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: one that plays a drum
—sometimes used figuratively in phrases denoting unconventional thought or action
march to a different drummer
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The band got a new drummer.
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Pearl Jam has cycled through five drummers since their founding in 1990, but Cameron’s quarter-century run dwarfed every predecessor combined.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The Pogues drummer and founding member Andrew Ranken has died at 72.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The only two changes have been in the drummer’s chair; founder Mike Mirro died in 2014 and the latest drummer Scotty Zwang joined last August.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Adkins and his bandmates — guitarist Tom Linton, drummer Zach Lind and bassist Rick Burch — plan to play Bleed American in its entirety, but probably not sequentially, during the tour.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
The Pogues drummer and founding member Andrew Ranken has died at 72.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The only two changes have been in the drummer’s chair; founder Mike Mirro died in 2014 and the latest drummer Scotty Zwang joined last August.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Adkins and his bandmates — guitarist Tom Linton, drummer Zach Lind and bassist Rick Burch — plan to play Bleed American in its entirety, but probably not sequentially, during the tour.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Drummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drummer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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drummer
noun
drum·mer
ˈdrəm-ər 
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: one that plays a drum
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