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richardh
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:08 |
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
@darkshade
True. Terry Bozzio's drumming is pretty sweet.
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he also upped the ante in UK ( now who was that guy he replaced? )
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:15 |
Metallica
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:18 |
darkshade wrote:
I assumed the word "bad" was being used loosely on this thread. Obviously JCB is not a bad drummer, but he's not exceptional. Zappa had better drummers for the remainder of his career, and you could feel it in his music.
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Also, for a good chunk of the early Mothers days, they had two drummers (JCB along with either Billy Mundi or Artie Tripp). Jim usually just kept a straight 4 beat while the other guys played the more complex stuff. But even though he wasn't technically advanced (or didn't let on that he was), I always really liked his "feel". Just a hair behind the beat, but very steady. Gives their one-chord jams (e.g. live versions of King Kong) a nice foundation.
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darkshade
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:19 |
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
Metallica
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Wanted to say it, but this is in the Prog Music Lounge.
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Hercules
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 17:29 |
richardh wrote:
I like Paul Cook ( of IQ) and he is far from a bad drummer but Andy Edwards on Frequency shows what the band was missing for a number of years perhaps. Could they have been bigger? I'm not sure given that Marillion were seemingly never held back by having a less than brilliant drummer. I suppose Porcupine Tree might be an example of a band that took a big leap forward when they (or rather Steven) changed the drummer. |
Cookies' a genius. Andy Edwards is also excellent, but no way is he better than Paul Cook. And Ian Mosley is a very fine player indeed; see his work with Trace.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 18:48 |
There was a Dream Theater concert I went some a few years ago, and some band called "Big Elf", I think, opened the show. They played several songs, and it was OK (I wouldn't go see them alone, though). There was something that sounded kind of noisy about them. Then Mike Portnoy himself came in to play some song with them, and there it became evident what was making them sound noisy: the drummer; with Portnoy on drums, it was as if they were a different band. Now, I don't know them well enough to say that I consider them a good band, not even that I consider their drummer a bad drummer, but that was the impression that stayed with me.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 18:56 |
richardh wrote:
I like Paul Cook ( of IQ) and he is far from a bad drummer but Andy Edwards on Frequency shows what the band was missing for a number of years perhaps. Could they have been bigger? I'm not sure given that Marillion were seemingly never held back by having a less than brilliant drummer. I suppose Porcupine Tree might be an example of a band that took a big leap forward when they (or rather Steven) changed the drummer. | Yeah, there's been much praise about Gavin Harrison, and the previous drummer from Porcupine Tree hasn't been particularly loved. However, from what I've heard from the band, I'm not so sure I prefer them with Harrison. The only album I have with their previous drummer is the live album "Coma Divine", and with Harrison I have all the studio albums except the last one. Now, I haven't payed much attention to the drums yet, so I might want to give them a listen focusing on drums, however, I kind of remember better the drums on Coma Divine, there was something kind of special about them that I didn't hear on the Harrison albums. Perhaps it is more a thing about the music on the albums and not the drummer. Or perhaps it is like comparing Nick Mason with Bill Brufford... it is perfectly clear who would be the favourite drummer here in PA, however, Mason did some very interesting things for me, specially on Floyd's earlier albums.
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rogerthat
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 19:13 |
Wouldn't call him a bad drummer, but Mick Pointer was pretty stiff on the first Marillion album and the arrival of Mosley added a lot to their sound. Somewhat similar to Mayhew-Collins, you could say. The loss of Bruford held back Yes just as they peaked (then again, it could be argued they held him back and he found his voice with KC).
Not prog, but likewise, the loss of Les Binks for Judas Priest and Clive Burr for Iron Maiden hurt them. Only a bit in the case of Maiden as McBrain was at least effective but Holland proved to be a dull and loud drummer.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 19:36 |
hate to put it that way, but you would never get a good band with a bad drummer, at least a good live band. I've been to Anathema twice, and watching that guy drumming made me think about how much they're spending on recording sessions for drums only, he's below average, to say the least! And with "Script for a Jester's Tear" being my favouritest album ever I still have to agree that Pointer was really weak back in those days
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 19:47 |
Ideally they aren't supposed to exist because the drummer is the clock and the heartbeat of a band. But they do Lasr Ulrich a fine example: Metallica
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twosteves
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 21:52 |
Phil Collins once said you can have a mediocre band with a great drummer but you can't have a great band with a mediocre drummer.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 21:56 |
Anekdoten is one of my favorite bands, but their drumming underwhelming in many songs.
