What's your Favorite fill from a song!? [Archive] - DRUMMERWORLD OFFICIAL DISCUSSION FORUM

tylernator

07-09-2005, 04:16 AM

Hey whats up Everyone!!! Whats your favorite fill from a song! like when you hear it you get chills everytime!!!..Mine would be the fill in baba o riley from the who..right after that part where he sings ''dont close your eyes, its just teenage wasteland" or something like that, then it busts out that fast awesome fill!! i love it!!!

A close second would have too be from jet, "look what youve done" right after the bridge, where the music stops and then theres singing, then he bust out that quick snare,rest,tom then w/e else he does...

So let me know whats your favorite fill off a song! and ill try too listen too it. And you never know it could become mine too:) peace!!

Bonham to the moon

07-09-2005, 07:13 AM

Pretty much all of the fills from dazed and confused, those lightning fast drum rolls around the set. Amazing

CartersChops

07-09-2005, 07:17 AM

one that stands out as brilliant to me is Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band in the central park concert album. during the song what would you say, the song cuts out to just drums for a fill, and its a stunning combination of double bass mixed with snare and splash accents. such a good feel to it

superbatmat

07-09-2005, 11:52 AM

ZZ Top / La grange

The fill just before the main riff... ...

uncredible !!!

Bernhard

07-09-2005, 01:24 PM

The End of AYA (Steely Dan) - played by Steve Gadd in one take....

Bernhard

Stu_Strib

07-09-2005, 04:04 PM

Yeah, Aja..insane.

For less insane, but just awesome sounding, Steve Smith on Separate Ways

and its a bit cliche, but the breaks in Tom Sawyer, Neil Peart.

stu

Anchein Vouivra

07-09-2005, 05:42 PM

There's one huge drum fill by Tim Alexander on Primus song:
"Professor Nutbutter's House Of Treats" from the album Tales from the Punchbowls, if you know the song you know which one I'm talking about.

One the song F*** You (An ode to no one) by Jimmy Chamberlin on the album Melloncolie and infinite Sadness from the Smashing Pumpkins, at the end before the guitar solo................insane INSANE.

And I love all drum fills by Michael Giles on the song "In the Wake Of Poseidon" from King Crimson.

CarterB_Junkie

07-09-2005, 05:58 PM

DogBreath

07-09-2005, 05:58 PM

The last three seconds of the drum solo that pretty much dominates the song Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group. I like the way he just beats the crap out if the snare on the way out.

CartersChops

07-09-2005, 08:00 PM

Also on The Dave Matthews Band Central Park Concert, at the end of the song Crush Carter starts some nice interraction between his hi hat and snare, and suddenly Bam, his hands try to destroy 2 of his toms and his snare in a series of Cobham style singles rolls with incredible power and musicality.

Go Carter !

yea dude i know what your talking about, its like the song keeps going but he just kinda solo's through it...i dont know what that sticking pattern is called but its awesome and really fun to play, he uses it alot

Signals

07-09-2005, 11:36 PM

It's a bit long, but there's a great part from Neil Peart in 'Red Lenses' -- from Grace Under Pressure.

G-money

07-09-2005, 11:43 PM

Any fills by Jimmy Chamberlin or Jeremiah Green

MunsieMan

07-10-2005, 05:04 AM

Led Zeppelin - D'yer Maker basiclly all the fills John Bonham does but a good one is right after the guitar solo with the snare and then hits the high hat its basic but has a great sound

toteman2

07-10-2005, 06:04 AM

SOOOOOOOOOO many to choose...If I'm gonna say one I would say Danny Carey in "Crawl Away" (Undertow) off the top of my head...The part when it gets real soft then he does the crazy run between the toms and bass that starts soft then just erupts into a giant creshendo...It compliments Keenan's creshendo get up..get up..Get Up...GET UP...GET UP...WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!

NUTHA JASON

07-10-2005, 09:25 PM

loads
but the best recorded fill is the stereo panned thunder layed down by roger taylor in queen's sone 'too much love will kill you' on the heaven album. its just before the drum solo. check it out on good loud speakers.

j

Speedy

07-10-2005, 09:51 PM

Jason Bittner-The Light that Blinds
Neil Peart-2112
Keith Moon-My Generation

Ashton Drum's

07-15-2005, 04:36 AM

For me it would have to be the one at the start of man in a suitcase by the police that would have to be my fave

Dr. Neaux

07-15-2005, 05:44 AM

What's up everyone? My first post on this site. Favorite fills: Bonham's triplet fills in 'Stairway' are incredible. Amazing how fast he was doing those. Man, there are so many. Here's one that might get me thrown off of this forum: Phil Collins' intro fill on 'In the Air Tonight'. I also love Buddy Rich's roll in the beginning of West Side Story from Rich At The Top.

dothecrunge

08-27-2005, 01:20 AM

Bonzo's fill after the solo in "Stairway To Heaven". How the hell does he do that!?

Stu_Strib

08-27-2005, 01:47 AM

Bonzo's fill after the solo in "Stairway To Heaven". How the hell does he do that!?

Yeah, that one is very similar to the fill in Separate Ways by Journey (Steve Smith).

That is my fave fill of all time!

stu

dothecrunge

08-27-2005, 03:22 AM

Yeah, that one is very similar to the fill in Separate Ways by Journey (Steve Smith).

That is my fave fill of all time!

stu

Here: I made a video of it from Led Zeppelin's "DVD", although it's not the exact fill he does.

http://media.putfile.com/bonzosthfill

HardRockDrummer

08-27-2005, 01:24 PM

Matt Cameron in "Rusty Cage"- by Soundgarden, it's so hard to get the opening fill spot on.
"Love Boat Captain"- by Pearl Jam, the roll on the first tom and goes down the toms, very cool.
Also "Black Hole Sun"- the guitar solo bit is mind-boggling. and my appreciation for Matt goes on...

YYZ,
Brad Wilk- "People Of The Sun" by RATM,
Plus all the Zeppelin songs.

