So you want to learn to play the drums. Thrash the skins. Hit some wooden circles with sticks in the pursuit of that sweet, sweet rhythm. In this endeavor I salute you, especially if you’re a kid ...

First song you learned to play? The Ramones’ “Rockaway Beach.” I started learning to play drums by trying to play along to their live record; they open with that and so that would have been the first ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: There’s nothing more divisive than a ‘best of’ list, particularly when it comes to virtuoso players. So, we thought we’d take a slightly different approach in this feature to kick off ...

When he was 7 or 8, Joe Holland went to a parade in his hometown of Shreveport. His life was never the same. "The high school bands came by and they were playing drum marches. I mean, it hit me where ...

Jess Townsend is a freight train crammed into a 5'7'' frame. As the drummer for the band/carnival show that is World/Inferno Friendship Society, Townsend has kept that pack of animals rocking along ...