A drum kit (also drum set, or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person (drummer).

The individual instruments of a drum-set are hit by a variety of implements held in the hand, including sticks, brushes, and mallets. Two notable exceptions include the bass drum, played by a foot-operated pedal, and the hi-hat cymbals, which may be struck together using a foot pedal in addition to being played with sticks or brushes. Although other instruments can be played using a pedal, the feet are usually occupied by the bass drum and hi hat, and as a result the drummer often plays in a seated position. Percussion notation is often used by drummers to signify which drum set components are to be played. A full size drum set without any additional percussion instruments has a bass drum, floor tom, snare drum, tom-toms, and a variety of cymbals including hi-hat cymbals, ride cymbal and a crash cymbal.

Various music genres dictate the stylistically appropriate use of the drum kit's set-up. For example, in most forms of rock music, the bass drum, hi-hat and snare drum are the primary instruments used to create a drum beat, whereas in jazz, ride and snare patterns tend to be more prevalent and the hi-hat is played by the foot. In the 2000s, an increasing number of drummers have begun to use electronic drum pads which trigger synthesized or sampled drum sounds.

Drum kits have ranged in size and components from old style jazz/dance hall kits through to modern rock/techno kits.

History and development

Drum kits are infants of the Vaudeville era. Pecuniary and theater space considerations demanded that fewer percussionists covered more percussion parts. In military and orchestral music settings, drums and cymbals were traditionally played separately by one or many percussionists. The bass drum, snare drum, cymbals and other percussion instruments were played by hand. Circa 1890, experimentation with foot pedals began. Liberating the hands for the first time, this evolution saw the bass drum played (first standing) with the foot of a percussionist and became the central piece around which every other percussion instruments would later revolve. Ludwig-Musser, William F. Ludwig Sr. and his brother Theodor Ludwig founded the Ludwig & Ludwig Co. in 1909 and patented the first workable bass drum pedal system, paving the way for what was to become the modern drum kit.

By World War I drum kits were characterized by very large marching bass drums and many percussion items suspended on and around them, and they became a central part of jazz music, specifically (but not limited to) dixieland. Metal consoles were developed to hold Chinese tom-toms, with swing out stands for snare drums and cymbals. On top of the console was a "contraption" (shortened to "trap") tray used to hold whistles, klaxons, and cowbells, thus drum kits were dubbed "trap kits." Hi-hat stands appeared around 1926.

By the 1930s, Ben Duncan and others popularized streamlined trap kits leading to a basic four piece drum set standard: bass, snare, tom-tom, and floor tom. In time legs were fitted to larger floor toms, and "consolettes" were devised to hold smaller tom-toms on the bass drum. In the 1940s, Louie Bellson pioneered use of two bass drums, or the double bass drum kit. Gene Krupa was the first drummer to head his own orchestra and thrust the drums into the spot light with his drum solos, and others would soon follow his lead. Krupa is also known to be the first to record a drum solo on a commercial record.

With the ascendance of rock and roll, a watershed moment occurred between 1962 and 1964 when the Surfaris released "Wipe Out," and when Ringo Starr of The Beatles played his Ludwig kit on American television; events that motivated legions to take up the drums.

The trend towards bigger drum kits in Rock music began in the 1960s and gained momentum in the 1970s. By the 1980s, widely popular drummers like Billy Cobham, Carl Palmer, Nicko McBrain, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland and perhaps most notably Neil Peart were using large numbers of drums and cymbals[1] and had also begun using electronic drums. In the 1990s and 2000s, many drummers in popular music and indie music have reverted back to basic four piece drum set standard.[2]

In the 21st century, it is not uncommon for drummers to use a variety of auxiliary percussion instruments, found objects, and electronics as part of their "drum" kits. Popular electronics include: electronic sound modules; laptop computers used to activate loops, sequences and samples; metronomes and tempo meters; recording devices; and personal sound reinforcement equipment (e.g., a small PA system to amplify electronic drums and provide a monitor for singing).

Recording

On early recording mediums such as wax cylinders and discs carved with an engraving needle, it was noted that cymbals distorted sound and affected the spectrum of sound at playback. To remedy the situation, drummers were often asked to play the content of the cymbals onto woodblocks, temple blocks and cowbells because of their short attack and quick decay.

This recording-specific particularity had the effect of altering the evolution of the drum set and of stigmatizing the sound of the music recorded at the time.

Components

The exact collection of a drum kit's components depends on factors like musical style, personal preference, financial resources, and transportation options of the drummer. Cymbal, hi-hat, and tom-tom stands (if it comes with), as well as bass drum pedals and drum thrones are usually standard in most drum kits. Most mass produced drum kits are sold in one of two five-piece configurations (referring to the number of drums only), which typically include a bass drum, a snare drum, two toms, and one floor tom. The standard sizes (sometimes called ‘rock’ sizes) are 22” (head size diameter) bass drum, 14” snare drum, 12” and 13” mounted toms, and a 16” floor tom. The other popular configuration is called "Fusion", a reference to jazz fusion music, which usually includes a 20” (or sometimes 22") bass drum, a 14” snare drum, and 10”, 12” mounted toms, and a 14” floor tom.

Drum pedals have a felt, plastic, or wooden beater which the drummer operates by pressing down on the pedal. When the pedal is depressed, it pulls a chain, metal shaft, or sturdy cloth or plastic strap which is attached to the end of the fulcrum-mounted beater rod. Some bass pedals are designed to be attached to the bass drum using metal screws. The double bass pedal was developed to eliminate the need for a second bass drum. It has since become popular in heavy metal bands such as Anthrax, Kreator, and Slayer. Drummers that use two bass drums or pedals usually have their hi-hat unscrewed or have a different cymbal in place of the hi-hat, because of the extra kick pedal. Some drummers make use of a drop clutch, which is used to open or close the hi hat by tapping a device with the stick as an alternative to using the foot pedal. When the drop clutch is closed, this keeps the hi-hats closed without the drummer having to hold down the pedal. This frees up the foot that is normally used with the hi-hat to perform on the second bass drum pedal.

The standard hardware pack includes a hi-hat stand, a snare drum stand, two or three cymbal stands, and a bass drum pedal. Drum kits are usually offered as either complete kits which include drums and hardware, or as “shell packs” which include only the drums and perhaps some tom mounting hardware. Cymbals are usually purchased separately and are also available in either packs or as individual pieces, which enables the buyer to test for their perfect cymbal.

Depending on the drummer or style of music, the quality of equipment must also be taken into consideration. All drums, cymbals, and other accessories project different sounds, and contribute to music as a whole. For example, if a drummer is looking for a more washy, less clean snare drum sound, he/she might choose to use a vintage, or cheaper snare drum. If a drummer is looking for a powerful, clean and cutting cymbal sound, he/she might choose a cymbal that is more expensive and made out of higher quality metal.

Basic drum kit

:Five-piece kit

Bass drum & pedal(s) [1]

Snare drum & stand [2]

Floor tom [3]

Mounted tom (with mounting hardware) or second floor tom [4]

Mounted tom (with mounting hardware) [5]

Hi-hat cymbals & stand

Crash cymbal & stand

Ride cymbal & stand

Throne

:

"Four-piece kit", "five-piece kit", etc., refers to the actual number of drums in the set, cymbals not being counted. Some drummers who have their own mics have a set of drum-mounted mics, an approach which eliminates the need for mic stands and reduces set-up time. In some styles of music, drummers may also use electronic effects on drums. In some situations, drummers use noise gates that mute microphones below a threshold volume. This allows the sound engineer to use a higher overall volume for the drum kit, because it reduces the number of "active" mics which could feed back.

In some styles or settings, such as country music clubs or churches, the drummer may use a plexiglass screen to dampen the onstage volume of the drums. Many drummers who play in different venues carry carpeting or mats to prevent the bass drum from slipping on a wooden floor. Some drummers use an insulation-style filling or foam in the bass drum to lessen the "ringing" sound. Drummers often use a variety of accessories when they are practicing. Metronomes and beat counters are used to develop a steady rhythm. Drum mufflers are used to lessen the volume of drums during practicing.

