Very nice drumming, although Peter James Bond, one of the many deceased Spinal Tap drummers, would have done better, probably with four bassdrums and four sticks!
Awesome! - Hey Gregg, love the drumming. You've been one of my fav's since I started playing. Thanks for all your inspirational drum books and videos/DVD's.
Love how he busts into the songo groove, then pulls out the brushes for a tasty little brush solo. Very adventurous, pulls it off beautifully Great job Greg. I remember 1989. BMX bikes, skateboards, colecovision, miami vice. Ok maybe that was 1984.
I've seen Greg Bisonnette live playing heavy metal. He can play BeBop, big band jazz, metal, funk... as well as being a very highly sort after session player, teacher and clinician - is there anything he can't do? The guy is an incredibly versatile and talented drummer... anyone who makes negative comments about him is an idiot.
The first time I saw Gregg, he was playing with Maynard Fuergeson's big band. He was just amazing and really drove the band. This was in 1982 or1983 at the Loras College Field House in Dubuque Iowa. My drum teacher told me I should really check it out and man, was he right! To all of the people out there that choose to leave negative comments, why can't you find something positive or just go away. Gregg is an awesome musician.
Your turn Tommy Lee. haha j/k. I think he drove the shit out of the band. Haters have to realize that he's gonna bring out monster kit because it's a drummer event and his fans want to see that. Most of these guys overplay at these concerts because drummers want to see that. I think gregg along with steve gadd were some of the more tasteful performances (song-wise) of the whole series concerts.
He came to Boise to do a clinic a couple of months ago. Very informative, very musical, and a hell of a nice guy! It was easily one of the best clinics I've ever attended.
So many of us drummers out there started out by playing on Pearl Drums. Greg is a prime example of how it doesn't matter what drums you play, it's about how you use them!
I love Gregg and spent a week with him at a drum academy, he's the nicest, funniest bloke you'll ever meet but nothing could ever make up for that haircut!!! lol
Bertrude123.......Your right....There are drummers and thier styles I don't like.........but IMO me not likeing them and saying they arent good or capable is a different story.........Example; Matt Sorum played a Buddy Rich tune years ago. He played the tune in a straight ROCK fashion, what he does best.......he didn't even care about playing in Buddy's style.................But that doesn't mean he's not a good drummer. To me it was an, "I cant play this style so i wont even try.
Hey Acedrumminman.......funnyname by the way, maybe you should make one of your videos to show Gregg how he should have played it correctly.....................I will say your videos show you have skills....................................but my guess is your a weekend warrior upset that someone like Gregg has the success you wish you had. Just appreciate his versitility...............you cant change the fact that your watching him and he's not watching you.
Gregg Bissonette dispensa comentários!! Grande baterista, ao lado de músicos e bandas como Dave Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Santana, Electric Light Orchestra e Jeff Lyne with Zoom Tour e muito mais!!! FODÁSTICO!!
I saw Greg Bisonette sometime in the 90s playing a form of of progressive heavy metal and doing a very good job of it. I think his brother was on bass. He is a very versatile drummer, he seems able to excel in almost any style.
@55centerstage ..................It is a Brass Free Floating Pearl..............Gregg gave me one (possibly this one) after he left Pearl..............best snare I have owned. I found I liked the head Gregg used on the snare best, which is a coated Emperor.
Saw Gregg last night w/his band. Good band too...........it had a little bit of everything as far as style goes.........And who was there to see him?; Carmine Appice, Vinnie Appice, Ralph Humphrey, Myron Grombacher, Thomas Lang, Simon Phillips, Gavin Harrison, Jojo Mayer and Daney Carey.........along w/Billy Sheehan. It was a fun night!
That's a rare series he's playing on... "Zenithal Resonator" - if only i can collect a fragment of that series even if its a snare or tom - extremely, extremely rare!
it's too bad that most people associate greg bissonnette as david lee roth's drummer in the 80's..he's actually quite fantastic and musical..he did the rock gig, cause like everything else, it was work and ofcourse lots of fun..he's probably the only "rock "drummer from that era to actually have a knowledge of big band , jazz and swing !!
That gig put him on the map. Part of Greggs work for those interested: Vox Tempus-In The Eye Of Time (prog-rock) Dan Ramsey-Gentle Giants, David Benoit-Great Composers of Jazz, Brandon fields-The Other Side of The Story, Maynard Ferguson-Live from San Fransisco (those 4 are jazz/swing) Steve Fister-Shadow King (instrumental Vai-Gary Hoey ish) Richie Kotzen-Inner Galactic Fusion Experience, Stan Stockton-Tea in the Typhoon, Shadrane-Temporal (prog rock)..among many, many others. All Hail Gregg!!
