Zildjian Advertising
This page is a photo gallery of Zildjian ads to publicize products, arranged in chronological order.
- This is a work in progress.
1940s
Lionel Hampton / Sid Catlett - 1947
1948
1950s
Flange Hi-Hats & Swish
1954
1960s
Louie Bellson - 1966
Shelly Manne - 1966
New Beats - unknown year
Louie Bellson - 1967
Shelly Manne - 1969
Max Roach - 1969
Gene Krupa - 1969
1970s
Buddy Rich - 1970
Flat Top Ride "Cowbell Ride" - 1970
Mini Cup Ride - early 1970s
Ginger Baker - 1971
Brilliant finish - 1971
Ed Shaughnessy - 1972
1972
Rock 21 - 1972
1974
Ping Ride - 1975
Pang - 1976
Ride On - 1978
Gong one sheet - exact year unknown - mid to late 1970s
Grateful Dead drummers - 1978
Crotales - circa 1979
Quick Beat Hi-Hats - 1979
Clothes - circa 1979
Deep Ride - 1979
Zach Danziger - 1979
Peter Criss - 1979
1980s
Steve Arnold - 1980
Retailer display - early 1980s
Louie Bellson - 1980
Carmine Appice - 1981
Cymbal Set Up book - 1981
1981
1981
Steve Gadd - 1982
Neil Peart - 1982
K Zildjian Tony Williams - 1983
Impulse - 1983
Steve Smith - 1983
Billy Cobham - 1983
1984
2 page ad - 1984
1984
Steve Gadd - 1984
Shelly Manne memoriam - 1984
Vinnie Colauita set-up - 1984
Jonathan Moffett - 1984
Mel Gaynor set-up - 1984
Bill Gibson - 1984
Omar Hakim set-up - 1984
Thommy Price - 1985
Alan Dawson - 1985
John "J.R." Robinson - 1985
1st ever A. Platinum ad A.J. Pero - 1985
Find Your Signature - 1985
Z. Zildjian - 1986
Z. Zildjian - 1986
Z. Zildjian set-ups - 1986
Neil Peart - 1987
K Custom Vinnie Colauita Dave Weckl - 1987
Fred Coury set-up - 1987
Z. Zildjian Randy Castillo Gregg Bissonette - 1987
Tony Thompson Kenny Aronoff - 1987
Dennis Chambers set-up - 1987
Buddy Rich memoriam - 1987
ZMC-1 microphone system - 1987
ZMC-1 microphone system - 1988
3 Heavy Reasons - 1988
3 Great Reasons - 1988
Neil Peart - 1988
Simon Phillips / Tommy Aldridge - 1988
Anton Fig / Manu Katché - 1989
Dave Weckl / Dennis Chambers - 1989
Joey Kramer / Gregg Bisonette - 1989
Kenny Aronoff / Myron Grombacher - 1989
Fred Coury / Rikki Rockett - 1989
Omar Hakim / John "J.R." Robinson - 1989
Rick Allen / Lars Ulrich - 1989
Steve Gadd / Peter Erskine - 1989
Steve Smith / Vinnie Colauita - 1989
Tommy Aldridge / Randy Castillo - 1989
Tony Williams / Alex Acuna - 1989
Noble & Cooley bronze snare drum - 1989
Joe Franco set-up - 1989
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1990s
Start to finish - 1990
Z. Mega Bell - 1990
Simon Phillips / Jonathan Mover - 1990
Jason Bonham / William Calhoun - 1990
Terry Lyne Carrington / Jonathan Mover - 1990
A. Platinum - 1991
A Custom Vinnie Colauita - 1991
Chuck Morris - 1991
Casey Scheurell - 1992
Dennis Chambers - 1992
Grateful Dead drummers - 1992
Matt Sorum - 1992
2 page ad - 1993
Z Custom - 1993
Aaron Comess - 1993
Tony Williams - 1993
Jason Bonham - 1993
Mike Palmer - 1994
Curt Bisquera - 1994
Eddie Bayers, Jr. - 1994
Eric Singer - 1994
Joey Kramer - 1994
Tim "Herb" Alexander - 1994
K Custom Medium Ride - 1994
China Trash - 1994
Joey Kramer stick - 1994
Matt Cameron 2 page - 1994
Stephan Perkins 2 page ad - 1994
A. Custom 6" Splash - 1995
Zil-Bel Tim Alexander - 1995
Zildjian sticks - 1995
Dennis Chambers - 1995
Simon Phillips - 1995
Greg Field - 1995
John "J.R." Robinson - 1995
Michael White - 1995
Ignacio Berroa - 1995
Jeff Hamilton - 1996
Ron Welty - 1996
Kenny Aronoff 2 page ad- 1996
Dave Weckl set-up - 1996
Chad Gracey - 1996
Ron Welty - 1996
K Custom - 1996
Dennis Chambers Zildjian sticks - 1996
Zildjian sticks - 1996
Carter Beauford set-up - 1996
Terri Lyne Carrington - 1997
Carter Beauford - 1997
Matt Cameron - 1997
Peter Erskine - 1997
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - 1997
Steve Smith - 1997
Horacio Hernandez - 1997
