I know music theory, but I don't know how to read drums, because I never did learn it.

I think most of the drum notation sites out there have inaccurate information. They place a closed high hat on either the top line of the staff, the space above the top line of the staff, or the space below the top line of the staff. This confuses me cause I don't know which one is right. I would like to know how to read drums and I wish people that play drums could help me here.

Well, for a start there is not one universally accepted way for drum notation, so you will find many places on the staff for the HH and Cym for instance. I believe mostly the snare is (if we refer to treble clef in these instances) on C or E, Bass drum on A or F, Cymbals on the top of the staff, and HH (with the foot) on D on the bottom of the staff. These are all the 'notes' in the spaces.

However, if you put up a file to a drum part you are asking about I could tell you with more accuracy what is where.

Lets talk treble.
One the treble clef:
The bass drum is on the D note below the stave.
The high hat is on the G note above the stave.
The crash is on the note above G (A above the stave)
The floor tom is on the F note in the middle of the stave.
The Midtom is on the E note on the fourth space of the stave.
The small tom is on the note above midtom (F note on the fifth line)
The snare is on C.
The note below the bass is a closed high hat with you hit with your drum sticks.

This is what you should know. And what I only know ;D.
Hope it helps.

noskillz the reason there is no real agreement on how to read or write drum notation is because of drummers. Let me quote this one jazz book I'm reading:

"In most cases, writing out specific drum parts is not recommended because the notation hinders the performance of a drummer. The drummer is so focused on playing the part as written that the time-feel is lost."

Jazz Composition and Arranging, Boras.

He gives some examples of how to write for a drummer and it's basically a slash that gives you the basic beat and words like "Latin" or "Jazzy."

In real life you can't write parts for drummers, they will play worse if you give them parts. You just have to let them do what they do.

When we see drum parts notated down it's almost always a transcription of a played part. Drummers as a rule play by ear, not by notation.

Pianists by contrast can read music for the most part and do better when a part is written out, even if they decide to improvise from it.