Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 1:33 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 1:38 am
by LoathedVermin72
One of the greatest songs in existence
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 3:30 am
by evenslow
Allow me a total left turn but wanted to randomly shout out Mel Gaynor of Simple Minds.
This occurred to me as I was driving around, switching stations, when "Don't You (Forget About Me)" came on the radio. Like everyone else, I've heard this song a trillion times and connect it heavily to The Breakfast Club, so it has a lot of 80's baggage with it. But for whatever reason, this time I locked in on the drums. I've rarely heard someone play a seemingly basic pop track with so much energy. It takes the song the extra mile IMO. I encourage my RM brethren to lock in as well. Or tell me I'm insane.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 3:41 am
by washing machine
Thanks for sharing, Trag. I'll give it a listen later tonight.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 3:58 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:10 am
by wease
evenslow wrote:Allow me a total left turn but wanted to randomly shout out Mel Gaynor of Simple Minds.
This occurred to me as I was driving around, switching stations, when "Don't You (Forget About Me)" came on the radio. Like everyone else, I've heard this song a trillion times and connect it heavily to The Breakfast Club, so it has a lot of 80's baggage with it. But for whatever reason, this time I locked in on the drums. I've rarely heard someone play a seemingly basic pop track with so much energy. It takes the song the extra mile IMO. I encourage my RM brethren to lock in as well. Or tell me I'm insane.
Great drum track. It's pretty much the main reason I dig the tube.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:11 am
by E.H. Ruddock
I know punk isn't traditionally technical, but good drumming has always made or ruined a punk band for me, so I'd like to throw a few in the pool from the genre;
Brooks Wackerman
Earl Hudson
Chuck Biscuits
While these guys may not be on the "best ever" lists, they certainly impacted one of my favorite types of music.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:13 am
by Birds in Hell
E.H. Ruddock wrote:ruined spunk
Great punk band name.
(sorry to highlight your edit, Ruddo.)
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:13 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Birds in Hell wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:ruined spunk
Great punk band name.
(sorry to highlight your edit, Ruddo.)
Lol
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:15 am
by 96583UP
hmm... 'Rock' , ex Bonham, Moon, Peart ...
well, I will leave out Mitch Mitchell because he was really more a Jazz drummer. But I love that man. Same with Ginger Baker. And I would also like to give a shout out to non-rock drummers Carlton Barrett, Billy Cobham, and Billy Martin whom I hold dear.
As 2016 RMer of the Year, Trag, has highlighted; as far as rock, selections would include Matt Cameron (Soundgarden only) and Brendan Canty (Fugazi). I would also throw an honorable mention in there to Steven Adler (pre-hot mess).
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:22 am
by LoathedVermin72
Seriously, Mario Duplantier is a beast. Skip to 1:12.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:28 am
by 96583UP
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Seriously, Mario Duplantier is a beast. Skip to 1:12.
this was my wedding song for the dance with my mother
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:37 am
by LoathedVermin72
It probably isn't even fair to compare metal drummers to rock drummers. They're just on another level technically. 0:13 - 0:40 is one of my favorite stretches of music in history.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 11:17 am
by washing machine
tragabigzanda wrote:
washing machine wrote:Two times in as may days Trag referenced Shellac in a post. Maybe I should give them a listen...
So this was a tad too intense for an introduction to the band. Something drew me to their second album instead, and I liked what I heard. The opener on that one is a great showcase for their drummer and the song itself happened to be right up my alley.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 1:48 pm
by darth_vedder
Birds in Hell wrote:Drummers pretty much make or break a band for me and I often, though not always, find it quite hard to enjoy a band if they change drummers - the whole sound of the band changes.
Totally ageee with this.
Also, no one has mentioned Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. I love that guy.
If I were a drummer, I'd model my style after him and Jack Irons.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 2:08 pm
by VinylGuy
darth_vedder wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Drummers pretty much make or break a band for me and I often, though not always, find it quite hard to enjoy a band if they change drummers - the whole sound of the band changes.
Totally ageee with this.
Also, no one has mentioned Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. I love that guy.
If I were a drummer, I'd model my style after him and Jack Irons.
Trag and me mentioned Steve. We talk about him all the time in the SY thread. He is one of the great ones.
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 2:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 2:55 pm
by evenslow
I won't break my own rule and mention Moon, but I will mention someone who is channeling Moon (and Mitchell) and that is STUVERUD THA GAWD:
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 3:03 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Favorite Drummers (and you can't say Bonham, Moon or Pea
Posted: Sun February 12, 2017 4:38 pm
by Jorge
evenslow wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
evenslow wrote:MATT TONG: saw Bloc Party years ago at the Congress Theater and this guy absolutely blew me away. He was the only thing I could watch for the whole show.
See, maybe he's improved since then, but I saw Bloc Party at a festival in 2008 and his drumming struck me as very limp and tentative. Of course, they played immediately after the Mars Volta who were playing with Thomas Pridgen at the time, and no drummer can sound good following that.
Wow "limp" and "tentative" would be the last two adjectives I would think of for the Tongster (my nickname for him). In fact, if you look those two words up in a thesaurus, "Matt Tong" is listed as an antonym for both.
It surprised me too. I liked Silent Alarm back in the day and knew that Bloc Party's sound required punchy, tight, locked-in drumming to be effective. But the guy sounded weak and kind of sloppy. Maybe he was having an off day, or like I said maybe he just couldn't help sound kind of feeble coming after this guy