25 Shots From the Ultimate Leather Magazine

25 Shots From the Revival of Drummer Magazine

Leather, Rubber, and Kink Come Back Home to "Drummer".

Drummer magazine originally launched in Los Angeles in 1975 and ran until 1999. It was the largest American leather magazine and has been said to have created the leather movement as we know it today. It's featured writers and artists like Tom of Finland, Rex, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Samuel Steward.

Last October, Drummer relaunched in print and online at Drummermen.com, rising from the ashes 20 years later as a quarterly magazine. Our vision: to accurately reflect the gay leather scene while educating readers about fetishes and kinks that are underreported or underrepresented.

PHOTO: Matt Spike
This photo from issue 218, which will come out October 2020, celebrates the 1st year anniversary of the Drummer reboot. Shot in London, England, the home of the rubber scene, is the perfect location to do a modern (rubber) take of Robert Mapplethorpe's photo "Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter." It's an homage to Mapplethorpe who shot a different cover for Drummer issue 24 in 1978

Puff, Puff, Pass

PHOTOS: McKenzie James
This is the cover shoot from issue 215, titled "Puff, Puff, Pass" accompanying a story about cigar fetishists. It was shot in Guelph, Canada.

Puff, Puff, Pass

Leather World: Kuala Lumpur

PHOTO: IntaGlove
This series by IntaGlove, from issue 217, accompanies a Q&A with him about the bondage and gay leather scene in Kuala Lumpur, which is where he resides.

Leather World: Kuala Lumpur

Getting Into Hi Viz

PHOTOS: PIGtures
This cover shoot from issue 216, titled "Finding My Inner Workie," focuses on the hi-viz workman fetish. It was shot in Berlin, Germany.

Getting Into Hi Viz

Strung Up

PHOTOS: Stuart Gregory
Gregory's photos, from "Stung Up", a photo essay featured in issue 217, was shot in San Francisco, with bondage by OtterBondage.

Strung Up

Not Your Fuckin' Fetish

PHOTO: Tom Roper
The story “I'm Not Your Fuckin' Fetish", from issue 217, is about the fetishization of black men in the leather and kink scene, and shot in New York City.

Expanding Submission

ILLUSTRATION: Mattia Bau Vegni
Vegni's illustration accompanied a story in issue 215 titled, “Expanding the Depths of Submission.”

Bikers, Bondage, & Their Bitches

PHOTOS: inkedKenny
This cover shoot and series from issue 217, titled "Bikers, Bondage, & Their Bitches", was shot in Palm Springs.

Bikers, Bondage, & Their Bitches

What the Fuck Is a Pig?

PHOTOS: inkedKenny
"What the Fuck is a Pig?" Relax, we do a pig show & tell in issue 216, shot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

What the Fuck Is a Pig?

Brimstone

COMIC: Timber Woof
BRIMSTONE, is an original comic series created by Timber Woof, who worked for Marvel Comics on Avengers and, most notably, DC Comics on JSA (Justice Society of America).

Brimstone

Kink, Dirt, Fire

PHOTOS: PIGtures
PIGtures writes and shoots about his first pig camping experience at Steppenbrand, an annual pig camp event in north Germany, for issue 215.

Kink, Dirt, Fire

Foot Worship

PHOTO: Ulli Richter
“Getting Off on the Right Foot” from issue 215, is about foot worship at a Berlin fetish club.

Horse Market SF

PHOTOS: Kegan Marling
From issue 216 and shot at Horse Market SF in San Francisco, we dig into whether the fantasy was reality at the Horse Market sex party in San Francisco. Rule 1. Decide whether you want to be a Stallion or a Mare for the night.