Drummer

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PUBLICATION INFORMATION

#20-22: Alternate Publishing, 5466 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A. 90029; 1730 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA 94115.

#23-31: Alternate Publishing, 1730 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA 94115.

#32-60: Alternate Publishing, 15 Harriet Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.

CONTENTS INFORMATION

Unless otherwise noted, items in the tables of contents are nonfiction. The information below is based on the tables of contents indexed here and may or may not reflect the full run of the magazine.

Drummer Magazine primarily published erotic and non-erotic nonfiction, erotic fiction, erotic and non-erotic photography, erotic art (primarily drawings), and erotic cartoons and comics. It also published interviews, erotic illustrated calendars, erotic drama/scripts, and erotic and non-erotic poetry.

The following types of nonfiction were published in Drummer: lifestyle articles, letters, classifieds, reviews (of books, films, records, magazines, and leather-related businesses and organizations), true-life accounts, editorials, news, interviews, advice columns, humor, and tours.

Cumulative indexes for fiction and for fetish articles were published in issue #85 (1985).

Drummer aimed to be a monthly magazine but usually fell short of that goal. It was published on 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper. The cover was color on glossy paper. The inside was black-and-white on glossy or plain paper. The fiction and classifieds were sometimes printed on heavier, colored paper. Advertisements were printed in the magazine, usually for small gay or leather companies. Image files of a few Drummer pages can be found at the Leather Archives & Museum Website (www.leatherarchives.org), in Current Exhibits: Tony DeBlase: View the Exhibit: Drummer Magazine.

SYMBOLS FOR ISSUES #20-56

The indexing system for this magazine is different in other issues.

(Text between parentheses) - Original description of contents.

[Text between square brackets] - Additional information obtained from within the issue.

{Text between curly brackets} - Additional information obtained from outside the issue. In cases where a contributor's name ends in a question mark, the identity of the item's contributor is not known for certain, but internal evidence suggests the identification (such as similarity in style and content to other pieces published by this contributor).

TABLES OF CONTENTS

Volume Three
#20
[Copyrighted 1977]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Assistant to the Publisher: Dick Caudillo
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising: Bill Cushing, Randy Perry
Circulation Manager: Hoot Gibson

Getting Off [Editorial on various topics.)

MaleCall / Dear Sir [Letters. Includes a reader's analysis of the percentage of sadists and masochists who belong to each astrological sign in the Drummer classifieds, and letters from Powerhouse Productions and from Jim Ward of Gauntlet Enterprises.]

Gay Sports, by Jack Fritscher (Why should straight guys have all the fun? The Gaysports Revival: Fun, Fucking, and Politics . . .) [Illustration by Matt. Photo by David Hurles.]

S/M Gym, by G. M. Misa (The road gets rougher; it's lonelier and tougher) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction.]

Pissing in the Wind, by Jack Fritscher (Ultimate water sports: How do you spell relief?)

Fred Halsted (The face that launched a 1000 CHIPpies) [Advice on "a surprise dungeon."]

Harry Chess (Will the Python pull his dick from Harry's throat?) ["Harry Chess vs. the Python." Cartoon strip by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Astrologic - Aquarius (Predictions for 1978) [Humor. Text unattributed. Art by The Hun.]

Trapped, by Houston Smith (Exciting Fiction Continues) [Art by "an unknown artist."]

Book Section ("SOLDIER!" by Derek) [Fiction. Photo by David Carter.]

1978 Tom Calendar (Thanks to Eons Gallery; A book of lays) {Calendar missing in issue examined. Tom of Finland?}

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity [Classifieds.]

Drum Comics (Bill Ward's Beat Meat). [Comic.]

Movies - Drummer Views the Flicks (The last and best review of SALO you'll ever need plus CLOSE ENCOUNTERS) [Review by Jack Fritscher of "Salo." Reviews by Ed Franklin of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Equus," and "Damnation Alley.".]

Drummer Reads the Books [Review by Bob Zygarlicki of "Gay Source: A Catalogue for Men," by Dennis Sanders.]

CMC Carnival (A photo essay by David Sparrow) [Text unattributed.]

Boot Rack (Arnel [sic] Larsen: Arch of Triumph) ["From the Bootrack . . ." By Arnell Larsen. "True" accounts of boot worship.]

Drummer Shopper Ads

Night Flight, by Jack Fritscher (A boarding pass to THE hottest party of the year) [On a party at the Gay Community Center in San Francisco.]

Bar of the Month (S.F.'s I-beam bar is red-hot and steaming with wall to wall disco dudes) [Text and photos by Bob Zygarlicki.]

Men's Bar (Watering holes for big boys)

In Passing [Text unattributed. A summary of the legal process following the Los Angeles arrests at "the Great Slave Auction."]

Cover and Contents Page Photo: "Dune Body" by Joe Tiffenbach

Volume Three
#21
[Copyrighted 1977]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Assistant to the Publisher: Dick Caudillo
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising: Larry Daniels
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing

Getting Off [Editorial on various topics related to Drummer.]

MaleCall / Dear Sir [Includes a letter from Kurt Kreisler.]

Prison Blues: Confessions of a Prison-Tour Junkie, by Jack Fritscher (Bound for Glory: San Quentin's Saturday Night Fever) [Photos by {David} Sparrow.]

Heavy Rap with an Ex-Con (Old Reliable's Scott Smith Sings) ["Scott Smith: Heavy Rape with a Solitary Ex-Con." Transcript of Scott Smith, with an editorial preface. Photos by David Hurles.]

In a Pig's Ass - New Fiction by Phil Andros (How Many Joints Can a Con Cop If a Cop Can Be Copped in the Joint?) [By Samuel M. Steward. Photos by Brentwood.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (Killer and Georgie Meet Thunder Cole, the Best of the Big Bodybuilders. Will these guys ever find true love?) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction. Art by Harry Bush.]

Congratulations, You're Under Arrest, by John Saul (Socially redeeming scheming to keep your head above water and your ass out of jail) [Photo by Jack Fritscher. On how to deal with being arrested.]

Harry Chess (Is SOAP the answer to Harry? Is Harry the answer to the Python? Is the Python the answer to the musical question, "Would You Like to Swing on a Star?") ["Harry Chess vs. the Python." Cartoon strip by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Astrologic (You light up my life, my Marlboros, and my asshole) ["Aries." Text unattributed. Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Trapped, by Houston Smith (Continuing fiction about a couple of loafers, a lot of bread, and some jungle whines) [Art by "an unknown artist."]

Drumbeats [Cartoons by Walden.]

Gay Deteriorata (What we do for love. Suitable for framing in your toilet) [Parody by Jack Fritscher.]

Book Section ("SOLDIER!" by Derek - Part 2: Conclusion - Derring Do's and Don't's in a Summer Camp for grown-up boots) [Art by Matt.]

Pumping Roger, by Jack Fritscher (Gaydom's hottest bodystar. Roger's back and DRUMMER's got him. Naked true confessions.) [Article on a stripper and pornographic film actor.]

17" x 21" Poster Bonus (Jackal's hot new poster) [Centerfold. Photos by Irving Studios. Art by Jakal.]

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity [Classifieds.]

Drum Comics (Battle royal in oil) [Comic.] {By Bill Ward.}

Drummer Views the Flicks [Reviews by Ed Franklin of "The Choirboys," "Semi-Tough," "The Gauntlet," "The Hot One," "The Short Eyes."]

Punk Funk, by Mykel Board (You read this shit, you deserve it) [Fiction?]

"Dr. Dick," by Dr. Richard Hamilton (First time out for this new column. PCP) ["PCP: Shortcut to Suicide."]

Fred Halsted (When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way) [Visiting an erotic art gallery and cruising.]

Shopper Ads

[Drummer Reads the Books. Reviews by Ed Franklin of "Blood of the Bondmaster," by Richard Tresillian; "A State of Blood: The Inside Story of Idi Amin," by Henry Kyemba; "Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder," by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Douglas Kent Hall; "An Exchange of Eagles," by Owen Sela; "Prison Diary," by Edward Conway."]

Bars of the Month: Post / Mike's Corral [Bars in Philadelphia and North Long Beach, Los Angeles.]

Bar scene (Updated listing of leather/levi/macho saloons)

In Passing - "Mooning the Moonies" (By Bob Opel) [Humorous photo.]

Cover Photo by David Sparrow

Volume Three
#22
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising: Larry Daniels
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing

Getting Off (The DRUMMER Experience: What you need to know about reading this mag) [Editorial by Jack Fritscher on various topics related to Drummer.]

MaleCall / Dear Sir [Letters.]

Cigar Blues, by Jack Fritscher (They asked me how I knew our true love was true. I, of course, replied, when a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your . . .) [Photos by Target Studios.]

Cigar Sarge, by Jack Fritscher (A Smokey-the-Bare fantasy for hot Bottoms) ["Firebomber: Cigar Sarge." Fiction.]

Tough Shit (Reader's inDigest) [Listed here in table of contents, but actually located below Drumbeats. Humorous news clippings.]

You Die, Amelican Fry-Boy (History from those wonderful folks who brought you Pearl Harbor) [Article about Japanese torture during World War II. Art by Blake.]

Strip-Shaving the Raw Recruit (Reliving the first 60 minutes as a USMC boot) ["USMC: Strip-Shaving the Raw Recruit." Photo by Jim Stewart. Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (How factual can fiction get?) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction.]

Duty Stations, by William Sufleski (Let's make all the stops along the way) [Poetry.]

Harry Chess (Wary Harry protects his cherry. Again.) ["Harry Chess vs. the Python." Comic.] {By A. Jay.}

Astrologic (Just when you figure out your stars, your biorhythms fuck up) [Text unattributed. Art by Harry Bush.]

Corporal in Charge of Taking Care of Captain O'Malley, by David Hurles and Jack Fritscher (A shooting script for your home video camera) [Script. Drawing by A. Jay.]

Drumbeats [Art by Harry Bush.]

Bonus Book Section ("Privates: A true Vietnam Sex Memoir," by Lieutenant D. L. Ramsey) ["Privates! A True Vietnam Memoir." Photos by J&R Studios. Art unattributed.]

Centerfold / The Art of Olaf [Includes a memoir by Olaf Odegaard.]

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity (A whole NEW ballgame: open to all readers!) [Classifieds.]

Drum (Will Drum wash the oil off? Why should he?) [Comic.] {By Bill Ward.]

DRUMMER Views the Flicks (Sebastiane: A hot new film about a Roman soldier who gets the points) [Review by Jack Fritscher of "Sebastiane." Review by Ed Franklin of "Blue Collar." Record review by Skip Navarrete of "Benzaiten," by Osamu Kitajima.]

Brown Bag Lunch, by David R. Hurles (A review/essay of a legit book you no-shit won't believe: End Product) ["DRUMMER Reads the Books." Review by David Hurles of "End Product: The First Taboo," by Dan Sabbath and Mandel Hall.]

Barscene: Arena "Slave" Auction, by Bob Hefron and Jack Fritscher (DRUMMER's camera tells all) ["Men's Bar Scene Social Notes: Goes to a Slave Auction at Arena, San Francisco, MCMLXXVIII. Text by Jack Fritscher. Photos by Bob Heffron.]

Fred Halsted (Fred's head: a new image rising) [Subtitle: "Domination by Submissive Men."]

Tom of Finland Speaks, by Bob Opel (A DRUMMER exclusive interview) ["America Welcomes Tom of Finland" and "Interview: Tom of Finland." Photos by Efren Ramirez. Art by Tom of Finland.]

Baths, by Bob Zygarlicki (The once and future Ritch Street Club) [Club San Francisco.]

In Passing [Humorous photo by Bob Opel.]

Cover photo: Cosco Studios

This page photo: Athletic Model Guild

Volume Three
#23
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Pat Burell
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing

Getting Off (Gay popular culture in DRUMMER?) [Editorial on the purpose of Drummer. Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

MaleCall / Dear Sir [Letters. Includes letters from Allen Eagles of Movie Mayhem and Arne {Arnell Larsen?} of the Boot Appreciation Society.]

Upstairs over a Vacant Lot . . . The Catacombs, by Jack Frischer [sic; Jack Fritscher] (The ultimate expose!) [Article on a San Francisco S&M club. Photos by Larry Olson.]

Bike Cop (A Randy West Photolay) [Design by R. West Graphics. Photos by Andrew Scott and Randal West of motorcycle policemen.]

Redneck Biker (Eat shit and die, motherfucker!) [Fiction?] {Issue #24 attributed the text to Jack Fritscher and the photos to Robert Opel. Art by Bill Ward?}

Redneck Vengeance, by Scott Masters (Trucks, tricks, and fucks) [Fiction? Photos unattributed]

["I Was a Teenage Kook Clucks Clone." Associated Press item about the Klu Klux Klan.]

S/M Gym, by G. M. Misa (Terrific tales of The City) [Fiction.] {By George Birimisa.}

Harry Chess (Chess pieces the oldest game in town) ["Harry Chess vs. the Python." Comic by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

"The Whipped Creaming of Cincinnatti," by J. Trojanski (Smart up, pigs!) [Fiction. Photos by Metecue and David Carter.]

Astrologic (Leo roars: Ara gratia ass . . .) [Art by Bill Ward.]

"Corporal in Charge of Taking Care of Captain O'Malley - Reel Two," by Jack Fritscher and David Hurles [Script. Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Drumbeats (The beat-beat-beat of the tom-tom . . .) [Art by Harry Bush.]

Double Fiction Bonus - "Farmhand," by Cinarron and "Confessions of a Gay Surfer" (One come if by land; comes if by sea . . .) [Photos by Bob Opel, Target, Athletic Model Guild; art by Harry Bush.]

Centerfold - Previewing Target's New "Ramrod 3" {Centerfold missing from examined issue.}

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity (Place your ad today! 25c cheap!) [Classifieds. Ad art unattributed.]

Drum (Drawings from the underworld) [Comic.] {By Bill Ward.}

Big Wednesday, by Ed Franklin (Pictures to plunk your magic twanger) ["Really Big Wednesday." Film review.]

Drummer Views the Flicks (A Different Story - GrayEagle - Coming Home - The Fury - Fingers) [First review by J. Trojanski; the remainder by E.F. {Ed Franklin}.]

[Drummer Reads the Books: Reviews by E.F. {Ed Franklin} of "Savage Cinema," by Rick Trader Wicombe; "Escape," by Dwight and Barbara Worker.]

[Golden Drumstick Awards. Jokes.]

Babes in Woods: Drummer Reviews the Mags - "Sports Illustrated" ["Some Babes in the Woods." Text by Jack Fritscher. Photo by Rich Clarkson.]

Record Review (by Skip Navarette) [Reviews of "Saturday Night Fever," by the Bee Gees; "Kosmos," by Tomita.]

Tough Shit (All too true!) [Humorous news clippings. Includes "Straight Sadists - No Sex Without Pain," by Aaron L. Rutledge.]

Barscene: "How I Spent my Summer Vacation or Pigging It in New York," by Harry Chess (Harry confesses he ate lunch at the Cloisters) [Brief reviews of leather-related bars, baths, theaters, and stores. Includes a photo of A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.] {By Al Shapiro.}

Cover Photo - Barry from Target Studios

Volume Three
#24
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager [No name given.]
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing

Getting Off (Fucking AUTHENTIC Men: Out of the Ghuetto and into the Straights!) [Editorial by Jack Fritscher on various topics. Photo by Efren Ramirez.]

Male Call / Dear Sir (DRUMMER readers speak their piece) [Letters.]

The Quarters (The D.I. lays out an AUTHENTIC SF trip for slaves and masters at his new Academy) [Nonfiction? On the Quarters Academy, a training camp for leathermen. Text by the D.I. Photos by David Sparrow.]

Bondage! (Jack Fritscher / David Sparrow Photo Feature. An introductory, secutory course in those blessed ties that bind) ["An Ultimate Reality." Drawing by Rex.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (Let this story never end. Readers must clap their hands to keep Killer alive!) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction. Illustration by Olaf.]

Sexstar Richard Locke Unlocked (Exclusive DRUMMER interview: 37 & HOT! - Keep your chicken! Give us this day our daily Beef!) [Interview with a pornography film actor. By Eric Van Meter. Photos by David Sparrow.]

Astrologic / Libra (By Bishop) [Art.]

"Castro Blues," by Jack Fritscher (Years from now when you read this - and you will read this - remember The Way WE Were (1978 style) ) ["Castro Street Blues." Tour of Castro Street in San Francisco. Photo by Efren Ramirez. Other photos unattributed.]

In Hot Blood: Ex-Cons. We Abuse Fags - and They Love It (Old Reliable Productions. AUTHENTICS' antics) [Script.]

Centerfold (Falcon Studies presents JOCKS (TM) ) ["Up a Lazy River with a Couple of JOCK (TM)." Models: Holtz and Ed Wiley.]

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity (If you can't FINDYERFETISH here . . .) [Classifieds.]

Drum (Get your fleshcolored Crayons) [Comic.] {By Bill Ward.}

Drummer Reviews the Flicks-n-Books (By Ed Franklin) [Films: reviews of "Death Sport" and "The Swarm." Books: review of "The Churchill Commando," by Ted Willis.]

Drumbeats (Laffyerassoff . . .) [Limerick by jf. Cartoons by Walden.]

Tough Shit (News from the straight world . . .) [Humorous news clippings.]

"Boot Rack," by Arne (Chattanooga shoeshine ohboy!) ["From the Boot Rack." "True" account of boot worship. Art unattributed.]

Bar Scene (A farewell to LA's LARRY's) ["Goodbye to Larry's."]

COVER: International photographer ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE strips NYC BIKER-FOR-HIRE down to his basic authenticity. (See SON OF DRUMMER for "The Best of Mapplethorpe")

CONTENTS PAGE PHOTO: David Sparrow

Volume Three
#25
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Account Executive: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing

Getting Off (DRUMMER preserves some "found" prose: "Afraid You're Not Butch Enough?") [Reprints an anonymous satire about gay clones.]

Letters (DRUMMER readers write) [Includes a letter by the chair of the N.Y. Gay Prisoner Support, Gay Activists Alliance/NY.]

In the Habit: Sex in the Seminary, by J. Trojanski (Scratch a Sugarplum Fairy & get a Catholic) [Labelled "My true experience." Drawing by A. Jay.]