Stu_Strib

08-27-2005, 03:50 PM

Here: I made a video of it from Led Zeppelin's "DVD", although it's not the exact fill he does.

http://media.putfile.com/bonzosthfill

not working for me. says the file format is not recognized.

I'll post a video of my interpretation this weekend!

stu

dothecrunge

08-27-2005, 04:49 PM

not working for me. says the file format is not recognized.

I'll post a video of my interpretation this weekend!

stu

You might need the DivX codec to watch it.

HurdyGurdyMan

08-27-2005, 05:40 PM

I like Ringo's fills on She Said, She Said from the Revolver Album

NouveauCliche

09-07-2005, 06:34 PM

Pretty much any of the fills Vinnie plays coming in and out of the chorus on Sting's "Seven Days". It's a study on how someone can play utterly musical in a pop/rock context, and he does a GREAT job. Plus at the end where he takes a little mini-solo and manages to keep the 3 over 5 feel - dang slick.

mlehnertz

09-07-2005, 08:33 PM

Two were already mentioned in La Grange and Separate Ways.

Grand Funk Railroad - American Band. The whole opening before the "band" kicks in.

Maynard Ferguson - Birdland. The very end during the fade-out. A nice triplet thing. You've got to crank it up. I'm not entirely sure it's on CD version but it was on the cassette.

Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching (Live at Lupos). The live version gets a lot of play time in RI and Carter is just kicking the sh*t out of the band at the end. Smoking. I'll see if I can find this bootleg.

Frank Zappa - Pick Me, I'm Clean. Vinnie Colaiuta. Jesus. Quick and clean. Then there's the second one which is a complete change of style. That's Vinnie.

Journey - Mother, Father. Very similar to Separate Ways, but I still like it. There are some tasty, less-obvious fills in this tune as well.

Chuck Mangione - Hill Where the Lord Hides (Live at the Hollywood Bowl). James Bradley Jr does some nice stuff throughout the entire tune.

The Who - We Won't Get Fooled Again (Join Together). Basically a combo tour for Pete Townshend's White City release and The Who Tommy 20th reunion tour. You know where the fills are - if you don't shame on you.

Fat Elvis

09-25-2005, 09:52 PM

I have yet to see him mentioned, but:

Mark Brzezicki's work on The Cult's "Love" is fantastic. Specifically the "round the kit" fill at the end of the the guitar solo on the track "Love" -- man, what a great fill from a great album.

For those that dont know his work, listen to that album -- also he was the drummer for Big Country and did some fantastic stuff on there as well.

Sticksman

09-26-2005, 01:20 AM

All of Bonzo's killer triplets and rolls in Dazed and Confused... God thats a great drum song! Also the end of Lateralus, Danny just takes it all down... Ginger Baker's opening in White Room... The "Black Dog" fill (its about 1:38 into the song)... you know what, there's just so many, I wouldn't be able to do justice to them all!

Bad Drummer

09-26-2005, 09:09 AM

I really enjoy all the fills from "Fire". Mitch Mitchell is just an outstanding drummer, in my opinion.
Another one I really like is the assortment of fills Keith Moon does in "Who are you". The fills are just so intense.

madrums

10-21-2005, 06:39 PM

The End of AYA (Steely Dan) - played by Steve Gadd in one take....

Bernhard

Hello Berhard

I agrere with the drummer but not with the fill.
Steve Gadd`s fill in: 5 brother`s with Dave Grusin is my favorit.
It`s not a tune you hear on the radio, but Stephen is playing great:-)

Morten Andersen

cjl71178

10-21-2005, 09:04 PM

Man, there's so many...but here's a couple that stick in my head:

Limelight by Rush (the fill at the end of the song, and then that "rolling" tom fill)

(Don't You) Forget About Me by Simple Minds (the fill during the break down part, before it kicks back in)

Hot For Teacher by Van Halen (um, the whole song!)

Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin (the fill right before the guitar solo)

Rosanna by Toto (the fill right before the chorus part..."meet you all the way")

Won't Get Fooled Again....the original version. Although I do have to agree with mlehnertz on the Who's Join Together version...Simon Phillips!

Where Were You by Journey (right before the song kicks in, Steve Smith does a killer fill to come into the song)

Lovin, Touchin', Squeezin' by Journey (that tom tom fill right before the chorus...man, i love that sound of Ansley Dunbar's floor toms on that one!)

And if there are any Carmine Appice's fans out there...the Vanilla Fudge's live version of "Ticket To Ride", he does some sweet fills throughout the song (it's off "The Best of Vanilla Fudge Live...hard to find cd).

Mcbrain

10-21-2005, 11:09 PM

There are so many AWESOME picks here it's almost impossible to pick one. But for me i think i am going to have to say the opening fill on Where eagles dare on Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind !!!!!!

So powerfull and what a way to open a song...................Cheers

rendezvous_drummer

11-27-2005, 07:43 PM

it may not be much but mine would have to be the fill that goes from the transition of the verse into the bridge of "sometimes you can't make it on your own" by U2. Larry Mullen Jr. is the man!

jimmeh

12-03-2005, 03:01 PM

danny carey's 4 second fill at 5:38 in schism....i love that...brilliant combination of cymbals and toms...

Pete Stoltman

12-06-2005, 05:35 AM

Buddy Rich on "Love for Sale" he said so much with just singles on the snare and one bass hit.

pearl_floyd

12-08-2005, 02:01 AM

He may not do the most complex fills but Mitch Mitchell's fill's are true classics.

wes

12-15-2005, 12:50 AM

Id say "only one" by slipknot i love it at the beggining when he does the fast rolls on the toms

:D

greygoose

12-23-2005, 06:11 AM

Definatly In Bloom, In the bridge and at the end of the chorus's they fit in so well with the song

Loge

12-31-2005, 02:24 AM

Any of the fills Billy Cobham does on the song "Birds of Fire" with Mahavishnu but particularly that rudimental sounding progression down the toms early in the song.
Totally insane!

DrumProgressive

12-31-2005, 12:16 PM

I like the fill by Daniel Svensson from in flames in the song Pinball map. The one he play's to get to the chorus.

