Spike T Smith

Spike T Smith

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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  • @user-vm9hy7qx7c
    @user-vm9hy7qx7c11 сағат бұрын

    Great technique and love the groove

  • @Greg-xi8yx
    @Greg-xi8yx15 күн бұрын

    Please bring this channel back. A real punk rocker, master drummer, gentleman and scholar.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith14 күн бұрын

    @@Greg-xi8yx Thank you. This channel is still active, I put a video up a couple of weeks back. 😉

  • @Greg-xi8yx
    @Greg-xi8yx14 күн бұрын

    @@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!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith11 күн бұрын

    @@Greg-xi8yx I don’t I’m afraid..

  • @ShawnxEdge
    @ShawnxEdge26 күн бұрын

    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 😆

  • @themusicgraveyard600
    @themusicgraveyard60028 күн бұрын

    I wish the person holding the camera would just hold still for a minute lol good grief man. SMH.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith28 күн бұрын

    Fair play to them even getting it into the venue back then. You got to forgive them for some of the shakiness!!🤣

  • @themusicgraveyard600
    @themusicgraveyard60028 күн бұрын

    Good stuff, love it Spike! 🥁🎶👌🏻

  • @acerrob2008
    @acerrob200829 күн бұрын

    Nice one!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith29 күн бұрын

    Cheers Rob. Good ol Vegas eh!!

  • @tuvabr
    @tuvabrАй бұрын

    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

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmithАй бұрын

    Thank you & yes, no quantising here.

  • @kennethdutton4153
    @kennethdutton41532 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your videos, I’ve subscribed 👍🏻

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I’m glad you like them & thanks for subscribing too.

  • @dirtydave2691
    @dirtydave26912 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    Very cool Dave. Glad to hear you are still playing & mashing it up!!

  • @erwinschrodinkle7228
    @erwinschrodinkle72282 ай бұрын

    I'd not heard of Wonk Unit until you drummed for them - now they're a regular feature on my playlists. (Lewisham ... )

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    wooooooooow maaaaaan

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    awesome awesome bro

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    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

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    I don’t have any footage from the UK death fest. Where you at that show?

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    yes sir , was awesoooome@@SpikeTSmith

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    wooooow maaaaan

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    just , i say , woooooow man.

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    Spike God bless u bro

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68432 ай бұрын

    Spike & Memoriam Rule

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    Thank you. 🙏

  • @moz85214
    @moz852143 ай бұрын

    I was at these shows in Vegas and still think you were the best Moz solo drummer. Great memories. Good times.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    That’s very kind of you to say & I’m glad you liked what I bought to the table with the band too.

  • @Johan_Asp74
    @Johan_Asp743 ай бұрын

    Awesome!💥

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith2 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @themusicgraveyard600
    @themusicgraveyard6003 ай бұрын

    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. 👏🏻😃🎉🎶🥁

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words Brian. Really glad you enjoyed it my friend. 🙏

  • @themusicgraveyard600
    @themusicgraveyard6003 ай бұрын

    Well done mate. Love it. 🥁🔥

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Cheers Brian. Thanks for checking it out.

  • @maximomartinez6843
    @maximomartinez68433 ай бұрын

    XX dude , from Venezuela

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    👍🤘🙏

  • @AJL200
    @AJL2003 ай бұрын

    Especially loved the drumming on the second track 👏🏼

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Cheers Andy. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @erwinschrodinkle7228
    @erwinschrodinkle72283 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    I remember those days too. Great times!!

  • @TimoRamone
    @TimoRamone3 ай бұрын

    So good!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Cheers.

  • @soultwinmessiah
    @soultwinmessiah3 ай бұрын

    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!!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Thank you Evan. Yes, it was a super cool thing to do & I throughly enjoyed playing their set with them too.

  • @jacobpast5437
    @jacobpast54373 ай бұрын

    Had to listen to it again, today. Very tight 👍

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @jacobpast5437
    @jacobpast54373 ай бұрын

    @@SpikeTSmith My pleasure

  • @jockhart
    @jockhart3 ай бұрын

    superb Spike

  • @aatamirikollinen
    @aatamirikollinen3 ай бұрын

    Yep!!! Spike killed it.

