Neil Peart has all of these sounds on one side of his live kit.

@I.pray.to.George.Carlin

3 жыл бұрын

Omg agree 100%

@raino61

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I can't believe not one Neil Peart solo!

@djpgreek

3 жыл бұрын

No Tom Sawyer????

@silvamorphisphaeble7863

3 жыл бұрын

Neil Peart took lessons late in his career when 99.9999% of people would’ve long since been resting on their laurels. Legendary!

@traci4187

3 жыл бұрын

I was SO wondering when Neil would come up. I mean, WTAF - why would he NOT be on this list?

Bill Bruford on Roundabout is a major highlight for drumming tone, feel, dynamics...

@Wildart2

5 жыл бұрын

Funny I kept waiting for a Bill Bruford lick only to be disappointed but looked at the remarks and it's filled with Bruford requests. Heart of the Sunrise does it for me and his dance with Chris Squire in that song can bring tears to my eyes.

@captainstrangiato961

5 жыл бұрын

siskokidd all his stuff on “Red” with King Crimson is incredible too.

@gfriedman99

5 жыл бұрын

Heart of the Sunrise. Nuff Said.

@gfriedman99

5 жыл бұрын

@@sapinva correction... most any early yes with Bruford. No disrespect for Alan White but Bruford was insane.

@rigovalenz

5 жыл бұрын

Heart of the sunrise is Bruford at his finest...IMO

Bill Ward was one of my favourites, with a unique style.

"We would have just been doing Zeppelin the whole video" Would be ok for me

@sim0n17

3 жыл бұрын

DO IT!!

@aymirabye6533

3 жыл бұрын

Right on!

@gonzalovelascoc.2953

2 жыл бұрын

Yea! Besides "When the levee breaks", you can take a special look at "Fool in the rain" or "D'yer Mak'er", and the other 100 songs ;-)

@cyndifoore7743

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I wore outLed Zep II 8 track!!!

@gabrielpaiva9070

Жыл бұрын

Or they could have swapped Whole Lotta Love for any other Zeppelin song. (When The Levee Breaks for example). But then the video would have been Top 20 Led Zeppelin Drum Sounds.

Nick Mason’s roto-toms in Pink Floyd’s “Time”

@khaaqshy

4 жыл бұрын

He doesnt really like mentioning or using Pink Floyd stuff because they block his vids.

@bryanjackson8917

3 жыл бұрын

As Nick said, the roto-toms solo was one of the reasons that DSOTM became one of the biggest selling albums of all time.

@MLE750

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Listen loud with phones - a life changing experience! - Not heard anything like it since.

Keith Moon's drum sounds are my absolute favorite. Bargain, The Real Me, Amazing Journey, & Baba O'Riley are just *chef kissing fingers*

@andriealinsangao613

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, yessss!!!!

@nbt3663

4 жыл бұрын

Sparks was great too. Moon the loone was all over his kit. Well like Kieth Moon on a JD bottle.:) who are you and getting in tune were two of my favorites.

@pliccut

3 жыл бұрын

Long Live Rock is my favorite Keith Moon performance. Just killing it on this song.

@thewordlove4316

3 жыл бұрын

definitely 'Bargain'!! yeppers

@thaoandtony

2 жыл бұрын

Bargain is incredible drumming I agree . Keith moon is incomparable, always on uppers which is hard to maintain

Bit of a shame the US and current generation never got into Ginger Baker. What he did with Cream was was ground breaking in its day.

@lynnedelacy2841

2 жыл бұрын

Saw Cream on visit to NY (I’m from UK) at Madison Sq Gardens - magical

@TheDarkside282

2 жыл бұрын

As someone from the US, we DEF got into Ginger Baker lol. Strictly from my experience, he's always been heralded as one of the innovator's of seamlessly meshing genre's together. Nothing but respect here

@JDHobbs

Жыл бұрын

None of the drummers in this video...except maybe Copeland...could eat Baker's dust, not to mention his longevity. Hands down Billy Cobham is the best drummer I've ever heard live, and Clem Burke is number two. Michael Schrieve for playing live on acid.

The Bonham sound was so unique and heavy, like he was using sledgehammers! Bonham and Alex Van Halen had the most unique sounding drums ever.

@alanrichardson5341

2 жыл бұрын

Bonham was the Groovemaster 😎 Alex has a hum-RINGer of a snare 😎

@fercko13

2 жыл бұрын

Totally! I would add Bill Brufford too

@inshambles2

2 жыл бұрын

dave grohl, mario duplantier, tomas haake, eloy casagrande !

@alrivers2297

Жыл бұрын

Ginger Baker, Stewart Copeland and Keith Moon had pretty unique drumming sounds.

Stewart Copeland has probably the most recognizable snare sound ("Spirits in the Material World") as well as the most recognizable hi-hat sound (on Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain.") in the business.

@awookieandagerman

5 жыл бұрын

Red Rain!

@robertlamb7225

5 жыл бұрын

It's telling that Gabriel only used Stu's hi-hat to me, and left the drum sounds to Jerry Marotta.

