The snare drum or side drum is a percussion instrument with strands of ''snares'' made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom (internal) side of the top (batter) head to make a "brighter" sound. Different types can be found, like Piccolo snares, that have a smaller depth for a higher pitch, rope-tuned snares (Maracatoo snare) and the Brazilian "Tarol", that commonly has snares on the top of the upper drumhead. The snare drum is considered one of the most important drums of the drum kit.

Historically, snare drums have been used in military and parading contexts to produce drum cadences. Today in popular music, especially with rock drum kits, the snare drum is typically used to play a backbeat pattern such as quarter notes on the backbeat or:

Operation

The drum can be played by striking it with a drum stick or any other form of beater, including brushes and rutes, which produce a softer-sounding vibration from the wires. When using a stick, the drummer may strike either the head of the drum, the rim, or the shell. When the top head is struck the snares vibrate against the bottom head producing a cracking sound. The snares can often be thrown off with a lever on the strainer so that the drum only produces a sound reminiscent of a tom-tom. Rim shots are a technique associated with snare drums in which the head and rim are struck simultaneously with one stick (or in concert playing, a stick placed on the head and rim struck by the opposite stick), and rudiments are sets of basic patterns often played on a snare drum.

In contemporary pop and rock music, where the snare drum is used as a component of a drum set, most of the backbeats and accented notes on the snare drum are played as rim shots, due to the ever increasing demand for the typical sharp and high volume sound. The so called "ghost notes" are very light "filler notes" played in between the backbeats in genres like funk and rhythm and blues. The famous drum roll is produced by alternatively pressing the sticks on the drum head striving for a controlled rebound. A similar effect can be obtained by playing alternated double strokes on the drum, creating a double stroke roll, or very fast single strokes, creating a single stroke roll. The snares are a fundamental ingredient to the drum roll as they help blend together distinct strokes that are therefore perceived as a single sustained sound.

Construction

Snare drums may be made from various wood, metal, or acrylic materials. A typical diameter for snare drums is . Marching snare drums are deeper in size than snare drums normally used for orchestral or drum kit purposes, often measuring in at a foot long. Orchestral and drum set snare drum shells are about deep. Piccolo snare drums are even more shallow at about deep. Soprano, popcorn, and firecracker snare drums have diameters as small as and are often used for higher-pitched special effects.

Most snare drums are constructed in plies that are heat- and compression-moulded into a cylinder. Steam-bent shells consist of one ply of wood that is gradually rounded into a cylinder and glued at one seam. Reinforcement hoops are generally needed on the inside surface of the drum to keep it perfectly round. Segment shells are made of multiple stacks of segmented wood rings. The segments are glued together and rounded out by a lathe. Similarly, stave shells are constructed of vertically glued pieces of wood into a cylinder (much like a barrel) that is also rounded out by a lathe. Solid shells are constructed of one solid piece of hollowed wood.

History

The snare drum seems to have descended from a medieval drum called the Tabor, which was a drum with a single gut snare strung across the bottom. It is a bit bigger than a medium tom and was first used in war, often played with a fife or pipe; the player would play both the fife and drum (see also Pipe and Tabor). Tabors were not always double headed and not all may have had snares. By the 15th century, the size of the snare drum increased and had a cylindrical shape. This simple drum with a simple snare became popular with the Swiss mercenary troops who used the fife and drum around the 15th-16th century, due to influence from the Ottoman Turk's use of the drum in their armies. The drum was made deeper and carried along the side. Further developments appeared in the 17th century, with the use of screws to hold down the snares, giving a brighter sound than the rattle of a loose snare. During the 18th century, the snare drum underwent changes that would improve its characteristic sound. Metal snares appeared in the 20th century. In 2006 a patent was filed for the first snare drum shell made from 100% crystal and in 2009 the subsequent patent was filed for the HMS mounting system needed to hold the crystal. This innovation is designed to keep the resonance at its maximum. Both patents were filed by the Nolan Page Drum Co. Today the snare drum is used in pop music and modern orchestral music.

Much of the development of the snare drum and the drum rudiments is closely tied with the use of the snare drum in the military. In his book, ''The Art of Snare drumming'', Sanford A. Moeller (of the "Moeller Method" of drumming) states that "To acquire a knowledge of the true nature of the [snare] drum, it is absolutely necessary to study military drumming, for it is essentially a military instrument and its true character cannot be brought out with an incorrect method. When a composer wants a martial effect, he instinctively turns to the drums".

