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“To those I inspired to start drumming, I apologise to your parents!”: A rare interview with Rush legend Neil Peart
“After 40, 45 years of playing, I wanted to push myself and open up this whole new frontier,” he said
How the drum machine grew into a viable alternative to real drummers
There's not much early-80s tech that still influences modern creativity, but the dominance of electronic drum sounds stems right back to 1980, and a bizarre series of unfortunate events…
"I wanted to make the greatest rock record that I'd ever heard": How Bruce Springsteen saved his career with Born To Run
The Boss spent six months working on the album's title track
The genius behind John Bonham’s towering When The Levee Breaks drum sound
It’s one of the best drum recordings in history, but the resulting sound was just as much a feat of engineering as it way playing
“I said to Freddie, ‘We should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems
“I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said
6 of the most inspirational drummers of all time
Welcome to MusicRadar’s Drums Week! To kick things off, we’re spotlighting some of the most consequential sticksmen of all time
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