Roland TR-808
Introduced in 1980, the Roland TR-808 was one of the first programmable drum machines. Like its predecessors, it sounded nothing at all like a real drum kit, but as its kick drum produced a very deep sounding amount of sub-bass, it became very popular within electronic music. It did not have MIDI, unlike its follow up, the TR-909.
The TR-808 also was the inspiration for the name of the British electronic outfit 808 State. The sounds of the TR-808 were and still are very often used in Hip-Hop, House, Electro and many forms of electronic dance music. The TR-808 is also a stalwart instrument of Phil Collins, and it can be heard on many of the ex-Genesis star's solo material.
