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 ...

Nirvana and Foo Fighters member Dave Grohl believes that John Bonham of Led Zeppelin performed the best drum solo of all time ...

It’s not often that a drummer releases a solo album. Sure, Don Henley and Phil Collins have had several chart-topping records by themselves, but they also led their respective bands. Most drummers ...

Baby Dodds: 1. Spooky Drums No. 1 2. Drums in the Twenties 3. Shimmy Beat/Press Roll Demonstration 4. Careless Love Blues 5. Rudiments 6. Maryland 7. Spooky Drums No. 2 8. Tom Tom Workout The ...

The drum solo has long been synonymous with extravagant posturing, with the worst excesses of rock’n’roll virtuoso exhibitionism. The reputation is unfortunate, but whatever one thinks of drum solos, ...

Rush stickman Neil Peart said he had to scale back his drum solo for his appearance Thursday night on CBS' 'Late Show With David Letterman,' but that didn't stop the performance from being a tour de ...

Rush stickman Neil Peart will appear Thursday, June 9, on CBS' 'Late Show With David Letterman' as part of the program's 'Drum Solo Week.' On the show, Peart will deliver a drum solo in front of the ...

While The Beatles didn’t go into Abbey Road (1969) declaring it to be their final album, it certainly felt that way to the band members (and producer George Martin). In the previous year and a half, ...