Dell "The CB Drummer"

12-31-2005, 07:03 PM

Na na...the main part to Toxicity by system of a down by john is insane not to difficult once you figure it out but the sound and the mixture is great.

foursticks

12-31-2005, 07:57 PM

He may not do the most complex fills but Mitch Mitchell's fill's are true classics.
damn straight! i love the fills he does in hendrix's guitar solo in purple haze. pure class!

dib da drummer

01-02-2006, 06:46 AM

My favorite fill from a song is in the song "Freewill", by Rush. Neil Peart does some
unbelievable fills and rolls, in the middle of the song, during the instrumental! What
a lick!!

Jeroen aka aksie

01-04-2006, 12:16 AM

Disturbed - Awake

around 2:27 I think (as i remember)

Looking_For_A_Band

01-04-2006, 05:15 AM

It would have to be a song from Shadows Fall on their War Within album called For Those Who Cannot Speak...the beginning of the song...it's just so pretty...and then...BAM! They take off. What a way to end an album, a great one at that.

CCdrummer

01-26-2006, 11:15 PM

This thread is kind of old so this may never be read but I just had to let it be known that for me it was always Pearts' fills on the beginning of "spirit of radio". Whenever I hear that song still makes me want to stand up with my fists in the air and yell "YEAH"! Also was the first rush stuff I learned how to do properly.

Mikkel

05-14-2006, 01:11 PM

My favorite fill is in Alien Ant Farm's "Courage" the song just starts out with the fill, it's a simple fill, but I love it anyway it just have so much power in it!

Also in Sevendust's "Praise" right after the chours where the singer sings "you need to open up your eyes" where Morgan Rose, just pounds the double pedal, in an awesome fill!

I don't know wich one there's my favorite fill, i love em both, so I just worte both down! :)

S.C.

05-14-2006, 04:37 PM

Some non-virtuosic favorites:

Ringo: "A Day in the Life"
Jeff Porcaro: "Africa" and several from Toto - 7th One.

MyNameIsRyan

05-14-2006, 04:40 PM

Well lately my favorite fill is in the song Vicarious by Tool off the new album.

sir_willy

05-15-2006, 05:16 PM

Any of the fills from Cobwebs and Strange by The Who. I know alot of you debate Keith Moon's technical ability, but man, that guy could really fill.

Guinness

05-15-2006, 11:25 PM

Mine has to be one of the fills that Peart uses on Temples of Syrinx. A good friend of mine who also majored in percussion in college also has a lot of respect for that fill. Years ago we decided to name it "The Impossible Fill". Never have quite nailed that sucker down yet, although he has. :(

TonKpilS_657

05-16-2006, 12:54 AM

hm... this is difficult...

The Ruin fill.

Chris Adler lays down this drum break in the middle of the song Ruin, on Lamb of God's second album. As the Palaces Burn.

heres an Mp3 for the people who dont know what im talking about. its about 2 minutes 40 seconds into the song.

Ruin (http://nick.tkaczyk.org/ruin.mp3)

BenjiMachine

07-25-2006, 11:26 AM

John Bonham - Thank You (BBC Sessions)....the best fills you've ever heard

averypoordrummer

07-25-2006, 11:50 AM

mark brzezicki's first two bar long fill on "Sailor" by big country. just perfect, not overdone and just fantastic timing.

TomasHakkesBrain

07-25-2006, 06:42 PM

Dave Lombardo-seasons in the abyss..especially the huge floor tom/bass drum fill before the verses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCCZvH_vlrQ&search=seasons%20in%20the%20abyss

dizkneelande

07-25-2006, 08:09 PM

John Bonham - Thank You (BBC Sessions)....the best fills you've ever heard

I agree so freaking much

Bttl

07-25-2006, 08:19 PM

Come on John Bonham does not belong in this thread!!!!!!! Out the door you go!!

The Ruin fill.

Chris Adler lays down this drum break in the middle of the song Ruin, on Lamb of God's second album. As the Palaces Burn.

I Second That! That is so cool. you have to listen to it again once you just heard it lol.

Tho without a doubt my award for favourite fills would be in the Song Finaly free by Dream Theater. Portnoy is so fun to watch and listen to while doing his solo parts.

Bonham15

07-25-2006, 09:09 PM

I'd say Bill Ward's minute long fill in Rat Salad, by Black Sabbath. Hey Dell the "CB Drummer," Toxicity took me about an hour and a half to perfect it. Not to simple, but easy.

BenjiMachine

07-25-2006, 09:13 PM

I agree so freaking much

That start,.... eveytime i hear it sets all my muscles twitching and i get this energy build-up that says ''go forth and DRUM!''...

Such an underated zep track especialy that version everyone is spot on...and Broken Triplets everywhere...

dizkneelande

07-26-2006, 05:56 AM

[QUOTE=Bttl]Come on John Bonham does not belong in this thread!!!!!!! Out the door you go!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO you suck he so belongs in this thread.

anyways fills suck!! they're what you call a drummer trying to hide his lack of groove. except for jb!

Bttl

07-26-2006, 11:33 PM

[quote=Bttl]Come on John Bonham does not belong in this thread!!!!!!! Out the door you go!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO you suck he so belongs in this thread.

I just think there are far better drummers out there capable of more techincal and better sounding fills.

I hate the way John Bonhams name is thrown around in 90% of the threads on this forum. He was good but come on MOVE ON!!

groovemaster_flex

07-27-2006, 12:41 AM

[QUOTE]

I just think there are far better drummers out there capable of more techincal and better sounding fills.

I hate the way John Bonhams name is thrown around in 90% of the threads on this forum. He was good but come on MOVE ON!!
Can't believe you said that! *faints* I actually love eighth note snare fills! Listen to the one on Lido Shuffle =)

emmerson

07-28-2006, 08:01 PM

my favorite is Ruin - lamb of god

Funky_drummer

07-29-2006, 03:32 PM

Great fill in Herbie Hancock's headhunters album in Chameleon played by Harvey Mason at about 3mins 20

Ufipman!