A few more; His cd's Gregg Bissonette& Submarine, Steve Lukather-Luke & Santamental, Pat Boone-In a Metal Mood(Osbournes show Crazy Train) Mark Motnik-Bass Invaders(YYZ cover), Grand Illusion-Brand New World, Code-The Enemy Within, Overland-Breakaway (last 3 AOR Journey/Bad English) Randy Jacob-Return of Randy Dynamite(funk/blues) Gary Hoey-Bug Alley&Endless Summer 2, Marco Cardona-Instrumentality & Deep Forrest (instrumental Vaieaque)Rocket Scientists-Revolution Road-(Floyd-ish/progressive)
This guy can flat out play. I saw him in clinic a few years ago and he was funny, warm, does a GREAT impression of Jim Chapin, and above all, informative. He's one of many killer players to come out of North Texas in the last 30 years, and back then had hands and hair to match.
Man, he looks and of course, sounds good clowing with it. He seems so comfortable doing it all, so effortlessly! He's playing the heck outta those brushes. I've seen another modern jazz drummer play brushes like this with serious skill and mastery. Greg is the only other I've seen do it like this!!!!
@JoeJocari; Dude lighten up. This was 1989 and Gregg was working with the likes of David Lee Roth and Joe Satriani. The big hair was perfectly acceptable.
And@Svettjodd: The tenor player is Steve Marcus. Played w/ Buddy for years.
wat a power house bissionette is. true master of drumming. while both him and buddy have a style to their own, both are worth of being called Drum legends.
Don't howl with laughter, you guys, but I enjoy Greg moe than I do Buddy Rich. He's different for sure from powerhouse Rich, but so inventive and emotional.
@JAZZOLOGIST1 ....... Of course Buddy was INCREDIBLE.......But Gregg is my favorite drummer/friend and I agree w/you that he plays w/emotion and a great feel. I have much of his work...from DLR to Satriani, to jazz to blues/funk to Progressive Rock to Instrumental cd's.......and so on....he is amazingly well rounded and one of his best attributes is his finese and dynamics...what can you say, Gregg has done well for himself by being a great drummer, humble, and a great musician.
My dad told me something quite true about this video: Gregg was the only Hard Rock drummer at the time who could have represented the genre in this event, and he did it on a high level and with class. I don't care about his hairdo -YOU try to drive that big band through this arrangement!!!
EVERYBODY knows pretty well that Gregg is not JUST a Hard Rock drummer; but back then his main gig, like it or not, was David Lee Roth. The event had to feature somebody working in that genre; that's what I meant.
Thank you for calling me an amateur! Even though I earn my living playing drums, I consider myself a never ending student of music. It would be so sad to "think" I know it all, which would cause my ego to take out those obvious frustrations on other people.
DId I call you an amateur? No! So maybe you're a bit defensive?
People pigeon-hole artists all of the time. Seeing apparently you "earn your living" playing the drums, maybe next time you will be a bit more respectful of other professional drummers, especially elite ones that define musical flexibility and also flexible musical education/application.
If someone called me a hard-rock drummer after a hard-rock gig, I'd never talk music with them again.
Touché! I was defensive and perhaps you didn't mean what I got. I really apologize about that.
I meant nothing but high praise for actually one of my favorites! OF COURSE he's not just another hard rock drummer -and he hasn't done just one of those gigs-, but I was actually reacting at people here writing about his hairdo instead of listening to his top-notch performance.
If somebody called you a hard rock drummer after a hard rock gig, blame it on Modern Drummer mag.
Sidenote: I was watching GC drum-offs and I'm becoming discouraged with the newer modern standard for drum solos and competitive teachings. Music and feel is being lost in modern drumming I think.
@PositivelyBored I agree...Todays drummers are about who is fastest, who can do doubles w/their feet and can play the most complicated stuff. Even if it lacks feel, dynamics and groove. Gregg is my biggest influence and i took many lessons from him. I dont care that hes not the fastest, most complex, most talked about...... his groove, dynamics and feel for the music he plays in any musical situation makes up for that 10 fold.
I sometimes wonder. What's with people? here you have a great drummer with origonality playing some of the most wide-ranging skin work you will ever hear, and the comments are about hair-dos and drum kits. This kind of talent is wasted on the pleb public. Smart alec critics with the soul of a duck.
@JAZZOLOGIST1 .... oh my god ...relax .... i studied privately with Gregg right around the time he had this mind blowing mullet and trust me , today he would look back on this video and the first thing he would say would be some sort of joke about his hair .
OMG its Limahl on drums......ahh mullet nightmares....never ending story.....commodore 64.....soda in glass bottles....A-team.....lol.....ahhhhh mullet attack!!!
@JoeJacari Rockers use to do it all the time in the eighties. It might be insane for now but wait a few more years. It'll be back in swing!!! Like this music here. . . .
