Top 100 Drum Performances List
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Topic: Top 100 Drum Performances List
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Subject: Top 100 Drum Performances List
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:39
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OK, I'm a drummer and I'll have fun with this. Let's create a Top
100 Drum Performances list. You suggest a song with great
drumming and I'll list them. The criteria will be "These songs
display a technical talent of the drummer, and the drummer's ability to
display an outstanding drum performance". OK, suggestions? 1. 21st Century Schizoid Man / Michael Giles (King Crimson / In the Court of the Crimson King) 2. Scene Six: Home / Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater / Scenes From a Memory) 3. Stream of Consciousness / Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater / Train of Thought) 4. Isle of Everywhere / Pierre Moerlen (Gong / You (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 3) 5. Firth of Fifth / Phil Collins (Genesis / Selling England By the Pound) |
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Posted By: Fearless
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:40
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21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson ------------- If you don't stand up You don't stand a chance! |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:43
Great. |
Fearless wrote:Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:43
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100 choices.........hmmmm..........how about "Stream of Consciousness" ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:44
Dream Theater- Home 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:45
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you know.....we could list nearly every Dream Theater song resonably........but let's put a limit of about 3 per band. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:48
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One of my favourite performances is Pierre Moerlen's drumming in "Isle of Everywhere", studio or live. But the fine points of the drumming on that track are probably noticeable for a drummer only. The way the drumming slowly and organically builds up here, until Moerlen finally is all over the place, is really amazing. Another good example of his drumming is "Zero the Hero", especially in the "Live au Bataclan" version. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:01
Wow, the beginning of that song rips off Forty Six & Two by Tool. Great show though.  |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:03
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you know, i keep seeing you and BaldJean raving about that guy. what band does he play in? i might check them out. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:05
Gong, and they're raving for a reason - he was an incredible musician. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:06
He was the drummer of Gong. Sadly he died May 3rd this year. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:07
i suspected it was gong. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:40
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I would add...Neil Peart - Xanadu; John Mayhew - The Knife; Phil Collins - Tons of songs, but I'll mention Firth of Fifth, Los Endos, Duke's Travels; Bill Bruford - Heart of the Sunrise (the intro section is just killer). ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: SNAP
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:45
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a drummerz whoz serious about music,listens to prog mate! howza bout these: One more red nightmare (King Crimson/Red),Minstrel in Gallery(song),No Lullaby(Heavy Horses),Hunting Girl(Songs from the woods) all by Barriemore Barlow (a bloody genius,didnt get well with Ianz genius..what a surprise!),Killer,House with no door (van Der Graaf) Guy Evans aka The Brain,All of Ian Paices Mark2 Deep Purple but especially Who do you think we are,check out Martin Deller on FM Black noise album (a Canadian rock trio who opened up for Rush Moving Pix tour),Nothing at all (Martin Smith/RIP) on Gentle Giants first lp and all of John Weathers drumming...there are so many man..so many.Terry Bozzio,Danger money.Danger Drumming.. ------------- snapadidooda |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:00
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Yea... I know.... But the drumming is far more complicated than Tool's Forty Six & Two. |
Posted By: DarHobo
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:30
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Billy Cobham- Vital Transformations etc.. Well almost any Mahavishnu song really. |
Posted By: Hands r free
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:32
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Asbury Park-Will Brufford\King Crimson
Gates and Sound Chaser- Alan White\Yes Thick As A Brick-Barriemore Barlow\Tull Pretty much anything-Smith,Martimore,Weathers\Gentle Giant Larks Tongue-Brufford\king Crimson Fracture-Brufford\Crimson 
Lament-Brufford\Crimson Ok thats 4 Bruffords but really I mean he is the stuff. |
Posted By: Hands r free
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:33
with Return To Forever. |
Posted By: Hands r free
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:43
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Dance On A Volcano-Collins
Slippermen-Collins Cinema Show-Collins |
Posted By: georgeportnoy
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:22
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Mike Portnoy --->Dance Of Eternity-Dream Theater
