The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)

Weinberg showed up at a try out for Springsteen’s legendary backing band, with experience playing in Broadway pits as a kit drummer and stand percussionist. Springsteen was blown away by his performance and let him walk onto the band right before Born To Run went into recording. He stuck with the E-Street band until he got too old to slap the skins on tour.

The More You Know

The first show Weezer played was as an opening act for Dogstar, the band in which Keanu Reeves played bass for in the 1990s.
Offspring’s guitarist Noodles was a school janitor who entered the band because he was old enough to buy alcohol.
Before they became (arguably) the biggest pop act of all time, The Beatles had a hard time convincing record labels to sign them. In 1962, they were rejected by Decca Records, whose boss said “guitar groups are on the way out.”
Mick Jagger is a skilled ballet dancer, and he has been taking lessons for years.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.