Drum (disambiguation)
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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 South African 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
"Drums", an improvised percussion duet performed by the Grateful Dead as the first part of "Drums" and "Space"
"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.
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