Drum World Records

Doug McManaman balanced a moose hide drum on his forehead for three minutes, 6.42 seconds.

Tai Star played a djembe drum for one minute, 3.63 seconds while balancing on an exercise ball and balancing a hacky sack on his head.

BeatboxerAdam Matta delivered 17 different vocal instruments in a 4-beat measure, a new world record. The tempo of the performance was approximately 86 BPM. Matta performed the feat at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City on February 11, 2009. It took place at Pianos, a Lower East Side bar. Dan Rollman was present to time and count the instruments. INSTRUMENTS BEATBOXED: kick drum, floor tom, mid-tom, hi-tom, hi-hat, 808 snare, horn hit ‘sample’, vocal scratch/turntable, inward hand clap snare, upright bass, trumpet, metal guitar, truck horn, trap snare roll, vocal bass, throat singing, crash cymbal. [#WRAS03][]

Joshua "Mike" Owens played the drums for 24 hours at New Hope FMC in Warren, Ohio. He set the record to raise money and awareness for autism. All the proceeds went directly to The Mikeyfied Fund for Adult Autism. Learn more about the feat here.