on drums

idiom

: playing the drums
That was Miles Davis on trumpet and Max Roach on drums.

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The Onward & Upward Tour is so named to acknowledge a changing of the guard on drums. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025 Another 18 months or so later, in spring 2024, Conrad rounded up a bundle of musicians at Nashville’s Sound Stage to cut Carmichael’s Keepin’ Country Alive album, coincidentally including Wilson on drums. Tom Roland, Billboard, 31 July 2025 In 2011, at the West Hollywood club Whisky a Go Go, a Black Sabbath reunion was announced with the original lineup, though Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk stepped in for Bill Ward on drums after a contract dispute. Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025 Foo Fighters parted ways with Josh Freese, who took over on drums following Hawkins’ death, back in May of this year—much to his confusion. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for on drums

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“On drums.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20drums. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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