Part I of Terry Bozzio's performance featuring Jimmy Johnson on bass and Alex Machacek on guitar @ Guitar Center's 2011 Drum Off Grand Finals at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on January 14th, 2012.
actually this is his mini kit and is constantly assembed. it's on a rolling platform and can be moved in 3 parts. he can just put this in his van, roll it out and play it.
Props to Jimmy on bass for keeping this all together. Well done I’ve also noticed that Terry, Danny Carrey and other prominent drummers leave their snare off most of the time.
Was just going to say the same. When he was due to join korn wanted a cut of entire back catalogue and not just new stuff going forward. Bet he wished he joined now!!
@Berna There's no music here. He, like Steve Vai, are on a different level. They struggle to make music anyone really wants to hear. That's why no one really knows who he is. And for some reason, Drum Workshops kisses his ass.
I saw him back in 1980 when he started a band called Missing Persons. His wife was on another level of singing, as well (Dale). They were both young and loads of energy. Terry, set up his kit (not like this one) near the front of the stage (on my side). I was in the front row and didn't expect to see him so close. There were no stage barriers at the time, so I could nearly touch his leg. Anyways, I didn't know much about him, but knew all the songs with their first album tour. I'll tell you people right now. I've never, ever, seen a man play the drums with so much energy and all out rage, as Terry, that night. He was a man possessed. It was a privileged to be in the small venue at that time and to be so close to him, I may as well be sitting on part of his chair. I can't even describe his playing but to say, it was Godly insane. Much respect to this man. He is in my top 3 best drummers of all time. Noted: That I was privileged to see Neil Peart warm up for 30 minutes in rehearsals (standing near his drumkit), as I was on the stage crew with Rush for a few venue's. Neil was different in warm ups, as he was unrestricted. So he went at it hard and it was phenomenal and put on a much better show for the crew than on a live set. But, I rate Terry Bozzio's play slightly better, because of his relentless energy to kill those drums, that night (43 years ago). Folks, both are incredible drummers ,if you ever have a chance to see Terry play, then go.
@@Dzendoss if you overmic a drum kit then the sound will spill over. So if you have a microphone on your snare AND your crash cymbal, both microphones will pick up sounds from the snare and the crash. When you're mixing, it causes problems because of this.
I never cared for Terry’s random chaotic playing but dudes got the chops and he’s very compositional. That’s what makes him a beast. His kit is the very reason DW drums cost a small fortune. They’ve got to make up the money somehow because DW has literally given them all to Terry lol !!!!
Bozzios playing is not what I would describe as random or chaotic. This video doesn’t do him great justice. He’s one of the most calculated & precise drummers that ever lived.
All these people complaining about how many drums he has. Go see him at a drum Clinic and he can hit every single drum and cymbal in complete syncopation in one tenth of a second. His goal is to make drums more orchestral. Saw his clinic at Folly Beach in 2000 and talk to his drum tech for a while and he invited me to help break down his set at the end of the performance. It was totally worth it to sit behind that drum kit for a minute. Terry Bozzio is Legend
Folly Beach is an amazing place to get to see Terry, coolest people ive seen there is Discovery Channel when i was a Commercial oysterer and they were filming for some show that i never even figured out.
Ryan Gabriel Mahinay honestly that doesn’t sound to far off. When you think about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have went into this, a million sounds about right
Not nearly!!! A million. Gear is expensive but get real. For a million you could get the ENTIRE stage set up. Guitar, bass, amps, mixing board and all. Im a drummer and well aware of how expensive gear is. A MILLION is a TON of money. For a million these guys will play at YOUR HOUSE. 😆 But it SOUNDS like a million bucks.
I bet they mic a lot of stuff in groups. There are problems that come with adding so many microphones in close proximity. Primary drum are probably mic'd separately.
I saw him live two years ago. His kit is massive, and it seemed to me he used maybe 70% of what was there… for sure not everything, but a lot. He introduced his drum tuner who I guess is crazy good (or maybe just crazy!?) from Finland or Poland and travels with him full time, tuning each drum for every show. 😳 That seems like a bigger job than micing everything.