Before the advent of radio and electronic communications, the snare drum was often used to communicate orders to the soldiers. American troops were woken up by drum and fife, playing about 5 minutes of music, including the well known ''Three Camps''. Troops were also called for meals by certain drum pieces such as "Peas on a Trencher", or "Roast Beef". A piece called the "Tattoo" was used to signal that all soldiers should be in their tent, and "The Fatigue" was used to police the quarters or drum unruly women out of the camp.

Many of these military pieces required a thorough grounding in rudiment drumming; indeed Moeller states that: "They [the rudimental drummers] were the only ones who could do it [play the military camp duty pieces]". Moeller furthermore states that "No matter how well a drummer can read, if he does not know the rudimental system of drumming, it is impossible for him to play the THE THREE CAMPS, BREAKFAST CALL, or in fact any of the Duty except the simple beats such as THE TROOP".

Heads originally were of calf skin. The invention of the plastic (mylar) drum head is credited to Marion "Chick" Evans who (apparently) made the first plastic drum head in 1956.

The development of drum rudiments seem to have developed with the snare drum; the Swiss fife and drum groups are sometimes credited with their invention. The first written rudiment was in Basel, Switzerland in 1610. Rudiments with familiar names are listed in Charles Ashworth's book in 1812 such as the (single) paradiddle, flam, drag, ratamacue, the roll (a double stroke roll, also called the "ma-ma da-da" roll), among others.

Definitions

Military, or field drum: a snare drum, 14 to 16 inches in diameter, 9 to 16 inches deep, with a wood or metal shell and the two heads stretched by tensioning screws. It has a snare release lever to activate (deactivate) a minimum of 8 metal, gut, or plastic snares. The term came into use in 1837 with the invention of the tensioning-screw mechanism. It is frequently placed on a stand. Side drum: Common British and Scottish Highland term for a snare drum.

Types

There are lots of types of snare drums, including:

Marching Snare (High Tension)

Drum kit snare

Piccolo snare

Maracaoo snare (rope-tuned)

Tarol

See also

Snare drum hardware

References

Sources

Beck, John (1995). ''Encyclopedia of percussion instruments''. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN 0824047885. Google Books preview. Accessed 8 September 2009.

External links

Marching Snare Drum Heads - Description of types of marching snare drum heads.

Royal Schools Sources Percussion Page Sources for the prescribed music for the Royal Schools of Music practical exams

Field Drums Blog Photos, information, critical commentary and analysis of field drums, focusing on drums of the American Civil War

Snare Drums Online Snare Drum reviews, Guides to choosing a snare drum, and buying guides

How to Build a Snare Drum DRUM! Magazine shows the step-by-step process of building a snare drum.

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Benny Greb
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	June 13, 1980
origin	Augsburg, Germany
instrument	Drums, Percussion,
genre	New Wave/rock , Jazz
occupation	Musician, Music Teacher
years active	2002 – Present
website	http://www.bennygreb.de/ }}

Benny Greb (born on June 13, 1980 in Augsburg, Germany) is a prolific German drummer and clinician. He started playing the drums at age six and began taking lessons at age twelve. He plays a large variety of music and can be seen playing rock with Stoppok and The Ron Spielman Trio, jazz with The Benny Greb Brass Band and Sabri Tulug Tirpan, funk with Jerobeam, reggae with Bobby McFerrin, fusion with the NDR Big Band on their Frank Zappa Project, with 3erGezimmeR and Wayne Krantz, and acoustic punk with Strom & Wasser. He has also performed at the Modern Drummer Festival 2010.

Greb appeared on the scene in 2009 with his Hudson Music DVD "The Language of Drumming".

Greb endorses Sonor drums, Meinl cymbals and percussion, Remo drum heads, and Pro-Mark sticks. With Meinl, he designed the Filter X Trash Hat, a 12" splash and 14" china stack that delivers a trashy auxiliary hi-hat sound, and the Byzance Vintage Sand Ride, a dry cymbal with a sandblasted top and partially lathed bottom. Recently, he developed the Byzance Vintage Sand Hats, hi hats with a similar construction to his signature ride.

