List of electronic drum performers

John Blackwell Jr. used electronic drums when he played with Prince.

This is a partial list of notable users of electronic drums. Electronic drums have sensors or sensor-equipped pads, which the drummer strikes with a stick (or with their hand) to trigger synthesized or sampled drum or percussion sounds that are stored in a memory in an electronic drum module or synthesizer. For many of the entries, the brand or type of electronic drum that they use is given, or one or more examples of songs that use electronic drums are provided.

"Users" includes individual musicians, DJs, music producers, and bands. People and groups are included whether they exclusively use electronic drums or if they use a mix of acoustic and electronic drums, or if they only use electronic drums on some songs.

Electronic drums should not be confused with drum machines, which use a computer program, rather than a human drummer, to play the beats and patterns.


A–G

  • Tim Alexander (Primus)
  • Rick Allen of Def Leppard 1983–present. After losing his left arm, Allen used a customized kit built by Simmons, but has since modified his drums.[1]
  • Nicholas Barker (Dimmu Borgir)
  • Travis Barker on +44's When Your Heart Stops Beating
  • Sebastian b.i.d Beresford (Arkarna, Leftfield, DJ Hyper, Above & Beyond)
  • Larry Blackmon of Cameo
  • Hal Blaine – Pollard Syndrum
  • Craig Blundell – (Frost, Pendragon, Ghosts of Fortune, Inglorious, and numerous top artists).
  • Tim Booth of James – plays an electronic drum during live concerts, notably on Hey Ma track Bubbles, although he does not do so in the studio.
  • Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park uses six Pintech pads on the left of his kit, with different snare sounds triggered.
  • Bill Bruford in (King Crimson), (ABWH), (Yes) and (Earthworks)
  • Producer Gus Dudgeon played the Simmons SDS-V on two of Elton John's albums: 1985's Ice on Fire and 1986's Leather Jackets.
  • Warren Cann (Ultravox) An electronic percussion pioneer who made extensive use of the instruments on the albums Vienna, Rage in Eden, Quartet, and Lament.
  • Danny Carey of Tool (band) – uses 7 Synesthesia Mandala Drums, which sense strike position and velocity.
  • Igor Cavalera (Sepultura)
  • Colm Ó Cíosóig (My Bloody Valentine) on the Loveless album.
  • Rick Colaluca (Watchtower) (Only toms)
  • Coldplay
  • Steve Coy of Dead or Alive (band) (used Simmons drums combined with real cymbals during concerts)
  • Chip Davis (of Mannheim Steamroller)
  • Phil Collins (Genesis) – Simmons kits (SDS V, SDS7) on Genesis and Invisible Touch albums as well as his solo album No Jacket Required, Synare drums (various including the tympani) on Abacab and Genesis as well as the And Then There Were Three and Duke tours, Simmons SDX on We Can't Dance.
  • Micky Dolenz: During the Monkees' mid 1990s reunion tour
  • Doll Factory
  • Sly Dunbar He frequently used an electric drum set while playing with the band Black Uhuru.
  • Stuart Elliott (The Alan Parsons Project) – Simmons kit
  • Tats Faustino
  • Wolfgang Flür, Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk), built their own manual electronic drum kit.
  • Josh Freese (Devo) – Roland V-Drums
  • Yasuchika Fujii (P-MODEL) – Bass drum was used to activate sequencer
  • Jack Garratt – Used in all his live performances.
  • Bud Gaugh – sublime- dub effects
  • Rocky Gray (Evanescence) – Wirges kit

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References

  1. ^ "Def Leppard's Rick Allen: Perseverance". Modern Drummer. March 1988. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Alex Van Halen: The Hard-Rock Archetype". Modern Drummer. March 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2020.