Who Is the Drummer Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alex Van Halen

Alex is the drummer of Van Halen and the older brother of guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Believe it or not, but when the two brothers started to play instruments, Alex was on guitar and Eddie was on drums.

Answer: Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich started Metallica in 1979 with lead singer James Hetfield. The two met through a local newspaper in San Francisco called, "The Recycler".

Answer: Charlie Benante

Charlie Benante, along with guitarist Scott Ian, is one of the founding members of the power group Anthrax. Anthrax got much publicity from their hit "Bring The Noise", which was a remake of a Public Enemy song who they collaborated with in the early 1990's.

Answer: Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl plays both guitar and drums, but when Nirvana started out they needed a drummer, so that's the position Dave took and he played drums for Nirvana until the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Dave then went on to form Foo Fighters, for which he plays guitar and sings for.

Answer: William Calhoun

William is the drummer for the vibrant group Living Colour. They hit the music scene hard with their album, "Vivid", and their hit song, "Cult of Personality".

Answer: Robert Sweet

Robert Sweet played drums for Stryper and is the brother of lead singer Michael Sweet. Robert plays drums in a very unusual way, he plays with his kit sideways from the audience...I don't know why. Shier mother also managed the Christian rock band. These guys showed us that Christians can rock hard too.

Answer: Blas Elias

Blas joined Slaughter by way of video tape. The band were auditioning drummers and got many demos and videos of drummers out there, but when they got to Blas' tape, they knew he was the one. The rest, as they say, is history.

Answer: Tommy Lee

Tommy became known as the 'bad boy of rock and roll'. He was born to a military dad and later moved to the states with his family. He is one of the founding members of Motley Crue, and gained worldwide fame with his spinning drum kit, drum solo and his video tape with wife Pamela Anderson didn't hurt either.

Answer: Peter Criss

Peter Criss was the original drummer for KISS. You may remember him, he was the one wearing the 'cat' makeup...DUH.

Answer: Eric Carr

Eric replaced Peter on the drums after he left. Eric passed away in the late 1980's due to a type of cancer. Eric did an excellent job on a remake of the hit "Beth", originally recorded by Peter Criss. Eric sang the song perfectly, he had an awesome voice, along with awesome drumming skills. He is dearly missed.

Answer: Joey Kramer

Joey was the original drummer of Aerosmith and one of the founding members.

Answer: Rod Morgenstein

Rod is the drummer for Winger. He has a most unusual way of playing drums...he plays left handed, so his kit would seem backwards to right handed drummers.

Answer: Bobby Rock

Bobby played with VVI until they broke up. Two of his band members went on to form Slaughter...(Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum)

Answer: Bobby Rock

Well, look at this, Bobby also played with Nelson for a while. He sure earned his money. Remember Nelson? The twins, Matthew and Gunner Nelson. They had the hit "Love and Affection".

Answer: Steven Sweet

Steven Sweet, no relation to Robert Sweet, played drums for the band Warrant. These guys really gained fame hard with their hit album, "Cherry Pie". The lead singer, Jani Lane, also helped the band gain fame with his relationship with model Bobbi Brown.

Answer: Nicko McBrain

Nicko plays for Iron Maiden. These guys had many successful albums, but one of my favorites is "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son". Lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, had some success with his solo albums as well.

Answer: John Bonham

John Bonham was the drummer for Led Zeppelin. These guys started it all.

Answer: Jason Bonham

Another easy one, of course it was Jason, from the band Bonham. Like father, like son. Jason played drums in a band just like his father did years before.

Answer: Keith Moon

Keith Moon was the animal behind the drums. Speaking of animal, Keith is the inspiration for the muppet 'Animal'.

Answer: Fred Coury

Fred played drums for this big haired band. Cinderella gained much success and fame off their second album "Long Cold Winter".

Answer: Stewart Copeland

The versatile drummer, Stewart Copeland, plays for this incredible band who have put out numerous hits.

Answer: R.J. Herrera

R.J. played with Suicidal until the late 1980s. R.J. should come back.

Answer: Vinnie Paul

You better not miss this one. If you know music, you know that Vinnie is the drummer for Pantera, and the brother of guitarist Dimebag Darrell. These two brothers are the founding member of Pantera.

Answer: Eric Singer

After Eric Carr passed away, Eric Singer joined up with KISS. He used to play with the band Badlands, who had Jake E. Lee on guitar, who used to play with Ozzy. See how rock and roll works out.

Answer: Ringo Starr

Ringo played with The Beatles all through the height of their fame.