Ever since the early days of jazz and rock’n’roll, the musical connection between drums and bass has been core. Tastes, styles and interpretations come and go, but finding the perfect bass sound, that ...

The Purdue University marching band's giant drum is sounding better than it has in years, although its claim of being the world's largest drum is no longer so. The drum that is rolled out for every ...

The kick drum, or bass drum, is the powerhouse behind the music. In a club, it’s the kick that’s nailing the four to the floor, and at a rock gig it’s the kick that’s making your chest compress. This ...

You might not know it, but you’ve heard a TR-808. Released in 1980 by Japan’s Roland Corporation, the rudimentary drum machine supplied the bombastic beats of early hip-hop, the futuristic sounds of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ginger Baker achieved immortality when he formed the original supergroup Cream in 1966, alongside ...

The thunderous punch of a bass drum is the time-honored foundation on which all of rock 'n' roll is built. That thud that hits you in the chest and moves your whole body … it taps into a deep and ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...

Opaque blue light fills E1’s cavernous Warehouse room as Dolenz stokes the crowd’s anticipation with a mix of 140 and half-time tunes. The set follows in the footsteps of his 2019 ‘Lingua Franca’ LP ...