@JoeJacari Yeah well his time was pretty fucking good huh? And he nailed the chart not to mention a pretty damn good drum solo. Some I'm sure he doesn't give a rats ass what you or anyone else thinks about his hair. Let's check out your hair (or lack there of) next time you perform with Rich's band (LOL)!
i saw greg bissonette at a drum clinic and met him and got to talk to him. you know he is the new voice of whinney the pooh im not kidding about that look it up
It might have been interesting to see what Buddy would do on a large double bass kit. I suppose he basically only used traditional grip though, so it wasn't his thing.
@Asymmatrix no internet argument on purpose, but really grip is all personal preference. look how well Weckl and Buddy and other drummers like Stewart Copeland get around his kit with no problem. its all preference and what you practice.
@SpDrumz Most drummers with large sets use matched grip. Since this simple fact has failed to register, I'll assume you'll continue on ad infinitum. Knock yourself out. Literally, if possible.
davanti ai piu grandi batteristi del mondo BRISSONETTE si merita tutti questi applausi,visto che è un batterista rock ma non dimentichiamoci che da giovanissimo 18/20 anni ha suonato con FERGUSON!!!
Outstanding! I play my VHS version often. Greg is featured with Dennis Chambers and Louie Bellson. The first chair's sax player's solo is smokin'. The rest of the section is enthralled. GREAT BAND
Sorry, sounds like another rock drummer who doesn't have a feel for this kind of music. Why do so many drummers have to include that damned double bass?
Do you say that because you know of him w/David Lee Roth or Joe Satriani only? Before Gregg did the DLR gig in 1986 he played w/Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1982-83. Go listen to it (Live From San Fransisco) and check out his feel that he obviously had to have to get the gig........Again, before he was known w/DLR........You do know that double bass was started by a Big Band drummer right? Louie B., 63 years ago!.......Why not double bass? Then why two toms, cymbals or sticks for that matter?
I knew him only from DLR, he is good but never had any special interest in him. Yes, I am well aware of Louie B. one of my favs, but NOT because he employed two bass drums. To me it was un-necessary and didn't add anything to his playing, I don't think he needed it... I've just always found DB to be a "filler" and very boring...
He may not have needed it true, but some people love it as much as you dislike it. DB can be boring if overdone. I think he used it sparingly in the tune (two fills) and about 1/8th of his solo.......not overdone IMO. But.......double bass type fillsw/1 foot(4 uptop & 2 on bottom/a double slide) could be made to sound exactly the same.........does that make is better?
Anyway, I don't look at Gregg as a rock drummer. He's recorded in many,many styles.....no one trick pony. Very versitile.
also, im with you on the double bass, but as for gregs feel, please check out his "musical drumming in different styles" dvd, itll surprise you, not to mention show you how good joe satriani actually is, none of that surfing with the alien BS
Thanks, will check it out... Most the drummers on the Buddy Rich tribute I didn't care for, with the exception of Kenny Aarnoff... I remember surfing with the alien, never heard anything else by JS...
i think double bass is cool when you use it to play shuffles and stuff. But yes so many morons out there over-use it waaaaay to much. Besides you can do so much more (musically) with a hihat.
I have to admit I prefer Gregg on the slower tune he did at this gig I think it was 'In a Mellowtone'. Nice Mullet, though, thank god he got rid of that. If I'm honest the solo is a bit fusioney for the tune, but that's just my opinion. It's still a great solo, I just don't think it suits the style of this tune. I'm sure you'll all launch into upset rantings in response, so of you go.
完全なグラッドストーン奏法だ！！
sunogiisan 6 days ago
Very nice drumming, although Peter James Bond, one of the many deceased Spinal Tap drummers, would have done better, probably with four bassdrums and four sticks!
rolfdejonge 1 month ago
I really wish he would quit being in spinal tap... I don't want him to die!
drumswhilegolfing101 2 months ago
Great solos!
jazzjanne1 3 months ago
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Awesome! - Hey Gregg, love the drumming. You've been one of my fav's since I started playing. Thanks for all your inspirational drum books and videos/DVD's.
Dave. Notice my china cymbal? :-)
DavidLBullock 3 months ago
holy ....
5 tenor sax like 1 !
gobassgo1 4 months ago in playlist Jazz
This shit´s pretty tight man, what a groove
TheMrilson 4 months ago
For a rock guy Bissonette has a great swing pulse!
Much better than that other rock drummer god that played with the Buddy Rich band... the one who's name I shall not mention :p
Diatonic5th 6 months ago
Awesome job has been displayed by Mr . Bissonette. Bravo Bravo..
rrdrums1952 7 months ago
nose scratch at 1:36...doesn't miss a beat.
elvis316 7 months ago
@elvis316 1:46, sorry
elvis316 7 months ago
Nice, nice, nice. A big band will separate the men from the boys, that's for sure.
popeye9354 7 months ago
I love how he busts into Hot for teacher for about 5 seconds around 7:35 or so.
elvis316 7 months ago
awesome share! thanks! This guy rocks it like few others
elvis316 7 months ago
Gregg certainly a magnificent drummer
Pachichin2012 7 months ago
9 persons believe that bieber is the only guy who make music stop bieber doesn't make music
ederno5150 7 months ago
Wild! great!
