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Title: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: wikkedonez on April 23, 2015, 02:20:55 PM
There's been a lot of talk about Van Halens Hot For Teacher
on the boards lately but I think the best drum intro to a song
is Pantera's  13 Steps to Nowhere...
Makes me wanna punch somebody ;)


Next.....
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: wikkedonez on April 23, 2015, 02:23:30 PM
P.s.....Tom Sawyer from Rush doesn't
count..
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: pissant on April 23, 2015, 02:24:34 PM
Ticks and leeches

rational gaze

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Carlton G. Long on April 23, 2015, 02:24:51 PM
Walkin' On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves starts off with a fiesty drum beat.  

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Thin Lizzy on April 23, 2015, 02:32:00 PM
This is probably the most recognizable:

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 02:36:22 PM
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: wikkedonez on April 23, 2015, 02:37:18 PM
Banging the drum with a mike.....does that classify. ...haha
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 02:41:48 PM
YOU COULD BE MINE GUNS AND ROSES...
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: JGD on April 23, 2015, 02:43:33 PM
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: bigmc on April 23, 2015, 02:43:41 PM
funky cold medina tone loc  :-X
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 02:46:39 PM
Intros? "Over the Mountain" and Badlands' "Shine on" both have cool little opening fills.





"Stand up and Shout" has a similar HfT-type pattern, but it's on the snare and much shorter. Great drums throughout, though.

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 02:47:37 PM
Intros? "Over the Montain" and Badlands' "Shine On" both have cool little opening fills.





YEAH...
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 02:50:16 PM
Wasn't that Lee Kerslake of Heep on that Ozzy album ?
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: devilsmile on April 23, 2015, 02:51:22 PM
GTFO!

judas priest - painkiller

best drum intro in the world!

makes me feel like I'm six foot 10!

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 02:53:12 PM
But let's face it: drum solos in concerts are sooooooooo  boring.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 02:56:24 PM
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks

Love this one. Simple, but badass.



Rival Sons, my current favorite, pays Bonham tribute here, kinda meshing Levee and Kasmir for the intro:

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Bosch on April 23, 2015, 02:58:44 PM
Every metalhead knows these:









But practically it's almost impossible for rock music to make memorable drum intro without help of something else.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: el numero uno on April 23, 2015, 02:59:15 PM
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 03:00:00 PM
Wasn't that Lee Kerslake of Heep on that Ozzy album ?

No, it was Avery.



(Yes, Kerslake.)
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 03:10:19 PM
But let's face it: drum solos in concerts are sooooooooo  boring.

For me, totally depends on drummer. Dude like Dave Weckl (jazz fusion, mostly), I can and have listened for hours. Rock solo, there are a handful I can sit through. You're mostly right, though.

As a shitty drummer, I feel like you, passionately, about guitar and (God forbid) bass solos.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Bosch on April 23, 2015, 03:12:45 PM
But let's face it: drum solos in concerts are sooooooooo  boring.

Drum solos are the worst thing in rock music.
It's like explosive diarrhea - you never know when it'll hit you, you can't wait till it's over and you surely hate it.

But in jazz it's totally different story.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 03:17:48 PM
Agreed. But even in jazz they shouldn't take too long....as with every instrument.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 03:19:19 PM
Not really intros, but this is the kind of rock drumming that sends the Obama-like thrill up my leg.

Isolated "Fool in the Rain."



Temple's "Your Savior."



Both subtle, jazzy ghost notes, etc., each perfectly enhancing their respective tune. Many, many other examples, of course.

Also, question for Getbig's drummers/90s rock fans: Why is Matt Cameron's drumming in Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog SO MUCH more impressive than what he's since done with Pearl Jam? Is it just that PJ's music doesn't lend itself to more complex drum work?
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 03:21:04 PM
Bonham was really the best ever..... 8)
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 03:32:32 PM
Bonham was really the best ever..... 8)

No argument here. Not for rock, anyway.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 03:41:01 PM
Agreed. But even in jazz they shouldn't take too long....as with every instrument.

