"Led Zeppelin" drum sounds have ruined rock 'n rol

takeout · Post by **takeout** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:28 am

Yeah, I said it. And I'm right. "Lead drums".

This thread is gonna be awesome.

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:39 am

you make a good case.

takeout · Post by **takeout** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:47 am

subatomic pieces wrote:you make a good case. :roll:

You want details? All right.

Pre-Zep: drums sounded like drums, and were mixed together with the other instruments.

Post-Zep: everyone gets a hard-on over "how huge the drums sound, dude". And if you like drums that sound like cannons and are mixed loud enough to supplant just about everything else.

Rantings of a bitter bass player? Perhaps. That doesn't make me wrong.

Grady · Post by **Grady** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:25 am

I thought the locking floyd rose tremolo system ruined rock and roll? hmmm.

weatherbox · Post by **weatherbox** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:27 am

nah, man.

gated reverb.

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:28 am

Maybe Led Zeppelin ruined rock and roll, but I believe if I were in the position to produce records like they did, I wouldn't have passed up that opportunity. You just can't blame a couple of guys for ruining rock by getting a drum sound like "When The Levee Breaks".

Grady · Post by **Grady** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:33 am

Personally I hate large drum sounds where the kick it totally fucking badass sounding and the toms are wide open. I strive for really thin dead drumsounds with 0 ambience.

i am monster face · Post by **i am monster face** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:42 am

I seem to recall a few months back...

Maybe it was a year or so...

That there was a big discussion on how drums are no longer as present in modern recordings as they used to be.

So does this mean they have reverted back to what they used to sound like?

Or is it that they're way too big, but just way too quiet?

Ian

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:43 am

Led Zep drum sounds absolutely worked for Led Zep. Will they work for other bands? Yes and no.
Personally, I think chaining everything to a metronome/click track is ruining rock and roll.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:47 am

I think Rock and Roll is a youth-oriented art form that is 50 years old and therefore no longer applies to itself. If it's ruined, it's about damn time.

Derrick · Post by **Derrick** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:51 am

Grady wrote:I thought the locking floyd rose tremolo system ruined rock and roll? hmmm.

Well, according to a previous thread... it was Billy Joel's faux scream befor the lame sax solo in "Still Rock N' Roll To Me" or whatever... I agree thoug... big awesome drums do suck and edge out the bass player. We should mix the guitars tuned down to drop C and squashed to hell instead to carve out a place for the poor bass player. Opinions are like... well, you know.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:57 am

I think looping was the end of rock and roll.

But I saw an Arcade Fire show this fall and I believe they're resuscitating rock and roll. Wow.

curtiswyant · Post by **curtiswyant** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:59 am

bass players who only play the root note of the guitar chords are ruining rock 'n' roll. if they'd play something interesting, then their instrument would stick out. instead, they just fill in the "low end" of the guitar spectrum

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:03 am

Q: How many bass players to change a lightbulb?

A: 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5 etc.

Grady · Post by **Grady** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:09 am

My nephew Lamont is also partly responsible, always listening to that junkyard music in the truck. I tell him all the time "hey Lamont! how about some Sabbath for a change?"

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