The Day They Installed the Phone in the Dungeon (Ma Bell would just shit!) [Photo Comic. "Photography: David Sparrow. Model: Erik Richmond. Dialogue: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}. Choreography: The D.I. Locale: The Quarters. Six Packs & Lube: DRUMMER."]

Gifting (Baubles, bangles, beads of sweat . . .) ["Drummer Gift Guide."]

Astrologic: Scorpio [Humor. Text unattributed. Art by Bill Ward.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (Deck the hall with balls of Killer) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay (Harry's White - snort! - Christmas) {By Al Shapiro.} ["Harry Chess in the Daredevil Doll Caper." Comic.]

Drumbeats (Heavy chuckles - !) ["Yule Recipe: Bat," and cartoons by Walden.]

Equus: A Dream of Wild Horses, by Jack Fritscher (A pop cultch review of sex, religion, and fetishism) ["Gay Pop Culture Series: Fetishes." Description of the play "Equus," by Peter Shaffer. Photos by Efren Ramirez.]

"The Horsemaster," by Jack Fritscher (Come to the stable - barumpapapum!) [Fiction. Photo by Roy Dean.]

Ex-Cons: In Hot Blood - We Abuse Fags (Old Reliable Tapes. Part 2 concluding two not so silent Knights) [Script. Photos and text by Old Reliable Tapes. A David R. Hurles production.]

P.O.W., by Spike Wood (An authentic interview) ["Interview with a Prisoner of War."]

Centerfold: Big Mike (DRUMMER's Holiday answer to hunky heaven) [Photos by David Sparrow.]

Unclassified (Stick in your thumb and pull out a plumber) [Includes Drummer ad by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Drum, by Bill Ward (We three kinks of Orient are, baring . . .) [Comic.]

Flicks and Books [Films: Review by Jack Fritscher of "The Norseman." Books: Reviews by Ed Franklin of "Does Anybody Give a Damn?" by Nat Hentoff; "Take Off the Masks," by Malcolm Boyd. Art by Tom.]

Tough Shit (A readers' digest of straight antics) [Humorous news clippngs. Photo by Falcon. Cartoons unattributed.]

Shine (The new mag of recreational haircutting) [Not in issue.]

Tough Customers [Amateur photos.]

"Dr. Dick," by Dr. Richard Hamilton (When your asshole is falling out . . .) [Amoebiasis.]

DRUMMER Hosts a Party (When the best men get together, things go glimmering) ["Social Notes: Drummer Goes to Its Own Party." Includes photos of Drummer staff members Robert Paul Dunn, A. Jay {Al Shapiro}, Marj  {Marj Anderson}, Jack Fritscher, and various prominent gay men. Shows a mural by A. Jay and a panel by Olaf. Photo by David Sparrow; other photos unattributed.]

Kill or Be Kilt (Photos by David Sparrow) ["Scottish Games." Photographed in Santa Rosa, California.]

Barscene

"Sleep in Heavenly Peace," by Jack Fritscher (For you and yours) [Fiction? Photo by J. Trojanski.]

Cover/contents page photo: David Sparrow

Volume Four
#26
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing
Assistant Circulation Manager: Rick Prince

Getting Off [Editorial on various topics related to Drummer.]

Male Call / Dear Sir [Includes a letter from Special Collections, Political Ephemera, Tulane University Library, New Orleans, LA.]

Grand National Rodeo Blues, by Jack Fritscher. (Cowboys and Royal Canadian Mounted Police get it on.) [Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}. Photos by David Sparrow. Article on the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco.] {Issue #28 attributes another photo to Tony Plewik.}

High Performance, by David Hurles. (Your nightly act may be sex without nets, but is it art?) [By David R. Hurles. Review of a Los Angeles magazine on performance art, "High Performance." Photos by David Sparrow and Mean Machine. Includes a photograph of Bob Opel.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (Biceps, abs, pex - adventures of bodybuilding physique stars) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction. Art by Adam.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay (The plot sickens!) {By Al Shapiro.} [Comic. "Daredevil Doll Caper."]

Astrologic (When the moon is in the 7th house and Jupiter has moved into shit . . .) ["Sagittarius." Text unattributed. Art by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

The Battered Lex Barker, by Jack Fritscher (Nobody fucks Lex Barker anymore) [Article on actor Lex Barker. Film photos "from the Private Collection of L.A. Cavelo.]

Book Section - Science Fiction Double Feature (Rites of Passage No. 1 "A Certain Predicament," by Olaf. Rites of Passage No. 2, "The Dreamer," by Olaf) [Art by Olaf.]

1979 Calendar (How do I love thee? Let me count the days of our lives. Illustrated by the inimitable Harry Bush) {Calendar missing from issue examined.}

Leather Fraternity (Putcher own ad in for a quarter a word; stir up some trouble for the New Year) [Classifieds.]

Drummer Reviews Flicks, by J. Trojanski. (Midnight Express, Paradise Alley) [Review of "Midnight Express" by J. Trojanski. Review of "Paradise Alley" unattributed.]

["Drum." Comic.] {By Bill Ward.}

Tough Shit (Crazy Straight antics) [Humorous news clippings. Includes a column from Ann Landers.]

Windy City Wrestling (How to get blown away in Chicago) [Article on the Windy City Wrestling Club. Photo unattributed.]

Tough Customers (Guys you'd luv to eat 'n beat) [Amateur photos.]

Boots, by Arnell Larsen (And that's just what they'll do . . .) ["From the Boot Rack." [Article on the Boot Appreciation Society. Includes a "contribution by a BAS Club Member" on "The European (B&L) Bike Club," as well as "Pages from a Bootist's Diary," unattributed.]

CMC Carnival, by David Sparrow (Last dance, last chance for love?) [Article on the California Motorcycle Club, San Francisco. Photos by David Sparrow? Text unattributed.]

[Men's Bar Scene]

In Passing (Some words on "Harvey Milke and Gay Courage") [Listed in table of contents but missing from issue.]

Cover: by Joe Tiffenbach for Basic Plumbing, L.A.
Contents page photo: David Sparrow

Volume Four
#27
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing
Assistant Circulation Manager: Rick Prince

Male Call / Dear Sir [Includes letters from a University of Connecticut professor of sociology and from the American Uniform Society.]

Basic Plumbing, by Terry Sabreur (When you really want to go down the L.A. tubes) ["Basic Plumbing Unplugged: L.A. Plays HARD With Itself." Photos by Joe Tiffenbach. Article on Basic Plumbing, a club in Los Angeles.]

Dirty Poole, by Jack Fritscher (Everything you wanted to know about the filmmaker . . .) [Interview with filmmaker Wakefield Poole. Photos by David Sparrow.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (The winner and new champion) {By George Birimisa.} [Fiction. Drawings by Olaf.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay ("Vile and disgusting" --Rex Reed) {By Al Shapiro.} ["Daredevil Doll Caper." Comic.]

Astrologic ["Pisces." Drawing by Adam.]

Janus Society, by Jack Fritscher (S&M: The last taboo) [Art by Cavelo. Article on a pansexual SM group in San Francisco. Includes interviews with Frank Cross, Cynthia Slater, and Pat Califia.]

Book Section: Prison Punk, by Frank O'Rourke [Fiction. Drawings by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Centerfold (It's national 'Go hiking with a buddy' month. Photos from the Zeus collection) [Model: Dan.]

Unclassified / Leather Fraternity (Bigger than ever!) [Classifieds.]

Drummer Flicks / Book Reviews [Movies: Reviews by Jack Fritscher of "Movie Movie" and "Superman." News item about United Artists' "The Lord of the Rings." Review by J. Trojanski of "Le Beau Mec." Book: Review by J. Trojanski of "Dress Gray," by Lucien K. Truscott IV. Record: Review by Ramsay Navarrete of "Stranger in Town," by Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band.]

["Golden Drumstick Awards." By Jack Fritscher. Humor.]

Drum, by Bill Ward (Comix to beatcher beat) [Comic.]

Tough Shit (Eat it, motherfucker) [Humorous news clippings. Includes an article by Jeff Jarvis of the "S.F. Examiner" and a Dear Abby column.]

Stompers (NYC's boots, feet and erotica by the yard) [By Jack Prescott {John Preston}. Fictionalized account of Stompers, a boots store in New York City with a leather art gallery in the back.]

Tough Customers (Send us yer face and other best features . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Drumbeats, by Bud (It's to laugh) [Cartoons.]

Barscene (Drummer shines on L.A. Boots) [Article on a bar in San Fernando Valley, California. Text unattributed. Photos by Lyle R. Wheeler.]

Bar/Bath Scene '79 (Our revised hot listings. The current stomping grounds of the incredible hunks!)

In Passing, by Farnell Smith (Clints Walker and Eastwood) [Poem on Clint Walker and Clint Eastwood, with photos.]

Cover: Wakefield Poole's "Bible"

Contents page: Basic Plumbing photo by Jeff Tiffenbach

Volume Four
#28
[Copyrighted 1978]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing
Assistant Circulation Manager: Rick Prince

Getting Off [Listed in table of contents but missing from issue.]

Male Call by the Letter-men [Letters. Includes a letter by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Busted, by Derek. (New Stop-Arresting-Me-I've Cum fiction) [Drawing by Bill Ward. Photo from the Zeus Collection.]

Wet Stough, by Jack Fritscher and David Sparrow (When "stuff" gets "tough" . . .) [Poem on swimmers by Jack Fritscher. Photo essay by David Sparrow Photography.]

S&M Gym, by G. B. Misa (THE END IS HERE! Impossible . . .) [Fiction. Copyrighted George Birimisa. Photos by Dave Sands.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay. (Is this what happens when you obey a matchbook command to "DRAW ME!"?) {By Al Shapiro.} ["The Daredevil Doll Caper." Comic.]

Astrologic, by Aristide (ARIES . . . Wanna know why yer always fucked over and up?) [Art by Walden.]

Drumsticks (Sit, as they say, on it: the stick, that is.) [Cartoons by Bud and Walden.]

Fiction Feature: Prison Punk, by Frank O'Rourke [Art unattributed.]

Centerfold: One Hot Knight: Featuring Jim Knight, by The Bone Bank, Ltd. (Suck my staple!) ["Models: Jim Knight and Glenn." Text unattributed {Jack Fritscher?}.]

Drumbeats (Much more than just the unclassified) [New name for classifieds section. Includes ad art by Bill Ward.]

Drummer Reviews the Flicks: The Deer Hunter and Red Ryder [Review by Jack Fritscher of "The Deerhunter." Review by  J. Trojanski of "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder."]

Drum, by Bill Ward (Art in the service of sex . . .) [Comic.]

Tough Shit [Humorous news clippings.]

Tough Customers (These guys want ot play "Carnival." They sit on your face. You guess their weight.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

NYC's Half-Breed Bar, by Preston (What's the other half?) ["The Half Breed." {By John Preston?} Photos by J. McLeod. Fictionalized account of Half-Breed, a New York City bar.]

Bar/Bath Scene '79 (Our revised hot listings. The current stomping grounds of the incredible hunks!)

In Passing [Unattributed photo with humorous caption.]

Contents page photos by Bone Banks, Ltd

Cover photo by Carlos, Pyramid Subterrane, New York City. (Prick Tease: next issue, read all about Pyramid Power! Drummer keeps you hungry.)

Volume Four
#29
[Copyrighted 1979]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing
Assistant Circulation Manager: Rick Prince

Getting Off (Dropping Dead in NYC/SFO/LA) [Editorial by Jack Frischer on the risk of pairing up with a psychopath.]

Male Call (By the Lettermen) [Letters. Includes an obituary of Ron Clute, a bartender at the San Francisco bars Leatherneck and Black & Blue. Photo of Ron Clute by Jim Stewart.]

Drawings by Domino (This man knows an authentic man when he sees one . . .) [Drawing of Domino and interview by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}. Art by Domino.]

Foot Loose, by Jack Fritscher (Fetish-of-the-month) [Poem. Photo by J. Trojanski.]

Noodles Romanoff and the Golden Gloves, by Jack Fritscher (Who is Noodles Romanoff and why is he eating shit?) [Photo by {David} Sparrow Photography. Article on Noodles Romanoff, a boxing coach and former boxer who spends time at a New York leather bar.]

Mr. Benson, by Jack Prescott (Premiere episode of choice j/o fiction) {By John Preston.} [Fiction. Drawings by Brick.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay {By Al Shapiro.}[Cartoon.]

Astrologic, by Aristide (Your moon is in shit . . . TAURUS!) [Drawing by Raul Flores.]

Drumsticks (Dial F-U-C-K-A-Y-U-C-K) [Cartoons by Walden.]

Prison Punk, Part Three, by Frank O'Rourke (This fiction keeps coming) [Photo by Kensington Road. Photo from the Zeus Collection.]

Centerfold: On Target (The New American Masculinity / JAVELIN NO. 4) [Text unattributed. Models unattributed, but Joe Kelly, Kevin Coxe, Rod Mitchell, Jeremy Brent, and Bruno are mentioned in the text.]

Drumbeats (Unclassy and Unclassified) [Classifieds.]

Drum, by Bill Ward (Snort these line drawings . . .) [Comic.]

Drummer Flicks (HAIR: Gimme Down to There Hair) [Listed here in the table of contents, but actually placed after "Tough Customers." Review by John W. Rowberry.]

Tough Shit (Eat it!) [Humorous news clippings, including an item by Herb Caen of the S. F. Chronicle.]

Tough Customers (Eat their shorts) [Amateur photos.]

Pyramid, by J. Prescott ("Pyramid Power" starts here) {By John Preston?} ["Pyramid Subterrane." Fictionalized account of a leather store in New York City, Pyramid. Photo by Carlos.]

Bath/Bar Scene '79

In Passing (Pete Rose gropes around . . .) [Humorous photo of the baseball player, courtesy of Sth/The Manhattan Review.]

Cover photo: Joe Kelly from Target's JAVELIN NO. 4

Contents page photo: Kyle Hazard, Target

Volume Four
#30
[Copyrighted 1979]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor-in-Chief: Jack Fritscher
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation Manager: Bill Cushing
Assistant Circulation Manager: Rick Prince
Alternate Editor: John Rowberry
New York Advertising Rep: John Preston

Getting Off [By "The Publisher," i.e. John H. Embry. Anniversary column describing the history of Drummer.]

Male Call (Readers write) [Letters. Includes a letter from a reader at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, describing the reaction of his gay peers on campus to Drummer.]

Tit Torture Blues, by Jack Fritscher (How do you do me when you do me like you do!) [Photos by Richard Moore, the Zeus Collection, Phillip Beard, and Joe Tiffenback. Drawing by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Wanna Rassle? by Hank Trout, WCWC [Windy City Wrestling Club], Chicago
(The roar of the 'pits! The smell of the jocks!) [Photos by Jim Kalivoda, WCWC. Drawing by Matt.]

Meditations on Arthur Tress, by Jack Fritscher (One j/o pic is worth a 1000 j/o words. Amen.) [Photos by Arthur Tress.]

Mr. Benson, by Jack Prescott (Part 2. Introducing a brand new serial about a lad lost in his LaCoste. A conversionary leather tale of decloning . . .) {By John Preston.} [Fiction. Drawings by Brick.]

Harry Chess, by A. Jay (Wherein madness takes its toll because sanity has lost its appeal . . .) {By Al Shapiro.} ["The Daredevil Doll Caper." Comic.]

Astrococklic: Gemini, by Aristide (Are all Geminis really nightblooming narcissi?) [Drawing by Adam.]

Drumsticks, by A-Jaques Ottis (Hoo Ha) [Cartoon.]

Drumbeats (Correspondence with wild and crazy guys!) [Classifieds. Art unattributed.]

Zeus Centerfold: Men in Bondage (Gods from ZEUS in Mondo Bondage) [Text and models unattributed.]

Prison Punk, Part 4, by Frank O'Rourke (Notes on strict prison reform - heh heh) [Fiction. Art unattributed.]

Drummer Visits the Brothel (S.F.'s hottest hotel for be 'n' steam) [By Jack Fritscher. Photos by Tony Plewik and Fisher Ross.]

Book Reviews, by John Preston [Reviews of "Aftermidnight," by Michael Grumley; "Slave Trade," by Herbert Dold; "The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of" and "Skinflicks," by Joseph Hansen.]

Drum, by Bill Ward (Come blow your horn!) [Comic.]

Tough Shit (Straights do the "cutest" things . . .) [Humorous news clippings.]

Tough Customers (These guys mean the mean they mean!) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Phunky Provincetown, by John Preston (Eat, drink, and don't be Mary!) [Article on Provincetown, Massachusetts. Photos by Norsk.]

Bar/Bath Scene '79 (Where the Big Boys Are . . .)

Cover photo: Bob and Val by David Sparrow Photography

Contents page photo: From the ZEUS collection

Volume Four
#31
[Copyrighted 1979]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignments Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
Circulation: Wings Distributing
New York Representative: John Preston

Letters (Stuff our box . . .) ["MaleCall / Dear Sir." Letters. Includes amateur art and a letter from Samois that includes a handkerchief color code for lesbians.]

Sweeney Todd, by Jack Prescott (Photos by Phillip Beard. Not just another clip joint . . .) [The article itself has the byline John Preston. Article on a barber shop that doubles as an SM location.]

[Shaving, by Jack Prescott {John Preston}. Fictionalized account of Sweeney Todd.]

Martin of Holland, by A. Jay (Out of the toilets and into the sheets . . .) [Text by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}. Art by Martin of Holland.]

Mr. International Leather, by Jack Fritscher. (Something in the way men move, thrills . . .) [Photos by Male Hide Leathers and Bunk House Publishing.]

Fiction: Mr. Benson, Part 3, by Jack Prescott (Wherein a former clone learns some manly discipline . . .) {By John Preston.} [Art unattributed - Strider 7?]

Astrologic, by Aristide (Your ass-trail body projections . . .) [Title within issue: "Astrococklic." Title of art: "Leo." Art unattributed. "Linograph drawing courtesy of Lion Pub, San Francisco, CA."]

Drumsticks (Truer than strange . . .) [Cartoons by Dykstra and A-Jagues Ottis.]

Drumbeats (Unclassified shit . . .) [Classifieds.]

Centerfold, by David Sparrow (Val and Bob spit-shine it on . . .) [Title within text: "Spit, Sweat and Piss with Val and Bob."]

