Great drumming performances

[Total Longo]

On my way in to work this morning, my phone decided to play "The Real Me" by The Who followed by "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin. I'm pretty sure you would be hard pressed to find a better combo of songs to show off the abilities of the respective drummers.  

 

Loving crazily good drumming at the moment. Hit me with some others, chums  (no drum solo's though, repugnant stuff).

[Bjornebye]

Chris Slade playing for AC/DC at Donnington. Mean looking drum bashing cool motherfucker.

 

Ringo on Penny lane.

[setreal]

The monkey in that Chris Cunnigham video.

[Mook]

One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Billy Cobham)

Token of my Extreme - Frank Zappa (Vinnie Colaiuta)

One more red nightmare - King Crimson (Bill Bruford)

Fireball - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)

My favourite things - John Coltrane (Elvin Jones)

Sing sing sing - Benny Goodman (Gene Krupa)

Aja - Steely Dan (Steve Gadd)

Heart of the Sunrise - Yes (Bill Bruford)

Eternity's Breath Parts 1 & 2 - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Michael Walden)

Good times bad times - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)

The Kettle - Colosseum (Jon Hiseman)

Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (Bernard Purdie)

Colony of Slippermen - Genesis (Phil Collins)

 

I could do this all day, best thread ever.

[Josef Svejk]

I'm partial to the Mac McNeillys and Todd Trainers of this world we call Earth...

 

 

[stringvest]

Lipstick Vogue (Costello and Attractions) - Pete Thomas.  Better live, as it's twice as fast

[Total Longo]

"hallogallo" by Neu! is boss as well.

 

Love the "motorik" beat.

[Total Longo]

Ringo on Penny lane.

 

Ringo on "The End" is class, although almost certainly bordering on drum solo territory.

[Mook]

Ringo's got loads, he gets a load of stick but he was such a great drummer, Rain is probably my favourite Ringo performance, either that or She said she said.

 

I kinda went for mental drumming on my list there, if it's more tasteful/restrained stuff you're after then there's plenty of that around too.

[Total Longo]

Mental is good, not too mental though. Napalm Death for example, i'll give that a miss.

 

Moon the Loon is the perfect example of mental for me, the amount of fills he throws in on "the Real Me" for example, is just unbelievable. Virtually one every bar.

[Juniper]

I approve of this thread. Keep it up , will contribute later.

[Mook]

Mental is good, not too mental though. Napalm Death for example, i'll give that a miss.

 

Moon the Loon is the perfect example of mental for me, the amount of fills he throws in on "the Real Me" for example, is just unbelievable. Virtually one every bar.

 

For Keith Moon I would just say Live at Leeds, the whole gig is him at the top of his game, nobody else remotely like him before or since.

[Jose Jones]

Moonlight on Vermont - Captain Beefheart (Drumbo)

[lifetime fan]

Can't remember hi name but Paul welder's drummer - saw him at V2000 and he was immense. 

 

I can't ever remember going to a gig and being blown away by the drummer, it was the highlight of the whole weekend. 

[Bjornebye]

Who the fuck is Paul Welder. Did he used to be in The Ham?

 

Tony McCarroll's drumming on Bring it on Down from Definitely Maybe is great.

[Mook]

Tony McCarroll on a thread about great drumming perfomances?

 

I've seen it all now.

[Bjornebye]

By and large he was shit and everyone knows it but on that track he is ace. Fuck off.

[Josef Svejk]

Can't remember hi name but Paul welder's drummer - saw him at V2000 and he was immense. 

 

I can't ever remember going to a gig and being blown away by the drummer, it was the highlight of the whole weekend. 

 

Steve White.

[The Golden Eel]

"The Real Me" by The Who 

 

I was listening to that in the car this morning.  But it wasn't the Who, it was WASP's cover.  

[Jennings]

One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Billy Cobham)

Token of my Extreme - Frank Zappa (Vinnie Colaiuta)

One more red nightmare - King Crimson (Bill Bruford)

Fireball - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)

My favourite things - John Coltrane (Elvin Jones)

Sing sing sing - Benny Goodman (Gene Krupa)

Aja - Steely Dan (Steve Gadd)

Heart of the Sunrise - Yes (Bill Bruford)

Eternity's Breath Parts 1 & 2 - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Michael Walden)

Good times bad times - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)

The Kettle - Colosseum (Jon Hiseman)

Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (Bernard Purdie)

Colony of Slippermen - Genesis (Phil Collins)

 

I could do this all day, best thread ever.

 

 

Repped - especially for the Fireball mention. Great percussion.

 

I always liked the drummer in the Icicle Works - Liverpool band...Chris Sharrock. Loads of tracks with really good drumming...even a drum solo on "as the Dragonfly flies" if I remember correctly.

[Total Longo]

Just been listening to "The Lamb Lies Down..." on my lunch then, Collins is boss on it, particlalrly on "Back in NYC" and "...Slippermen".

 

John Densmore is very under-rated, whilst not exactly frenetic, his drumming on the longer Doors tracks like "The End" and "When the Music's Over" is impressive.  

[setreal]

I loved Jimmy Chamberlins work on the first three Pumkins albums, especially Siamese Dream. Cherub Rock, boss.

[cloggypop]

[Juniper]

Can't remember hi name but Paul welder's drummer - saw him at V2000 and he was immense.

 

I can't ever remember going to a gig and being blown away by the drummer, it was the highlight of the whole weekend. [/quote

 

I'm studying with him privately currently. Great chap and great drummer.

 

Helped me out acquiring one of his brothers kits too.

[Mook]

Can't remember hi name but Paul welder's drummer - saw him at V2000 and he was immense.

 

I can't ever remember going to a gig and being blown away by the drummer, it was the highlight of the whole weekend. [/quote

 

I'm studying with him privately currently. Great chap and great drummer.

 

Helped me out acquiring one of his brothers kits too.

 

What kind of kit did you buy from him, if you don't mind me asking?

 

Some more great performances:-

 

Funky drummer - James Brown (Clyde Stubblefield)

Seven steps to heaven - Miles Davis (Tony WIlliams)

Night on bald Mountain - Bob James (Steve Gadd)

Sick Again - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)

Mind Transplant - Alphonse Mouzon (Alphonse Mouzon)

Burn - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)

Apples - Buddy Rich big band (Buddy Rich)

Tarkus - ELP (Carl Palmer)

21st century schizoid man - King Crimson (Michael Giles)

Stratus - Billy Cobham (Billy Cobham)

Drifting - Jimi Hendrix (Mitch Mitchell)