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Full disclosure: I play the drums. I play them every chance I get. Although my drumming career has served mainly as a steady education in my own shining mediocrity as a drummer, a reminder that I was ...

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Behind every great rock band is a steady and sturdy bassist holding down the low end of things. Rock 'n' roll might be a male-dominated line of work, but that doesn't mean women haven't been a key ...

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Japan’s incoming prime minister is a heavy metal drummer with an iron will — that insiders say gives her an in with President Trump. Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister ...