My Friend, Ben played drums for O'Fays, a two-piece keys and drums project with Abraham of Baby Teeth/Bobby Conn band. He is a terrible drummer. However, it works spectacularly for the songs. i don't think the band would've been as great as they were had he not been maniacally flailing and whacking the drums. God-Damn was that band great. I'll try to upload some live stuff to the ea account.

Ben's crappy drums, totally Not Crap. Salut!



Faiz

Especially on the soundtrack to the motion picture Tarzan.

jayryan wrote:

gio wrote:This guy?

ha. i wish.

er, wait... no i don't.

this guy:

Ha! Yeah, I know... I just thought that link I put up was pretty hilarious (the bio is a riot). I'll bet Los Angeles Jason Harvey is a pretty shitty drummer.

Ringo is (was?) a great drummer... does just what is called for, then leads with the wrong hand so his fills are his alone... very taseful, subtly unique as a drummer. That said, I think McCartney may be an even better drummer than Ringo. His drumming on Beatles tracks and his early solo stuff is great and oddly unique.

phil collins played with john cale right?

NOT CRAP then.

(paging yut to the defence table as our resident genesis fan)

kerble wrote:My Friend, Ben played drums for O'Fays, a two-piece keys and drums project with Abraham of Baby Teeth/Bobby Conn band. He is a terrible drummer. However, it works spectacularly for the songs. i don't think the band would've been as great as they were had he not been maniacally flailing and whacking the drums. God-Damn was that band great. I'll try to upload some live stuff to the ea account.

Ben's crappy drums, totally Not Crap. Salut!

Faiz

'Ham once described Ben to me as having "good drum style." The then stated clearly "I said good drum style... but that doesn't mean he's a good drummer."

Ben "the Ayatollah" has drum style that is reminiscent of this guy:



Faiz, do you know about the Sprinkes, with Ben and Karl Tupper? Ran into ben at the supermarket for the first time in like a year, I think they're supposed to play the hideout this month for some kind of benefit... if so, I'm there.

Mayfair wrote:Ringo is (was?) a great drummer... does just what is called for, then leads with the wrong hand so his fills are his alone... very taseful, subtly unique as a drummer.

this is true. playing to the song is a huge factor in quality.

Whoever the drummer is from Silver Mt. Zion. For some reason, the beats are just so predictable and boring. Its the whole "First thought, best thought" thing. Most of those Godspeed, Silver Mt Zion, Do Make Say Think type bands... etc all have so much space for good drumming in their songs but somehow im always let down. Not that they should fill constantly, but Im never bored by the Jim White approach.

Cunningham wrote:Whoever the drummer is from Silver Mt. Zion. For some reason, the beats are just so predictable and boring. Its the whole "First thought, best thought" thing. Most of those Godspeed, Silver Mt Zion, Do Make Say Think type bands... etc all have so much space for good drumming in their songs but somehow im always let down. Not that they should fill constantly, but Im never bored by the Jim White approach.

I agree, I am never bored by Jim White's drumming.... he is sort of messy, sort of haphazard, but in a very musical way... I really like his drumming whoever he is playing with.

gio wrote:Faiz, do you know about the Sprinkes, with Ben and Karl Tupper? Ran into ben at the supermarket for the first time in like a year, I think they're supposed to play the hideout this month for some kind of benefit... if so, I'm there.

no! thanks for the update! let me know when.


and yes, Ben plays like Animal.