@ianhendrytube

5 жыл бұрын

Dave Roth yes mate!

@nickgallucci8117

4 жыл бұрын

John Bonham snare

@davidanania5618

3 жыл бұрын

Dave Roth ...if you guys get a chance to check out the “Classic Albums: “So” documentary, please do. It’s one of my favorite documentaries out there.

I just to take a moment to honor the 18 (or so) 'Spın̈al Tap' drummers who made the ultimate sacrifice for us all!

@mantequilla404

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Stumpy Joe. You filled a much needed void.

@MrToddKa

4 жыл бұрын

HAHahahaha! GREAT comment, made my day bud!

@maximlead

4 жыл бұрын

That has to be the epic comments of all commentary. Made my face crack, I was laughing out loud. "D minor, which is the saddest of all keys...". Amplified to 11, "Lick My Lovepump" was.

@donna3465

4 жыл бұрын

🏆

@seandorcy6823

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Mama Besser ruled them all.

I love Bernard Purdie so much. He is such a great drummer, but also he just oozes joy when he's playing. He never fails to cheer me up.

My favourite drum sound is on the Made in Japan album from Deep Purple. Ian Paice used big shells and tuned them up. It sounds increadibly warm, but at the same time very powerful.

The playlist... 01 - Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 02 - Like a Stone - Audioslave 03 - Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan 04 - Snakecharmer - Bramhall 05 - Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers 06 - Synchronicity II - The Police 07 - Vultures - John Mayer 08 - In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins 09 - People of the Sun - Rage Against the Machine 10 - Somebody Told Me - The Killers 11 - Bullet the Blue Sky - U2 12 - Stargasm - Mastodon 13 - Parabola - Tool 14 - Consoler of the Lonely - The Raconteurs 15 - Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden 16 - Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones 17 - Black the Sky - King's X 18 - Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes 19 - Revolution - Los Lobos 20 - Would? - Alice in Chains Bonus - Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles Bonus - Aja - Steely Dan 21 - Rosanna - Toto 22 - Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana" Next day - Digital Bath - Deftones

@nisgotthardsen581

4 жыл бұрын

@OldPossum but it is still a good help

@edwardweeks1555

4 жыл бұрын

flyzipper Fool in The Rain.

@kennethnevins

4 жыл бұрын

Not all heroes wear capes.

@anthonyvee9267

4 жыл бұрын

Smashing Pumpkins - “Geek USA” I dare you to go listen to it and tell me the drums aren’t beyond great.

@SirPratine

4 жыл бұрын

Pop

"Don't You Forget About Me" from Simple Minds. In the pocket, simple , but powerful fills, and a HUGE drum sound. My favorite drum fill of all time is the last one before the ending chorus (la la la la's) The sound is timeless, not dated!

@karlbaird3385

5 жыл бұрын

Mel Gaynor...great drummer!!

@FunkyDPL

5 жыл бұрын

Add the entire "Once Upon a Time" album for an absolutely HUGE sounding drum kit. The 80s was the great drummer's decade, to be sure!

@musicandfiction

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, though DYFAM is definitive because of it's lightness. It is huge, but it is light and doesn't come down on you hard. Now "Alive and Kicking", that shows some Mel Gaynor goodness. Deep kick, bright fills, just well crafted work. And just like Brad said below, he knows how to tune his drums.

@DraganCheGagi

5 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@PigCrafted23

5 жыл бұрын

dadadadaTSSdadadadaTSSdadaTSS

Watching Rick and Rhett bob their heads together is just so wonderful. Two guitar players just loving drum sounds. Great stuff.

Two Princess from Spin Doctors, one of my favorite drum tracks. The moment the intro started, you know the drummer lands it on the money. Amazing drum sounds you should give him some love. Cheers

@paulnovosel9359

Жыл бұрын

Brady Snare on that track

@steveinflorida773

9 ай бұрын

He can really play, there is a you tube video with him and others doing James Brown stuff and Arron was just killing it.

I've always had a soft spot for the drum part in Rush's La Villa Strangiato.

@janeelsner

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@jeffcharlton9660

2 жыл бұрын

You re far from alone there.

My only contribution here would be Neil Peart on Moving Pictures, with how crisp that album sounded.

@kevinschwanbeck3310

6 күн бұрын

I love the organization. Your studio looks great

Mick Fleetwood’s drums on Dreams is one of the best drum sounds ever recorded. Of course the song itself is a stellar production.

There has got be something worth mentioning performed by Neil Peart, Terry John Bozzio, and Alex Van Halen. Thank you for doing the various editions of your "Top 20" series.

Mitch Mitchell on "Manic Depression" always loved that groove.

@dannyjonze

5 жыл бұрын

yes really could be ten upto 1980. mitch mitchel, roger tayler, and another ten from then on

@jeffclark2675

4 жыл бұрын

mlk mac there were so many its hard to choose, but this may be the most criminal omission. manic depression was gorilla warfare on the drums....he brought everything he could bring to that song....one more hit would have been too much....and so fitting to the "manic" title....a masterpiece!