Agreed. Jazz usually works all instrument soloing into songs. Some are obviously longer, especially if the band's name includes the artist's.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 03:42:36 PM
Haha yes, but that's not just with jazz... 8)
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Bosch on April 23, 2015, 03:48:09 PM
It's not the intro, but I like the song, the beat and of course the performance by Mike Mangini.

Sounds great even on bootleg-quality record.

Agreed. Jazz usually works all instrument soloing into songs.

Well, jazz works every way imaginable. ; )
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dr Dutch on April 23, 2015, 03:49:04 PM
no. Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Ed Shaughnessy, Alan Dawson, Billy Cobham, Bernard Purdie are a small sample of better drummers than John Bonham. The drummers listed were rudimental drummers. Bonham was a drug addled drunk.
You cannot compare these jazz/bebop drummers to Bonzo. They are different, not better.
I highly respect guys like Grupa, Rich and so...
To each their own.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 04:00:53 PM
no. Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Ed Shaughnessy, Alan Dawson, Billy Cobham, Bernard Purdie are a small sample of better drummers than John Bonham. The drummers listed were rudimental drummers. Bonham was a drug addled drunk.

He was this, for sure, but he was so much more. Amazing drummer, knew his rudiments inside and out. Studied Krupa, by the way; Bonham was essentially "beating the hell outta jazz" (as Bill Ward later described his own approach). Bonzo knew his shit, no question.

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 04:03:19 PM
Haha yes, but that's not just with jazz... 8)

As compared it to the exclusive arena rock _______ solo, I meant.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 04:05:19 PM
It's not the intro, but I like the song, the beat and of course the performance by Mike Mangini.

Sounds great even on bootleg-quality record.

Well, jazz works every way imaginable. ; )

Indeed, just addressing the solo was all.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: wikkedonez on April 23, 2015, 04:26:44 PM
Michael Anthony's  bass solo was
the worst thing I've ever seen.
..major pilgrimage  to the bathroom
when that took place..
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 04:35:26 PM
Michael Anthony's  bass solo was
the worst thing I've ever seen.
..major pilgrimage  to the bathroom
when that took place..

Oh, shit. Sat through that on 1984 tour. Horrible. Think that was the first and last I'd ever heard.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Qwert II on April 23, 2015, 04:58:30 PM
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: BlackMetallic on April 23, 2015, 04:58:43 PM
Tommy Lee during the dr Feelgood tour.

"Drum solos are a complete waste of concert time".

Red Hot
Too young too fall in love
Sinners N saints
Painkiller
Over the mountain
Motorbreath

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: wikkedonez on April 23, 2015, 06:24:36 PM
Saw Anthonys  solo on the OU812 tour..horrible..and
chugging  his Iced tea from a Jack Daniels
bottle...haha
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Thin Lizzy on April 23, 2015, 06:25:17 PM
Best drum song of the 1990s. Nothing is even close:

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: YngiweRhoads on April 23, 2015, 06:41:16 PM
GTFO!

judas priest - painkiller

best drum intro in the world!

makes me feel like I'm six foot 10!



this
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 07:11:33 PM
Best drum song of the 1990s. Nothing is even close:



Pretty much anything on that record could qualify.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Rambone on April 23, 2015, 07:11:51 PM
That Thing You Do by the Oneders
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 07:55:29 PM
the intro live 'from song remains the same'the crowd a bit silent and then the 1st hits on the hi hat and snare  for 'rock n roll;and there off....

neil peart is still one of the greats,,the last minutes  of red barchetta him and alex liefson is great.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Jizmonkey on April 23, 2015, 07:57:51 PM
Hallowed by thy name - Maiden

Edit: oops I didn't read drum intro.

