Drum (disambiguation)

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