Equipment

Current kit

Sonor SQ2 Vintage Beech in "White Pearl" finish

*13x5.75" Snare Drum (Signature series)

*10x8" Rack Tom

*14x14" Floor Tom

*16x16" Floor Tom

*22x17.5" Bass Drum

Cymbals

*14" Byzance Vintage Sand Hats

*20" Byzance Vintage Sand Ride

*18" Byzance Extra Dry Crash

*18" Byzance Jazz Extra Thin Crash

*6" Byzance Traditional Thin Splash (on left crash)

*8" Byzance Traditional Thin Splash (on right crash)

*8" Classics Bell (on Jazz ride)

*12"/14" Generation X Trash Hat

*22" Jazz extra thin ride (used as crash)

Drum Heads

*Snares: Remo Ambassador Coated on batter side, Remo Ambassador Hazy on snare side

*Toms: Remo Emperor/ambassador Coated on batter side , Remo Ambassador Coated on resonant side

*Bass Drum: Powerstroke 3 Clear on batter side, Drumsigns.com custom printed head on resonant side

Greb also uses Sonor 600 Series hardware with Giant Step pedals, Meinl Bongos, Cowbells, and Shakers, and Pro-Mark Benny Greb signature drumsticks.

Clinics and Performances

Clinics in 2010 Benny Greb is embarking upon a short run of clinics at select North American Meinl Cymbal and Sonor Drum Dealers. Current dates are as follows:

September 21 - Mother's Music - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

September 22 - Just Drums - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 23 - Drum Center of Portsmouth - Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

September 25 - Atlanta Pro Percussion – Atlanta, Georgia, United States

September 26 - Skins N' Tins - Champaign, Illinois, United States

September 27 - Drum Center of Lexington - Lexington, Kentucky, United States

September 28 - Indoor Storm - Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

September 29 - Long Island Drum Center - Plainview, New York, United States

Clinics in 2011

June 5–27, 2011 - Swarnabhoomi Academy Of Music - Chennai,India

July 18–20, 2011 - South Africa

External links

Official website

Drummerworld Profile

MEINL Cymbals Profile

Notes

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Venetian Snares
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Aaron Funk
born	January 11, 1975
origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
instrument	Bass guitar, drums, percussion, drum machine, synthesizer, sampler, softsynth, guitar, keyboards, piano, clavinet, omnichord, chapman stick, vocoder, violin, viola
genre	BreakcoreGlitchcoreIDMOrchestral musicNoise
years active	1992–present
label	Hymen RecordsPlanet MuSublight Records
associated acts	Last Step, Speed Dealer Moms, Stunt Rock, Bong-Ra, Speedranch, Cex, Doormouse, Fanny, John Frusciante
website	venetiansnares.com }}

Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975).

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (mostly 7/4). Up until 2007, he was very prolific, releasing as many as eight recordings a year for such record labels as History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen.

Funk debuted on a record label in 1999 with the 12" vinyl EP, ''Greg Hates Car Culture''. Prior to this, he self-released material on cassette tape as early as 1992.

Biography

Funk's first release was the EP ''Greg Hates Car Culture'' released on History of the Future, followed by ''Salt'' on Zhark International and ''Fuck Canada/Fuck America'' with Stunt Rock for CLFST. When Mike Paradinas heard ''Greg Hates Car Culture'' he immediately signed Funk for Planet Mu. The first Venetian Snares LP on Planet Mu, ''Making Orange Things'' (a co-production with Speedranch), was released in early 2001, followed in short order by five more releases, all before the end of 2002. Funk continued producing for a variety of labels, including Hymen Records, Peace Off Records, Addict Records, and Sublight Records. He has also produced albums under the names Last Step and Vsnares, produced singles under the names Last Step, Snares Man! and Snares, appeared on compilations under the names Ventriloquist Snakes, Last Step, Puff, and Senetian Vnares, and did a split with Fanny under the name BeeSnares.

His style has been critically acclaimed, notably by the late British radio disc jockey John Peel. Venetian Snares is said to have reinvented breakcore and set the stage for many other artists such as UndaCova, Xanopticon, Enduser and Datach'i.

Venetian Snares composes much of his music with trackers. Before he began to release his music commercially, he worked primarily with OctaMED on an Amiga 500. At some point prior to 2000 he began using a PC and the Windows port of OctaMED, MED Soundstudio. During 2003 and 2005 he also used Cubase in addition to MED. Venetian Snares currently uses Renoise and has uploaded a video of his track "Vache" (from Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms) playing in Renoise on Youtube.

In a February 2003 interview, Funk was asked a question regarding the diverse mix of genres he draws upon in his music, a property which the interviewer labelled "eclecticism". Funk replied: "I prefer to call it Surrealism."

In other interviews he discusses how his early experiments in sound influenced his aethetics and use of samples: "When I was a kid I'd use a bunch of ghetto blasters playing all at once to play different sounds I'd recorded with some other shitty ghetto blasters. A turning point was when I somehow came across this looping delay pedal that held a 2 second sample. This pedal coupled with the ghetto blaster experiments really changed my life."