Family of cymbals - 1997
Azuka - 1997
Airto - 1997
Jonathan Mover - 1997
Tommy Igoe - 1997
Michael Baker / Michael Shapiro - 1997
Chad Sexton set-up - 1997
T.S. Monk - 1997
New Releases - 1997
Modern Drummer Reader's Poll winners - 1997
Tony Williams memoriam - 1997
ZBT series Adrian Young - 1997
ZBT series Adrian Young - 1998
Joey Kramer - 1998
Dave Weckl set-up - 1998
Mike Clark - 1998
Hilary Jones - 1998
Efrain Toro - 1998
Tré Cool stick - 1998
Perry A. Wilson - 1999
Rodney Holmes - 1999
New Releases - 1999
Cindy Blackman - 1999
Manu Katché - 1999
2000s
Taylor Hawkins - exact year unknown, but 2000s
ZBT - 2000
A Zildjian & cie - 2000
Kick, Snare, Zildjian - 2000
Pura Vida - 2000
Ralph Irizarry - 2000
Scott Phillips - 2000
Shawn Pelton - 2000
Matt Sorum & John Tempesta - 2000
Al Foster - 2001
Billy Martin - 2001
Billy Mason - 2001
Gene Lake - 2001
Greg Hitchinson - 2001
Hilary Jones - 2001
James Bradley Jr. - 2001
Mike Mangini - 2001
"New" Ks - 2001
A Zildjian & cie - 2001
Universal Sound - 2001
Z. Custom - 2001
New Ks Carter Beauford - 2001
Andy Gangadeen - 2002
Steve Gadd - 2002
Keith Carlock - 2002
New K Releases Carter Beauford - 2002
ZBT series Travis Barker - 2002
Armand Zildjian memoriam - 2002
Mike Bordin - 2002
Neil Peart - 2002
ZXT 2002
New A Custom releases - Vinnie Colauita - 2002
Dennis Chambers - 2002
Mike Malinin - 2002
Travis Barker - 2003
Rob Bourdon - 2003
Steve Houghton - 2003
K. Constantinople Elvin Jones - 2003
Keith Carlock set-up - 2003
Dennis Chambers - 2003
Josh Freese - 2003
Lars Ulrich - 2003
ZXT Titanium - 2003
ZXT Titanium - 2003
ZXT Titanium - 2004
Clarence Penn - 2004
K Custom Complex Ride Bill Stewart - 2004
K Custom Dry 2004
ZBT Re-introduction - 2004
New Releases - 2004
Armand Ride Limited Edition - 2004
Steve Gadd - 2004
Bill Stewart - 2004
Elvin Jones memoriam - 2004
Joey Kramer - 2004
John Otto - 2004
Louie Bellson - 2004
New Releases - 2005
382 years - 2005
A Custom Medium Crashes - 2005
Apparel - 2005
Questlove - 2005
Tommy Lee 2 page ad - 2005
Z Custom series Tommy Lee - 2005
ZHT Tré Cool - 2005
ZHT Travis Barker / John Otto - 2005
ZXT Titanium Steve Jocz / Morgan Rose - 2005
Tommy Lee - 2005
ZHT - 2006
Z Custom - 2006
Avedis III & Armand - 2006
Since 1623 - 2006
K Custom Hybrids Akira Jimbo - 2006
Matt Cameron - 2006
K Series Peter Erskine - 2006
Z Custom 2 page ad- 2006
ZHT - 2006
ZHT 2 page ad - 2006
5 more reasons ZHT - 2006
Directors of Product Development - 2007
Directors of Product Development - 2007
Armand series - 2007
K series Ronnie Vanucci / Cindy Blackman - 2007
Kim Thompson / Nikkei Glaspie - 2007
Stick Bags - 2007
Z Custom - Tommy Lee / Morgan Rose - 2007
Z Custom - 2007
Zak Starkey sticks - 2007
Armand series Ilan Rubin - 2008
K Complex Dry Ride II Bill Stewart - 2008
K Dark Crash Thin Billy Bob Thornton - 2008
K series Jason Bonham - 2008
K series Jason Bonham - 2008
K Custom Hybrid Akira Jimbo - 2008
A Custom Rezo Crash - 2009
Z3 series - 2009
K Crash Rides Zak Starkey - 2009
Louie Bellson memoriam - 2009
Z3 series Matt Nicholls - 2009
K Custom Hybrid Mick Fleetwood - 2009
K Custom Hybrid Sheila E - 2009
Tré Cool contest - 2009
Z3 Lars Ulrich - 2009
2010s
New EFX cymbals - 2010
New FX cymbals - 2010
Michael Moose Thomas - 2010
Longineu Parsons - 2010
K Constantinople Kenny Washington - 2010
EFX Gavin Harrison - 2010
ZHT Matt Greiner - 2010
Travis Barker Stick and Cymbal bags - 2010
Greg Hutchinson - 2011
Jeremy Bryan - 2011
Joey Kramer - 2011
John Fred Young - 2011
Matt Nicholls - 2011
Mike Mangini - 2011
Will Hunt - 2011
Ben Gordon - 2011
Taylor Hawkins - 2012
Gen 12 - 2012
Joey Kramer - 2012
Mike Mangini - 2013
Stephan Perkins - 2013
25 years with Zildjian - 2016
Adam Carson (2016?)
Z3 Ilan Rubin (2016?)