Mike Portnoy---->Panic Attack- DreamTheater ------------- dream is the cream |
Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:29
| Virgil Donati - Every Planet X song |
Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:37
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On eof my favorite....Phil Collins on Cinema show ! Heart of the sunrise is great too |
Posted By: Kryodus
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 23:49
| Ticks and leeches - danny carrey of tool |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 23:51
| Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ (or just about any other Meshuggah song for that matter) |
Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 00:16
| Focus - Hocus Pocus |
Posted By: ian_b
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 01:19
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its not ripped off. its just the same scale that is used. they are the same tempo too. forty six and two is alot more simple than this one. |
Posted By: ian_b
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 01:32
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phil colins - the cinema show bill bruford - heart of the sunrise dream theater - dance of eternity alan white - the gates of delerium carl palmer - karn evil no9 ( 1st and 2nd impressions)
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 01:49
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King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. 1 and 2 Tool - Ticks and Leeches Gentle Giant - The Boys in the Band Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick Cream - Toad Cobham - Stratus Lifetime - Emergency |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 06:11
Billy Cobham on MO's Birds Of Fire - here the first person using new drum materials on record - listen to the crispness of each beat on the snare, and the speed of playing. Of course BC's Spectrum. Alphonse Mouzon, is sometimes called the poorman's BC, but is magic playing with Larry Coryell on Back Together Again, and with Pastorius/Mangeldorff: Berlin Days. Lenny White, sure but I prefer post RTF - Big City and more recently the major jazzfunk/rock album Edge. Ginger Baker and Keith Moon always stood out as having individual sounds . Try Baker with Jonas Hellborg and Jens Johansson on Unseen Rain, and Quadraphenia for Moon and the Who. Jon Hiseman with Colosseum Those Who Are About To Die Gary Husband or Chad Wackerman with Holdsworth; IOU or All Night Wrong, respectively. Bill Bruford especially on his Feels Good To Me Ander Johansson known more a metal drummer, will surprise many with his fuller range: his own Red Shift is an intriging mix of percussion, Heavy Machine with Holdsworth & Jens Johnasson, as part of the Jonas Hellborg Group on e (power jazz rock), part of The Shining Path's No Other World (jazz rock musicians do thrash etal) Dennis Chambers on too many albums to list - try Time Crunch with Niacin. Tony Williams on Stanley Clarke's eponymousy titled second solo album Steve Smith: many of his own and as a member of various groups , issued on Tone Center Records in the last decade, e.g. albums with Larry Coryell, Tom Coster, Stu Hamm, etc. |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 06:42
| Excellent suggestions, I'll get to them after school. It's my first day of my senior year! |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 06:43
As you can tell by this post, non-prog is definitely allowed. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 06:59
 Yes, that has to be in the top 100. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 07:58
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Neil Peart - The complete Dream Theater catalogue.....
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 08:22
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Great!! Pierre Moerlen was fantastic with Gong! ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 08:25
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I'd like to add Daniel Denis (Univers Zero). He's outstanding, specially at "Heresie". ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 09:04
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Robert Wyatt- Slightly All The Time, Teeth Bill Bruford- Heart Of The Sunrise, The Cinema Show (w/Phil Collins), Hell's Bells, Lark's Tongues In Aspic Part One, Red Phil Collins- The Cinema Show, Firth Of Fifth, Dance On A Volcano, Los Endos (live version with Chester Thompson Jon Hiseman- Debut, Those Who Are About To Die, The Kettle, Valentyne Suite, The Time Machine Keef Hartley- Sinnin' For You Carl Palmer- Karn Evil 9, Friday The 13th (Atomic Rooster) Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep)- Beautiful Dream Ginger Baker- Sunshine Of Your Love, NSU Richard Coughlan- As I Feel I Die Billy Cobham- Birds Of Fire, Dawn, Celestial Terrestrial Commuters, Chester Thompson- Cannonball, Black Market, Trouble Every Day, Oh No/Son Of Orange County (with Zappa)
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Posted By: Planet Rojo
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 10:50
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Brian N. ------------- Brian North Planet Rojo Space prog |
Posted By: Rayzl
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 13:29
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Andy Ward --- "Lunar Sea"," Lady Fantasy" (Both Live Record Version), and "Nimrodel...the procession" ...etc... Great Drummer... Jazzy,bombastic, but at the same time really delicate... HOW can you forget the great Keith Moon (The Who).. --- "Overture"... Phil Collins --- "CINEMA SHOW " --- live at bbc performance Anglagard Drummer (dont now his name) "Jordok"
And MAny many more, I will not name, cause, they already have mentioned them more than enough...
