Bozzio solo US Drag

[yourhero36]

SOOO SICK!!! Love it!

[bigskyrockies]

By the way...fendergibs, I love Missing Persons, and had this cassette thru high school. I just happen to like Rush AND Missing Persons, too. No need to get uptight...it's all good stuff. Peace.

[fendergibs]

@bigskyrockies yeah me too but I got and still have the vinyl MP & rush records, sound better even than the cd versions. MP was just never app, while back in the early 80s rush was huge. Every dope knew who neil peart was but only real musicains knew who T.Bozzio was. Even Neil was quoted in drummer mag how he felt guys like Bozzio were superior but less known. MP changed syles on every record & could never get a following going after spring session M.

[milfpatrol69]

i wanna have sex with that girl

[2333jim]

One of the only bands to put the drum kit at the front of the stage. This is why. But the bass playing that Pat O'Hearn is doing is pretty cool, too. Understandably, a lot of attention was paid to Dale, but the whole band was great. Of all of the "new wave", these guys were the most talented.

[billyjoeboomboom]

Patrick O'Hearn sure got really mellow just a few years after this.

And Terry? Well, he did tone it down a bit too as he worked on mastering his already masterful playing. Not anywhere near as chill as Patrick, though.

[mydrumasnare]

I can watch this a hundred times and still smile with fascination! I saw him around 84' at Six Flags with Missing Persons and they were so good live. Also saw him with Jeff Beck in 90',he was amazing soloing I think on the song Blue Wind. Also, Stevie Ray Vaughn was on that same bill, F-ing great guitarist dude.Love Beck, but was very happy to S.R.V. for my first time, he was so good.

[BrooksFe]

I was listening to this thinking, "Terry is doing the same thing with the double bass and the China cymbals that that dude did on the Steve Vai album" (Sex and Religion) and then I realized, That was also Terry Bozzio....

[80sCovers]

I saw Bozzio some years back filling in with the band The Knack on a 4 piece kit. Just as amazing.

[Wscate]

I could watch terrie play for houers he is so amazing.

[yourhero36]

Not to take ANYTHING away from Terry(who is ufcking believable) Listen very close to the bass player. that is sick!

[rbjax]

@yourhero36 Dude, I could not agree more. The bass playing is friggin unreal during the solo...great bass riffs, chords, slides...it's just incredible. His name is Patrick O'hearn, he and Bozzio were band mates with Zappa. You cant find much better musicians.

[redsan5]

Lol, I've heard that Muppets "Animal" was inspired by Keith Moon.

No way - must be Terry Bozzio for sure :)...

[jonsilence]

Yep, Terry at his best.

[sebaswildboy]

Incredible

[augustjohnnycrashed]

NO U CAN'T....DON'T EVEN TRY///

[davidsocal77]

this is how Gwen Steffani....got inspired.....by stealing from early history....of new wave.....music is always "evolving....and changing".....it has been that way since Elvis Presley !! so true. Dale Bozzio blew me away with a "vocal sound" i have never have heard....till this day.!!! She is a true performer....had such crazy vocals....and great insites....like "nobody walks in L.A. " which i know, is true.....since, i live here. You better have a car......to exist in this part of the world.!!

[JohnnyLovely2]

@davidsocal77 gwen didn't steal anything from new wave, the band she's in, No Doubt (formed in the 80s), always had a new wave influenced sound.

[rocknrollhoocheecoo]

Oh Dammm that Terry tore that kit a new ass hole! Holy shit this dude is the real deal. There are no monsters like him behind the set. Pure animal. I really think he smokes all other drummers today ! Look at the Mental hops scotch vid that dude is vicious! Please comment & please don't even try to dispute there's anyone like him!

[doodame]

They were great...hugs to you Dale.

We met in Ft. Lauderdale in the back of Rosebuds....a gig you did in the late 90's.

You signed a shirt for me,

I still have it and still think the world of you and the artist you are.

[xxxswoodyxxx]

easy to forget how good he is. wish i had seen him with fantomas.

[beauty8116]

You want ne to show what drums im using, PAY ME!

[preciousbash]

They are in the pocket!!! HANDLE THAT SHIT!!!

