Drummer Magazine: 50 AND FILTHY - THE ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

Issue 228: In celebration of our 50th birthday we honor our writers, our photographers, our illustrators, our men––all, key components to making every issue quintessentially DRUMMER since the very beginning. 

We asked writers who witnessed our dawn to wax nostalgic ("THE BEAT OF THE DRUM"). We asked photographers from outside the US to share their city's scenes ("DRUMMER WORLD"). We picked our 10 favorite covers and in honor of issue #1, asked new artists worldwide to recreate them in their vision. And bringing it back around to two of the most defining elements of every Drummer, the covers and the men who graced them, we revisit the "THE CLASSICS"— 4 legends who landed on the most coveted page of every issue. They share what that moment was like, where it's led to today, and what it means to be forever part of the DRUMMER legacy. Most of all though, this issue is for the men who first heard and have been following the drumbeat since 1975, all the way through today. The Leather Fraternity's expanded across the globe to fetishes and scenes of all kinds. But what still remains is that brotherhood: different gear, same mind. Always DRUMMER.