All you drummers who think it’s all about having a multi-thousand dollar kit with twelve toms, two kicks and snares, 18 different cymbals and a dozen mics, take a look at this and shut up:
Drummers: Greg Saunier is not afraid of you and he will beat your ass
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is that hi hat ride? never seen that before…very cool.
I dunno what it is but it’s huge and it looks like it’s broken, too. Rad! That kind of stuff gives character to drum tracks. Like some of those old soul/protofunk records, where you can actually hear the sqeaking of a kick drum beater badly in need of grease every time the guy brings his foot up and down. But the most important thing is the player.
…and did you notice he is playing barefoot?
good energy and good player, but Neil Peart would still kick Greg Saunier’s ass with no drums and 1 broken stick.
Who really gives a shit about who’s a better drummer? The song is what’s important. All this focus on technical bullshit is just silly. Silly, I say.
…and that’s why this guy rocks. He serves the song. He is totally locked into where the song is going and is constantly making subtle changes to match/play off of the journey the song is taking. That’s why he sounds so huge with such a small kit. He’s doing exactly what’s needed for the song, filling all the holes where they need filling, and leaving space where space needs to be–in the grand tradition of a soul or funk drummer, but in a contemporary math/prog/experimental rock vein.