Noooo, NOOOOOOOOO!! Not my Rock Band drums! Anything but THAT!!!

Alas, it is true. Last night while pounding out the new Boston tracks on Hard, I noticed a weird shadow on my yellow drum pad. That shadow was actually the rubber cover folding in slightly because the underlying plastic of the head had cracked from one side to the other.

It still responds, but I’m understandably reluctant to pound upon it further. I’ve taken a two step approach to fixing the situation: filed an RMA with EA; ordered a new set of drums from WalMart.com (they have them for $54). At worst, EA will refuse to replace the drums and I’ll just play on my newly purchased ones. At best, EA will replace the drums and I’ll have two drum kits for drum duels.

Now all I need are friends for the duels.