07-30-2006, 06:27 AM

Sorry, but here's another Bonham fill that I think BELONGS in this thread...

Stairway- off The Song Remains The Same, the fill Bonham plays when Plant sings "your head is humming and it wont go..."

I understand there may be better drummers in the world, and so did he. But to me, this is one tasty fill!

here's another favorite...

Nick Mason- "Comfortably Numb" (The child has grown, the dream is gone *fill*...simple, but I wouldn't change a note!)

I think this thread is probably more about taste and opinion rather than technical ability.

I also gotta say Weckl has some incredibly cool fills on the first tune off the Electric Band album, I think the song was called Rumble.

pdp 9091

07-30-2006, 06:34 AM

Bonzo's fill after the solo in "Stairway To Heaven". How the hell does he do that!?

he does it like this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fhI4KdxLaqo

i play it around 2: 46

crumbdrums

07-31-2006, 04:14 AM

Stewart Copeland, at the intro to Bombs Away....not all that dificult but just so.........(shivers)......

AvengedDrummer

07-31-2006, 06:01 PM

Wow, noboodys mentioned this, one of my favorites of all time. That huge descending tom roll about 2:52 into fat bottom girls by Queen. just awesome!!!

chops4kicks

08-13-2006, 06:48 AM

Wow, noboodys mentioned this, one of my favorites of all time. That huge descending tom roll about 2:52 into fat bottom girls by Queen. just awesome!!!
i love that one too! but also im surprised no one has mentioned this one, i literally have to close my eyes when im listening to this to take in every note: pink floyds Another Brick in the Wall ; the part with the like 30 second roto toms fill i love that

Also a different variety:
Angels and Airwaves The Adventure the fills leading into the chorus (one of the only reasons i listen to that)

The beginning of Slave Labor by Fear Factory with the snare and bass - open hats great

Iron Maiden Hallowed Be Thy Name - the part where the drums stop and then the long tom fills start only accompanied by guitar (i especially like nicko's version live)

Red Hot Chili Peppers Soul to Squeeze about 3:15 after the groove with the china

dizkneelande

08-13-2006, 10:55 PM

[QUOTE]

I just think there are far better drummers out there capable of more techincal and better sounding fills.

I hate the way John Bonhams name is thrown around in 90% of the threads on this forum. He was good but come on MOVE ON!!

well i think you're completly wrong.

his feel=untouched

technical? who gives a hoot! he sounds awesome

Bttl

08-14-2006, 12:05 AM

Pfffft sure i love some of dhis drumming. But the word Untouched is NOT a way to describe his drumming.

HardcoreLogo

08-14-2006, 02:08 AM

One fill i don't think i ever got down 100% was the drum entrance in Sober by Tool.............does anyone know how it is really played, or where i can find an accurate transcription?

torben

08-16-2006, 12:42 AM

Led Zeppelin: Stariway To Heaven

Anyone who's heard the song will understand...

dizkneelande

08-16-2006, 02:31 AM

Pfffft sure i love some of dhis drumming. But the word Untouched is NOT a way to describe his drumming.

his feel aka groove

pdp 9091

08-16-2006, 02:50 AM

Pfffft sure i love some of dhis drumming. But the word Untouched is NOT a way to describe his drumming.

No one has or ever will have the same groove that bonham did. And for that reason Untouched is the way to describe his drumming. Sure people can duplicate what he did but could they have made it up? Probably not. The thing is about Bonham, his drumming didnt revolve around a whole lotta chops. He was all about raw power, slamming the skins at atomic levels that produced a signature sound for him and then stringing in his famous grooves that had a feel like no one elses - especially in the older material with the bluesy feel. (for example the grooves in I Cant Quit You Baby, How Many More Times, Heartbreaker, Since Ive been loving you, ect...and the list goes on) So it is right by saying his drumming is and has been Untouched.

Fur drummer

08-17-2006, 05:06 AM

The fills in "Hocus Pocus" by Focus are really cool. They are like little solos. I don't know who their drummer was but he was really cool.

Ufipman!

08-17-2006, 05:14 AM

The fills in "Hocus Pocus" by Focus are really cool. They are like little solos. I don't know who their drummer was but he was really cool.

I'm glad you mentioned them, I added an excellent video of them on the "Peirre Van Der Linden" thread, please check it out.

Fur drummer

08-17-2006, 07:51 AM

I'm glad you mentioned them, I added an excellent video of them on the "Peirre Van Der Linden" thread, please check it out.
Thanks for letting me know about that video and who he was. The drum sound on their album "Moving Waves" was really cool. Those drum breaks where some of the coolest I have heard. There is also a nice drum solo on that album.

richyokes

09-09-2006, 11:46 PM

Peoples,

The 1 bar bridge in Ricki Lee Jones's 'Chuck E's in Love', Steve Gadd....never tire of it. Think he plays the underside of the HH during this....it's so sweet.

justJon

09-10-2006, 01:13 AM

I always liked the opening fill to ELP's "The Sherriff". Carl Palmer plays it, then halfway through, goes, "S*&%" and starts over again. When I was 15, it sounded like magic. It's still pretty cool.

-Ryco

10-15-2006, 12:36 AM

It's not really a fill, but the intro drum lick for "Bellboy" from The Who's Quadrophenia. Townshend is so blown away you can here him say "Yeah!".

Also like the little drum solo from "Won't Get Fooled Again" just cuz they left in the little stutter mistake. That's rocknroll!

Oh yeah, and the little intro to "Pure and Easy"

rendezvous_drummer

10-15-2006, 08:05 AM

the fill at the end of the intro to "Fool in the Rain" is awesome.

bcb_06

10-18-2006, 11:33 PM

The fill in little wing, just before the vocals come in.

ndrummerc

11-12-2006, 01:24 AM

bout evey zep fill. my fav would be the last one in "would?" by alice in chains, right before layne goes "if i would could you?". not hard, dont know why i like it, but i like it.

