What is it with drummers

kick him out.. people that grind bikes on rails suck !

You should get a drummer that grinds his skateboard on rails instead !!

nah just kidding..

uhm.. well what you could do is either one of these :

1) hook up a pc with some random music-program and make the computer do the drumming
2) arrange for another drummer to do the gig with you. and hope your own drummer will understand..
3) go to a place in the middle of nowhere, with no single life-form within a 5-mile radius.. take a deep breath, and shout the living hell out of your chest.
use a lot of excessive bad language,etc.. everything is allowed.. then when you go back home.. tell the rest of the band that the gig is off..
4) go to your drummer's house with a baseball bat.. and make sure he won't be drumming for at least another 7-8 months

Good luck !

 

Drummers! Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em!

I feel your pain. A former drummer of mine got dumped by his girlfriend, and decided that punching a hole in his bedroom wall would make things better. Idiot. His broken hand put him on the DL for about two months, and set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the demise of the entire band.

My current drummer is a skater, and went to see Tony Hawk in Richmond last weekend. Our Monday rehearsal was cancelled 'cause he fell on his wrist while skating after watching the pros. No major damage fortunately, but I cringe every time I hear he is out skating.

 

is there a rule that to be a drummer you must be extremely immature and lacking in any common sense?

the drummer in my originals band has always had problems with the bass drum moving forward- he prides himself on how hard he hits the drums

there've been many gigs when he's insisted on using another band's kit- "there won't be any problem"
-at the gig the bass drum moves forward, and he has to stop to reposition it- sometimes during a song

at least we've got him to use his own kit now at every gig.

at a rehearsal before the last gig he took away the mat beneath the rehearsal studio's kit before setting up his own kit-
the mat had a rubber block to stop the bass drum moving- perfect, I think.

"why don't you get one of those?"
"no, they're a pain in the arse to carry around, and I've got a carpet anyway" (lame excuse)
later on he thinks of another excuse "I don't like sitting on a rubber mat".
"I just have to sharpen the bass drum foot spikes- there won't be any problem".

at the gig- guess what- the bass drum moves forward and he stops in a song to pull it back

obviously he's got a problem with other people making sugestions, but if he doesn't sort it out somehow I'm going to nail his bass drum to the floor at the next gig.

 

Yeah well me and a guitarist from the band we both started in started a Primus-like band and when the drummer heard about it he said he was in the band. What a bastard. We were at a concert when that happened, I was gonna push him in the pit and then tear him apart (hes a little skinny kid so others would go after him too) Luckily for him he kept his distance from me and my best friend (he got pissed at him to since he was trying to get money from him and he thought it was stupid he anounced himself the drummer (BTW that kid isnt the guitarist)

But anyway hes mondo egotistical which is another reason he bugs me.

 

Years ago I was in a band that had an upcoming gig opening for Glass Eye (may not mean much to any of you, but it did to the guitarist & myself!!). While enjoying some frosty beverages on the guitarists roof, our drummer decided to get more refreshments & walked off the roof. Broken ankle--no gig. We fired him shortly thereafter--not for the ankle, just for sucking.

Rick

 

Yes - it's commonly referred to as
Keithmooniation Syndrome

Scott

 

"Perfect drummer." An oxymoron if I ever heard one.

 

yeah, there is. unfortunately for you she's my drummer.

 

Hey coconut monkey, is there any chance your drummer will see that post?

Ha ha, ass kisser!

 

Vinnie Colaiuta...he is the greatest drummer alive.

 

it's a bad sign when you're a better drummer than the drummer in your band, isn't it?

 

Colaiuta is *great*(naysayers, pick up Chick Corea's Akoustic Band Live @The Tokyo Blue Note w/ Vinnie(no Weckl). The difference is glaring...Chick & Patitucci are holdin' on for dear life.
Too, the recent Live @The Baked Potato 2000 w/ Laboriel, Landau, & Mathieson is killin'. Abe really lets loose on this disc!).

Rafter(since you're into Colaiuta),
Some other guys you oughta give a listen to-
Hamid Drake
Cornell Rochester(w/ "Blood" Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble)
Grant Calvin Wesley(w/ Ornette Coleman's Prime Time)
Billy Kilson(Dave Holland's Prime Directive cd)
Gene Lake/Jo Jo Mayer(Screaming Headless Torsos)
William Kennedy(Yellowjackets' The Spin, Greenhouse, etc)

It ain't no 1&3/2&4!
With these guys, the bassist better have their s*** in a sock(time-wise, that is).

 

Live @ the Baked Potatoe...I was there.

It was the Baked P. in Studio City. Abe Jr. was there also...he sat right behind me. I met Abe Laboriel and had he and his son sign my strap. They are all very nice ppl. Vinnie is the god of the drums, and Abe, he's not the god of the bass, but he's the hardest groover i know! That was the best show i've ever been to.

The line outside the Baked P. was very long, we had to get there an hour and a half early so we were at the front of the line.

of course, we got our CDs autographed. My friend screams the loudest and most frequent in the 2nd CD.

 

why are there so many threads about fIeLdY?

get it... cuz its called "what is it with drummers"... ok ill shut up now...

 

no no no, the perfect drummer is my drummer, and also my bf =)

well, he has his flaws, as do all drummers, but he's still the best--at drumming and at being my boyfriend =)

 

Tony Hawk is my principal's step son... cool huh?

 

I wish she would see it.
and theres nuthin wrong wit a little ass-kissin now and again