Spike T Smith is a British professional freelance session drummer, artist, performer, musician, and songwriter. He’s spent many years working internationally with some of the world’s finest artists and musicians, including Morrissey, punk legends The Damned, Killing Joke, New York Dolls, Steve Ignorant/Crass, Sona Fariq and Sacrilege, to name just a few. Originally from Wales, Spike has played drums and performed since he was 13 years old. He’s been described by Rhythm magazine “As the British version of American session heavy-weight, Josh Freese”.Spike has a wide range of music styles and genres and loves nothing more than being on the road touring and playing drums. He’s based in Cambs in the UK and is CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR session work, live and studio, or depping WORK WORLDWIDE. So, if you need a professional, experienced drummer, with a proven track record to perform with you, or a band you produce, or manage, on a current, or upcoming music project or tour, contact Spike.
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Great technique and love the groove
Please bring this channel back. A real punk rocker, master drummer, gentleman and scholar.
@@Greg-xi8yx Thank you. This channel is still active, I put a video up a couple of weeks back. 😉
@@SpikeTSmith now that I have the dbeat down are you able to direct me to a video on the channel that shows me how to go from a fill back into the dbeat seamlessly? Cheers!
@@Greg-xi8yx I don’t I’m afraid..
Being a fast player (skate punk) I use the D-Beat as an energy saver live, it’s basically the same beat as the skate punk beat with less kick variations and easier on the wrist. I learned the skate punk beat first and thought to myself there’s gotta be a less tiring way to play this. I didn’t realize my “lazier” version was a D Beat till later 😆
I wish the person holding the camera would just hold still for a minute lol good grief man. SMH.
Fair play to them even getting it into the venue back then. You got to forgive them for some of the shakiness!!🤣
Good stuff, love it Spike! 🥁🎶👌🏻
Nice one!
Cheers Rob. Good ol Vegas eh!!
The only one in youtube who plays this right!!! Other drummers play this groove quantized with all the kicks in the "correct" place but it sucks the magic out of the d beat
Thank you & yes, no quantising here.
Thanks for your videos, I’ve subscribed 👍🏻
Thank you. I’m glad you like them & thanks for subscribing too.
The D beat changed my drumming forever. The first time I heard Discharge in 82 I was hooked. Dave......former drummer Final Conflict 85-87. I still play at nearly 59 years old and every band I've played in as an "old guy" complains......you play to fast and too loud.
Very cool Dave. Glad to hear you are still playing & mashing it up!!
I'd not heard of Wonk Unit until you drummed for them - now they're a regular feature on my playlists. (Lewisham ... )
wooooooooow maaaaaan
awesome awesome bro
BTW , Spike , do u have DrumCam from the U.K. Death Fest 22 ? lastima no hubo oportunidad to know u personaly , jodeer :( , c u anywhere bro . xx
I don’t have any footage from the UK death fest. Where you at that show?
yes sir , was awesoooome@@SpikeTSmith
wooooow maaaaan
just , i say , woooooow man.
Spike God bless u bro
Spike & Memoriam Rule
Thank you. 🙏
I was at these shows in Vegas and still think you were the best Moz solo drummer. Great memories. Good times.
That’s very kind of you to say & I’m glad you liked what I bought to the table with the band too.
Awesome!💥
Thank you.
That was amazing, one of my very favorite bands, and one of my favorite humans and drummers I know. Cheers Spike, well played. True to the notes/chops. 👏🏻😃🎉🎶🥁
Thank you for your kind words Brian. Really glad you enjoyed it my friend. 🙏
Well done mate. Love it. 🥁🔥
Cheers Brian. Thanks for checking it out.
XX dude , from Venezuela
👍🤘🙏
Especially loved the drumming on the second track 👏🏼
Cheers Andy. Glad you enjoyed it.
Takes me back to the days when I was young & fit enough to be jumping about at the front, and screaming "I Am The Hunted" with everyone else. Love it!
I remember those days too. Great times!!
So good!
Cheers.
What a massively cool thing to see an old friend playing an old favorite song from my adolescence. Well played, obviously, and just chuffed you got to do those gigs!!
Thank you Evan. Yes, it was a super cool thing to do & I throughly enjoyed playing their set with them too.
Had to listen to it again, today. Very tight 👍
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@SpikeTSmith My pleasure
superb Spike
Yep!!! Spike killed it.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooooh Nice. Show us Give Me Fire!
That will be coming for sure. Keep an eye out for it.
Siiiii
If only I knew what this meant..🤣
Ouiiiii
@@SpikeTSmithawesome job Spike.
Solid, as always.
Thank you.
to think he invented a genre and style at 16 is crazy
Mad isn’t it..
Master
Thank you.. Too kind.
From 200+ bpm d-beat is getting very close to sort of a polyrhythm (eighth note triplets with right hand and foot, and eighth notes with left hand). And it also becomes almost an entirety of a "From Enslavement To Obliteration" album :D
Don’t even play drums but I keep watching this video a few times every year 😂
That’s great you enjoy it.
i'm here because I also liked the 'tribal' drums very cool
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
I had to give it at least 1 view 🤷🏼♂️this was the 1st Discharge song I ever heard 🖤🤤when I was a much,much younger man 😉
Mine too. Thats why I chose it to play with them. 😉
Dave Lombardo 200bpm
Fantastic! You were the most brutal (in a great way) drummer Moz ever had!
Well.. it wasn’t meant to be “brutal” it was more about energy, but I appreciate your compliment. Thank you. 🙏
@@SpikeTSmith Every other drummer he's had seems like they're playing in a high school jazz band compared to you!
More drumming sessions from that tour!
Fear's song - New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones, isn't d beat is it? Do you know who the first US band is that used d bbeat? the Fartz - Take A Stand 1984 ?
Yep, there it is in the Fear song you mentioned. I don’t know who would have been the first in the U.S to utilise the beat in a punk fashion but I’ve heard it plenty in earlier bad Religion stuff & a bit of Bad Brains too.
Testifying for the faceless and voiceless is not insignificant. Great feel, Spike. That quick choke - Chef's kiss. Whole band sounds great. Cheers.
Thank you.
The bit at around 3min 26sec sounds slightly familiar!! Great sound.
Haha!! I bet it does. Just a little different to the one you may be thinking of though. 😉🤘
great drumming
Thank you.
Amazing to see! Thanks for posting Spike! Great drumming
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
D beat creates a completely different groove and feel to other punk beats. “Modern” punk beats seem to push the song forward only, whereas d beat creates a tornado of groove that goes back and forth. And what the guitars and bass can do on top of that is simply beautiful.
Worst.Tour.Catering.Ever. 🥩🍖🍗🥓
Random comment Tom. What’s that got to do with this video?
@SpikeTSmith nothing really. Your drumming is as impressive as ever. But Mozza's dietary views are well known!
Awesome lesson ! Finally, someone who broke it down for slow learners like me. 😂 Greatly appreciated!
Glad it was of use to you.