prototypes displayed...
Queen drummer Roger Taylor has revealed official details about his upcoming solo album, Fun on Earth, which will be released in the U.K. on November 11.
The 64-year-old rocker has unveiled the names of the collection’s 13 tracks, as well as the artwork for the cover, which is a monochromatic...
A new social-web community for drummers has launched in the form of Zildjian Sound Lab, whereby visitors can create their own virtual cymbal setup from a full library of Zildjian cymbal sound files.
Zildjian’s new HTML5 online social hub allows visitors to choose from nine drum set-ups and...
Legendary Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward recently suffered a perforated diverticulitis and underwent surgery in California. The procedure was successful, and Ward is expected to make a full recovery over the next several weeks.
As a result, the artist reception with Ward on October 26 at the...
US Meinl artist Chris Coleman will be hosting a series of drum clinics across Europe in October.
The tour kicks off in London on October 12th and will also take in Absolute Music in Bournemouth on October 14th, before heading to Europe.
Coleman goes to Liechtenstein for a clinic at Musik...
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, has labeled Kiss bassist and walking ego Gene Simmons‘ assertion that Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse aren’t music “icons” as “nonsense.”
Last week, Simmons stirred controversy when he told radio interviewers that due to their less than copious...
Stone Sour and ex-Soulfly drummer drummer Roy Mayorga will join Street Drum Corps on stage on October 19 at Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Street Drum Corps is a world-renowned, high energy, drum and percussion show formed in Los Angeles in 2004 that performs on...
ACM partners with renowned studio
The Academy of Contemporary Music has announced a partnership with world-famous recording studio Metropolis.
Under this new alliance, ACM students will forge stronger links between their course, the music industry, and Metropolis as a whole.
Chris...
Protest The Hero have been busy in the studio recording their latest album, and without officially having a drummer, they have been working with Chris Adler of Lamb Of God. We all knew that he wouldn’t be a permanent replacement in the band, but they needed someone for the time being. Well,...
Alesis has added a pair of new kits to its DM series of electronic drum sets.
The DM7X Session Kit is a five-piece version of the recently unveiled DM7X kit, packing the same features but in a more compact package. The DM Lite Kit, meanwhile, is a new entry-level setup that comes pre-assembled...