@Goffix2009

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffclark2675- 3/4 time no less!

@thewordlove4316

3 жыл бұрын

the sound, though ...

@mikmac2776

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good to me👍

I am listening to Quadrophenia right now. You have to do a episode on Keith Moon. I never saw him live. I wish I had. I saw John Bonham live... Moon was AWESOME...I still re-visit his incredible work...They are my 2 favorite drummers in my lifetime !!

@alistersutherland3688

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Keith Moon, but I don't think one can compare him to Bonham who was in a league of his own.

@landsea7332

Жыл бұрын

Keith Moon famously played on Premier drums - which at the time had 3 ply shells with birch re inforcement rings At the time, it was the trend to play them with resonant head and hoop removed - so it was a single head drum. Most of the British rock drummers from this era wanted American made Ludwigs and after the Beetles appeared on Ed Sulivan , Ludwig sales tripled . So the quality control of Premiers was actually better than Ludwigs . .

@MessyMessier83

Жыл бұрын

I saw his son Jason Bonham years ago. Honestly i think he is as good as his father.

It's a good day whenever I see Stewart Copeland getting some love.

@BigBass-xf5yi

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Dude needs more love imho

As much as I love Tomorrow Never Knows, I actually think The End has one of the best drum parts I've ever heard. I'm not sure how Ringo originally recorded it, but Phil Collins recorded it for George Martin's Beatles cover album in the 90s. In order to get the solo right, he played on 3 drum sets & put the 3 together in the recording.

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

Yep, Ringo kicked arse in “The End”. Great stuff.

@chadjohnson-authormusician8072

10 ай бұрын

If y'all are talking about the drum solo before the guitar solos, that was played by Paul, not Ringo.

You can do a whole zeppelin episode. I won't stop you

@montereyharris1277

4 жыл бұрын

Kanadian Khaos Kween I thought that’s what this was going to be. Roger Taylor from Queen said that nobody could ever play like Bonham and he was better than everybody. Rogers a pretty damn good drummer and a singing drummer at that but he said Bonham was the best!

@jimbob1427

4 жыл бұрын

Yes do it !! Plllleeeeeaaaasssseeeee

@Donamtrx

4 жыл бұрын

Kanadian Khaos Kween yea, that's the dream! But I think he said LedZep is one of the blockiest blockers...which is BULLCHIT...why anyone would punish anyone for PRAISING them.....BULLCHIT !

@skyblazeeterno

4 жыл бұрын

cough then mention that Karen Carpenter was voted best drummer one yearnover John Bonham

@suzramuse

4 жыл бұрын

@@skyblazeeterno Someone had a bone to pick, no doubt!

Neil Peart, Bill Bruford, & Keith Moon.

@awookieandagerman

5 жыл бұрын

Moony on Won't Get Fooled Again.

How can you not find a Van Halen song to add to this list? One of the most iconic snare sounds of all time!

@jeffcharlton9660

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. "Mean Street" comes to mind.

@calebfeeny1095

10 ай бұрын

That snare sound is unmistakeable

The Breakdown in the middle of "Jack And Diane " always had me on the edge of my seat. Love the videos Rick.

Herbie Hancock "Headhunters", Harvey Mason - drums

@AfferbeckBeats

5 жыл бұрын

Mason always has such a tight and crispy sound, whether it's George Benson's Breezin' or Hiroshi Fukumura's Hunt Up Wind.

Gavin Harrison could use a little love. clean sound, snappy snare and perfectly placed ghost notes. Anesthetize or Bonny the Cat would be the songs i would pick.

@zepedrorock

5 жыл бұрын

Fear of a Blank Planet, Trains, Blackest Eyes. He HAD to be in this list. Best sounding drummer of the past 20 years.

@garanceadrosehn9691

5 жыл бұрын

I'd add that his recent work with The Pineapple Thief is worth listening to.

@daveoh13

5 жыл бұрын

the sound of muzak...

@Jalliams

5 жыл бұрын

Tip of the cap on that one. Gavin Harrison is a connoisseur.

@rosskolnikov

5 жыл бұрын

Or Futile.

I have to admit, I've never once in my life thought to myself, "That's one of the greatest snare sounds I ever heard". I wish I could 'hear' music like you guys.

I really love Jimmy Chamberlin's drum sound on the first few Smashing Pumpkins albums. Particularly Siamese Dream.

@canucks2017

2 жыл бұрын

Geek Party USA

@the_katman2181

2 жыл бұрын

@@canucks2017 Yes! Geek USA was exactly the song I had in mind. That high-pitched ringy snare. And such incredible drumming.

@bglogo33

Жыл бұрын

Zeitgeist too!

As a drummer i’m super happy this exists

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) has one of the best drum sounds of the 80s imo and that fill from the bridge to the last chorus is unbelievably powerful

@SeanVedell

3 жыл бұрын

Love that fill. It makes the song. Huge sound.