Fiction: Prison Punk, Part 5, by Frank O'Rourke (Wherein a con discovers manhood in a totally macho environment . . .) [Drawing by Chuck Arnett.]

Drum, by Bill Ward (This is real equal opportunity . . .) [Comic.]

Tough Shit (DRUMMER reviews the world . . .) [Humorous news clipps. Includes "Of Men and Women," by Aaron Rutledge.]

Tough Customers (One out of four is bionic . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tony Plewik: Do-er's Profile, by Jack Fritscher (Macho images from a fresh young eye . . .) [Photos by Tony Plewik.]

Pure Trash (99 and 44/100% WHAT?) [Review of a Silverlake, L.A., bar. Text unattributed.]

Bar/Bath Scene! '79 (Where the deer and the antelope lay)

In Passing (Robert Opel: His last high Performance) [Photo by Jim Stewart. A quotation from Robert Opel and an obituary from the S.F. Chronicle, July 9, 1979.]

Cover and contents page photos: Phillip Beard, N.Y.C.

Volume Four
#32
[Copyrighted 1979]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignments Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Al Shapiro
Production: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Robert Paul Dunn
New York Representative: John Preston

Getting Off [By John W. Rowberry.]

Male Call

Stanley Steller (Drummer debuts a hot new wave New York photographer with an eye for the bent. Get your jack rag ready.) [Text by A. Jay {Al Shapiro} and Stanley Stellar. Photos by Stanley Stellar.]

Flesh and Steel (Gordon Grant pumps iron for a living. Drummer takes you inside the gym and under the big man's biceps.) [Text unattributed. Photos by American Enterprises and Terry, S.F.]

The Dossier (He came from France to San Francisco looking for the experience of a lifetime. He got more than he bargained for.) ["A Confidential Drumme Dossier. . . . The facts, here transcribed are true. Only the name of the male victim has been changed. --Editor." Text unattributed. Tale of a sexual assault.]

Mr. Benson / Part Four (Jack Prescott's twink turns wide-eyed at an unexpected revelation.) {By John Preston.} [Fiction. Drawings by Brick.]

The Men / Robert Opel (Artist Robert Opel was murdered in his well-known gallery earlier this year. He was working on a major examination, in verse, of his vision as an artist. Drummer proudly presents Opel's last words.) [Photo unattributed.]

Astrologic (Scorpio, alleged a real killer) [Text by Aristide.] {Art by Dennis Kennedy?}

Drumsticks [Cartoons by Alan, Leo {and A-Jaques Ottis}.]

Drumbeats (bigger and harder than ever before!) [Classifieds. Art unattributed.]

Centerfold / Western Man (This hot and rauncy new photography studio takesoan original look at the man in the tux and the man in the body harness.) [Title within issue: "Super Strap." Photos taken from Western Man's magazine, Strap No. 1. Models unattributed.]

Prison Punk / Conclusion (Frank O'Rourke's look behind steel bars comes to a crashing climax.) [Fiction. Art by Olaf.]

Drum (Bill Ward's hero goes to a Roman Orgy.) [Comic.]

Book Review (In the Model: The World Behind the Lens, those macho billboard and magazine hunks take you behind-the-scene.) [Review by John W. Rowberry of "The Male Model: The World Behind the Camera," by Charles Hix with Michael Taylor. Photo of Michael Taylor by Ken Haak. Photos of Jeff Aquilon by Bruce Weber. Photo of Craig Vandenburgh by Ken Haak. Photo of Michael Taylor by Albert Watson.]

Drummer Reviews the Flicks (Nick Nolte as a cowboy football player.) [Review by John W. Rowberry of "North Dallas Forty."]

Tough Shit (Once again, Drummer brings you the worst from around the world.) [Humorous news clippings. Includes item by Herb Caen of the S.F. Chronicle.]

Tough Customers (Looking for a hauler or a mechanic? These guys will haul your ass or re-aline your crankcase.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Con Rap (Drummer begins an on-going dialogue with the brothers behind real prison walls. Get involved.) [Requests for pen pals from inmates and news on support organizations for prisoners.]

Tough Tales (Readers turned writers. Drummer fans can get it off their chest in this new column.) ["Hazing," by J.B.]

Bar Scene / The Triangle (Denver hosts a hot watering hole for the hard corps.) [Text unattributed {John Preston?}. Fictionalized account of the Triangle Lounge bar, Denver.]

Men's Bar Scene (The Drummer round-up goes international.)

In Passing (One last wicked look.) [Listed in table of contents but absent from issue.]

Cover: Another hot man from the Zeus cameras, Clay. Destined to be seen again and again.

Contents Page Photo: by Western Man

Volume Four
#33
[Copyrighted 1979]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
New York Representative: John Preston

Getting Off / Male Call [Getting Off does not appear in the issue.]

The Diary of Private Ivan Curry (A manuscript found in a footlocker. Ivan Curry obviously had a hard time keeping his mind on guard duty.) [Fiction? Text unattributed. Photos by Wolfgang.]

War Stories (Two hot, guaranteed-to-be-true recollections of the big guns.) [Fiction? "The Trench," by Steve Brown. The "two" in the description evidently refers to the previous story plus this one.]

Drummer Gifts (Once again. Drummer picks the best toys for good little boys. And some naughty presents for very good little boys.) ["Gifts to Give or Get." Includes unattributed art and an advertisement from Alternate Publishing for several books, including "the original unedited Mr. Benson," by John Preston. "The original manuscript has been restored and is available from The Leather Emporium." Illustrated by Brick.]

Mr. Benson (Chapter Five of Jack Prescott's novel brings some revelations and promises a quick twist of the plot.) {By John Preston.} [Fiction. Drawing by Alan Cones.]

Astrologic (Saggatarius) [Text by Aristide. Art by Dennis Kennedy.]

Drumbeats (The biggest and best collection of hot, macho, men; all as close as your mailbox.) [ [Classifieds. Cartoon by Dykstra.] {Cartoon by MacBeth.}

Centerfold: Rivet's Will Ness (An exclusive look at Western Man's hot new discovery) ["Will-ing Ness." Model: Will Ness.

Three by Three (Drummer presents three new hard-edged writers; from the fantastic to the frightening.) [Fiction. "Steel," by Aaron Travis {Steven Saylor}. "Ride," by Charles Arnold. "The Barge," by David Mitchell.]

Drum (Bill Ward keeps on keeping on with his randy, accident-prone, mouthful of a creation.) [Comic.]

Books (A South American explores the authority/prisoner syndrome. Spiders. Worse. Beware!) [Review by C.R.M. of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," by Manuel Pulg.]

Film (Apocalypse Now means a lot of things to a lot of people; none of whom will ever be the same.) [Review by John W. Rowberry.]

Tough Shit (More memorable madness from the world press.)

Tough Customers (Here they are, in their prime, playing show-and-tell.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Con Rap (Drummer's prisoner column, and some new thoughts on what constitutes a prison.)

Philip Masnick (The new wave of explicit artistic sexual photography is being led by this New York photographer.) [Text by John Preston. Photos by Philip Masnick.]

Men's Bar/Bath Scene (Bigger and mroe packed with information than ever before.)

Tough Tales (A new Drummer department that explores, each issue, a favorite tale from our readers.) ["Cop Lovers," by F.C.]

In Passing (The photo says it all.) [Humor. Captions by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}. Photos by the Athletic Model Guild.]

Cover photo by Terry / S.F.
Contents page photo: David Sparrow

Volume Four
#34 [Marked as #33 on the issue itself.]
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
New York Representative: John Preston

Getting Off [By the publisher and staff.]

Male Call

Hellfire Inferno (The real thing. John Preston and Anthony DeBlase's exclusive report on the hottest bike club in the country, maybe the world.) [Photos  unattributed.]

Cocksucking as a Metaphor: John Rechy and Rushes (The man who made street hustling a household word takes on the destiny of gay men.) [Photo by Tony Korody/Sygma. Art by Chuck Arnett. Review by John Rowberry of John Rechy's novel "Rushes."]

L.A. Tool and Die (First there was the Trucking Company, then the Wrecking Company and now The Gage Brothers take on the city of the angels. A preview of burning cinema.) [Account of Michael Kearing of why he acted in the film. Photos of Michael Kearing?]

Mr. Benson (Aha! Something has been going on in the shadows all this time - Mr. Benson springs a surprise.) [Fiction by Jack Prescott {John Preston}. Art by Brick.]

Astrologic (Capricorn, it's your turn . . .) [Text by Aristide. Art by Ken Wood.]

Drumsticks (Toilet Talk is back.) {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.} [Cartoon signed "R.B. and unsigned cartoon. Photo by AMG {Athletic Model Guild} with humorous caption.]

(Bigger than ever before, with a cast of thousands, the sons of The Leather Fraternity make indecently decent propositions.) [Classifieds.]

The 1980 Calendar (The master of Wrestlers, Matt, draws all next year.) ["Nude Wrestling Calendar Bonus." Art by Matt.]

Inadmissable Evidence (The hottest fiction you'll read this year!) [Fiction by Mark Lewerenz. Art unattributed.]

Drum (Bill Ward's adventure prone protagonist finds himself deep in the heart of Ancient Rome . . . or is it a dream?)

Drummer's Book Report (The fine art of Tattooing, a hint of things to come.) [Review by Charles Musgrave of "Pushing Ink: The Fine Art of Tattooing," by Cliff Raven and Lyle Tuttle. Review by CRM of "The Body Decorated," by Victoria Ebin.]

The Complete Harry Chess (From a dark and dusty file in a condemned New York highrise, comes the complete Adventures of Harry Chess.) ["DRUMMER has made arrangements with QQ MAGAZINE for their complete collection of everybody's ideal American Boy, HARRY CHESS. It seems like a good idea to begin at the beginning of Harry's exciting history, and so we shall." Comic by A. Jay {Al Shapiro}.]

Tough Shit (We've searched the world over for this little collection of believe-it-or else.) [Actually placed after Bar & Bath Scene.]

Tough Customers (In which the boys come out to play. Only the toys have changed.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Tales [Amateur tales. "Texas Truckstop," by Robert Baker. "Sunsting," by R.J.]

The Bulldog Baths (Drummer is very pleased to announce the first bath house for the macho male.) ["DRUMMER's Party at the Bulldog baths." Text by Chris Nobel. Photos by Wolfgang. Article on a party at "the largest bath house in the world," in San Francisco.]

International Men's Bar & Bath Scene (Start packing, 'cause we're going to tell you where to go and what to do when you get there.)

Conrap (Our prison column talks about cost efficient steel bars.)

In Passing [Text from "Degeneracy," by Albert Koor, "published in 1930. Photo unattributed.]

Cover: Two Guys and their dog in the rain, what could be finer? Dring off afterward, according to "L.A. Tool & Die."

Contents page: Photo by Wolfgang

Volume Four
#35
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Photography Editor: Jim Moss
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
Midwest Advertising: John Williamson

Male Call [Occurs after "Getting Off" in issue. Includes a news item about Drummer in "Art and Artists."]

Getting Off [Subtitle: "The Angel of Death," by John W. Rowberry. Column on PCP.]

Learning the Ropes (or) T.J. and The Bare (Robert Payne; a talented macrame artist; an anxious photographer; a missing model; a drop-in; and Saturday afternoon in the Drummer garage.) [Photos by Robert Payne {John H. Embry}. Article on a leather artist, shown conducting a bondage session.]

Hellfire Inferno - Part Two (John Preston and Anthony De Blaze [Anthony DeBlase] conclude their examination of Chicago's exclusive S&M club) [Photos unattributed.]

Slaves (Jason Klein's semi-scientific fantasy takes up light years after Star Trek leaves off.) [Fiction. Illustration by Olaf.]

Nelson of the Yukon (Greg Nero's romantic tale of revenge and pursuit in the vast wasteland of Canada's terra colda.) [Fiction. Illustration by Charles Musgrave.]

Drumsticks (More mad mirth and mayhem.) [Cartoon by Ken Wood. Photo by AMG {Athletic Model Guild} with humorous caption.] {Cartoon by MacBeth.}

Drumbeats (Hold on to your privates, the hottest men available are just waiting for your letters.) [Classifieds.]

Leo Stone Centerfold (Zeus is back with the man for the 1980's, hungry, humpy, hot Leo Stone. Get ready for good times.) ["Packaging Your Slave: A Zeus Photographic How-To." Art by Zach. Model: Leo Stone.]

Mr. Benson (Chapter Seven may be the straw that breaks theslave's back. What is Jamie doing in a diaper? Only author Jack Prescott knows for sure.) {By John Preston.} [Fiction. Drawing by Rex.]

Drum (A time-warp and the location changes, our hero hasn't changed a bit.) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

American Gigolo (Hard-on Richard Gere, who shows everything he's got in this new film could have shown it to better advantage elsewhere.) ["Drummer views the Flicks." Review by John W. Rowberry.]

Tough Shit (This time, it is as literal as you can get.) [Humorous news clippings.]

Drummer Tours (The beginning of Drummer's exhaustive look for leather in the world's major cities. First stop, Washington, DC; be prepared for some real suprises.) [Fictionalized account by Jim Pearce {John Preston?}. Additional text by John Preston. Photos unattributed.]

Tough Customers (What you see is what you get.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Harry Chess (Continuing with Harry and Mickey as they recall their very first adventures.) ["The Super Adventures of Harry Chess."] {By A. Jay AKA Al Shapiro.}

Astrologic (Pisces swims in . . .) [Text by Aristide. Art unattributed.]

Con Rap [Includes review of "Clean Slate," by Tom Ballinger.]

In Passing [Photo with humorous caption.]

Cover: Jim Moss captures the more docile nature of T.J.'s bondage buddy.

Contents Page: Leo Stone in another Zeus fantasy.

Volume Four
#36
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Photography Editor: Jim Moss
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
Midwest Advertising: John Williamson

Getting Off [Condemns the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games. Condemns gay businesses that descriminate on the basis of appearance.]

Male Call

The Great Wrestling Match (or) The Spoils of Victory (Hank Trout gives us ringside seats for the ultimate battle of submission between the champion and the challenger) [Photos by Jim Moss. "Two hot muscleheads, proud and aggressive, make an arrangement across the miles to fight it out, naked and no holds barred. That's what really happened in this winner-take-all real life adventure. Only the photos were staged." Includes information on wrestling clubs and art.]

Broken Moments (Jason Klein's excerpt from his novel-in-progress, Bugs, goes deeper into the realm of the sado-masochistic senses than one might expect.) [Photo unattributed.]

Caligula (The hard-core super spectacle of dying Rome is short on plot and loaded with blood, piss, gore, and sex.) ["DRUMMER views the Flicks." Review by John Preston.]

Mr. Benson (Chapter Eight finds Jamie the object of indulgence in a sleezy fuck palace; wondering if his master is now a thing of the past.) [Fiction. Art by Rex.]

The Great Poster Show (A collection of our favorite flashes from the past - and some of the present) [Reproduces posters from bars. Includes art by Chuck Arnett, Ken Wood, and Zach.]

Drumsticks (MacBeth and Toilet Talk hold court.) [Cartoon by MacBeth.] {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.}

Workers of the World! (Drummer presents Arc, the man of steel who can melt down the toughest resistance this side of titanium.) [No title to article within issue. Photos by Jim Moss.]

White Under Leather (An unexpected interview with the author of States of Desire.) [Unattributed interview with Edmund White. Photo unattributed.]

Drumbeats (If it isn't here, it isn't worth bothering about.) [Classifieds.]

Drum (Bill Ward's hero comes home and straightens out some unfinished business.) [Comic. Includes self-portrait of Bill Ward.]

Tough Shit! (All the news that's fit to wipe.) [Humorous news clippings.]

Drummer Tours (First stop, Drummer Night at the Mine Shaft in Miami - then on to Key West, where our roving reporter finds more at Ruby's than meets the eye - then a quick jog to Milwaukee, where the men at the Wreck Room work out.) [Article by K.S. of the Mine Shaft bar in Miami. Fictionalized account by John Preston of Big Ruby's guest house in Key West. Fictionalized account by John Preston of the Wreck Room bar in Milwaukee.]

Tough Customers (And getting tougher all the time.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Dear Master (A Nigel Kent painting starts the blood boiling and the passion seething.) [Fiction by Leslie East. Drawing by Nigel Kent.]

Astrologic (Aries, get ahold of your horn.) [Text by Aristide. Art unattributed.]

Drummer Books (Weightlifting, murder and the Supreme Court.) ["Drummer Reads The Books." Review by CRM of "The Strongest Man in the World," by Dmitry Ivanov. Reviews by John Preston of "Cold Hands," by Joseph Pintauro; "The Brethren," by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; "The Confessions of Danny Slocum," by George Whitemore; "What Happened," by Merle Miller; and "The Man Who Killed Boys."]

In Passing (What well-known fighter showed up at the window in what every fighter should wear? A hint of what's to come in the next Drummer.) [Photo of Ken Norton. "Photographer unknown."]

Cover: On the mat, locked in man-to-man contact, these no-bullshit dudes were caught red-handed by photographer Jim Moss.

Contents Page: Jim Moss.

Volume Four
#37
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Bill Cushing
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Photography Editor: Jim Moss
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
Midwest Advertising: John Williamson

Getting Off [Condemns the CBS program "Gay Power, Gay Politics."]

Male Call [Includes a letter from Aristide.]

A Day at the Quarters (Drummer first brought The Quarters to your attention last year. Since then we have reviewed a shit load of mail from readers wanting to know more.) [Article on a leather organization in San Francisco. Photos by Jim Moss. Text unattributed.]

The Guermantes Way (George Whitemore, the author Confessions of Danny Clocum, makes his Drummer debut with a little tale of coming to terms with bondage.) [Fiction excerpted from Whitmore's "Out Here: Fire Island Tales." Art unattributed.]

S&M Goes Public (Once in a while television tries to broach the leatherman's lifestyle usually with disastrous results. Hold on to your cockring, the times are a changing.) [Review by John W. Rowberry of Phil Bronstein and Lou DeCosta's documentary, "S&M, One Foot Out of the Closet."]

Mr. Benson (Things have taken a turn for the worst. With Mr. Benson out of his life, Jamie gets into some trouble that may foreshadow the end.) [Fiction by Jack Prescott {John Preston}. Art unattributed.]

Drumsticks. (A little more Drummer humor.) [Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis and three unattributed cartoons.]