  • @gborden123
    @gborden1233 ай бұрын

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @erwinschrodinkle7228
    @erwinschrodinkle72283 ай бұрын

    Ooooh Nice. Show us Give Me Fire!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    That will be coming for sure. Keep an eye out for it.

  • @enciendelamechahc-punkzine8396
    @enciendelamechahc-punkzine83963 ай бұрын

    Siiiii

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    If only I knew what this meant..🤣

  • @jacobpast5437
    @jacobpast54373 ай бұрын

    Ouiiiii

  • @enciendelamechahc-punkzine8396
    @enciendelamechahc-punkzine83963 ай бұрын

    @@SpikeTSmithawesome job Spike.

  • @tuskedbeast
    @tuskedbeast3 ай бұрын

    Solid, as always.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @roaming740
    @roaming7403 ай бұрын

    to think he invented a genre and style at 16 is crazy

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith3 ай бұрын

    Mad isn’t it..

  • @FelipeSanchesMusic
    @FelipeSanchesMusic4 ай бұрын

    Master

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith4 ай бұрын

    Thank you.. Too kind.

  • @nickcollins9893
    @nickcollins98934 ай бұрын

    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

  • @illprecipitation7684
    @illprecipitation76844 ай бұрын

    Don’t even play drums but I keep watching this video a few times every year 😂

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith4 ай бұрын

    That’s great you enjoy it.

  • @TheAlison1456
    @TheAlison14564 ай бұрын

    i'm here because I also liked the 'tribal' drums very cool

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith4 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Glad you liked it.

  • @bigdaddypiggy
    @bigdaddypiggy4 ай бұрын

    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 😉

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith4 ай бұрын

    Mine too. Thats why I chose it to play with them. 😉

  • @HighOnFire1997
    @HighOnFire19974 ай бұрын

    Dave Lombardo 200bpm

  • @jetglo355
    @jetglo3555 ай бұрын

    Fantastic! You were the most brutal (in a great way) drummer Moz ever had!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith5 ай бұрын

    Well.. it wasn’t meant to be “brutal” it was more about energy, but I appreciate your compliment. Thank you. 🙏

  • @jetglo355
    @jetglo3555 ай бұрын

    @@SpikeTSmith Every other drummer he's had seems like they're playing in a high school jazz band compared to you!

  • @TheRealJiggz
    @TheRealJiggz5 ай бұрын

    More drumming sessions from that tour!

  • @AwesomeEcho-tb3oj
    @AwesomeEcho-tb3oj5 ай бұрын

    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 ?

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @mvarnzo5709
    @mvarnzo57096 ай бұрын

    Testifying for the faceless and voiceless is not insignificant. Great feel, Spike. That quick choke - Chef's kiss. Whole band sounds great. Cheers.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith6 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @GavKingGuitar
    @GavKingGuitar6 ай бұрын

    The bit at around 3min 26sec sounds slightly familiar!! Great sound.

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith6 ай бұрын

    Haha!! I bet it does. Just a little different to the one you may be thinking of though. 😉🤘

  • @martinmccaffrey8528
    @martinmccaffrey85286 ай бұрын

    great drumming

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith6 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @iamerikr
    @iamerikr6 ай бұрын

    Amazing to see! Thanks for posting Spike! Great drumming

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith6 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @apostolterminal
    @apostolterminal6 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @tomgordonuk1
    @tomgordonuk16 ай бұрын

    Worst.Tour.Catering.Ever. 🥩🍖🍗🥓

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith6 ай бұрын

    Random comment Tom. What’s that got to do with this video?

  • @tomgordonuk1
    @tomgordonuk16 ай бұрын

    @SpikeTSmith nothing really. Your drumming is as impressive as ever. But Mozza's dietary views are well known!

  • @JB-dk4jg
    @JB-dk4jg7 ай бұрын

    Awesome lesson ! Finally, someone who broke it down for slow learners like me. 😂 Greatly appreciated!

  • @SpikeTSmith
    @SpikeTSmith7 ай бұрын

    Glad it was of use to you.