Comments on: Mix Six: “Frickin’ Awesome Drummers”

By: Philomath

Philomath — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:38:18 +0000

Thank you for acknowledging Mark Brzezicki. If you like his work with Big Country, check out his work on The Cult's “Love” album. Very, very good stuff!

By: Philomath

Philomath — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:38:18 +0000

Thank you for acknowledging Mark Brzezicki. If you like his work with Big Country, check out his work on The Cult's “Love” album. Very, very good stuff!

By: Philomath

Philomath — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:38:18 +0000

Thank you for acknowledging Mark Brzezicki. If you like his work with Big Country, check out his work on The Cult's “Love” album. Very, very good stuff!

By: Malchus

Malchus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:28:08 +0000

No, I purposely avoided Peart, Collins and Copeland because their names were in the rock news last summer. If I were to pick a Peart song it would have been “Digital Man”; Collins would have been “Dodo/Lurker” and Copeland would have been “Syncronicity 1″.

I love what the two guys from big Country did with Townshend, especially on his “All the Best Cowboys..” record.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:23:05 +0000

It wasn't that bizarre of a gardening accident. His arteries had blocked after years of drug use and he died of heart failure.

Thanks for pointing out it is Jeff and not Steve!

By: Malchus

Malchus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:21:09 +0000

Well, I have a feeling that all of the musicians contributed to the overall arrangements of the songs and Mellencamp always gets sole writing credit. Most band members are happy with their big paychecks. I think Aronoff wanted a little more.

By: George

George — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:17:14 +0000

I always liked Will Calhoun from Living Colour. He does some great stuff on “Time's Up.”

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:59:29 +0000

Kenny Aronoff cracks me up. I cannot deny his ability, he' pretty good. But in interviews and anecdotes, I get the feeling he feels that no one ever gives him enough credit for making John Mellencamp the popular star he was at his peak. I mean, songwriting, lyrics, and singing notwithstanding, and oh yeah arrangements and phenemenal collaborations with fiddlers and singers of all manner, and of course a political outlook that so many people could relate to in the depth of the Reagan era…really, without Kenny Aronoff, where would Mellencamp be?

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:22:44 +0000

I don't remember the guy's name, and he died recently, but the drummer for The Knack was fantastic. Forget “My Sharona” for a moment and listen to what he's doing on “Lucinda”, “Your Number Or Your Name” and “Frustrated”… Wildly underrated.

Steve Smith… that's a sad one. Yeah, he's a really good drummer, but he's going to be remembered for some of Journey's tamest moments and, consequently, some of their lamest musical examples.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:57:20 +0000

I completely forgot to mention Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews…I don't care much for Dave's singing style but I'll listen to their songs on the radio just because of Carter's playing…