[51Thundersticks]

Terry wrecks this groove!

[1matrix9]

@51Thundersticks

He IS the groove...please.

[Babaziba]

Always loved hearing Terry Bozzio's drumming, but always hated watching it. Drama to the point of self-parody. Calm down, man.

[RJamsWithBaltimore]

He's just expressing himself, showing his feelings

[1matrix9]

@Babaziba

Wow...Thank goodness we are from different planets. He is as enjoyable a musician visually (etc...) as there is.

[ritter89]

It's definitely difficult to watch at times. I realize he's expressing himself and all that but there's more than a bit of melodramatic posing in there that's based on him trying to look "sexual". I don't mind musicians who lose themselves in the music but when they're highly aware of every move they make, it becomes pretense.

[ApocIndustries]

frank zappa told him to exaggerate his movements when playing, so he was more intresting for non drummers to watch

[51Thundersticks]

@ApocIndustries  Interesting!

[pngilman]

@ritter89 personally, i just listen to what they're playing; i don't care how they look doing it. for me, the music (the substance) is everything; the showmanship (the style) is irrelevant. ("so much style without substance / so much stuff without style / it's hard to recognize the real thing / that comes along once in a while" - neil peart, "grand designs," power windows.)

[leemohn]

its not a 12/8 beat, its a 6/4 feel, and there are very few people that can solo over six, let alone keep the band going...terry is a monster...

[djuri0612]

FUCKING OFF THA HOOK MAN!! One of my favorite bands EVER EVER EVER!!! Terry never off beat ever, and I freaking love this band I don't care how ridiculous the guy with the mini guitar looks

[khastra]

Retarded.

[volontewilliams]

12/8 that is I got to say.

[rbjax2001]

Holy Freeking Crap!! I went looking for this tune remembering Bozzio did an insane drumbeat on it. MP's performance is mind blowing, just dripping with power funk groove niceness...lol. You know what I'm sayin' people :-)

[mrsgoatlady77]

nowadays, they just use synths to do drum beats. no talent like the 80's....

[khastra]

yeah.... Danny Carey? That guy can't drum worth shit. Neither can Portnoy, or Dutta/Hussein.

[thelegendmarko]

LOL! Funny you know alot of drums i see... pfff.... portnoy is a god..

[randarmax]

Bozzio's performance goes without sayin'... But dude, check out Pat O'hearn,.. dude is just groovin' so hard he almost falls over himself. I love it.

[rbjax2001]

LOL, so true, jesus what a groove the whole band is laying down...good lawd!

[dougiebdrums]

this is one of those songs that changed the way I look at the kit... Bozzio is one sexy em-eff'r killin it like that.

thanks for posting!!!

[51Thundersticks]

One of the best.

[hawksapoozle]

You could power a nuclear sub with this solo.

[r1skate]

You know why? '"Cause there ain't no drag like THE US drag!"

[MattGeiger]

it's crazy how much the yeah yeah yeahs rip them off.

[MikeHF]

There is no such thing as the best anything in the world especially when speaking of musicians. Comparing Terry to Vinnie is like comparing Superman to Hercules. People can have an opinion of who they like better but to say that so and so is better than so and so or he is the best in the world is utter stupidity. I dig the old Terry over Vinnie. That's my opinion. I prefer Terry's interpretation of the Black Page over Vinnie's. Again my opinion. I dig them both and respect them tremendously.

[shaanfahey]

I've seen Vinnie, Weckl and Bozzio many times in concert, and it's not even close: Bozzio is the best live drummer, period. For pure excitement and originality no one can touch him because he is absolutely fearless onstage.

[italianman2112]

I have seen them all to. And when I was 16 I saw Missing persons live and I have to say not even close as well...So much energy in bozzio its just not human..And he is still that way at just about 60 !!!

[bettydaw1970]

lame

[BrkCityFG9]

lame knows lame right?

[tannerL225]

i get to go hang out with these guys in a couple weeks. my uncle is friends with them so i get to go jam with them and a bunch of other guys

[sbryant328]

Excellent band!!  I wish I had gotten into them years ago!!!! Warren is way too cool and Dale is a great performer. Oh, and Terry, yeah, he is kind of good too!!!!! LOL!!!