@rachelectroDC-84

Жыл бұрын

I love that one! The drums just carry that song.

@keithferris9574

Жыл бұрын

I consider it to be the greatest fill ever.

@dainfuentes8168

Жыл бұрын

These guys don't seem to care much for 80's drumming or sounds.

I love your vids Rick! Great list of drum sounds and commentary. As a drummer, I recall a buzz in the 80’s about Tony Thompson’s drum sound on Power Station’s album especially “Some Like it Hot”. There was no internet to search on how it was achieved so we had to wait many years. Meanwhile, many were trying to recreate that drum sound. (Like on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love,” the list goes on).Years later in a Modern Drummer interviewed Tony revealed a simple recipe: brand-new Yamaha Recording Custom kit (which he played on for many years after) in a very live, brick, recording studio in London called Mason Rouge. (He also hit the drums very hard!) RIP Tony! That sound will live on. And thanks again Rick!

Best drum sounds without St Anger? I am disappointed.

@tfwnoyandere

3 жыл бұрын

this but unironically

@marcinadamski6197

3 жыл бұрын

Ehh, I was gonna say the same thing.

@HardCloserTV

3 жыл бұрын

awful drum sound lol

@jamesbates9038

3 жыл бұрын

god that snare made my ears bleed

@kipwilliamson5737

3 жыл бұрын

@@tfwnoyandere this but definitely ironically

I think Gavin Harrison really deserves a spot in the second part of this video. He has a really signature sound and his drumming's unique as well!

@OfficialFatLip

Жыл бұрын

yap yap yap, in love with their camera.....come on guys, lets hear bad brains, Randy Rhoads, something heavy

I like the "dead" 70s drum sounds. The snare on Fleetwood Mac's Dreams is dreamy and triggers my ASMR!

@naayfiysh72

5 жыл бұрын

Also love the drum sound on ABBA - Arrival, similar vibe.

Phil Rudd- back in black, the groove, the space, the sound!!

An often overlooked one: Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche. The pop and crack of his snare, his pocket, his choice of reverb, and written parts are always a standout for me.

Clyde Stubblefield’s work with James Brown.

One of my favorite kick drum sounds is "Cult of Personality" by Living Color....... Love that BOOM!!!

@konsuno8143

3 жыл бұрын

yes! also the hi hat makes the groove really heavy, its so headbangable

@richardwede3334

3 жыл бұрын

Aw hellllllls yes!

@ricardorodriguez5549

Жыл бұрын

That band is The Sickness

@ricardorodriguez5549

Жыл бұрын

By that I mean, supercool. Incredible band

Oh yeah! Awesome! And Ringo's solo on In The End is amazing too.

How can they not have Ringo Starr from songs like “Rain” and “She Said She Said”? Great sound overall and fantastic, frenetic playing and feel.

@diegobuhay6125

10 ай бұрын

Ringo’s Ludwig drum set had such a staple sound. Arguably any of their songs could’ve made the cut…the sound and mixing in a lot of their records, especially in the revolver/1966 era, was so timeless.

I’m sorry but Neil’s drum sounds from Rush’s Moving Pictures sounded and still does sound incredible. I still remember when “Tom Sawyer” first came out - it was in a class by itself.

@austinbourdages

5 жыл бұрын

Docmansound Music the Camera Eye is my favorite for drums on that lp. It’s like the holy grail for my drummer and I when we’re recording

@captainstrangiato961

5 жыл бұрын

It’s all about La Villa Strangiato dude. Those are his best fills period.

@steveroy1

5 жыл бұрын

But Rush never worked with Brendan O'Brien, so...

@twogruden9943

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't get how Neil Peart is left off this.

@davecarsley8773

5 жыл бұрын

@@twogruden9943 Because drum SOUND isn't about the drummer as much as it's about the producer, the engineer, and the mixer. You're talking about great drummers. That's not what this video is about.

I do think Neil Peart had some great sounding drum sounds. Some muted snares can be solid, like Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. Thought it would be on this list. One of my personal favorites: Steven Morris from Joy Division and Martin Hannett just wreaking havoc with the production and sound.

John Stanier on "Betty" from Helmet had some great kick and snare sounds.

I'm a long-time drummer who studied with great teachers and attended M.I. One of my all-time favorite grooves is "Your Eyes" with Manu Katche on the drums.

Steve Gadd on 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover...iconic

@wlke5000

4 жыл бұрын

yes yes and yes greatest beat of all time!^^^^^^^^^^

@chowderpilot3843

4 жыл бұрын

Good call Bill. Super-cool and as you say, iconic. Back in the day, I watched an instructional VHS video with Steve Gadd where he breaks down ''50 ways..." and talks about how a lot of his inspiration for it came from the ever-present paradiddle exercises he drilled in his time in high school!...

@redpebbles

3 жыл бұрын

Check out his sound and groove on Eric Gale's Ginseng Woman

Emerson Lake & Palmer, Carl Palmer on "Fanfare for the Common Man". The on-the-fly retuning of the timpani. Should not have been skipped.