LaiguemarinAn 8 months ago
Love how he busts into the songo groove, then pulls out the brushes for a tasty little brush solo. Very adventurous, pulls it off beautifully Great job Greg. I remember 1989. BMX bikes, skateboards, colecovision, miami vice. Ok maybe that was 1984.
keepinpositive 8 months ago
I've seen Greg Bisonnette live playing heavy metal. He can play BeBop, big band jazz, metal, funk... as well as being a very highly sort after session player, teacher and clinician - is there anything he can't do? The guy is an incredibly versatile and talented drummer... anyone who makes negative comments about him is an idiot.
SAHBfan 8 months ago
The first time I saw Gregg, he was playing with Maynard Fuergeson's big band. He was just amazing and really drove the band. This was in 1982 or1983 at the Loras College Field House in Dubuque Iowa. My drum teacher told me I should really check it out and man, was he right! To all of the people out there that choose to leave negative comments, why can't you find something positive or just go away. Gregg is an awesome musician.
jtigsy 8 months ago
Greg Bissonette is so BADASS!!!! He is a Superstar at the drums! Thanks for the up.
crazy8sdrums 8 months ago
This isn't Machine, it's Time Check.
garrettmillerdrums 8 months ago
Your turn Tommy Lee. haha j/k. I think he drove the shit out of the band. Haters have to realize that he's gonna bring out monster kit because it's a drummer event and his fans want to see that. Most of these guys overplay at these concerts because drummers want to see that. I think gregg along with steve gadd were some of the more tasteful performances (song-wise) of the whole series concerts.
bigmtnfudgecake 9 months ago
Wow, Greg Bissonette play jazz????????????????
how nice, one hell of a surprise for me.
i know him from rock productions and bands.
i must show it to my students :-)
thanks for sharing this cool video !
great big band for sure, very nice arrangement for the horns shout !@!
razsekeles 9 months ago
He came to Boise to do a clinic a couple of months ago. Very informative, very musical, and a hell of a nice guy! It was easily one of the best clinics I've ever attended.
MrDrumming28 9 months ago
@MrDrumming28 I was at his clinic in Albany,NY Yep ,been playing drums my hole life, this cat blew me away with his playing!
drummers4jesus 9 months ago
Nice job. Time is right on, chops are solid and drives the band.
-r
rjvsmb 9 months ago
Just smoking!!!!! This band is dynamite!
rafikmankarios 9 months ago
bellissimo sto pezzooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
frettazza 9 months ago
Does no one here remember that he played with Maynard and with North Texas University One O'Clock lab Band?...
Feedback13 9 months ago
Name of the song?
Bangrone 10 months ago
So many of us drummers out there started out by playing on Pearl Drums. Greg is a prime example of how it doesn't matter what drums you play, it's about how you use them!
ThomasMetal75 10 months ago
I love Gregg and spent a week with him at a drum academy, he's the nicest, funniest bloke you'll ever meet but nothing could ever make up for that haircut!!! lol
170adamb 10 months ago
Gregg SHREDS it. Nice job
forkhead 10 months ago
That horn section blows!
magnumshifter 11 months ago
@magnumshifter I know! those motherf*ckers are clamming it up all over this joint! f*ck all of them! :)
Killenmachine05 10 months ago
1 gregg
2 will kennedy
3 dave weckl
yahyalilli 11 months ago
@spercoco
Incredible drums!
Incredible hair!
Simply...INSANE!
JoeJacari 11 months ago
Bertrude123.......Your right....There are drummers and thier styles I don't like.........but IMO me not likeing them and saying they arent good or capable is a different story.........Example; Matt Sorum played a Buddy Rich tune years ago. He played the tune in a straight ROCK fashion, what he does best.......he didn't even care about playing in Buddy's style.................But that doesn't mean he's not a good drummer. To me it was an, "I cant play this style so i wont even try.
mikeybbdrummin 11 months ago
Hey Acedrumminman.......funnyname by the way, maybe you should make one of your videos to show Gregg how he should have played it correctly.....................I will say your videos show you have skills....................................but my guess is your a weekend warrior upset that someone like Gregg has the success you wish you had. Just appreciate his versitility...............you cant change the fact that your watching him and he's not watching you.
mikeybbdrummin 11 months ago 15
@mikeybbdrummin Agreed. I don't even think he knows that Gregg's first professional gig was with Maynard Ferguson.
bertrude123 11 months ago
Gregg Bissonette dispensa comentários!! Grande baterista, ao lado de músicos e bandas como Dave Lee Roth, Steve Vai, Santana, Electric Light Orchestra e Jeff Lyne with Zoom Tour e muito mais!!! FODÁSTICO!!
jethrobeto 11 months ago
I saw Greg Bisonette sometime in the 90s playing a form of of progressive heavy metal and doing a very good job of it. I think his brother was on bass. He is a very versatile drummer, he seems able to excel in almost any style.
