mmulcahy1
Platinum Member
I was watching Radiohead on Austin City Limits last night and noticed that they had two drummers and it got me to thinking; why? As I watched, they were simply playing note for note, beat for beat the same.
If I were in a band and they wanted two drummers, I just tell them to do with one and pay me twice as much. ;-)
Am I just being naive, or is there a point to double you percussion, double your fun?
Discuss.
Here's a list I stole from Wikipedia:
ZARD (Izumi Sakai)
King Crimson, in the 1990s and 2008
Grateful Dead
The Allman Brothers Band
Bon Iver
Gorillaz 2010 Tour
The Doobie Brothers
Slipknot
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Genesis, early years
Adam and the Ants
Gary Glitter
Modest Mouse
Angels of Light
The Melvins
Frank Zappa
Tortoise
Hidden Orchestra
Dananananaykroyd
Kylesa
Godsmack, occasionally
Do Make Say Think
Tornavalanche
Mushroomhead
Black Eyes
U.S. Christmas
The Fall 1981-1984; 1993-1997 (occasional)
NoMeansNo 1993-1997
Radiohead
The Roots
Pavement
Arcade Fire
Levon Helm during the '80s
Fugazi beginning in the early 2000s
White Rabbits
The Dirtbombs
The Feelies
The Butthole Surfers 1983-1985, 1986-1989, 2009
Bloc Party
Course of Empire
Combichrist
Poliça
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds since 1994
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Joe Bonamassa
If I were in a band and they wanted two drummers, I just tell them to do with one and pay me twice as much. ;-)
Am I just being naive, or is there a point to double you percussion, double your fun?
Discuss.
Here's a list I stole from Wikipedia:
ZARD (Izumi Sakai)
King Crimson, in the 1990s and 2008
Grateful Dead
The Allman Brothers Band
Bon Iver
Gorillaz 2010 Tour
The Doobie Brothers
Slipknot
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Genesis, early years
Adam and the Ants
Gary Glitter
Modest Mouse
Angels of Light
The Melvins
Frank Zappa
Tortoise
Hidden Orchestra
Dananananaykroyd
Kylesa
Godsmack, occasionally
Do Make Say Think
Tornavalanche
Mushroomhead
Black Eyes
U.S. Christmas
The Fall 1981-1984; 1993-1997 (occasional)
NoMeansNo 1993-1997
Radiohead
The Roots
Pavement
Arcade Fire
Levon Helm during the '80s
Fugazi beginning in the early 2000s
White Rabbits
The Dirtbombs
The Feelies
The Butthole Surfers 1983-1985, 1986-1989, 2009
Bloc Party
Course of Empire
Combichrist
Poliça
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds since 1994
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Joe Bonamassa