Unnamed Drummer is the drummer for the New Directions. He plays the drums in most of their performances and in Hold on to Sixteen he sings with the club at Sectionals to make up for lack of members.
He is portrayed by professional drummer, John Lock.
He appears performing in Don't Stop Believin'(Quinn's Version).He is also seen at invitationals with the Jazz Band,he drums in Last Name and also in the final number, Somebody To Love.
He is in the first Madonna number for the assignment of the week, Express Yourself. He also participates in the mash-up Borderline/Open Your Heart, he doesn't look happy about Finn taking the drums. In the middle of the performance he is seen in a hurry when Finn throws him the drumsticks.He is also part in the New Directions Boys performance, What It Feels Like For a Girl.
Mr.Schuester goes straight to him and says"Hit it" to start Ice Ice Baby, this is also the 1st performance in which he is not involved.At the end of the episode he and the Jazz Band perform in Rachel's number,Total Eclipse of the Heart. He, along with the rest of the Jazz Band, stays with Rachel after New Directions leaves her alone.
He is replaced by Finn in the middle of the Jessie's Girl performance,Finn gives him back the drumsticks but this time in the hands. After this performance he also helps Puck with Lady Is a Tramp .Later in the episode Kurt refers to him as "Gentleman" as a way to start with Pink Houses and according to his face, he's also impressed by Kurt's new outfit. He also participates in The Boy Is Mine performed by Santana and Mercedes.
Is the first episode in which he is seen in all the performances. He and the Jazz Band play while Sue and Doris Sylvester are singing Ohio. Then he plays the drums in Marry You. At the wedding reception, he is seen playing in Sway and Just the Way You Are.
New Directions and the Jazz Band go caroling with the song We Need a Little Christmas. During the performance the students in the classroom react negatively to the performance and the teacher throws her shoe at the drums, which results in New Directions fleeing. After Finn rejects Rachel's Christmas present, she asks them to continue with the Merry Christmas Darling performance.
He is seen in the song that Puck performs for Lauren, Fat Bottomed Girls. He also helps Artie and Mike in their P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)number.He is also in Rachel's solo Firework,making this performance the 2nd in which he is part but the bassist not.
He is involved in the first number by The Justin Bieber Experience,Baby.After,he is seen in the Diva-Off performance, Take Me or Leave Me. His last scene in this episode is during the first Lauren's solo I Know What Boys Like.
He is seen in Holly Holliday's solo Do You Wanna Touch Me(Oh Yeah)and also in her duet with Will Schuester,Kiss but just in the beginning and ending of the performance.
He takes part in five original songs. He plays the drums in Trouty Mouth and immediately after this he takes part in Puck's original song Big Ass Heart. At Regionals he and the Jazz Band are on stage for both New Directions songs Get It Right and Loser Like Me.
He is on stage when Sunshine sings All By Myself as a way to ask permission to New Directions for chance to participate in their benefit concert. In The Night Of Neglect he is part of I Follow Rivers, performed by Tina and later in Ain't No Way by Mercedes as the final number.
He is part of Rachel and Quinn's duet I Feel Pretty/Unpretty. He is later seen in I've Gotta Be Me sung by Finn and danced by Mike. While he is having lunch Blaine appears and start singing Somewhere Only We Know, immediately he and the bassist join to the performance. This is the first episode where we know they spend time together,even when very often they performed together. He is also part of Kurt's solo As If We Never Said Goodbye.
He is seen in Dreams performed by April and Will. He is later seen in another duet, I Don't Want To Know by Finn and Quinn.Even when Finn takes the drums in Go Your Own Way he's part of the performance playing for his first time on screen a tambourine. He is also part of the last number for the episode Don't Stop.
As Will's idea that people will take turns in the performances as a way for everyone to enjoy the prom, he's replaced in Friday for another drummer. Glee's official drummer takes back his place in I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You.He is later seen in the closing number Dancing Queen.
He takes part in all the auditions for a solo for Nationals. He is first seen in Santana's audition song Back to Black and later in Some People performed by Kurt.In the 2nd part of the auditions he is seen on stage for Try A Little Tenderness by Mercedes and his last scene is in Rachel's solo My Man.
He is seen in We Got the Beat and shares the drumsticks with Finn but is replaced and starts playing guitar. After the food fight he is not seen until Kurt and Rachel’s duet of Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead where he is seen playing the Tambourine while the drummer who appears in Prom Queen replaced him in drums. He plays another percussion instrument.,He is involved in Blaine’s audition song for New Directions It's Not Unusual at the McKinley High courtyard.
He’s in the 1st number for the episode Spotlight sung by Mercedes.He’s also involved in Mike’s 1st solo,Cool as an audition for a role in West Side Story.
The Drummer is seen in the first Lady Music Week performance, Perfect sung by Blaine and Kurt. He is also seen in Puck’s song I'm the Only One. He takes part in the all girls number I Kissed a Girl. He is also seen in the last performance of the episode, Constant Craving.
In some way he plays a major role. While he’s talking with the bassist and the guitarist, New Directions decided to use some band members for sectionals.Suddenly Sam appears and during Red Solo Cup he is seen stacking cups. Later during a boys dance rehearsal he takes a seat and when Sam proposed the body rolling, he is seen practicing it before Sam and Blaine argue. Santana and the Troubletones arrive to the choir room and he’s seen mad about Santana’s comments. He with New Directions watch The Unitards performance Buenos Aires,Survivor/I Will Survive by The Troubletones. He is seen in ABC,Control, and Man in the Mirror as New Directions perform their setlist. When the Jackson Medley ends he goes next to the bassist. He arrives really excited to the choir room. He is also extremely excited when New Directions are crowned first place. In We Are Young performance it is noted noticed he’s not longer a member of New Directions but has already returned to the Jazz Band.
He is seen in L-O-V-E sung by Tina and Mike.He is seen at the McKinley High courtyard to play Stereo Hearts. He is also part of Rory’s solo, Home. He is also seen in both performances at the Sugar Shack, Cherish/Cherish andLove Shack.
He is seen carrying the xylophone with the bassist until Becky trys to destroy it. He is seen during Big Girls Don't Cry, after the performance he and the band members stayed at their places and started to talk, that is unusual. During the prom he is seen in Dinosaur. Then in What Makes You Beautiful, Sam start playing with the drums.mThen he is seen on stage and start the drumroll to announce the Prom King and Queen.His last scene is during Take My Breath Away.
He is seen during "The Teacher of the Year" award and when the Senior Royalty announce the winner, he is excited about Mr.Schuester's victory and exclaims "Yeah!" while he starts playing the drums. He is part of We Are the Champions with the other band members.
He is seen in I'll Remember sung by Kurt. Later he is part of You Get What You Give, as the senior song dedicated to the ones who are not graduating this year. He is also seen in the next performance, In My Life. His last performance for the season is Glory Days where he replaced Finn in the drums, he is not wearing a graduation gown, meaning he is still at McKinley.
He is present in the performance of Wannabeand he seems really annoyed.
Trivia
He, the bass player, Lauren, and Sue are the only New Directions temporary members to be part of the club for more than one day and perform in a song. Jacob and Sunshine were part of New Directions, but never performed.
In an interview, he said he appeared on the set saying "I can drum." He also said he received an email from his college about the show.
During Red Solo Cup, he is seen stacking cups while standing up and is on the 2nd to last row with only one more cup to put on. A few shots later, he is sitting and has more cups to put on the tower.
He can also play a kind of "DJ" stuff as seen in Vitamin D and Sectionals.
The drummer is very often seen with sweaters but John Lock doesn't like the sweaters he wears in the show.
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