Electronic drums

Roland V-Stage Series TD-12S V-Drum Kit is an electronic drum set. Shot also includes an extra PD-105 tom pad, CY-8 cymbal, Axis Longboard double kick pedal, and Iron Cobra Hi-Hat stand.]]

Some drummers use some or all electronic drum components. There are two approaches to using electronic drums. One approach is to use drum trigger pads for all of the different instruments. These pads are discs with a rubber-type coating that can be mounted on stands in the same locations that the traditional drum shells would be placed. Each disc has a piezoelectric transducer which transmits an electronic signal when it is struck. A patch cord from each drum pad disc is plugged into a drum synthesizer module and connected to the appropriate synthesized or sampled drum sound. Thus, when the drummer strikes the drum pad that is designated as the snare drum pad, the synthesizer module produces the sound of a snare drum. Since the sound is produced by a synthesizer, a performer can choose a range of sounds, such as samples of an actual drum or cymbal or electronic drum sounds. A drummer could even have the synthesizer produce non-drum sounds, such as sound effects or pitched notes.

The advantage of playing with a purely electronic drum kit is that there is no onstage drum sound, apart from any sound from a monitor or keyboard amplifier (which can be easily turned up or down). This may be desirable for venues in which only a quiet drum sound is desired, as in the case of a church or a music theater show. As well, a drummer with electronic drums can practice without being concerned about disturbing neighbors or room-mates. Another advantage is that electronic drums do not need to be mic-ed and sound-checked. The disadvantage of electronic drums is that they may not have the full range of tonal options and textures that are available with natural drums, and the pads and plastic cymbals may not have the same "feel" for the performer. For example, an entry-level electronic drum system will have a snare sound, but the snare drum pad may not have a sensor that detects "rim shots". Another potential disadvantage is that an electronic drummer needs to have a keyboard amplifier or PA system in order to be heard in a rehearsal.

The second approach to playing electronic drums is to use an acoustic drum kit (wooden shells and metal cymbals) and attach trigger sensors to each drum or cymbal. The sensors are then routed to a synthesizer module in the same fashion as a purely electronic drum kit. The advantage of this approach is that a drummer could switch between traditional, natural drum sounds and quirky electronica drum sounds throughout a performance.

Sizing

Snare, tom and bass drum sizes are commonly expressed as diameter x depth, both in inches, for example 14 x 5.5 is a common snare drum size. However, some manufacturers, including Drum Workshop, Slingerland, and Tama Drums, use the opposite convention, and put the depth first, so they would call this size 5.5 x 14. Makers who use the diameter-first convention include Premier Percussion, Pearl Drums, Pork Pie Percussion, Ludwig-Musser, Sonor, Mapex, and Yamaha Drums

The standard sizes for a 5 piece, "2 up, 1 down" rock kit are: 22" x 18" bass drum, 12" x 9" rack tom, 13" x 10" rack tom, 16" x 16" floor tom and a 14" x 5.5" snare drum. Another common sized drum kit is a fusion set. A standard 5 piece fusion drum kit will consist of a 20" x 16" bass drum, 10" x 8" rack tom, 12" x 9" rack tom, 14" x 14" floor tom and a 14" x 5.5" snare drum. Jazz drum kits usually exclude the mid tom. In recent years manufacturers have introduced modification to the rock kit standard, with more and more drum makers offering a "1 up, 2 down" configuration, where the configuration includes two floor toms and a single rack tom. This evolution can be explained by the popularity of artists such as Led Zeppelin's John Bonham who in fact modeled his kit after Gene Krupa a Big Band era jazz drummer. The amount of pieces in a drum kit can vary by large amounts from player to player due to personal preference from minimal kits mainly used in rockabilly and dixieland jazz to indulgently sized kits in some progressive rock, fusion, and metal groups. The size of bass drums differs a great deal between different styles. A jazz drummer may use a relatively small bass drum, because in jazz, the bass drum is often used more as an accent instrument than for laying down a heavy beat. In contrast, a metal or hard rock drummer may have a very large bass drum (often multiple bass drums) that can produce a deep, muffled tone. This obviously varies upon the genre of the music in which is being played.

Audio samples

See also

Percussion

Rhythm section

Drummer

List of drummers

Bell cymbal

References

External links

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Caption	Atkinson at the premiere for Mr. Bean's Holiday in March 2007
Birth name	Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
Birth date	January 06, 1955
Birth place	Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Current location	Danville, California
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Genre	Physical comedy, satire
Influences	Peter Sellers, Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati
Influenced	Steve Pemberton, David Walliams, David Schneider
Active	1978–present
Notable work	Not the Nine O'Clock News Blackadder Mr. Bean The Thin Blue Line
Spouse
Child	Ben Atkinson, Lily Atkinson, Gemma Atkinson
Baftaawards	Best Light Entertainment Performance 1981 Not the Nine O'Clock News 1990 Blackadder Goes Forth
Olivierawards	Best Comedy Performance 1981 Rowan Atkinson in Revue

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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is most famous for his work in the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.

Early life and education

Atkinson, the youngest of three brothers, was born in Consett, County Durham, England. His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. Atkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at Durham Choristers School, St. Bees School, and Newcastle University. He continued for the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford, first achieving notice at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976.

Television

After university, Atkinson toured with Angus Deayton as his funny man in an act that was eventually filmed for a television show. After the success of the show, he did a one-off pilot for ITV in 1979 called Canned Laughter. Atkinson then went on to do Not the Nine O'Clock News, produced by his friend John Lloyd. He starred on the show along with Pamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, and was one of the main sketch writers.

The success of Not the Nine O'Clock News led to his starring in the medieval sitcom The Black Adder, which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis, in 1983. After a three-year gap, in part due to budgetary concerns, a second series was written, this time by Curtis and Ben Elton, and first screened in 1986. Blackadder II followed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's original character, this time in the Elizabethan era. The same pattern was repeated in the two sequels Blackadder the Third (1987) (set in the Regency era), and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) (set in World War I). The Blackadder series went on to become one of the most successful BBC situation comedies of all time, spawning television specials including Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and (1988).

Atkinson's other famous creation, the hapless Mr. Bean, first appeared on New Years Day in 1990 in a half-hour special for Thames Television. The character of Mr. Bean has been likened somewhat to a modern-day Buster Keaton. During this time, Atkinson appeared at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal in 1987 and 1989. Several sequels to Mr. Bean appeared on television in the 1990s, and it eventually made into a major motion picture in 1997. Entitled Bean, it was directed by Mel Smith, his former co-star from Not the Nine O'Clock News. A second movie was released in 2007 entitled Mr. Bean's Holiday.

In 1995 and 1996, Atkinson portrayed Inspector Raymond Fowler in the popular The Thin Blue Line television series, written by Ben Elton, which takes place in a police station located in fictitious Gasforth.

Atkinson has fronted campaigns for Kronenbourg, Hitachi electrical goods, Fujifilm, and Give Blood. Most famously, he appeared as a hapless and error-prone espionage agent in a long-running series for Barclaycard, on which character his title role in Johnny English was based.

He also starred in a comedy spoof of Doctor Who as the Doctor, for a red nose day benefit. He had also been considered as a candidate for playing the Doctor in the actual show.

Film

, next to the Manneken Pis.]] Atkinson's film career began in 1983 with a supporting part in the 'unofficial' James Bond movie Never Say Never Again and a leading role in Dead on Time with Nigel Hawthorne. He appeared in former Not the Nine O'Clock News co-star Mel Smith's directorial debut The Tall Guy in 1989. He also appeared alongside Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling in Roald Dahl's The Witches in 1990. In 1993 he played the part of Dexter Hayman in Hot Shots! Part Deux, a parody of Rambo III, starring Charlie Sheen.

Atkinson gained further recognition with his turn as a verbally bumbling vicar in the 1994 hit Four Weddings and a Funeral. That same year he was featured in Walt Disney's The Lion King as Zazu the Red-billed Hornbill. Atkinson continued to appear in supporting roles in successful comedies, including Rat Race (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and ''Love Actually (2003).

In 2005, he acted in the crime/comedy Keeping Mum, which also starred Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.

In addition to his supporting roles, Atkinson has also had success as a leading man. His television character Mr. Bean debuted on the big screen in 1997 with Bean to international success. A sequel, Mr. Bean's Holiday, was released in March 2007 and may be the last time he plays the character. He has also starred in the James Bond parody Johnny English in 2003. Its sequel, Johnny English Reborn will be released in 2011.

