Drum and Drummer

George has had a busy weekend playing a headline show in Worthing with The Lainey Wilson Experience and fulfilling a dream of playing at Casablancas in Brighton. He also went big with his kit by adding a THIRD CRASH! The extravagance of the man! We also chat about The Weakest Link, Ben living in the dark and the Zildjian Crayola drumsticks. So put down your Trommelstöcke and get listening! Enjoy!...

Viva Las Vegas, baby! This week we are joined by Rudy Dieguez who owns the Las Vegas Drum Room and runs the Las Vegas Drum Show. Ben visited Rudy and his amazing collection of drums at his home on his recent trip to Las Vegas. We chat about building the drum room, the excitement of finding the drums and his incredible collection of bell bronze snares including not one but TWO 1980s Tama Bell Bronz...

It’s our first interview for quite a while and who better to have on the show than Josh ‘Cappers’ Caplin. Josh is a drummer, MD and playback engineer extraordinaire working for the likes of Charlotte Plank, Central Cee, Charli XCX, FKA Twigs and Rag’n’Bone Man. Having just come off tour drumming for James Marriott in the USA we talk about his journey into playback, his role as an MD and how he jug...

After a gig in Wolverhampton George went to the UK Drum Show up in Liverpool. We find out what he got up to on his action packed weekend; who did he meet, what did he buy and more importantly did he sleep in a bath? Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

On this week’s show George has become obsessed with Raye and her song ‘Where Is My Husband!’, played some gigs with 80s HiFi and a new band, had more car issues and drove around Northampton in the middle of the night trying to find a working McDonald’s. Ben did a very easy gig and bought a guitar on the way to the hospital. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter...

Ben’s back from Las Vegas and is now a married man! You’ll have to excuse the sleep deprivation as between landing and recording this episode Ben had to spend a quick 38 hours in A&E! Despite that he runs through his trip including visiting Rudy at the Las Vegas Drum Room, the best spinach in the world, having his pick of the Mustangs and going to a Netflix themed restaurant… oh and getting ma...

We’ve recorded this episode in advance as Ben is off getting married in Las Vegas. George felt old as he gigged a Falmouth University freshers night with a Taylor Swift tribute act. Ben completed testing of Little Piggy Studios and also did his first paid drum session! We also chat about George’s lovely Zildjian cap and his next goals as a drummer. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpod...

Excitement is high this week as George is about to build an IKEA Kallax for his bedroom but what’s his griddage? We also chat about youthful Millenials, Ben’s stag, cold gigs and spiders on the dancefloor. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: drumanddrummerpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the big 200! Have we done anything special to mark the occasion? Nah, it’s business as usual. George went to a gig with a menagerie of previous guests and gives us a rundown and vocal demonstration of the Taylor Swift tribute set he’s got coming up. Ben’s experiencing tech issues in the new studio and couldn’t get his cat to the vet. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follo...

There’s been lots of good progress with Ben’s new studio; the neon sign is in, the drums are in but how effective is the soundproofing? There was also an evening trip to Southampton hitting his favourite stops of IKEA, the Lego store and the Apple store. It was not a cheap trip. George had one of the most chaotic gigs on the weekend and spent time at his work in the kitchen with Janusz from The Gr...

George has had a busy weekend gigging in Cornwall and Brighton, moving house and sort of completing a triathlon. He also made a very brief appearance on the Theo Von podcast as the real Lainey Wilson praised her UK tribute version. Ben did some gigs in Devon and Chichester, played around with Google Nano Banana and has had success defeating the scammers. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrum...

After leaving The Old Blacksmiths Studios for the last time Ben had a busy few days gigging in Newmarket then driving back to Pompey then up to Cambridge on the train for a septuple celebration then a drive back to Pompey. While all that was going on George not only went to Victorious but blagged his way backstage and marvelled at the four reserved parking spaces for Kings Of Leon. We also chat ab...