Mapex589

11-12-2006, 01:30 AM

nhzoso

11-14-2006, 02:57 AM

[QUOTE]

I just think there are far better drummers out there capable of more techincal and better sounding fills.

I hate the way John Bonhams name is thrown around in 90% of the threads on this forum. He was good but come on MOVE ON!!

MOVE ON?? pfffftttt, too bad your just gonna have to live with the fact that Bonham is going to be mentioned more than Portnoy on this site.. Sorry I dont make the rules but thats the way it is.....hahahahahahaha

Bonham does'nt belong in this thread?? You don't belong in this thread for making that statement alone..but we'll let ya stay it's quite amusing.

cnw60

11-14-2006, 06:28 PM

ok - it's not one specific fill, but Bill Bruford on 'Heart of the Sunrise' is awesome, especially from 0:30 to 1:10 or so when it's just bass and drums laying down the groove and Bill just does his thing - so good!

EternalArcadia

03-23-2007, 08:00 PM

basically all of virgil donati's fills in his planet x albums. good stsuff

bonzolead

03-23-2007, 09:40 PM

bout evey zep fill. my fav would be the last one in "would?" by alice in chains, right before layne goes "if i would could you?". not hard, dont know why i like it, but i like it.A fill doesn't. have to be extremely difficult to play to sound good,sometimes less is more.

Bonzolead

bonzolead

03-23-2007, 09:43 PM

the fill at the end of the intro to "Fool in the Rain" is awesome.
are you talking the fill right after the timbale fill?that fill is one of my fav's. also.It's not hard but sounds way cool after all it's BONHAM.

Bonzolead

bonzolead

03-23-2007, 09:45 PM

The fills in "Hocus Pocus" by Focus are really cool. They are like little solos. I don't know who their drummer was but he was really cool.
I agree also too cool not to mension the yoddling LOL

Bonzolead

bonzolead

03-23-2007, 09:52 PM

there are soo many cool fills out there it's hard to pick a favorite.I always like the fill that starts "lakeside park" by Rush but anything Peart did was cool along with my fav Bonham,Paice,Moon,Mitch Mitchell.karn-evil #9 by ELP.I could just keep going & going just as long if it's played with REAL drums no drum machines-BLAH

Keep Swatting(real drums),
Bonzolead

maddrummr

03-24-2007, 03:58 AM

My favorite fill is as simple as they come. At the end of Brain Damage, the four quarter notes transfering in to Eclipse.Then the keyboard kicks in and WOW i get the chills... Nick Mason gets me every time.

millersc

03-24-2007, 10:08 AM

One of my all time favorites is the one from Chuck E's in Love (Rickie Lee Jones) from the legendary Steve Gadd.

Tubs player

04-02-2007, 10:07 PM

i like the fill in Iron Maiden - Brave New World (it's the longish one during the solo)

drummerboy666

04-13-2007, 01:15 AM

primus - southbound pachyderm there are several fills from about 4.45 onwards words cannot describe tim alexanders ability

Class A Drummer

04-13-2007, 04:42 AM

Okay, maybe this isnt really a fill, but the little solo thing Steve Gadd Plays in Late in the Evening.

Its not really a fill, because thats the groove of the entire song.

I was absolutly thrilled when i learned how easy it was to play on the set.

Wegadrummer

04-13-2007, 10:17 AM

Intro for Higway Star by Deep Purple.. Still gives me the kreeps..

tomsmithkinross

04-13-2007, 12:19 PM

At The Start Of "6:00" Portnoy busts out this fill only on about four different toms but it kicks ass and it justs gets the song moving. Really Quite Kick Ass mmmmm... quite!

Mr. Pasquini

04-13-2007, 03:07 PM

I don't have a particular favorite kill mainly due to the fact that my favorite drummer is Brann Dailor. He's so fill oriented I just can't choose. Listen to Hearts Alive or Ole' Nessy, those have MANY amazing fills in them.

O Baterista

04-14-2007, 07:21 AM

and its a bit cliche, but the breaks in Tom Sawyer, Neil Peart.

stu

They are not the most complicated fills by any means (hey I can play them) but there's a reason I made those breaks my primary ringtone on my phone.

The topic of the thread is what's your favorite fill not what's the most incredible you've ever heard so I don't think there's anything cliche about saying that you like it. Everyone has their own taste and things that speak to them and for some reason those fills speak to me.

thecraponline

04-14-2007, 07:34 AM

I could go on and on listing all the Jimmy Chamberlin fills I like because there are so many and I can't pick any one that I like best, so I'll just say I like everything he plays!

franklinj

04-14-2007, 07:44 AM

In the Wake of the Swollen Goat- Clutch. The intro is used as a transition fill and it osunds amazing.

franklinj

04-14-2007, 07:47 AM

No one has or ever will have the same groove that bonham did. And for that reason Untouched is the way to describe his drumming. Sure people can duplicate what he did but could they have made it up? Probably not. The thing is about Bonham, his drumming didnt revolve around a whole lotta chops. He was all about raw power, slamming the skins at atomic levels that produced a signature sound for him and then stringing in his famous grooves that had a feel like no one elses - especially in the older material with the bluesy feel. (for example the grooves in I Cant Quit You Baby, How Many More Times, Heartbreaker, Since Ive been loving you, ect...and the list goes on) So it is right by saying his drumming is and has been Untouched.

I honestly think Jean Paul Gaster in Bonhams modern day rival. If youve seen him live, you would totally understand what I mean. He has CHOPS, but he grooves his ass off.

stasz

04-28-2007, 04:14 AM

I don't care how many times it's been said, the triplets on Fool in the Rain are definitely up there on my list of, like, the best drum fills. I really love at 1:12, where he first uses drags and rim shots. The second drum fill in No Quarter with the ghost notes is fantastic, I still get chills when I hear it. I also like the fills right after the drum solo when the band comes back in Moby Dick.

