Midnight Oil

[Fwd: RE: [Powderworks] Re: Oils equipment]

Fabrice Pabois Fabrice.Pabois@ncl.ac.uk
Tue, 14 May 2002 09:06:59 +0100


> There are a couple of guys around the world who do this and similar things,
> but one in particular springs to mind. He's an Australian guy called Grant
> Collins ( www.grantcollins.com - although doesn't seem to be working at the
> moment so you can check out http://www.drums.com/interviews/grant.cfm if you
> want to check out his $65,000 drum kit! It's well worth the trip in to take
> a look!!). He has something like 15 or 17 peddles which he uses "all at once
> i.e., he dances across them to create polyrhythmic beats, and plays a
> couple at a time by turning his feet sideways. It sounds like there's about
> 4 guys up there playing!  It's not something you'd ever do in a song, it's
> purely for drumming satisfaction. But none the less, it is possible to give
> the impression at least that you are playing 2 things at once with one foot!

I once saw Terry Bozzio (Zappa, Jeff Beck), he had 4 bassdrums and many
hi-hats (http://www.terrybozzio.com). Of course it didn't seem to cause
him any prob, but then again he must be from another planet...
 
> No, I don't see why, unless he got pinched between the stick! He has done
> that a couple of time but has also at times used a set that look as though you 
> are holding about 6-10 small sticks at once. They look like thin pieces of cane or 
> bamboo (someone will have to remind me what they're called because I cant for the 
> life of me think of the name at the moment!!!).  But they are bound at the base 
> and it is just like holding 1 stick in each hand.

Do you mean Hot Rods ?

Ta,

Fab