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Posted By: Green and Funky
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 20:54
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How bout La Villa Strangiato, Rush, Neil Peart? Great jazzy
sections I would also have to say some Jon Fishman (Phish), maybe "You Enjoy Myself"? "Golgi Apparatus"? ------------- Your hands and feet are mangos, you're gonna be a genius anyway |
Posted By: bertburt
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 21:34
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Absolutely. One of the greatest drummers out there today, but is rarely mentioned.
I'd say.... Phish(Fishman) - Taste Gentle Giant(Weathers) - Boys in the Band Jethro Tull(Bunker) - Dharma For One (Live version from Living in the Past) Genesis(Collins) - Riding the Scree Rush(Peart) - Anthem (first 30 seconds are classic....) KC(Bruford) - Starless. To maintain that 13/4 sig during that manic hi-speed section is a tremendous display of natural talent. |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 04:56
The drummer from Ãnglagård is called Mattias Olson, and he was actually only 17 years when Hybris was released. |
Posted By: S Lang
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 05:40
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I am somewhat shocked here to learn that Pierre Moerlen is gone... He made his best contribution under Pierre Moerlen's Gong, in musical terms I've always perceived him like a brother to Bill Bruford. So sad. I love what Carmine Appice did on "Break song" by Vanilla Fudge, also Alan Schwartzberg with Mountain on "Twin Peaks". Not "stricktly" prog by this site, but it is to me. Not designed to impress, but solid and very enjoyable stuff. John Marshall on "Seven" by Soft Machine deserves a mention and Jerzy Piotrowski on "Pamiec" by SBB where he developed unique riffs, never heard before and since.... Chester Thompson is a fave, so is Dennis Chambers. I won't go into Cobham, Baker, Mouzon here - we all know of them. Do we...? Can't get over Pierre Moerlen, have to go and put something on in his memory now. |
Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 06:01
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Mark Zonder. The entire Pleasent shade of gray and Perfect Symetry |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 06:28
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Billy Cobham - One word (Birds of fire) Ian Paice The mule (Made in Japan) Bonzo Moby dick John Hiseman, |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 13:44
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Bill Bruford on the Great Deceiver off the Great Deceiver 4 CD live
1973 1974. The crims had just became a 3 piece after Cross quit. I
think Bruford holds the piece together quite well with just a crazy
guitar player and loud bassist. Also Steve Smith on the first Vital
Information album as well as Barimore Barlow`s solo on bursting out. ------------- |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 13:45
When will retrovertigo update his best drum performances list? 
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Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 14:21
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Bill Bruford- Heart of the sunrise (YES), Dance on a Volcano, Cinema Show, Robbery Assault & Battery (with Genesis during the 1976 tour), Fracture (King Crimson), etc. Phil Collins- Supper`s Ready . Alan White- The Gates of Delirium, Awaken. Carl Palmer- Tarkus, Karn Evil 9 with drums & percussion solo.. Keith Moon- all of "Who`s Next", "Quadrophenia", "Tommy" and "Who Are You". John Bonham - on Led Zeppelin`s DVDs, and in "In my time of Dying" in the "Physical Graffiti" album, etc. Neil Peart- "YYZ" with drums & percussion solo, Xanadu, Tom Sawyer, etc. ------------- Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime. |
Posted By: Zarquino
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 14:26
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Has someone seen Mike Portnoy's solo on the Budokan extra DVD? He took
two persones to the scenary to play with him...awesomw lol He's like...I dont think he's a human,lol I'll pint all you've said im not really introduced on prog Bye Guys ------------- There's nothing left to loose |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:37
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I forgot Phil Ehart (Kansas) on the "Two for the Show" live album, particularly in the song "Journey from Mariabronn". Great album and song! ------------- Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 12:24
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The drummer from Slipknot. Can't stand the band but he is an amazing drummer. Dunno bout a song though. Phil Rudd - Let There Be Rock |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:02
| I'm going to try to update this every Monday. |
Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:22
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saucerful of secrets - pink floyd.. time - pink floyd .. ( alothough album one is not nick playing but sound engineering , live's are cool ) moby dick ( led zep) toad (live ) -( cream) several king crimsons already listed.. |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:45
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I wouldn't say all of these are technically brilliant (although