@@enkibumbu The answer to the first question is "No"? Terry Bozzio is not a world class drummer? That Frank Zappa schmuck must've had potatoes in his ears when he hired him.
@@ericmalone3213 This performance is a novelty act. To be perfectly honest, Zappa was also a novelty act ... like the circus. Did he wright beautiful music? I can't recall any. I think his claim to fame is very difficult music to play -- which does not make it good. His brand was "difficult to play." He was no Beefheart, who was a legit genius.
@@enkibumbu You're not being objectively factual about Frank Zappa's work. There's some very substantial instrumental writing in and among the purile lyrics and cynical social commentary, etc, that is well beyond being a "difficult to play" brand. "Did he wright beautiful music?" Notions of "beautiful" music are highly subjective. Ianis Xenakis's music is difficult to play, and not many peoples' idea of "beautiful", but that does not make Xenakis a novelty act--far from it. Likewise, Terry Bozzio's absurdly large drum kit is not a novelty act. He had an idea to chromatically tune every drum across a particular range, so the massive kit ended up being the result of an ambitious musical endeavor. If it were a novelty act, some of the tom toms would feature spigots that poured apportioned wine into glasses as scantily clad women appeared on the stage to wet their fingers and move them around the rims of the wine glasses producing specific pitches forming chords on cue. A comparison of Frank Zappa with Captain Beefheart isn't especially viable for a number of reasons I'll get to on another day. CHEERS.
Me walking into the drum store. "Hi, I'd like to buy some drums please." "Sorry, we don't have any drums." "What? How could you not have any drums? What happened?" "Terry Bozzio happened."
Music Store: Hello sir! How can I help you? Terry Bozio: I want the drum section Music Store: Oh, you want to see the drum section? Terry: Pay attention to what I said Music Store: Shiii...
Nice to see Bozzio keeping pace after so many years. After Zappa passed away it must have changed his world dramatically. Once you hit 60 years old dexterity slows.But Terry shows at 66 today he can keep up.
@@markuschelios6891 this guy is the "artsy" drum version of Slayer...... LMAO random fucken notes all over the place...... At least Dave Lombardo is a better technical player........
You kinda have to be familiar with Terry's drumming history to understand why he plays such a large kit and where his drumming style comes from. Back in the day, when playing with Zappa, this guy was an absolute MANIAC on the drumkit, playing weird offbeat accents and having an overall fast, energetic and experimental playing style. Up untill this very day, drummers are still influenced by it and he can be easily noted as one of music history's most influental drummers, allthough his legacy is a bit undermined by the fact that he has always played experimental stuff, not having a big mainstream succes story such as Bonham's, Peart or Bruford. At present time he is known for 'Melodic drumming', in which he not only uses misleadingly tough ostinato's but also uses drums that are tuned along a melodic scale. He tours the world giving performances on just his drum kit, joining a beat and melody seemlessly. This performance is cool, but does not really do him justice. This is as brief as I can get on Bozzio. If you wanna get into this, I suggest you start by watching Zappa's 'Baby Snakes' concert. Cheers to you all, and happy drumming
Monsterslag / where is holdsworth, he should be here. . agree baby snakes is still his best solo. . much younger then. . no ride cymbals at all. . had that same shitty sound with uk too.
GC's sucks these days, I feel like I'm going into a Ghetto shop where they hire idots that are clueless, they don't have anything.. I spent THOUSANDS at GC's but these days... I buy on line... No Idiots and no one will tell me "We have to order it"..... No, I have to orde4r it...
Totally agree... I have had so many bad experiences with GC. Back in the 90’s it was THE place to go, but now they are just a bunch of know-nothin doofuses who just needed a job
The dude is definitely amazing. However for me at this exact moment being extremely sleepy, the trippy smooth funky earlier sound was the balls. I could honestly get lost in it and relax til it takes me to dreamland. Soooo good!
@@jackwilczynski6957 - Well, that could be due to the fact that you watched one song of the performance from that night. I'm sure they didn't set up his massive drum kit and call in other outstanding musicians to play one song (hence "part 1" in the title). No one seems to have any common sense these days...
