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

I’m sorry, but there’s no other way to put this — Gojira‘s drummer Mario Duplantier is among the best drummers out there period. Not just in metal, not just in rock and roll. Nah, this Frenchman is ...

Jay Weinberg was Slipknot’s drummer for a decade between 2013 and 2023. Then, seemingly out of the blue, he learned that he had been fired from the band. While the sudden ousting from the band was a ...

Free your mind, and your ass will follow. Flipping variables of that statement, postulated in a 1970 Funkadelic album title, works too. The right groove will set you free. Carla Azar played drums on ...

Paul McCartney has long praised Ringo Starr’s skill as a drummer, but he didn’t think Starr always felt confident in himself. Starr was often the butt of jokes in the press; a rumor that John Lennon ...

On many of the Melvins’ greatest songs, drummer Dale Crover is really the soloist. Listen to the opening drum clatter on “Hooch” that kicks off their landmark 1993 album Houdini, ham-fisted but ...

While Kiss' image tended to overshadow the band's musicianship, Ace Frehley was one of the most influential and imitated ...

Most people think a drummer is a background musician—basically just there to keep the beat for the singer and guitarist. But the drummer in a rock band is key to a band’s success. History has shown us ...