Discography

As Venetian Snares

Albums

''Eat Shit And Die'' (1998, split with DJ Fishead, self-release)

''Spells'' (1998, self-release)

''Subvert!'' (1998, self-release)

''Fuck Canada // Fuck America'' (1999, CLFST, split with Stunt Rock)

''printf("shiver in eternal darkness/n");'' (2000, Isolate Records)

''Making Orange Things'' (2001, Planet Mu, collaboration with Speedranch)

''Songs About My Cats'' (2001, Planet Mu)

''Doll Doll Doll'' (2001, Hymen Records)

''Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972–2006'' (2002, Planet Mu)

''Winter in the Belly of a Snake'' (2002, Planet Mu)

''Find Candace'' (2003, Hymen Records)

''The Chocolate Wheelchair Album'' (2003, Planet Mu)

''Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding'' (2004, Planet Mu)

''Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole'' (2005, Sublight Records)

''Rossz csillag alatt született'' (2005, Planet Mu)

''Meathole'' (2005, Planet Mu)

''Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms'' (2006, Planet Mu)

''Hospitality'' (2006, Planet Mu)

''My Downfall (Original Soundtrack)'' (2007, Planet Mu)

''Detrimentalist'' (2008, Planet Mu)

''Filth'' (2009, Planet Mu)

''My So-Called Life'' (2010, Timesig)

12″s, 7″s, EPs, and mini-releases

''Fake:Impossible'' (1997, self-release)

''Greg Hates Car Culture'' (1999, History of the Future)

''Salt'' (2000, Zhark International)

''7 Sevens.med EP'' (2000, Low Res)

''White Label'' (2001, Hangars Liquides)

''Defluxion / Boarded Up Swan Entrance'' (2001, Planet Mu)

''Shitfuckers!!!'' (2001, Dyslexic Response)

''The Connected Series #2'' (collaboration with Cex) (2001, Klangkrieg)

''A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine'' (2002, Hymen Records)

''Badminton'' (2003, Addict Records)

''Einstein-Rosen Bridge'' (2003, Planet Mu)

''Nymphomatriarch'' (2003, Hymen Records, collaboration with Hecate)

''Podsjfkj Pojid Poa'' (2003, Double H Noise Industries, split with Phantomsmasher)

''Skelechairs'' (2004, Addict Records, collaboration with Doormouse)

''Moonglow / This Bitter Earth'' (2004, Addict Records)

''Horse and Goat'' (2004, Sublight Records)

''Infolepsy EP'' (2004, Coredump Records)

''Pink + Green'' (2007, Sublight Records)

''Miss Balaton'' (2008, Planet Mu)

''Horsey Noises'' (2009, Planet Mu)

''Cubist Reggae'' (2011, Planet Mu)

As Snares Man!

''Clearance Bin/Breakbeat Malaria'' (2001, History of the Future)

As Vsnares

''2370894'' (2002, Planet Mu)

As BeeSnares

''Leopards Of Mass Destruction'' (2003, Death$ucker Records, split with Fanny)

As Last Step

Albums

''Last Step'' (2007, Planet Mu)

''1961'' (2008, Planet Mu)

12″s, 7″s, EPs, and mini-releases

''You're A Nice Girl'' (2005, Planet Mu)

''Bhavani'' (2006, Project 168)

As Snares

''Sabbath Dubs'' (2007, Kriss Records)

As Speed Dealer Moms

''Speed Dealer Moms EP'' (2010, Timesig, collaboration with John Frusciante)

References

External links

Official website

Venetian Snares / Aaron Funk at Discogs

Venetian Snares at Last.fm

Last Step's page on Discogs

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Simon Phillips
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
born	February 06, 1957London, England
instrument	Drums, percussion, keyboards
genre	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, jazz
occupation	Musician
years active	1969–present
associated acts	Toto, The Who, David Coverdale, Judas Priest, Far Corporation, RMS, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker Group, Doves of Fire, Gordon Giltrap, PSP
website	www.simon-phillips.com }}

Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.

Career

Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's (Sid Phillips) Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. He quickly became a sought-after session player and in 1992, he released two instructional videos displaying some of his best work.

