Steve Gadd Aja.Originally Posted by Udi Koomran
Steve Gadd Aja.
Pugwash.
The dropkickdrum all over the place. River. The Runaway. Cogs In Cogs.
etc.
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
"Billion Dollar Babies" - Alice Cooper
Neal Smith, drums
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Joey Kramer's opening beat to "Walk this Way"
Jeff Porcaro's "Rosanna" groove.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Amen!
For sure! Billion Dollar Babies- incredible from the opening drum pattern to the bizarre ending.
Radar Love
Brand X - The Poke
Planet X - Dog Boots
Mahavishnu - Eternities breath
Jeff Beck - Led Boots
For me, it would be 'I Don't Care Anymore" from album two
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Bernard Purdy on Steely Dan's 'Home at Last' - the "Purdy Shuffle":
David
Happy with what I have to be happy with.
"Hot For Teacher" - Van Halen
Alex Van Halen, drums
But this is 'Signature Drum patterns' - which I would take as 'If I heard this as an isolated drum track, I'd know who the drummer was ...' or, 'this drummer uses this technique/pattern in most of his/her work' - like the 'Purdie Shuffle' listed above ...
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Bruford is one of the easiest to recognize
Which is somewhat troublesome if you don't really find his particular approach all that interesting. Solid, safe and instrumentally flawless, but not necessarily versatile or unpredictable. May work wonders in given contexts, but not in others.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
You can always tell when Hal Blaine is on a record. There's a particular pattern he regularly plays towards the end of any given record...see, I don't know, the end of 'California Girls'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._has_played_on
Lee Kerslake has a particular fill as well, see the intro of 'Over The Mountain'.
The guy in Happy Family has a signature style he brings to his work.
This is an incredible list! Especially the part that mentions that it is useful to remember it is only a partial list, and that he probably played on the entire album the song came from...
Incredible.
The drummer of our collective youth.
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
The Knack- My Sharona
yes, he is quite remarkable.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
But I suppose 'Signature drum pattern' could also mean .. 'If you want to know why {fill in blank} is such a great drummer, just listen to ..... "
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Thanks for posting that, chalkpie. Really cool.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Sure man
JP played on a TON of stuff, really known for Toto and Steely Dan first and foremost. Such a tasty and groovy cat - if you were a bass player alongside him, you know the groove was going to feel effortless. Died tragically and way too young - I think 37 or 38, a real shame.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
Porcaro filled in for Nick Mason on 'Mother' which, for whatever reason, Mason decided he couldn't play.
He was also the drummer on most of the Carpenters' biggest hits. Didn't see many of them listed. I'd imagine it's the Phil Spector/Beach Boys records that he's best known for, though, as part of the Wrecking Crew.
The UK equivalents were people like Clem Cattini and Bobby Graham. The latter was allegedly the drummer on several Dave Clark Five hits. Certainly it sounds like the guy on those is the same one on The Kinks' 'Tired Of Waiting For You', for instance.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/o...s-1791653.html
There are several fabulous drummers on the modern experimental rock scene in Japan, such as (obviously) Tatsuya Yoshida, Masahiro Uemura (Altered States, Ground Zero et. al.) and the powerhouse precision hitman from Tipographica, Akira Sotoyama:
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Yoshida is still one of the greatest skinbashers I've ever seen live.
B... B-but Frankster, I have it from very confident sources in here that Yoshida mostly resembles the Muppet drummer!
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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