synergy
Senior Member
I was just flicking through my channels and caught Van Halen's jump.
I had never really focussed on it before but I realised the drummer has 4 bass drums, not just 1 rack of roto-type toms but 2 plus a menagerie of floor toms and what appear to be congo's off to his right side next to his 2 or 3 floor toms!
Oh and dont forget the staple 'dont-leave-home-without-it' 60 inch gong!
I can understand to an extent a player and kit like Bozzio's- where I believe everything on that is for a reason and will actually be played.
However those kits in the 80's always looked like the production team just went around the warehouse and duct-taped what they could find to the drummer's usual 4-piece!
Any of you guys out there who were gigging through the 80's were you playing on kits like that at your local bars?
I had never really focussed on it before but I realised the drummer has 4 bass drums, not just 1 rack of roto-type toms but 2 plus a menagerie of floor toms and what appear to be congo's off to his right side next to his 2 or 3 floor toms!
Oh and dont forget the staple 'dont-leave-home-without-it' 60 inch gong!
I can understand to an extent a player and kit like Bozzio's- where I believe everything on that is for a reason and will actually be played.
However those kits in the 80's always looked like the production team just went around the warehouse and duct-taped what they could find to the drummer's usual 4-piece!
Any of you guys out there who were gigging through the 80's were you playing on kits like that at your local bars?