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QUOTE (kazzman @ Feb 10 2006, 10:38 PM)
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Hey Kazz, are you familiar with metal drummer Derek Roddy at all?

I've heard of him, but haven't heard anything from him to my knowledge. I probably have though, but didn't know it was him.

Well, he's a renowned Death Metal drummer... he plays his blast beats with one foot, which is pretty awesome, in my opinion. He's also known as "one-take Roddy", because he can usually do session work in a very short amount of time.

 

He was on a Nile album... I can't remember which one. He's also playing on Ron Jarzombek's new instrumental Death Metal project "Machinations of Dementia". Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) is playing bass.

Ok, I know who you're talking about now.

 

Have you heard Nile's current drummer? George Kollias?

 

Not as good as Roddy, but the guy's got some speed behind him.

 

Now I need to train myself to play blast beats with one foot...

I've heard a song or two from Nile's new album, and from what I remember, he was pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't own any Nile... (yet)

 

I'd be happy if I could play blast beats at all one day laugh.gif

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As a drummer, I'll start with representatives of this field:

 

Billy Cobham

Vinnie Colaiuta

Buddy Rich

Neil Peart

John Bonham

Sean Reinert

Dave Lombardo

Richard Christie

Simon Phillips

Jerzy Piotrowski

Alex Acuna

Nicko McBrain

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Drums= Neil Peart

Stewart Copeland

 

Bass=Geddy Lee

Chris Squire

 

Guitar=

Andres Segovia (R.I.P. my man)

Darrell Abbott aka Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P. my man)

Randy Rhoads (R.I.P. my man)

Alex Lifeson

Eddie Van Halen

Zakk Wylde

John Petrucci

Marty Friedman

Steve Howe

Chet Atkins

Steve Vai

Joe Satriani

Eric Johnson

Neil Schon

Yngwie Malmsteen

Rik Emmett

Jimmy Page

 

 

 

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Bass:

Tony Levin

Chris Squire

John Deacon

John Entwistle

John Wetton

 

Guitar:

Steve Hackett

Steve Howe

Robert Fripp

Brian May

Jimmy Page

Johnny Fean

Tony Iommi

John MacLaughlin

 

Keyboard:

Tony Banks

Rick Wakeman

Pat Moraz

John Paul Jones

Peter Bardens

 

Vocals:

Warren Zevon

Nina Persson

Freddie Mercury

Peter Gabriel

 

Drums:

Chester Thompson

Bill Bruford

Bun E. Carlos

John Bonham

Cozy Powell

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QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Feb 10 2006, 09:33 PM)
QUOTE (kazzman @ Feb 10 2006, 10:29 PM)
QUOTE (Mustard Death @ Feb 10 2006, 09:02 PM)
Hey Kazz, are you familiar with metal drummer Derek Roddy at all?

I've heard of him, but haven't heard anything from him to my knowledge. I probably have though, but didn't know it was him.

Well, he's a renowned Death Metal drummer... he plays his blast beats with one foot, which is pretty awesome, in my opinion. He's also known as "one-take Roddy", because he can usually do session work in a very short amount of time.

 

He was on a Nile album... I can't remember which one. He's also playing on Ron Jarzombek's new instrumental Death Metal project "Machinations of Dementia". Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) is playing bass.

Have you ever heard Inferno?? He's also a Death Metal drummer (Polish band Behemoth)-the fastest monster on the planet!!! 1022.gif 1022.gif

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Guitar:

 

Steve Morse

Eddie van Halen

Kee Marcello

John Petrucci

Alex Lifeson

Michael Romeo

 

Bass:

 

Geddy Lee

Thomas Miller

Dave LaRue

Pete Trewavas

Jonas Reingold

 

Keyboards:

 

Tomas Bodin

Michael Pinnella

Kevin Moore

Richard West

 

Drums:

 

Neil Peart

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I generally tend to focus more upon groups and albums in general than on specific musicians within a group, and I generally only know the names of the individual musicians for groups that are amongst my absolute very favorite groups or ones that are so well known on their own that I couldn't escape knowing who they are.

 

Only a handful of musicians therefore really stand out to me on their own as being above the crowd.

 

Guitar:

 

Jimi Hendrix is God of the Guitar - there's just no two ways around it, anyone, and I mean ANYONE pales next to him. We had a Mozart or a Beethoven in our midst when he was around, and even though his prime period stuff lasted 3-4 years, he completely recreated the instrument and influenced millions in the process. He was out of this world.

 

Outside of Hendrix, I also love and admire:

 

Alex Lifeson (Rush)

Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead

Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)

David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

Terry Brooks (Terry Brooks & Strange)

Eric Clapton (Cream, Blind Faith)

 

Bass:

 

There aren't any bassists, save one that really super stands out to me other than Geddy. I know there are tons of great ones, I just don't know their names. For me the bass has to REALLY stand out for me to take notice of it.

 

Chris Squire of Yes plays bass like it's a guitar, and he's completely brilliant.

 

I also love Bill Laswell.

 

Drums:

 

Neil Peart is the God of drums, at least as far as rock music is concerned, but the other two that to me are huge are John Bonham and Alex Van Halen. Alex Van Halen always played the drums so loud and powerfully - I always listen for him whenever I hear a Van Halen song - it makes a lot of the songs, and while Eddie gets tons of credit, I think Alex deserves more too.

 

I also love the combination of Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann in the Grateful Dead, Elvin Jones in the jazz world and Alla Rakha in the Indian music world - amazing all.

 

 

There are a LOT of albums I love where the group only made one or two albums and where there's great musicianship, but I never bothered to learn the names of the individual members.

 

Also, I'm not a musician. If I was, I'd probably know a lot more musicians names. As I said before, it's usually all about the group as a whole and albums as a whole for me...

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Aside Rush

 

In no order:

 

Singers:

Etta James

Billie Holiday

Tom Waits

Dave Alvin

Mark Burgess

Paul Weller

 

Guitarists:

Billy Zoom

Paul Weller

Kenny Burrell

Dave Alvin

Grant Green

Django

John McLaughlin (only with Miles Davis)

 

Bassists:

Paul Chambers

Jimmy Garrison

Charles Mingus

James Jamerson

 

 

Drummers:

Jimmy Cobb

Elvin Jones

 

Pianists/Keyboard

McCoy Tyner

Herbie Nichols

Herbie Hancock (pre Headhunters)

Monk

Sonny Clark

Jimmy Smith

 

Sax:

Lester Young

Trane

Bird

Hank Mobley

Dexter Gordon

Cannonball Adderley

 

Trumpet:

Clifford Brown

Miles Davis

Lee Morgan

 

 

i could go on and on and on

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