Aside from Bonham, Jajunk pt. II by Umphrey's McGee- I just love everything that Kris starts doing when he goes between the toms, hats, snare, and bass in his fills. Also off Anchor Drops, the title track, when there's a fill after the first verse leading into the guitar solo, and on Plunger, there are some tasty fills.

Yes- Tales from the Topographic Ocean- The Revealing Science of God- right at 4:16. I could listen to that fill over and over again, even if 32nd note fills aren't scarce in rock.

Phish- Story of the Ghost- Limb by Limb- The nice descending tom thing at 1:17.

Rush- A Passage to Bangkok, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, Jacob's Ladder, and YYZ. But that last one is just begging for fills every, what, 4 bars? So anyone could do that, really.

The Beatles- Maxwell's Silver Hammer in the chorus and Cry Baby Cry's first drum fill.

stasz

04-28-2007, 04:30 AM

P.S. They Might Be Giants- Lincoln- Cowtown's drum intro- overall pretty lame, but the first time I heard it I had a chuckle. It fits the song like a special-ordered glove.

stp112192

05-16-2007, 02:03 AM

Pretty much all of the fills from dazed and confused, those lightning fast drum rolls around the set. Amazing

Dude i did a cover of that the videos on youtube tell me what you think...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U2pdCAxha0
I'm 14.....

so just the first fill that comes to mind is the first fill in "Baby, you wouldn't last a minute on the creek" by "Chiodos". really all the fills are awesome and fun to play but specifically the first.

somtawyer

05-17-2007, 05:55 AM

Well , mine are mostly all Peart, but , 1 that comes to mind is the fill after verse 1 of Open Secrets , starting at 1:40. Also , just about the entire "Give Blood" song - talk about groove! Thanks.
Somtawyer

bballdrummer34

05-17-2007, 07:53 AM

Buddy Rich on "Love for Sale" he said so much with just singles on the snare and one bass hit.

I was looking to see if anyone had said that yet. I second that.

LinearDrummer

05-17-2007, 08:06 PM

Neil -
Alienshore: Killer fill at the end right when Geddy says "For you and me!"
Leave that thing alone: Crazy fill at the end
Digital Man : All the fills during the lil reggae riff...
Xanadu : The cowbell fill during the guitar riff...

Richie Heyward -
Liltte by Little by Robert Plant...real tastey fills throughout.....

Weckl
Spur of the moment: The intro is classic....
Tower of Inspiration: During the hits section some crazy synchopated licks.....still can't fiqure them out....

Garibaldi
Soul Vaccination: We gonna play that @ our next big show....the breaks are killing me to get them right in time....

Theres soooo many more!

somtawyer

05-18-2007, 01:20 AM

Another of my favourites just came to mind - if everyone can allow drum solos to be songs .... Neil Peart`s Show of Hands solo has that `` let`s use 2 toms and my snare. but only 2 hands , and cross-over like mad `` section.

prempex

12-28-2007, 02:13 AM

i know this isnt a ery fancy fill/outro, compared to weckl a peart, but i htink dave grohl does this great.

band: queens of the stone age
album: songs for the deaf
song title:a song for the dead

check out the outro, i love how dave grohl has his toms tuned in this track.

took me almost 2 weeks to master that outro

Deltadrummer

12-28-2007, 03:36 AM

I used to love that fill that opens Temples of Syrinx by Rush. Then I realized it was Bruford's fill from the opening of Heart of the Sunrise played down the toms. Well, that would be one of my favorites, Heart of the Sunrise. Lots of nice stuff in there. I especially like the triplet stuff he does at the end. But I always liked that the roll four sixteenths, roll four sixteenth thing.

Also, that fill the opens up the final return of the 'a' section in Josie, Steely Dans' with Jim Keltner.

The fills in Al Jarreau's Distracted with Steve Gadd, especially the flam after the first statement of the verse, and the 9 stroke roll after the first chorus.

Jeremy

12-28-2007, 03:51 AM

Probably one I saw James Williams play in a concert with Tiger Okoshi where he just ripped around the kit, but was playing really quiet until he cracked out a rimshot and actually stood up and stomped on the kick pedal. It was really cool.

The fills in Little Wing are also just amazing, especially the first one. I know people who play it just on guitar when they're sitting around, and everyone always sings those fills because the song just isn't complete without them.

milkbetweenorangejuice

12-28-2007, 04:05 AM

To list but a few:

'Bombs Away' (0:35) - Stewart Copeland

'La Grange' (Very first fill) - Frank Beard

'Money' (4:25) - Nick Mason

'Bargain' (0:12, First fill) - Keith Moon

'Tarkus' (2:47) - Carl Palmer

'Apocaplypse In 9/8, Supper's Ready' (The whole section blows me away; one of my favorite pieces of drumming in all of music) - Phil Collins

'No Quarter' (0:53) - Bonham

'La Villa Strangiato' (6:28) - Neil

svkelleher10

12-28-2007, 04:51 AM

I know Nick Barker's overrated, and i know he uses triggers, but for some reason i love this fill:

Dimmu Borgir's "The Serpentine Offering" ( 4:28)

Deltadrummer

12-28-2007, 05:45 AM

To list but a few:

'Tarkus' (2:47) - Carl Palmer

Tarkus' (2:47) - Carl Palmer I was thinking of something and couldn't place it; it was the one at about 17:50 with the phase.

crispyb

12-28-2007, 07:07 AM

The last 30 seconds of Lock and Key from Hold Your Fire (rush)
Theres just something about the build up, two singles then that flam a diddle (I think)
Then the onslaught of glory that just gives me goosebumps. I cant tell you how many times ive listened to that.

Also
Manu Katche absolutly shreds on Gabriel's Secret World live album
MY GOD (also I dont remember who played bass on that album but damn that dude was amazing.)
The fills on Red Rain; my favorite one is at 3:00 something about that fill and the fills during that segment are just soooo melodic and captivating. (although almost the whole song is a fill hahaha show off)
Another is
Across the River (katche same album)
starting at about the 5:00 the whole ending haha amazing.

