Bands with two drummers

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:38 pm

This weekend I went to a festival and saw loads of bands, two of which (King Gizzard and the Oh Sees) had two drummers. Both bands were excellent, but I fail to see what the extra drummer brought to the sound. Or am I just missing something?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Sure you weren't just really drunk n seeing double?

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poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:56 pm

No, I couldn't get blaked as I had the bairns with me.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:57 pm

And why hasn't anyone started a new thread titled 'Bands with two bummers'?

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

The Fall (82-84)

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:39 pm

Someone told me Pavement did as well. And I'm sure James Brown's band used to have three.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:46 pm

Adam and the Ants!!!!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Showaddywaddy

unohoo · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:51 pm **Posts:** 656

The Black Watch.

Bossa Nova · **Joined:** Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:51 am **Posts:** 376

The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers and The Grateful Dead all spring to mind (as well as The Glitter Band - but that's best swept under the carpet). Maybe it allows more complex rhythm patterns or summat, or two crap drummers add up to one decent one. If you look at Latin American bands drummers of some description usually outnumber the rest of the band put together and they kick up a poly-rhythmic tornado!

https://youtu.be/_bNbbHKrDf8

tonyparry · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:48 am

This.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RS5RsSPssw

born toulouse · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:41 am

Pavement only had one drummer when I saw them and the Three Johns had no drummer which was very unusual for a guitar based band at the time. One time I saw them leave the stage and go for a pint at the bar at the back of the room while their guitars were hung on a washing line playing feedback over the top of a drum machine. Odd but good.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:34 am

Maybe it was more autobiographical than I thought...

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:27 pm

The Coldstream Guards

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

I've always thought 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' summed the two drummers thing up - two drummers and amps that go up to 11.

I mean, the great jazz combos never arsed around with two drummers - what would be the point?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1teeixmpw

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

The Glitterband and Wizzard.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:52 pm

ed-t-ball wrote:

The Coldstream Guards

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:59 pm

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:02 pm

The Go! Team had/has two drummers, makes 'Junior Kickstart' even better live.

OddsOnPhil · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:27 am **Posts:** 674

For their "Seconds Out" live album Genesis had two drummers on several tracks, mainly Phil Collins and Chester Thompson, with Collins and Bill Bruford drumming on "Cinema Show" which was recorded about a year before the rest of the album.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:50 pm

That is a fucking terrible thing to know.

Bossa Nova · **Joined:** Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:51 am **Posts:** 376

I'm going to see French musical phenomena Magma in Edinburgh on the 21st. They only have one drummer (Christian Vander) but sound like they have half a dozen!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:36 am

French band 'Sarah' I put on in The Clarendon in the mid 90's...wow....they were weird but just fucking WOW!!!!

Salty · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:59 pm **Posts:** 131

Thee oh sees were mint at Leeds!
The 2 drummers were like machines...

Kingsley Chapman and the Murder.
2 drummers, I'm one.

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