This band got popular in the 1980s and continues to make new music today. The group’s 1983 song has one of the best drum solos ever. John Bonham, Neil Peart and Buddy Rich are three names that tend to ...

Since we already looked at the 5 best rock drum solos of the 70's, we thought we'd turn the clock back another decade and check out the solo skin smashing of the swinging 60's. There's happy accidents ...

Frank Beard of ZZ Top is among the great drummers in the history of rock, a status he acquired by showing the world what he could do beyond the kit on a consistent basis throughout the last 50 years ...

Popular music was in a very different place in the 1980s than it had been in the '70s. Even as hair product use expanded, song complexity shrunk, or at least changed focus as styles like new wave ...

Any fan of classic rock ought to know Neil Peart. For those who somehow don't, everything we have to say about him will sound overblown, rhapsodic, and downright worshipful — and with good reason.

Frank Beard, ZZ Top‘s longtime drummer for the past 56 years, has died. He was 77. A representative for Beard confirmed that he died while in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with his ...

The music world can thank Linda Ronstadt for bringing one of the best rock bands of all time together at a pivotal time in their careers. The Eagles were the initial backing band for Ronstadt on the ...

Travis Barker didn’t want to do this documentary. He’d been filming Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear since 2017, chronicling his life dealing with the debilitating effects of post-traumatic stress ...

While his sudden split from Slipknot “remains confusing”, drummer Jay Weinberg revealed that he’s now free to collaborate with other artists. He can also put out his own work, much of which has been ...

He played on Rainbow’s debut album and toured with Deep Purple. Then, at just 41, his life ended in a shocking murder that remains unsolved.

Mike Mangini, current drummer for GODSMACK, former drummer for DREAM THEATER, and former professor at Berklee College Of Music, has shared a new 22-minute video in which he answers real questions from ...

The music world is mourning the death of Frank Beard, the drummer for ZZ Top. The 77-year-old Beard died on Monday in hospice, surrounded by family. “Today, (ZZ Top guitar tech and bassist Elwood ...