Another is
Omar Hakim
from Childrens Crusade off of Stings debut solo album Dream of the Blue Turtles
They go into this insane sax solo and Omar just lights it up great ones
at 2:29 (wow) and
3:18 AND 3:42 hahahaha are u kidding me!!

Ok I know im going nuts here but I dont care haha I love it!
Heres one
Vinnie from 7 days off of Ten Summoners Tales (sting)
the fill into the chorus at around 1:07 (uh what!?)
Stewart Copeland intro to Man in a Suitcase he finishes the fill with a SPLASH hahah NICE!
Also the end of Murder by Numbers
0:13 Driven to Tears
Intro into Spirits In The Material world
Ok i'll stop
Anyhow Its songs like these and the fills that, well 'fill' them that make my day. God I dont wanna stop lol...ok i will =(

Styx

12-28-2007, 12:36 PM

The intro to "Where eagles dare" on the Piece of Mind album by Iron Maiden. I can never get tired of that fill from Nicko.

aydee

12-28-2007, 12:57 PM

Lenny White, on the last chorus of the piano solo on The Sorceress.

Album- Romantic Warrior

Band- Return to Forever

....but, hey.... its just a fill.. thats all.

kaseli

12-28-2007, 05:38 PM

1. Steve Gadd on Al Jarreau's Distracted (Album - This Time)
At 1:34 he does his signature hi-hat-snare combinations but I really like his very simple tom fills like in 2:25 or the snare roll in 4:32. Very creative playing. I guess that's why he's the master.

2. David Garibaldi played an amazing fill at 0:55 of Tower of Power's Funkifize (Album - Bump City). He sets up the horn hit so beautifully.

3. Vinnie Colaiuta on Sting's Seven Days. A master class in musicality.

4. Vinnie's wilder side is on display on Allan Holdsworth's City Nights (Album Secrets). For many years I thought that Vinnie overplayed on that album but I came to realize the sheer genius of his playing. The energy he lends the music is just out of this world. If you're looking for one-of-a-kind fills, you'll find plenty here.

Saponi Boy

12-28-2007, 06:46 PM

Either Stubblefield or Starks did this fill, Im not sure...but it's on the Bobby Byrd song, "I Know You Got Soul"...also sampled by hip hop artist Rakim in the 80's. This fill is funky as hell, and you have to have quick hands to play it. I love it!

actually i just did a search, and it's Ben Powers Jr. w/Funkadelic. I didnt realize the drum track on Rakim's version was a different sample from the Byrd sample.

RelapsedMusician

12-28-2007, 10:53 PM

mike portnoys 9/8 fill in "dark eternal night"

mofle

12-28-2007, 11:11 PM

The ones I can think of is all of Bonhams, plus the fill at about 1:50 in Galactics song ''The Moil'' from ''Ruckus'' is pretty cool. Stanton Moore by the way.

TheGroceryman

12-29-2007, 05:59 PM

This one fill from "one with everything" by styx. or like 2 fills, actually all the fills in that song are quite amazing and creative as hell. when the song breaks in to 7/8. just a really good solo...

Alexdrum75

12-29-2007, 06:10 PM

gretsch223

12-29-2007, 10:22 PM

Jimmy Cobb- In "So What" leading in to Miles' solo - Classic...

dr43

12-30-2007, 02:12 AM

There's one really simple fill that gets me every time: in Exit Music by Radiohead the first fill to bring the drums in after that little hint on the ride that it's about to kick off.

milkbetweenorangejuice

12-30-2007, 05:28 AM

There's one really simple fill that gets me every time: in Exit Music by Radiohead the first fill to bring the drums in after that little hint on the ride that it's about to kick off.

Love it. Not only is it a great fill, those drums sound incredible as well.

schist

12-30-2007, 07:01 AM

danny carey's 4 second fill at 5:38 in schism....i love that...brilliant combination of cymbals and toms...

When playing that song, that was the one fill in the whole song I'd have trouble with ... !

schist

12-30-2007, 07:02 AM

I know Nick Barker's overrated, and i know he uses triggers, but for some reason i love this fill:

Dimmu Borgir's "The Serpentine Offering" ( 4:28)

That was Jan Axel Von Blomberg (aka 'Hellhammer') playing on that song, and indeed that whole album, so you know.

DreamTheater4life

12-30-2007, 07:06 AM

my favorite fill probably has to be the opening fill for Never Enough by Dream Theater. it's simple but it's so cool =D

Elvis

12-30-2007, 08:03 PM

One fill I love to do, that I copped years ago (and use A LOT), is the little snare-tom thing from "Ain't too proud to beg".
Not only a great song and a cool little fill, but its easy to play, understand and it works literally EVERYWHERE.

Elvis

drummer-russ

01-17-2013, 06:29 PM

Too many to even recall quickly to post. So I will mention the fill that caught my attention at an outdoor concert before I knew his name. That was Neil Peart just before the chorus in Fly By night. Turned my head and I headed right to the front row and never left.

Embalmer

01-18-2013, 12:55 AM

Holy thread resurrection! One of my all time faves is the intro to "Honor thy Father" by Dream Theater. Mike Portnoy is a machine!

Fur drummer

01-18-2013, 01:17 AM

Some more fills I like are.....
Phil Collins " In the Air Tonight" when the drums kick in.

Neil Peart on "Red Barchetta" when he goes from the small 6 inch tom all the way around to the big 15 inch, or so, tom. Also all the fills he does in "Fly by Night"

Kelly!

01-18-2013, 02:23 AM

Haha easy.... Check this out! Give it about 15secs. ---->>http://youtu.be/Ygpdca63j1c. Then check it out in slow-mo once it's finished. Crazy...

Midnite Zephyr

01-18-2013, 03:43 AM

Run to the HILLS <<drum fill>><<drum fill>> **crash**
Run for your LIVES <<<<drum fill>>>> **crash**
repeat.

