One explosive moment in a 1981 soft rock classic is still sending chills through listeners more than four decades later.

There are few ways to grab classic rock fans’ attention and make a song instantly recognizable faster than a powerhouse drum ...

Ginger Baker, the prodigiously talented and volcanically temperamental rock drummer who helped form Cream, rock 'n' roll’s first supergroup, and inspired awe and imitation in a generation of drummers, ...

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 ...

Back in the 1960s and ’70s, classic rock was big, and the spotlight was usually brightest on the guys with the mics and/or the guitars. We think the ones in the back, sticks in hand, setting the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Neil Peart was a rock star of the highest order, the man behind the sound of Rush. It's rare for a drummer. The player behind the drums typically stays in the background, letting ...

That insane count-in fill from John Bonham should be studied by every kid who gets a drum kit for Christmas. It’s an immediate vibe-establisher, one that forms one of the most explosive and memorable ...

If fellow VR drum game Ragnarock has a rather singular focus, then it can be argued Drums Rock’s has too. Just in a different way. While Ragnarock was going for a whole Viking/Celtic rock vibe right ...

Ginger Baker was a paradox: a gamechanging rock drummer who insisted that he “never played rock,” a forefather of heavy metal who couldn’t stand the genre, and a Londoner who thoroughly assimilated ...

“Subdivisions,” one of Rush‘s most beloved songs, is also one of their simplest. Geddy Lee’s insistent synth riff gives the track — a fan favorite from 1982’s Signals — a muted, almost drone-y quality ...