Theatre

Rowan Atkinson appeared in the 2009 revival of the West End musical Oliver! as Fagin. The production was directed by Rupert Goold. A year prior he starred in a pre-West End run of the show in Oxford, directed by Jez Bond.

Comedic style

Best known for his use of physical comedy in his trademark character of Mr. Bean, others of Atkinson's characters rely more heavily on language. Atkinson often plays authority figures (especially priests or vicars) speaking absurd lines with a completely deadpan delivery.

One of his better-known trademark comic devices is over-articulation of the "B" sound, such as his pronunciation of "Bob" in a Blackadder episode. Atkinson suffers from stuttering, and the over-articulation is a technique to overcome problematic consonants.

Atkinson's style is often visually-based. This visual style, which has been compared to Buster Keaton, Sunetra is of mixed descent, being the daughter of an Indian father and a British mother. The couple married at the Russian Tea Room in New York City in 1990. They have two children and live in Northamptonshire as well as Oxfordshire and London. In October 2010, his Blackadder co-star Stephen Fry confessed on The Rob Brydon Show that he had contemplated asking Sastry out (she was a make-up artist on the series), but discovered she was going on a date with Atkinson and kept quiet. Fry was best man at Atkinson's wedding in 1990.

Politics

In June 2005, Atkinson led a coalition of the UK's most prominent actors and writers, including Nicholas Hytner, Stephen Fry and Ian McEwan, to the British Parliament in an attempt to force a review of the controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill — on the grounds that the bill would give religious groups a "weapon of disproportionate power" whose threat would engender a culture of self-censorship among artists.

In 2009, he criticised homophobic speech legislation, saying that the House of Lords must vote against a government attempt to remove a free speech clause in an anti-gay hate law.

Cars

With an estimated wealth of £100 million, Atkinson is able to indulge his passion for cars that began with driving his mother's Morris Minor around the family farm. He has written for the British magazines Car, Octane, Evo, and "SuperClassics", a short-lived UK magazine, in which he reviewed the McLaren F1 in 1995.

Atkinson holds a category C+E (formerly 'Class 1') lorry driving licence, gained in 1981, because lorries held a fascination for him, and to ensure employment as a young actor. He has also used this skill when filming comedy material.

A lover of and participant in car racing, he appeared as racing driver Henry Birkin in the television play Full Throttle in 1995. In 1991, he starred in the self-penned The Driven Man, a series of sketches featuring Atkinson driving around London trying to solve his car-fetish, and discussing it with taxi drivers, policemen, used-car salesmen and psychotherapists.

Atkinson has raced in other cars, including a Renault 5 GT Turbo for two seasons for its one make series. He owns a McLaren F1, which was involved in an accident in Cabus, near Garstang, Lancashire with an Austin Metro. He also owns a Honda NSX. Other cars he owns include an Audi A8, and a Honda Civic Hybrid.

The Conservative Party politician Alan Clark, himself a devotee of classic motor cars, recorded in his published Diaries this chance meeting with a man he later realised was Atkinson while driving through Oxfordshire in May 1984: "Just after leaving the motorway at Thame I noticed a dark red DBS V8 Aston Martin on the slip road with the bonnet up, a man unhappily bending over it. I told Jane to pull in and walked back. A DV8 in trouble is always good for a gloat." Clark writes that he gave Atkinson a lift in his Rolls Royce to the nearest telephone box, but was disappointed in his bland reaction to being recognised, noting that: "he didn't sparkle, was rather disappointing and ."

One car Atkinson will not own is a Porsche: "I have a problem with Porsches. They're wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one. Somehow, the typical Porsche people—and I wish them no ill—are not, I feel, my kind of people. I don't go around saying that Porsches are a pile of dung, but I do know that psychologically I couldn't handle owning one."

Television appearances

at Goodwood Circuit in 2009]]

Canned Laughter (1979), an experimental sitcom pilot for LWT

The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979), a charity special for Amnesty International

Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982)

Peter Cook & Co (1980)

The Innes Book Of Records (1980), guest appearance

Blackadder as Prince Edmund (Series 1), Lord Blackadder (Series 2), Edmund Blackadder (Series 3 & 4) & Ebenezer Blackadder (Blackadder's Christmas Carol) (1983–1989)

Saturday Live as guest host (1986)

Mr. Bean as Mr. Bean (1990–2009 various times)

Rowan Atkinson Live as assorted characters (1992) (VHS of live sketches)

Bernard and the Genie as Bernard's Boss (1991) (TV movie)

Funny Business (1992), a documentary about the craft of comedy

A Bit Of Fry And Laurie (1992), guest appearance

The Thin Blue Line as Inspector Raymond Fowler (1995–1996)

as Blackadder (2000)

Mr. Bean (animated TV series) as Mr Bean, voice (2002)

The Comic Relief Red Nose Day telecasts, including appearing in:

* as Edmund Blackadder (1988)

* Nosenight sketches (1989)

* Mr Bean's Red Nose Day as Mr Bean (1991)

* (I Wanna Be) Elected as Mr Bean (1992)

* Blind Date with Mr Bean as Mr Bean (1993)

* Torvill and Bean as Mr Bean (1995)

* Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death as The Doctor (1999)

* Popsters as Nasty Neville (2001)

* Lying to Michael Jackson as Martin Bashir (2003)

* Spider-Plant Man as Peter Piper and Spider-Plant Man (2005)

* Mr Bean's Wedding as Mr Bean (2007)

* The Greatest Worst Bits of Comic Relief as Himself (2007)

The Dame Edna Treatment (2007), guest appearance as Mr Bean

We Are Most Amused (2008), a special show to celebrate Prince Charles' 60th birthday

Blackadder Rides Again as himself (2008)

Filmography

Awards

Atkinson has won the following awards: Variety Club Award for BBC Personality of the Year – 1980

References

External links

Rowan Atkinson biography at BFI Screenonline

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Name	Terry Bozzio
Landscape	Yes
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Terry John Bozzio
Alias	Terry "Ted" Bozzio
Born	December 27, 1950San Francisco, California, U.S.
Instrument	Drums, percussion, keyboards
Genre	Rock, Jazz, Synthpop, Classical, alternative
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1972–present
Associated acts	Frank Zappa, UK, Missing Persons, HoBoLeMa, Jeff Beck, Korn, Fantômas, Debbie Harry
Url	www.terrybozzio.com

Terry John Bozzio (December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.

Biography

Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and begged his father for drum lessons. During the 1960s, he played in the garage bands Blue Grass Radio, The Yarde, and Tamalpais Jungle Mountain Boys.

In 1968 Bozzio attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, where he received a music scholarship award, and later went on to the College of Marin. During this time he studied concurrently with Chuck Brown on the drum set and Lloyd Davis and Roland Kohloff on a percussion and timpani scholarship. He also played Bartok-Dahl-Cowell & Baroque chamber ensembles with the Marin and Napa County Symphonies.

In 1972 Bozzio played in the rock musicals Godspell and Walking in my Time. He also began playing in local jazz groups with Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Knock, Art Lande, Azteca, Eddie Henderson, Woodie Shaw, Julian Priester, Eric Gravatt, Billy Higgins, Andy Narell, Hadley Calliman, Mel Graves, and Mel Martin. He became a regular in the Monday Night Jim Dukey Big Band at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.

He recorded and toured with Frank Zappa beginning in 1975, and appeared in the concert movie Baby Snakes. He is noted for performing Zappa's "The Black Page", a piece of music designed to be a "musician's nightmare" a page so filled with notes as to be almost black.

In 1977 he joined The Brecker Brothers with long time San Francisco friend and guitarist Barry Finnerty. With The Brecker Brothers, Bozzio toured and recorded the album "Heavy Metal Be-Bop." Shortly after, he was dismissed by Zappa as he joined Group 87 with Mark Isham, Peter Maunu, Patrick O'Hearn and Peter Wolf. The group auditioned for and got a record deal with CBS; Bozzio declined membership in the group and then auditioned unsuccessfully for Thin Lizzy.

