Nobody holds a rock back together quite like drummers do. Through the years, we’ve really been treated to some next-level classic rock drummers. And many of them passed on far too soon. Let’s take a ...

Back in the 1960s and ’70s, classic rock was big, and the spotlight was usually brightest on the guys with the mics and/or the guitars. We think the ones in the back, sticks in hand, setting the ...

John Barbata, who played drums for such groups as The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and both Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, has died at the age of 79. No cause of death was given, ...

Former Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis, who played with the English rock band during the height of its fame in the late 1970s, ...

UltimateClassicRock.com reports that Gilson Lavis — who served as the classic-era drummer for London, England-based Squeeze — died on Tuesday. “I’m very sad to report that Gilson Lavis, my dear friend ...

Gerry Conway, a veteran folk and rock drummer who played with musicians like Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention and more, died on Friday. He was 76. Conway had been diagnosed with motor ...

The saga of The Who firing, rehiring, and then re-firing Zak Starkey has taken another turn. Starkey, the 59-year-old son of Ringo Starr, had played drums with the classic rock icons for three decades ...

Ed Mann, Frank Zappa’s longtime percussionist, has reportedly died. He was 70. Musician and longtime collaborator Chad Wackerman announced the news on social media, though no cause of death was ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

Ringo Starr appears on a new charity cover of the Beatles’ “Come Together,” joined by an all-star, 100-plus-drummer cast featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, the E Street Band’s Max Weinberg ...

The saga of The Who firing, rehiring, and then re-firing Zak Starkey has taken another turn. Now, Starkey says he wasn't fired. The band "retired" him. On May 26, the drummer posted a message to ...