Phillips found an early prominence as the drummer on the 1976 LP ''801 Live'' with Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno. He went on to play with a wide array of musicians including Big Jim Sullivan, Big Country, Toto, Steve Lukather and Los Lobotomys, Jeff Beck, Whitesnake, Jack Bruce, Brian Eno, Duncan Browne, Toyah, Mike Oldfield, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Gary Moore, 10cc, Mick Jagger, Ph.D., Joe Satriani, Russ Ballard, Mike Rutherford, Phil Manzanera, John Wetton, flamenco guitarist Juan Martin, Asia, Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Earl, Derek Sherinian, Nik Kershaw, Gordon Giltrap and Jordan Rudess.

He was the drummer for The Who in their 1989 American reunion tour, and appeared on solo recordings by band members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. He has also worked with Tears For Fears on their album The Seeds of Love and with heavy metal act Judas Priest on ''Sin After Sin'' (1977) and Michael Schenker's debut album ''The Michael Schenker Group''.

Phillips has played on, co-produced, and mixed five Derek Sherinian solo records - ''Inertia'' (2001), ''Black Utopia'' (2003), ''Mythology'' (2004), ''Blood of the Snake'' (2006), and ''Oceana'' (2011) He also co-produced and mixed two albums by Mike Oldfield. Phillips also appeared with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and others in the video for the 1983 A.R.M.S. concert benefit for Ronnie Lane. In the early 1980s, Phillips formed part of RMS with fellow session musicians, Mo Foster and Ray Russell.

He has released four studio albums of varying styles.

In 2006, Phillips released a DVD with his jazz band, Vantage Point, called ''Resolution'' with writer and pianist Jeff Babko, trumpeter Walt Fowler, saxophonist Brandon Fields and bassist Alphonso Johnson.

Toto

In 1992, Simon was asked to fill in for Jeff Porcaro after Porcaro died during rehearsals for the upcoming tour to promote Toto`s ''Kingdom of Desire'' album. Steve Lukather stated that he would only go on tour so shortly after Porcaro died if Toto could get Simon to play the tour, so he was the first and only drummer that the band contacted to replace Porcaro. After the 1992/93 tour Simon was asked to join Toto as a permanent member.

Nicknamed "Si-Phi" or "Si" by his bandmates in Toto, Simon is noted to be the group's 'technical' guru; handling the engineering duties on both the 2002 ''Through the Looking Glass'' and 2006 ''Falling In Between'' albums. He also engineered the 1999 ''Livefields'' album, and the ''Live in Amsterdam'' DVD from 2003.

After the decision (Jul 15, 2008) "to go their separate ways and begin new chapters in their lives", on February 27, 2010 former members of Toto announced on official band's website a reunion for a brief 2010 summer tour in Europe to honor their brother Mike Porcaro who is living with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). They also have scheduled more dates for a tour in 2011.

Recent projects

In 2009, Phillips joined with keyboardist Philippe Saisse and bassist Pino Palladino in forming an instrumental jazz/funk rock trio: Phillips Saisse Palladino or PSP, who toured in Europe in 2009 through 2010, spotlighting the talents of each performer in the songs chosen for their set list. Phillips also performed on Joe Satriani's album ''Super Colossal'', appearing on multiple tracks. Phillips appears in Alan Parsons' ''Art & Science of Sound Recording'' educational video series, as well as the program's single "All Our Yesterdays". He played in the Michael Schenker Group album ''In the Midst of Beauty'' and took part to the band's 30th Anniversary world tour in 2010. Phillips is featured on Hiromi Uehara's 2011 album, ''Voice''.

Discography

Solo albums

''Protocol'' (1988)

''Force Majeure'' (1992)

''Symbiosis'' (1995)

''Another Lifetime'' (1997)

''Out of the Blue'' (1999)

''Vantage Point'' (2000)

Jon Anderson

''Song of Seven'' (1981)

''Animation'' (1982)

Judas Priest

''Sin After Sin'' (1977)

Jeff Beck

''There and Back'' (1980)

Duncan Browne

''The Wild Places'' (1977)

Mike Rutherford

''Smallcreep's Day'' (1980)

Michael Schenker Group

''The Michael Schenker Group'' (1980)

''In the Midst of Beauty'' (2008)

''The 30th Anniversary Concert – Live in Tokyo'' (2010)

Mike Oldfield

''Crises'' (1983)

''Discovery'' (1984)

''Islands'' (1987)

''Heaven's Open'' (1991)

The Who

''The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend'' (1989)

''Join Together'' (1990)

''Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin'' [Track 4] (1991)

''Thirty Years of Maximum R&B;'' [Disc 4, tracks 19 & 21] (1994)

''Greatest Hits Live'' [Disc 2, tracks 1-5] (2010)

