Griffiths invited Hanton to join The Quarrymen, as having a drummer was a clear advantage for a group in Liverpool at the time, because they could then play rock 'n' roll songs as well as skiffle tunes.
Mr. Grohl, who was the drummer for Nirvana but plays rhythm guitar in Foo Fighters, can come up with pop melodies and pretty guitar patterns, but he also has a drummer's feel for simple impact.
Her backing quintet had a drummer, Neal Morgan, but almost for color alone; he had far less rhythmic work to do than what she'd assigned to herself.
There's a nice little story to go with it, too – Larry used to play with his mum, who one day decided not to have a drummer any more, possibly for economic reasons, so Larry had to start "kinda playing the drums on the bass".
Always have a drum somewhere for that person who claims they "aren't musical".
A lady poet, backed by a band who doesn't even have a drummer sounds like an improbable expression for any kind of definitive rock consciousness.
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Michael Marcus, who has worked with goatskin drums for a decade, is not reaching for the Cipro pills to fend off anthrax, though he says he has a drummer friend who contracted skin anthrax after handling goatskins in Guinea several years ago.
You know what, people who do that – that's what you've got a drummer for.
His eccentricities have become legendary (he sacked a drummer for having curly hair, he won't eat vegetables, he felt "let down" by Glastonbury for not getting his own cottage).
It was 45cm long, 4cm wide and had a removable drum for listening to a patient's heart and another drum to amplify the noise next to the physician's ear.
