bongodoggie
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The United States may have invented rock & roll, but the UK wrote the definition of 'Heavy Drums'.
Ginger Baker, Mitch Michell, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bill Ward, Clive Bunker, Carl Palmer..... all British as far as I know, and were the first to play hard heavy rock drums.
Yes I know we (I'm from the U.S.) had Carmine Appice... he was heavy, had ties to the British scene, and influencial on hard rock. Yes, an exception there.
But otherwise, most American band's drummers were kind of light weight compared with the UK bashers. Bands like the Jefferson Airplanes, Steppinwolf, CCR, Chicago Transit Authority, The Grateful Dead, Janice Joplin, The Doors, Grand Funk, and the Eagles all had great drummers, but they were more rooted in the 50's foundation, disciples of blues and rock roll christmas past.
The Brits in the mean time were pushing limits and breaking rules and a ton of drum sticks.
Why there??? Was it because of London at that time, the British Invasion, The Beatles, and all that?
Were the British drummers coming more from a bagpipe fief drum tradition than from the blues and R&R?
Just curious what you all think.
Ginger Baker, Mitch Michell, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bill Ward, Clive Bunker, Carl Palmer..... all British as far as I know, and were the first to play hard heavy rock drums.
Yes I know we (I'm from the U.S.) had Carmine Appice... he was heavy, had ties to the British scene, and influencial on hard rock. Yes, an exception there.
But otherwise, most American band's drummers were kind of light weight compared with the UK bashers. Bands like the Jefferson Airplanes, Steppinwolf, CCR, Chicago Transit Authority, The Grateful Dead, Janice Joplin, The Doors, Grand Funk, and the Eagles all had great drummers, but they were more rooted in the 50's foundation, disciples of blues and rock roll christmas past.
The Brits in the mean time were pushing limits and breaking rules and a ton of drum sticks.
Why there??? Was it because of London at that time, the British Invasion, The Beatles, and all that?
Were the British drummers coming more from a bagpipe fief drum tradition than from the blues and R&R?
Just curious what you all think.