In 1979 he joined the band UK with Eddie Jobson and John Wetton, replacing Bill Bruford & Alan Holdsworth. They recorded Danger Money and Night After Night and toured the US twice (supporting Jethro Tull), as well as Europe and Japan. Bozzio then quit UK to form the band Missing Persons with ex-Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and then-wife and vocalist Dale Bozzio. Missing Persons released the albums Spring Session M (in which they received a Gold Record), Rhyme & Reason, and Color in Your Life. They also toured the US & Europe and appeared on TV and radio shows.

After disbanding Missing Persons in 1986, Bozzio joined up with ex-Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor for his solo band. He also played on sessions with Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Don Dokken, XYZ, Paul Hyde, Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, and Richard Marx. During this time he also began touring as a clinician/solo drummer and recorded Solo Drums which was his first instructional video for WB. Bozzio also joined Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck to make the video Throwaway, and teamed up with Beck & keyboardist Tony Hymas to co-write/produce and perform on the Grammy Award winning album Guitar Shop.

In 1988 Bozzio married Ev Kvamme and in 1990 his son Raanen Bozzio was born.

Between the years of 1990-1995 Terry developed ostinato-based drum solo compositions and recorded his second instructional video Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato Volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as Solo Drum Music Volumes 1 & 2 on CD. He also joined Tony Hymas, Toney Coe, and Hugh Burns to form the band Lonely Bears and record The Lonely Bears, Injustice, and The Bears are Running, while living in Paris, France. He also formed the band Polytown with David Torn and Mick Karn.

From 1995-2002 Bozzio did tours of the US, Australia, Canada & Europe as a solo drum artist as well as recording two solo CDs: Drawing the Circle and Chamberworks. He also teamed up with Chad Wackerman to produce the Duets video and Alternative Duets CDs. Bozzio was inducted into the Modern Drummer "Hall of Fame" and won the Clinician of the Year award twice as well as Drum Magazine's Drummer of the Year and Best Clinician. Internationally, he received Schlagwerkrant Magazine's (Germany) and Player Magazine's (Japan) Best Drummer Award.

Bozzio was inducted into Guitar Center's RockWalk in Hollywood on January 17, 2007 along with rock and roll icons Ronnie James Dio and Slash. Bozzio also worked with the nu-metal band Korn on their 8th studio album after the departure of their drummer David Silveria. He was scheduled to play on the road with the band during the Family Values Tour, but he left and was replaced by Joey Jordison of Slipknot and later Ray Luzier.

Since November 2008 Bozzio has toured with guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist Tony Levin, and drummer Pat Mastelotto as the experimental super-group HoBoLeMa.

Musical innovation

In most of Bozzio’s works, the ostinato is played using various bass drum and hi-hat permutations while he solos against these rhythms using his hands. Sometimes (often in the same composition) the opposite is true, where he will hold an ostinato pattern with his hands and solo with his feet.

Current drum kit setup

Below is Terry's drum setup

Drums

Vertical Low Timbre drums in olive ash burl finish with satin chrome lugs and black powdercoat rims. All heads are Terry Bozzio Attack signature in clear mylar

10" snare tuned to D

13 - 8" x 3" piccolo toms - tuned from high C to a low C

12" solid craviotto snare tuned to B

8" x 3" piccolo tom tuned to Bb

8" x 6" tom tuned to A

4 - 10"x 6" toms G-F-E-D

10" x 8" tuned to C

12" x 6" tuned to B

12" x 8" tuned to A

13" x 9" tuned to G

14" x 10" tuned to F

16" x 12" tuned to E

Cymbals

All cymbals are Sabian Radia Terry Bozzio signatures.

21" ride

16" china below 8"china

18" china below 10"china

14" china w/12"crash stack below 7"china w/6"crash stack

16" china w/14"crash stack below 8"china w/7"crash stack

18" china w/16"crash stack below 10"china w/8"crash stack

20" china w/18"crash stack below 12"china w/10"crash stack

20" china below 12"china

22" china below 14"china

36" Chinese gong (behind right w/beater on cym boom)

10" hihats

left remote china hi hat 16" over 18"

spoxe hi hat

12" hi hats

lp tambourine

12" heavy bell under 8" cup chime

11" heavy bell under 7 1/2" cup chime

10" heavy bell under 7" cup chime

9" heavy bell under 6 1/2" cup chime

20" flat ride w/20"china stack, under closed14" flat bottom hi hats, under factory metal , under pete englehardt ribbon crasher

26" B-20 radia gong on dw custom 3 point gong holder designed by Terry

20" crash w/20" novo type china stack

right remote china hi hat 16" over 20"

6" closed flat bottom mini hihat

7" closed flat bottom mini hihat

Foot operated

12" Chinese gong or

8" x 3" foot tom tuned to

10" x foot tom tuned to

12" x foot tom tuned to

10" hi hat

Vic firth/emil richards jingle stick

Wooded headed tambourine

12" wooden headed djembe

16" x bd tuned to F

remote china hi hat 16" over 18"

20" x 12" bd tuned to C

spoxe hi hat

12" hi hats

20" x 16" main left kick drum (muffled) tuned to Bb

Metal tambourine shaker or tb special tambourine foot plate jingle device

20" x 16" main right kick drum (muffled) tuned to G

24" x 14" bd tuned to A (w/ akg d-112 may mic)

right remote hi hats 16" over 20"

18" x bd tuned to D

18" x bd tuned to E

20" x 8" bd tuned to B

Other

Glockenspiel

36" wuhan Chinese gong

One octave set of wuhan Chinese bossed gongs

Selected discography

Solo

Solo Drum Music I (1992)

Solo Drum Music II (1992)

Drawing The Circle (1998)

Chamber Works (1998)

Solos & Duets (with Chad Wackerman) (2001)

Nine Short Films (with Billy Sheehan) (2002)

Chamber Works (2005, with Metropole Orchestra)

Prime Cuts (2005)

Four From Ten Twenty Nine (2008)

Seven Nights in Japan (2008)

Frank Zappa

Bongo Fury (October 1975), US #66

Zoot Allures (October 1976), US #71

Zappa in New York (March 1977), US #57

Studio Tan (1978)

Sleep Dirt (January 1979), US #175

Sheik Yerbouti (March 1979), US #21

Joe's Garage (September 1979), US #27 (vocals only)

''Orchestral Favorites (1979)

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (May 1981)

Baby Snakes (March 1983)

Thing-Fish (November 1984)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (May 1988)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (November 1989)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (July 1991)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (July 1992)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (July 1992)

Läther (September 1996)

(October 1996)

''The Lost Episodes (1996)

Missing Persons

Missing Persons EP (1980) #46 US

Spring Session M (1982) #17 US

Rhyme & Reason (1984) #43 US

Color in Your Life (1986) #88 US

''Late Nights Early Days (1999)

Lost Tracks (2002)

UK

Danger Money (1979) (Replaced Bill Bruford)

Night After Night (1979, Live)

Dweezil Zappa

Back to the Beach Soundtrack (Wipe Out) with Herbie Hancock (1987)

My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (1988)

Shampoohorn (1994)

Automatic (2000)

Other

Born To Love You Luis Gasca (1974)

Eye of the Beholder Ray Baretto (1977)

Heavy Metal Be-Bop Brecker Brothers (1978)

Group 87 Group 87 (1980)

Andy Taylor Andy Taylor (1986)

Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson (1987)

Castalia Mark Isham (1988)

Rivers Gonna Rise Patrick O'Hearn (1988)

Who I Am Gary Wright (1988)

Def, Dumb and Blonde Deborah Harry (1989)

El Dorado Patrick O'Hearn (1989)

How Long Michael Thompson (1989)

Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop Jeff Beck & Tony Hymas (1989)

Twins Soundtrack Jeff Beck (1989)

Girlfriend from Hell Jorgenson (1990)

Mark Isham Mark Isham (1990)

Up From The Ashes Dokken (1990)

Beckology Jeff Beck (1991)

In Your Face Earl Slick (1991)

Rush Street Richard Marx (1991)

Retrograde Planet Zazen (1992)

Vol. Pour Sydney Lonely Bears (1992)

White Sands Soundtrack Patrick O'Hearn

Sex and Religion Steve Vai (1993)

Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum Compilation (1994)

Hide Your Face Hide (1994)

Polytown Polytown (1994)