Toto

''Absolutely Live'' (1993)

''Tambu'' (1995)

''Toto XX'' (1998)

''Mindfields'' (1999)

''Livefields'' (1999)

''Through the Looking Glass'' (2002)

''Live in Amsterdam'' (2003)

''Falling in Between'' (2006)

''Falling in Between Live'' (2007)

Derek Sherinian

''Inertia'' (2001)

''Black Utopia'' (2003)

''Mythology'' (2004)

''Blood of the Snake'' (2006)

"Oceana" (2011)

Drum equipment

ProMark 707 "Simon Phillips" Signature Drum Sticks

Tama "Gladiator"(5.5x14 1mm bronze black nickel plated)

Tama "Monarch"(6.5x14 3 ply maple/3 ply bubinga/2 ply maple)

Tama "Pageant"(5x12 7ply maple) Signature Wooden Snare Drum

All drums are TAMA Bubinga Elite

2 15"x 24" Bass Drum w/Base Mount (Mounted in special position)

14"x 20" Gong Bass Drum

14"x 18" Floor Tom

13"x 16" Floor Tom

12"x 15" Floor Tom

11"x 14" Tom Tom

10"x 13" Tom Tom

9"x 12" Tom Tom

7"x 10" Tom Tom

MRM12S mount (for "Pageant")

Octoban 443mm

Octoban 472mm

Octoban 536mm

Octoban 600mm

Iron Cobra Hi-hat Stand w/o legs^

Hi-hat Attachment

Double Tom Holder

Special Hardware for Octoban SD & Cymbal^

Special Hardware for Gong Bass^

SP164HAS

Cymbals

Zildjian A 14" Custom Hi-hats

Zildjian 10" Special Recording Hi-hats (discontinued)

Zildjian A 19" Custom Crash}

Zildjian A 18" Custom Crash} These have temporarily been replaced with Zildjian prototypes(see below)

Zildjian A 17" Custom Crash}

Zildjian A 22" Oriental China "Trash" or swishknocker (depends)

Zildjian A 20" Oriental Classic China

Zildjian A Custom 22" Ride

Zildjian A Custom 12" Splash

Zildjian Proto Type Sound Lab 19"

Zildjian Proto Type Sound Lab 18"

Zildjian Proto Type Sound Lab 17"

Zildjian Proto Type Sound Lab 14"

Plywood Custom Drum Plinth

Simon Phillips Anniversary Snare Drum SP1465HA

Shell Material Maple2/Bub3/Maple2ply w/SFR (same shell)

Shell Size 6.5x14"

Shell Finish Simon Phillips Anniversary finish (SPA) Head (Batter) REMO Ambassador Coated Head (Bottom) REMO Ambassador Snare Side Lug MSL35HN Hoop Customized Triple Flanged Hoop (8 tension) Strainer/But MUS80AH/MUS80BH Snappy Snare MS20S-S + certification card

Remo Clear Ambassador drum heads (toms, bass, and octobans)

Remo Coated Ambassador drum heads (snares)

Remo Timpani drum head (Gong Bass)

^This is a custom piece of equipment.

References

External links

Simon Phillips official website

Simon Phillips Chronology & Releasography Site

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Lars Ulrich
landscape	yes
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Lars Ulrich
born	December 26, 1963Gentofte, Denmark
genre	Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
instrument	Drums, percussion
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
years active	1981–present
associated acts	Metallica
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Lars Ulrich ( ; born December 26, 1963) is a Danish thrash metal drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather than playing tennis, he became a drummer. After publishing an advertisement in a local Los Angeles newspaper called ''The Recycler'', Ulrich met James Hetfield and formed Metallica.

Early life

Ulrich's father, Torben Ulrich, who was an acclaimed tennis player from the late 1940s into the early 1980s, was also a musician, playing jazz with musicians such as Stan Getz and Miles Davis; legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather. In February 1973, Torben obtained five passes for five of his friends to a Deep Purple concert that was being held in the same Copenhagen stadium as one of his tournaments. When it was discovered that one of the friends could not go, their ticket was handed over to the nine year-old Ulrich. The young Ulrich found himself mesmerized by the performance, buying the band's ''Fireball'' album the next day. The concert and the album had a considerable impact on Ulrich, inspiring his entrance into the world of rock and roll and later on, heavy metal. As a result of his newfound interest in music, he received his first drum kit from his grandmother at the age of twelve, a ''Ludwig''. Ulrich originally intended to play tennis, as this was the reason for moving to America, though the plan was later changed when he formed Metallica.

