I've never understood this, except that I do understand that Satriani needs a name to move his product. That said, when you have a guy like Vinnie playing, why subject us to tunes that ANY DRUMMER WHO FREQUENTS HOD could play? Feature the guy, especially if you want us to shell out money! That tune...

I was definitely wondering about the band aids as well....I might have to switch up the next time I get a cut or scrape to whatever he is using...improve my tone.

oh man....even Stairway?????


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uMQDlKn8g

this band spirit opened for them in 68?

Bonahm=great...but this is really changing my opinion on how great Led Zeppelin is or isnt....

Ha...the really ironic thing is when a band like Rush was slagged for years...I mean years as being Led Zep Jr....in reality they always sounded much more like a mix of their influences...and here you are with Zep (who I love) heralded as the greatest RnR band of all time by some etc etc....and wow....

Morgenthaler wrote:

I really enjoy this melancholic new (surprise) track from Bowie. Not the video, but the track.
Beautiful.

Actually I love the video too....typical Bowie....typical Scary Monsters like weirdness.....good song too.

be fair I felt there WERE spots where he was able to do his stuff...but you have to listen to the entire track to hear those spots....somewhere around 2:30 or so he does a nice triplet fill that falls incontrast to what is going on but works...later on the instrumental break seems driven by what he ...

No excuse for Mikey's behavior at all here...none. All drummer have eqipment problems...not all throw shit around and publically humiliate the techs... Hell the cymbals probably got busted up and I am sure they were not his to bust up. MacAlpine looks like he wanted to leave right there. Likely the ...

I am interested in trying out the Ludwig pedals....I had Speed Kings back in the day...complete with squeaks.

Right ...I was referring more to an earlier post...in terms of sustain. I believe someone was commenting on dead tom sounds. As far as projection...well DW alot of the time is a maple shell...typically not your 1st choice for projection. Birch would be better for that. But I can say I've played my m...

I think alot of people get turned off by DW because they see them everywhere now....I guess I understand that on some level or another... I am glad Wackerman was brought up....he was playing DW looooonnnnngggg before the popularity boom occured and yep his drums always sounded good...in fact I prefe...