Here's the Terry Bozzio solo from the concert. There is some good music on the video. But also a lot of ridiculous crap...Frank could have used an editor.
TerryBozzioDrumSolo
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Here's the Terry Bozzio solo from the concert. There is some good music on the video. But also a lot of ridiculous crap...Frank could have used an editor.
TerryBozzioDrumSolo
Plays in WMP.
Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about.
How many people get to play live in just there underwear? - or at least could get away with it? [img]redface.gif[/img]
Lucky for him, he's an ectomorph.
Great energy. I love the Brecker Bros. Heavy Metal Bebop album that he played on too!
Thanks yet again Mr. Benrand !!
It's clear that he is a metabolic
monster. I actually prefer when he
holds his sticks back like this.
He's come up on his grip, over the
years. There was a lot in that per-
formance. I see many great players
in him.
You saw his great command of his
kicks and fluid body motions.
I am not that keen on the wardrobe
but he may have been doing the
laundry that day.
One of the killer drummers, for
absolute sure.
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Shiela E could probably get away with it.
But Bozzio also sings lead on some of these tunes and just kills it.
And the end of Punky's Whips is just SICK.
Yep, I heard a lot of different players in that solo too Peter. I don't really have a deep historical knowledge of dbl bass drum players. I think Louie Bellson was one of the first. I don't have access to see the video where i'm at right now, but Terry is playing rudimental (?/answer)type rhythms with his feet. Not sure if there were a lot of guys doing that then. Ginger Baker also comes to mind as well as Carmine Appice. It's clear he's checked out the post war composers including Varese.
Benrand, I've seen Sheila E. dress like that before. She's amazing in more ways than one!
Her new record cover art looks like she's had some enhancement surgery done. - Or perhaps just a camera lens illusion. Strange image to see after I found out she was born again.
....Oh, who cares. It's just sexy.
His BD playing is so clear. He's the first guy I heard who could do serious BD stuff like the flamming and sextuplets.
BaaAAAby SnaaAAkes
wow, this is some serious shit.
Is this from the DVD that got released recently?
Yeah. His playing is pretty killer throughout, if you can put up with the wierdness.
But it is shot good and the music is Zappa so Terry gets to go off.
Chester Thompson was similarly doing rudimental & "call-&-response" type things on DB back in the mid-80s as well... [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 23, 2004 08:38 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
LOL!! Hilarious outfit!! Terry's size, nerves, speed... Remind me a lot of Bruce Lee... [img]wink.gif[/img]
"Terry Bruzzio?"
...or...
"Terry Bozzilee?"
Enter the Drummer, starring Bruce Bozzio...
I'm surprised there was anything left of Terry after that solo, I expected him to explode.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Benrand... Any room for 1 Heavy Metal Bebop tune?? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] No?? Half?? Ok, eight bars... DEAL!!! [img]wink.gif[/img]Quote:
I love the Brecker Bros. Heavy Metal Bebop album that he played on too!
Sorry, but I'll be on the beach at Avalon NJ starting tomorrow, I am off for a week of fishing.
Have a good one then [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
that's one sick drum solo. especially the flam trades between his hands and feet. wow.
he looks like frodo starting at 1:34 with those weird facial expressions.
Nice clip [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
Terry's place 2004
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http://www.drummerworld.com/drum16/terribozzio.jpg
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Zappa's auditions were legendary and tough. But, for drummers, they were a matter of life and death. One infamous audition saw Zappa request that each drummer play his zany instrumental, the 'Black Page'. Half way through bar-15 the drummers would vanish without a trace. Zappa lost no less than forty drummers that day. As it transpires, Bar-15 is so statisically dense it actually reaches a point of infinte density. That's right! There's a black hole smack in the middle of Bar-15; the unsuspecting drummers had all ran feet first into a singularity.
The first drummer to survive the 'Black Page/Hole' was Terry Bozzio. At first attempt he managed to sidestep Bar-15's singularity by throwing himself into a wormhole. He was found on November 10th, somewhere in Canada ; the audition was in California - November 21st. . .? You figure it out. Although Bozzio survived the ordeal, he didn't emerge unscathed: he may have been a young man when he went in, but when he came out he had the body of a girl and the head of The Devil. Needless to say he got the gig.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.brainiac/stuff/fz.htm
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 30, 2004 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Rotel ]</font>
What's remarkable to me is that he was doing this sophisticated double-bass work in the late SEVENTIES - back when most "good" double-bass players simply played a bunch of continuous "booga-booga" 16th notes with their feet, or maybe a few 2- and 3-stroke ruffs.
I was blown away when I discovered the Baby Snakes video (at Blockbuster Video, of all places) in the late 80's - Bozzio was doing stuff 10 years earlier that most double-bass guys couldn't match even then (or even now). And he must have barely been 20!
