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Rock
Bill Ward | The jazz drummer who invented metal
Bill Ward's swing, not his weight, gave Black Sabbath their groove. His story, the 2025 Villa Park reunion, and the Slingerland and Paiste kit behind it.
Country
Billy Freeman | Driving Dustin Lynch's band
Billy Freeman has been Dustin Lynch's drummer through the country star's run. His playing, his Nashville career, and his kit explained.
Creators
Buckets The Drummer | A bathtub, a bucket, a horse mask
Buckets The Drummer plays a five-gallon bucket in a bathtub wearing a horse mask, and has millions of followers for it. The joke, and the actual drumming.
Metal
Caleb Hayes | Metal drumming's youngest name
Caleb Hayes plays fast rock and metal, took the main stage at the UK Drum Show, and won Drumeo's breakout award for 2025. His playing and his setup.
Rock
Chad Smith | Red Hot Chili Peppers' engine room
Chad Smith has held the Red Hot Chili Peppers together since 1988. His story, his groove, his DW and Paiste rig, and why funk-rock's biggest backbeat still swings.
Rock
Cody Ash | Jelly Roll's drummer
Cody Ash has won Drumeo's country award twice, touring with Jelly Roll. His hybrid rig, his playing, and why country drumming got heavy.
Metal
Danny Carey | Tool's polyrhythm machine
Danny Carey has drummed for Tool since 1990. His jazz and tabla grounding, the odd-time playing, the sigils on the kit, and his Sonor and Paiste rig explained.
Funk
Devon "Stixx" Taylor | From Atlanta church to the Super Bowl
Devon Stixx Taylor started drumming at two and has played for Usher, Justin Bieber and Mary J. Blige. His feel, his career, and his setup explained.
Latin
Diana Llerena Vasquez | Peru's timbal star
Diana Llerena Vasquez took salsa timbal playing to a million TikTok followers. Her conservatory training, her academy, and her Latin Percussion setup.
Educators
Dom Famularo | Drumming's Global Ambassador
Dom Famularo taught drummers in dozens of countries for forty years and carried Jim Chapin's legacy forward. His life, his teaching, and his legacy.
Pop
Domino Santantonio | Fifteen seconds that changed everything
Domino Santantonio's Hips Don't Lie cover went viral and built a career. Her playing, her Paiste and Vic Firth setup, and what she did with it.
Metal
Eloy Casagrande | Sepultura to Slipknot
Eloy Casagrande left Sepultura and joined Slipknot in 2024. His technique, the four-bass-drum Tama rig, and why he is metal's most complete drummer.