So that's my pick.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:46 |
twosteves wrote:
Phil Collins once said you can have a mediocre band with a great drummer but you can't have a great band with a mediocre drummer. |
I see it the other way around. First of all it depends on what do you consider mediocare? I have tons of bands with mediocare drummers which means they are keeping the beat and occasionally fill out the songs, as long as the band have good material then it's alright for me. Pink Floyd would be a good example for that and Dream Theater (which I don't like most of their material) is the opposite example.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:50 |
richardh wrote:
coasterzombie wrote:
Rush - John Rutsey |
on that basis I would add John Mayhew (Genesis) . Both were decent drummers just not as amazingly talented as the people that replaced them. |
Exactly what I was thinking. I thought first of Mayhew before I was reminded of Rutsey...
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:52 |
On Steve Hackett's Time Lapse there is a drummer who attempts to play Ian Mosley's parts. He sounded as if he was dragging and slowing the band down when he played the difficult parts. He did not play fast triplets like Mosely and that made the music feel worthless like taking the piston out of an engine. Mosley attacked the early Hackett music with conviction and I grew used to hearing his style and dreading the fact that he was being replaced. Mosley was a magnificent drummer with beautiful chops and power to drive the band taking the music Hackett composed to the perfect level. Tapes from the "Reading Festival" are a display of his talents. He was a bit like Simon Phillips , painting the album with inventive drum parts...just as Phillips did on Roger Glover's Elements. You can't possibly replace a drummer of that dimension with another drummer who isn't exactly seasoned and is still a student learning the craft or a professional drummer who simply isn't capable and hasn't reached higher levels like a Chester Thompson or a Michael Giles. I watched him play on dvd and listened to the cd wondering if Steve Hackett was merely desperate.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:52 |
What's a bad drummer?
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prog4evr
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:52 |
Prog-jester wrote:
...And with "Script for a Jester's Tear" being my favouritest album ever I still have to agree that Pointer was really weak back in those days |
Agreed. Ian Mosley is so much better than Pointer. Maybe a tribute band can redeem SfaJT sometime in the future...
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 23:06 |
@Toddler I think you're talking about Fudge Smith, who was also in Pendragon until 2005.
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 23:29 |
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What's a bad drummer? |
A bad drummer is someone who drags the time while you're playing 32 second notes which in return makes you, the guitarist or keyboardist sound as if you are unsure of the piece. It also affects the sound of the entire band who now must play a fast up tempo piece at a slow and moronic sounding pace. Bad drummers will pull your gravity awkwardly on stage during live transmission and all you can think of is how bad you want to throw a glass of water at them..but nevertheless you are professional and must as a rule.. paste that stupied phony plastic smile on your face hoping the crowd hasn't noticed. A bad drummer is someone who doesn't bother to learn stage signals. You're touring constantly and so one night your singer has the flu. Unfortunately the promoter of Electric Factory Concerts doesn't see any reason whatsoever to cancel the show because of the flu. Your vocalist is singing a song that he/she has sung for a hundred nights in a row..but now begins to stare into space with a fever. Instead of singing the correct follow up section ..which might be a bridge..they go back to the chours. Because the bad drummer is not paying attention to the movement of the vocalist he/she plays the bridge while the band who has been keeping a close watch on the singer ..is following the singer into the chours. Bingo...trainwreck. Carl Palmer watched every move Emerson made during live transmission and that's what made them tight. A bad drummer isn't always the guy/girl who hits the rims during a roundhouse. A bad drummer is someone who has no dynamics and plays the verse just as loud as the chours when the whole time a message is written in front of them to do otherwise. A bad drummer is someone who is on an ego trip of their own and as a result (for some moronic reason or other), decides to NOT follow the bass player. The bassist and drummer must drive the unit and feed off each other. I don't give a hoot if you're playing a beautiful John McLaughlin guitar solo note for note..with feeling...you will sound lame if the drummer and the bassist are conflicting.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 23:34 |
^ Then I can't believe all these aforementioned guys were let in all those bands.
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