If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. What would The Beatles be without Ringo Starr or Rush ...

The snare drum is huge! Not that it’s ever been unimportant in the grand drumming scheme of things, but the rise of several forms of dance music has seen more attention focused on the snare than at ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Though a snare is familiar to every drummer behind the ...

On the evidence of these three drums, Beat Head deserves to be rubbing shoulders with some of the more illustrious names in drum manufacturing. Every detail is spot on, right down to the hand-made air ...

A drummer on YouTube has made a video playing classic Metallica songs, but with the drum sounds of St. Anger. Indeed, they replaced all the drums on the tracks with the ringing, open-snare drum tone ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being able to play with other musicians, or even simply jamming with recordings of your favourite ...

Professional drummer and educator Larnell Lewis explains drumming in 13 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. The Snarky Puppy percussionist explains how drum techniques build upon each other as ...

Even 17 years after Metallica released St. Anger, the hollow, ringing snare tone that dominates the band's eighth studio album still prompts listeners to wonder, 'what were they thinking?' The ...

According to people who study such things, the drum has been around since 6000 B.C. and can be traced to ancient Turkey and China. In its modern form, the instrument has undergone countless ...