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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 8, 2006 17:38:18 GMT -5
Look at him go ! Born drummer, right there ;b
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Post by rockysigman on Dec 8, 2006 17:40:30 GMT -5
I'm changing my vote to Spencer Tweedy of the Blisters.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 8, 2006 17:41:49 GMT -5
But: do his blisters have blisters?
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Post by rockysigman on Dec 8, 2006 17:44:35 GMT -5
This guy?  Nah, his many years on the road have helped him to build up callouses. No more blisters. |
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Post by Ayinger on Dec 8, 2006 18:35:47 GMT -5
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Post by Ryosuke on Dec 9, 2006 7:06:28 GMT -5
But yeah, like Ken I subscribe to the "play what the song needs" school of drumming. Bonham was a good drummer though. I like guys who hit the skins hard. But I'd rather have someone who doesn't play enough than one who plays too much. I agree with the "play what the song needs" philosophy in principle, but I think that too many times it's used to defend mediocre players. Like, you know, Meg White... |
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Post by riley on Dec 9, 2006 15:44:21 GMT -5
Aside from Animal (of course), Peart owns this.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Dec 9, 2006 15:48:22 GMT -5
I've never heard Skvor play but I know he's better then Mo Tucker and probably everyone under Travis Barker...hell, I'm better then Mo Tucker and everyone under Travis Barker, except Animal of course... *air drums solo from Inna Gadda Da Vida...I'm awesome.... Travis Barker isn't fit to hold my drumsticks as a struggling drum tech and that's no shit. I play a lot like Danny Carey, Tim Alexander, Brann from Mastodon, and Don Caballero. I'm not just tooting my own horn either, I rock ass, dude. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 9, 2006 15:54:42 GMT -5
Aside from Animal (of course), Peart owns this. I knew you were gonna say this. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 9, 2006 16:02:26 GMT -5
But yeah, like Ken I subscribe to the "play what the song needs" school of drumming. Bonham was a good drummer though. I like guys who hit the skins hard. But I'd rather have someone who doesn't play enough than one who plays too much. I agree with the "play what the song needs" philosophy in principle, but I think that too many times it's used to defend mediocre players. Like, you know, Meg White... I'd rather hear mediocre players perform a great song than listen to pointless wankery. And too many people use technique to cover up a real lack of musical ideas/originality ... and just general suckiness. It's always better to leave people wanting more and wondering what else you've got, rather than to show them everything and then some. Meg White is becoming one of my favorite drummers just b/c of the strong reaction she seems to elicit. What else would you really want her to do? She's an absolutely perfect drummer, IMHO. But my vote is (after much thought, seriously!) going to Topper. Because he used to label his sticks "Topper's Boppers" if for no other reason. |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Dec 9, 2006 16:03:02 GMT -5
I'm working on a yousendit so that you guys can hear the 16 minute opus that my band recorded for Ptolemaic Terroscope, a psych magazine based in England and Providence, RI.
Also, I have to say, if it wasn't for my love of Animal at 5 that got me into drums in the first place, I would have never played. Animal rules ass on this one for me as well.
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Post by phil on Dec 9, 2006 16:03:12 GMT -5
It'll be between me, Opus, and whoever played tuba and baritone horn for The Band.
Garth Hudson is the man ...
He was the anchor in The Band !
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Post by Kensterberg on Dec 9, 2006 16:08:12 GMT -5
Well Garth played some pretty mean tuba ... listen to Rag Mama Rag.
Music From Big Pink just might be the only album in rock and roll to use baritone horn (credited as "school horn" on the album, I think). As an old baritone player, I think that is just too cool.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Dec 9, 2006 16:13:35 GMT -5
The tuba on Lou Reed's "Transmission" album is pretty fucking amazing as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by phil on Dec 9, 2006 16:13:54 GMT -5
What I'd like to know is how you can appreciate a great song if mediocre players are performing it ...  |
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