@timebak1

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

17:10 Glad to see the Kings X Dogman love! That album was on constant rotation for me in the 90s. So many great grooves, harmonies, the vocals, badass production, and that chunky guitar tone!

Queen’s “Brighton Rock” and “Keep Yourself Alive” are absolutely brilliant. Wonderfully heavy, beautifully precise, excellent fills. Roger Taylor is tragically underrated and one of the best of all time.

I love Ginger Baker with Cream kicking it on Deserted City's of the Heart and Those were the Days

@seesaw1969

3 жыл бұрын

yeah!#! both awesome!! mr baker was from another dimension .. reality ... world

Drink every time Rick says “fat.”

@espenbaklid3178

4 жыл бұрын

Or "kills it"

@Jack-52

4 жыл бұрын

*gets drunk to the point where i loose all motorskills*

@clintadams8451

4 жыл бұрын

Fat or phat?

@ryan82scott

4 жыл бұрын

Or “ringing.”

@RogerBaxterYWGNYC

4 жыл бұрын

“Lydian”

If they don't mention the drum sound from Back In Black (AC/DC) and from I'll Wait (Van Halen) they are not listening enough. Those two songs have KILLER drum sounds.

Watching your reactions to these cuts is so fun.

Have to say Neil Peart's sound from Moving Pictures is definitely missing from this list. Toss up between Limelight, Red Barchetta and Tom Sawyer for his best drum sound.

@W4TRI

5 жыл бұрын

All of Side 1.

@TeeDOG6

5 жыл бұрын

Rush's The Weapon, La Villa Strangiato, and Natural Science are very underrated.

@Spockthinks

5 жыл бұрын

Erik Marcum Peart has never had a good drum sound

For a Bonham example I'd have maybe went with Fool in the Rain

@robertlester641

4 жыл бұрын

Me three!

@jeffreylorien6687

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like perdy. That's why, I would guess.

@MrChuckwagon55

4 жыл бұрын

His version of the halftime shuffle is pure genius. The song is also polyrhythmic. The song is much more intricate and complicated than it appears.

@markferry2195

4 жыл бұрын

I think his drumming on Thank You is absolutely brilliant.

@philwright2480

4 жыл бұрын

Although it is awesome, they are talking about the sound not so much the beat or feel

Rick I just lllloooooovvve your videos, I'm a guitarist and own a Guitar, banjo and mandolin repair and restoration shop In Brisbane Australia. I'm an early riser and the first I do when I get to my shop (6am) is to make a coffee and put on your channel. You've given my such an appreciation of music far beyond my main focal point (stringy things) and listening to this ep. is just incredible... Those drum sounds OMG! keep up the great work... PS I'd love a "what makes this song" on Don't fear the reaper... again thank you, your amazing

Ian Paice of Deep Purple on "Burn". Nice and thick.

Neil Peart - YYZ Keith Moon - Anything from Who's Next Levon Helm - King Harvest Dave Lombardo - Criminally Insane Igor Cavalera - Territory Jaimoe Jonathan Moffett

@guitaryst

5 жыл бұрын

Levon is such an amazing drummist.

@ef8712

5 жыл бұрын

No question Keith Moon killed it on Who's Next...every song.

@CipherSerpico

5 жыл бұрын

Levon ... One of my heroes. Well done my friend.

@jgfunk

5 жыл бұрын

No Bonham = no list

@CipherSerpico

5 жыл бұрын

jgfunk Yessir. He’s the greatest drummer of all time. It doesn’t matter how good your technique is - you can play the exact same groove as him, but you just won’t sound as good as him. He was to drumming, what Jimi Hendrix was to guitar... What Elvis Presley was to singing and what Bob Dylan was to writing .... You simply cannot be better than him.

Whole Lotta Love + Immigrant Song + Fool in the Rain + When the Levee Breaks + Ramble On + Rock n Roll = My all time favorite six pack of drums

Being a "drummer" aspiring producer AND & being from the Fingerlakes.. "Seneca Falls - lived in Rochester, etc (girlfriend from Rochester) so we LOVE ❤️ YOUR CHANNEL & that you are a fellow Rocherian... we are huge fans of your channel 🤘🏻🤘🏻AWESOME!!

It made me so happy you added the Deftones Digital Bath. Thank you sir for your amazing content.

The intro to Rainbow Stargazer, and definitely something from Deep Purple... Burn for example!

@jsj297

5 жыл бұрын

Or highway star..... of course that should be it's own Rick's "what makes this song great" video. :)

@dustincassidy

5 жыл бұрын

That’s why they gotta do 20 more!

@TheSteveSteele

5 жыл бұрын

ownlife Totally. You picked the two best examples. You Fool No One could go on that list.

@markdrum2392

5 жыл бұрын

"Space Truckin;" wasn't too bad either.

I used to tune my drums to sound as close as possible to Neil Peart's set on moving pictures...just love the kick drum sound on that album.