The Folsom Attitude (Drummer proudly presents the first in-depth look at the most famous street in the world - Folsom Street in San Francisco. Called, by some of the residents, The Valley of Kings - known throughout the country as The South of Market area. Folsom Street is a lot of things to a lot of people, and unquestionably the place to be if you are into leather, levis, S&M, bondage - or anything else you can name. Drummer's look at Folsom Street takes you to every hot bar, bath, hotel, restaurant, hang-out, and more; a look at the attitude that makes Folsom the most interesting and desirable street in the world.) [Lengthy feature. Text unattributed. Photos by Jim Moss.]

Drum (The original stud, back in yet another crotch-boggling adventure.) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Drummer Books (The Story of Harold, one of Drummer's favorites, makes a comeback - and John Preston drops a few clues to the hottest detective book available.) [Reviews by John Preston of "The Story of Harold"; "Lucifer With a Book" and "The Gallery," by John Horne Burns; "Looking for Rachel Wallace," by Robert Parker; "Sons of Sam Spade"; "The Dog and Other Stories," by Joseph Hansen; "Caper," by Lesley Andress; "Obsessions," by Cesar Rotondi.]

Astrologic (Gemini, both of you, it's your turn . . .) [Text by Aristide. Illustration by Matt.]

Tough Customers [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Shit [Humorous news clippings.]

Drumbeats (Just because they're in the back of the book doesn't mean they aren't as horny and lewd as they ever were.) [Classifieds.]

ConRap [Prison news.]

Drummer Movies (An Australian import, Mad Max, sets the screen on fire with his sledge-hammer fist and sadistic mentality.) [Review by Dean Malunat.]

In Passing (The Olympics may never be the same. Hopefully.) [Photo by Robert Opel, with a humorous caption.]

Cover photo: Arc, back again and rightfully so - if ever there was a South of Market man, he's definitely it. Photo by Jim Moss.

Contents Page: Photo by Jim Moss.

Volume Five
#38
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Special Projects Editor: Jim Moss
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Production: Ken Wood
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Administration: Bill Cushing
Advertising Manager: Karl Stewart
Midwest Advertising: John Williamson

Getting Off [By John W. Rowberry. Condemns attempts to define "a real leather man."]

Male Call [Letters.]

The Drummer Erotic Art Show (The artists who have appeared in Drummer's pages over the past five years.) [Mentions a travelling exhibit of Drummer art and gives short biographies of the artists whose pieces appear in this article. Art by Bill Ward, Martin Cool, Brick, Matt, Colt AKA Luger, Etienne AKA Stephan, Harry Bush, Rex, Bud, Wayne Flynn, Olaf, Domino, and Skipper.]

Logger (Greg Nero's wild tale of lumberjacks and timber in the untamed backwoods.) [Fiction. Photos by Zeus.]

I Was Window Shopping in Chicago . . . (A quiet Sunday afternoon turns into a orgy of the senses when our leatherman walks in on a leather shop just coming to life.) [Text by Robert Payne {John H. Embry}. Humorous photo essay unattributed. Article on Malehide Leathers store.]

Mr. Benson (The conclusion of the S&M love story of the 1980's by Jack Prescott.) {By John Preston.} [Illustration by Brick.]

The Drummer Story (Greg Strom traces the history of America's only true leather magazine.) ["A candid INTERVIEW with what's-his-name, the publisher, who should know." Interview by Greg Strom of John H. Embry, in celebration of Drummer's fifth anniversary.]

Drumsticks (Madness in small doses.) [Cartoons by Henry Dovalis, A-Jaques Ottis, Cum, and Ken Wood / Gregg Howe.]

Chicago! (A special section devoted to the Windy City, including coverage of the 1980 Mr. International Leather Contest.) ["Special Supplement: Chicago Men. Leathernecks in the Midwest." Lengthy feature. Includes "The Second City - Second to None!" by Hank Trout; "The 1980 International Mr. Leather Contest at the Gold Coast," unattributed; and unattributed listings of leather-related organizations. Photos by Erin.]

Once I Had a Master (John Preston's parable of devotion and desire.) ["I Once Had a Master." Fiction. Photos unattributed.]

Big Mac (A lighter side of Greg Nero's talents, and more than a handful.) [Fiction. Photos unattributed.]

Drum (Bill Ward's protagonist finds himself settling for a visual satisfaction.) [Comic.]

Drummer Night in Boston (526 Leathers hosted the Mr. Drummer/Boston Contest where the winner was the surprise of the year, and a runner-up went on to the Mr. International Leather Contest. Then everyone went to Provincetown, where the sand definitely mixes with the crisco.) ["Drummer in Boston - 526 Leathers Party!" Text by Jack Prescott {John Preston}. Photos by Yank {John Preston}. "Provincetown." Text unattributed {John Preston?}. Photos by Yank {John Preston}.]

Astrologic (Cancer, the moon sign, shows some orbs.) [Humor. Text by Aristide. Art by Ken Wood.]

Drummer Books (Sex in History and satric [sic] cartoons.) [Reviews by John Preston of "Food in History," by Reay Tannahill; "Diaghileff: His Artistic and Private Life," by Arnold Haskell in collaboration with Walter Nouvel; "Autobiography," by Noel Coward; "The Closet," by Gary de Maria; "Cartoons from Punch." Cartoon from "The Closet" reproduced.]

The Leatherman's Notebook (Author Larry Townsend begins a regular column of advice.) [Advice column. Topics: Entering into leather life, whether to hit the penis, how to build a dungeon.]

Tough Customers (Men who get what they demand.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Shit [Humorous news clippings.]

Man to Man (Drummer's hot and horny collection of available studs.) ["Drumbeats." Classifieds.]

In Passing (Hot Dog . . . definitely not a surfing term anymore!) [Humorous photo by Gross.]

Cover: Michael, very much the Italian stud from Boston was the 526 Leather's entry in the Mr. International Leather contest. Photo by Yank. {This photo is identified in issue #93 as by John Preston.} [Model: Michael Pinjone.]

Contents Page: Val Martin, the Drummer contestant in the Mr. International Leather contest. Photo by Dave Sands.

Volume Five
#39
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Assignment Editor: John W. Rowberry
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Production: Ken Wood, Dean Malunat
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Manager: Jim Moss
Office Manager: Bill Cushing

MaleCall [Letters. Positioned in the text after Getting Off.]

Getting Off [Editorial by John W. Rowberry. Encourages Drummer readers to assist gay Cuban refugees.]

Drummer's Summer! (Our Fifth Anniversary turned into a month-long celebration with The Drummer 2nd Annual Erotic Art Show, The Drummer Erotic Photoshow, The Mr. South of Market Contest, The Drummer Cell Block Party, and the installation of the first Drummer Key Club in San Francisco. Read all about it.) ["Drummer Summer: Drummer Celebrates Its Fifth Birthday with Five Big Blasts . . ." Text unattributed. Photos by Rink, Terry S.F., Jim Moss, Robert Pruzan, Wolfgang. Art by Bud. Includes the following sections: "The Folsom Atttude [sic]," on "a reception for the South of Market business community to debut the Drummer Folsom supplement," held at The Ambush; "Erotic Art Show," held at The Headquarters; "Erotic Photo Show," held at The Asylum; "Mr. South of Market Contest," held at Trocadero Transfer; "Bulldog Cellblock Party," held at the Bulldog Baths; "Drummer Key Club."]

Hunter, by Felice Picano (The best selling author of The Lure, The Mesmerist, and The Eye weaves a masterful tale of deadly obsessions and suspense.) [Fiction. Art by Ken Wood.]

The Black Mask Party (The most famous macho establishment in New York, The Mineshaft, lets Drummer in on its annual Black Mask Party, where faces are covered . . . and final inhibitions are unmasked.) ["Black Mask Party at the Mineshaft." Text by John Preston. Photos by Yank {John Preston}. "Body Sculptures by Tom Claypool."]

Drumsticks (Toilet Talk makes a comeback.) [Cartoons by Walden and Thor.] {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.}

L.A. Plays with Itself (One of the most famous cities in the world, the city of the Angels, is the subject of Drummer's biggest supplement to date. Hold on to your cockrings, it's going to be a bumpy night . . .) [Lengthy feature. Text and photos by Jim Moss. Additional photo by The Gage Brothers. Includes a short biography of Jim Moss. Art by R. Kent. Includes the following sections: "Lay of the Land," describing Los Angeles neighborhoods; "Bars"; "Shops"; "Restaurants"; "Celluloid Skin," on theaters;  "Hot Businesses."]

Drum (When two masters have eyes for the same prime slave meat, there is usually a powerful confrontation. Usually.) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Exclusive Preview: Wet Shorts by Tom De Simone (The filmmaker who last year scored a superhit with The Idol is back with a collection of sexual escapades.)

Film (The German gay filmmaker Fassbinder, and yet another movie about war.) ["Drummer views the Flicks." Reviews by John W. Rowberry of Ranier Werner Fassbinder's films; "The BIg Red One."]

Conrap (The other side of the bars.) [Prison news.]

Books (Real Men, an examination of what makes them tick.) ["Drummer's Books." Reviews by John Preston of "To Keep Our Honor Clean" "Real Men Sex and Style in an Uncertain Age," by Frank Rose with photography by George Bennett; "Love and Love Sickness: The Science of Sex, Gender Difference and Fair-Bonding," by John Money; "The Homosexual as Hero"; "Tress: Facing Up," photos by Arthur Tress. Photos accompanying reviews by George Bennett and Arthur Tress.]

Tough Shit (Our regular close-up of tasteful treats.) [Humorous news clippings.]

Tough Customers (Selected choice cuts . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

The Leatherman's Notebook (Larry Townsend answers this month's questions.) ["The Leather Notebook." Advice column. Topics: Whether "being into leather is equivalent to seeking danger"; whether wearing leather is a form of drag"; why big penises are emphasized in erotic fiction; whether all sadists need to have served as masochists; travelling in Europe.]

Astrologic (Virgo, hardly a virgin . . .) [Humor. Text by Aristide. Art unattributed.]

Drumbeats (Also known as Studs in Heat, and only a postage stamp away.) [Classifieds.]

In Passing [Humorous photo by Robert Purzan, "taken backstage at the Mr. South of Market Contest."]

Cover and Opposite page: Austin Hester, the blond-haired, blue-eyed Southern stud that stole the judges' hearts and set the audiences' crotches on fire at the Mr. South of Market Contest in San Francisco, hosted by Drummer and Trocadero Transfer. Photos by Jim Moss.

Volume Five
#40
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Assistant Editor: Hank Trout
East Coast Editor: John Preston [A contact phone number was given for Preston in previous issues. The number is dropped hereafter.]
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Production: Ken Wood, Dean Malunat
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation: Peter Makris

Getting Off [Editorial by John W. Rowberry. Why Drummer uses the word gay.]

Male Call [Letters.]

Erotic Photography: Art at the Razor's Edge (A dialogue between John Preston, Cal Selfridge, Sam Hardison and Lou Winegarden on the imagery that makes a man's blood boil and crotch stir.) [Photos by J. Lubin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joel-Peter Witkin, Philip Beard, George Platt Lyons.]

Erotic Portfolios (The spice of five erotic photographers: Efren Ramirez, Sandy Graham, Crawford Barton, Rink, and Robert Pruzan.) [Photos by and biographies of the photographers mentioned.]

Arthur Tress: Facing Up (An exclusive preview of the hot shot New York photographer's new book of men at play. Pictures definitely worth a couple million words.) [Text by Yves Navarre from "Facing Up," by Arthur Tress; translated by George Stambolian.]

Muscle Machine (Greg Nero pens a two-part tale of Russian muscle and American studs in competition, in heat, in hot water. The Olympics may be gone, but the smell of the sweat lingers on . . .) [Fiction. Illustrated by Ken Wood.]

Drumsticks (Silly shit for sick minds.) [Cartoons by Ken Wood, Dovilas, and MacBeath.]

A moving violation (Robert Payne's tale of the moonlighting guard and the bikers who strictly mean business, coupled with a preview of super hot new photography by Zeus.) [Fiction.] {Text by John H. Embry.}

Drum [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Drummer Books (Cowboys and sci-fi fill the bill.) [Review by Penni Kimmel of "The Fourth Wall." Reviews by John Preston of "Kevin," by Wallace Hamilton; "More Than Just Friends," by Ruth Turk; "The Cowboy Catalog," by Sandra Kauffman.]

Drummer Movies (A Japanese mass-killer on the loose makes for some interesting social commentary.) [Review by John W. Rowberry of "Vengeance is Mine."]

Sex Garage (Terrance Sagan's story of a man in doubt and Yank's photos of men in action take this mindfuck adventure slightly beyond the pale.) [Fiction.] {Photos by John Preston.}

Astrologic (Libra gets unbalanced.) [Humor. Text by Aristide. Art by R. Kent.]

Leather Notebook (Larry Townsend's heedable advice.) [Advice column. Topics: if you're into leather but not S&M; a bottom who looks like a top; the effects of shaving on public life; why some leathermen are into classical music.]

Tough Shit (Holy Cow! Two pages, and one of them guaranteed to boggle the mind.) [Humorous news clippings.]

Drumbeats (Get in line, this rash of meat-packing mounties and wayward slaves could keep you busy for the duration.) [Classifieds.]

In Passing (Again, Mappelthorpe; again, Ramirez. Together: too true!) [Photo by Efren Raneriz of a family viewing Robert Mapplethorpe photos.]

Cover: The Germany slave, captured and waiting; photograph by Gerhard Pohl.

This page: The final submission of the uniformed captive; photo by Zeus.

Volume Five
#41
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Assistant Editor: Hank Trout
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Art Director: Vincent Tipaldo
Production: Ken Wood, Gary Boyd
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation: Peter Makris
Special Projects Editor: Jim Moss

MaleCall [Letters.]

["Arnell Larsen." Obituary of the artist, writer, and Drummer columnist.]

Hellfire '80 (Another visit to the Chicago lamp lighters, where last year's publicity has turned into this year's international S&M conference.) [Text by John Preston. Photos by Alex.]

Muscle Machine (The second and final half of Greg Nero's matchless tale of Russian balls meet American balls, set amid the sweat of an international bodybuilding competition.) [Illustration by Ken Wood.]

West (The new wave in erotic art is capped with leather, steel and restraints. Drummer is proud to showcase a tasty sampling of a tasty new artist.) ["A Portfolio by west." Text unattributed. Art by "west."]

Run No More: A Drummer Exclusive! (The second volume in Larry Townsend's Little Leather Boy stories begins in this issue. A classic of S&M writing from the past decade, and revived in its entirety, Run No More set the standard for contemporary S&M literature.) [Fiction.]

Leather in Stockholm (A mini-tour with snapshots from one of the four European leather capitals. The legendary image of the blond Swede hunk has been replaced by the blond Swede hunk in leather.) [Text and photos unattributed.]

Members Only (The first in a series of instructions for finding the correspondence club that best suits your needs.) ["Members Only: A Guide to Specific Organizations." Text unattributed.]

Drumsticks [Cartoons by Thor, Dovilas, and Walden.]

Key Club Carpenters (Captured in the act of building the new Drummer Key Club interiors, here is the evidence that there is life before sundown. Photos by Terry.) [Dialogue, i.e. captions, by Robert Payne {John H. Embry}. Text unattributed.]

Drum [Comic by Bill Ward.]

The Amsterdam Incident (Ron Harvie's tale of corruption, detection and revenge set amid the waterway of Amsterdam.) [Fiction. Art by Adam.]

Tough Shit (Mostly media crap . . .) [Humorous news clippings. Includes reproductions of artwork from Gay Comix and Schwul Comix.]

Astrologic [Humor. Text by Aristide. Art unattributed.]

Tough Customers [Amateur photos and personals.]

Books (It's a long way from Oscar Wilde to Rod McKuen, is the trip even worth it?) [Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "The Importance of Being Oscar," by Mark Nicholls; Guardians of the Flutes: Idioms of Masculinity," by Gilbert H. Herdt; "The Power Bright and SHining: Images of My Country," by Rod McKuen. Cartoon reproduced from "Le Gay Ghetto," by Charles Ortleb and Richard Fiala.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Sex with a dog; sex with truckers; whether a slave can offer to buy a top a drink; the desire to be castrated; a Munich festival; circumcision in one's forties; boxing as a fetish; whether there's a "color line" in the S&M community.]

Conrap [Prison news and penpal requests.]

Film (Knife in the Head . . . those Germans sure have a way with words.) ["Drummer views the Flicks." Review by Hank Trout.]

Drumbeats [Classifieds.]

In Passing [Art by Harry Bush, captioned "Harry Bush is alive and well in Los Angeles."]

Cover & contents page: Putting the finishing touches on the Drummer Key Club. Photo by Terry.)

Volume Five
#42
[Copyrighted 1980]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Assistant Editor: Hank Trout
East Coast Editor: John Preston
Art Director: Ken Wood
Production: Gary Boyd
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation: Peter Makris
Special Projects Editor: Jim Moss

Getting Off [Subtitle: "The Shape of Things to Come." Unattributed editorial. News about Drummer, including news on the difficulties of printing John Preston's "Mr. Benson."]

Male Call

Texas Leather (The setting: Houston, the fast-growing leather capitol of the South. The place: A Different Drum, definitely a different kind of watering hole. The occasional Drummer comes to Texas in the first of a guaranteed long line of repeat visits. The outcome: Southern macho meets hard corp attitude. Get ready for fireworks!) [Text by John Preston. Photos by Yank {John Preston}.

Rematch! (The Great Wrestling Match continues, only the stakes get a bit higher, and the sweat really starts to pour in Hank Trout's account of what happened to the out-of-town-challenger when he discovered he had been beaten by the home town champion.) [Fiction. Art by Matt.]

Drummer Daddies (Just what you might ask Santa to bring you . . . if you dare. A portfolio of very hot men very capable of making sure you are a very good boy all year long!) [Unattributed photos.]

Sticks and Stones (Jason Klein's most devastating vision in an excerpt from his novel-in-progress. Definitely one of the important new voices in S&M literature, and probably the best way to spend the holidays.) [Art by deMullotto.]

Piercing (The Master Piercer himself, Jim Ward, examines the in's and out's of personal body jewelry; what it is, what it isn't, and how to get it.) [Photos unattributed.]