First Signs of Life Gary Wright (1995)

Thank You Duran Duran (1995)

Trust Patrick O'Hearn (1995)

Black Light Syndrome Bozzio Levin Stevens (1997)

Dream Castles Sly (1997)

Something With a Pulse Mark Craney & Friends (1997)

Age of Impact Explorer's Club (1998)

Best of the Lonely Bears Lonely Bears (1998)

Proof: The Very Best of the Knack The Knack (1998)

Zoom The Knack (1998)

Lonely Bears Lonely Bears (1999)

Injustice Lonely Bears (2000)

Situation Dangerous Bozzio Levin Stevens (2000)

The Bears are Running Lonely Bears (2000)

Compression Billy Sheehan (2001)

Feeding The Wheel Jordan Rudess (2001)

XYZ XYZ (2001)

Big Delta Omar & The Howlers (2002)

Delete & Roll Bozzio Preinfalk & Machacek (2002)

Queen of the Damned Soundtrack Jonathan Davis, Richard Gibbs (2002)

Raising The Mammoth The Explorers Club (2002)

Bozzio - Mastelotto with Pat Mastelotto (2003)

Alamo Soundtrack Carter Burwell (2004)

Boogie Man Omar & The Howlers (2004)

Drum Nation, Vol. 1 Various Artists (2004)

Two Sides of If Vivian Campbell (2005)

Sic Alex Machacek (2006)

Untitled Korn (2007)

Live with the Tosca Strings DVD(2008)

References

"The Drum Gods - 25 Legendary Talents Who Changed Drumming" / Modern Drummer Publications (Terry Bozzio is one of the 25 drummers profiled)

External links

Terry Bozzio – Official site

Terry Bozzio on Drum Channel

Terry Bozzio : Sabian Cymbals - Artist Set-up

Drum Workshop site, artists section : Contains an illustration of Terry Bozzio and other drummers' drum kits

Terry Bozzio's Discography and Equipment List at BehindTheDrums

Category:1950 births Category:American rock drummers Category:Musicians from California Category:Missing Persons members Category:American musicians of Italian descent Category:Living people Category:People from San Francisco, California Category:People from Marin County, California Category:Grammy Award winners Category:American New Wave musicians Category:American session musicians

Name	Keith Moon
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Keith John Moon
Born	August 23, 1946Wembley, London, England
Died	September 07, 1978London, England
Instrument	Drums, percussion, vocals, bugle, trumpet, tuba
Genre	Rock, hard rock, pop, surf rock, blues, skiffle
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer, actor
Years active	1964–1978
Associated acts	The Who, Plastic Ono Band, Led Zeppelin

Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon joined The Who in 1964. He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1964's "Zoot Suit", to 1978's Who Are You, which was released three weeks before his death.

Moon was known for dramatic, suspenseful drumming—often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms, ambidextrous double bass drum work and wild cymbal crashes and washes. He is mentioned in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the greatest of all rock and roll drummers and was posthumously inducted into the Rock Hall as a member of The Who in 1990.

Personal life

Keith John Moon lived in Wembley, London. As a boy he was hyperactive and had a restless imagination. As a youth, the one thing that could hold his attention was music. Moon failed his eleven plus exam, and thus went to a secondary modern school, where in a report his art teacher commented: 'Retarded artistically. Idiotic in other respects.' Teacher Aaron Sofocleous praised his music skills and encouraged his chaotic style, even if one school report noted "He has great ability, but must guard against a tendency to show off." Often on his way home from school Keith would go to Macari's Music Studio in Ealing Road and would take instruction and practise on the drums there, where he learned his basic drumming skills. He left school in 1961.

On 17 March 1966, Moon married his pregnant girlfriend Kim Kerrigan in secrecy. Their daughter Amanda was born on 12 July 1966. Kerrigan left him in 1973. She took Mandy with her to live in the house of Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan, with whom she was having an affair, and divorced Moon in 1975. (Kerrigan and McLagan married in October 1978, one month after Moon's death. She herself was killed in a car crash in Texas in 2006.) Before his divorce Moon dated Georgiana Steele, a British-born former fashion model who worked in their quadrophonic recording studio, Ramport, in Battersea and in 1974 Moon began dating Swedish model Annette Walter-Lax.

Early musical career

At age 12, Moon joined his local Sea Cadet Corps band as a bugle player but traded his position to be a drummer. Moon started drums at 14 after his father bought him a kit. He received lessons from one of the loudest drummers at the time, Carlo Little, paying him 10 shillings a lesson. During this time he joined his first serious band The Escorts.

Moon initially played in the drumming style of American surf rock and jazz, with a mix of R&B;, utilising grooves and fills of those genres, particularly Hal Blaine of Wrecking Crew. However, he played faster and louder, with more persistence and authority. Moon's favourite musicians were jazz artists Gene Krupa and Sonny Rollins.

The Who

At age 17, Moon joined The Who, replacing Doug Sandom after the band received the news that they could not expect a recording contract without a better drummer. Early in The Who's career, as they gained a following, they sought to set themselves apart from other bands of the time. When their live sets culminated in what they later described as "auto-destructive art", with Townshend (and Moon delightedly following suit) destroying their equipment in elaborate fashion, they made a name for themselves in the press and gained the attention they had lacked. It was an act that was imitated by other bands and artists including Jimi Hendrix (who had just signed with the same label) in his break-out performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Moon showed a zeal for this, kicking and smashing his drums. During the end of their 1967 appearance performing on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Moon had explosives loaded into one of his kit's two bass drums. During the finale of "My Generation", he kicked the other drum off the riser and then set off the charge, with the intensity of the explosion surprising even himself. He singed Townshend's hair and embedded a piece of cymbal in his own arm. The blast has been speculated as starting Townshend's tinnitus, though Townsend himself attributes his hearing loss to years of headphone use in the recording studio. During one of his only drum solo performances on television, Moon filled clear acrylic drums with water and goldfish, playing them for the audience. Antics like these earned him the nicknames "Moon the Loon" and "Mad Moon". Cultivating publicity for his behaviour, he became one of the most well-known drummers in his generation, and the other members of the Who benefited from the exposure as well. , Toronto 1976]]

His propensity for making his bandmates laugh around the vocal microphone whilst recording led them to banish him from the studio when vocals were being recorded. This led to a game, Moon sneaking in to join the singing. He can be heard singing lead on several tracks, including "Bell Boy" (Quadrophenia, 1973), "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" (Ready Steady Who EP, 1966), and the high backing vocals on other songs, such as "Pictures Of Lily" and "Guitar And Pen".

Moon was credited as composer of "I Need You", which he also sang, and the instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange" (from A Quick One, 1966), the single B-sides "In The City" (co-written by Moon and Entwistle), "Dogs Part Two" (1969) (sharing credits with Townshend's and Entwistle's dogs, Towser and Jason), "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (1969), "Waspman" (1972), and "Girl's Eyes" (from The Who Sell Out sessions; featured on Thirty Years of Maximum R&B; and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out). He also co-composed the instrumental "The Ox" (from the debut album My Generation) with Townshend, Entwistle and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (from Tommy) was credited to Moon, who suggested the action should take place in a holiday camp. The song was written by Townshend, and although there is a misconception that Moon sings on the track, the version on the album is Townshend's demo. However Moon did sing it in live concerts, and on the film version of Tommy. He also produced "Baba O'Riley"'s violin solo (which he had suggested), performed by Dave Arbus, a friend.

Daltrey said Moon's drumming style held the band together; that Entwistle and Townshend "were like knitting needles... and Keith was the ball of wool."

Many rock drummers have cited Keith Moon as an influence, including Neil Peart, and Dave Grohl. The Jam paid tribute to Keith Moon on the second single from their third album, "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", in which the B-side of the single is a cover song from The Who: "So Sad About Us", and the back cover of the record is a photo of Keith Moon's face; The Jam's record was released about a month after Moon's death.

Recklessness

Moon led a very destructive and irresponsible lifestyle. He laid waste to hotel rooms, the homes of friends and even his own home, throwing furniture out of high windows. In one case, the band were due to perform at Charlton Athletic football ground, and were waiting in the dressing room for Moon to arrive. A witness described the drummer's sudden entry: "Suddenly, there was a great crash and Keith Moon dropped through the ceiling, having smashed his way through the corrugated iron roof."

