A drum is a musical instrument.

Drum, drums or The Drum may also refer to:

Drums and drum-shaped items

  • Drum (communication), a communication device
  • Drum (container), a type of cylindrical container
  • Drum brake, an automotive braking system
  • Drum magazine, a cylindrical container for ammunition
  • Drum memory, an early form of computer memory used in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Electronic drum, in which sound is generated by an electronic waveform generator or sampler instead of by acoustic vibration
  • Talking drum, an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa
  • Drum, the photoreceptor in a laser printer
  • Drum or tholobate, in architecture, the lower part of a dome or cupola in the shape of a cylinder or prism

Places

Great Britain

  • The Drum (arts centre) in Birmingham, England
  • Drum (Wales), a mountain in Wales
  • The Drum, Edinburgh a location
  • Drum, Perth and Kinross, a location
  • Drum Castle, a castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Drum railway station, a closed station in Aberdeenshire

Ireland

  • Drum, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • Drum, County Londonderry, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Drum, County Monaghan
  • Drum, County Roscommon, a village in the Republic of Ireland
  • Drum Manor Forest Park, a forest close to the Sperrin Mountains and Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

United States

  • Drum, Missouri
  • "The Drum", nickname of Frank Erwin Center, former home court of the University of Texas at Austin's basketball teams
  • Camp Drum (disambiguation), three military bases in the US
  • Fort Drum, originally named Camp Drum

Elsewhere

  • Drum Islands, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut
  • Drum, Croatia, a village in the municipality of Podbablje

Entertainment

Books and magazines

  • Drum, the 1962 novel by Kyle Onstott
  • DRUM!, an American drumming magazine
  • 'Drummer', an American gay BDSM magazine
  • Drum (American magazine), an American gay culture, humor, and beefcake magazine
  • Drum (South African magazine), a South African magazine
  • The Drum (novel), by A. E. W. Mason
  • Drums (comics), a 2011 supernatural comic book limited series
  • Fredric Drum, protagonist of the Fredric Drum series of novels by Norwegian author Gert Nygårdshaug
  • Drums, the 1925 debut novel by James Boyd, set in the American Revolutionary War

Film and television

  • The Drum (1934 film), a British film directed by Sinclair Hill
  • The Drum (1938 film), released in the U.S. as Drums, a British film starring Sabu, Raymond Massey and Roger Livesey
  • Drum (1976 film), a sequel to the 1975 film Mandingo
  • "Drum", a 2002 television ident for BBC Two from the 'Personality' series
  • Drum (2004 film), a film about a journalist of Drum magazine
  • Drum (2016 film), an Iranian drama film set in Tehran
  • The Drum (TV program), an Australian current affairs show that aired from 2010 until 2023

Music

Groups

  • The Drum (band), a British musical group
  • The Drums, an American musical group

Albums

  • Drum (album), the first release from band Hugo Largo
  • Drums (Oddjobs album), an album by hip-hop group Oddjobs
  • The Drums (album), 2010 album by The Drums

Songs/tracks

  • "The Drum" (song), a 1971 hit song for Bobby Sherman
  • "Drum" (MØ song), 2016
  • "Drum" (Noa Kirel song), 2019
  • "The Drum", a 2022 Alan Walker track
  • "The Drum", an instrumental by Arrested Development from Zingalamaduni
  • "Drums", a song by Jesus Jones from 2004 EP Culture Vulture
  • "Drums", a song by Johnny Cash from 1964 album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
  • "Drum", a song by Kylie Minogue from Tension
  • "Drums", a song by P-MODEL from 1986 album One Pattern
  • "The Drum", a 1974 song by Slapp Happy from Slapp Happy
  • "Drum", a song by Sugababes from The Lost Tapes

Sport

  • Drum GAC, a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Drum, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • Drums, nickname of Drumcondra F.C., an association football club in Dublin

Other

  • Drum (fish), any of several fish in the family Sciaenidae
  • Drum (surname), including a list of people with the surname
  • Drum (tobacco), a brand of tobacco, owned by parent company Imperial Tobacco
  • Drum (yacht), a maxi yacht owned by Scottish car sales group Arnold Clark Automobiles
  • Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, Detroit, Michigan-based labor and political organization
  • DRUMS, a microsatellite designed and operated by Kawasaki Heavy Industries

See also

  • Cylinder, the shape of a drum and objects in contexts such as machinery sometimes referred to as drums
  • Drum kit (or drum set or trap set), a collection of drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments.
  • Drumlin, an elongated hill
  • Drum line (disambiguation)
  • Drummer (disambiguation)
  • Drumming (disambiguation)
  • "Drumming Song" (2009 song), a 2009 song by Florence and the Machine
  • Drum Song (1978 album), a 1985 album by drummer Philly Joe Jones
  • Guci, a type of Chinese song, also known as a drum-song

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