Stuart Cable
May 17th, 1970 - June 7th, 2010
40 years old

Stuart Cable, former drummer of the 90's rock band Stereophonics, was found dead early Monday morning. South Wales Police confirmed the sudden death of a 40-year-old man at a house in Aberdare at 5:30 a.m., nme.com reports. They have not yet determined a cause of death, but say no suspicious circumstances appear to be involved. "Stuart has traveled all over the world with the band and I have worried myself silly. He is now settled down and then this has happened," the roc ... more»

James "The Rev" Sullivan
February 10th, 1981 - December 28th, 2009
28 years old

The Rev (born James Owen Sullivan February 10, 1981, short for The Reverend Tholomew Plague) is the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold. The Rev attended a Catholic school with A7X lead singer M. Shadows, but was kicked out in 2nd grade. His first record was released when he was at the age of 18. He also has a side project with A7X guitarist Synyster Gates, as well as members from surf-punk band Ballistico, called Pinkly Smooth, in which he sings lead, instead of drumming. His stage name in this band ... more»

Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs
January 1st, 1974 - November 6th, 2009
35 years old

(Entertainment Weekly) – Thirty-four-year-old Gerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, a beloved fixture of both the New York and Athens, Georgia, rock scenes who played with LCD Soundsystem, !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk), Turing Machine, MSTRKRFT, and The Juan MacLean, died Saturday night in a fall after attempting to crawl out of a broken elevator shaft at a benefit party in Brooklyn. Fuchs, who also freelanced at Entertainment Weekly, was a house drummer of sorts for progressive record label DFA, as wel ... more»

James "Jim" Forbes Chapin
July 23rd, 1919 - July 4th, 2009
91 years old

Jim Chapin (July 23, 1919 - July 4, 2009)     Jim Chapin, legendary jazz drummer and educator, died on July 4, 2009 in Florida. He was a few weeks shy of 90 years old. Mr. Chapin was born in New York City in 1919. His father was James Ormsbee Chapin, an artist of the American Scene school of painting and his mother was Abigail Forbes Chapin, a teacher and writer. Mr. Chapin did not begin playing the drums until he was 18 years old, aft ... more»

Louie Bellson
July 6th, 1924 - January 14th, 2009
85 years old

    Duke Ellington called him "the world's greatest drummer," and that he was...member of the "BIG THREE": Louie Bellson - Gene Krupa - Buddy Rich. He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, tireless jazz educator, pioneered the use of two bass drums, and in terms of the speed of his hands and feet and the wonderful, percussive "ideas" he conveys on the drums, stands next to only Buddy Rich a ... more»

Michael Lee
November 19th, 1969 - November 24th, 2008
39 years old

Michael Lee (19 November 1969 – 24 November 2008) was an English drummer who toured and recorded with former Led Zeppelin musicians Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. Lee was born Michael Gary Pearson, and, similar to Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, used large drum sizes, something he attributed to his height. His bass drum was 26" in diameter, and his snare drum was a brass 14" x 14" shell. He started his professional career as drummer with Little Angels, a band from Scarborough w ... more»