[rx2411]

Like Terry Bozzio, in other words.

[rx2411]

I played for 30 years, and I watched probably 25 Buddy Rich things today and all I could think was that this guy had it all and could play anything. This was after Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman etc etc etc. BUT - it's a different style/thing/mental state. I don't think Buddy would have played for Rush or Tool or Zappa. BUT had he decided to he would have been amazing. Because he had dynamics, swing, speed, technique, and power. The good stuff, in other words.

[yagamei]

@rx2411

For sure, brother. Buddy Rich is ridiculous .. The benchmark. I'm not even a drummer and I respect the shit out of guys like Buddy and Elvin.

[Juulian83]

today, i search and bozzio is the best drummer in the world.. peace people!

[Juulian83]

Un comentario de Steve Vai, entrevistado por Don Zulaica, sobre Vinnie Colaiuta:

[Juulian83]

Comienza a tocarlo mientras pasa la página con una mano, y luego una vez que ha pasado la página continúa tocando la frase con su mano derecha, mientras alarga la mano izquierda, agarra un trozo de sushi y se lo pone en la boca, continúa la frase con su mano izquierda y el pie, se sube las gafas, y luego sigue tocando el resto del compás.

Es lo más enfermizo que he visto nunca. Frank tiró las partituras por los aires, Bozzio se dio la vuelta y se fue, y yo empecé a partirme de risa.

[Juulian83]

Vale, Vinnie tiene el hábito de subirse las gafas con el dedo corazón de la mano derecha. Bueno, pues lo veo mirar a este compás, que era el último de la página.

[Juulian83]

Vinnie tenía esta pieza de música en el atril a su derecha. A su izquierda tenía otro atril con un plato de sushi encima, ¿vale? Bueno, el tempo de la pieza era muy lento, como "The Black Page", y entonces llega la primera frase, con todos esos golpes de platillos, hi-hat, timbales, rototoms y toda esa locura. Y veo a Vinnie leyéndolo.

[OCTOPUSSY7]

Terry was the best drummer in the 80's, when he was in Zappa's band he was even better!

[Juulian83]

Vinnie Coaluttia is the best drummer of all time....., and you know it!!!, Frank Zappa always choise Vinnie!!!!if you don´t believe, look watermelon on easter hay!!.., terry was popular for this.... but vinnie always was the best underground!!! peace!!

[reignman2112]

Vinnie is very, very good, but artists such as Buddy Rich, Dave weckl, Billy Cobham, Bobby Jarzombek(of rock fame), Dennis Chambers and countless others, may have something to say about that statement...

[Juulian83]

ok that are great and amazing drummeres, terry is amazing too, but today vinnie is the best drummer in the world, check otu the list of people work with with vinnie, ok bozzio is popular for missin persons, zappa, and jeff beck guitar shop, but vinnie is the best drummer and check this:

[reignman2112]

well, being a drummer myself, of over 25 yrs., i can't conclude that Vinnie is the best. type in some of the names i put up, and see what you think....

[eskimoposh]

Juulian83 nailed it!

Colaiuta's style,flawless technique,musicianship,and his ability to accompany ANY type of artist puts him in first place.Many will disagree,but just look at a few important things:

Vinnie's Discography

Vinnie's outlook on being a professional drummer(read articles people,he's the most advanced sounding musician out there)

And Vinnie's chameleon-like ability to fit into ANY genre.

To each his own-but,you have to be fucking DEAF to not agree with Juulian and me.

[Juulian83]

is truth vinnie is amazing but bozzio is more popular.. and demanding, sorry but about the experts bozzio is now the best drummer in the world!...vinnie was the best in early 70´s now bozzio is the man!! peace!!

[therisen77]

Vinnie is still one of the most in-demand session drummers, Bozzio is a clinician, two different sides of the universe.

[bassmanjoe]

@therisen77 Bozzio is a clinician now a days, but back then he was just a fantastic rock drummer. I wish he would go back to playing this style of music and with a drum kit like this size in this video not his monster ones he uses at his clinics.

