Best Live Epic Drum Solo

Mr Ian Paice!!

for long and epic drum solos Christian Vander of Magma takes the cake. I don't know of anyone else who does 45 minute solos. and they are not boring for a second


Edited by BaldJean

I don't really consider O Baterista to be epic. It's a damn good drum solo, mind you, just not epic in comparison to the other choices. An "epic" drum solo would be something like Toad or Moby Dick. But I'll vote for it (even though I really want to vote for Toad for sheer power and raw energy).

All are great and I never imagined comparing them... but I'll go with O Baterista, simply because the title is in my native language, Portuguese.

BTW, O Baterista means The Drummer!

1. Neil Peart - O Baterista / YYZ (from "Exit Stage Left")
2. Ian Paice - The Mule
3. Ginger Baker - Toad

 Im not a fan of the "epic drum solo" I usually skip over those selections on the poll....

Bern wrote: Although I admire Bonzo's talent, I always thought his Moby Dick's solos were boring. I guess my vote would go to Neil Peart for all of his solos and not only for O Baterista.

 

One thing I respect about Bonzo was the he does these long solos and never hit the rims.  He was big as all outdoors but also a very clean drummer (when he was not drunk.)

ken4musiq wrote: Bern wrote: Although I admire Bonzo's talent, I always thought his Moby Dick's solos were boring. I guess my vote would go to Neil Peart for all of his solos and not only for O Baterista.   One thing I respect about Bonzo was the he does these long solos and never hit the rims.  He was big as all outdoors but also a very clean drummer (when he was not drunk.)

Actually you're half wrong! Oh, he hit the rims alright. But for rimshot technique. Bonzo was not the heavy pounder people have brought him out to be. What he would do is keep his snares slightly loose and hit it with a precise angle to produce the rimshot effect.

In the 60's and 70's with primitive amplification on drummers, the rimshot was utilized for maximum impact. Now with all the modern miking of drums, you can just tap the snare and hear it in a football field. Hence why rimshotting has become such a lost art in drumming.

The grand-master of this technique was Gene Krupa. Even over Buddy Rich. Gene was able to make his drums thunder without any mikes at all. Believe me when I say this because I saw him play at a clinic a year before his death in '73 when I was 16.

Baker and Bonham were 2 of the few that really utilized this technique. Oh sure they were miked somewhat, but only to a limited extent. Bruford was always good for it, but these days most drummers just hit as hard as they can not giving a sh*t on the precision on what they're doing.

Peart!