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A drum evening with Jerry Brown!

Charles Laird Drums presented a "DRUM EVENING" on 21st Nov at Aylesford School, Shelley Avenue, Warwick at 7pm. The highly enjoyable evening featured:

  • The amazing JERRY BROWN (GIRLS ALOUD DRUMMER!) together with the rest of the backing band.
  • Demonstrations by our teachers
  • Raffle - new £700 Pearl kit!!
  • Loads of fun and goodies
 Jerry Brown

Limited Edition drool...

Sonor 3007 in Autumn Fade

It's arrived, our much awaited Limited Edition Sonor 3007 five‑piece maple kit in Autumn Fade. Come over and have a drool with the rest of us.

But be quick, someone's gonna have to have it all to themselves!

In the spotlight ...

Randii Kiss

One of Charles Laird's star pupils is a shy, young family guy by the name of Randii Kiss, leopardskin‑tattooed drummer with one of our featured bands, Sweet Seduction!

OneMetal.com wrote of our boy: "Randii Kiss is a brilliant drummer, flamboyant and technical, throwing in trademark stick spins and all the rock trimmings, he shows the potential to become one of rocks greatest drummers, the type that kids and professionals alike hope to play like some day".

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It's L.A. for the "Laird AllStars"!!!

NAMM 2007

Recently, Charles announced to his stunned staff that they were going to shut up shop - for a weeks holiday to the world's biggest music trade fair, the 105th NAMM Show in Anaheim, California (with a mad night in Las Vegas thrown in!)

This was of course a golden opportunity for some of the greatest drummers in the world to check out the boys from Laird Drums of Warwick, England and stand back in awe and amazement...

Upon their triumphant return, we hope you all noticed the subsequent adoption of dark glasses (even in the drum dungeon!) This of course purely reflects our heroes' increased cool quota (rather than severe jetlag!)

3 men on a bike?

Some piccies from our trip to the 105th NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, USA

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Laird Drums rescues Meatloaf!

Backstage pass to Meatloaf's Warwick Castle concert OK, maybe that is overstating it a bit, but when the famous Meatloaf entourage hit town one memorable Saturday in July 2005 to rock Warwick Castle, they were a few vital bits missing!!!

Meatloaf's drummer for the past 15 years, John Miceli, urgently needed some replacement kit to perform that night and luckily a crew member quickly discovered the answer to every drummer's prayers, Charles Laird's drum shop in Smith Street.

A very grateful Meatloaf not only rewarded Charles with a pair of backstage passes for that night's concert, but John Miceli also spent a good 20 minutes chatting with him after the show and gave him some drumsticks as an extra "thank-you".

"I walked home banging the famous sticks together, trying to impress everyone", recalled Charles, "and when I did finally get to bed, I got a phone call at 3am saying thanks again and keep in touch!"