Maybe not my favorite, but it sure sticks around in one's head for a long time.

leokatero

01-18-2013, 03:49 AM

So I will mention the fill that caught my attention at an outdoor concert before I knew his name.http://webcardid.com/apple/images/a15http://webcardid.com/apple/images/k3

Elvis

01-18-2013, 04:29 AM

Neil Pert on "Red Barchetta" when he goes from the small 6 inch tom all the way around to the big 15 inch, or so, tom. Also all the fills he does in "Fly by Night"
Speaking of Neil Peart, one lick I always thought was pretty cool was the opening drum fill on "By-Tor and The Snow Dog".
I've never known anyone who could play it vebatem.

Elvis

EarthRocker

01-18-2013, 04:39 AM

At the end of this song there's a drum break, so not really a fill, unless you hear the full version with One Eyed Dollar, so I consider it a fill - a long fill, but a fill. The tempo and groove flow so well with the music, I couldn't imagine hearing the song without it. It's nothing complicated to play, but what it lacks in complexity, it makes up for in soul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx6FV2qR2TY

iamjohn

01-18-2013, 01:32 PM

A couple that come to mind:

Jim Keltner at the end of Steely Dan's Josie
Stewart Copeland at the end of the Police's No Time This Time

SquadLeader

01-18-2013, 03:09 PM

Terry Williams' fills in Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits from the live Alchemy album.

Awesome

Sjogras

01-18-2013, 03:29 PM

The rlrrlkk(?) sticking that Gavin Harrison plays is pretty spot on.

Have a listen from 4:45 or so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW3Y_YvP_jw

I think there's a transcription of that entire fill in his thread.

Otto

01-18-2013, 09:00 PM

I have a particular liking for Gavins work on Sound Of Muzak...where he comes back in from the voice/acoustic guitar only section(as played on the album).

Brilliant

drummaman1

01-19-2013, 08:33 AM

1. John Bonham - specifically "D'yer Maker" every fill a showcase on that song. Mainly because he's the only one playing at that time. Makes it stick out even more. Genius songwriting, not just drumming, on that one.

2. Ringo - "Day in the Life" is one, but "Come Together" Try and play that intro groove without it, or with a different fill. You can't.

3. Tony Williams - anything. He played fills, but his was more a "conversation" which to some sounds like "overplaying". He was masterful in creating direction and flow in any song he played.

mikel

01-19-2013, 04:12 PM

Kieth Moon on Substitute by the Who.

Its the man falling down stairs with a drum kit fill, just before the start of the last verse.

Always makes me smile, Its just so unexpected and exuberant, pure Moonie.

Elvis

01-19-2013, 09:05 PM

Thanks for the reminder mikel =)

"Old Days" - Chicago.
Just the whole dam song. Love the drumming.

Elvis

AirborneSFC

01-19-2013, 09:40 PM

drum4fun27302

01-19-2013, 10:21 PM

A7X nightmare , the intro.

permutation

01-19-2013, 11:30 PM

The 1bar fill Stewart plays leading into the 1st verse in "Man in a Suitcase" by The Police.

jodgey4

01-20-2013, 06:16 AM

John Mayer - I Don't Trust Myself at 2:38
Steve Jordan's "3e&a 4 & "
I seriously have gotten chills all over so many times from that part of the song - one of my favorite moments in all of music.

Toolate

01-21-2013, 02:35 AM

bigiainw

01-21-2013, 02:52 AM

During Afterglow from Genesis Three Sides Live. I think Phil Collins and Chester Thompson were both playing at the same time. I really enjoyed that entire album.

For best sounding drums I still love Aaron Comess from The Spin Doctors. Anything off of Pocket Full of Kryptonite to my ears sounds as drums should.

I know the afterglow fill really well, and yes, it needs 2 drummers but sounds amazing. And that album from the spin doctors has some very impressive playing.

Are we related?

con struct

01-21-2013, 03:22 AM

This song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0iA_rOcn9Y)by the Who is loaded with fantastic fills.

8Mile

01-21-2013, 04:55 AM

Rickie Lee Jones' Chuck E's In Love. Steve Gadd's fill at 1:55: http://youtu.be/wLu387iIBmM?t=1m55s

permutation

01-21-2013, 07:25 PM

permutation,

Isn't that the same opening fill that Stewart uses in Roxanne?

Elvis
Roxanne starts out with Stew playing hi hat for a few bars and then right into a beat.
Don't think he uses that fill anywhere in Roxanne.

He might use it in another Police song, though I can't recollect.

permutation

01-22-2013, 01:25 AM

Rickie Lee Jones' Chuck E's In Love. Steve Gadd's fill at 1:55: http://youtu.be/wLu387iIBmM?t=1m55s

That's a nice fill. Has Gadd written all over it.

wiredforbair

01-22-2013, 03:10 PM

Matt Camerons fills in Soundgardens "Black Hole Sun". Especially the last one before the last chorus.

Elvis

01-23-2013, 11:21 PM

Roxanne starts out with Stew playing hi hat for a few bars and then right into a beat.
Don't think he uses that fill anywhere in Roxanne.

He might use it in another Police song, though I can't recollect.
Yeah, sorry about that.
I remembered it differently.
My mistake.

Elvis

Jeremy Bender

01-24-2013, 12:21 AM

I've always thought the little snare and hi hat fill towards the end of "Don't you, forget about me" was kinda cool.
3:40 into the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlHz0wF0Ig

8Mile

01-24-2013, 01:41 AM

I've always thought the little snare and hi hat fill towards the end of "Don't you, forget about me" was kinda cool.
3:40 into the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlHz0wF0Ig
I remember always enjoying that fill along with a close drummer friend of mine, the guy who really got me started playing drums. We used to wait for that part and turn the volume up. Mel Gaynor.

Elvis

01-24-2013, 01:43 AM

Was reminded of another one earlier, but does one hit equal a "fill"?
Well, let me throw this out there and you guys decide.
Steely Dan's My Old School.
There's a section that features the horns, then goes into a crazy little guitar solo.
Right after that, Jim Hodder brings us back into the song with a single shot to his snare drum.
Man, I heard that one day and it went through me like a bolt of lightning.
To me, its a sort of "accent fill", but I love it anyway.

Elvis