John Bonham Triplets

[chiefsupers]

hes pretty good i think

[6977xxaadd]

laME



[MrTacohobo]

I'm guessing he's your favorite

[MrTacohobo]

Good not flawless invest in some new heads cuz your about to put a whole in em

[kiwibonza]

@cdaboulhotmail and you suck because you can't spell, so don't be so quick to judge :)

ie, sense not sence

[aeronirvanazeppelin]

thats not how he did them......................

[rodyrodyrody1]

Your pretty good

[dominiccarter77]

Christ,there are some assholes out there. Oh so you can play a bit better,or I bet none of you can play at all,but like knocking people who can. Get a life!

[dreadss64]

@dominiccarter77 nah he just sucks

[dominiccarter77]

@cdaboulhotmail Considering he's doing what it says on the tin i.e triplets. Why the hell would you say he sucks dick and be extremely rude?! Silly person.

[dreadss64]

First off.

Just stop drumming

change your heads



[dpgiaca97]

Bonham called, he said set your drum set on fire because you suck.

[LeBigMoneyShow]

Hey dude, I enjoyed your video. The triplet feel was just "right" for my taste. Keep it up man.

[drumsbare]

can u say NEW FUCKIN HEADS?

[LeopoldGold1]

If the guy was some cocky asswipe I could understand the bashing. He's just demonstrating something that could help out some beginner drummers at least. When I first started I didn't even know what this would've been. I can do it now of course and blah, blah. As far as Bonham's bass drum, he muffled the batter and resonant side with a felt strip...where the hell did velcro come into play here? I've heard he lined his kick with foil early on but some said that was untrue.

[ccvbguitar]

slow mo

[kdbaxter666]

thanks for showing it slow. a lot of vids don't.

[panchitomaster]

you play like a baby

[Billzdubbs]

when your a good drummer you dont need to have a great sounding set to make great music

[ratchetninja21]

hahhahahahahahaahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[dreadss64]

dont explain stuff you cant play

[joeldrums19]

Man, those drums really sings!!

[Hammy0924]

Those really aren't triplets if you think about it.

[Pearlfan71]

Supposed to start with your right hand, left, then foot holmz. get after it...

[cnewman99]

@Pearlfan71 Bonzo did it BLRBLR... If you hear or watch him doing his broken triplets it's easier to tell what he's doing.

[eedTV]

hmm..i always thought Bonham led with his foot pedal..

[0Nollan0]

Good work! just keep practicing! these idiots who say u suck are just people that think that you don't have to practice to get better.

[zeekdavis21]

bonzo would be so pist off at you for this

[RA710]

I thought 00:10-00:14 WAS slomo

[tnutty222]

you look like u were dropped dead on your forehead when you were a kid....

you need to post a recent vid, you say on every vid how you improved soooo much....PROVE IT!!

[kleban10]

those heads sound great, your not recording with mics, are you?

[decadyne]

Bonham led with the right hand. You are leading with your left. Also, John Bonham (who is one of my favorite drummers) was hardly responsible for popularizing triplets, as the start of your video says.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[RockBlitz08]

hey that was cool of you to show some good drum licks used by all the pros.

keep up the good work man, Rock On.

[koppergtr]

sped up!!!!

[LittleAngus1]

Hahahahaha you sound just like Garth

[Zombies100]

SLOW MO

[littlejoe145]

i like the way those drums sound

[shockwave2468]

i know man! tama imperialstar!!!! i ordered one but with two kicks and 5 toms!!!!! XD can't wait till it comes!!

[centerearth]

Man good job! I am trying to get my son started, perfect video for him to hear. Thanks!

[MrBlue707]

keeping those sticks working, fuck all these other pricks

[rolandvicfirth101]

Please do not use that language. this was over a year ago, and I have improved. The labels are covered for muffling considering how old this drumset was.

[MyGodMyCarIsBurning]

@rolandvicfirth101

If you've improved upload a vid to prove it

[adzug]

@rolandvicfirth101 dude dont worry bout critisism i remember when i found cool shit to do on drums for first time and its feels great. so just enjoy, triplets are lotta fun and boham popularized em but they been round forever. i love doin em .

[dtl1188]

those heads are beat i think ur hitting them way to hard

[MasterChief052]

Now, on the actual video...replace your drum heads. Oh dear GOD replace your heads!

