That’s not a kid. He must be a grownup with a liver problem.
He’s got good chops but does he really need 4 rack toms, roto-toms, double floor toms? I would love to see what he could do on 4-piece. Ok – I’d let him go up to a 5-piece. But no smoking reefer with the older hepcats
I often wonder whether, to a drummer, trained monkeys like this are as awful-sounding as wunderkind guitar shredders are to guitar players. Most (okay, all) of those 8 year-olds sound horrible — soulless and noodley — though I admit they’re FAST!
Half the battle is learning how to hit the drum correctly. He practiced his “riffs” and has wank-y solo skills but is it musical? No. The press roll was nice (skillful) and then at the end with the horn hits was good but most of that was crap (not very interesting) in my opinion.
So hrrundivbakshi – yes – to my ears he was just as awful as those dorks at Guitar Center playing the Eddie Van riffs or whatever the youngsters are into these days….grumble, harrumph, meh…
Don’t know what anyone else is doing at this moment, but Oliver Stone’s The Doors is playing, and the movie’s hip deep in the drunken, fat, Morrison Hotel! Awesome! Fat biker dudes are entering a party unexpectedly. Glue is dripping off fake sideburns and fake beards like there’s no tomorrow. MacLachlan as Manzarek is at his peak Look! My mind is blown, man.
Just wanted to explain my Morrison vote: Fat Elvis was a tragedy; Fat Morrison was a fulfillment of all of Morrison’s “promises” as an artist. Hence, my vote.
Great Look to boot.
Check out his bio and his drum set-up – http://jacobarmen.com/biography.htm
Hard to believe that kid grew up to be Meg White.
pu-ha ha hahahHA!
That’s not a kid. He must be a grownup with a liver problem.
He’s got good chops but does he really need 4 rack toms, roto-toms, double floor toms? I would love to see what he could do on 4-piece. Ok – I’d let him go up to a 5-piece. But no smoking reefer with the older hepcats
Figures you’d want to squash the kid’s creativity, A-Dogg. I support you, though.
MAJOR MOVIE ALERT
http://www.focusfeatures.com/clips/talk_to_me/trailer-480×260.wmv
..though I have to complain about the cheese factor of the trailer.
i’ll bet that kid could rip a four piece apart just as easily.
pretty weird to watch, though. what a freak.
Re: the kid on drums —
I often wonder whether, to a drummer, trained monkeys like this are as awful-sounding as wunderkind guitar shredders are to guitar players. Most (okay, all) of those 8 year-olds sound horrible — soulless and noodley — though I admit they’re FAST!
Any input, drummers?
Is that Kreutzman or Hart?
Half the battle is learning how to hit the drum correctly. He practiced his “riffs” and has wank-y solo skills but is it musical? No. The press roll was nice (skillful) and then at the end with the horn hits was good but most of that was crap (not very interesting) in my opinion.
So hrrundivbakshi – yes – to my ears he was just as awful as those dorks at Guitar Center playing the Eddie Van riffs or whatever the youngsters are into these days….grumble, harrumph, meh…
Don’t know what anyone else is doing at this moment, but Oliver Stone’s The Doors is playing, and the movie’s hip deep in the drunken, fat, Morrison Hotel! Awesome! Fat biker dudes are entering a party unexpectedly. Glue is dripping off fake sideburns and fake beards like there’s no tomorrow. MacLachlan as Manzarek is at his peak Look! My mind is blown, man.
RE: THE LATEST POLL
Just wanted to explain my Morrison vote: Fat Elvis was a tragedy; Fat Morrison was a fulfillment of all of Morrison’s “promises” as an artist. Hence, my vote.
Let’s go get some tacos.
A PHILLIE “SPORTS” AN ADMIRABLE LOOK
He may suck as a reliever, but this Alfonseca guy has a fine barrel-chested Look going.
Was it Fernando Valenzuela who responded to criticism of his “barrel” by saying “hey, man — I don’t pitch with my belly!”
My fave lard-ass baseballer was the Orioles’ own “Mr. Atlas,” Floyd Rayford.
Re: Best of the Fat-era Poll
How RIGHT you are, Hrrundi! I used the same reasoning.