George has been to a couple of weddings but this time as a guest; one he left early and the other had a very unacceptable best man speech. There’s also pancake chat as Ben went to Center Parcs for the big 39th birthday (which George forgot). We

Kenny Aronoff's Just Called Me A Mofo (Tom O. Mitchell)

9 days ago 1h 5m

This week we are joined by the awesome Tom O. Mitchell! Tom and his team at Drumwise, based in Kent, are celebrating 20 years of teaching pupils of all ages and abilities. The studio is kitted out with two Roland VAD kits and also offers studen

You Have To Break The Relax To Regain The Relax

16 days ago 46m 42s

Game, set, match! George finally has his grudge match on the tennis court with Jack Hicklin and was also tricked into playing a wedding gig by the sneaky Lennon Taylor. Ben chats about the importance of insuring your drums and how the total val

10,000 Tins Of Beans

23 days ago 44m 3s

On this week’s episode we chat about reaching 10,000 downloads (thanks for listening) and a weekend of gigging. George had a double dip weekend playing a theatre in Bracknell with 80s Hi-Fi and a wedding the following day and Ben tested his new

He's A Bad Egg And He Needs To Go

1 month ago 54m 49s

Thanks for joining us! There’s lots of great stuff on this week's show including the busiest gig day in May, WhatsApp playing with fire and Ben finally gets his ears moulded. We also talk about how busy Zildjian have been so far this year with

A Mouse Farts And It Goes Into The Red

Apr 25th, 2024 44m 35s

Welcome to another episode of Drum and Drummer! This week we’re chatting about George’s recent gig with Lennon Taylor where he used his new Gretsch Catalina with a slightly unusual cymbal set up. Ben also talks in detail about his new kit; the

There's A Kit For Everybody (Graham Russell - Graham Russell Drums)

Apr 18th, 2024 1h

This week we are joined by the King of drum retail; it’s Graham Russell! As long time customers of Graham Russell Drums we were delighted to sit down and chat with Graham about how he turned buying a few second hand kits into the UK’s largest d

He Needs To Be Verbally Milked

Apr 11th, 2024 35m 9s

It’s just the two of us this week and time for a good catch up. We have some correspondence to get through and George has been practising using the disappearing click method (although we can’t agree on what it actually is). We also chat about l

People Just Assume That's What I Do (Mat Hector - Iggy Pop)

Apr 4th, 2024 1h 1m

This week we are joined by the legendary Mat Hector. As well as a stellar career drumming for the likes of Iggy Pop, Marc Almond and Razorlight he now spends some of his time producing artists and session recording from his studio built during

Everyone Is Winging It (Georgia Challinor)

Mar 28th, 2024 59m 38s

This week we are joined by the amazing Georgia Challinor. We caught up with Georgia not long after she returned home from touring with Enter Shikari as the band’s drum tech. We find about life on the road and expanding her career from playing t

I've Gone Mental So You Don't Have To

Mar 21st, 2024 31m 23s

Protesting at his new found fame, Hercules delayed the start of this week’s episode by doing a poo on the carpet and George’s recycling has finally been collected. It’s all going on! Once we’d calmed down George tells us more about his recent g

It's Usually Cymbals That Are The Problem (Ollie Woods)

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 7m

This week we are joined by the awesome Ollie Woods. Ollie is quickly gaining notoriety on Instagram due to his transcriptions of famous drum solos. Not only does he meticulously transcribe note for note he also takes on the challenge of learnin

Hardcase Is About The End User (Dave Eyre - Hardcase)

Mar 7th, 2024 1h

After our best intro ever, we were joined by Dave Eyre to chat all about drumming case stalwarts Hardcase! Started in 1992 by Amber Plastics in Chesterfield with a desire to expand their use of rotational moulding technology market research poi

You Gotta Time Your Nervous Poo

Feb 29th, 2024 46m 44s

This week’s episode was recorded face to face as George has been recording a new drum video at Ben’s studio. We talk about the day in the studio and the drum gear we used (including ANOTHER new snare drum). George has also got new skins for his

Serious About Sound (Jono Heale - ACS)

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 4m

This week we are talking about ear safety and who better to talk to than Jono Heale from ACS; one of the leading brands in hearing protection and in-ear monitors. Having been a professional bass player for 15 years Jono unfortunately developed

You Don't Need Me But I Really Need You (Dean Llewellyn)

Feb 15th, 2024 57m 2s

This week we are joined by the magnificent ‘Deano Machine’ aka Dean Llewellyn. Dean is an exceptional guitarist and plays in the band Barbara with previous guest Lawrie Miller. He is also friends with and gigs regularly with George so we though

Friends And Microsoft Word

Feb 8th, 2024 57m 42s

It’s a bumper episode this week with plenty of drum chat. We both went to a 30th birthday party / jam night and George played at Icebreaker festival where hair extensions and guitar heads don’t mix. Our wallets have suffered as we’ve both been

I Ate Myself Back To Normal (Jack Hicklin)

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 2m

This week we are joined by Jack Hicklin! After studying at BIMM, Jack put drums on the back burner as he spent the following few years coaching tennis. Now with a renewed passion for drumming he’s prioritising his music career with regular gigs

Patina And The Waves

Jan 25th, 2024 30m 20s

To clean or not to clean, that is the question. On this week’s episode we are talking about cymbal cleaning and why you should or maybe more importantly why you shouldn’t be doing it. Also Ben’s new hi hats get put under the microphone in the s

Maybe Be More Like A Squirrel

Jan 18th, 2024 54m 59s

Hello! This week Ben finally buckled under the weight of public opinion and started watching The Traitors but has ruined his sleep schedule in the process. George has been on his croissant making course and played an 80th birthday party under d

Chasing That Sweet Calpol High

Jan 11th, 2024 38m 59s

It’s been cold so Ben’s got his big coat on. George regales us of his triumphant pub quiz antics and we take a look at the Zildjian 400th anniversary snare drum which comes with a hefty price tag. We’ve had some more kit pics in and one of us i

Am I Gonna End Up In A Skip

Jan 4th, 2024 45m 20s

Happy New Year! On this first episode of 2024 we caught up on what we did over Xmas including Ben’s trip to New York and George’s busy working week. We also chat about our goals for 2024 in more detail, read out a lovely listener message, grabb

Beef Stock In My Face (Xmas Special - Josh Rowe, Elliott Joseph and Neil Elliott)

Dec 28th, 2023 1h 35m

We hope you had a good Christmas! Join us this week for our Xmas Special where we had a fun, in person chat with not one, not two but THREE guests! In what now appears to be an Xmas tradition we welcomed back Josh and Elliott but if that wasn’t

Always Have Backups (Kevin Hein)

Dec 21st, 2023 1h

This week we are joined by Kevin Hein! Kevin moved from Germany to London to study drums at BIMM and has quickly become an in demand session drummer. With his acoustic looking Roland VAD kit he has fully embraced modern technology enabling full

Imagine A Party That No One Came To

Dec 14th, 2023 40m 53s

This week we’re catching up on George’s birthday, the return of Covid and we received some great listener emails. George has also been shopping and entered the world of silent cymbals and skins. Find out what he thinks and how was the delivery