The "gated reverb" sound that Phil Collins' "In the air tonight" made famous was first introduced in Peter Gabriel's third album. Phil Collins played drums in that album and if I am correct, Hugh Padgham was the main "creator" of that sound.

@harync

3 жыл бұрын

“The whole sound really was discovered when Phil was in playing drums on a [Peter Gabriel] song called Intruder,” Producer Hugh Padgham explains. “Phil was a guest player on the album and he was mucking around with a drum sound. The Solid State Logic console was quite new then and it had a compressor/noise gate on every single channel which before that had never happened. [Before] you had external compressors or external noise gates but you had to patch them in, whereas with the SSL it was in every single channel. All you had to do was press a button and it was on. "The whole essence of the sound is the compression of it which makes it sound really fat and then the second that there is a lull in the sound the gate just shuts it off. The drums were in a very live room; when you compress a sound in a live room it brings up all the background noise and the echo in a room. Therefore, when you go from something sounding big to nothing, you get this feeling of massive contrast. That is the whole essence of why the sound was so interesting because it is going from all to nothing in milliseconds.” “On the Solid State Logic console there was what's called a Listen Mic, which was also a new feature on that console. If you needed to listen to somebody talking in the studio in the old days you had to either listen through the microphone that they were playing into or put up a separate microphone that they would talk into and that's how you would communicate with the artist. Solid State Logic decided to have a dedicated microphone hanging up in the [live room] that, if you pressed the button on the console it immediately let you listen to them speaking, so in other words you didn't have to plug in a separate microphone. “They designed it with a huge great compressor on it as well, so that if somebody was talking quietly in the corner you'd still hear them as well as if somebody was shouting at you in the middle of the studio. "When Phil was playing the drums one day, I opened this microphone to speak to him to hear what he was saying while he was still playing the drums and out came the most unbelievable sound. Everyone went, 'Oh my god, that sounds incredible'. So we go 'OK, that was the compression on the [Listen Mic]'.” “We had the compressors and noise gates in each channel so I said OK, let's put up some room mics, listen to the drums through those and compress them. That's what I did, but we hadn't discovered the noise gate side of it yet. When I pushed the button for the compressor on the console, there was a noise gate already in the chain. Phil stopped playing and the sound suddenly went to nothing [as the gate kicked in]. It was like, 'Oh my god, that's amazing’.” ”The compressor [on the channel] didn't sound as good as the one through the Listen Mic. The next day I got the maintenance engineer to take an output from the Listen Mic - because it was only rigged up to work on the monitors, you couldn't record it. “So we fed [the re-routed signal] into the console as a separate channel so that we got the compression sound from the Listen Mic that we were then able to record. Because it was coming into a channel on the desk I could then also use a noise gate on the desk. "It sounds rather complicated but that's basically how that drum sound was invented and was able to be recorded onto tape. We had this drum sound that was amazing and Peter thought it was amazing. There was no song there at all but he said to Phil, let's just record you playing that drum pattern for five minutes and I'll write a song around it. We had a very simple metronome, or a very early drum machine so that Phil could play exact time, because he wasn't playing to anything other than himself. "Peter wrote the song Intruder around that and that's what you have to listen to, that was the, not wanting to use the word, genesis of that drum sound to make a pun out of it!"

@Rubysorianoperez24

Жыл бұрын

@@harync wow thank you for the info. Im a huge fan of his and love that song. I love hearing how these sounds and songs were created.

@robpaustian7955

3 ай бұрын

That gated reverb sound is from the AMS RMX-16, an early 16 bit digital reverb. The specific patch is called nonlin 2. Every great studio in New York, London and LA had that unit in the 80’s and 90’s and usually only 2 patches ever got used from it. 80’s drums in a box😎.

MUSE's "Absolution" album has some of the best recorded drum sounds, period. The drums on "Stockholm Syndrome" are massive. They deserved a mention.

Neil Peart?! Tom Sawyer, Chemistry, Digital Man just to name a few!

Jimmy Chamberlin of Smashing Pumpkins on Geek USA. Incredible track, terrific groove. Produced by Butch Vig.

@HaikalHanafiah

5 жыл бұрын

yeah man, Jimmy Chamberlin is so underrated...the groove is unreal

@DelusiUK

5 жыл бұрын

Try Try Try by Pumpkins for me is great

@zenstain

5 жыл бұрын

Intro to Quiet is one of my alltime favorite fills. Amazing.

@DelusiUK

5 жыл бұрын

@@zenstain his fills are amazing

@willjam465

5 жыл бұрын

Agree with you 100%.

Love you guys! Great job hitting my faves!!! Steve Gad & John Bonham, and all of them! 🙏

One of my favorite understated groves is the drums (Kenny Jones) on Eminence Front by The Who. Surprised no Kieth Moon on your list. So many drummers so little time...

John Bonhams drumming in Dyer Maker. Not one of my favorite Zep songs, but Bonzo more than makes up for it. Incredible playing, fills, live sound!

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

“D’yer Maker” is definitely boss but I think “Fool In The Rain” is my favorite from Bonzo. Hard to beat “When the Levee Breaks” as well.