Along with his drum sets, Moon's infamous (and favourite) calling card was to flush powerful explosives down toilets. It has been estimated that his destruction of toilets and plumbing ran as high as US$500,000, and his repeated practice of blowing up toilets with explosives led to Moon being banned for life from lodging at several hotel chains around the world, including all the Holiday Inn hotels in one state, Sheraton, and Hilton Hotels, as well as the Waldorf Astoria. Moon became so notorious for this practice that when Nick Harper was asked about his childhood memories spent around The Who, his first recollection was, "I remember Keith blowing up the toilets."

According to Tony Fletcher’s biography, Moon’s toilet pyrotechnics began in 1965, when he purchased 500 cherry bombs. In time, Moon would graduate from just cherry bombs to taking out toilets with Roman candles and M-80s. Eventually, Moon began using sticks of dynamite, his explosive of choice, to destroy toilets. “All that porcelain flying through the air was quite unforgettable," Moon recalled. "I never realised dynamite was so powerful. I’d been used to penny bangers before." During one incident between Moon and hotel management, Moon was asked to turn down his cassette player because The Who were making "too much noise". In response, Moon asked the manager up to his room, lit a stick of dynamite in the toilet, and shut the bathroom door. Following the explosion, Moon informed the startled manager, "That, dear boy, was noise." Moon then turned the cassette player back on and proclaimed, "This is The Who." On a different occasion in Alabama, Moon and Entwistle loaded a toilet with cherry bombs because they could not receive room service. According to Entwistle, "That toilet was just dust all over the walls by the time we checked out. The management brought our suitcases down to the gig and said: 'Don't come back...'"

The acts, though often fuelled by drugs and alcohol, were his way of expressing his eccentricity, as well as the joy he got from shocking the public.

Alice Cooper remembers their drinking club, The Hollywood Vampires, commenting that Moon ("the Puck of Rock 'n' Roll") used to enter dressed up as the Pope, one of many costumes he wore to elicit humour from others. Joe Walsh recorded chats with Moon, finding it remarkable how witty and alert the inebriated drummer managed to stay, ad-libbing his way through surrealistic fantasy stories à la Peter Cook, which Cooper reaffirms, saying he was not even certain he ever knew the real Keith Moon, or if there was one.

Aside from his romantic relationships, although his behaviour was outrageous, it was in the humorous vein He then allegedly drove a Cadillac (according to Moon's own account, it was a Lincoln Continental) into the hotel pool. While Moon had established a notorious history of blowing up toilets at other Holiday Inns, the car incident led to them being banned from Flint and The Holiday Inn for life. The Who had just opened for Herman's Hermits. Author Peter C. Cavanaugh, who was there and witnessed the event firsthand, recalled the events for a documentary on the 1960s rock scene. According to the book, The Who In Their Own Words, Moon said the incident was at the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. He said this was how he broke his front tooth. Other people who attended the event, including Who bandmate John Entwistle, cast doubt on the veracity of the car-in-the-swimming-pool story, but confirm some other parts of the tale. Another version of the night was recounted by Moon biographer Tony Fletcher in the book Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend; "It was (after a cake fight) that the cry came to 'debag' the birthday boy... Various members of (Herman's Hermits and The Who) launched themselves on Keith, pinned him to the floor and successfully pulled his trousers down...As the teenage girls began gasping and giggling and the cops started grunting their disapproval, Keith, naked from the waist down, made a good-natured dash for it out of the room...and smashed one of his front teeth out."'(p.p. 210) It was after Moon went to the dentist and the party was disbanded that the 30 to 40 guests filed out, a few taking fire extinguishers to cars and dirtying the swimming pool.

Car-pedestrian death

On 4 January 1970, Moon was involved in a car-pedestrian death outside the Red Lion pub in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Trying to escape hostile patrons from the pub who had begun to attack his Bentley, Moon, drunk, attempted to take control of his car, which in the melee, ran over and killed his friend, driver, and bodyguard, Neil Boland. Although the coroner said Boland's death was an accident and Moon was given an absolute discharge having been charged with driving offences, those close to him said Moon was haunted by the accident for the rest of his life. Boland's daughter spent a significant amount of time investigating and questioning each witness from the police blotter, and concluded that Moon was not the person behind the wheel of the car. However, Keith never recovered from feelings of guilt. Pamela Des Barres, a groupie with whom Moon had an ongoing relationship over the course of three years in Los Angeles, was alarmed by his frequent nightmares, which woke them both during the night, with Moon convinced that he had no right to be alive.

Passing out on stage

Moon's penchant for the wild life was not only outwardly detrimental; it began to take a toll on his health while he was still in his twenties, as well as on his drumming and his reliability as a band member. On the 1973 Quadrophenia tour, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, Moon took a large mixture of horse tranquillisers and brandy. He passed out during "Won't Get Fooled Again" and again in "Magic Bus". Townshend asked the audience, "Can anyone play the drums? - I mean somebody good." An audience member, Scot Halpin, filled in for the rest of the show. Guitarist Pete Townshend later said in an interview that Moon had consumed large tranquilliser pills, meant to be shot at animals, with the brandy. During the band's recording sabbatical between 1975 and 1978, Moon put on a great deal of weight. Nonetheless, John Entwistle maintained that Keith Moon and The Who reached their prime live peak during 1975 and 1976. That tour earned them Rolling Stone's 'red suspenders' for best live rock band.

Moon's close friend Ringo Starr was seriously concerned about his lifestyle and told Moon that if he kept going the way he was he would eventually kill himself. Moon simply replied "Yeah, I know."

Moon owned a lilac-coloured Rolls-Royce, painted with house paint. On Top Gear, Daltrey commented that Moon liked to take upper-class icons and make them working class. The car is now owned by Middlebrook Garages (based in Nottinghamshire).

Work outside The Who

It was Keith Moon who recommended the name "Led Zeppelin" to Jimmy Page who intended to name his new band 'Mad Dog'. According to Oxford lexicographer Susie Dent Moon and John Entwistle were speculating with Page about the possible formation of a supergroup when Moon remarked that a particular suggestion had fallen like a "lead zeppelin" (i.e. "lead balloon"). Page later adopted the term, but spelt "lead" as "led" because he thought otherwise it would be mispronounced (as /li:d/) in America. Although Moon's work with The Who dominated his career, he participated in minor outside projects. In 1966, he did his first work with Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, session man Nicky Hopkins, and future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to record an instrumental, "Beck's Bolero", released as a single-double later that year. He also played timpani on another track, "Ol' Man River" (credited on the back of the album as "You Know Who").

On 15 December 1969, Moon joined John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band for a live performance at the Lyceum Ballroom in London for a UNICEF charity concert. The supergroup also consisted of Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Yoko Ono, Billy Preston and Klaus Voormann. The band played Lennon's Cold Turkey and Ono's Don't Worry Kyoko. The performance was eventually released in 1972 as a companion disc to Lennon's and Ono's Some Time In New York City LP.

He joined Led Zeppelin on stage and drummed with John Bonham for encores in a show on 23 June 1977 at the L.A. Forum (recorded on Led Zeppelin bootlegs, For Badgeholders Only/Sgt. Page's Badgeholders Only Club).

In 1974 Track Records/MCA released a solo single: "Don't Worry, Baby" backed with "Teenage Idol", the former a reflection of his love of The Beach Boys.

On Valentine's Day 1974, Moon performed on drums with Jimmy Page, Ronnie Lane, Max Middleton and fellow drummer John Bonham on acoustic guitar for the gig premiering Roy Harper's album Valentine.

In 1975, he released his only solo album, pop covers entitled Two Sides of the Moon. Although this featured Moon's singing, much drumming was left to other artists including Ringo Starr, session musicians Curly Smith and Jim Keltner and actor/musician Miguel Ferrer (Twin Peaks and Crossing Jordan). Moon played drums on only three tracks.

In late 1975, he played drums on the track "Bo Diddley Jam" on Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll all-star album.