[Hunbasher]

Feckin idiot is playin four beats!!!!How tha feck is that a triplet!?!?

[MasterChief052]

...you DID watch, didn't you? Because if you had, you'd realize that he was, in fact, playing triplets.

Snare, Floor Tom, Bass...Snare, Floor Tom, Bass

Three drums=three hits=triplets

voila!

[DreamStuffed]

u start with ur left hand... why? i can't LOL but i dont need to, I guess. just for some more independence maybe

[willshiznit86]

nope dude thats the way bonham did it. I think it sounds cooler anyway.

[rolandvicfirth101]

exactly

[Hammy0924]

@willshiznit86 No, he played them as triplets. He (guy in video) is playing them as 16th notes instead.

[jr0ccc]

@willshiznit86

dude bonham never muffled his bass drum, i think he muffled maybe a few times and when he did he only used a small piece of velcro on the bottom of the bass drum

[metallicarocks911]

@jr0ccc ive heard that he used newspaper too...

[willshiznit86]

@jr0ccc he just about always had a felt strip dude

[rolandvicfirth101]

i've always done it that way I guess.

[ianctor]

what snare?

[SurFacingBoy93]

well this is a step up from your fast drum solo thingy

[QuePaso253]

Similair to your fast drum solo...you have a small bass drum but your toms sound pretty sweet

[rolandvicfirth101]

and the bass drum is muffled to death..haha

[BMXSK8SCOOT]

i dont rely like dat triplets wat ever its called it sounds abit crap but dats my opinion

[AcDcDrummerJake1215]

your kit sounds really cool

[drummerdude6670]

What kit is that?

[rolandvicfirth101]

Percussion plus.....(my old kit)....i used the floor tom from this on my new set! :)

[drummerb]

Tip Time =)

to re create the true bonham sound, work on playing them faster, and vary out the patterns that you use, and maby spice it up a bit by using ghost notes on the snare drum etc.

keep practising

[rolandvicfirth101]

i have come a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way since then and they are a LOT BETTER

[andwi03]

man need some new skins and a high hat and a crash and ride

[Wh1teL1ghtinn]

well they sound pretty fuckin good imo.

it doesnt matter about looks in the drumming world

[rolandvicfirth101]

couldnt have said it better myself!

[Seanzo16]

i mean you got the triplets down and all, but try different types of triplet combos instead of Floor Tom Snare Bass Drum and Rack Tom Snare Bass Drum and work on the timing too. for the true bonham sound, you gotta have smooth chops that just flow through out the kit. nice video tho...

[JLD1964]

No shit Sherlock! Everybody knows that! He sponsored Remo Black Dot heads in the 70's! They were durable and lasted longer than any other shitty heads, including yours, Moron!

[BrandonDoubleU]

ahhh dude, you sound kinda like mort goldman off family guy!!! sweetaction. it was good, i can dig it, i can dig it.

[JLD1964]

Hey Kid! Don't listen to people telling you to change the heads. The longer the heads settle in your toms, the better they sound. Believe me, Charlie Watts once had two heads finally replaced after 20 years!!! Bonham didn't change his drum heads during the 1977 Tour and recorded In Through The Outdoor with the same ones from the tour!! Read Modern drummer 8/81 issue about that! Rock!

[rolandvicfirth101]

Thanks! ANd the thing is, these heads still sound great! coul you please watch some of my other videos and comment with tips? especially the one of the lemon song! thanks!

[Olliethepizzaman]

dude get a new drum kit.

[rodolfo2107]

kwel next time make it more more more more slower dude

[jpmcmanusZoso]

/watch?v=uM14MtWuwtQ

[2ganstaforyou]

the one in front of the ride/crash

it sounds awesome but just looks a bit ackward because of the holes in them

keep drumming because you are awesome

[2ganstaforyou]

pretty awsome

although a new floor tom drum head would be nice:P

[rolandvicfirth101]

There are 2 floor toms, which one are you referring to? The directly in front of the ride/crash cymbal or the one that is 2/3 out of camera?

[drumbum1010]

yeah elvin was doing that before bonham. and many others before him....

[rolandvicfirth101]

I agree, but you have to admit that Bonzo did use them so much that when you think of led zeppelin drumming, you most likely think of these triplets, especially in the "Moby Dick" solo and at the end of "Rock and Roll"

-Thanks for commenting!