Full disclosure: I play the drums. I play them every chance I get. Although my drumming career has served mainly as a steady education in my own shining mediocrity as a drummer, a reminder that I was ...

Iconic rock drummer Thommy Price, known for his time with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, has died at 68. The musician’s wife, Stefunny, shared the news of his death on Facebook. “A devoted husband and ...

Of the top English drummers in classic rock, the most underrated arguably is Jethro Tull’s Clive Bunker. A self-taught musician, the humble sticks man is the last of the greats still alive. Clive ...

We've shown love to hair metal singers, guitarists and bassists — now it's time to rank the top five hair metal drummers. Hair metal — or glam metal, or pop-metal, or whatever you want to call it — is ...

Welcome to “On That Note,” a rock-and-roll-centered column that will dive into the big stories, trends, and crazy ideas coming out of the music industry. “I talked to one drummer around my age the ...

Robot Drummer is a simulated program able to learn pop, rock, and jazz songs with reinforcement learning. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Welcome to Drummergeddon 2025, when the entire music world wants to know: What the hell is going on with the drummers? There’s an epidemic of high-profile bands dumping their drummers, or getting ...

Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes life imitates art. The latter seems to be the case this year as the rock industry pulls a Spinal Tap and drummers quit or get fired en masse. More than a ...

performs at the Lands End Stage during day 2 of the 2013 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Josh Freese’s unexpected exit from ...

Little by little, the Drumpocalypse is being mitigated. Following Josh Freese's firing in May, Foo Fighters will be replacing him with drummer Ilan Rubin, and Freese will return the favor by filling ...

This year has been strange for rock music. Specifically, for rock drummers. Several of the biggest bands in the world are parting ways with their drummers one way or another, and for the most part, ...

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron has announced that he’s leaving the group after 27 years, releasing a statement thanking his former band mates and reflecting on his tenure with them. “After 27 ...