drummige cru, 7

Last lick of drum circle action....


Bloggers, first:

Carl Impostume on Phil Collins and Stewart Copeland

David Kasper on live drumming in hip hop

Cardrossmaniac on Britt the kit chap in Slint and on Surf Influences

And in the mailbag, an inundation of Andrew Parker:

Drum pr0n

Slow motion footage of a cymbal being struck:

Slow motion footage of a snare drum being struck:

A lot of drums hit in nothing resembling slow motion (courtesy of Flo Mounier’s instructional video):

 

(He takes flight at ~ 2:50.)

Drum Battles

Buddy Rich vs. Animal (yes, from The Muppets):

Mike Portnoy vs. Billy Rhymer:

[Billy Rhymer’s (checked shirt) performance is worth watching]

Humour

Rowan Atkinson playing invisible drums (it/he is actually very good):

Re: Klaus Dinger

Daniel Fichelscher (Popol Vuh) is another German who moved effortlessly between guitar and drums.

Check out the ‘splashing’ cymbals on Popul Vuh’s King Minos:

Drummer who should have been nominated for your list (by me, if no-one else)

Dave Lombardo (Slayer) for his playing on Raining Blood:

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Thanks to Andrew - and to everybody who contributed

See you in a year's time maybe, for the Great Bass Race....