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    Posted: June 06 2009 at 13:56
I was listening to the drum movement following the solo in "Tom Sawyer" (Rush) and it inspired my this question: What are your favorite "drum fills"? By this I mean not a whole solo, but just a little fragment of drumming skills.

Personally, I really enjoy the passage in "Tom Sawyer" and its heavy metal duplicate found in Dream Theater's "As I Am".

EDIT: How could I have forgotten the intro to Zappa's "Montana"!?


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There's 2 that 1 can think at the moment from Marillion Misplaced Childhood cd. One is at the beginning of the song Bitter suite, you have to listen careffuly because it's in the background of a guitar solo. Another one is the beginning of the song Waterhole (expresso bongo)
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Bonzo's fills always did it for me;  'Good Times,Bad Times', 'Out on the Tiles', 'How Many More Times', etc

 
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I really love the simple little thing Bill Bruford does on CTTE, just before the singing ("A seasoned witch...") starts, when there is a little break in the music (organ fading out...) And that's just one of many superb BB moments. But when you're talking about Bonzo, Keith Moon has such moments too - especially on WHO'S NEXT!
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It's not prog, but Levon Helm's flams on "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" from The Band's Last Waltz, always give me chills. Very tastefully done; it adds a lot to the song.  Plus, he singing and playing drums at the same time.
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Any one of Gavin Harrison's "out of nowhere" fills, the elongated "fill" in Planet X's Clonus. Probably a lot more but wen I'm put on the spot I can't think....... :(
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Bruford playing all around the beat on "One More Red Nightmare". 
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Bonzo's fills always did it for me;  'Good Times,Bad Times', 'Out on the Tiles', 'How Many More Times', etc

 


Same for me...I think.

Bonzo has great fills. It's either him or Mike Portnoy.

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What exactly is a fill?
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In the title track of Gong's "Shamal" Pierre Moerlen does a lot of great ones, my favourite being the one between 8:08 and 8:10. Listen for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICwCU7TZpHs
Also one he plays in "Master Builder", shortly before the end of the guitar solo.


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Barrymore Barlowe of Tull rips two incredible fills on both No Lullaby and Dark Ages, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch, respectively. 
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Larks Tongues In Aspic, Part One  by Good Ol'    KING CRIMSON

Bruford is wrecking this thread so far Clap
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Originally posted by OzzProg OzzProg wrote:

Larks Tongues In Aspic, Part One  by Good Ol'    KING CRIMSON

Bruford is wrecking this thread so far Clap

I think you haven't really paid attention. Bonzo is wrecking this thread., not Bruford.


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If we're ignoring Phil Collins' immense knack for superb fills because I can't choose just one, Guy Evans' fills on Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever, Gog and Pilgrims rank among my favourites. There's one great one on Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso's misere alla storia (if I'm thinking of the right track... think I am), and Keith Moon on Baba O'Riley pulls out some stunning ones.
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I like Joseph Crabtree's fill In The Pilgram of Argus by Wishbone Ash Not sure if it's really technical or anything it just sounds really good.  
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Originally posted by rdtprog rdtprog wrote:

There's 2 that 1 can think at the moment from Marillion Misplaced Childhood cd. One is at the beginning of the song Bitter suite, you have to listen careffuly because it's in the background of a guitar solo. Another one is the beginning of the song Waterhole (expresso bongo)


These two are great.
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Come on, everybody loves "that fill" on "In The Air Tonight" the best!!!!! LOL
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Tool - Lateralus (might as well mean the whole album)

Marillion - After Me (during the fade out in the end, max your volume)

Fates Warning - One (OMG what an intro)

Savatage - Hounds (right before the second guitar solo)

Rush - 2112 (and the meek shall inherit the earth....and then...wow!!!)

i don't know whether these are called roll or fills or whatever but these are my fave drum parts ever...
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Gavin harrison does some crazy fills here and there, Theres a little part of FOABP's title track that still gets my head banging Smile
 
Danney Carreys work on Lateralus, as mentioned, The entire album really.
 
And Bill Bruford kinda goes without saying really, One More Red Nightmare kills.  Brann Dailor can be good, but i often find his constant fills a little boring. Oh and Jon Theodor was decent (Day of the Baphomets is full of amazing drumming moments all round really), until he left... the new guy - Pridgeon, is a bit like Dailor, if they both slowed down and used a few more creative fills instead of just banging as fast as possible theyd be amazing
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Bruford's solo on Indiscipline is a killing machine Dead




Also I'd like to mention:

Danny Carey's "Ticks and Leeches" intro.

Gavin Harrison's "Fear of a Blank Planet" fill just before the heavy riff/solo part.

Mike Portnoy's "Honor Thy Father" intro... I really don't like this song but that intro is amazing.

Jaime Muir and Bill Bruford's crazy percussion/drum moments on Larks' Tongues in Aspic parts I & II
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