David Robinson

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D.R. quote taken from The May 1985 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine: "I can tell you what I used on the Heartbeat City tour: my same Slingerland chrome set that I’ve had for years, with a Ludwig snare drum and a lot of Ludwig parts, including stands."

D.R. Quote from May 1985 Modern Drummer interview: I used all Zildjian cymbals: 16?, 17?, and 18? crash cymbals. The 18? is rather thin; the others are sort of just medium weight. I wanted to get one of those upside down China cymbals, but I didn’t find a good one in time. So I used one of those with the rivets in them—a China with rivets. What I wanted was a real trashcan sounding one. I got by without it; it wasn’t a problem or anything. But the cymbal with the rivets is 18?, and I used a 22? medium-heavy ride cymbal, which I put tape on the bottom of because it rang. And I used Zildjian hi-hats.

"The Cars drummer David Robinson had two Syndrum Quads and eight Syndrum pads can be seen (along with the self-contained Synare pads) in his drum array in videos of live performances."