The first issue of DRUM! came out in September 1991 as a free oversized tabloid, but changed soon to glossy monthly magazine. DRUM! was published until 2016 by Enter Music Publishing, Inc., who also published DRUMmagazine.com, LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT, How To Play Drums, and formerly TRAPS magazine. In 2016 Stringletter Publishing acquired DRUM!.
Print edition ceased by the end of 2019.