Drum Solos

[HahahitnRun]

After smokin' with a friend a few weeks ago and listening to Made In Japan, The Mule completly grabbed me by the balls and simply wouldn't let go. Since then I've been on a search for great solos, but can't really come up with that good of a list. Anything along the lines of Moby Dick or Toad would be great (or even 10+ min), but would also be interested in shorter stuff.

Don't care all to much about genres.

What are some of your favourites?

[Eliminator]

None.

[Seafroggys]

Yeah most people hate drum solos, but being a drummer myself I love 'em....the longer the better.

You mentioned Toad and Moby Dick. Couple of other ones include Innagaddadavida by Iron Butterfly and Rat Salad by Sabbath. A few shorter ones include The End by The Beatles and there's even a minute long one in Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull.

Most of the long solos are live, so I'm not familiar with many live songs, but those are the studio tracks that have 'em. Also check out Buddy Rich.

[TojesDolan]

That drum solo in that norse band.

Yeah.

[Cocaine]

I'm not huge on solos of any kind, but this is pretty cool. It's Stevie Wonder performing a pretty badass drum solo.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7786KY

[Eliminator]

i play drums and i generally hate long pointless drum solos because i'd say the large majority of drummers don't know how to solo at all

[Cocaine]

Most musicians don't know how to solo at all.

[Romanticide]

Paul Gilbert - My Drum
Oh and that drum solo Jose from Incubus does on red rocks.

good stuff.


Shouldnt this be in the drum section?

[Eliminator]

woah, that stevie wonder thing was awesome.

[Cocaine]

yeah he's better than everyone at pretty much everything except seeing

[Lunch]

Probably that too

[Futuro]

Rock/metal drum solos are normally bad.

But Um, the end of the grudge has some really neat phrasing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVEFEpETaOM thats tight too.

[Skyler]

Drum solos are generally pretty boring and pointless. I guess the drum solo from YYZ on Exit...Stage Left is pretty good.

[PinkFreud]

Ian Paice also does a drum cover of the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black on some live album. Pretty awesome.

Niacin - Klaghorn (Dennis Chambers)
Blind Faith - Do What You Like (Ginger Baker)
Frank Zappa - The Black Page (Terry Bozzio)
Primus - Jellikit (Tim Alexander)
Cactus - Feel So Good (Carmine Appice)

[Lunch]

ELP - Tank (Carl Palmer)

Ownage

[Cocaine]

Frank Zappa - The Black Page (Terry Bozzio)

yeah that's pretty insane

[Shattered_Future]

I don't like drum solos, but Neil Peart from Rush generally has listenable ones.

[Cocaine]

A lot of Neil Peart solos are like, OMG WINDCHIME XYLOPHONE so I dont know.

[Interviewer/surveyer]

Most musicians don't know how to solo at all.

thats a pretty subjective statement.

[pate]

Music is a subjective thing.

[Thor]

Flo Mounier's solos, while being very spastic and poorly arranged, are very fun to watch.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Rahzel > drum solos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HzhkhYebSAo

proof

[italic zero]

haha i was just watching that

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vmb_ckJCfJ8&mode=related&search=

This is also particularily badass.

[Lunch]

Rahzel ftw

[Txus]

Steve Gadd and Vinnie Coaliuta >> MOst drummers.

[Lunch]

True

[TojesDolan]

Music is a subjective thing.
THIS!

[Det_Nosnip]

I'm not huge on solos of any kind, but this is pretty cool. It's Stevie Wonder performing a pretty badass drum solo.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7786KY

Yeah, that actually kinda sucks.

[Collis]

Jethro Tull - Dharma For One ... Clive Bunker is pretty neat.

[Meatplow]

Nothing like being at a live show and having a band rip up some crazy drum solos or guitar shred battles in between songs. Just adds to the atmosphere.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Coming from a drummer, I dont really like solos because they can be too dry and boring, especially if it is all chops. I like groove AND chops in my solos, so that excludes a lot of drummers. Peart's solos are solos that I enjoy though.

[Thor]

Jarzombek's "School" is a very awesome solo.

[JonG]

drum solos are like sneezes, you know they are coming but can't do anything about it

ooF

[Seafroggys]

Jethro Tull - Dharma For One ... Clive Bunker is pretty neat.

That's another good one.

[morrison357]

This is a pretty damn good jazz solo by Buddy Rich:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYpR5iw9F1M

[ATM]

Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-da-Vida

Come on, guys.

[Det_Nosnip]

You mean that pointless drum solo that's like 20 minutes too long?

[Eliminator]

Yeah That Actually Kind Of Sucks

[Kage]

King Crimson - B'Boom and Two Sticks

[rippa32]

I'm not big on drum solos, I like Moby Dick for about 5min then I get bored. I like alot of Bill Ward's solos though, I havn't hear Rat Salad but the stuff he does live is actually quite creative and dont go for too long. Also the solo Cozy Powell does on that Live At Munich, Rainbow DVD is interesting cos he does it to a classical piece.

[Kage]

man daz aint ****

[StreetlightRock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca230DXyWqk

Bad Quality and played with a click, but the actual solo is AMAZING. It's Sean Reinart playing Existence from Aghora. Try find the song and actually listen to it.

[Det_Nosnip]

Good pick. :) Catchin' their reunion tour?

[Carn]

I am!

[StreetlightRock]

The're not coming to Australia as far as I can see =(

[Seafroggys]

You mean that pointless drum solo that's like 20 minutes too long?

only if you knew what you were talking about. The song itself isn't even 20 minutes long. The drum solo itself is about 3. Though I admit it is kind of boring (at least the studio version).

[south_of_heaven 11]

My all-time favorite drummer is Dave Lombardo. These links are him at the Modern Drummer festival.

For those with ADHD and can only watch about 2 minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPv96nMTbGY

For those who want the whole thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPof8RzF9c&mode=related&search=

[actionfan32]

Godsmack's Batalla De Los Tambores is one of my personal favorites, it's their singer and drummer doing a drum duel for ten minutes. And despite how repetitive and simple Godsmack's music is, they can both play drums really well.

[Det_Nosnip]

only if you knew what you were talking about. The song itself isn't even 20 minutes long. The drum solo itself is about 3. Though I admit it is kind of boring (at least the studio version).

Tsk tsk...it's called a hyperbole. :p

[Zebra]

i dont like drum solos that much. My favorite is probably Elvin Jones' solo on A Love Supreme, I don't recall the track name though.

[Futuro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhlYy1rOehE

Marco is a killer player. Not a "rock or metal" solo, mostly just a look what I can do sort of thing.

[Amit]

solos in rock music suck in general

[Seafroggys]

solos in rock music suck in general

oh but of course, master, how right you are!

[VomitStainedCretin]

:rolleyes:Spread Eagle Beagle:rolleyes:

On a serious note, has anyone actually managed to listen through the whole of the above solo without getting very bored. I know I've never actually finished the track, although I got to 7 minutes once, then just switched it off. Mind you, it's the Melvins, so I'll forgive them.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I dislike solos.

[suspect]

Gavin Harrison solos are cool.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tzxn0WYkQ6o
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cVEFEpETaOM

[philly96]

Deep purple- The mule

[Seafroggys]

Deep purple- The mule

read the ts post?

[d-mart]

Drum solos that go on for more than 3mintues normal start to bored me, but Steve Smith is one of the only drummers that holds my attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesL8uCTzB4&mode=related&search=

[Stevie]

morbid angel drum check