SAHBfan 11 months ago
Lovely solo. Thoughtful, delicate and beautifully phrased.
Mafiawl 11 months ago
what is the name of this song????
pdog2013 1 year ago
@pdog2013 Time Check...and too difficult for him to play.
acedrumminman 1 year ago
@acedrumminman Is that why he nailed it?
spercoco 11 months ago
since when has Heather Locklear been good on kit?
richardjamesprice 1 year ago 6
This was around the time that Gregg was playing with David Lee Roth. I'm thinking late 80's early 90's.
laplut 1 year ago
gesù... fanno paura!!!!
kungShao78 1 year ago
Love the sound of the snare, I'm gonna make mine sound somewhat llike that now. Amazing solo but not buddy rich style tho. Buddy could beat this easy
55centerstage 1 year ago
@55centerstage ..................It is a Brass Free Floating Pearl..............Gregg gave me one (possibly this one) after he left Pearl..............best snare I have owned. I found I liked the head Gregg used on the snare best, which is a coated Emperor.
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
Saw Gregg last night w/his band. Good band too...........it had a little bit of everything as far as style goes.........And who was there to see him?; Carmine Appice, Vinnie Appice, Ralph Humphrey, Myron Grombacher, Thomas Lang, Simon Phillips, Gavin Harrison, Jojo Mayer and Daney Carey.........along w/Billy Sheehan. It was a fun night!
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
what year is this?
drumsanddrumming 1 year ago
@drumsanddrumming .........It was Saturday Oct. 14th 1989.
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
that sax solo gaves me the chill, who's playing it? o.o
MisterGuroo 1 year ago
/watch?v=9DCTNSz9LKE
PoopTubeBrasil 1 year ago
Wow.....FANTASTIC!!!
MrDrummertheo 1 year ago
who is the man playing the sax solo around 1:06??
DrumCoalitionWithWar 1 year ago
@DrumCoalitionWithWar The sax player is Steve Marcus ;D
MisterGuroo 1 year ago
those trumpets are screaming! what a great tune. I wish i was anywhere near as good as this.
Awesmosis 1 year ago
winner0loser
Match grip is conducive to creating a variety of complex patterns?
What nonsense. Listen to Tony Williams, Andrew Cyrille, Elvin Jones to name a few.
Moron.
pooperscoopr69 1 year ago
@pooperscoopr69 Steve Smith being another trad grip drummer.
BassmanII 1 year ago
Gregg,
The passion and schoolin' did you proud -- great gams, man..
harleymannix 1 year ago
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harleymannix 1 year ago
this is the perfect song for gregg bissonette !!
giosmrbig 1 year ago
love it
GuzmanLE 1 year ago
Matched grip is ideal for open-handed playing, which in turn creates a wider variety of complex patterns.
winner0loser 1 year ago
bet all the other musicians aren't used to having two bass drums and 90 degree chinas! :)
Danman1475 1 year ago
Top stuff!
lovosazul 1 year ago
I've always loved the sound of this kit, and I think it sounds way better than any kit he's played since this one.
jetdriver26 1 year ago
hey where did u download this video? ;P
stevengerrard871 1 year ago
los Gregg playing pearl D: i Guess there is like a fight between mapex users and pearl users and see this is weird xD
Kudan26 1 year ago
Hahahah! He makes jazz sound so rock...
JakJoProduction 1 year ago
no slop at all
jazzgunner 1 year ago
those drums... look like they're out of plastic like todays $400-500 drumkits... but still they just sound amazing
c0d3x001 1 year ago
@c0d3x001
That's a rare series he's playing on... "Zenithal Resonator" - if only i can collect a fragment of that series even if its a snare or tom - extremely, extremely rare!
mkd69r 7 months ago
it's too bad that most people associate greg bissonnette as david lee roth's drummer in the 80's..he's actually quite fantastic and musical..he did the rock gig, cause like everything else, it was work and ofcourse lots of fun..he's probably the only "rock "drummer from that era to actually have a knowledge of big band , jazz and swing !!
blica1 1 year ago
That gig put him on the map. Part of Greggs work for those interested: Vox Tempus-In The Eye Of Time (prog-rock) Dan Ramsey-Gentle Giants, David Benoit-Great Composers of Jazz, Brandon fields-The Other Side of The Story, Maynard Ferguson-Live from San Fransisco (those 4 are jazz/swing) Steve Fister-Shadow King (instrumental Vai-Gary Hoey ish) Richie Kotzen-Inner Galactic Fusion Experience, Stan Stockton-Tea in the Typhoon, Shadrane-Temporal (prog rock)..among many, many others. All Hail Gregg!!
