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mr.cub 
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 Posted: June 17 2009 at 13:42 |
The man to the left certainly is near and dear to my heart when it comes to drum fills. I guess I will list a few of my favorites...
For starters at least...
Baba O'Riley- The Who (Moon's entry is the reason why i picked up a pair of drum sticks)
Scatterbrain- Jeff Beck (pure technical wizardry)
Karn Evil 9- ELP (2nd and 3rd Impressions)
Cinema Show- Genesis (Instrumental part, Phil is omnipotent)
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The Pessimist
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Posted: June 17 2009 at 13:36 |
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Oh man... Well for starters I love the mini drum solos in April Ethereal - Opeth. They are so simple, yet so powerful and show off how much style Lopez has. Next up are the little drum fills in Soul Burn - Meshuggah. Another honorary mention goes to Gavin Harrisons massive hi-hat based fill in Fear Of A Blank Planet.
Not prog, but the drum fill that links the guitar solo to the epic bridge in Cast Down The Heretic - Nile is absolutely MEGA.
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Posted: June 17 2009 at 13:31 |
 moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Phil Collins' best drumming is on the Eno's albums ... not Genesis! |
Or possibly Brand X?
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moshkito
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Posted: June 17 2009 at 13:25 |
Hi,
Phil Collins' best drumming is on the Eno's albums ... not Genesis!
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prog4evr
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 19:53 |
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1. Bruford (Yes), "Heart of the Sunrise" - about 1 minute in, with the keyboards and guitars doing the thematic riff. Truly, exceptional drum filling there.
2. Collins (Genesis), "Fountain of Salmacis" - great little jazz-inspired fill right after Gabriel sings: "...both had given everything they had..."
3. Barlow (JT), "Minstrel in the Gallery" (title song) - all throughout, wonderfully tasteful fills.
4. Mosley (Marillion), "Misplaced Childhood" - several places throughout the whole album (as was mentioned above in another comment).
5. Phillips (Mike Rutherford), "Smallcreep's Day" - nice fills throughout the whole song, Out Into the Daylight, but especially the machine-gun double-bass towards the end - very sweet!
Probably others, but can't think of them right now...
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 04:15 |
Heh, Mike Portnoy from the modern times and KEITH MOON from "ye olde" times. Keith is considered as one of the best drummers, am I right ? His innovative style was well known. And probably still is. This Fear of a Blank Planet drum solo is short, but great.
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 03:48 |
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Heh, Mike Portnoy from the modern times and KEITH MOON from "ye olde" times. Keith is considered as one of the best drummers, am I right ? His innovative style was well known. And probably still is.
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my
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moshkito
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Posted: June 11 2009 at 10:12 |
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It's actually amazing when you think about it ... you can start with the first album, and then Hinten and go to Kanguru Guru and then Dance of the Flames and then Tango Fango ... and you never get the feeling that this guy is just keeping time ... the music stands out ... and that is really rare ... nothing against a Mike P, or some of these more metal inclined drummers ... but they are time keepers, not drummers!
Anytime you have to accent that snare drum that much ... just means that you can not play music without a clock ahead of you! And that usually means it's about the clock ... not the music! It makes you a good technical drummer, but not quite one that can add to the music ... and make it special! ... and free ... so it can fly through the ages and eras of time and music!
Edited by moshkito - June 12 2009 at 10:30
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Posted: June 11 2009 at 10:07 |
Hi,
Watch Gavin on that Porcupine Tree DVD just recently out ... it's definitly very good. And getting better ... I think his best days drumming are still ahead ...
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Posted: June 11 2009 at 09:12 |
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All the jazzmen freaked out when he started with Guru Guru Groove Band in `68. They couldn`t believe it was the same guy who had played with the likes of Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer. There`s a video floating around on youtube somewhere.
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:55 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Mani Neumeier was sort of like Keith Moon in the early Guru Guru days. He does a drum solo and the other guys play. Just watch the Electric Junk video. Total mayhem. !!!
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Neumeier used to play free jazz before he started Guru Guru, so that's where his drumming style comes from.
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:39 |
Mani Neumeier was sort of like Keith Moon in the early Guru Guru days. He does a drum solo and the other guys play. Just watch the Electric Junk video. Total mayhem. !!!
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 11:40 |
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Gavin Harrison's "thing" in Fear Of A Blank Planet at 5:00.
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moshkito
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 11:21 |
Hi,
So ... we got two Pierre's now ... voting closed yet?
Agreed ... fun stuff in there as well.
Mani Neumeier from Guru Guru ... in the first 4 albums specially, there are a lot of free form things and the drumming is never boring ... and you have to be good when you can do that ... and still play ... and I have been told once that he IS the lead player in the band, not the guitarists! ... that would be a sight to see!
Edited by moshkito - June 10 2009 at 11:22
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:55 |
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PIERRE VAN DER LINDEN ON HOCUS POCUS !!!!!!!!!
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:48 |
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This is more like a solo than a fill, but the drum break in Frank Zappa's "It must be a camel", before the main theme is reprised in the end, is quite a killer. Also, the fill in "Camarillo brillo", right after the first vocal line is great.
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moshkito
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Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:07 |
Hi,
Hard to beat Bonzo's fills and Moonie's fills ... it really is ... you can look back to "Who Are You" and you can easily see one of the very best rock drummers ever ...
The trick to these fills, I always thought, is to let go of the clock in the music ... and only concern yourself with filling in the space ... you can always come back to the clock whenever you have had enough of the fills ... and this is one of the worst things in most drum solos ... most drummers are araid to let go of the time-clock ... and heck if all I wanted for my music was a metronome, why the fudge would I get me a drummer boy?
Nick Mason is pretty good too ... check out the film "Live in Pompei" and you can really see it well.
I also like Peter Leopold from Amon Duul 2 ... involved in really difficult music that is not chuckberry minded and the way he mixes and matches things in Dance of the Lemmings and Yeti, and then Wolf City ... are too precious ... and you really should listen to that massive break and fill in "Apocalyptic Bore" ... it is the best of all of them in rock ... but yeah ... I love Bonzo's a lot.
Also important, is side 1 of Gong's You ... Pierre Moerlin's drumming in those two long cuts is almost insane ... he's all over the place and you wonder where the time is ... it's in zen somewhere and doesn't exist and to me, that is the only way that song sounds good ... and his breaks with Steve Hillage are even better on the way to A sprinkling of flowers. Gong never ever ever sounded half as good with anyone else drumming other than Pierre ... more jazzy, more this and more that ... but never with the rock edge that this guy had and then some. You can also see Pierre all over Mike Oldfield's Exposed DVD ... which is highly recommended.
Edited by moshkito - June 10 2009 at 10:14
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 04:35 |
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I was watching to Exit Stage Left by Rush yesterday and "Xanadu" has some great drum fills, fantastic!! Neil Peart is a real master!
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 04:09 |
MartyMcFly89 wrote:
I'm not sure about the name, but Nick Mason definitely did something on some Pink Floyd works.
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You sure about that?
I have always liked...um...its in ELP's 3rd Impression. After the instrumental section, Palmer does a wonderful fill to slow the whole band down for " Rejoice glory is ours............" 
Edited by Snow Dog - June 09 2009 at 04:11
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 04:04 |
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I'm not sure about the name, but Nick Mason definitely did something on some Pink Floyd works.
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