Drum and Drummer

Come on England! We’re both a bit tired after staying up to watch England VS Mexico and an early start for Ben on Monday for his MOT didn’t help matters. We also talk about George’s gigs with the ‘Lainey Lot’ in the Midlands, navigating England VS Norway on Saturday as we both have gigs and Ben’s clients making things even more difficult by not wanting half the band's repertoire. Enjoy! Follow us...

On this week’s episode we’re talking cats, getting someone else’s blood on your cymbals and navigating gigs when England is playing. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://www.drumcharts.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George has had a busy few days playing the Isle Of Wight Festival (supported by The Cure) then up to Cambridge to play some summer balls with an ABBA tribute band with some ridiculous stage times. Ben drops some celebrity interactions and takes a trip on the M25 plus there’s a magpie update. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www....

We’ve got some more listener correspondence about dealing with sound limiters and Ben’s been watching almost all of the World Cup. George went to Cambridge for the weekend to play a festival but the highlight wasn’t spending time with his girlfriend, it was bumping into Big John! Enjoy and bosh! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.lit...

Ben’s not dead! He just had a very important phone call and due to that we recorded this week’s episode in person at Little Piggy Studios. George has been to the dentist and there’s another dead bird on Ben’s property. We also talk about George’s struggles with a sound limiter and his good festival gigs and Ben being asked to perform a very unreasonable request at a wedding. Enjoy! Follow us on In...

We start this week’s episode with a cracking listener email and George tells about his recent run of festivals; from crappy hardware, chicken wing eating contests to being on the jumbo screen. Ben’s had some tricky logistics, lots of driving and witnessed some drama at the van hire place. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.lit...

On this week’s show we’re talking about care homes, an unforgivable error at a wedding gig, 48 minutes of Sleep Token, blocking a French toilet and meeting a secret Olympian. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://www.drumcharts.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George is back from completing his Iron Man in Mallorca, Ben took a birthday trip to Graham Russell Drums for some new hi hats and he also found something rather unexpected in his back garden. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://www.drumcharts.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

We’ve recorded this episode in advance as George is in Mallorca doing another Iron Man! We chat about his last gig of the ‘tour’ in Lowestoft, what he learnt doing two sets a night plus an impromptu jam with a pizza delivery guy while shooting a promo video. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://ww...

This week it’s Ben’s turn to head up to Newcastle for a friend’s wedding. From busy KFCs, getting locked out of his room, big grassy breasts, a few Guinni and trying not to be in ‘function band mode’ there’s plenty of good stuff for your ears. Congrats to Jamie and Paula! Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.c...

George has been up north for some more Lainey shows in Newcastle and Edinburgh where they stayed at a Go Ape, walked up a big hill and he had a slightly clumsy walk onto the stage. Ben’s found a drum he’s been looking for for 12 years and has finally ditched the jeans for gigs. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystu...

Is this the day the music died? Ben is questioning his gigging career after playing a surprise wedding which didn’t exactly go to plan and George gigged in central London battling parking and meeting ladies with disco balls for heads. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://www.drumcharts.co.uk/ Host...

On this week’s show we talk about recession proof biscuits, cooking meat, batteries and after a long, and final, chat about what constitutes a tour we decide to form the ‘Tour Police’. George runs us through his recent gigs in Southampton and Liverpool, Ben’s added more charts to DRUMCHARTS.CO.UK and asks will George ever be in an originals band again? Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrumme...

We start this week's episode with some listener drummer pet peeves before talking about Ben’s first Wonder Year gig of 2026. George has started his “tour” with the Lainey Wilson Experience but if one show isn’t enough he’s also in the backing band for the headliner; it’s all going well but he did have to go to Swansea. We also chat about paying for parking while drumming and has Ben found the barg...

Ben’s been to Barcelona on a stag do and put his new spine through its paces, sightseeing, playing escape rooms and maybe consuming the odd pina colada. We also have a good chat about going up and down the drumming ‘ladder’, looking back and forward at your career and appreciating your achievements. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com http...

George took it easy this weekend with just two gigs and a 50 mile bike ride. Ben had his first gig back after spinal surgery playing in front of UK metalcore legends Bury Tomorrow and despite a sound limiter, a crashing iPad and some discomfort it went well. Inspired by a Reddit post we also talk about drumming pet peeves. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumandd...

George had a busy weekend gigging in the Midlands with two different tribute acts and eating too many burgers. We also chat about custom kick skins and whilst they’re great, they can make life hard when playing for multiple acts. Ben introduces his new kitten, Pearl, how to add some spice to watching University Challenge and a mystery accident in his pants. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumandd...

This week we are joined by the awesome Alex Ballew from the band ERRA. Formed in Birmingham, Alabama, ERRA are mainstays in the metalcore scene and have just released their seventh album ‘Silence Outlives The Earth’ on 6th March 2026. With a 32 date US tour starting the same day Alex was kind enough to take a break from pre-tour rehearsals to chat to us about prepping for tour, recording the new a...

After a quick chat about quadruple strength squash George recounts yet another completed half marathon but why didn’t he just go faster? While his bleeding nipples recover we also chat about a gig in Dubai that might not happen and a tour of Australia and New Zealand that didn’t happen. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littl...

While Ben recently had major surgery on his spine, George had the more painful experience of going to Lowestoft for a gig. We also talk about line dancing in odd time signatures, pasta portion control, bowel accidents at Center Parcs plus some lovely listener correspondence. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudio...

Ben updates us on his recovery from surgery and George has been picking up more ‘Brighton Drumming Badges’ by playing Molly Malones on Valentine’s Day. There’s also some lovely spreadsheet chat, playing darts with Gabi King and drumming technique… or lack of in some cases. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios....

On this week’s show Ben runs us through his time at the hospital having spinal surgery and how recovery is going. George has been optimising his drum kits and did the best gig he’s ever done. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ https://www.drumcharts.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

We recorded this episode last week as Ben is recovering from his back surgery. We chat about the eventful pre-op tests which involved surprise cotton bud usage and watching Ben’s surgeon on BBC iPlayer. There’s also reminiscing as the Three Day Benda album turns 20 and people we mention on the show are recognised for being mentioned on the show. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcas...

Hallo en welkom bij Drum and Drummer! George has just got back from a weekend away in Holland with The Lainey Wilson Experience. We find out all about his trip and how the gig went. We are also talking about our practice routines after a lovely email from a listener. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com https://www.littlepiggystudios.com/ h...

After a bit of money chat and Ben doing ‘the sensible thing’ by NOT buying a cymbal (sad face) we have a big discussion about drum charts and why we use them for functions and why we don’t for originals as George is looking to take his Lainey Wilson gig ‘offline’. We also discuss the new Evans Pull Cord Drum Key and TAMA are entering the lightweight hardware game. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @d...