Meat: Straight to Hell (Drummer is pleased to bring you an excerpt from the book based on the underground magazine of the same name. Real people, latrine style.) ["An excerpt from "MEAT: How Men Look, Act, Walk, Dress, Undress, Taste & Smell: Ture Homosexual Experiences from S.T.H."]

Drumsticks [Not in issue.]

Christmas in the Dungeon (Drummer's 24-page guide to the perfect toys for unruly boys, and gifts to humbly give your Master.) ["Christmastime in the Dungeon." Includes "Gift for the Magi," fiction by Robert Payne {John H. Embry}, with an illustration by Ken Wood; reproductions of art by Charles R. Musgrave, Tom of Finland, and Rex.]

Run No More (Chapter Two of Larry Townsend's classical novel of S&M and intrigue, in which the tables are turned . . .) [Fiction. Art by Ken Wood.]

Drumbeats [Classifieds.]

Drum (Bill Ward closes out 1980 with a close encounter of a very different kind for his cartoon hero.) [Comic.]

Books [Reviews by John Preston of "The Lords of Discipline," by Pat Conroy; "Gaywyck"; "Tory's," by William Snyder; "Vermillion," by Nathan Aldyne; and news about Avon and St. Martin's Press.]

Film (A Mexican gay film? Maybe si, maybe no.) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "Asphalt Night" and "El Lugar Sin Limites - Hell Without Limits."]

Tough Customers [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Shit [Humorous news clippings. Includes a photo by Wolfgang of Phil Andros {Samuel M. Steward} giving John Preston a tattoo on the chest.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: A pre-operative transsexual who wants to try leather; hanky coldes; can fisting cure hemorrhoids; can cockrings damage you if left on too long.]

Con Rap [Prison news and penpal requests.]

Drummer Club News (So much is going on that the Club now needs its own organ, newsletter that is . . .) ["Initiation! Drummer Key Club / L.F. News." Text and photos unattributed.]

In Passing (Maybe the ultimate Christmas gift.) [Photo by Rink of a  messenger on a motorcycle.]

Cover: Rene, who stands out in any crowd. Photo by Jim Moss.

Volume Five
#43
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Ken Wood
Production: Dan Malanut
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart

Getting Off [Subtitle: "1984: The Countdown begins." Editorial by John W. Rowberry. Urges gay men and gay women to join together to fight against the Christian political right.]

MaleCall [Letters.]

Mardi Gras: Madness Takes Its Toll (Once a year in New Orleans, thousands of men get their fantasies together for the ultimate act of public exhibitionism.) [Unattributed text. Photos by Charles Gatewood.]

Stud Poker (Derek's back, and Drummer's got him, with one of the wildest card games in recent memory.) [Fiction by Derek. Photos by Gage Brothers and Target.]

Jailhouse Rocks (Cavelo's latest series is set in a Southern jail, where the law of the land is in the hands of the warden, and the guards, and sometimes the prisoners.) [Art by Cavelo.]

Members Only (Part 2 of Drummer's Guide to Specific Organizations - where you can find just what you want, just how you want it, with just the right person.) [Text and photos unattributed. Illustration by Ken Wood. "This second part of Members Only will deal with four different groups: an organization devoted to the sexual possibilities of the ass" - Rear Frenchman of America, in New York - "a group centered upon feet and footwear as a sexual object or motivation" - Footman, in New York - "a correspondence club based upon wrestling and fighting as a sexual stimulation" - CHALLENGE, in Chicago - "and a water sports enthusiasts' correspondence club" - the "WS" Correspondence Club, in San Francisco.]

The CMC Carnival (The Woodstock of leather gatherings is held in San Francisco every year, and 1980 was no exception.) [Text unattributed. Photos by Roy Armstrong. Article on the Californai Motorcycle Club's annual carnival.]

Submission/de Sana (Leslie East looks at Jimmy de Sana's stark visions of body functions.) [Text by Leslie East. Photos by Jimmy de Sana.]

["Drumsticks." Cartoons by Wladen and unattributed.] {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.}

Run No More (Chapter Three of Larry Townsend's classic S&M novel takes us deeper into the web of the action.) [Illustration by Ken Wood.]

Slaves and Masters: The 1981 Drummer Calendar (From the imaginations and hands of the top erotic artists comes Drummer's pull-out calendar for this year.) [Art by Charles R. Musgrave, Cavelo, Etienne, Matt, and unattributed.]

Drumbeats (Thousands of potential ideas for an evening, a week, or . . .) [Classifieds.]

Drum [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Tough Customers (Men on the loose . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Mr. Western Drummer (The first of Drummer's regional contests in search of the perfect master. You shoulda been there . . .) [Unattributed text. Photos by Robert Pruzan.]

Tough Stuff [Summary lost against black portion of the table of contents' background.] [Humorous news clippings.]

The Mineshaft Anniversary (As can be expected, it was a no-holds-barred event. And no holes barred.) ["Mineshaft." Text by John Preston. Photos by Alex. Article on the New York leather bar.]

Books [Subtitle: "The Painful Parts." Reviews by John Preston of "Christianity, Homosexuality and Social Intolerance," by John Bowell; "The Man With the Pink Triangle"; "Bent." Preston refers to the recent shootings at the Ramrod and other Greenwich Village gay bars.]

Films (Raging Bull, Robert DiNero, and hard times.) [Subtitle: "The Legacy of Brutality." Review by John W. Rowberry of "Raging Bull."]

Drumsticks [Not present in issue.]

ConRap [Prison news.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Why a skilled topman would pair up with a poor bottom; a vaccine to prevent hepatitis; mail-order leathers; the presence of a woman at a Munich leather party; whether to say S&M or SM; pubes punishment.]

In Passing [Unattributed photo of memorials left at the Ramrod bar entrance in memory of men who were killed by a man who said he hates homosexuals. The photo refers to the recent shootings at the Ramrod.]

Contents Photo by Yank {John Preston}

Cover Photo by Jim Moss

Volume Five
#44
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Augustus Ginnochio
Production: Stephen Hughes
Staff Artist: Ken Wood
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Business Manager: Darrell Dietz
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

MaleCall [Letters.]

The Quarters (An excerpt from the novel by Robert Paul Dunn based on true experiences at one of the world's most secretive and talked about S&M facilities.) [Photos by Wolfgang.]

The Final Solution (The stunning conclusion of Jason Klein's major opus on S&M relationships in an exclusive DRUMMER excerpt.) [Illustration by deMulloto.]

Blue Light (Perhaps the most bizzare story you'll read in a very long time, Aaron Travis' haunting tale of men with power beyond their wildest dreams.) [Fiction. Illustration by Ken Wood.] {Text by Steven Saylor.}

Games (Len Harrington, a new writer in DRUMMER's pages, with a hard-edged story of roles and role-playing - and imaginations that sometimes go too far.) [Fiction. Art unattributed.]

Run No More (Chapter Four of Larry Townsend's adventure story introduces some new twists and some dangerous characters.) [Illustration by Ken Wood.]

Introducing Joe Paducah (The mythical man of muscle proves to be a reality viewed through the Zeus lens . . . something you can sink your teeth into.) ["Drummer Introduces Joe Paducah." Photos by Zeus. Art by Charles R. Musgrave.]

Drumbeats (More hot men than you can shake a cat 'o nine tails at . . .) [Classifieds.]

Drum (Bill Ward's always randy character in a new adventure.) [Comic.]

Tough Customers (Here they are . . . men to melt in your mouth . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Shit [Humorous news clippings. Includes an advice column by Beth Winship.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Being a white slave to a black master; why there are few photos in Drummer of harder sexual activity; age discrimination at baths and sex clubs; being allergic to leather.]

Conrap [Prison news.]

Film (With The Arabian Nights, Pasolini is finished.) [Review by John W. Rowberry.]

BarBeats (A new DRUMMER feature, spotlighting what's going on where . . .) [Text unattributed. Photos by Ian Provest and Peter Langord. Subtitles: "Mr. International Leather"; "Drummaster Grand Opening"; "D.C. Eagle Contest"; "Copenhagen: Kake Club."]

Books (The possible origins and history of the tattoo is explored in a definitive new book on the art form as practiced in Japan.) [Review by Charles R. Musgrave of "The Japanese Tatto," by Donald Richie and Ian Buruma.]

Joe Gage's Handsome (A preview of a new hard core visual . . .) [Text and photos unattributed. Article on the porn film "Handsome."]

More Flesh in Flash! (O, How the Movie should have looked . . .) [Unattributed review of the movie "Flesh Gordon." Art by Cavelo. Humorous manipulations of movie photos.]

In Passing [Humorous photo by Rink of one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, in San Francisco.]

Cover Photo: Jim Moss

Volume Five
#45
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Augustus Ginnochio
Staff Artist: Ken Wood
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Business Manager: Mike Simmons
Distribution Manager: Darrell Dietz
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

["Getting Off." Unattributed editorial concerning the change to lower-quality paper in the magazine.]

MaleCall [Letters.]

Sewers of New York: Hellfire Beyond Gay (Roy Armstrong dives into New York's The Hellfire Club and comes up with new attitutdes and variations on a familiar theme.) [Text by Roy Armstrong. Photos by Sandy Graham and Roy Armstrong.]

Big Al's Towing & Service (Derek's back and with a hot, hard, strictly piston-action tale of overalls and lube jobs. Get out your grease rags!) [Fiction. Art unattributed.]

Over There: A Radio Drama (From the archives of the unpublishable, comes Handes Kalt's lurid tale of Nazis and HRM's Irish Revels. Unauthentic photos comibne with an obvious flight of fantasy.) [Script by Handes Kalt. Photos by Mike Arlen.]

["Cowboys." Unattributed text. Art by Billy Buttner.]

Ask Robert Payne (The nitty-gritty of the nuts and bolts of hard duty S&M from the man who made "Yes, Sir!" a household word.) [Advice column {by John H. Embry}. Topics: A slave's concern about his master's interest in other men; whether a a master should consult directly with another master about using his slave; using drugs during S&M; the problems of being an older top; how far to press a slave who is in discomfort; whether a slave can ask his master to take his wages; whether a slave should let his master pierce him.]

Drumsticks [Cartoons by unattributed. {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.}

Run No More (Chapter Five brings us deeper into the myster of the castle, and closer to a shattering revelation about the past.) [Fiction by Larry Townsend. Art by Ken Wood.]

Drumbeats (Our very own version of "Real People") [Classifieds.]

The South of Market Guide (A quick update of our June 1980 guide to San Francisco's Folsom, the street of leather knights.) [Map.]

Mr. Drummer Poster [Advertisement for a Drummer party.]

Drum (Bill Ward's hot English stud gets his attitude checked in another thrilling episdoe of beef on the hoof.) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Tough Customers (Our very own version of "That's Incredible!") [Amateur photos and personals.]

Books [Reviews by John Preston of "Chapters of an Autobiography," by Sam Steward {Samuel M. Steward} AKA Phil Andros; "Man to Man: Gay Couples in America," by Charles Silverstein; "True Likeness: Lesbian and Gay Writing Today." Unattributed review of "Gertrude's Follies," by T. Hachtman.]

Leather Notebook (Townsend gives good advice . . .) [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Troubles between a young leatherman and his Christian fundamentalist mother; "Is it proper for the S to call the M, or should it be the other way around?"; a master who is a hairdress; can jerk-off scenes be sadomasochism; more S&M clubs are public than in the past; S&M ranches and resorts; the death of Ron, of The Rigid Bondage Roster; is S&M against the law in the United States.]

Conrap [Prison news.]

Tough Shit (All the news that's fit to eat . . .) [Humorous news clippings. Includes the column "Question Man," by O'Hara.]

The Fifteen (Drummer looks at the number and the men who have made it a San Francisco legend. Get ready for the real thing.) [Unattributed text. Photos by Jim Moss. Article on an S&M club, The 15 Association.]

BarBeats [Subtitles: "Studstore Opens"; "The San Francisco '10'"; "Cowboys Unite!"]

Fit to Be Tied (A visit to Fetters, the London / New York gallery of hardware and dungeon furniture - an illustrated guide to rough living.) [Unattributed text and photos.]

Animal (The return of Jason Klein and a preview of his extraordinary new work, a sequal [sic] to "Bugs".) [Fiction. Illustration by Ken Wood.]

In Passing ["Oriflame." Poem by John W. Rowberry. Art by Charles R. Musgrave.]

Cover photo: Jim Moss

Volume Five
#46
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Augustus Ginnochio
Staff Artist: Ken Wood
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Distribution Manager: Darrell Dietz
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

["Getting Off." Subtitle: "Marching to a Different Drummer." Unattributed editorial announcing a change back to slick paper at the magazine.]

MaleCall [Letters.]

Looking for Mr. Drummer (The good news is that Mr. Drummer has been selected by the hottest and horniest crowd of other leather studs you've ever seen. The bad news is, if you weren't there, you've missed the part of the decade.) ["We Went Looking for Mr. Drummer . . . And We Found Him." Unattributed text. Photos by Robert Pruzan.]

Mr. International Leather (Mr. Drummer went on to Chicago, where the official Mr. International Leather Contest was held. More leather was in attendance that night than anywhere outside a Texas cattle ranch.) ["Leather's Big Chicago Weekend." Text unattributed. Photos by A Thousand Words Unlimited and Stephen Kulieke.]

For Members Only (Part Three of our consumers' guide to specialized organizations.) ["Members Only: A Guide to Specific Organizations." Text aunattributed. Photos by Yank {John Preston}. Topics: DungeonMaster newsletter, Knight newsletter, Daddies & Daddy's Boys, Lesbian and Gay Associated Engineers and Scientists (LGAES).]

Blinded by the Light (A major new work by Aaron Travis - Blue Light - begins in this issue. Travis turns the world of the trucker upside down in this exciting and erotic adventure.) [Fiction. Photos unattributed.] {Fiction by Steven Saylor.}

Run No More (Chapter Six of Larry Townsend's classic S&M tale) [Fiction. Illustration by Ken Wood.]

Drumsticks [Cartoon by Ken Wood.] {Cartoon by A-Jaques Ottis.}

Drumbeats (Holy shit! If Drumbeats keeps growing, it may have to become a magazine all its own! More hot men and more trembling flesh than you can possibly shake your dick at . . .) [Classifieds.]

Etienne's Carwash Mural (A Drummer exclusive! Your very own Etienne mural from a gigantic new work currently being executed by the hot rod of erotic fantasy art. Get your grease guns ready . . .) [Missing from issue examined.]

Drum (Bill Ward's prototype of the international stud gets into a sticky situation.) [Comic.]

Conrap [Pirson news.]

London Leather (Brian [sic] Derbyshire, one of the best known names in the United Kingdom's leather-world begins a regular report from the country that gave us Corporal Punishment.) [Text by Bryan Derbyshire. Description of leather bars and of how leathermen organize themselves in Great Britain.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: How to signal you're a switch; nipple torture through dental floss; a vaccine for hepatitis; castration fantasies.]

Tough Shit! [Humorous news clippings.]

Tough Customers [Amateur photos and personals.]

Films (Italians slaughter Arabs, ten thousand tanks - no waiting.) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "Lion of the Desert" and several films shown at the San Francisco International Gay Film Festival, including "Greetings from Washington," "Twice a Woman," and "Dear Boys."]

The Leather Portfolio (The assignment was: Create a single photographic image that best represents you vision of the eroticism of leather. Six photographers clicked the shutter.) [Photos by Wolfgang, Graven Image, Victor Arimondi, Efren Ramirez, Rink, Mephistopheles.]

In Passing [Humorous photo by Rink.]

Cover Photo: Victor Armondi

Volume Five
#47
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Augustus Ginnochio
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

Getting Off [Unattributed editorial about the bright future of Drummer, with a note about the death of Jack Yancey.]

Male Call [Letters.]

["The 'Nazi' Tempest." Article about the controversy on the Nazi fantasy photos in issue #45.]

Grand Canyon III: With the Sons of Apollo Under The Arizona Sun (The Southwest's most prized bike run went to the Grand Canyon and Drummer went with them. Wait until you see the results.) [Text by Richard Danvers. Photos unattributed.]

Blinded by the Light (Part Two of Aaron Travis' new work unearths some revelations about the cult of machismo.) [Fiction {by Steven Saylor}. Art unattributed.]

Run No More (Chapter Seven of Larry Townsend's classic.) [Fiction. Art unattributed.]

Drumsticks [Cartoons by Walden and unattributed.]

Drumbeats (If you didn't know it already, Drummer has more personal ads than even The Advocate. But we knew that.) [Classifieds.]

Sources (Drummer presents the biggest collection of leather and S&M sources ever, including a look at what's new, a super erotic adventure with a slave trader, a wealth of illustrations by REX, the King of Leather Erotica, a guide to where you can find the hottest and best in leather, toys and equipment, and special looks at lubricants, poppers, and the new Zeus man. 32 pages of turn-on information.) [Subsections: "Training Aids": S&M devices. Photos and art unattributed. "Better Living Through Chemistry": poppers i.e. amyl nitrate. Art unattributed. "Leather Sources": leather shops. Photos unattributed. "What's Up!" Includes news on the author RFM and the artist Rex. Final drawing by Harry Bush. The article about the slave trader does not appear to be in this section.]

Drum (The adventures of Drum, another installment in the life of the superstud created by Bill Ward.) [Comic. The artist's style changes in this issue.]

Leather Notebook (Larry Townsend gives good advice . . .) [Advice column. Topics: Beer in water sprts; whether tight shorts cause impotence; a bisexual male-to-female transsexual asks advice about becoming involved in S&M; whether interest in leather is sick.]

Classic Etienne (The primo erotic artist presents golden oldies that are as hot now as they were then.) [Art produced when Etienne drew under the name of Stephen.]

Films (Curt McDowell's documentary, Loads, is about an obsession for low riders.) ["Sexual Obsession as Documentary." Review by John W. Rowberry.]

London Leather (More news from the U.K.'s leather stud.) [Text by Bryan Derbyshire. Information on Blues Weekend, leather shops in London, Bikers International, the interest of the Trollettes - a drag act - in leather, a party at Subway.]

Tough Customers (Feast your eyes . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Tough Shit (From the four corners of the globe comes the silliest shit in the world.) [Humorous news clippings.]

Books (Something about the past . . .) [Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies," by Vito Russo; "California Crazy," by Alan Cartnal; "Slave to Beauty," a biography of F. Holland Day by Estelle Jussim; "Wieth Brendan Behan," by Peter Arthurs.]

Conrap [Prison news.]

