When Rock Band was first released, modders sought to adapt their MIDI drum kits for use with the game. The easiest solution they found was Highly Liquid’s MSA-P. It’s a photorelay based MIDI ...

Violinist Graham Preskett played on not one but two Mott the Hoople albums, Mott in 1973 and The Hoople in 1974. He then went ...

we're taking a look at the "Big 4" of rock rhythm sections — pairs of people without whom their respective bands may very well have flopped. One lead guitarist does not a proper rock band make ...

The climaxing moment when the drum solo/fill hits is one countless classic rock fans have waited for. Indeed, if anyone puts on this song, you know you have to wait for the moment and when it ...

As it pertains to rock bands, there are several gray ... From pyrotechnics to levitating drums and a lore surrounding the band and its members, KISS were masters of branding and cultivating ...

Classic rock music isn't often about nostalgia, but those who listen to it today often do so while nostalgia in their heart.

Topeka native Phil Ehart, the drummer and manager for the progressive rock ... drum tech and protegé for more than 20 years," the site said. Ehart graduated from Topeka West High School The band ...

In 1921, Paul ‘Spotts’ Emrick decided that the “All-American” Marching Band ... Drum returned to the original design of an “old gold” shell with black diamonds. The Drum is transported on a ...

[Maayan Migdal] wrote in to share a really cool drum kit he constructed that has one special twist – no drums at all. Using a simple MIDI device and an Arduino, his “Air Drums” look pretty ...

Their eponymous debut is a stone-cold rock classic but Queen have never been happy with its sound, especially Taylor’s drums.

The night marked how far Rainbow Kitten Surprise has come in the past couple years, but even more broadly underscored how far the band’s come in the past several.

Of the seven original members of Kool & the Gang, there is only one, Robert “Kool” Bell. There will be no living members of ...