@mikecrichton1953

11 ай бұрын

In my Time of Dying Bonzo is incredible

No Neil Peart or Carl Palmer‽ At least you mentioned Stewart Copeland and Phil Collins.

@asicerik

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah - Moving Pictures was a pretty iconic drum sound

@soulcatcher1870

5 жыл бұрын

ELP - good call

@Tom-ok2rh

4 жыл бұрын

Yogscast Seagull Damn right. “The Barbarian” from elp first album is awesome

This is a Very good watch. My takeaway which I don't recall being mentioned is that realistically, different drum sounds, tones, effects help make the song. Sort of a what everyone would expect, but not every song is the same. Some tunes, you want the full body and ring, while in others, the sound would gets in the way. Really a new appreciation of sounds. For the perfectionist cover bands, it's literally just like chasing after keyboard and guitar sounds and tones.

11:44 Is the sound I came looking for. That's the most ideal drum sound that can be used in all sorts of music styles. I now have a new goal: creating a drum sound similar to that. Thanks for (all) your great video(s)!

'Animate': RUSH Counterparts Album : the air seems to rush by your ears because of the compression on Neil's cymbals. Wow.

@v10d

3 жыл бұрын

I have mentioned this in other drum videos by Rick and Animate is never mentioned. I think Rick needs to give it a listen because it would easily make every list he has. The song is a good Rush song, but the professor shines on it just like he does in Bravado.

@tommyfender1968

3 жыл бұрын

How about the ride symbol on “Cold Fire”

@jeffcharlton9660

2 жыл бұрын

Damn...I forgot about that. I have to agree.

One of my favorite drum sounds and tracks of all time is “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds, especially that amazing fill coming out of the interlude/bridge into the final choruses. Tight, toneful and unorthodox in rock!

@billsmxz

4 жыл бұрын

,someone somewhere in summertime, up on a catwalk,??????????

@thewhitewolf7886

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!

@metalerowilliamxxx

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 👍

@laelmilum6433

4 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for saying this. I'm 28 and have been playing for 15ish years and I've never heard any of my other musician buddies mention this one. I always thought this and you're the first person I've seen think the same.

@Plubob_McHabblefluffin

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Bill Ward on Iron Man , and Children of the Grave. Ward played like an orchestral percussionist in a hard rock band , and it worked. And considering the way Sabbath was recorded, it's astounding that he came off so well. Also , Jeff Lynn has a unique way of making drums sound great in recordings he produces. Full Moon Fever , Cloud 9 , Wilburys etc. And Kenny Aronoff on Scarecrow album had a fantastic drum sound

@thewordlove4316

3 жыл бұрын

Aronoff's sound on 'Scarecrow' is very good, indeed!!

@Cincinnatus1869

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewordlove4316 yep John went and found himself a fantastic band to play those songs. Those songs deserved a great band . I think it's a nearly perfect rock album

@Cincinnatus1869

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewordlove4316 yep John went and found himself a fantastic band to play those songs. Those songs deserved a great band . I think it's a nearly perfect rock album

Great list. Here's a somewhat obscure pick: Jeremy Taggart's drum sound on "Naveed" by Our Lady Peace is just mind-blowing. The snare rings out for days, and the toms are full and round and lively--the whole mix is bursting with energy.

I love the drums on Crosstown Traffic by Jimi Hendrix. The groove in the verses is amazing.

@Rubysorianoperez24

Жыл бұрын

His drummer was awesome. I cant remeber his name. After Jimmy's passing he kept playing. I just cant remeber his name

@codythedoggo7671

7 ай бұрын

​@@Rubysorianoperez24Mitch Mitchell

YASSSS! Phil Collins made it because he is one of my favorite drummers and amongst singing drummers he and Roger Taylor are my favorites. Queen was camp and put on this huge performance but they all played well together and like any musical marriage, lol, it’s not about one musical instrument or voice overshadowing anybody else. It’s all about the blending of the musical instruments and the voices. The first time I heard Phil Collins in the heat of the night I was in love❤️

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

For sure. Roger Taylor of Queen is without a doubt one of the absolute best rock drummers of all time. His live tympani solos were quite something to behold.

Great picks. I know it's not usually the favored era of Yes, but Alan White's drum sound on It's Almost Like Love from Big Generator is fantastic.

Can’t have a top 20 list without everyone losing their cool in the comments... Thanks Rick, nice list.

One of my favorite drum sounds has to be The drums on The album Paranoid by Black Sabbath. It might be a little dated but they sound so good!

YES!! "Black Hole Sun" I've always marveled at how huge and amazing those drums sounded.

I really like how Cozy Powell's drumset sounded. One could recognize his drumming not only by his playing, but also by the sound of the drums, at least until the mid-80's. Simon Phillips too. His drums always sound the same, no matter what music he plays.

Awesome post again Rick ... thank you. Phil Collins - 'In the air tonight' compression ... SSL talk back mic compressor ... found by accident!!!! Brilliant choice for RATM ... that first album changed my drum mix life forever in the early 90s.