Later, in 1981, Ulrich discovered British heavy metal band Diamond Head. He was excited about the band's style of music after purchasing its debut album ''Lightning to the Nations'' (1980). He traveled from San Francisco to London to see the band perform live at the Woolwich Odeon. However, Ulrich had not planned the trip out properly and was left without anywhere to go after the performance. He managed to meet the band backstage and explain the lengths he had taken to see them. The band warmed to him and lead guitarist Brian Tatler let him stay with him in Birmingham, where Ulrich spent the next few weeks touring with the band. Ulrich remains a fan of Diamond Head and mixed its album ''The Best of Diamond Head''.

Career

The same year Ulrich met James Hetfield in Downey, California and formed the thrash metal band Metallica. He got the name "Metallica" from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a heavy metal fanzine he was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, the other being "Metal Mania". Lars encouraged him to choose Metal Mania, and used the name Metallica for himself. He became known as a pioneer of fast thrash drum beats, featured on many of Metallica's early songs, such as "Metal Militia" from ''Kill 'Em All'', "Fight Fire with Fire" from ''Ride the Lightning'', "Battery" from ''Master of Puppets'' and "Dyers Eve" from ''...And Justice for All''. He has since been considerably influential due to both the popularity of his band, as well as his drum techniques, such as the double bass drum in the song "One" (''...And Justice for All'') and the opening of "Enter Sandman" (''Metallica''). Since the release of ''Metallica'', Ulrich adopted a more focused and precise style of drumming, and reduced his kit from a 9-piece to a 7-piece.

In 2006, Ulrich appeared on stage with Guns N' Roses in San Francisco playing behind the kit on the Guns classic "Out ta Get Me."

Ulrich's voice can be heard in a few Metallica songs, including "Hero of the Day", "Battery", "The Memory Remains", "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven II", "Frantic", and "Purify". Ulrich's voice can also be heard in the opening seconds of "Leper Messiah" and he also counts to four in Danish on the St. Anger music video.

He will make his acting debut in the HBO original film ''Hemingway & Gellhorn'', which began filming in March 2011.

Lars was also ranked #5 on the top 5 metal drummers from That Metal Show.

Napster controversy

In April 2000, Ulrich became a vocal opponent of Napster and file sharing as Metallica filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement and racketeering. In July 2000, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee after Metallica's entire catalogue, including the then-unfinished track "I Disappear" was found to be freely available for download on the service. The case was settled out-of-court, resulting in more than 300,000 Napster users being banned from the service. Since the Napster ordeal, Ulrich was quoted by LAUNCHcast as having some regrets:

Style

Ulrich's drumming style has changed throughout his career. During the 1980s he was known for his fast, aggressive and, more or less, basic thrash beats. He would often utilize the double bass technique, which has become highly popular among heavy metal drummers. The best examples of this are "Fight Fire with Fire" (''Ride the Lightning''), "Battery" (''Master of Puppets''), "Damage, Inc." (''Master of Puppets''), "Blackened" (''...And Justice for All''), "One" (''...And Justice for All''), "That Was Just Your Life" (''Death Magnetic)'', "All Nightmare Long" (''Death Magnetic'') and, arguably his most extreme, "Dyers Eve" (''...And Justice for All''), among others. Ulrich uses groove in his drum style, including clean and fast double bass beats in many songs and heavy drum fills. He has been known to drum in sync with the rhythm guitar played by James Hetfield. However, during the 1990s and early 2000s he simplified his drum rhythms in order to fit the simplification in Metallica's overall musical style. This started with ''Metallica'', and very roughly ended with ''St. Anger''. With Metallica's ninth album, ''Death Magnetic'', Ulrich returned to his style from the 1980s, in which he played more complex and fast rhythms. Ulrich has also named other heavy metal drummers such as Ian Paice and Bill Ward as influences on his playing .

Personal life

Ulrich has been married twice. His first marriage was in 1988 to Debbie Jones, a British woman he met on tour, but divorced in 1990 due to Ulrich's constant absence during the recording of ''The Black Album''. His second marriage was to Skylar Satenstein, an emergency medicine physician, from 1997 to 2004. They have two sons, Myles (b. August 5, 1998), and Layne (b. May 6, 2001).

Ulrich has dated Danish actress Connie Nielsen since mid 2004 after his divorce from Skylar and the couple had their first child, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen, (b. May 21, 2007) in San Francisco. Nielsen also has another son named Sebastian (b. June 2, 1991).

