Any other drummers on here?

Pondering going the Drum exhibition/show thing at Wembley on Sunday and wondered if there were any other drummers local who might wanna go too?

 

i play the lollisticks

 

 

 

i play spoons

I can also make a tune by whacking the missis arse with my knob

 

one good reason I didn't ask you to come Benn

As I am prettier than your missus and don't want you whacking me with your knob
























Joke ya big fooking hairy giant

 

yehhhhhhhhhhhh when is it on ?? ah sunday ? but oooooowww too fookin far is wembly for me on a sunday really

shame cause i bet its fookin pukka - go for it thrush - AND GET ME SOME PICCYS !!!

 

@ Thrush your not my type lol

 

Mark - last I went to was back in 98? maybe 99? when I was working in the industry and got a trader pass that gets you in free and gets you wherever you wanna go etc - was fookin ace event, mainly wanna go this year cos of the guys that will be playing;

http://www.drummerlive.co.uk/stages.htm

Mainly Nicko and Jimmy

Plus might see some old mates from when I was in the industry I ain't seen for ages

 

 

Ben you only say that cos he's the only one you know

No Nicko is the bollox, but I rate DeGrasso pretty fucking high too Saw him when he was with Megadeth (on tour a few years back now) and he was fooking ace

 

i also know lars
and the one from gnr cat remember his name

 

Steven Adler or Matt Sorum?

Lars is god IMO - maybe (well definitely) not the best drummer by far, but got so much character behind the kit

Any other drummers, check out (if you haven't) Mike Mangini - he is the Steve Vai or Joe Satriani of drums - also holds record for worlds fastest drummer too IIRC what he can't do behind a kit just cannot be done

 

hmmm have you ever seen billy cobham ?? jazz drummer

double stroke rolls with one hands across the whole kit

all i can say is

 

looking at that line up im seriously tempted

 

Lol, go onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn - I'll meet ya there

 

Yeap, i've been playing the drums since i was 10

Got a 6 peice Yamaha Maple kit but its not seen the light of day for over a year now due to lack of space

Played for the school bands and did up to grade 7 i think

By far the best instrument to learn

 

I not been playing quite that long - didn't start properly till I was 11/12 so thats 10/11 yrs now Current count is three kits Pearl, Premier (mixed to make one big fook off double bass set up) and a small custom jazz style kit I used to use for fucking about on and keeping in studio's venues backstage for warm up/practice

Did the school bands, various rock/metal bands, pub scene plus a couple of mini-uk "tours" (lol, us + van + guitarists dad - we was 14/15 lol - and a bunch of sweaty clubs/venues lol)

Not played live now for years tho - did some sessionwork in the late 90's but nothing important - still miss it but not got time or funds to go after it again

 

The drummer from Machinehead is my fave, class (cant remember his name now!! )

 

You can always tell a drummer a mile off, always the first to start tapping their feet when the music comes on

I love it playing, but without proper space where u can make as much noise as you like its not worth the hassel of getting it all set up.

 

The old MH drummer was Kris Kontos - new one is Dave Mclain

 

My parents would disagree, hence why I had to sell my Pearl Export kit I had

Been playing since I was 9 - believe it or not, I actually travelled across to a lot of countries playing in a marching band.

Isn't as embarassing as it sounds, especially when you see the percussion set up we used to have My marching snare was Ł1200!

Very average kit player so gave it up to play classical piano, but the practice mats still get thrashed

 

PON - not embarrasing at all - I wish I was good enough to play corps Guy i worked with was a corps drummer and the things he could do on a snare was unbeliveable

I love snares tho - addicted to em - current count is 5 But thats only cos I sold the other 4 My fave being my one-of-a-kind Pearl Csutom Classic one piece maple finished in Mother of Peal laquer with 24k gold hardware, built for and sold to me by Paul Wellers drummer Steve White (had him sign it too, current value now near Ł800 ), but also have a bunch of Tama and Pearl snares all good for different applications Brass, nickel, steel, maple, birch, carbon fibre - I love all snares

 

I remember wanted a piccalo maple snare, one of those 3" jobbies that cost around Ł600. Saved up for 2 years for that lol.

God knows how much all the kit i have is worth and its just sitting here doing nothing.

 

ive got a 30 year old premiere rock kit , still sound the bollox in todays standards , with a few add ons !! mapex snare , double pedals, twin high hats , 7 piece kit and i generally use approx 7 cymbols dependant on space / material !! taught myself to play approx 3 year ago , been in rock bands ever since !! did a stint of approx 50 gigs last year in 8 months was fookin knackered !! especially workin 50hours a week as well

if its ion your blood - its there to stay !!!

have took a semi retirement at the mo - having a rest - keep coming back out for one off gigs tho !!

 

Our percussion section solo was always awesome!

I have on video somewhere the 4 lead snares (of which I was one) playing a really complicated rhythm piece on each other's snares! We were cross linked, and playing the solo on the two guy's snares next to us! Looked very VERY cool!

Wish I'd carried it on, but had to give it up for Uni right at the time we were offered the chance to tour the US

The corps used to play at Wembley once a year - do they still do that?

 

foudna few pics in my photobucket

























And this is what I want next, unless I decide on a Pearl Masterworks




And this is jsut silly

 

Dave Mclain i think!

 

Brett Reed is ma fave drummer, from my fav band
I've played bass for 4 years now and its by far the sexiest instrument to play. ( Musical that is)

 

PON - I'm not sure mate

One thing I am really proud of that I done is being art of the "Drumology" events my drum tutor (at school, also my guitraists/best mates dad, so like a 2nd father to me - dead now tho ) used to write/direct every year. I was on a couple and the lat one I done (his last too ) went in guniess book of records (at the time, been beaten now tho) for most ammount of drummer playing the same paiece at the same time in the same place 33 was the record - been smashed now tho by a massive media sponsored event in the US with over 200 of the coonts Was on blue peter and everything

 

that tama kit m8 needs more drums !!!


in fact you could take some off that guys with all the fooking drums in the world , i bet he couldnt pack up after a gig in 20mins and be out the door !!

 

You got your Blue Peter badge?

 

Yes

 

You into metal thrush??

 

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh yessssssssssssssss

Hence my avatar

 

i used to play for school band ect, few smalltime gigs, gave up cause the neighbours went potty

joey jordison played instead of the sick lars at download this year, hes fuckin good

 

LOL, missed that, been to see machinehead a few times, HED pe n a few others, my mate used to be in a band and just followed em round, ILL NINO were my fave at one time

 

Now I heard it was Dave Lombardo that filled in for Lars?????

I'm not really a fan of Jordison - good so he is, but I think cos of the over hype ot Slipknot I can't let my self like his playing

Lombardo is fooking amazing tho the early Slayer (before Paul Bostaph) was unreal

Also love Fear Factory's Raymond Herrara - some of the fastest double bass shit you'll ever see live

 

Thrush,

You ever heard of "Children of Bodom"?

I lost the album I got given by a mate of mine from abroad, and I can't find it anywhere...............

 

dave did the first two in the set and joey kicked his ass in the next so dave never came back out. i was there