Bozzio was SO far ahead of his time it's scary.
Mr. A.
"As it transpires, Bar-15 is so statisically dense it actually reaches a point of infinte density. That's right! There's a black hole smack in the middle of Bar-15; the unsuspecting drummers had all ran feet first into a singularity."
Hah!! Very funny.
Although, sure, he can play the black page, I find Bozzio boring as hell and his playing does nothing for me. Yuck. Also, I find the seven hundred piece drumset masturbatory and stupid. I'd like to see what he can do on a four piece with one bass drum.
I saw Bozzio and Wackerman trade fours at House Of Blues (Vinnie was in the audience, chillin), and I thought Wackerman was far more tasteful and interesting.
I haven't followed Bozzio much, but I kind of dig this clip. I sense a reckless kind of "Vinnie-esque" attitude here, which is cool. He was doing some advanced stickings, figures around the toms, and double bass work that was certainly ahead of its time, as many here have said. Interesting cymbal sounds....pretty cool in that context.
I saw him a couple of years ago doing his "one-man drumset orchestra" thing. Inellectually, I understood what he was trying to do, but musically, it did not do much for me. There were a couple of cool phrasings, but the chops did not floor me (but seeing Virgil a few weeks earlier probably set the bar pretty high!), and the drum sounds were lackluster. It was hard to hear the "notes" on the drums the way you can hear them on a piano.
I agree about the big-ass drumkit. Regarding that pic of his new prototype kit, Bozzio said that he's excited now that he's able to have both chromatic and diatonic scales on the same drum set.
HUH?!?! [img]eek.gif[/img]
For crying out loud, why doesn't he just buy himself a damn xylophone already and be done with it!?!?!?
That said, there is a lot that I admire about Bozzio as an individual (although he seems like a bit of an arrogant jackass, IMO). He's into design and has invented some neat things for drummers, some of which are standard issue these days. I always find this type of "inventor quality" to be inspirational. He basically came up with the concept for the double bass pedal, drop-lock HH clutch, new Attack drumhead collars, and a bunch of other things. I recommend checking out his site...he has some intersting essays on there.
terrybozzio.com
It's a nice simple website design, with quite a bit of info.
Did you notice the drop-lock clutch in that clip? I'm guessing that clip was ca. 1978? That's pretty state of the art drum hardware for those days!
I too would like to see what Bozzio could do on Virgil's or Vinnie's drumkits. He might not be comfortable on a kit where he could reach the hi-hats with his sticks!
PS - Thanks for the clip, benrand!
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 01, 2004 01:20 PM: Message edited by: mja61 ]</font>
I think he could hold his own on a 4 pc. kit. I particularly like his drumming on the UFO album "Danger Money"
Boy...that was putrid. I've always hated 64th note drum solos. they just go on and on...This beauty is no exception.. Completely unmusical and boring. Reminds me of a jackhammer at 4:00 AM. Gee, I'm starting to sound like Simon Cowell........
Worked sound for him once....not a real "pleasant fellow". He was like a zombie with attitude.
His place in drum history is secured so he can do whatever he wants from this point on, but I just can't make myself like it!
More videos
http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/bozzio/mediaframe.html [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
Naming his solo "U fuc." How clever. Well, he's definitely musical, I'll give him that. I always liked his ostanatos. But if he really wants to explore melodies and composition, he should take piano lessons and get it over with. That crap just doesn't sound good on drums.
As for his "Jazz for 1" thing, I have one word: Eeek. It should be called "Train Wreck for 1." Give me Steve Smith swingin' on Steve Smith Part One any day.
tru dat.
I think he's just trying to push the boundaries of drumming and music. He's done tons of 'normal' gigs and killed pretty much all of em. I know a lot of big name guys around these days that idolize him also.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">All I have to say is,"WTF?"Quote:
Originally posted by Rotel:
Nice clip [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
Terry's place 2004
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http://www.drummerworld.com/drum16/terribozzio.jpg
That kit is re-goddamn-diculous. But in a good way i guess. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Dood, where are the Octabans?
Dood, like you can play penecostal scales on that thing! [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
OMFG!
But you know what is freaky? Only Bozzio would know what to do with that monstrosity!
I love the little carousel of foot operated drums to the left - CRAZY!
The amount of skill and passion he puts into the drums should be appreciated by EVERYONE.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 21, 2004 12:02 AM: Message edited by: CLWarunki ]</font>
Dig the Boz...AND the SS Boz-errari...
His insurance [& workman's comp for his tech] must be a ballbuster like his kit...plus his personal medical for his neck/back on some of that reach, esp to the L, all those tuned piccolos...homeowners' policy, anyone? That looks like the price of a small condo...or decent car [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 21, 2004 04:05 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>