Face to Face (Clint Lockner makes his debut in this hot new film that features non-stop action, both in and out of uniform.) [Text unattributed.]

In Passing ["Sizing the Criminals." News article about juvenile prisoners, with an unattributed drawing.]

Cover: Face To Face

Volume Five
#48
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Camera Tech: Tim Toland
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

Letters ["MaleCall / Dear Sir." Reprints two letters from the Boston Gay Community News concerning the controversy over Drummer's Nazi fantasy photos is issue #45.]

Slave Auction (The new market place for male flesh in the Bulldog Baths in San Francisco, where with the right bid you can walk away with someone to do your bidding.) [Text unattributed. Photo by Rink. Other photos unattributed.]

The Poster Parade (The immediate art form of the playroom and the leather bar is the leather poster. Drummer presents a parade of the more notable one-sheets.) ["The Passing Poster Parade." Posters shown: Unattributed poster for The Ballpark in Denver. Posters by Randy West for the Phoenix MC at the Black & Blue bar, the Cave, and the L.A. Lineup. Unattributed poster for a party by Folsom Fantasies. Poster by Bill West {Bill Ward} for Head Products. Poster for the FFA by Jackel. Poster by A. Jay for the Slot in San Francisco. Poster by Rex for Faust Leder Leatherwear.]

Golden Showers (A late summer rain of golden amber may be more than a metaphor . . . the subject is water sports, and the plug has been pulled.) ["Though Golden Showers May Come Your Way: The Next-to-Last Taboo Makes Its Case." Text by Terrance Sagan. Photos by Reflex Studio and Graven Image.]

Classic Blade (The hitchhiker and the Farmboy launched artist Blade's secret career. Now, years later . . .) [Located in issue after "Run No More." Text by Blade and unattributed. Art by Blade, from "The Barn 1948 and More Dirty Pictures by Blade."]

Smart One (Gerhard Pohl, the leading German photographer of S&M men, previews his first American show.) [Text unattributed. Photos by Gerhard Pohl.]

[Blinded by the Light, fiction by Aaron Travis {Steven Saylor}.]

[Run No More, fiction by Larry Townsend. Photo unattributed.]

["Drumsticks." Crossword. Unattributed cartoon.]

Mark Chester: Rope Tricks (From the bowels of San Francisco's legendary South of Market artists' colony comes a breathtaking and uncompromised photographer of men in bondage and discipline . . .) [Text unattributed. Photos by Mark Chester {Mark I. Chester}.]

Drumbeats (It's no secret that there are more men here per inch than anywhere else. Start counting the inches . . .) [Classifieds.]

Drum (The street hawk takes a quick bite . . .) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

London Letter (Bryan Derbyshire's message from abroad, rather a guy . . .) [Topics: MSC clubs around the nation; the closing of The Eagle bar in London; sauna-gyms in London; MSC London; Mr. Subway competition; a new gay newspaper, Capital Gay; renovations of discos.]

Film (American Werewolf in London might not sound like your cup of tea - it is - and Spetters might sound like something you wear - it isn't - and Stevie is a woman's name.) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry. Also, reviews by John Rowberry of two books about films: "How to Read a Film," by James Monaco; "Spaghetti Westerns," by Christopher Frayling.]

Leather Notebook (Advice to the leather lorn . . .) [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Leather life in the Deep South; background music during S&M; leather life in Japan; older topmen.]

Tough Shit (A monthly round-up of the silly, the sick, and the sublime . . .) [Humorous news clippings.]

Books (Jimi Hendrix, not quite back from the dead.) [Reviews by Charles Musgrave {Charles R. Musgrave} of "The Boy Who Picked Up the Bullets" {The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up}, by Charles Nelson; "Rezo Strange," by Dan Dakota; "Little, Big," by John Crowley; "Fantoccini," by Kirby Congdon; "Voodoo Child of the Aquarius Age," a biography of Jimi Hendrix by David Henderson.]

Conrap [Prison news.]

Tough Customers (All these guys flushed their Real People t-shirts down the toilet.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

In Passing [Reprint of article in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by John Schwada on the raid on the Los Angeles Slave Auction, with unattributed commentary. Art by Brandreth.]

Cover photo: Victor Arimondi

Volume Five
#49
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Camera Tech: Tim Toland
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation Director: Bill Baker

["Getting Off." Unattributed editorial ridiculing a report that German boys have been kidnapped and sold to rich American homosexuals.]

Male Call / Dear Sir [Letters. Includes an item about the painting used on this issue's cover.]

Battle of the Big Dicks (If half the people in the world are looking for a really big dick - are the half that's hung like the proverbial horse all contestants in the Big Dick Contest?) [Text by Terrance Sagan. Photos by R. Fenton. Article on a contest at the Bulldog Baths in San Francisco.]

The Leather Santa (If a whip across a reindeer's ass will make him go faster, what has Santa got in mind for all you bad little boys?) [Christmas gifts. Photos by J. Clinton West and Bob McLeod. Art by Clark Kummel and Jackel. Text and other photos unattributed.]

His Master's Voice (Robert Payne has a few words to say about today's slave trade.) {Text by John H. Embry.} [Narrative about finding a master.]

Flesh! (A preview of the second volume of true experiences from the pages of Straight to Hell.) [Excerpts from "Flesh: Straight to Hell, Volume Two." Text by Boyd McDonald and unattributed. Fiction? Photos unattributed. Includes an erotic photo from 1857 at San Francisco North Beach.]

Run No More (Larry Townsend tightens the web on his adventure of ghosts and discipline.) [Fiction. Art unattributed.]

Copperhead (Warning: Don't read this story late at night. Or alone. Or in the company of reptiles.) [Fiction by Bill Saint Clair. Art by Charles R. Musgrave.]

Guide to Guides (Before you jet off to Paris with your bar guide in the pocket of your leather jacket, look over this pile of source books.) [Unattributed reviews of "Places of Interest," "Spartacus International," "SLM Stockholm." Art unattributed.]

A Drummer Poster Bonus! (Bill Ward's Erotic S&M coloring Book Calendar for 1982 - get out your crayons and try coloring your way through next year with one hand.)

Drumbeats (All prime beef on the hoof, and all primed for action. Put up your crayons, get out your ballpoint, and write . . .) [Classifieds.]

Drum (The Drummer archtype [sic] gets in a few more licks before the year ends.) [Comic by Bill Ward.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Finding a partner in Ohio; how to break up; how to acquire a foreskin.]

London Leather (News from the land that gave us corporal punishment.) [Text by Bryan Derbyshire. News.]

Books (Sex in space . . .) [Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," by Douglas Adams; various science fiction titles; "The Humanoid Touch," by Jack Williamson; "To the Stars," by Harry Harrison; various titles by Samel R. Delany; "New Arrivals, Old Encounters," by Brian Aldiss; "Straight to Hell," by Boyd McDonald."]

Film (A little English, a lot of Chinese . . .) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; "Father and Son," directed by Fong Yuk Ping.]

["Drummer's Double-Crostic, Issue No. 48." Offer to send to readers the answer to the crossword puzzle.]

Tough Customers (Scratch and sniff time, guys - and no polyester.) [Amateur photos and personals.]

In Passing (Remember the joke about the cock that was so big . . .) [Humorous photo by Robert Pruzan.]

Cover: Charles Gatewood [Photograph of a painting by Boris Vallejo. The photographer is Gatewood.]

This page: Photo courtesy of Mr. S Products (page 12) [A reference to "The Leather Santa"]

Volume Five
#50
[Copyrighted 1981]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Vaughn Frick
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
General Manager: Patrick Batt
Advertising Director: Karl Stewart
Circulation: Jerry Lasley

["Getting Off." Subtitle: "C&B Torture." Reprints a letter from a reader who had his penis metatomized - cut - and later developed cancer of the glans and had to have the glans removed. The editor's reply warns against "sexual acts that maim and destroy," saying that physical destruction falls outside the sphere of intelligent S&M.]

Male Call / Dear Sir [Letters. Includes a personal from a Polish gay man and a note that Stompers Gallery has closed.]

In Search of an Honest-to-God Cowboy! (From Tom Mix to Robert Redford, hundreds of men have portrayed cowpokes on the screen. Terrance Sagan looks into their chaps and comes up with some hairless nuts.) [Text by Terrance Sagan. Photos unattributed.]

Cowboy! (Jason Klein's western odessey [sic]: cactus, branding, hanging branches and tortured testicles. They'll [sic] never be a movie version of this one.) [Fiction. Illustrations by Matt.]

Run No More (Chapter Eleven reveals some hidden truths about the ghost and the castle, as Larry Townsend's classic draws to a close.) [Fiction. Illustration unattributed.]

City Boy, Country Boy (The new west - as in midwest - and the lessons learned at the FFA meeting merge in this debut story by Fledermaus.) [Fiction {by Tony DeBlase}. Illustration by R. Kent.]

My Brother in Leather (Robert Paul Dunn describes an attitude . . .) [Philosophical piece. Art by Tom {of Finland?}.]

Drumsticks [Missing from issue.]

Classic Cowboys (Take a little trip down memory lane and give a gander to these corral studs . . .) [Missing from issue.]

Way Out West (J. Brian illustrates the story of a young cowpoke who came in looking for a pair of boots and got mroe than he bargained for . . .) [Text unattributed. Photos from J. Brian's "Flashbacks." Photos followe by drawings by Matt, Etienne, and Tom of Finland.]

Drummer Art (A new series, where we go to the galleries, looking for beefcake.) [Text by DAG of Peter Hujar at Robert Samuel Gallery in New York City. Text by John W. Rowberry of Robert Pruzan at The Ambush in San Francisco. Photos unattributed but presumably by the photographers.]

Drumbeats (There they are, a thousand hot men waiting to start your new year off right.) [Classifieds.]

Drum (Bill Ward's macho wet dream starts his year off with another adventure . . .) [Comic. Returns to old pen-and-ink style.]

Conrap [Prison news and penpal requests.]

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Where to find action at truck stops; making sure bottoms come clean to a scene; washing hands after using the restroom; leather life in Australia; the difference between Townsend's fiction and the advice he gives.]

["Tough Shit." Humorous news clippings. Two sections with unattributed text. Section one: "Brachioprotic Eroticism." This being the name that a group of doctors has given to fisting. Describes a report in the British Journal of Sexual Medicine (Vol. 8, Jan. 1981) that surveyed 50,000 American fisters. Section two: "No tits, please!" Ridicules comments in the Nursing '81 medical journal in which nurses protested stereotypes about them.]

London Leather (News from beyond the great puddle . . .) [Text by Bryan Derbyshire.]

Tough Customers (Now that's what we call amazing animals . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.]

Film (How bad was it?) [Overview by John W. Rowberry of films released in 1981.]

In Passing (Happy tails to you . . .) [Western-style photo.]

Cover: The best undressed cowboy in town from J. Brian's Flashbacks.

Volume Six
#51
[Copyrighted 1982]

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
General Manager: Patrick Batt
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Vaughn Frick
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Advertising: Karl Stewart
Circulation: Niell Rosen
Shipping/Receiving: Michael Bayer
Accounting: Chuck Massarsky

Getting Off [Subtitle: "With Sincerest Regrets." Editorial by John W. Rowberry mourning the deaths of Drummer author Jason Klein and of Ray Broshears, author of a one-nam news called the Crusader.]

Male Call (The section our readers write)

Autosex. Ads We'd Like to See! (A man's motorcar as an extension of his cock. Our special tribute starts with automotive advertising coming out of its closet.) [Text unattributed. "Trucks by Chrysler Corporation. Bodies by TARGET." Satirical photo manipulation combining porn and auto ads.]

You Can Come in My Car (Terrance Sagan and Gary Newman in the back seat of a Chevy convertible.) [Fiction by Terrance Sagan. Photo by Target.]

Commando Car Club (The auto club was never like this group with its high-powered initiation rites.) [Fiction by Baron Kirk. Illustration by Robert H. Abbott.]

Etienne Looks at Mechanics (Memorable moments in the old garage.) ["Etienne takes on the Mechanics . . ." Art by Etienne / Stephan, with captions apparently added by Drummer.]

Pickup (Robert Payne takes us along the backroads and gets us below the belt.) [Fiction.] {Text by John H. Embry.}

Drumsticks (You figure it out.) ["Missing Link." A puzzle. Art unattributed.]

Captain Morgan, U.S.M.C. (Part One of Frank O'Rourke's saga of the perfect master and his unworthy and unwilling slave.) [Fiction. Illustration by Jakal.]

Run No More: Conclusion (At last, the mystery is revealed in the final chapter of Larry Townsend's S&M classic!) [Fiction. Illustration by Clark.]

Logan's Run (Scenes you never saw in the movie . . . Robert Pruzan displays the charms of the ultimate auto mechanic in our special centerfold.) [Photos by Robert Pruzan. Model: Logan.]

Drumbeats (Where the Elite meet to beat the meat. The more men you invited the better the chance of finding just the right place for your rod.) [Classifieds.]

Drum's Daddy (We find out where the DRUMMER archtype [sic] came from as only Bill Ward can illustrate.) ["Drum." Comic.]

Tough Shit! (All the shit that's fit to print) [Humorous news clippings.]

Leather Notebook (Between you and Larry) [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Valuing gay senior citizens; whether a 60-year-old can participate in leather activities; a rip-off version of The Leatherman's Handbook; whether you can be arrested for wearing a California Highway Patrol uniform on the East Coast.]

DrummerArt (Tom of Finland and Jeff Gates) [Reviews by DAG of the following exhibits: Tom of Finland, Rob Gallery, New York; Jeff Gates, Robert Samuel Gallery, New York; John J. Krause, Lineup bar, Los Angeles. Art by Tom of Finland and Jeff Gates.]

Conrap (Inside looking out) [Prison news and penpals. Includes an item about how Drummer is banned from prisons but has not been invited to participate in lawsuit by ga publications to allow access by prisoners to those publications.]

Drummer Books (From Nazis to Mexico City . . .) [Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "El Vampiro del la Colonia Roma" ("Adonis Garcia"), by Luis Zapata, translated by E. A. Lacey; "The Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals," by Grank Rector; "Calamus," edited by David Galloway and Christian Sabisch; "Gay Sunshine"; "A Thirsty Evil," by Gore Vidal; an unnamed book of interviews by David Sheff with John Lennon and Yoko Ono; "Dream Palaces," by Charles Lockwood."]

Drummer Looks at the Flicks (Best of the breed of 1981) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "Reds," "Taxi Zum Klo," "Father and Son," "Possession," "An American Werewolf in London," "Spetters," "American Pictures," "From the Life of the Marionettes," "True Confessions."]

In Passing (Saying farewell to a friend . . .) [Three excerpts from "Chorus," by Jason Klein.]

Cover: Logan, the ultimate machine, photo by Robert Pruzan.

This page: VanSex from J. Brian's Flashbacks.

Volume Six
#52

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: John W. Rowberry
General Manager: Patrick Batt
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Vaughn Frick
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Circulation: Niel Rosen
Shipping/Receiving: Michael Bayer
Accounting: Chuck Massarsky
Advertising: Karl Stewart

Getting Off [Editorial advising readers to attend the films "Making Love" and "Victor/Victoria."] | 6

Male Call [Letters.] | 6

Cigars and the Men Who Smoke Them (Robert Payne looks at the tobacco-wrapped phallic symbol and some of the more interesting places you can put one.) {Text by John H. Embry.} [Photos unattributed.] | 8

The Boys of San Francisco (The Third William Higgins film in his California trilogy has nothing to do with schoolyards and everything to do with handballs.) [Text by Michael Elliott. Photos from film.] | 12

Erotica '82: J. Wayne Higgs (A new year and a new series of erotic photographers. This issue meet a man who filled an entire gallery with a decade of cock shots.) [Text by John W. Rowberry. Photos by J. Wayne Higgs.] | 15

The Search for Mr. Leather (Chicago in May is more than the beginning of Spring: it's the gathering of the world's hottest leather men competing for the coveted Mr. International Leather title. Ed West looks back on the origins and highlights of this annual event. [Text by Robert Payne {John H. Embry}. Photos unattributed.] | 20

Captain Morgan (The conclusion of Frank O'Rourke's tale of the man who got everything he wanted - the hard way.) [Fiction. Illustration by Jakal.] | 25

Slaveship (Part One of Paul Hardfield's space odyssey, set in a future when the bravest prove their courage in unique intersteller contests and the weak give up the ghost in mindboggling rituals.) [Fiction. Photos unattributed.] | 34

Jon King (New porn superstar with three hot films from Laguna Pacific is now on Catalina Video.) ["A Future Mr. Drummer? Jon King." Text and photos unattributed.] | 41

Drummer Party Poster [Centerfold. Art by Ken Wood.]

Drumbeats (The biggest collection of faw meat on the market. Take a number . . .) [Classifieds.] | 49

Drum (The all-new, hard-on adventures of the Drummer prototype!) [Comic.] {By Bill Ward.} | 65

Leather Notebook [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Where to find the leather scene; whether amyl can cause the "gay virus" (the first mention in Drummer of AIDS); a publishing trend away from nonconsensual stories; where to buy steel or iron restraints.] | 69

Books (Women discover S&M) [Reviews by Penni Kimmel of "Coming to Power," by SAMOIS; "A Taste for Pain: On Masochism and Female Sexuality," by Maria marcus. Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "Making Love," a novelization by Leonore Fleischer; "Missing," by Thomas Hauser, a re-issue of "The Execution of Charles Horman."]  | 73

Tough Customers (These guys use their Real People t-shirts to wipe their ass . . .) [Amateur photos and personals.] | 75

Film (What happens when Hollywood makes a movie about a married man who comes out . . .) [Subtitle: "Making Love a Political Statement." A discussion of "Making Love" in the context of homosexuality in mainstream cinema.] | 80

[The Collector 1982. Summary of a news item about a man held in captivity. Photo unattributed.] | 86

Cover Photo: Leather and cigar, like sugar and spice; photo by Jim Moss.

This Page: One of the 'boys' of San Francisco, photo by William Higgins.

Volume Six
#53
May 1982

[Staff listings missing from this issue.]

