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History is littered with bands that went “experimental” for one album and then broke up after said album. A lot of the time, fans and press assume that the reasons for that are simply because they couldn’t stand the rejection from their fans. That’s not always the case.

Formed in 1989, The Drum also go by the name China Drum. If you were around in the 90s and read musi mags or followed the Britrock scene at the time, the name China Drum is probably familiar to you. At the end of the 90s, they decided to embrace new technology and new songwriting techniques (spurred by the addition of a fourth member). The result was a radically different sound, which led them to change their name to The Drum and release their third/debut album Diskin.

It’s a very different prospect in comparison to the pop punk tinged alt-rock of their previous two albums - Goosefair and Self Made Maniac - but the result is, we feel, thrilling.

On this episode we dive inside the band’s career and this album, complete with some first hand testimony from singer Adam Lee himself.