On this week’s Ben heavy episode he goes into way too much detail about his morning routine, updates us on the Little Piggy Studios build and politely declines an offer from an overly confident father and son at a public gig. Things also get serious regarding the scam website saga as more people contact Ben about unfulfilled purchases. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow u...

George has been to Eastbourne to play on the bandstand and also took a long drive to Scunthorpe to perform to some horses that he wasn’t allowed to touch. Despite his broken body Ben is on a run of five functions in 8 days whilst painting his new studio. We also chat about parking and the band PRESIDENT. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers...

On this week’s show George exposes the corruption and lies plaguing the UK country music festival industry and Ben witnesses some extreme anger at the McDonald’s drive-through. We also chat about X-Air mishaps, get an update on the Little Piggy Studios build and Ben popped into hospital to have his spine injection. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddr...

The mood is high this week as George starts his new job and gets a new flat and Ben is delirious with sleep deprivation. Progress is both strong and rapid on Ben’s new studio, Little Piggy Studios and George is buzzing over how good Joey Waronka is for Oasis. We also chat about how to get cash out of a bank and conscientious crash cymbal usage. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast...

On this week’s show we obviously talk about the recent events at a Coldplay gig plus George’s interaction on Worthing beach with an angry man holding a very large ice cream. Construction on Ben’s new studio has begun and he’s also found himself inadvertently involved in a website scam. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: drumanddru...

Prime number, prime episode! On this week’s show we chat about our recent gigs, bad burgers, a trip to London and mathematician Sophie Germain. George popped into Graham Russell and was easily swayed into buying a new cymbal and Ben accidentally sent a selfie to a band and a Cornish taxi firm. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: dr...

We start with some medical chat this week as George returns from France with a grape in his armpit and Ben gets his MRI scan results. George also did 3 gigs in 24 hours after battling a blown tyre and a thunder storm and Ben nearly lost it when he couldn’t use his own electric kit. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: drumanddrummer...

George is in France at a friend's wedding but we had a good chat before he left to discuss the big crowd he played to in Swansea and nostalgia at the Isle Of Wight festival. Ben had a wedding gig cancelled due to an ‘incident’ and after moving some heavy glass doors to the new studio we had a game of darts. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers E...

On this week’s show we talk about Ben’s interesting gigs busting out Rage Against The Machine to an almost empty room and finishing Mr Brightside with a stick and a hotrod. George has been taking charge with a new band and has acquired the biggest water bottle known to man. Rock and roll Baby! Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: @drumanddrummerpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @balddrummers Email us at: dr...

This week we are joined by the legend that is Ollie Thacker! Joining us after a night out partying with Beyonce’s band, we chat about his recent touring as both a drummer and playback engineer, touring arenas in support of Little Mix, on stage fashion choices and learning stadium fills from McFly’s Harry Judd. Ollie also gives us a rundown of his current kit set up and which reality TV show he’d m...

George has been up to London to record drums for Swiss artist Aura Davis where he tracked the shells and cymbals separately and listener Bob stitched him up and sent him on a 6 hour journey to a gig in Windermere. The long journey was worth it in the end as George came up with an idea for an app and a guest played harmonica the entire evening. Ben’s been busy clearing out his studio, making deals...

This week we are joined by the awesome Caleb Tamplin! After a light hearted start sipping on a breakfast can of Monster we get serious as Caleb talks about his recent sobriety, the effect alcohol has had on his professional career and how he is adjusting to realign his musical goals. We also chat about his disdain of wedding gigs and his tactics for a quick set up and getaway, managing the balance...

Having broken the internet with our Josh Freese parody post about George firing Ben from the show, we chat about George’s recent country festival appearance and the band politics beforehand. Ben also enters his last week at The Old Blacksmiths Studios before he burns it to the ground and found out some interesting stuff when chatting to a spine surgeon. We also briefly discuss the new Oasis drumme...