Another drummer appreciation thread (1 Viewer)

[sonicboom]

Alright, who was the drummer for Nirvana?

There seems to be 3 main drummers of Nirvana, and a handful of fill in drummers.

0. Aaron Burckhard, Dave Foster, and Dan Peters : Fill in drummers in the early years. With the Lights Out/Demo Stuff

1. Dale Crover : Fecal Matter/Nirvana. I.W.P., Bleach, Incesticide, and With the Lights Out.
2. Chad Channing : Mid Nirvana. Bleach, Nevermind, Muddy Banks, and With the Lights Out.
3. Dave Grohl : Nirvana's most lasting drummer. Nevermind and In Utereo

Safe to say, all three main Nirvana drummers are world class.

Dale Crover basically helped launch Kurt Cobain's start up band, Fecal Matter. He was more known for his work with The Melvins

It seems Chad didn't get the credit he deserved, it turns out he wrote most of the drum tracks for Nevermind, with even some of Chad's drumming on Nevermind. Nirvana's Nevermind drumming really needs to be credited with Chad Channing, although Dave might of created the drum track for Smells Like Teen Spirit?!?!

Dave Grohl was basically a studio drummer for Nirvana. Kurt wanted him, because his timing was better, than jazzy Chad. In Utereo is really all Dave Grohl, but In Utero sounds entirely different, than early sludgy beginnings of the band.

 

[Penguin]

 

[Tapxe]

Enjoy

 

[Thunderchild]

A "best drummers" list is incomplete without Hal Blaine.

"Who?"

Hal was the main session drummer for "The Wrecking Crew". If you listened to any of the '60s & '70s popular recordings, chances are you heard The Wrecking Crew with Hal on the drums.

"Again, who?"

Most popular recordings used The Wrecking Crew as their recording artists (as opposed to the actual bands) as they were tight, oustanding artists in their own rights. It wasn't just The Monkees, as myth implies, but almost all of the the recordings in that era.

There is a great book on The Wrecking crew as well as a documentary. But here is a quote and link to Wikipedia:

The unit coalesced in the early 1960s as the de facto house band for Phil Spector and helped realize his Wall of Sound production style. They subsequently became the most requested session musicians in Los Angeles, playing behind many popular recording artists including Jan and Dean, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas and the Papas, the 5th Dimension, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Sinatra. The musicians were sometimes used as "ghost players" on recordings credited to rock groups, such as the Byrds' debut rendition of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965), the first two albums by the Monkees, and the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds.

The Wrecking Crew's contributions to so many hit recordings went largely unnoticed until the publication of Blaine's memoir and the attention that followed. Keyboardist Leon Russell and guitarist Glen Campbell were members who became popular solo acts, while Blaine is reputed to have played on more than 140 top-ten hits, including approximately 40 number-one hits. Other musicians who formed the unit's ranks were drummer Earl Palmer, saxophonist Steve Douglas, guitarist Tommy Tedesco, and keyboardist Larry Knechtel, who became a member of Bread. Blaine and Palmer were among the inaugural "sidemen" inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and The Wrecking Crew was entirely inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. In 2008, they were the subject of the documentary The Wrecking Crew.

The Wrecking Crew (music) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Hal Blaine fits in this discussion, not only because of his tremdous skills, but also because of the sheer amount of sound that he contributed to popular music at the time.

 

[sonicboom]

 

[sonicboom]

Radio Head, Sound Garden, Smashing Pumpkins, Screaming Trees, Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails, Match Box 20, Hole, and Pearl Jam.

 

[nolaspe]

He's a very underrated drummer IMO...

 

[sonicboom]

He's a very underrated drummer IMO...

Looks like Mr. Speedo likes Gojira also.

 

[sonicboom]

Talk about underrated..............Chad Channing

 

[Penguin]

 

[Devildog]

Mario Duplantier is very versatile due to his background as a jazz trained drummer.

 

[nolaspe]

Mario Duplantier is very versatile due to his background as a jazz trained drummer.

Yes indeed...

 

[nolaspe]

I know this won't fall under a 'best drummer' label, but I always loved the percussion in this song (it obviously stems from my Latin American blood)....



Same for this song, it's a shame the Cavalera brothers had their falling out, I loved the OG Sepultura and was lucky to see them live w/ Ozzy and Alice in Chains at UNO at the final Headbanger's Ball broadcast when they were in town for the concert...

 

[Swampy Saint]

 

[RaginCajun83]

In tribute of Vinnie Paul, passed away 6 years ago today