In 1971, he had a cameo role in Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels. He acted in drag as a nun fearful of death from overdosing on pills. In 1973 he appeared in That'll Be the Day, playing J.D. Clover, the drummer at a holiday camp during the early days of British rock 'n' roll. Moon reprised the role for the sequel Stardust in 1974. The film co-starred Moon's friend Ringo Starr of The Beatles. He appeared as "Uncle Ernie" in Ken Russell's 1975 film adaptation of Tommy. In a bar about 1975, he asked Graham Chapman and Bernard McKenna to do a "treatment" for a "mad movie". They asked a thousand pounds, Moon pulled the cash from his pocket and gave it to them. This was the start of the project that would become the movie Yellowbeard. Moon wanted to play the lead but the movie took many years to develop, and by that time he was in physically poor shape, and unsuitable. In 1976, he covered the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" for the soundtrack of the documentary All This and World War II. He impersonated a camp fashion designer in Sextette (1978), starring Mae West.

Moon once owned a hotel, the Crown and Cushion in Chipping Norton.

Death

Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at a film preview of The Buddy Holly Story on the evening of 6 September 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney at Peppermint Park in Covent Garden, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson, No.12 at 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair in which Cass Elliot had died a little more than four years earlier. Moon then took 32 tablets of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin). The pills were also prescribed by a new doctor, Dr. Geoffrey Dymond, who was unaware of Moon's recklessly impulsive nature and long history of prescription sedative abuse. He had given Moon a full bottle of 100 pills, and instructed him to take one whenever he felt a craving for alcohol (but not more than 3 per day). The police determined there were 32 pills in his system, with the digestion of 6 being sufficient to cause his death, and the other 26 of which were still undissolved when he died.

References

Further reading

Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher

Anyway Anyhow Anywhere (Revised Edition): The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978 by Andrew Neill and Mathew Kent

The Who: Maximum R&B; by Richard Barnes and Pete Townshend, Plexus Publishing; 5th edition (27 September 2004)

Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who by Dave Marsh, Plexus Publishing (16 September 2003)

External links

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Name	Gavin Harrison
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Gavin Harrison
Born	Harrow, UK
Instrument	drums & percussion
Genre	Progressive rockJazzProgressive metal
Occupation	musician
Label	LavaRoadrunnerAtlantic
Associated acts	Porcupine TreeKing CrimsonOSI Renaissance
Url	www.gavharrison.com/}}

Gavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best-known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson.

In 1983, Gavin played drums with the British progressive rock band Renaissance.

Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives. He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at his home studio.

In 2007 Gavin collaborated with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric on a new CD project called Drop. Gavin released his first solo album Sanity & Gravity in 1998 to some critical acclaim.

In 2008, Gavin joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer lineup with Pat Mastelotto. Gavin played a number of shows in the United States in August with the band.

He won the Modern Drummer magazine readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" consecutively from 2007-2010. He is the featured cover story on Modern Drummer January 2009. Rolling Stone Magazine polls rate him as the third best drummer in the past 25 years. His influences come from his father's jazz collection and from drummers such as Steve Gadd and Jeff Porcaro. Kit Studies with Joe Hodson, Paul Brodie and Dave Cutler (Berklee '78 graduate - teacher relating to the evolving Gary Chaffee school of rhythmic concepts).

Recently, Gavin has released his second collaboration with 05Ric entitled Circles.

Equipment

Current Tour Kit (2009)

Sonor SQ2 Maple Drums & Zildjian Cymbals:

Drums Sonor: SQ2 in USA (Golden Madrone finish) and SQ2 in Europe (Tribal finish).

*8x7" Rack Tom

*10x8" Rack Tom

*12x9" Rack Tom

*15x13" Floor Tom

*16x14" Floor Tom

*22x17" Bass Drum

*14x5" 6 ply Birch Snare

*12x5" 6 ply Maple Snare

Cymbals - Zildjian

*22" Swish Knockers without rivets

*16" Oriental China Trash

*5 Custom-Made Chimes

*13" K Hi-Hats

*18" K Crash

*7" custom crash bell

*9" custom crash bell

*15" A Custom Crash

*20" K Ride

*18" A Custom Crash

*12" Oriental China Trash

*18" Z Custom China

(Note: All cymbals are listed in the order they appear on Gavin's kit from left to right. The five custom chimes were made by Gavin himself from some used Zildjian crash cymbals.)

Drum Heads - Remo

*Toms: (8", 10", 12", 15",16") Coated Emperors - batter, Clear Ambassadors - resonant

*Bass Drum: (22") Powerstroke 3 Clear- batter,Standard Sonor Head - resonant

*Snares (14") Coated CS or Coated Pinstripe - batter, Hazy Ambassador - resonant

Hardware

*Sonor Stands

*Pearl Icon 3 Sided Rack

*S-Hoops fitted to all Toms and Snare drums

*Puresound Snare Wires (8 strands)

*Axis Double Longboards A Bass Drum Pedals

*Tama Cobra Clutch

Sticks - Vic Firth

*Vic Firth Rock Hickory with "Vic Grip"

Home Studio Setup

Mackie 32-8-2 mixing desk

Apogee Rosettas 800 AD/DA

Apple PowerMac G5

Apple Logic 9

Beyerdynamic DT-150 headphones

Mics:

Bass Drum (Sennheiser MKH40)

Bass Drum (Audix D6)

Snare Top (Audix i5 or Shure SM57)

Snare Bottom (Shure SM57)

Hi Hat (AKG CK391)

Tom1 (Sennheiser 421 or Electro Voice N/D 408)

Tom2 (Sennheiser 421 or Electro Voice N/D 408)

Tom3 (Sennheiser 421 or Electro Voice N/D 408)

Tom4 (Sennheiser 421 or Electro Voice N/D 408)

Tom5 (Sennheiser 421 or Electro Voice N/D 408)

Overheads (Pair of Schoeps CMC5's)

Close Ambience (Pair of Neumann TLM 103's)

Distant Ambience (Pair of Royer 122's)