[DCussen]

@bassmanjoe I saw him give a clinice three months ago in Kansas City.  He came with a smaller kit. I assure you, he absolutely rocked that place. We were in awe.

[Juulian83]

Es uno de los más increíbles ejecutantes a primera lectura que han existido con el instrumento. Un día estabamos en un ensayo de Frank, en los primeros 80, y Frank trajo esta pieza de música llamada "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation". Increíblemente compleja. Había figuras de 17 sobre 3 y cada parte de la batería apuntada de forma diferente. Y había un montón de gente allí, incluido Bozzio.

[swordshops777]

Most of my drummer friends are all really Bad Swimmers thought I would sahre this observation on a drummers site.

Whats your thoughts drummers??

[reignman2112]

well, i have been drumming for 25 yrs., and i am a very good swimmer....there's one for your study...

[slingdrum]

Terry's been the Diggity Dank for a long time!! Man he just makes me laugh!

[222222hot]

SUCH A mental disorder the public have ,spewwing negatives .Get every song T>B> did ,,and your little orifices might open (besides taken a shit),,,,,He is, and will be one of the best on earth ,Most of U will not even come close to his accomplishments LOLOLOLOLOLO.F"kn nobody socialists.Happy Traffic PEACE

[Thatnorthernboy]

Wow! Terry is awesome

[retromaster2000s]

Terry is one of the best drummers I have ever seen or heard play & this is coming from me I am a drummer myself he rocks! Wish I could of seen this band live I wasn't even born yet though :(

[lasticebreaker]

how bout a vid dude?

[acousticore]

Happy 57th Birthday Terry !!

Keep Rocking

[yummycars321]

duncan donuts you fucking rule simply becuase you know about tool ( my favorite band )

[eskimoposh]

Go Terry! I taught myself this groove a few years ago - pretty tough at first but if you break it up and work it out nice and slowly it turns into a pretty sick beat. Hey, got a question...what's up with Terry Bozzio and Vinnie Colaiuta? In all of their past interviews they never credit eachother and i've never heard either say ANYTHING about the other. I think Terry got mighty jealous when he first saw Vinnie...anyone got any clues?

[GBJPhotoWorks]

Sick beat is right! Cool call-and-response between the snare and the double-bass, with steady high-hat rhythm throughout. This has been one of my favorite grooves since the first time I heard it.

[eskimoposh]

First time i heard of this tune was when mike portnoy commmented on it in a modern drummer issue - was one of his favorite grooves...it has opened up so many doors for my linear playing and even though it's in 6/4 it still GROOVES! Now i just wannna try and nail "Dong wit da Yuda" from Joe's Garage ( a Vinnie masterpiece)....anything Zappa just makes me smile.....

[ishredu]

nothing is in 6 here NOTHING! 5.. i hear bars of 9 all odd but nothing divisible by 2 at all!

[eskimoposh]

I think you need to concentrate more on the quarter note - don't try and hear the 8th or 16th....i'm gona guess and say that the quarter note is at about 100bpm. You can find beat ONE on 0:26 (terry hit's snare and left crash together) then just listen to the guitar line - don't listen to his solo, you'll get lost. I promise you this is in 6/4 - i transcribed it. Hope this helps bro.

[intuantu]

I wish I could find the article, but Terry did admit to being depressed when Vinnie came in did such an amazing job with Zappa, equaling or surpassing his own work. Very honest and ultimately, a compliment.

[eskimoposh]

I NEED that article!!! It just makes perfect sense dont you think? I've never heard terry talk a bout vinnie, and there's a Steve Vai interview where he talked about being in the control room with terry watching vinnie - and vinnie did something, well "Vinnie", and terry just walked out.

[Lardhand1]

I read that. He said Vinnie read through The Black Page at the audition like it was easy, and he had struggled a little learning it. I'm a huge fan of both.

[eskimoposh]

Apparently Vinnie knew it off by heart. And played it on Terry's kit pretty much flawlessly. But it was vinnie playing a ridiculously hard section in a rehearsal - where he started playing the groupings with one hand while eating a piece of suhsi with the other - then switching hands to adjust his glasses and ultimately completed the bar perfectly. Pretty sick eh?