Still thinking........
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 08:01:01 PM
Hallowed by thy name - Maiden


clive burr was good drummer,,,

run to the hills
number of the beast
wrath child..
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Jizmonkey on April 23, 2015, 08:05:13 PM
clive burr was good drummer,,,

run to the hills
number of the beast
wrath child..

Wrath child. Great song. Check out the remake on the "Number of the beast - An all star salute" Di'Anno sings it, with Frank Bellows and others on instruments, ands sounds better than the original. Di'Anno sounds better than ever.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 08:13:42 PM
Wrath child. Great song. Check out the remake on the "Number of the beast - An all star salute" Di'Anno sings it, with Frank Bellows and others on instruments, ands sounds better than the original. Di'Anno sounds better than ever.
i like di'anno ,he was more punk influenced ,and 2 good albums to start,but they wanted broader sound,he vocally was limited to there sound they wanted to take the band..








Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: WalterWhite on April 23, 2015, 08:34:37 PM
Bonham was really the best ever..... 8)

Amazing speed, chops and playing double bass with a single peddle.

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 08:39:56 PM
Absolutely did not know the rudiments, by his own admission. Could not read charts. Live drum solos sucked.

I notice you're kind of a rudiment nazi. Please you link the admission? Even if he didn't know them, he most certainly could have played them. Just watch him handle the snare, guy. Doubles, paradiddles, flams, etc. all over the place, like a drumliner.

And solo-wise, you obviously haven't seen Song Remains the Same. Unless your suggesting "Moby Dick" was performed by his stunt double.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 08:42:34 PM
bohnam for sound /power one of the greatesr

trampled under foot
carouseleramba sp?in through the out door had great sound...
bonzos montreux
the rover

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 23, 2015, 08:53:22 PM
for the vh alex fans

dirty movies of of fair warning'cool drum intro'
everybody wants some
seventh seal
humans being 'twister'soundtracl
poundcake/pleasuredome
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 08:59:19 PM
Absolutely did not know the rudiments, by his own admission. Could not read charts. Live drum solos sucked.


"John Bonham began taking lessons to master his rudiments, but quickly developed his own hard-hitting sound."

http://www.johnbonham.co.uk/site/downloads/bonham-article.pdf

Guess you can interpret that however you'd like.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 23, 2015, 10:40:16 PM
began taking lessons, but stopped means he was not a musician. another drunkard like Keith Moon. Bonham sucks.

"Not a musician" is simply retarded, formally trained or not. And, obviously, your quote interpretation completely suits your predetermined Bonham narrative. Sounds to me, though, like he mastered them so quickly he got bored and moved on.

Agree with you on Moon, though. Way overrated.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: YngiweRhoads on April 24, 2015, 05:52:01 AM
began taking lessons, but stopped means he was not a musician. another drunkard like Keith Moon. Bonham sucks.

Of course not. He was a drummer, not a musician.

Next thing you know, people will be calling singers musicians as well.

Total anarchy.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Powerlift66 on April 24, 2015, 07:09:16 AM
Not the best, but I always liked this one... He goes out at the end just as fast/heavy... Too bad he (Dave Holland) ended up be a kid diddler...


Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Thin Lizzy on April 24, 2015, 08:04:09 AM
This is the best drum song of this decade. That he also sings makes it even more impressive.

As an aside, if you're in NYC, and want to see live music, The Bowery Ballroom has excellent sound.

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 24, 2015, 10:38:51 AM
::)

If formal study is your main concern, why include Rich on your list? Imagine you'd know his history.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Mr Anabolic on April 24, 2015, 03:00:23 PM
Fuck the intro.  NO ONE could ever beat this...

Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Bosch on April 24, 2015, 03:30:27 PM
Have you guys watched movie Whiplash? It's about relations between aspiring jazz drummer and his teacher.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802)

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If you still haven't - give it a try, it's great film about music (yeah, a rare case) with top-notch acting and editing.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 24, 2015, 07:13:21 PM
according to some here the booze bag John Bonham is the better drummer

If only he could read those pesky charts, huh?
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Dreadlifter on April 25, 2015, 04:29:51 AM


For me this or "Stargazer" by Rainbow.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Beefjake on April 25, 2015, 04:51:20 AM
Rocket by Def Leppard has nice drum intro.
Basically carries on the whole song.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: njflex on April 25, 2015, 07:29:45 AM
For me this or "Stargazer" by Rainbow.
yes,,,cozy powell..stargazer basically has it all vocals/guitars/back up 'keyboards/drums'masterpiece,another classic rainbow/dio'gates of babylon'
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: APE907 on April 25, 2015, 08:20:11 AM
Ticks and leeches

rational gaze



Yes and yes
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: APE907 on April 25, 2015, 08:26:39 AM
Bonham was really the best ever..... 8)

His solos were quite boring.  The live solo in The Song Remains the Same was sloppy and overly long, also quite repetitive.

Musically he was a phenomenal drummer who played what was right for the song.

Not trashing JB, was highly influenced by him as a kid. Learned kick drum right foot independence by playing When the Levee Breaks, The Ocean and Kashmir among others.......I just think his strongest suit is his musical, groove oriented style.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Fortress on April 25, 2015, 08:44:06 AM
The tired Buddy-Rich-is-the-best-and-no-one-else-will-ever-be-as-good claptrap needs to die. Yes, the man was a freakishly amazing drummer, but it's hardly a stretch to imagine there are many others since who have matched, or even bested, his skills.

Spouting his name is like a default setting these days.

As well, to make THE OTHER tired statement that "rock drummers aren't in the same league occupied by jazz drummers" is proof of ignorance and/or lack of musical creativity of the mind.

Talent is talent and the genre in which talent is expressed is merely a canvas for that talent.

And who is retarded enough to suggest THEY hold the master key of drumming talent quantification/qualification?

Please.

   
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: Mr Anabolic on April 25, 2015, 09:02:05 AM
The tired Buddy-Rich-is-the-best-and-no-one-else-will-ever-be-as-good claptrap needs to die. Yes, the man was a freakishly amazing drummer, but it's hardly a stretch to imagine there are many others since who have matched, or even bested, his skills.

Spouting his name is like a default setting these days.

As well, to make THE OTHER tired statement that "rock drummers aren't in the same league occupied by jazz drummers" is proof of ignorance and/or lack of musical creativity of the mind.

Talent is talent and the genre in which talent is expressed is merely a canvas for that talent.

And who is retarded enough to suggest THEY hold the master key of drumming talent quantification/qualification?

Please.

People who are not musicians cannot really comprehend what Buddy is doing in the video. Yes, he was fast as fuck, but he was also precise.  95% of the drummers in the world will never even get close to that level.  Will anyone else be as good?... probably.  I've seen/heard some very good drummers, but I've never seen anyone come close to that... not yet anyway.

The thing that makes that video even more amazing is that Buddy was in his mid-60's there.

"If you don't practice enough, you'll end up a drummer in a rock band" - Buddy Rich
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: The Ugly on April 25, 2015, 11:48:06 AM
People who are not musicians cannot really comprehend what Buddy is doing in the video. Yes, he was fast as fuck, but he was also precise.  95% of the drummers in the world will never even get close to that level.  Will anyone else be as good?... probably.  I've seen/heard some very good drummers, but I've never seen anyone come close to that... not yet anyway.

The thing that makes that video even more amazing is that Buddy was in his mid-60's there.

"If you don't practice enough, you'll end up a drummer in a rock band" - Buddy Rich

HUGE Rich fan - not really interested in the 'better than Buddy' conversation - but he contradicts himself in the quote you've attached. Dude bragged about NEVER practicing.
Title: Re: Best Drum INTRO to a song
Post by: _aj_ on April 25, 2015, 12:04:33 PM
Recognizable to my generation