Latest articles by Stuart Williams
Five songs drummers need to hear featuring… Steve Jordan
From funk and soul to blues and rock 'n' roll, the Rolling Stones' drummer has covered a lot of ground as a session player
Neil Peart’s DW piccolo snare drum is up for sale, with an asking price of just under £73,500
Plus postage and packaging…
Blink-182 postpone UK and Ireland shows as Travis Barker flies home due to an “urgent family matter”
Barker, whose wife, Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant, has shared photos of a prayer room via Instagram
Zildjian releases 400 genuine vintage A cymbals from its private family vault, and you can buy them
The collection includes 200 'new-vintage' cymbals hand-tested by Armand Zildjian, and some handled by Avedis Zildjian III
Chad Smith on his contribution to Dua Lipa’s Break My Heart
The Red Hot Chili Pepper recorded drums on the 2020 hit
Want to live in Stewart Copeland’s $6 million house? It’ll cost you $25,000 a month
The Police legend’s Montecito home is up for rent
"Never call me your drummer again": remembering the time Charlie Watts punched Mick Jagger in the face
Keith Richards recalls Watts' "drummer's punch" in his autobiography, Life
Get better acoustic guitar tone with these 6 affordable and easy upgrades
Affordable, practical ways you can polish and upgrade any acoustic guitar's sound
Millenium's new MPS-750X Pro Mesh electronic drum set offers full-shells for under £800
Millenium makes another play for the acoustic-shell/electronic drum market
Watch: Ringo Starr's drummer Gregg Bissonette breaks down his favourite Beatles drum beats and fills
The All-Starrs drummer and session titan tips his hat to his boss
Roland TD-02KV review
This compact and affordable kit proves that ‘budget’ doesn’t exclude you from the big-name brands
The Killers issue an apology after inviting Russian drummer on stage in Georgia, and referring to the fan as the audience's "brother"
“We did not mean to upset anyone and we apologise”
Foo Fighters enlist ‘superfan’ Michael Bublé for surprise vocal guest-slot on Haven't Met You Yet
The Michael Foo-blé collaboration came about via Josh Freese’s drumming contribution to the singer's hit song
Wolfgang Van Halen on his approach as a multi-instrumentalist: "Drums are, to me, the most important part. It's the backbone of everything"
As Mammoth WVH II drops, Wolfgang tells us about taking his one and only drum lesson from Eddie, and why Travis Barker and Danny Carey shaped his playing
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain reveals he was partially paralysed after suffering a stroke in January
“I’m not there yet, but by the grace of God I’m getting better and stronger as the weeks go by.”
Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal
The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach
Extreme metal drummer Nick Barker's kidneys are in "full failure", a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help
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
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
Jay Postones breaks down his bass drum approach
Zultan introduces Mellow Series low-volume cymbals
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?
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
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
The Fab Four drummer weighs in on the AI confusion surrounding The Beatles’ un-named, forthcoming new song