Gotta have Bill Bruford's snare in any list like this.

@johnsluggett1822

5 жыл бұрын

Steve Howe praised that snare sound in an interview just a few years ago. Funny they would pick a drummer so mushy sounding after Bruford left. I do love Alan White, but he does have a mushy sound that, surprisingly, works fine with Yes.

@nbt3663

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnsluggett1822 that was as fair as anyone I've ever heard. White was solid on tempo. Jon Anderson loved his tempo. And his ability not to change things. Played the same way everytime!

@kennywowie

4 жыл бұрын

@@nbt3663 It didn't hurt that White had a photographic music memory that he had to have to replace Bruford on tour with barely, how much, two days to learn the YES material. I'd freak out if I had to do that today even knowing the material as I do for 45 years. Monumental feat.

Jimmy Chamberlain on Gish and Keith Moon Who's Next. Also, Andy Sturmer on Jellyfish Spilt Milk.

@lunarpking

5 жыл бұрын

WeAreThey Chamberlin is highly underrated.

@couchslouch13

5 жыл бұрын

man Jimmy's snare on Gish is the nicest drum I've ever heard!! those snare fills on 'Tristessa' for example

Thanks for including Deftones in here. I’ve listened to them consistently since 96 or 97, when I heard Adrenaline.

Fool in the Rain by Zep has one of my favorite drum performances period

@vickielawson3114

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that drum groove and those fills and the tempo/style changes at the end are boss. Bonzo for the win.

There are almost too many great drum sounds to list, but one notable example I think of immediately is Tim Alexander's work on Sailing the Seas of Cheese; especially Tommy the Cat. It's totally unique and it sounds fantastic.

@Webeteam

5 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with the drums on Green naugahyde

Do another 20, 10 Bonham, 10 Neil Peart

@jessechalif2428

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Martell and baker

@debras1503

3 жыл бұрын

Ginger for sure

@anthonyalbanese7006

3 жыл бұрын

30,10 peart 10 bonham and 10 Keith moon

Dire Straits Where Do You Think Your're Going definitely makes it onto my top ten list. Everything about it is perfect but the drum fills sound especially amazing. First drum fill ("i think you'd better go with me") always sends shivers down my spine.

My favourite U2 drum sound was on Achtung Baby, the song So Cruel. The track sound is so intimate yet the kick & snare really slow pumps.

@isadorealire5722

11 ай бұрын

Yes!! The first time I heard that song all I could think was "that man is on his horse."

Some suggestions: Frizzle Fry, John the Fisherman or Spegetti Western - Primus (Tim Alexander) Pet - A Perfect Circle (Josh Freese) Midlife Crisis - Faith No More (Mike Bordin)

@Sodchucker

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, was hoping to see some Tim Alexander.

@ShpiraLTD

5 жыл бұрын

Tim is not ringy enough :D

@Sodchucker

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShpiraLTD Bahahahaha!

@tremoverb1

5 жыл бұрын

Midlife Crisis is great. Also check out The Noose - A Perfect Circle.

@thisfireburns9474

5 жыл бұрын

Bordin is such an underrated drummer

Bill Bruford on Roundabout ? Neil Peart on Subdivisions ? Alan White on Owner of A Lonely Heart (or anything from 90125) ? Prairie Prince on The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul (XTC Skylarking)

@monkeytown7160

5 жыл бұрын

Yes - Hold on, Our Song, & Cinema 8-)

@thunderfoot11

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Bruford commented that that signature sound can't be reproduced due to the circumstances behind the recording. It was the only song recorded in London instead of NY, and they got there early in the morning. Unlike the States, (at least at the time) there are no music stores/rental places open at 1am - so they found a snare, a kick and three 16" crash cymbals in the studio in a closet so they made a hi-hat out of two 16"s and then the iconic "solo" was made out of something you can find at 1 am in London - milk bottles (which they stole off of people porches and then filled with varying amounts of water)

@whyyeseyec

5 жыл бұрын

Keith Moon on Bargain

@jwaldman69

5 жыл бұрын

Subdivisions is not even in the top 50 for Neil's drum tracks, anything on Moving Pictures is the peak.

@bapples

5 жыл бұрын

Or Alan White on Instant Karma

Rick mentioned cutting through heavy guitar with snare ring. Neil Peart found another approach. He used high pitched toms (and higher tuning) to cut through (first fill in The Temples of Syrinx, 2112). His timbales would also cut through the thickest wall of sound from all of those multilayered guitar parts. Neil also used splash and China cymbals a lot since they cut through as well. Stewart Copeland is also a master at cutting through. Both of their snares can cut through a concrete wall! There are a lot of great drummers out there but the ones who stick out (as well as their sound) for me know how to fill the spaces in between, distinctive yet part of the whole.

The snare on Come Together sounds AMAZING... and the "flat", no reverb-y overall sound is excellent. It doesn't always have to be BIG.