Getting Off [Editorial by John H. Embry. Mentions trouble getting Drummer past New Zealand Customs.] | 5

Male Call / Dear Sir (Expanded and still not enough room) [Letters.] | 6

The M.P. and the Raw-Ass Recruit (Terrance Sagan tells it like it is) [Fiction. Photos unattributed.] | 8

In Search of Older Men / Drummer's Daddies (Written by the Daddies and their Daddies' Boys themselves) [Illustrations by Thor. Subtitles: "Ready to Go Again" "Looking for Another Father"; "Wish I Had Had a Dad Like Me"; "Daddies Need Daddies Too"; "Hard to Please Dads"; "Wanted - Raw Material."] | 16

The Ealge Gets His Merit Badge (Dean Masterson Takes Eagle Scout Bruce Smith on an outing) [Photos by Dean Masterson. Model: Bruce Smith. Text unattributed.] | 20

Slaves of the Empire / Part I (The incomparable Aaron Travis starts us off on a trip into history) [Fiction. Illustrations by Matt.] | 25

Slave Ship (Jim Hardfield shows us that getting there is half the fun) [Fiction. Photos unattributed.] | 35

The Ordeal of the Search / Centersection (Looking for Mr. DRUMMER turns out to be more than anyone expected but the sight of all that beautiful beef contesting . . .) ["The Ordeal of the Big Search." Photos by Ron Kodak, Jim Patton, and unattributed.] | 45

Drumbeats / Man to Men (And on they come, more and more and more) [Classifieds.] | 53

Tough Shit (You asked for it, you got it) [Humorous news clippings.] | 73

Drum (Bill Ward shows us that even Drum has a Drummer Daddy) [Comic.] | 74

Leather Notebook (The old master Larry Townsend levels with you, one on one) [Advice column. Topics: Whether senior citizens will represent the wave of the future; starting into SM at age 60; a pirated copy of "The Leatherman's Handbook"; whether you can get in trouble with the law for wearing a California Highway Patrol uniform on the East Coast.] | 79

Drummer Reads the Books (and gives you the real scoop) [Review by Penni Kimmel of "Cobalt," by Nathan Aldyne. Review by Charles R. Musgrave of "Southern Discomfort," by Rita Mae Brown. Illustration unattributed.] | 81

Con Rap (Inside looking out) [Pen pal requests from prisoners.] | 85

Drummer on Film ("Das Boot" and "Circle of Deceit" get our attention) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry.] | 88

London Letter (English Leather from our man overseas) [Text by Bryan Derbyshire.] | 91

In Passing (We complained about no flesh in Flash and we got some) [Photo of Sam Wood?] | 94

Cover by Jim Patton and Rose de Castro.

Contents page photo by Jim Patton.

Page four photo of Mr. Southern California Drummer by Rose de Castro.

Volume Six
#54
June 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
General Manager: Patrick Batt
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Vaughn Frick
Staff Photographer: Jim Patton
Typesetter: Marj Anderson
Classifieds: Joe Carr
Subscriptions: Neill Rosen
Accountant: L. Charles Massarsky
Legal: Brown & Falk
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

Getting Off [Editorial. Announces the start of a computer bulletin board.] | 5

Male Call / Dear Sir (Black and Blue and read all over) [Letters.] | 6

Tough Shit (Cops, cons and carpenters caught with their pants down) [Humorous news clippings. Includes a Rockwell Kent painting.] | 8

Video Explosion (Big-Dick TV dinners) [Photos from current videos, some with humorous captions added. Text unattributed.] | 10

Drummer Daddies (More of the best, with photos) [Amateur photos and personal. Art by Lev.] | 22

The History of Foreskin (Bud Berkeley parts the curtains on a meaty subject) [The history of circumcision and opposition to it. Photos by Joe Tiffenbach and Roy Dean.] | 24

Slaves of the Empire / Part II (Orgy after orgy, gladiator after gladiator, Aaron Travis' hero goes on.) [Fiction. Illustration by Matt.] | 29

Slave Ship - Conclusion (Brutal buddy-sex as Jim Hardfield takes us to a galaxy long ago in the future) | 37

Leather Notebook (Tips from the old master Larry Townsend) [This is placed out of order in the original table of contents. Advice column. Topics: Nails in sadomasochism; how far a full-time master should go with his slave; whether ingesting semen can cause diarrhea; who wrote "The Real Thing" (William Carney); anal illness.] | 43

[Drumsticks. Cartoon by Leo.] | 44

The Search Ends / Centerfold (The ordeals end when 11 bodies beautiful ripple out of shiny chaps and one steps forward to become the new Mr. Drummer.) ["And Finally . . . It's." Photos by Jim Patton. Text unattributed.] | 49

Drumbeats / Man to Man (The classifieds America beats its meat to.) [In issue examined, pages 45-48 and 57-60 are missing, while Drumbeats begins on page 61, rather than page 57 as the original table of contents states.] | 61

Con Rap (Addressing the needs of arresting prisoners) [Prison news and penpal requests.] | 75

Drum (Bill Ward's Drum meets up with a filthy trucker and bites off more than he can chew. Almost.) | 77

Tough Customers (Baaad-ass readers strut their stuff) [Amateur photos and personals.] | 82

Drummedia (We give the DRUMMER third-degree to "Conan," current books and a cock in thorns.) [Review by John W. Rowberry of the film "Conan, the Barbarian." Unattributed review of the artwork of Ron Dwyer, with accompanying photos of the art. Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "Perfect Freedom," by Gordon Merrick; "A History of Shadows," by Robert C. Reinhart; "The Rembrandt Panel," by Oliver Banks; "Honeymoon in Hell," by Fredrick Brown; "The Amateur," by Robert Littel." | 86

San Diego Gets Down (Branded in sailor city) [Text and photos unattributed. Account of the Black Sabbath Party sponsored by B&D Leathers.] | 92

Los Angeles Picks a Winner (The incredible hulks battle for the title.) [Text and photos unattributed. Account of the Mr. Southern California contest.] | 97

In Passing (Holy Hard-on!) [Humorous photo of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.] | 101

Cover photo by Jim Patton of Mr. Drummer ' 82, Luke Daniel.

Page four photo by Rose de Castro [of Drummer Daddy D. Thompson]

Volume Six
#55
July 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Business Manager: Patrick Batt
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Howard Willis
Photography: Jim Patton
Typesetting: Marj Anderson
Classifieds: Joe Carr
Subscriptions: Neill Rosen
Accountant: L. Charles Massarsky
Legal: Brown & Falk
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

Getting Off [Editorial on the magazine's seventh anniversary.] | 5

Male Call / Dear Sir (letters from Masters and slaves) | 6

T.G.I.F. (Tough Guys in Fatigues by Rick Leathers) [Fiction. Illustration by Cavelo.] | 8

Shafted by the Draft (Cavelo interrupts our program to test your attention span) [Art.] | 10

The Foot Fraternity (The man who started it all tells how to get down) ["On Putting Your Foot in My Mouth." Article about the origins of the Foot Fraternity. Text by Art Muench. Photography by Pat Costello."] | 14

Drummer Daddies (If you've been a good boy . . .) [True-life accounts and letters. Photo by Sunblazer Studios and unattributed.] | 20

History of the Foreskin / Part II (Bud Berkeley continues in the skin trade) [Photos unattributed.] | 26

Kickboxer (A footloose erotic adventure by Mako begins) [Fiction. Illustration by Matt.] | 29

Leather Notebook (Advice from the dungeon) [Advice column by Larry Townsend. Topics: Prejudice against brown leather; a masochist who dislikes cigar smoke; whether foreskins are beautiful; the Hellfire Clubs of Chicago and New York.] | 35

Slaves of the Empire / Part III (Aaron Travis' tale of violent and sensual ROme continues) [Fiction. Illustration by Exley.] | 37

Drumsticks (Strictly visual) [Cartoons by Lev, Dick Preston, and Leo.] | 44

Mr International Leather (Hold on to your caps . . . All leatherdom flocks to Chicago as DRUMMER sweeps the big one!) ["Let's Hear It for Chicago and the New International Mr. Leather '82." Text by Patrick Batt. Photography by Robert Pruzan.] | 45

Drumeats (100% pure USDA prime studstuff) [Classifieds.] | 53

Drum (The erotic adventures of Bill Ward's hunk continue) [Comic.] | 69

Drummedia (Mad Max is back as The Road Warrior and this is no summer for watching television) [Review by Steve Warren of "The Road Warrior."  Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan"; "Poltergeist"; "Grease II"; "An Officer and a Gentleman"; "The Thing"; "Author! Author!"; "E.T." Obituary by John W. Rowberry of the German gay filmmaker Ranier Werner Fassbinder. Reviews by Charles R. Musgrave of "Graffiti For The Johns of Heaven," by James Broughton; "The Dance Card," by John R. Feegel"; "Spocks' Guide to the Planet Vulcan," by Sondra Masha and Myrna Culbreath"; "The Atomic Cafe." ]  | 74

Tough Shit (The hole truth and nothing butt . . .) [Humorous news clippings. Includes correspondence to Bud Berkeley of the Uncircumcised Society of America concerning Elvis Presley's lack of circumcision.] | 78

Drummer's Guide to Guides / Part III (How to get there from here, or here from there) [Reviews, apparently by John W. Rowberry, of "Gay Visitors Guide to San Francisco"; "Man to Man Holland Guide"; "Bob Damron's Address Book." Photo by Edward Hart. Other photos unttributed.] | 86

ConRap (Victims, all; the guys in stripes strike back) [Article on Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz, by Jay Bates, who also served time at Alcatraz.] | 88

Leather Bulletin Board (What's happening where and when in the leather world) [By Frank Hatfield. Leather event news.] | 89

In Passing [Humorous photo by Jim Patton. Model: Jason from Ten Carats.] | 94

Cover photo by Jim Patton.

Page four photo of Luke Daniel, MR. DRUMMER '82 & Mr. International Leather '82, by Robert Pruzan.

Volume Six
#56
August 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
Assoc Publisher: John W. Rowberry
Editor: Robert Payne {John H. Embry}
Art Director: Miguel De Bexar
Production: Rio Watley
Photography/Production: Jim Patton
Typesetting: The Printed Word
Accountant: L. Charles Massarsky
Classifieds: Joe Carr
Subscriptions: Rick Leathers
Legal: Brown & Faulk
Editorial Consultant: Light Fantastic
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

Getting Off [Editorial. Mentions the Drummer Computer Bulletin Board.] | 5

Male Call / Dear Sir (Our readers get it off their chests) (Letters. Among the topics: Bud Berkeley's foreskin article. A photograph sent by a clergyman of a church's notice board - not his own - advertising a "youth slave auction.") | 5

Deadly Kicks (A serious report on a controversial and misunderstood sexual fetish) [Article on auto-eroticism by Robert Bahur. Photo unattributed. Includes interviews with an FBI agent, a physician, a psychologist, and a man who practices auto-eroticism.] | 6

Drummer Daddies (Wait til your father hears about this) [Amateur photos and letters.] | 12

The History of Foreskin (The conclusion of Bud Berkeley's examination of the flap over dicks) ["Presented by the Uncircumcised Society of America." Includes a bibliography.] | 14

White Water Run (Leathermen who shoot the rapids) ["Whitewater Run '82." By Victor Terry. Photos by Yanni Helanos and Victor Terry. Report on the Pocono Warriors' Whitewater Weekend of 1982.] | 19

The Gay Olympics (San Francisco hosts the first gay Olympic Games) [Text unattributed. Photos by Joe Altman.] | 23

Kickboxer (Part two of Mako's true life adventure in the ring) [Illustration by Matt.] | 25

Leatherman's Notebook (Advice from Larry Townsend) [Topics: Changing from a live-in bottom to a slave; a spermanent harness for a slave; impalement; whether castrated men can have a sex drive; whether to wear full leather in a gay pride parade.] | 31

Slaves of the Empire (Conclusion of Aaron Travis' Roman epic) [Fiction. Photo unattributed.] | 33

Drumsticks (Or, the cartoon as a sexual metaphor) [Listed in table of contents but not in issue.]

The Official Drummer Poster/Foldout (Surrounded by the official Drummer Peter Meter) [Poster photo by Raw Graphics. Other photos by Reflex Studio. Text unattributed. Humorous piece about a "test" of the new poster on "one of the guys in the Shipping Department," with photographs showing his reaction.] | 41

Drumbeats (Get out your stamps, start licking, here comes the mailman!) [Classifieds.] | 49

Drum (Bill Ward's supermacho stud gets his balls in an uproar) [Comic.] | 65

ConRap (Messages from men on the inside) [By Jay Bates. Penpal requests from prisoners.] | 70

Leather BulletinBoard (News on who, what, where and when) [By Frank Hatfield. Photo unattributed. Topics: Pacific Northwest Mr. Leather; San Francisco barbecue-beer bash; foreign leathermen.] | 71

DrumMedia (Sex films come in different shapes and sizes) [Reviews by John W. Rowberry of "Eu Te Amo (I Love You)"; "The Fruits of Passion" "Centurions of Rome."] | 74

Tough Shit (Real life stories from the twilight zone) [Humorous news clippings.] | 78

Tough Customers (Our guys eat Real People for breakfast!) [Amateur photos and personals.] | 82

In Passing (Mark Chester's spiritual piece) {Mark I. Chester} [Humorous photo of a motorcyclist.] | 86

Cover and page four photos: Falcon brings out its own Summer blockbuster movie with HUGE starring one of the slickest polecats in the business, Lee Ryder.

Volume Six
#57
October 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Mario Simone
Assoc Publisher: John W. Rowberry
Editor: Robert Payne [pseudonym for John H. Embry]
Production: Gary Nukes
Photography/Production: Jim Wigler
Typesetting: The Printed Word
Accountant: L. Charles Massarsky
Classifieds: Joe Carr
Subscriptions: Rick Leathers
Legal: Steven Ames Brown
Editorial Consultant: Light Fantastic
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

"Cover and page four photos: Blonde beef on a bike, Raw Graphics exposes Ace road warrior Gunner; photos by Jim Wigler."

Getting Off.
Author: Unattributed.
Photo: Unattributed.
Summary: Editorial. Says the Gay Olympics in San Francisco was a success.
Page: 5.

Malecall / Dear Sir
Author: Readers.
Summary: "Got something to say, man?" Letters. Topics: Fear of being persecuted by the government because the reader subscribes to Drummer; letter from T. R. Witomski on the daddy phenomenon; a letter from Bud Berkeley thanking Drummer for running his history of foreskins; a reader complimenting Drummer on running more stories and art with uncut men; enquiry as to how the Leather Fraternity works.
Page: 6.

Fun in Your Favorite Bar on a Quiet Sunday Afternoon.
Author: Unattributed.
Photos: Close Up Productions.
Summary: "'Tightropes at the Officer's Club' is the vehicle for this footloose look at bartenders and bondage." Photos from the Close Up Productions film, with humorous captions.
Pages: 8-14.

Drummer Daddies.
Summary: "All you orphans get in line, 'cause the Drummer Adoption Agency has a strict father just waiting to take you home!" Letters and personals.
Pages: 16-17.

Delivery.
Author: C. D. Arnold.
Photos: Mark [I.] Chester and Robert Pruzan.
Summary: "C. D. Arnold's controversial new play about a young man who asks for the ultimate fantasy." Script of the play. A note says, "DELIVERY was presented at Studio Rhino on March 5, 1982, by Theatre Rhinoceros. It was directed by Charles Solomon . . . A new production opened on June 17, 1982, at the 544 Natoma Gallery, directed by Peter Hartman . . . The photographs are from both productions."
Pages: 18-24.

Leatherman's Handbook II.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Art: Joe Johnson.
Summary: "An exclusive excerpt from Larry Townsend's new version of his classic book on S&M." Fiction.
Pages: 25-31.

Kickboxer / Part 3.
Author: Mako.
Art: Matt.
Summmary: Fiction.
Pages: 33-37.

The Leather Notebook.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Summary: Advice column. Topics: A reader who is "not quite 18 years old" asks advice on how to get started in leathersex (Townsend advises him to wait till he turns eighteen); a bisexual man who is being rejected by women because of news stories about AIDS; a pushy bottom; removing hot wax from a hairy body; whether drinking urine poses health hazards; whether having sex first thing in the morning interferes with body building.
Page: 39.

Raw Graphics Portfolio & Poster: Cocked & Ready.
Photos: Jim Wigler
Summary: "Or, how Gunner got his name."
Pages: 41

Drumbeats.
Summary: "There are more hot men in these pages than in a crowded leather bar on Saturday night . . . take your pick." Classifieds.
Pages: 49-62

Drum.
Author and art: Bill Ward.
Summary: "Bill Ward's prototype sheds, his leather, but not his balls as Drum goes to the opera." Comic.
Pages: 65-67.

DrumMedia Movies.
Author: John W. Rowberry.
Photos: Unattributed.
Summary: "Werner Rainer Fassbinder's Lola and Christopher Larkin's Divine Androgyne highlight this months [sic] look at new films and books." Review of "Lola."
Pages: 70-71.

DrumMedia Books.
Authors: Frank Hatfield and Charles R. Musgrave.
Art: Unattributed.
Summary: Review by Hatfield of "The Divine Androgyne," by Purusha Larkin. Reviews by Musgrave of "Friday," by Robert A. Heinlein; "Bom-Crioulo: The Black Man and the Cabin Boy," by Adolfo Caminha; "The Boy From Beirut," by Robin Maugham.
Page: 72.

ConRap.
Author: Jay Bates.
Summary: "Drummer's guide to prison politics." Prison news. Topics: The Prometheus Foundation, which keeps a list of prisoners who run con games; the California Department of Corrections reverses its plan to stop the publication of prison newspapers and magazines; the word "inmate"; whether to publish prisoners' descriptions in penpal requests; difficult prisoners sometimes never return to prison.
Page: 75.

Tough Customers.
Summary: "Got an itch? These guys can and will scratch it . . ." Amateur photos and personals.
Pages: 78-79.

Tough Shit.
Author: Unattributed.
Photos: Unattributed.
Summary: "The news you won't read in The Times." Humorous news clippings.
Pages: 80-81.

Leather Bulletin Board.
Author: Frank Hatfield.
Photo: Unattributed.
Summary: "Drummer's roundup of black leather events." Selected topics: Gateway M.C.; plastic and nylon zippers for leather jackets.
Page: 83.

London Leather.
Author: Bryan Derbyshire.
Art: Bill Ward?
Author: Bryan Derbyshire.
Summary: "Bryan Derbyshire fills you in on hot stuff in the U.K." Topics: News panic over poppers; gay sports day; a garden party, ballweight championship, and slave auction held by MSC London; the Subway club; new pubs in north London; Lift, a new pansexual club.
Page: 84.

