Didn’t Ringo Used to Be Funny?
June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Stodgy Ringo, you sir have bored us into retardation with this Q&A. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment?
Boo.
Drumming Around the Web: June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
- Dance Program Expands to Include Drumming. The Drumming Club Project helps African immigrants from war-torn countries reconnect with their roots and adapt to life in New York.
- MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles. Any BDT’ers from Pickerington, Ohio? If so, hoof it over to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. You’ll see bikes owned by Neil Peart, Travis Barker, and Rick Allen.
Drumming Around the Web: June 29, 2008
June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
- Link Logen’s Drumming Marathon. The dude is trying to break the world record by playing 85.5 hours straight. He’s got about a day worth of bashing to go.
Zildjian Pitch Black Cymbals in France
June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
An online music store in France is displaying pics, prices, and descriptions of Zildjian’s Pitch Black cymbals. They are essentially coated ZHTs, and it looks like they’ll be heavily marketed to the young, up-and-coming bashers among us. For pics, scroll past our very rough (and possibly inaccurate) translation of the French promo text. If there are any native French speakers out there, let us know in the comments if we blew it bad.
Pitch Black: “Black is black”! Change your vision of cymbals! The Pitch Black series has a formidable and explosive Rock sound that approaches perfection! These cymbals were designed by and for heavy hitters who need a huge sound! Based on the manufacturing process of the 12% bronze formula that is already used in the ZHT series, the Pitch Black line has an additional tin element that reinforces the cymbals’ character. That in particular makes it possible to add weight and width to these cymbals, which gives a profile to the Black Pitch that is perfect for metal heads! These cymbals are guaranteed 100% Rock’n'roll, 100% brilliant, 100% as you love them! Zildjian worked for months to find a process that makes it possible to keep the black coating of your cymbals intact, even after years. Eight models of common Rock sizes are available. Once again, Zildjian is confirmed as being THE mark of innovative cymbals for discriminating musicians.
Travis Barker Playing Zildjian Pitch Black Cymbals?
June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is a new video of Barker beating the hell out of the song “Dope Boys” by The Game. Cool enough. But what really got our sticks standing at attention were the cymbals: are those Zildjian’s new Pitch Blacks Travis is bashing? And if so, they sound much better than we had anticipated. Perhaps there will be a professional and a budget line….
April Rose Pengilly
June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
Fellow fellows, first drop your eyes to the pic below (linger a good minute or two…we totally understand) and then come back here for this scoop: April Rose Pengilly’s not merely a hot model with rock-father genes (thank you, INXS sax man!). No, Pengilly’s also apparently a drummer. And she plays in high heels. And she’s eighteen.
Like, when did the universe start doing requests?
Drumming Around the Web: June 28, 2008
June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
- Daniel Erlandsson Schedules Drum Clinic in Japan. The Arch Enemy drummer is making his clinic debut August 24.
Taiko Master Is Dead
June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Daihachi Oguchi, the guru of contemporary taiko drumming, was hit by a car Thursday and died Friday of excessive bleeding. He was 84.
We here at BDT admittedly know precious little of the rich history of taiko (save of course that it must be hellaciously fun to whack ginormous drums with big sticks), but if the vid performance below is any indication, the fiery and loud-lunged Oguchi will be very much missed. We’re betting he didn’t go quietly into that good night.
[Update: His obit appeared today in the New York Times.]
Tony Williams Pic
June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We learned our lesson yesterday about timely drum-forum fishing and look at what we caught: a stunning pic of Tony Williams posted by Ronn Dunnett. We’re not sure if Dunnett took the photo himself (entirely possible given his great eye) or just found it online somewhere, but copyrights be damned: we ain’t taking the fucker down until the Feds come a kickin’.
Tico Torres Has a Clothing Line
June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
No, no, no. First Matt Sorum, then Andrew Hurley, and now goddamn Tico Torres, whose sin is decidedly the worst of all. The Bon Jovi drummer has started a clothing line for rugrats called (ready?….) Rock Star Baby. The miniature hipsterware (along with baby bottles and pacifiers, and…ugh, I just threw up into my mouth) is being sold at Harrods department store in London and can be had online as well. The cost? Just your cool card and all future breeding rights.