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
A few more; His cd's Gregg Bissonette& Submarine, Steve Lukather-Luke & Santamental, Pat Boone-In a Metal Mood(Osbournes show Crazy Train) Mark Motnik-Bass Invaders(YYZ cover), Grand Illusion-Brand New World, Code-The Enemy Within, Overland-Breakaway (last 3 AOR Journey/Bad English) Randy Jacob-Return of Randy Dynamite(funk/blues) Gary Hoey-Bug Alley&Endless Summer 2, Marco Cardona-Instrumentality & Deep Forrest (instrumental Vaieaque)Rocket Scientists-Revolution Road-(Floyd-ish/progressive)
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
Damn he can play. I had to rewind to notice when he swaps back to sticks from the brushes.
StevieArt 1 year ago
MUUULLLEEEETTTTT!!!!!
pnkflod 1 year ago
Was proud to have met Greg and his brother through my brother Markham Johnson years ago...and yes the hair was fully acceptable.
krenzcar88 1 year ago
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i didnt realize this was grovin hard until the sax soli
i could be wrong
aceinthehole123321 1 year ago
i didnt realize this was grovin hard until the sax soli
aceinthehole123321 1 year ago
@aceinthehole123321 This song is called Time Check.
subbieee 1 year ago
Gregg Bissonette is oke!
tomatito504 1 year ago
This guy can flat out play. I saw him in clinic a few years ago and he was funny, warm, does a GREAT impression of Jim Chapin, and above all, informative. He's one of many killer players to come out of North Texas in the last 30 years, and back then had hands and hair to match.
stephenpierson1 1 year ago
Man, he looks and of course, sounds good clowing with it. He seems so comfortable doing it all, so effortlessly! He's playing the heck outta those brushes. I've seen another modern jazz drummer play brushes like this with serious skill and mastery. Greg is the only other I've seen do it like this!!!!
woodie62 1 year ago
@JoeJocari; Dude lighten up. This was 1989 and Gregg was working with the likes of David Lee Roth and Joe Satriani. The big hair was perfectly acceptable.
And@Svettjodd: The tenor player is Steve Marcus. Played w/ Buddy for years.
skyla61 1 year ago
wat a power house bissionette is. true master of drumming. while both him and buddy have a style to their own, both are worth of being called Drum legends.
pgdrums12 1 year ago
what kind of kit is that? it sounds fantastic
BreakB97598 1 year ago
That curly tenor player has a great rough tone and great phrasing!
Svettjodd 1 year ago
Don't howl with laughter, you guys, but I enjoy Greg moe than I do Buddy Rich. He's different for sure from powerhouse Rich, but so inventive and emotional.
JAZZOLOGIST1 1 year ago
@JAZZOLOGIST1 ....... Of course Buddy was INCREDIBLE.......But Gregg is my favorite drummer/friend and I agree w/you that he plays w/emotion and a great feel. I have much of his work...from DLR to Satriani, to jazz to blues/funk to Progressive Rock to Instrumental cd's.......and so on....he is amazingly well rounded and one of his best attributes is his finese and dynamics...what can you say, Gregg has done well for himself by being a great drummer, humble, and a great musician.
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
My dad told me something quite true about this video: Gregg was the only Hard Rock drummer at the time who could have represented the genre in this event, and he did it on a high level and with class. I don't care about his hairdo -YOU try to drive that big band through this arrangement!!!
Carlamusiclover 1 year ago
@Carlamusiclover
Gregg is not a "hard-rock drummer". It's such a shame when amateurs pigeon-hole artists not knowing any better.
PositivelyBored 1 year ago
@PositivelyBored
EVERYBODY knows pretty well that Gregg is not JUST a Hard Rock drummer; but back then his main gig, like it or not, was David Lee Roth. The event had to feature somebody working in that genre; that's what I meant.
Thank you for calling me an amateur! Even though I earn my living playing drums, I consider myself a never ending student of music. It would be so sad to "think" I know it all, which would cause my ego to take out those obvious frustrations on other people.
Peace.
Carlamusiclover 1 year ago
@Carlamusiclover
DId I call you an amateur? No! So maybe you're a bit defensive?
People pigeon-hole artists all of the time. Seeing apparently you "earn your living" playing the drums, maybe next time you will be a bit more respectful of other professional drummers, especially elite ones that define musical flexibility and also flexible musical education/application.
If someone called me a hard-rock drummer after a hard-rock gig, I'd never talk music with them again.
PositivelyBored 1 year ago
@PositivelyBored
Touché! I was defensive and perhaps you didn't mean what I got. I really apologize about that.
I meant nothing but high praise for actually one of my favorites! OF COURSE he's not just another hard rock drummer -and he hasn't done just one of those gigs-, but I was actually reacting at people here writing about his hairdo instead of listening to his top-notch performance.
