It's challenging to impress diehard Rush fans, but Anika Nilles has done just that. Nilles is the band's new drummer, ...

It's challenging to impress diehard Rush fans, but Anika Nilles has done just that. Nilles is the band's new drummer, ...

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 ...

They could be two seconds long or 30; straightforward 4/4 rhythms or flights of percussive wizardry; inducers of head nodding ...

Now, one drum solo from a 1996 rock hit is being named one of the greatest of all time. While the ’70s and ’80s had fantastic ...

Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes life imitates art. The latter seems to be the case this year as the rock industry pulls a Spinal Tap and drummers quit or get fired en masse. More than a ...

Over the last six weeks, eight rock and metal bands have split with their drummer. One legendary group even fired the same drummer twice. Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy even acknowledged the recent ...