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Inspriational Drumming
Martin:
--- Quote from: timehat ---Actually, Bruford did not play on that song since he came into the band a few albums later. I believe that Michael Giles was the name of their original drummer, and he is seriously a rocking kit-master indeed.
Since I didn't see them mentioned, I will champion the names Morgan Agren (Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, Mats/Morgan, Frank Zappa), Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, solo work, lots of other stuff I can't remember), Dustin Donaldson (Thought Industry, I am Spoonbender), and Chad Wackerman (Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa).
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Ah, yeah. Michael Giles played their first albums, I totally forgot that. Bill Bruford also played in Yes, I believe. Fragile is such a great record. <3
AceGun:
I've been playing drums for 10 years now and I would say your brother should ignore Neil Peart unless he really likes Rush. Peart is completely overrated, and really is not a good person to learn from. Every drummer I know that has taken their inspiration from Neil Peart ends up with a 30 piece drumset and no idea how to actually play it (hasn't anyone seen Freaks and Geeks?).
If he wants to become a great drummer, he needs to start with jazz. This is really important for people moving from general percussion to the drumset, in my opinion. There are tons of great jazz drummers out there, I don't really think I need to name anyone specifically to listen to. He should pick up a video or take lessons if he really wants to learn to play jazz.
As far as 'inspiring people' go, I'd say he needs to find the style of music he likes and listen to the drumming from a lot of different bands. This will help him really figure out how drumming affects the band in different ways. He needs to think about what makes certain drummers work in certain bands and vice versa. Hopefully he'll learn just how much control drummers have over the pacing, accents, and mood of music and learn to love it.
Since you were asking for people that are inspiring here are a few bands to listen to that will make you go "whoa, I wish I could do that":
-Pretty much any prog band (Yes, King Crimson, Dream Theater)
-The Mars Volta (great latin influenced style mixed with the prog-y time sig changes)
-Coheed & Cambria (The rest of the band is trying to be Rush, but the drummer has a style of his own. I'd say you should try to watch him live, since it's much easier to see his technique)
-Wilco/Glenn Kotche (One of my favorites. He's very low-key, but is very aware of the ecclectic percussion the band requires)
-Dresden Dolls (You just have to see Brian Viglione live. He truly is amazing and incredibly unique. He basically drives the band, not low-key at all. He is obviously not content simply providing rhythm to Amanda Palmer.
-Converge (Wild yet tight. That's probably the best description)
Trying right off the bat to learn from these drummers is not a good idea, but it's a great thing to aspire to after a year or two behind the set.
FeralCats:
Get him a song called Keep It Greasy by Frank Zappa off the Joe's Garage album. It's insane drumming on that song.
Actually, get any album with that particular drummer, Vinnie Coliauta, on it.
There are the ones-
Joe's Garage
Shut Up And Play Yer' Guitar
Tinsel Town Rebellion.
Incredible drumming.
Inlander:
The Dirty Three. Jim White is an incredible drummer.
Also, too many jazz drummers to mention: Gene Krupa (most of his available recordings are under Benny Goodman's name), Jo Jones (look under Count Basie), "Philly" Joe Jones (a different person from Jo Jones; check out the original Miles Davis Quintet - especially their recording of "Salt Peanuts"), Max Roach, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones (with John Coltrane, mostly), and on and on and on.
Felix:
All I need to say after all that is :
Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
Come on. Just try to say it isn't incredible.
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