Emrick’s idea called for a bass drum larger than any other. The idea for a big bass drum had previously been imagined, and there were already drums four feet in diameter. Emrick wanted one at least ...

Between Smokey the Cannon, the Eyes of Texas, Big Bertha the bass drum and Bevo (the famous steer), there are plenty of traditions that keep a Saturday afternoon in the stands interesting.( ...

Jungle and its successor drum-and-bass emerged in Britain in the 1990s, and club nights dedicated to these styles of dance music can often attract older crowds dominated by men looking to hear the ...

This is what John Barrett, the founder of Bass Drum of Death, tells me when I ask why his fifth full-length album is the first non-solo LP from the often one-man band. Say I Won’t was written ...