Double drumming
Double drumming (sometimes referred to as double drums) is a musical technique, used mostly in rock music, where two drummers play two drum kits at the same time..One may play the rhythm while the other may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm. It is more common to have a main drummer with an auxiliary percussionist who plays Latin American percussion, toms, or mallet percussion, but this is not considered "double drumming".
Featuring two drummers has been a common topology in jazz music, in particular in Free-Jazz.[1]
List of bands including double drumming/additional percussionists
- 38 Special
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- ABBA (2 Drummers during their 1977 Australian Tour)
- Adam and the Ants
- The Allman Brothers Band (2 drummers 1968-82; 3 drummers 1989-2014)
- Angels of Light
- Apollo 440 (Stop the Rock)
- Arcade Fire
- The Arcs
- The Band (occasionally after 1983 reformation)
- Big Pig
- Black Eyes
- Bleachers[2]
- Bloc Party
- Bon Iver
- Brand New, 2014 tour
- Bright Eyes
- Butthole Surfers, 1983-1985, 1986-1989, 2009
- Phil Collins (Chester Thompson, touring)
- John Coltrane, on Meditations (1966)
- Combichrist (additional percussionist)
- Concussion Ensemble (three regular drumkits, plus junk percussion)
- Course of Empire
- Crash Worship
- Cult of Luna
- Dananananaykroyd
- Danielson
- Demetrius Williams and Malachi Burgess, double drummers for DPB Band and with Brian Haas of JFJO and others
- The Dirtbombs
- Do Make Say Think
- The Doobie Brothers
- Eagles of Death Metal
- The Fall, 1981-1984, 1993-1997 (occasional), 2014-
- The Feelies
- Foreigner
- Frank Zappa
- Fugazi (early 2000s shortly before breakup)
- Genesis (1976-1993, 2007; Chester Thompson, touring)
- The Glitter Band
- Godsmack (occasionally)
- Gorillaz (2010 Tour)
- The Go! Team
- Grateful Dead, 1967-1971, 1974-1995 [3]
- Ground Zero (most but not all lineups)
- Hawkwind (1974-1976; occasionally thereafter)
- Hidden Orchestra
- Hollywood Undead (an additional percussionist who plays on a kit that consists of both electronic and acoustic drums)
- Ill Niño (additional Latin percussion, consisting of bongos etc., including regular cymbals and drums)
- James Brown (intermittently, especially ca. 1966-76)
- Joe Bonamassa
- Joe Walsh
- King Crimson, 1972-1973, 1994-1997 and 2008; 3 drummers since 2013
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- Kylesa
- Levon Helm (during the '80s)
- Joe Lovano's Us Five band, ca. 2009-2012
- The Melvins (2006 to present)
- Ministry (during tours 1989-1990)
- Motograter (additional. "Smur drums" consisting of steel barrel drums with drum heads)
- Morphine (1998-99)
- Modest Mouse (since 2004)
- The Moody Blues (1991 to present)
- Mushroomhead (main drums + 2 waterdrumkits [live only], since 2006)
- Needtobreathe
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (since 1994, on most but not all recordings and performances)
- Nomeansno, 1993-1997
- Oomph! (addt. electronic percussion + acoustic backup percussion on live shows)
- Ornette Coleman, first with his album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation an early and seminal example of double drumming; and occasionally thereafter[4]
- The Party Boys
- Pavement
- Pink Floyd (1980-1994; touring)
- Poliça
- Radiohead
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
- The Roots
- Sigue Sigue Sputnik
- Shipwreck (band)
- Skeleton Key (additional junk percussion, consisting of various pieces of metal items and scrap).
- Slipknot (one drum kit, two "Auxiliary Custom Percussion" kits which include beer kegs)
- Soulwax (three drummers used on From Deewee and 2017 tour)
- Taraf de Haïdouks (a Romanian band)
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Thee Oh Sees
- Tortoise (on some but not all recordings and performances)
- Ulver
- U.S. Christmas
- The Ventures
- Vinegar Joe
- White Rabbits
- Yes (during their 1991-1992 Union Tour)
- ZARD (Izumi Sakai)
References
- ↑ Adam Budofsky's 25 Great Double-Drumming Tracks
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (September 5, 2014). "Wallops of Exuberance With Traces of Yearning". NYTimes. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ↑ Eisen, Benjy (August 1, 2014). "The Grateful Dead's Drummers on Their 'Far-Out' New Collaboration". Esquire. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Down Beat: January 18, 1962 vol. 29, no. 2
External links
- "25 Great Double-Drumming Tracks", ModernDrummer.com. Accessed December 31, 2014.
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