since we're talking about records, on babi music he's the entire rhythm section, and it sounds like two drummers and a bassist (for real)

j_harvey wrote:
I saw Bitch Magnet play on their last tour and Orestes was no longer in the band at that point.

So weird; I guess it wasn't Orestes when I saw them either.

Odd.

Ken Coomer of Clockhammer "Klinefelter"
Neil Peart of Rush "Signals"
Dave Lebleu of The Mercury Program "From the Vapor of Gasoline"
Joel Westerdale of China Pig "Tip-Toe Through the Hatching Chamber"

Chapter Two wrote:

shagboy wrote:and i'm seeing nomeansno on wednesday night ! !

do they still play stuff from wrong?

The drummer guy's name is John Wright, and yes, they always play stuff from Wrong. It's Catching Up is pretty much a dead cert; Oh No Bruno probably too.

This Story Must Be Told from Dance of the Headless Bourgoisie has to be my favourite, along with Joyful Reunion off 0+2=1.

Incidentally, there's an ep they recorded in Holland called In The Fishtank which is the four-man two-drummers Nomeansno that toured when Dance... came out. So if it's drumming you want, you might want that.

Nice to see them brought up on here. I could talk about Nomeansno all day. Maybe ah will.

thanks. feel free.

He was not Orestes, but he was a very good drummer. Someone please correct me, but I think this guy also played drums in -Dis for a little while? Am I making that up?

A little belated with the info, but that was Peter Pollack. He was Codiene's first drummer and Bitch Magnet's last. He went to school at Oberlin and was a bit older than Soo Young and I think was in a band called Pay the Man that Soo Young respected back then. When he lived in NYC he played in Cheetah Chrome's band and had a paying gig in Tiny Tim's band if I remember right. He played on the second Dis- CD and in the live shows around 1994. He's a pretty talented guy, and I think has a PhD in percussion now, but his style was a dramatic departure from Orestes.

Chris Cosgrove from Zoom (who also played in Dis-) is one of my favorite drummers.

sierackir wrote:

He was not Orestes, but he was a very good drummer. Someone please correct me, but I think this guy also played drums in -Dis for a little while? Am I making that up?

A little belated with the info, but that was Peter Pollack. He was Codiene's first drummer and Bitch Magnet's last. He went to school at Oberlin and was a bit older than Soo Young and I think was in a band called Pay the Man that Soo Young respected back then. When he lived in NYC he played in Cheetah Chrome's band and had a paying gig in Tiny Tim's band if I remember right. He played on the second Dis- CD and in the live shows around 1994. He's a pretty talented guy, and I think has a PhD in percussion now, but his style was a dramatic departure from Orestes.

Chris Cosgrove from Zoom (who also played in Dis-) is one of my favorite drummers.

That's super-interesting, thanks for the info!

some genius that no one has mentioned yet:


-Ginger Baker- PIL's "Album"- in my mind, the closest thing to come to the "Albini drum sound" before Steve gave us the "Albini drum sound".
-F.M. Einheit and N.U. Unruh of Einsturzende Neubauten- best "drum sounds" and drumming to date.
-the guy from Big Country (first 2 albums)- i dare you to find someone else who shows off this much and makes it sound like music!
-Jerry Marotta- on P. gabriel's he uses no cymbals at all and you don't even notice- that's pretty badass.
-Manu Katche- usually plays on cheesey records, but damn is he good.
-Igor Cavalera- Sepultura (particularly Beneath the Remains and Arise.)-uses double bass as a musical component rather than just making helicopter noises. knows how to really use a china too. a lost art.
-the guy from Turing Machine- his playing reminds of someone saying to Todd Trainor "hey, Todd, do your best Jimmy Chamberlain impersonation."
-Joe Morello- drum solo on "Take 5"- the definition of "classy".
-Dave Lombardo- "Seasons in the Abyss" is the stuff wars are made of.
-Nicko McBrain- Iron Maiden- best use of more than 7 toms and 12 cymbals.
-Boris Williams- the Cure- all the artsy-ness of Stephen Morris but played with the fury and hitting power of Bonzo. same china comment. (see Igor.)
-William Kennedy- plays on GRP jazz crap- but if you can listen past the awful Yamaha synth shit- you will hear truly astounding and musical (in the truest sense of the word) drumming. he also plays tiny toms tuned very low so his sound is really something special.
-Josh Garza- Secret Machines- not groundbreaking at all but extremely satisfying.

i could go on- but i'm going to bed...

howiemarx wrote:john french aka DRUMBO

Yowza - I second this emotion... I can't explain it to myself even, but this is one of the only drummers I can think of that I actually ENJOY when the drums were seemingly intentionally recorded to sound like someone slapping a wet cardboard box... makes me grin like an idiot when I think about the drum sound on "Ashtray Heart" from 'Doc At The Radar Station'.

nirvana:In Utero
shellac: at action parc, 1000 hurts
june of 44
slint

Pete Thomas on Watching The Detectives -- outstanding tension, best rock example of the reggae drop beat IMO.

Jim Keltner on most things -- subtle style, unmatched dynamics (for rock).

Rey Washam on Two Nuns -- along with Bonham, the yardstick for power dumming.

Fred Below -- bounce, finesse, and groove master. His playing sounded like he was having fun, even when being heavy.