Gentle Giant Drummer
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Topic: Gentle Giant Drummer
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Subject: Gentle Giant Drummer
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 19:17
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What do you guys think of him, I like what i hear -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 19:21
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he is so good, just to think in all those polyrythms...
GG rocks, one of my fav bands ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: andYouandI45
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 19:35
| Loving it like im Loving it and McDonald's! |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:15
I think he was a very good drummer. It's not easy to play that kind of music, and all he did fit the sound of Gentle Giant really well. I have seen GG in DVD and looking at his movements and face expressions I think he really seemed to feel the music. 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:22
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He seemed to be three different people: Martin Smith, Malcolm Mortimore & John Weathers. I prefer when he was Mortimore, followed closely by when he was Smith. When he was Weathers, he often seemed like only a timekeeper. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Zoso
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:34
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Most certainly talented to play along with those guys.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:35
| I thought the lost chord hated gentle giant lol |
Posted By: soundspectrum
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:41
| It is extremely hard to even be a time keeper in that band!!! NAh but weathers was pretty good, he seemed like kind of a straight ahead guy...not a show off...but never screwed up. i like him a lot for that |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:44
I like how he actually looks like the Gentle Giant mascot,
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Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 20:48
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Wow.
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Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 21:01
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Excellent drummer - one of prog's best. All over Freehand with a vengeance. Great stuff. ------------- Deafmoon |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 21:06
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I actually think of every musician in Gentle Giant, Weathers kept
things as simple as he could considering the controlled mayhem that was
being played around him. I think if he had over-played more it would
have infringed on the beauty of the musical complexity. I think he was
the perfect drummer for the band.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 21:07
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He's excellent. He play's GG's music with complete ease. Great drummer! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 23:22
| Weathers is my favorite of the three drummers. It seemed to me that starting with his first album (Octopus), GG went in a very different direction due to his amazing ability to play funky, groovy backbeats in the structure of GG's quirky songs. No other prog band I know of was as downright danceable---while remaing very complex---as Gentle Giant after JP joined. |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 23:36
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Yes to everything positive thats been said about J.'Pugwash' Weathers, assuming also that he is the drummer we are being invited to talk about-- that's not to detract from Mortimore [who I also really liked] or Smith. The only live drumming I've either seen or heard is JPW and,for me, that's the real test. Are there any good live recordings of the others of which anyone is aware? ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 00:33
Weathers is also my favourite....he's great,plus puts a smile on my face every time...don't know how just does...
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 00:34
well mostly every GG member plays GG with complete ease  or?  -------------
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Bj-1 wrote:Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:13
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Man, you have watch how he plays in lives. I love his style ------------- 
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Posted By: Moribund
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:22
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Perfect for the band. And watch the DVD's - he sings with the 5-part harmonies, plays vibes perfectly adequately and guitar too. rarely flashy, but always solid. ------------- New Progressive Rock Live show now touring UK theatres! www.masterpiecestheconcert.co.uk |
Posted By: magellan_head
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 11:06
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he is good , excellent in fact ... I`m a drummer and I think GG`s stuff would be a nightmare to drum to |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 15:43
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Yeah quite acid test I would say I`ve played some jazz but never actually played along to any GG except with my hands. All three were exceptional percussionists. I would put Barriemore Barlow in the same category or anyone else who has played with Tull over the years. ------------- |
Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 16:00
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I really like him, I got the Giant on the Box DVD and I like how he plays on this ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 16:16
I like his style a lot. It fits perfectly to Gentle Giant's kind of
playing and it's great to see how John Weather alias Pugwash is playing
his parts in all these strange time signatures, I mean he really feels
the music, he arises in Gentle Giant's songs... That's the reason why I
love Giant On The Box so much. You can feel the whole peculiar power of
that great band...  Oh... Why wasn't I born in the 50's or so, than I could have seen Gentle Giant playing live in the 70's...  |
Posted By: zeld4
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 21:24
YES. he plays the xylophone's too right? One live video i saw of him, he was running back in forth between drums and xylophone XD it was great i love him. but i love ray shulman more. lets make a thread about how awesome he is :D ------------- This is what i've listened to this week: http://www.last.fm/user/jewyjewjew/?chartstyle=myspizzle2"> 
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Posted By: Abalaea4
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 21:34
| The perfect man for this pefect band. |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 21:52
| he has a pretty exquisit touch |