This is a partial list of notable users of electronic drums. Electronic drums have sensors or sensor-equipped pads, which the drummer strikes with a stick (or with their hand) to trigger synthesized or sampled drum or percussion sounds that are stored in a memory in an electronic drum module or synthesizer. For many of the entries, the brand or type of electronic drum that they use is given, or one or more examples of songs that use electronic drums are provided.
"Users" includes individual musicians, DJs, music producers, and bands. People and groups are included whether they exclusively use electronic drums or if they use a mix of acoustic and electronic drums, or if they only use electronic drums on some songs.
Electronic drums should not be confused with drum machines, which use a computer program, rather than a human drummer, to play the beats and patterns.
Phil Collins (Genesis) – Simmons kits (SDS V, SDS7) on Genesis and Invisible Touch albums as well as his solo album No Jacket Required, Synare drums (various including the tympani) on Abacab and Genesis as well as the And Then There Were Three and Duke tours, Simmons SDX on We Can't Dance.
Alan Myers (Devo) – Used 2 Synares on the 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982 tours. Additionally, he used a 7-piece all-Synare kit on the 1982 tour. He also used 2 Syndrums during the 1979 and 1980 tours.
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Nadeem-Shravan (Bollywood Composer Duo) who rocked the 1990s with their music. They extensively used combination of electronic drums with Conga Drums.
