Three unforgettable drum solos from the 1980s that absolutely shattered your expectations as a classic rock listener.

Guitars, sure. Vocal performances, fine. Keys, bass, flute—got it. Sometimes what you really need to get riled up is percussion. Percussion! It’s the hits of the drums that get your heart pounding, ...

The drummer is the heartbeat of songs, no pun intended. The driving sound turns up the motor on so many pieces of music and you need to have the writer person in the right place on the right song.

I will have to go with Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater. There is a track off the "Once In A Live Time" album that he does a solo on (well, it's called "Mike Portnoy Drum Solo", strangely enough). I ...

Talking and Drum Solos represents yet another step back into jazz history for Atavistic's Unheard Music Series, which made a point of mostly documenting avant jazz until this year's reissue of George ...

I conclude my five-part review of Tom’s Top Five Drum Solos by ending with perhaps a surprising selection—Ringo Starr’s work on the song The End, the final song on the Beatles final album, Abbey Road.

Starr outright refused to do drum solos, which led some to think of him as a weak drummer. His bandmates disagreed. “I think Ringo was always paranoid that he wasn’t a great drummer because he never ...

Rarely is a song introduced by a drum, yet some of popular music's most memorable tracks do, in fact, open with a drumbeat. By letting the drummer lead the way, artists and bands can elevate their ...