In Passing.
Art: Harry Bush.
Summary: "Harry Bush on the Daddy syndrome . . ." Cartoon.
Page: 86.

Volume Six
#58
November 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Mario Simone
Associate Publisher: John W. Rowberry
Editor: Robert Payne [pseudonym for John H. Embry]
Production Manager: Jim Wigler
Production: Peter Foley
Typesetting: The Printed Word
Accountant: L. Charles Massarsky
Accounting: Art Meunch
Readers Services: Rick Leathers, Bob Taub
Legal: Brown & Faulk
Editorial Consultant: Light Fantastic
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

"Cover and page four photos: Luke Daniel, Mr. Leather International '82 opens up for Drummer readers. Phots by S.C. Maier."

Getting Off.
Author: Unattributed.
Summary: Editorial. Introduction to photos of International Mr. Leather.
Page: 5.

Malecall / Dear Sir.
Author: Readers.
Summary: "The reader-written department." Letters. Topics: New Zealand Customs seizing Drummer; praise for Robert Payne's "Cigars and the Men Who Smoke Them"; praise for Drummer Daddies; satirical criticism of San Francisco bars, from a European perspective; circumcision; a rural leatherman speaks of the hardship of living where there's no leather community; praise of Bud Berkeley's "The History of Circumcision"; praise of "When Golden Showers Come Your Way"; newsbrief on the Mr. Leather-San Diego Contest; erratum for "Delivery"; Obituary for Hans Fahenenruck, publisher and editor of the German S&M magazine "Disziplin."
Pages: 6-7, 91.

So You Want to Own a Leather Bar?
Author: John H. Embry.
Photos: John Preston, Terry Photo, Jim Moss, Rose De Castro, and Arimondi, with humorous captions.
Art: Chuck Arnett.
Summary: "In which the publisher of Drummer takes you by the hand and leads you down the not-so-primrose path of owning and operating your very own hangout for the leatherworld." The author describes the saga of trying to run a leather bar.
Pages: 8-15.

In Search of Older Men: Drummer Daddies.
Summary: "This month's crop of ass-spanking dads and their ass-upended sons; every son gets what he deserves in the end." Letters, true-life accounts and an amateur photo.
Pages: 16-18.

Houston Picks Mr. Leatherman.
Author: Photos: Gregory Havican.
Summary: "The Loading Dock in Houston staged the 1982 Houston Mr. Leatherman Contest and Drummer was there to tell you about the Lone Star State's hottest stud." Describes the contest, as well as the Loading Dock (a Houston bar for leathermen, owned by lesbians) and Mary's (Houston's oldest leather bar).
Pages: 19-23.

Drifters Tell No Tales.
Author: Cap Zorkel.
Art: Unattributed.
Summary: "Cap Zorkel's tale of a drifter and troublemaker who gets into a mess of trouble he never counted on." Fiction.
Pages: 25-31.

The Leather Notebook.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Summary: Advice column. Topics: How to replace a now out-moded eight-track stereo system (Townsend advises him to buy a cassette deck with auto-reverse); how to keep a top from hanging things on sensitive testicles; a slave whose masters won't use his equipment; a man who find that he can't bottom, though he has bottom fantasies; disappointment with porn film offerings.
Page: 33.

Kickboxer / Part 4.
Author: Mako.
Art: Matt.
Summary: "Mako's adventure in the professional world of kickboxing takes an unexpected turn as number one son finds a new home." Fiction.
Pages: 35-39.

Drummer Reader Survey.
Summary: "Here's your chance to tell Drummer all about your deepest sexual secrets - and maybe tell the world." Topics: Activities; with whom do you fantasize doing it; what part of him intrigues you; where do you fantasize doing it; which subjects below interest you; your age; your lifestyle; your occupation; questions about which parts of Drummer you like.
Pages: 41-42.

The Nude Luke.
Author: Unattributed.
Photos: S. C. Maier.
Summary: "An exclusive only Drummer could bring you: Luke Daniel, Mr. International Leather 1982 and Mr. Drummer 1982 shows you the real stuff in all its ball-busting glory." Includes centerfold.
Pages: 45-52.

Drumbeats.
Summary: "Strictly Grade A choice meat . . . chow down!" Classifieds.
Pages: 53-71.

Drum.
Author and art: Bill Ward.
Summary: "Bill Ward's superhung superhero starts a new adventure."
Pages: 73-75.

DrumMedia Movies.
Author: John W. Rowberry.
Summary: "Greeks, goats, Gandhi, rockers. Then, spies and counterspies." Reviews of "The Tempest," directed by Paul Mazursky; "The Wall," the film on Pink Floyd; "Ghandi"; "Yes, Geiorgio."
Pages: 77-78.

DrumMedia Books.
Author: Charles Musgrave.
Summary: Reviews of "The Great Betrayal," by Douglas Southerland; "Family Trade," by James Carroll.
Page: 79.

Tough Shit.
Photo and art: Unattributed.
Summary: "More of the best from the un-real world." Humorous news clippings. Includes an announcement of "The Shit List," a newsletter for men into scat.
Pages: 81-82.

Tough Customers.
Summary: "These guys keeps their used rubbers for birthday gifts." Amateur photos and personals.
Page: 83.

ConRap.
Summary: "Drop these lonely guys a line." Prisoner penpal requests.
Page: 86.

Leather Bulletin Board.
Author: Frank Hatfield.
Photo: Unattributed.
Summary: "News from the boot and chain crowd." Leather news. Topics: Art show for photographer Jim Wigler at The Stables in San Francisco; a new San Francisco bar, Chaps; a leather scene at an Australian disco; the Pacific Northwest Conference of Clubs; Mr. Houston leather 1982; a kidnapping of a well-respected top in San Francisco; a new club in New Orleans, deSade and Men; Munich's Oktoberfest 1983.
Page: 87.

Epilogue on Foreskins.
Author: Readers.
Photos: Unattributed.
Summary: "Our series on foreskins and circumcision caused a lot of readers to peel back theirs and send us some observations." Letters seeking advice and information. Includes a letter from Bud Berkeley, who passed on the correspondence to Drummer, with his responses to the readers.
Pages: 88-90.

In Passing.
Photo: Colsten Young.
Summary: "Warming up at the Gay Olympic Games." Humorous photo.
Page: 94.

Volume Six
#59
December 1982

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Mario Simone
Associate Publisher: John W. Rowberry
Editor: Robert Payne [pseudonym for John H. Embry]
Production Manager: Peter Fogel
Photography/Production: Jim Wigler
Typesetting: The Printed Word
Circulation: L. Charles Massarsky
Accounting: Art Meunch
Readers Services: Rick Leathers, Bob Taub
Legal: Brown & Faulk
Editorial Consultant: Light Fantastic
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

"Cover: A modern version of the man in the iron mask (from the Pleasure Chest collection), photo by Jim Wigler. Opposite page: Extract fr The Hellfire Clubs Inferno XI, photo by Larry Townsend."

Getting Off.
Author: Unattributed.
Summary. Editorial on various topics related to Drummer.
Page: 5.

MaleCall / Dear Sir.
Author: Readers.
Summary: "Talk Back to Drummer." Letters. Topics: Humorous ad; coverage of watersports and fisting; praise for "So You Want to Own a Leather Bar?" and the bar it featured; lack of access to Drummer in Australia; mixed feelings on the previous issue's letter from a European leatherman; scat.
Pages: 6-7.

Hellfire '82.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Photos: Larry Townsend.
Summary: "Larry Townsend takes you on an [sic] guided tour of the annual SM convention for the hard corps. Recommended for mature leathermen only." Report on the Inferno run, hosted by the Chicago Hellfire Club.
Pages: 8-13.

Tightropes II.
Author: Unattributed.
Photos: Unattributed.
Summary: "In an era of sequels, can you expect otherwise from the hottest bondage & discipline porn film of the year?" Review of the film.
Pages: 14-15.

Mr. Leather San Diego.
Author: Unattributed:
Photos: The Kid.
Summary: "Hot nights in Southern California with Gunner Robinson and Luke Daniel as the seacoast city picks its leather stud." Report on the contest, held at the Loading Zone bar.
Pages: 16-17.

Drummer Daddies: In Search of Older Men.
Summary: "More father and son types to take you under their wings and raise you to be a repsectful, obedient son; or even an obedient dad!" Amateur photos, personals, and true-life accounts. Includes a photo of Drummer columnist Bryan Derbyshire.
Pages: 18-21.

Drumsticks.
Authors: S. S. and Sawyer.
Art: Unattributed.
Summary: "Just kidding." Poems ("Two-Fisted" and "Ouch!") and cartoons.
Page: 22.

The Tenth Welt.
Author: John Preston.
Art: G. Hurd.
Summary: "The author of Mr. Benson returns with an unusual tale about paying the price of rejection." Fiction.
Pages: 23-27.

Drummer Reader Survey.
Summary: Revision of the survey in the previous issue.
Pages: 29-30.

Kickboxer / Conclusion.
Author: Mako.
Art: Matt.
Summary: "Mako's tale of professional kickboxing and SM explodes as the gang makes a last play for power and tough decisions are reached outside the ring."
Pages: 33-37.

The Hotwire.
Author: David Decaroe.
Art: Matt.
Summary: Fiction.
Pages: 38-40.

The Leather Notebook.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Summary: "Larry Townsend's advice and consent." Advice column. Topics: Leaving property to your domestic partner; the difference between a bottom and a slave; the maximum safe weight to hang on testicles; why Townsend has a black and blue van with black vinyl; cattle prods.
Page: 41.

Drummer Gifting Guide 82.
Photos: Jim Wigler and Unattributed.
Models: Luke Daniel and unattributed.
Art: The HUN.
Summary: "A super Drummer bonus, the absolute SM catalog for the man who has everything. If you can't find the perfect gift for the perfect master or slave here, it just doesn't exist."
Pages: 43-60.

Drumbeats.
Summary: "The line forms to the rear . . . line up!" Classifieds.
Pages: 63-80.

Drum.
Author and art: Bill Ward.
Summary: "The on-going adventures of English beef on the hoof." Comic.
Pages: 83-85.

DrumMedia Movies.
Author: John W. Rowberry.
Summary: "Pasolini remembered, Falwell denounced and Yank revealed as Drummer covers the movies, books and the arts." Description of the career of Italian filmmaker Paolo Paolini.
Pages: 87-88.

DrumMedia Books.
Author: John W. Rowberry.
Summary: Review of "God's Bullies: Power Politics and Religious Tyranny," by Perry Deane Young.
Page: 89.

DrumMedia Art.
Author: Unattributed.
Photos: Unattributed (Michael Eisenblatter and John Preston?).
Summary: Two notices of art shows: A one-man show at the Gallery Kiek in The Hague by Michael Eisenblatter, and "Men by John Preston" at the newly opened Cycles bar in Portland, Maine, displaying the photos Preston had previously displayed under the name of Yank. The second news item notes that Cycles was founded by two real estate agents who were fired from their jobs when they gave background material to Preston for an article in "Torso" magazine.
Page: 91.

Tough Customers.
Summary: "Something to sink your teeth (or tool) into." Amateur photos and personals.
Page: 93.

You Got It!
Art: Bud
Photos: Mark I. Chester and unattributed.
Summary: "A prime collection of the stuff our readers have been asking for more of, or to bring back, or to enlarge." Readers ask for more information on Drummer items and contributors. Topics: the artist Bud; "toe fucking"; the model Leatherneck; how a penis can be chained to the model's nipples in issue 56's "In Passing." Regarding the last, Drummer comments that the Prince Albert "is growing increasingly popular."
Pages: 94-96.

London Leather.
Author: Bryan Derbyshire.
Photo: Unattributed (model: Mike Dow).
Summary: "The MSC London goes on a run." Topics: Mr. Subway Competition. Mr. Hardware U.K. Ltd Competition. (The author notes that gay competitions are just starting to catch on.) MSC London's camping trip in Kent. News about various gay clubs and pubs: The Cellar Bar at Heaven, the Subway, the London Apprentice, the Spreadeagle, Quitin's.
Page: 97.

Leather Bulletin Board.
Author: Frank Hatfield.
Summary: "Something to do with your nights." Leather news. Topics: Avalanche '83, hosted by the Tower City Corps in Cleveland; Mr. Leather of California; Winterfirst, hosted by the Knights of Golden Eagle in Denver; the Thunderbolts M.C. of Waterbury, Connecticut, at The Quarry in Springield, Massachusetts.
Page: 98.

ConRap.
Author: Jay Bates.
Summary: "Holidays behind bars." What holidaytime in like in prison.
Page: 99.

Foreskin Update.
Photos: Joe Tiffenbach.
Summary: "The beginning of a fascination with skin." Topics: "How to stretch it back." "The foreskin contest." "Famous overhang" (which Hollywood stars have foreskins, according to "Hollywood Star Magazine"). One of the stars listed is Rock Hudson.
Pages: 100-101.

In Passing.
Photo: Mark I. Chester.
Summary: "No . . . well." Reprint of the photo "Daddy's Boy."
Page: 102.

Volume Seven
#60
January 1983

Publisher: John H. Embry
General Manager: Mario Simone
Associate Publisher: John W. Rowberry
Editor: Robert Payne [pseudonym for John H. Embry]
Art Director: Peter Fogel
Production Manager: Jim Wigler
Typesetting: The Printed Word
Circulation: L. Charles Massarsky
Accounting: Art Meunch
Readers Services: Rick Leathers, Bob Taub
Legal: Brown & Faulk
Editorial Consultant: Light Fantastic
Advertising Director: Frank Hatfield

"Cover and opposite page: Val Martin brings in the new year with and without his unruly house serf. Photo by Jim Wigler.

[Getting Off.]
Author: Unattributed.
Summary: Editorial on issue contents. Celebrates Drummer's sixtieth anniversary. Expresses sadness at the death of Roger Mays, "author and proprietor of R.F.M.," in an automobile accident.
Page: 5.

MaleCall / Dear Sir.
Author: Readers.
Summary: "Get it off your chest, stud!" Letters. Topics: Praise for "So You Want to Own a Leather Bar" from the owner of the Texas Drilling Company bar in Atlanta, Georgia, and from the former owner of a leather shop; nipples; praise for Terrance Sagan's "You Can Come in My Car"; letter from a Baptist minister who is a leather slave, with the knowledge of his wife; letter from T. R. Witomski responding to the reader who was afraid to remain subscribed to Drummer; praise for Bud Berkeley's "The History of Foreskin" and "The Video Explosion"; a short biography of Bill Ward; famous people who were uncircumcised, including baseball players and race car drivers; sexual fantasies of a jogger; praise for "Drummer Daddies."
Pages: 6-7, 82.

Training the House Slave.
Author: Robert Payne [pseudonym for John H. Embry].
Photos: Jim Wigler.
Model: Val Martin.
Summary: "In which Robert Payne and Val Martin conspire to bring you the absolute visual guide to breaking in that new worthless domestic." True-life account of a top's treatment of a bottom, excerpted from "Val Trains His Houseslave."
Pages: 8-15.

Eroitc Enemas.
Author: David Barton-Jay.
Art: Rick WIlliams.
Photos: Jim Wigler.
Summary: "A Drummer exclusive! The first major book on erotic enemas is previewed in this excerpt by David Barton Jay [sic]." Fiction. Excerpted from David Barton-Jay's "The Enema as an Erotic Art and Its History."
Pages: 16-21.

In Search of Older Men: Drummer Daddies.
Summary: "A whole new battalion of hot dads in search of deserving sons." Amateur photos, personals, and true-life accounts.
Pages: 22-24, 84.

The Net.
Author: Frank O'Rourke.
Art: G. Hurd.
Summary: "A super-hot full-length story by Frank O'Rourke printed in its entirety! An SM adventure with a surprise twist!" Fiction.
Pages: 25-42.

The Leather Notebook.
Author: Larry Townsend.
Summary: "Larry Townsend's advice to the leather crowd." Advice column. Topics: brown leather and its relation with bottoms; why Townsend is opposed to potentially addicting drugs; Townsend's "The Leatherman's Handbook II"; whether Townsend is cruel in his responses to readers; why Townsend was visiting the Mineshaft club if he advised people to stay away from them in order to avoid AIDS.
Page: 43.

Harry Bush's Sketchbook: Daddies' Boys Calendar.
Art: Harry Bush.
Summary: "The master artist of raw young hunks in the buff turns out a yearful of mouthwatering meat." Centerfold calendar.
Pages: 45-52.

Drumbeats.
Summary: "Others just promise what Drummer delivers, more beef on the hoof than you can shake your stick at; all waiting to hear from you; all choice stuff." Classifieds.
Pages: 53-72.

Drum.
Author and art: Bill Ward.
Summary: "The ongoing adventures of the Drumer [sic] prototype by England's choice stuff." Comic.
Pages: 73-75.

Tough Customers.
Summary: "You wanted more, and you got it!" Amateur photos and personals.
Pages: 80-81.

Leather Bulletin Board.
Author: Frank Hatfield.
Summary: "All the leather news fit to print. This is where to find out about it first." Topics: The death of Roger F. Mayes; the Dukes Levi Leather Club in Nashville, Tennessee; Oktoberfest in Munich; the "Detroit Free Press" gets upset over a planned slave auction; the Mr. Leather Detroit contest.
Pages: 83.

DrumMedia Movies.
Author: John W. Rowberry.
Summary: "The final film in R. W. Fassbinder's trilogy, bringing West Germany up to the 1950s." Review of "Veronika Voss."
Pages: 85

Shaved, Pierced & Tattooed.
Authors: Jim Ward, Doug Malloy, Terrance Sagan, and Michael Endicott-Ross.
Photos: Photo Gauntlet/PFI [Piercing Fans International] Quarterly and John Preston.
Summary: "An exclusive excerpt from the new absolute guide to body decoration and sexual enhancement." Excerpts from the book "Shaved, Pierced & Tattooed." Ward discusses qualities of a good piercer; Malloy describes the fashionable, medical, and sexual uses of the Prince Albert piercing; Sagan offers a how-to lesson in shaving oneself with a safety razor; Endicott-Ross describes how tattooes have been used in the past and the present.
Pages: 87-92.

In Passing.
Photo: Jim Wigler.
Summary: "One final word on the subject . . ." Humorous photo.
Page: 94.

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