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What Brought the End to Rock Concert Drum Solos?


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I have to sgree that I do miss these, although they can still be found in the rock and metal world. While reading the article, I was about to slam the author about omitting Peart until I happened upon him being mentioned. I could care less about Zeppelin's Bonham. It may have been impressive for its time, but that was then, and it surely wasn't my time. Bands such as Dream Theater and even Morbid Angel still deliver with drum solos, and impressive ones at that. While someone like Lars Ulrich may be a master at his craft, his ego has all but drowned out any respect I had for the guy. Tommy Aldridge, whom I believe has done work for Whitesnake, was also a studio musician for a Vinny Moore album and there was some great solo work done on there. I wasn't aware of Peart's new DVD but if I recall correctly, there was an amazing drum solo ("The Rhythm Method") done on their A Show of Hands, a live album and video from 1989.

I'm listening to that segment from Iron Butterfly mentioned in the article right now. Flatulent indeed. I hope to someday be behind a drumset, but I don't know if my life's situation(s) will allow that to happen.

Thanks for the article Dude.

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Highlights I've seem from the golden age :lol: include Ginger Baker from Cream, John Bonham from Zeppelin and Billy Cobham (the Jazz drummer) - oh, yeah, saw the Iron Butterfly perform that song too - it was impressive if you were a young teenager, not so much now

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