I was about to leave a negative comment but woah! Reading the other peoples opinion the hate has gone too far! Just because he has a massive kit does not mean he has to go all out with speed and loudness just to "prove" that he is worthy of this kit/setup. There were some nice subtleties in there and I enjoyed the performance.
speak your mind, don't be a sheep, you weren't that impressed right, I would have preferred another drummer and a normal drum kit also, I think Terry was ordinary here, and a little annoying with some of those standard rock fills.
@@markuschelios6891 I've grown to appreciate this much more in the 7 years since I left this comment. Also I think it's spelled Darren. Idk man I was in middle school
Guitardude02 I'd say a Neil Peart set isn't much smaller lol no disrespect to Peart but Bonzo and moon are in a class of their own using much less equipment.
whats need got to do with it. elsewhere bozzio articulates why he moved back to a large kit. smg to do with old drum set ups being huge but scalled down for practical reasons in the 20s. of course he can bring it back. of course u are right, you dont 'need' it.. but then again, you can't play drums like a piano without all the notes so u need it for that
His kit has 26 toms, 2 snares, 8 bass drums, 53 cymbals, 22 total pedals, a xylophone, a glockenspiel, chromatic gongs, a big gong, 2 e-drums, and more miscellaneous percussion. And to get the point across, he has a ride gong (included in total cymbal count)
Seriously, this is just one video. If you want to judge Terry Bozzio, listen to the Zappa albums, or to Bozzio Levin Stevens, Polytown or Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop. Hell, even his drumming on that Korn album is pretty bad-ass. It's like judging Jimmy Page from that crappy "It Might Get Loud" documentary. Both of these musicians made history. A few less-than-stellar moments now and then doesn't change that.
I'm really saddened by the comments for this video. I've followed Terry Bozzio for awhile and all these asshats who don't know a fucking thing about him say "oh well he didn't play ...." Go fuck yourself. He's been replacing your favorite drummers longer than you've been alive.
It seems like this kit is more about convenience for him anyway Nobody criticizes other musicians for not using every note available on their instruments, why do people criticize him for not using every piece in the kit for a particular song?
ThomasT I won't get into the argument of whether the guy is good or not, but as for your analogy: It's not the same as, let's say, a piano, or a guitar. Those instruments have their design set, for the most part. Whether you can or choose to play different notes or not is one thing. A drum kit is built, piece by piece. Pieces meant to be used.This guy kept adding stuff, and if he added stuff, it's because he meant to use them, but ultimately didn't. If he wasn't going to use all the pieces, then why build the entire kit? It seems it's mostly for show, of course, but it's just silly, in my opinion.
This guy plays a 20+ piece set and everyone loses their mind but when John moffet played a five bass drum set up no one ever said anything about the absurdity of that
Man is on another class. Afar from conventional. Unorthodox. I think the purview of his drum set up is not to make him profound or something, but to enunciate what drums can do massively in orchestral manner. Same goes to auto shows, manufactured to its intended use, but heavily modified for amusement art.
Terry's amazing, when I saw him at GC he had a massive kit "Of Course" but amazingly had like 3 seperate beats going on all while keeping it going.... He's absolutely AMAZING!!!
Not saying Neil isn't a good drummer because he is...but the fact is...he is only a rock drummer...at best...Bozzio on the other hand has been all over the place and played many differant styles of music over the years...he has far more devoloped skill sets...I will say this too you cannot be a one dimensional rock drummer and be with the like of Zappa...still not to take anything from Peart...
+Joel White Agreed. Zappa demanded a fairly wide range of capabilities from his musicians, and while a huge chunk of Zappas work is much the same, anyone who is a huge fan of his will also know that his entire range was vast, and you simply dont get to play with Zappa for as long as Bozzio did without being, not just good, but really fucking good at your work.
His drumset actually creates purified water derived from hydrogen fuel cells which consequently provides electricity to poor children in South America.
He has stated that he needs them to fill the chromatic and diatonic scales, that he cannot do proper fills with two toms. So to answer the question, he uses the toms like a guitarist uses frets and strings; just because the drums take up more space than a fret board, doesn't mean they are any less necessary for proper musicality.
