Stuart Williams
I'm a freelance member of the MusicRadar team, specialising in drum news, interviews and reviews. I formerly edited Rhythm and Total Guitar here in the UK and have been playing drums for more than 25 years (my arms are very tired). When I'm not working on the site, I can be found on my electronic kit at home, or gigging and depping in function bands and the odd original project.
Latest articles by Stuart Williams

Extreme metal drummer Nick Barker's kidneys are in "full failure", a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help
By Stuart Williams published
The Brujeria drummer has previously played with Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir and many others

Watch Weezer drummer Pat Wilson play guitar with Foo Fighters at Japan's Fuji Rock festival
By Stuart Williams published
The band were earlier joined by Alanis Morissette for a cover of Sinéad O’Connor’s Mandinka

Learn to play Djent-style double kick with TesseracT drummer Jay Postones’ double pedal drum lesson
By Stuart Williams published
Jay Postones breaks down his bass drum approach

Zultan introduces Mellow Series low-volume cymbals
By Stuart Williams published
Perforations make the Mellow Series “30 percent quieter” than regular cymbals

Did Metallica correct Lars Ulrich’s 'One' drumming for the official audio of their performance at Download Festival?
By Stuart Williams published
The famous double bass drum part on Metallica's YouTube channel sounds quite different to fan-captured live footage

Ringo Starr has named his “career-defining” Beatles song, but you’re probably more familiar with the version that he didn't play drums on
By Stuart Williams published
The Beatles' first single had a winding road to its release…

Ringo Starr confirms George Harrison features on new Beatles song, adds that they would “never” recreate John Lennon’s voice using AI
By Stuart Williams published
The Fab Four drummer weighs in on the AI confusion surrounding The Beatles’ un-named, forthcoming new song

Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin makes statement regarding Q Drum Co. probate lawsuit
By Stuart Williams published
Brandi Booth, partner of late Q Drum Co. founder, Jeremy Berman, has accused Rubin of “litigious actions that put the security and well-being of my family at risk.”

Blur pull out of France’s Beauregard festival after Dave Rowntree suffers leg injury
By Stuart Williams published
The announcement comes just days before the band’s planned return at Wembley Stadium

Josh Freese pays homage to Dave Grohl: “Playing drums behind one of the world’s greatest drummers is a total trip”
By Stuart Williams published
He’s also been dropping one of Grohl’s trickiest drum grooves into his live solos

These Yamaha Stage Custom Birch demos will make you question why you need a more expensive drum kit
By Stuart Williams published
Joshua Johnson puts an intermediate staple through its paces

Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson pay tribute to late Megadeth drummer Lee Rauch
By Stuart Williams published
However the former bandmates disagree on whether or not Rauch featured on Megadeth’s Last Rites demo

I Can’t Ex-pane: Jeremy Clarkson shares clip of window cleaner drumming on his Premier Spirit of Lily Keith Moon kit
By Stuart Williams published
Clarkson's Farm just got a bit louder

10 famous father/son drumming duos
By Stuart Williams published
The dads who raised successful sticksmen

Butch Vig on playing Roland V-Drums live with Garbage: "I jumped at the chance!"
By Stuart Williams published
The producer and drummer recently spoke to Sweetwater about why a fully-electronic VAD drum kit is his go-to setup

Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 3 review
By Stuart Williams published
The floor-amp revolution continues, with one of Blackstar’s “highest-gain circuits ever”, but there’s more to this than metal

Queens of the Stone Age engineer Eric Valentine on how Dave Grohl recorded drums on No One Knows: "It did sound ridiculous before we replaced the cymbal samples with the real ones"
By MusicRadar last updated
As Queens Of The Stone Age return to the fray, we take a look at the making of a stone-cold drum classic

Punk Rock Factory: meet the family-friendly pop-punk covers band merging Disney tunes with distortion
By Stuart Williams published
PRF's covers have taken them from TikTok to Download…and beyond

Millenium Rookie review
By Stuart Williams published
An extremely affordable electronic drum set aimed at smaller players

Watch a teenage Josh Freese appear in a promo video for Simmons electronic drums
By Stuart Williams published
Turns out “Today’s hot drums for tomorrow’s hot drummer” was accurate

Danny Carey reveals the Tool songs he finds most difficult to play live
By Stuart Williams published
With a tricky back catalogue, there's no shortage of options to choose from

Foo Fighters make live return with new drummer Josh Freese, unveil new song and pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins
By Stuart Williams published
"Taylor wrote this song, we used to sing it together. So I'm going to do it for him tonight." said Dave Grohl

Chevtone Effects Honeyburst Overdrive pedal review
By Stuart Williams published
Classic boost/overdrives don’t have to cost a fortune, Chevtone’s sweet offering is the proof
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