He and Connie currently reside in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco.

Ulrich is a noted collector of art. His father, Torben, was also a fan of art and paintings. Ulrich grew up surrounded by art and music, and both have always been a part of his life. After forming Metallica, he began visiting museums and art galleries during the band's long periods on tour. In an interview from 2002 Ulrich said: "I felt I could lose myself in art and get away from the music world. It became this great hiding place."

In 2008, in an interview with Stereo Warning, he said: "We had art all over the house when I was growing up. It's been a passion of mine for 20–25 years. It's one area where I can go and be myself. It's not about being in Metallica or being the drummer in a rock band. I'm accepted for who I am in the art circles. I love going into artist spaces and galleries and auction houses. It's great because it has absolutely nothing to do with Metallica. It's my place of sanctuary."

When he and the rest of Metallica were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, Ulrich was the first Dane to receive the honor.

Equipment

Ulrich endorses Tama Drums (where he is one of the few endorsees to have had a full signature drum kit as well as a signature lacquer finish), Zildjian Cymbals and Remo Drumheads. He is rarely, if ever, seen without these brands onstage. He has, however, been known to use a mixture of brands when recording in the studio, including Ludwig Drums, Gretsch Drums and Sabian Cymbals. Ulrich was an endorser of Calato Regal Tip drumsticks, but changed to Easton Ahead in 1994. It is known that during the St. Anger era, Lars was endorsed by Suvinil, a famous wall paint brand in Brazil. After that, Tama Drums has produced two '' Lars Ulrich Signature Snare'' drums, one with a steel shell (with diamond plate-like finish) and another made out of bell brass which was once Tama's most expensive snare drum on the regular catalogue. Both snare drums measure 14x6.5".

Current tour kit (2008–2011)

Drums – Tama Starclassic Maple, LU Magnetic Orange

* 10"×8" Tom

* 12"×10" Tom

* 16"×14" Floor Tom

* 16"×16" Floor Tom

* 22"×16" Bass Drum (×2)

* 14"×6.5" Lars Ulrich Signature Snare Drum

** Note: Ulrich uses the standard Lars Ulrich Signature LU1465 snare live on tour (diamond plate), while he uses both the LU1465 and LU1465BB (bell brass) in the studio, depending on what type of sound he wants.

Cymbals – Zildjian

* 14" Z Custom Dyno Beat Hi-Hats

* 19" A Custom Projection Crash

* 18" A Custom Projection Crash (×2)

* 17" A Custom Projection Crash

* 18" Oriental China Trash

* 20" Oriental China Trash

** Note: Ulrich will occasionally use a 22" A Custom Ping Ride when playing live. He has also used splash cymbals in past tours.

** All Crash Cymbals are in Brilliant Finish

** In the past (mainly the St. Anger era) he had used a number of K Zildjians or K Customs in the studio.

Drumheads – Remo

* Toms – Coated Emperor | Clear Ambassador

* Bass – Clear Powerstroke 3/Powersonic (depending on venue)| Ebony Powerstroke 3

* Snare – Coated Controlled Sound (black dot on reverse) | Clear Hazy Ambassador

Hardware – Tama and Drum Workshop

* Tama IronCobra Power-Glide Single Pedal (×2)

* Tama IronCobra Lever-Glide Hi-Hat Stand

* Tama Roadpro Cymbal Stand w/Counterweight (×2)

* Tama Roadpro Cymbal Stand (×3)

* Tama Roadpro Double Tom Stand

* Tama Roadpro Snare Stand

* Tama Cymbal Holder (×2)

* Tama Multi-Clamp (×2)

* Tama Hi-Hat Attachment

* Tama Ergo-Rider Drum Throne

* DW Drop-Lock Hi-Hat Clutch

Other

* Ahead Lars Ulrich Signature Sticks

Discography

Metallica

''Kill 'Em All'' (1983)

''Ride the Lightning'' (1984)

''Master of Puppets'' (1986)

''...And Justice for All'' (1988)

''Metallica'' (1991)

''Load'' (1996)

''ReLoad'' (1997)

''St. Anger'' (2003)

''Death Magnetic'' (2008)

Mercyful Fate

''In the Shadows'' (Guest on "Return of the Vampire 1993") (1993)

Further reading

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References

External links

And Justice for All Kit for Roland Vdrums TD12

Lars' kit setup

Lars Ulrich Drummerworld.com profile

New York Times article about Lars' art collection

''Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame: Metallica'' FuseTV

Rip It Up Video Interview In New Zealand

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