Ringo Starr and Buddy Rich impressed people with a bass drum, two tom-toms, and a snare, plus a couple of cymbals. Rich had more cymbals than he really needed, but they weren't too many. But ever since then, drummers seem to have become drum collectors, with ever larger kits. Are they experimenting, expanding what a drummer can do for a band, just showing off, or are they hiding from the audience? Carl Palmer enhanced his drum set with tympani, triangle, tubular bells, and gongs. Terry Bozzio tuned his numerous drums so that he could play songs on them like a piano. Other drummers built kits that tilted, rotated, or flew up into the air. In this video, Loudwire presents ten of the biggest and most extreme drum kits ever assembled. Some of these kits appear massively redundant, but they can impress an audience. We always need more cowbell. -via Laughing Squid