Discography

{| class="standard sortable" |+ ! |Performer ! |Year ! |Album |- |Alice |1992 |Mezzogiorno Sulle Alpi |- |Angela Baraldi |2001 |Rosasporco |- |B J Cole |1989 |Transparent Music |- |BJ Cole |1995 |Heart of the Moment |- |Black |1988 |Comedy |- |Blackfield |2004 |Blackfield |- |Blackfield |2007 |Blackfield II |- |Camouflage |1991 |Meanwhile |- |Carlo Fimiani |2007 |Too Early |- |Cavani |1993 |Alza la Testa |- |Chizuko Yoshihiro |1993 |Conscious Mind |- |Claudio Baglioni |1992 |AncorAssieme |- |Claudio Baglioni |1992 |Assieme |- |Claudio Baglioni |1995 |Io Sono Qui |- |Claudio Baglioni |1996 |Attori e Spettatori |- |Claudio Baglioni |1997 |Anime in Gioco |- |Claudio Baglioni |1998 |A-Live |- |Claudio Baglioni |1999 |Viaggiatore Sulla Coda del Tempo |- |Claudio Baglioni |2000 |Acustico |- |Claudio Baglioni |2003 |Sono Io |- |Claudio Baglioni |2005 |Cresendo e Cercando |- |Claudio Baglioni |2006 |Quelli Degli Altri Tutti Qui |- |Claudio Baglioni |2009 |Q.P.G.A |- |Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin |1990 |The Big Idea |- |Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin |1991 |Spin |- |Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin |2009 |Green & Blue |- |Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin |2009 |TLG Collection |- |David Devant & His Spirit Wife |1996 |Ginger |- |Devogue |1997 |Devogue |- |Dizrhythmia |1987 |Dizrhythmia |- |Donna Gardier |1990 |I'll Be There |- |Ed Poole |2008 |ED 4 |- |Ed Poole |2010 |Depth |- |Eddie and The Tide |1986 | |- |Eros Ramazzotti |1995 |Più Bella Cosa Live |- |Eugenio Finardi |1990 |La Forza Dell'amore |- |Eugenio Finardi |1991 |Millennio |- |Fiorella Mannoia |1992 |I Treni a Vapore |- |Franco Battiato |1993 |Caffe' de la Paix |- |Franco Battiato |1996 |L'Imboscata |- |Franco Battiato |1996 |L'ombra Della Luce |- |Franco Battiato |1998 |Gommalacca |- |Froon |1987 |Froon |- |Fjieri |2009 |Endless |- |Gail Ann Dorsey |1988 |The Corporate World |- |Gavin Harrison |1997 |Sanity & Gravity |- |Gavin Harrison & 05Ric |2007 |Drop |- |Gavin Harrison & 05Ric |2009 |Circles |- |Heraldo Zuniga |2001 |Triangulo de Musgo |- |Iggy Pop |1989 |Lust For Live |- |Incognito |1991 |Inside Life |- |Jakko Jakszyk |2006 |The Bruised Romantic Glee Club |- |Jakko Jakszyk |1994 |Kingdom of Dust |- |Jakko Jakszyk |1994 |Mustard Gas and Roses |- |Jakko Jakszyk |1996 |Are My Ears on Wrong? |- |Jakko Jakszyk |1997 |Road to Ballina |- |Kevin Ayers |1992 |Still Life with Guitar |- |King Crimson |2008 |Park West, Chicago, Illinois - August 7, 2008 |- |Lene Lovich |1990 |March |- |Lewis Taylor |2000 |Lewis 2 |- |Lewis Taylor |2005 |In Session |- |Lisa Stansfield |1997 |Never, Never Gonna Give You Up Live |- |Lisa Stansfield |1999 |Swing |- |Lisa Stansfield |2001 |831 - Change |- |Manfred Mann's Earth Band |1996 |Soft Vengeance |- |Manolo Garcia |2002 |Nunca el Tiempo es Perdido |- |Mick Karn |1995 |The Tooth Mother |- |Mieko Shimizu |1990 |A Road of Shells |- |Miss Thi |1991 |Lover |- |No-Man |2008 |Schoolyard Ghosts |- |OSI |2009 |Blood |- |Paolo Gianolio |2009 |Pane e Nuvole |- |Patty Pravo |2002 |Radio Station |- |Paul Young |1995 |Grazing in the Grass Live |- |Peter Cox |2001 |Flame Still Burns |- |Porcupine Tree |2002 |In Absentia |- |Porcupine Tree |2003 |XM |- |Porcupine Tree |2004 |The Sky Moves Sideways reissue |- |Porcupine Tree |2005 |Deadwing |- |Porcupine Tree |2005 |Up the Downstair reissue |- |Porcupine Tree |2005 |XMII |- |Porcupine Tree |2006 |Rockpalast |- |Porcupine Tree |2006 |Arriving Somewhere... |- |Porcupine Tree |2007 |Fear of a Blank Planet |- |Porcupine Tree |2007 |Nil Recurring |- |Porcupine Tree |2009 |The Incident |- |Porcupine Tree |2010 |Anesthetize |- |Raf |1993 |Cannibali |- |Richard Barbieri/Tim Bowness |1994 |Flame |- |Richard Barbieri |2008 |Stranger Inside |- |Rob Cowen/Beverly Craven |2004 |Lady Advertiser |- |Sam Brown |1987 |Stop! |- |Sarah Jane Morris |1988 |Can't Get to Sleep |- |Saro Cosentino |1997 |Ones & Zeros |- |Shari Belafonte |1989 |Shari |- |Sharon Rose |1994 |Never Be The Same |- |Sheila Nicholls |2002 |Wake |- |Shooter |1999 |..And Your Point? |- |Shooter |1999 |Life's a Bitch |- |Stefano Panunzi |2005 |Timelines |- |Marco Tafelli |2010 |Reset |- |Steve Thorne |2007 |Part Two: Emotional Creatures |- |Steve Thorne |2009 |Into the Ether |- |Steven Wilson |2008 |Insurgentes |- |Three Blind Mice |2007 |Good Grief |- |The Kings of Oblivion |1987 |Big Fish Popcorn |- |Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk |1988 |We've Never Had It So Good |- |Yasuaki Shimizu |1989 |Aduna |- |Zerra One |1986 |The Domino Effect |- |+ |}

External links

Gavin's Official Website

Gavin's Drummerworld.com Page

Ask Gavin Harrison - Hundreds of drumming questions answered by Gavin Harrison

Examiner.com Sept. 2009 interview with Gavin Harrison

See also

List of drummers

List of jazz drummers

List of musicians

References

Category:English drummers Category:Living people Category:People from Harrow Category:King Crimson members

Name	Chad Szeliga
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	December 23, 1976 (age 34)
Died
Instrument	Drums,
Genre	Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Hard rock
Years active	1999–present
Label	Hollywood Records
Associated acts	Breaking Benjamin, Switched, Forever Oeuvre, APG, OurAfter Crystal Bowersox

Chad Szeliga is an American professional drummer from Elyria, Ohio. He is best known for being the drummer for the bands Breaking Benjamin and OurAfter.

Switched

Chad Szeliga started out with Switched, a hard rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. He was released from the band sometime during 2001. After his release from Switched, Chad played drums for another Cleveland band called Another Path.

Breaking Benjamin

While with Another Path, Chad recorded an audition video for Breaking Benjamin playing drums for the song So Cold. The video submitted happened to be the only VHS tape submitted. Ben Burnley was forced to borrow a VCR from his neighbor to view the tape. After Ben reviewed the tape, the band decided he was the right guy for the job. His first official recording with the band was for the full-band version of the song "Rain" from We Are Not Alone in late 2005, which was sent to modern radio, and later appeared on the band's cover of Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever?. He recorded with Breaking Benjamin on their 2006 album Phobia, which was released August 8, 2006. He also joined the band on their tour supporting that album.

He is still with Breaking Benjamin at this point, and was the full-time drummer on their fourth album entitled "Dear Agony", which released on September 29, 2009.

OurAfter

December 2009, Chad started filling in for drums with Scranton based band OurAfter due to their drummer Eli Hludzik's departure. Chad filled in with several shows while opening for rock band Red. This caused a lot of speculation that Chad was quitting Breaking Benjamin or the band was breaking up. Chad said on his myspace that he had no intention of leaving the band that OurAfter was a side project.

OurAfter is currently writing new material for their next album and plan on recording in the winter of 2011.

David Correy

Late 2010, Chad Szeliga stated he will be doing work with Baltimore, Maryland's own David Correy. They are currently writing and planning a bunch of shows. He will be performing with David Correy and Three 6 Mafia February 5.

Avenged Sevenfold Rumors

In the summer of 2010 there were rumors circulating on the internet regarding Chad joining Avenged Sevenfold Chad denied these rumors on his official facebook stating:

Later that day Mike Portnoy announced that he is no longer working for Avenged Sevenfold. When asked again about joining Chad had no comment.

Equipment

Drums: DW Drums (May 2010)

20"x18" Bass Drum w/ 20"x8" Bass Drum Woofer

10"x5" Short Tom

8"x5" Short Tom

12"x6" Short Tom

14"x11" Floor Tom

16"x12" Floor Tom

14"x11" Floor Tom (left side)

13"x6.5" Edge Snare

10"x6" Side Snare

Cymbals: Zildijan

12" A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats

13" A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats

19" K China

8" ZXT Trashformer Splash

6" A Custom Splash

15" A Custom ReZo Crash

17" A Custom Projection Crash w/ 6" Zil-Bel on top

8" A Custom Splash

11" Oriental Splash

20" A Brilliant Earth Ride (Custom Brilliant Coating)

16" Oriental China w/ K Hybrid Splash on top

18" Classic China

19" A Custom ReZo Crash

19" K Custom Hybrid China

Heads: Remo

Toms: Clear Emperor over Clear Ambassador

Snare: Coated Emperor-X over Clear Ambassador

Side Snare: Coated Emperor over Clear Ambassador

Bass: Clear Powerstoke 3 over Ebony Powerstroke 3

Others

Vic Firth American Swinger SD10 Sticks

LP Jam Block, Medium Pitch, Red (mounted near side snare)

Sponsorship

Chad is now sponsored by the popular energy drink company Liquid Lightning. He was slated to appear in ads for the company sometime in 2010. He is also sponsored by Remetee, Skull Candy. Instrumentally, he is sponsored by Drum Workshop (DW Drums), Remo drum heads, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks and Vestal.

References

External links

- Official Website

- Official Facebook

- Official Myspace

Category:American rock drummers Category:Breaking Benjamin members Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Ohio Category:American heavy metal drummers Category:1976 births