most of the prog ones are) but they all feature ace drumming. King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind, Starless ELP - Toccata, Food for your Soul Yes - Heart of the Sunrise, South Side of the Sky Focus - Anonymous II Colosseum - Valentyne Suite, The Time Machine Greenslade - Drum Folk The Nice - Brandenburger Bodast - Nether Street Non-prog: Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks Rainbow - Stargazer, A Light in the Black Cozy Powell - Dance with the Devil Deep Purple - Burn Golden Earring - Radar Love Keith West - On a Saturday ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 17:47
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No Vinnie Colaiuta or Terry Bozzio? I am shocked and appalled, people. Just check out anything by Frank Zappa. He always had incredible drummers (the two listed above being my favorites). ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 18:03
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Zappa's song "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" has incredible drumming on the album Roxy & Elsewhere. Don't know the drummer but it may be Aynsley Dunbar, he played with Zappa a lot round the 71-74 era. We can't leave out Tool whether you like 'em or not. I volunteer: 1) Ticks and Leeches 2) The Grudge 3) Third Eye 4) Merkaba (live on "Salival") 5) Reflection And Neil Peart... 1) YYZ (also see live on "Exit...Stage Left") 2) La Villa Strangiato 3) Cygnus X-1 Book 1 (look up the drum fill on 8:27 and try and stop your mouth falling open in awe) 4) O'Baterista (live on Rush in Rio) 5) "Didacts and Narpets" sub-section from The Fountain of Lamenth I can do 5 each realistically for several more drummers but i'm very tired... |
Posted By: bobthesalesman
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 19:44
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The Mars Volta - Casandra Gemmini and Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt Jon Theodore is an incredible drummer. ------------- www.myspace.com/thepianowar |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 20:30
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I gotta throw Jon Theodore in this. I have a strong feeling that 20 years from now he'll be listed among the Progressive Rock drumming greats.
Drunkship of Lanterns Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt Enuch Provocatour and that's just three. I still haven't heard a TMV song where he isn't in top form (IMO). |
Posted By: moncholo
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 21:00
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morphing into nothing - Andromeda (Thomas lejon) Los Endos - Genesis (Phil Collins) Cinema Show - " ( " ) |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 23:35
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ELP (Carl Palmer) - Tank ------------- 
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Posted By: Kryodus
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 00:27
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seriously, anyone not mentioning ticks and leeches by tool, needs to download the song and listen to the drums. I dont like the song very much and im a huge tool fan, their angriest song, and dont like what any of the other instruments do, structure is weak compared to their later stuff, but the drums are mind boggling and very unique. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 02:35
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Reflection - Tool Toccata - ELP Instrumedly - Dream Theater The last song on The Human Equation |
Posted By: KeyserSoze
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 11:07
| Everything from Paul Craddick (ex-Enchant) and Jon Theodore (Mars Volta). Best of the best... |
Posted By: Rayzl
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 19:09
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Al di Meola's Drummers...
------------- Open your mind.... |
Posted By: Rayzl
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 19:36
Thanks for the info... I didn't knew... Amazing isn't it... but remember Andy Ward (Camel Drummer), he was only 14 when he entered the band and about 17 (I think) when he recorded their first Studio Album "CAMEL".. ------------- Open your mind.... |
Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 20:16
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Ticks and Leeches is progish. That song is f**king nuts. ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 23:09
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Slipknot - The Nameless Slipknot bores the hell out of me, but this song I actually liked. Excellent drumming.
Tool - Ticks & Leeches Crazy drumming in 7/4 time. The most impressive thing is that he makes 7/4 sound normal(not all choppy and wierd). Also, Reflection from Tool has some cool drumming (not as difficult or technical, but wierd) that pitch-changing tom thing sounds really cool. |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: August 30 2005 at 08:59
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terry bozzio - black light syndrome. best drumming i've ever heard. the independance in the middle section is incredible. and it's so tastefull!. i'll leave it at that and just add that i'm a drummer and i can't satnd mike portnoy. the guy's a idiot with sticks. he's got no taste at all. that pattern he always uses with the offbeat triplets on the china while keeping the 4/4 rhythmn going is horrid. it's a party trick. i wanted to bang my head on the wall when he used it in a quiet section of transatlantic. he has plenty of chops, but in the pursuit of 'modern drummer' poll awards he's lost the plot. |