If somebody called you a hard rock drummer after a hard rock gig, blame it on Modern Drummer mag.
Carlamusiclover 1 year ago
@Carlamusiclover
Wow, you just hit the nail on the head.
Sidenote: I was watching GC drum-offs and I'm becoming discouraged with the newer modern standard for drum solos and competitive teachings. Music and feel is being lost in modern drumming I think.
PositivelyBored 1 year ago
@PositivelyBored
I couldn't agree more; what about these "Fastest Single-Stroke Roll" competitions? Guys going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... for a minute?
Carlamusiclover 1 year ago
@PositivelyBored I agree...Todays drummers are about who is fastest, who can do doubles w/their feet and can play the most complicated stuff. Even if it lacks feel, dynamics and groove. Gregg is my biggest influence and i took many lessons from him. I dont care that hes not the fastest, most complex, most talked about...... his groove, dynamics and feel for the music he plays in any musical situation makes up for that 10 fold.
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
That's how you do it.
yulelovethebeats 1 year ago
Gregg Bissonette played in ( Glam ) metal bands, that explains his AWESOME hair :D
satansscepter 1 year ago
I sometimes wonder. What's with people? here you have a great drummer with origonality playing some of the most wide-ranging skin work you will ever hear, and the comments are about hair-dos and drum kits. This kind of talent is wasted on the pleb public. Smart alec critics with the soul of a duck.
JAZZOLOGIST1 1 year ago 22
@JAZZOLOGIST1 .... oh my god ...relax .... i studied privately with Gregg right around the time he had this mind blowing mullet and trust me , today he would look back on this video and the first thing he would say would be some sort of joke about his hair .
sweetfly66 10 months ago
his kit sounds like shit. compare it to Chambers when they duel together with Belson. Cant hear his ridecymbal at all then.
antibulletdodger101 1 year ago
@antibulletdodger101 His kit sounds like shit? Then you cant hear
his ride??.........Ever think it was an audio problem???
Cause I actually know that it was. And did you not
hear that snare?????..................What a ckack that thing has.........and
I personally like the sound of his tom.......warm and deep but still
cutting through..................................anyway, just my thoughts on it.
mikeybbdrummin 1 year ago
@mikeybbdrummin Agree! Gregg always gets a great sound; he sounds perfect to me here.
Carlamusiclover 1 year ago
LOVE THE KIT
justakeem 1 year ago 2
i like this version but oprefer the one with Dave Weckl on the CD
RickDawg527 1 year ago
Excellent, (mis à part la coupe de cheveux lol).
Globul68 1 year ago
pretty sure i heard a steve gadd lick in that solo...
drumlord420 1 year ago
his style of playing its almost rock jazz haha, very heavy handed but it works
Paiste402 1 year ago
david lee roth
swtanney 1 year ago
Gregg B. sounds incredible but how great does the rest of the band sound........
Steve Marcus has such a great tone on the sax.
Great performance by all !!
chrisbrien 1 year ago
5:56-5:58 SICK!!
sx600 1 year ago
business in the front party in the back :P
brraatt 1 year ago 2
super ce mec
lotuf 1 year ago
super ce mec
lotuf 1 year ago
This chart is "Time Check", and Bissonette drives the band pretty damn well, as well as presenting a powerhouse solo.
cre8ivewmn 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of this song? i have the 2 burning for buddy cds but gregg is playing another song not this one
mikebajista 1 year ago
personally i think his hair is cool as.
benbottle 2 years ago
OMG its Limahl on drums......ahh mullet nightmares....never ending story.....commodore 64.....soda in glass bottles....A-team.....lol.....ahhhhh mullet attack!!!
wicked drumming =)
dinglenutzz 2 years ago
Damn that is one ROCKIN MULLET MAN!!!
kirbiak90ZX 2 years ago
Haha awesome
iuricastro22 1 year ago
Maestro Gregg!
Hexto7 2 years ago
I miss Buddy Rich.
bRadicalmagic1 2 years ago 2
its not only bissonette, weckl, colauita all them dudes had the staright up 80's thing going.
TIME88551 2 years ago
man it was the thing.
SpDrumz 2 years ago
What blows me absolutely away is the hair.
My goodness.
Now I know why, through out history, artists have been deemed insane.
You'd have to be nuts to go out in public with a hairdo looking like that!
My word!
JoeJacari 2 years ago 12
@JoeJacari Well it was the 80s. Dave Weckl had the same mullet at that same concert.
darthjoey13 1 year ago
@JoeJacari Well...It WAS the 80's. People were blind back then.
drumlord420 1 year ago
@JoeJacari Rockers use to do it all the time in the eighties. It might be insane for now but wait a few more years. It'll be back in swing!!! Like this music here. . . .
woodie62 1 year ago
@JoeJacari Not in the early 90's, I guess...
