Nope

posted January 27th, 2015 at 9:19 PM

No excuse. I met a 19 year old drummer in a band last week that had no idea who John Bonham or Keith Moon was. Some said, oh he's young. But many agreed with me too....Can he really call himself a drummer if he doesn't s know the accomplished drummers. Thank god I didn't ask about Neil Peart.

12 Comments

808909

Jan 27, 2015 at 11:31pm

as long as he knows about klaus dinger and max roach he'll be fine

The question...

Jan 28, 2015 at 12:01am

...which drummers DID he know and want to emulate??

Muppet

Jan 28, 2015 at 1:10am

Perhaps Animal is his inspiration.

@808908

Jan 28, 2015 at 8:38am

Ha ha. That's pushing it. As if.....the kids all think Travis Barker is the best drummer that ever was now. Sigh.

You're a jackass.

Jan 28, 2015 at 9:00am

He likes to play the drums. He's a drummer. Who's also 19...

Not all people who enjoy singing are going to know who Karen Carpenter is or Patti Labelle.

Get over it you sound so pretentious, who gives a shit.

RUK

Jan 28, 2015 at 9:17am

Funny, I was just thinking of Karen Carpenter...the drummer.

I know what you're saying. But I am a writer who hasn't read much Dickens or Dostoyevsky, much less Virgil, you know what I mean? Not to defend ignorance or lack of understanding of the roots of your art, at all. Just pointing out that heroes do change and as long as the kid is playing an instrument, and playing it well, that's cool.

That is sick and not in a good way

Jan 28, 2015 at 11:17am

I woulda laughed all the way out the door to see a real band. Sometimes getting older is so amazingly great. I'm of the age where I could have a son well over 19. At least he'd have grown up listening to the greats.