RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted December 16, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2011 I can't name any one in particular as it is impossible as I enjoy the drummers (are they snares they use?) in Military marching bands such as the Royal Marines. Maybe even more so the Scots Pipe bands as seen at events such as Edinburgh Tattoos. There is something that just makes you need to step in time if there is a marching band playing somewhere and you are walking by. I quite liked the sounds made by that bunch of blokes that used to do stage performances using drain pipes, oil drums and similar items; was it 'Stomp'? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Almost anything by Billy Cobham - 'Quadrant 4' and 'Stratus' from 'Spectrum' (the latter famously sampled by Massive Attack on Blue Lines' 'Safe from Harm'). Drummers of Burundi (once saw live at WOMAD '82 playing Zimbo alongside Echo & The Bunnymen). African drummers in general actually - check out the talking drums on King Sunny Ade's 'Juju Music'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Better (IMO) is John Bonham on "When the Levee Breaks" - samples of it pop up all over the place. Best, Pete. Have to agree with you on that Pete. Forget the rest of the music and concentrate on the drums. There are some amazing beats on there. Also some great drum rolls in Misty Mountain Hop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Saw Japanese Taiko Drummers at Eden Court, Inverness - absolutely Awesome! Not this particular group - but this will give you a flavour; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWg6OLqHlNM&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I really like Matthew Helders from The Arctic Monkeys, especially on 'I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor' and James Ford of The Last Shadow Puppets on 'The Age Of The Understatement', but the one I can never stop attempting to tap along to is Ron Wilson from The Surfaris on 'Wipeout'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 One I enjoy: 'Burning for You' (Blue Öyster Cult) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 My favourite drums from an actual song is the drums from 'Wipeout' (sorry, too young to know anything else about it!). Unfortunately for me, I wasn't quite able to do it justice when I performed it last year. As far as drum only performances go, Top Secret from Switzerland have to be my all time favourite. Matt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 My favourite drums from an actual song is the drums from 'Wipeout' (sorry, too young to know anything else about it!). Matt. West Coast surf band 'The Surfaris' with drummer Ron Wilson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 West Coast surf band 'The Surfaris' with drummer Ron Wilson. Thanks Arthur. Matt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted December 16, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2011 Almost anything by Billy Cobham - 'Quadrant 4' and 'Stratus' from 'Spectrum' (the latter famously sampled by Massive Attack on Blue Lines' 'Safe from Harm'). Drummers of Burundi (once saw live at WOMAD '82 playing Zimbo alongside Echo & The Bunnymen). African drummers in general actually - check out the talking drums on King Sunny Ade's 'Juju Music'. Just caught a bit of 'spectrum' on Youtube... 4 sticks... come on what a show off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I once read that when Zep were recording this track, Jimmy Page was unhappy with the drum sound Bonzo was getting in the studio so he had the drum kit moved into the adjacent stairwell to get the sound he wanted. Graham Sounds like it - that's another Headley Grange recording. Personally I hate "dry" drums - I like to add a different reverb to the snare and another for the rest. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Just caught a bit of 'spectrum' on Youtube... 4 sticks... come on what a show off Goes with the territory for many drummers in the late 60s and 70s, hence the obligatory 'drum solo' in most rock gigs of the era, some of which were truly awful. These days Cobham doesn't need to prove anything and can just focus on providing the rhythm and making use of the kit as another instrument - saw him a couple of years ago with the Cuban band Asere doing just that to perfection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I once read that when Zep were recording this track, Jimmy Page was unhappy with the drum sound Bonzo was getting in the studio so he had the drum kit moved into the adjacent stairwell to get the sound he wanted. Graham There's an article in drummers magazine Rhythm, November 2011 (40 years of Led Zep IV) focusing on Bonham. Studio engineer Andy Johns confirms that. As Pete said it was Headley Grange and it had a 'lobby', a big, four floor, open space with stairs going up it, and he used just two microphones set up on the first floor of the stairs. He says that a key contributor to the sound was the use of a 'Binson Echorec', an Italian made echo device owned by Jimmy Page. A drum sound considered as the holy grail by many rock drummers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPjlFQQ3fs&feature=fvst Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 16, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2011 Saw Japanese Taiko Drummers at Eden Court, Inverness - absolutely Awesome! Not this particular group - but this will give you a flavour; Hi Jack , would that have been an outfit called Mugenkyo by any chance , if so then I saw them a few years ago , brilliant way to pass two hours , and must rank as a good keep fit method too . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn-on-the-platform Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Tre Cool's beat in 'Longview' (Green Day) is pretty interesting. I've not seen anyone replicate it successfully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hi Jack , would that have been an outfit called Mugenkyo by any chance , if so then I saw them a few years ago , brilliant way to pass two hours , and must rank as a good keep fit method too . Could well have been - I honestly can't remember the name - but I have never seen a group of men put so much energy into drumming - they were literally running with sweat when they finished, and the audience gave them a standing ovation - a hell of a way to keep the weight down! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 16, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2011 Could well have been - I honestly can't remember the name - but I have never seen a group of men put so much energy into drumming - they were literally running with sweat when they finished, and the audience gave them a standing ovation - a hell of a way to keep the weight down! Possibly a different lot then , Mugenkyo is a mixed band , females giving it as good as the blokes . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Better (IMO) is John Bonham on "When the Levee Breaks" - samples of it pop up all over the place. Best, Pete. My favourite Bonham drumming has to be 'Misty Mountain Hop' and 'Sick Again'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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