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Keeping the Beat, Crossing Drummers

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This puzzle is concerned with some of the men who have kept the beat in rock groups from the 'sixties through to more recent times.
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      1. Nick Mason has drummed for this band (two words)
      5. Drummers should ___ a kit before buying it
      8. Tony McCarroll and Alan White have both drummed for this band
      10. Dave ___, drummer with Blur
      12. Commmon abbreviation for device that electronically enhances the volume of musical instruments.
      13. Stuart ___, one time drummer with The Stereophonics
      15. Multi-talented musician, one time drummer with Nirvana (two words)
      17. A type of drum
      19. John Dolmayan drums for System ___ (three words)
      21. Phonetic spelling of guy who plays music on the radio, in clubs etc
      22. ___ Champion, drummer with Coldplay
      25. American guitarist, ___ Cooder
      26. Nathan Followill drums for The Kings of ___
      28. Muppets drummer, supposedly based on Keith Moon
      30. Adjective pertaining to the season of Spring
      32. Bill Bruford and Alan White have both drummed for this outfit
      33. Son of Ringo Starr who has drummed for The Who and for 8 Across
      36. "Tell ___ No", Zombies song title
      37. Part of the self
      38. Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian are better known as which English duo? (two words)
      42. Legendary jazz drummer (initials only)
      43. "___ Now", Moody Blues hit single
      44. ___ Scabies, drummer with The Damned
      45. ___ Laing, drummer with Mountain
      46. John ___, drummer with Led Zeppelin

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      1. A left and right handed four beat pattern of drumming
      2. Drummer with The Small Faces and later with The Who (two words)
      3. Number of bass drums on a standard kit
      4. Colloquial term for a party or similar occasion
      5. This is what drummers should keep
      6. The ability to acquire information by paranormal means. (initials only)
      7. A symbol (not a cymbal)
      9. "Brain ___ Surgery", an album by ELP
      11. ___ and The Bunnymen, a group named after a drum machine
      14. Nickname of Alison Moyet, one time vocalist with Yazoo
      16. Keyboard player with The Doors (two words)
      17. Most drummers like to do this with their sticks
      18. Roy Orbison single, "___ the Lonely"
      20. Expression of pain
      23. Chris Frantz, drummer with ___ Heads
      24. AJ Pero, drummer with Twisted ___
      27. "The Carnival is ___", song title
      29. Drummers need one to adjust their kit
      31. Initials of organisation which helps people with a drink problem
      32. " ___ of the Cat", Al Stewart song
      34. "Do it ___", Beach Boys hit
      35. IATA code for Rockhampton Airport
      38. Number of sticks that a drummer normally plays with
      39. ___ Siebenberg, drummer with Supertramp
      40. A period of time
      41. ___ and Dave, soul duo