Travis Barker, Phil Collins, Dennis Chambers & More Share Their First Drum Memories
Every great drummer has a beginning — and these are the stories you don’t usually hear.
From Travis Barker and Phil Collins to Dennis Chambers, Tommy Aldridge, and Aaron Spears, the world’s most influential drummers share the moments that first pulled them behind the kit.
Whether it was school band, watching family members play, or going to concerts, these early experiences shaped the musicians they would become.
You’ll hear how Travis Barker, Phil Collins, John Stamos, and Scott Phillips found their identity through drums, how Wolfgang Van Halen learned from Eddie Van Halen while listening to Travis Barker, and how players like Jonathan Moffett and Hannah Welton turned curiosity into lifelong careers. Different paths. Same spark.
This is where the biggest names in drumming began.
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:32 – Travis Barker (blink-182)
01:28 – Dennis Chambers (Parliament-Funkadelic)
02:48 – Phil Collins (Genesis)
05:16 – John Stamos (The Beach Boys)
06:03 – Max Portnoy (Tallah) & Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
06:53 – Hannah Welton (Prince)
07:52 – Wolfgang Van Halen (Mammoth)
08:27 – Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold)
09:32 – Scott Phillips (Creed)
10:22 – Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne)
10:59 – Aaron Spears (Usher)
12:36 – Jonathan Moffett (Michael Jackson)
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@DrumeoOfficial
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
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@FaecalMatter
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Mandad ?
@joycebowen8958
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Danny Wagner from Greta Van Fleet.❤
@kookydooberry
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Would love you guys to get on Harry Judd: McFly, and Eddy Thrower: Busted and suspected President drummer.
@lunethias
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Bonzo. Bonzo got me into drumming. My earliest memory I have that I started playing, was tin cans and I think pillows in the old living room, watching him on the ancient TV and haphazardly playing along. Fast forward to 4th grade when you could start playing in band at my school. I auditioned and maybe a part of me purposely sucked at every other try-out instrument because I wanted to play the drums so badly. I was the only girl too! Fast forward again to 10+ years of concert band, parade band, pep band, marching band, NYSSMA Festivals, All County Festivals, so on and so forth. Been playing ever since. I haven't played on a real kit/anything substantial in so long though since I graduated high school and I miss it immensely. I'm hoping I can squirrel away money for at least an electronic one, someday. I still have my very first pair of sticks, tucked away in the storage bin beneath my bed. <3
@bartoniusz
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
When kids visit my house, I always let them play my drumset or present how it sounds (with ear protection on). It's great to see joy on a two-year-old's face.
@TAMills-nr2hn
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Never really liked Travis Barker in the blink days… but him with time bomb Tim in the Transplants days was fucking magical!
@pandastrafe94
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Damn, Brooks is kinda privileged. He got private lessons from top musicians for 5-6 years, AND THEN went to middle school?
@alicamgibbs1867
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
For inspiration I just see the Drumeo app icon on my phone and I have to pick up my sticks and get to the next lesson. 🥰🥁
@FelixD6116
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Aaron Spears! we miss you!
@diegoeduardodesade2294
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
drumeo an interview with chester thompson
@ericzingapan775
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Make Chad Smith Play Saosin
@DanielBugeja-n5o
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
LENNY FUCKIN WHITE
MEOW
@DanielBugeja-n5o
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
All those dudes got life time achievement awards from George Martin the guy who produced the BEATLES!!! Return To Forever
@DanielBugeja-n5o
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
You Dudes rock hard can we please get some Lenny White…. I sough him with Return To Forever. Stanley Clarke and AL D! You gotta get Lenny on this show????!!!! PLEASE
@andre.piscius25
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
I would love to see Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl or Vinnie Colaiuta on Drumeo in 2026. Please make it happen🙏🏼😭😭
@kafkaswetdream
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
i wanna hear what got everyone in the comments into drumming or just the drums in general
@JSG-YT
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Hi people over at Drumeo, I tend to watch some of your videos if I know the music people are drumming over, especially if they're hard; I'm wondering if you ever heard Toby Fox's: "Third Sanctuary", it's an insane (relatively short) piece of video game music which would be a big big challenge for the drumming over it with the original drums removed. You'll probably pull a lot of audience from the Deltarune/Undertale fandom as well with it!
@VictoriaDonovann
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Oww Phil looks elder, was a great video, thanks!
@andrewj.watson4450
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Take away…simplicity🤘🤘
@VinceCosentino-v5u
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
How about Max Weinberg
@codencube2229
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Day 2 of asking drumeo for a new drum kit
@DrummingCentral
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
Please please pleaseeeeee get Dave Grohl, Danny Carey, Ringo Starr, Roger Taylor and Steven Adler come to Drumeo!!!!! I’d seriously sell my soul to see that!!!!! ❤😂
@sidthesloth5
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 pm
we should get matt gartska to return, i feel like he deserves a return 10 years later
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