[randarmax]

In 1984 I was a student at North Texas State (a huge music school for TX) and Vinnie did a seminar there and someone from the audience produced sheet music of The Black Page and asked if Vinnie would play it.  He agreed and from what I remember Vinnie kind of stumbled through it. Truthfully, I wasn't that familiar with the BP at the time. He did stop and restart once though, which he joked about. I thought he was humble for doing so. Everyone roared with applause at the end.

[eskimoposh]

GET OUT OF HERE! That's so cool! The only reason i was under the impression that he knew it "off by heart" was in an interview he did with Modern Drummer in '82(?). He said that he had listened to it quite alot off the Live in New York album and when he auditioned he said that before Frank gave him the sheet he just started playing it - and got through most of it from what i remember...

Thanks for the really great story - always cool hearing any old tales of Vinnie. The guy is unbelievable.

[guitarguy1000]

Man, I don't usually like Bozzio, but THAT was beautiful!!

[Maxtraffic]

HE´S A LEGEND

[leosal7]

What Bitchin MP solo spot!! Dales stunning looks and Unique-Squeek voice, the bands cool 80's demeanor, and T Bozzios Salvo!!

[macekid421]

Terry Bozzio is SOOOO GOOD oh man

[DuncanDonuts3]

Dana Carey is a great drummer in his own right.

Why are you trying to compare these drummers?

Tool would not sound right with Vinnie on drums.

However, Frank most certainly would have worked with

Carey, provided there wasn't some freaky personal interaction that precluded that event.

[sladejam]

WHEN NEIL PEART WAS 1ST FEATURED IN MODERN DRUMMER,IN 1980, HE SAID HE Couldn,t UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE THINK HE WAS SO GOOD, He said to check out Terry Bozzio and Simon Phillips he said Now those Guys r really Good.

[Kelavmeister]

You make it seem like 6/4 is a tough time signature. Try Danny Carey, in one particular song of Tool (his band) the song goes from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8 to 5/8, then repeats in 1 measure intervals. Each measure a new time signature. Thats syncopation! :P oh, the song is Lateralus.

[SCOTTBACHMAN]

I finnally saw Danny Carey's technique the other day. Pretty clumsy. He gets the job done but no where near as graceful as say... Vinnie Colaiuta. The guys that study the Moeller technique a whole lot more relaxed behind the kit.

[Kelavmeister]

yea he is really clumsy. But he is a good drummer. Then there are good drummers like Mike Portnoy with an ego the size of China, that pisses me off. But check out Todd Sucherman, my personal FAVORITE drummer, i have vids. He actually performs a Moeller technique in my hand tips video, check him out!

[sunnfun]

Portnoy isn't even in the same league as Terry.

[Kelavmeister]

oh i know. Hes a syncopation drummer. Terry is a VERY artsy drummer. Hard to understand his style... hell i dont even get it. But every other person thinks hes jesus in his style, just like his followers like Chad Whackerman......

[dmii74]

+1..........

[pngilman]

@Kelavmeister i agree with you in general, but syncopation is something else: "a shift of accent in a passage or composition  that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed" *within* the same meter/time signature.

[M3CoupeC50]

@Kelavmeister - Yea Tool is great if you're 15 years old.

[Kelavmeister]

@M3CoupeC50 HAHAHA, okay! 

[panhead55]

@M3CoupeC50 LOL15! thats probably the best comment on you tube... 15 lol...

[elperropatron]

Fun band, but Terry was way too good for them

[martin7viola]

so agree

[yagamei]

@elperropatron

No way, man. Warren Cuccurullo's a fantastic guitar player, especially since he can actually write a great pop tune without forfeiting any of the complexity he's capable of. Patrick O'Hearn, the bassist, has played with some of the jazz greats and is on the money every time. Dale isn't Whitney Houston, but she's a GREAT vocalist and presence. The whole band is unreal.

[skintrade]

Cool vid, i think the bassist is out of time :P

[The48Bishop]

I dont think Patrick could be out of time

[mrsjeffrey]

Thanks for putting this up!

[brakkum]

wow, funny clothes. gotta love the 80's