History of Electronic Drums

In 1971, Graeme Edge created the first electronic drum. This drum was used and played on the Moody Blues song Procession. The first electronic drums were unleashed to the market in the 1976 produced by Pollard industries and were known as the Syndrum. After it came the SDS 1 drums produced by the company Simmons. The SDS 1 drum set had adjustable knobs to fix the sound levels. In the 1980s, electronic drums became popular in Pop and Dance music. However, this dissipated in the 1990s. In 1997, Roland released the first V-Drum kit, which is similar to the drum sets we know off today.