Most influential drummer in terms of gear?

[hanayalator]

Gadd and Yamaha Recording Customs....

[tombo74]

Personnally, I was influenced by Weckl/Brochu's kits when I changed for Maple Customs. I found these drums to be of outmost beauty when they came out (small golden lugs on the charcoal lacker finish [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). I was sold when I heard them in a Brochu's clinic sometime in 92. Best live drum sound I had ever heard at this time. MUST HAVE THESE, but they were VERY expensive. I think they were quite the most expensive drums at the time. The kick only was worth my older setup! I was fortunate enough to win a Yamaha Music Quest contest soon after with a band. The prize was ~4000$ worth of Yamaha gear. After splitting, it allowed me to give a good cash down on my kit. I aslo needed drum mics, so I bought that new line of yam MZ drum mics that Paul had also demonstrated (I thought it could have something to do with the sound he achieved; they never deceived me).

[jonthibault]

I think it's safe to say Weckl was responsible for selling a ton of Recording Customs. I had a friend in high school who got the Weckl kit for a graduation present, complete with brass piccolo snare (lucky bastard). He, of course, also had the K Custom and K/Z hats.

The only reason he got that kit (besides the fact they sound great) was because he worshipped Weckl.

[ladanny]

My influences are all over the place.

Tris Imboden and his BIG Tama kit (Kenny Logins days).
Steven Price (Pablo Cruis) with his percussion setup
Jeff Porcaro with his 10" tom raised up
Steve Smith with his black gaffers tape on the snare
Alex Van Halen and his KILLER ride on the 1st record
Bonzo for his open tuning
Stewart Copland for learning how to use a splash

That's it for now.

Oh, I thought Vinnie came up with the K/Z hihat combination?

Danny

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 16, 2004 01:45 AM: Message edited by: ladanny ]</font>

[benrand]

Everyone was ragging on Tomym Aldrige for looking like an old guy on that other thread, but there's probably a guy who is on par with Peart for influencing rock drumming gear.

That's where Tommy Lee got his setup and that guy influenced thousands of drummers as lacking in the grey matter department.

I had to play on one of those sets and I couldn't help but twirl my drumsticks and do the roll down the toms ending with a big snare flam.

[FuseU1]

Tommy, as a rock drummer, was not quite as "bad as one might think"...altho nowhere near the VC/DW/VD/DC/GN/WK/SG/SS etc level, the guy wasn't a brainless rocker either...he turned in 1 of his best perfs on Tony MacAlpine's Maximum Secutiry, AWA Pat Travers Live [w Boom Boom Out Go the Lights]; & Crash & Burn, etc], AWA the live Ozzy stuff...he, along w his contemporaries Bonzo, Paice, Baker, etc influenced tons of drummers in the rock field...& was an influence on Scott Travis, no doubt, who came along & took the Aldridge thing a couple of steps further...after Aldridge, & then Peart, I hadn't heard a rock drum solo as killin' as Scott's on Racer X's Live Extreme Volume release, incorporating the DB...i think he "even puts the hurt" on TA & NP...& until Bozzio & then of course Virgil, I hadn't heard one that rivaled it...go back & check it out..of course, it's more of a chopsfest* than a phrasing solo, altho he does a killer DB groove in it...but what a fine CF* it is...i had it on disc/mp3 around here somewhere, maybe i couild dig it up & have someone post it....

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 16, 2004 08:34 AM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[Randy walker]

Ah Steve Price, that guy ruled in my book ( still does,i love that band ). saw him live and was just blown away at the time and he had such a beautiful Camco kit with perc set up to the left of him.
Tris and his big kit( jukanoo holiday) were definetly in my eye as kewl, Steve Smith and his early days of Journey floored me. Of course who could forget listening to Copeland on the first 3 Police records? Ska and punk fused to the max.