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• Seals played sax in that group and Crofts was on drums.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
• And the two things that are new are Paul’s bass and me on drums.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2023
• People beat on drums and toddlers banged on kitchen pans with utensils.
  — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
• Burkot, the group’s musical core, thrashed away on drums and keyboard.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• Mila was placed on drums because her hands were not big enough to handle a guitar.
  — Diep Tran, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Kurstin who also played bass on the song, which features Joey Waronker on drums.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
• Tomislav Ivisic is banging the ceiling on drums.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• Going back a bit, how did Don Brewer wind up joining the band on drums?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• Burgess, who said at the time that his drink had been spiked, was later replaced on drums by Phil Rudd.
  — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• As has been the case for much of the past few years, John Douglas filled in for Joey Kramer on drums.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
• White is best known for his work on drums in the Dirty Three, which just released their first album in 12 years.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 July 2024
• Schnapf on guitar, Jones on drums, and engineer Matt Schuessler on upright bass.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
• The men came together for a series of classics, with Dave Grohl joining them on drums later in their set.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• That version of the band also boasted Matt Ross on bass and Jim Kolachek on drums.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 11 Apr. 2023
• There was only one problem — Cox, Six, and Fitzgerald couldn’t find anyone who could live up to him on drums.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• Blair Cunningham, who joined the band on drums in 1981, couldn't make this tour because of health concerns.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024
• There’s lively interplay with Rick Rosato on bass and Jonathan Pinson on drums.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• About halfway through the video, the pair is seen playing instruments back-to-back with Lavigne on keys and Sun on drums.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
• That is actually John’s voice, Paul’s voice and bass playing, George on rhythm guitar and me on drums.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2023
• The secret sauce was Christopher Allis and Jason Chesney on drums and bass.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• Rob Bourdon is not part of the band's new lineup; Colin Brittain has taken over on drums and percussion.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
• With Jones now on drums and Bundrick contributing keyboards and synthesizers, the group’s sound was evolving.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
• In Poway he will be joined by Mike Lindauer on bass and vocals along with Nick Carvajal on drums and vocals.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
• It’s followed by Watts, coming in on drums slightly offbeat, and then Richards, who rips the song open with his five-string open G tuning technique.
  — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
• By 1999, the band had renamed itself Nickelback and had Ryan Vikedal playing on drums.
  — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• Percussionist Patty Schemel also spent a considerable amount of time on drums.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
• The rest of the troupe was on point all night long, led by the outstanding work of founding members Roger Steen on guitar and Prairie Prince on drums.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Charley Drayton joins on drums, replacing the disgraced former drummer Joe Seiders.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
• He got rid of the drummer in the band and the keyboard player in the band, and brought in Nicky Hopkins on piano and Rick Marotta on drums.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
• The latter added a bass line to a recording that featured Watts on drums, effectively reuniting the Some Girls lineup of the band.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023