The Monkees were arguably the first ‘manufactured’ band, the Prefab Four as they were sneeringly-known to some at the time.

As Paul McCartney recalled of the drummer's audition for The Beatles, when Ringo Starr started playing, "I remember thinking, 'S**t, this is amazing'." ...

Achebe had in a moment of inspired wisdom observed that “whenever you see a bird dancing in the middle of the pathway you must know that its drummer is in the nearby bush”. Africa, Nigeria and some of ...

Vinnie Paul Abbott’s legend lives on, not only through his legacy of hard-rocking beats but also through this curated ...

Haynes was a drummer who liked to prod his fellow players. Over the course of his career, he played with Miles Davis, Charlie ...

The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival celebrates Barker’s long career and many contributions to New Orleans’ music as a ...

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen’s Raven Drum Foundation will host its second annual benefit concert in April; the event also will featuring KISS’ Peter Criss and more stars.

Decrepit drummer Phil Collins lives in agonizing pain and can no longer make music and friends say the crippled Genesis ...

If you walked into any of the funky old blues joints of Oakland — Mile Hi Club, Esther’s Orbit Room, the Continental Club — throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, you were likely to run into Lee ...

The Gallagher brothers appear to have chosen a new man on drums for the Oasis tour this Summer which may shock some fans who ...

Keith Moon was a force of nature, and his drumming with The Who cemented him as a rock god, but Jeff Beck struggled to find anybody to rival his style.

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.