JimSVoit 1 year ago
@JoeJacari Yeah well his time was pretty fucking good huh? And he nailed the chart not to mention a pretty damn good drum solo. Some I'm sure he doesn't give a rats ass what you or anyone else thinks about his hair. Let's check out your hair (or lack there of) next time you perform with Rich's band (LOL)!
spercoco 11 months ago
Was that kit pulled out of a freezer just before being pushed on stage???.... Still... absolutely flawless solo!
RMW71 2 years ago
i saw greg bissonette at a drum clinic and met him and got to talk to him. you know he is the new voice of whinney the pooh im not kidding about that look it up
GPMusicc 2 years ago
Yes, you are right. He has been doing it for a little over 3 years.
mikeybbdrummin 2 years ago
simply wonderfull !
kulturaz 2 years ago
Even Buddy would have loved this solo, but he would have said 'Kid you're almost as fast as I am!'
tambourmn 2 years ago
It might have been interesting to see what Buddy would do on a large double bass kit. I suppose he basically only used traditional grip though, so it wasn't his thing.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
grip choice has nothing to do with anything except personal preference. I know of metal drummers who use traditional.
SpDrumz 2 years ago
It has to do with being able to get around a large kit easier. Almost all players with a big kit use matched grip.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
still, it doesn't matter much. you could train yourself to play as fast as possible around the kit, matched or trad.
SpDrumz 2 years ago
It means plenty. I'm a drummer, your argument is quite thin.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
@Asymmatrix no internet argument on purpose, but really grip is all personal preference. look how well Weckl and Buddy and other drummers like Stewart Copeland get around his kit with no problem. its all preference and what you practice.
SpDrumz 2 years ago
@SpDrumz They're the exception to the rule.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
there is no rule. its all about everyone's personal choice.
SpDrumz 2 years ago
@SpDrumz Most drummers with large sets use matched grip. Since this simple fact has failed to register, I'll assume you'll continue on ad infinitum. Knock yourself out. Literally, if possible.
Asymmatrix 2 years ago
dude dont be such a dick. thats a norm, not a rule. I know that most drummers with big sets play matched. but grip is still, all preference.
SpDrumz 2 years ago 8
that was sick arsed, aesome drumming really this dude is a legend
nick954rr03 2 years ago
è un mio grande amico
gius305 2 years ago
davanti ai piu grandi batteristi del mondo BRISSONETTE si merita tutti questi applausi,visto che è un batterista rock ma non dimentichiamoci che da giovanissimo 18/20 anni ha suonato con FERGUSON!!!
MrCarlotonini 2 years ago
A very underated drummer IMO. Gr8 solo and a brilliant perfromance all round. Good stuff indeed.
paulwall1981 2 years ago
Outstanding! I play my VHS version often. Greg is featured with Dennis Chambers and Louie Bellson. The first chair's sax player's solo is smokin'. The rest of the section is enthralled. GREAT BAND
ikarooz 2 years ago
Such beautiful playing and hair!!!!!!!!!!
GarytheIrishDrummer 2 years ago
This is a truly legendary performance. Very classy performance.
promarky604 2 years ago
:O gregg is very very very good..
cool cool cool
Kaifanef 2 years ago
coool i was by him at home to work....
manfred from Austria
trikefred 2 years ago
I saw him live - wow he was amazing.
kujofox 2 years ago
Sorry, sounds like another rock drummer who doesn't have a feel for this kind of music. Why do so many drummers have to include that damned double bass?
skeptic91 2 years ago
Do you say that because you know of him w/David Lee Roth or Joe Satriani only? Before Gregg did the DLR gig in 1986 he played w/Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1982-83. Go listen to it (Live From San Fransisco) and check out his feel that he obviously had to have to get the gig........Again, before he was known w/DLR........You do know that double bass was started by a Big Band drummer right? Louie B., 63 years ago!.......Why not double bass? Then why two toms, cymbals or sticks for that matter?
mikeybbdrummin 2 years ago
I knew him only from DLR, he is good but never had any special interest in him. Yes, I am well aware of Louie B. one of my favs, but NOT because he employed two bass drums. To me it was un-necessary and didn't add anything to his playing, I don't think he needed it... I've just always found DB to be a "filler" and very boring...
skeptic91 2 years ago
He may not have needed it true, but some people love it as much as you dislike it. DB can be boring if overdone. I think he used it sparingly in the tune (two fills) and about 1/8th of his solo.......not overdone IMO. But.......double bass type fillsw/1 foot(4 uptop & 2 on bottom/a double slide) could be made to sound exactly the same.........does that make is better?
Anyway, I don't look at Gregg as a rock drummer. He's recorded in many,many styles.....no one trick pony. Very versitile.
mikeybbdrummin 2 years ago
also, im with you on the double bass, but as for gregs feel, please check out his "musical drumming in different styles" dvd, itll surprise you, not to mention show you how good joe satriani actually is, none of that surfing with the alien BS
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edmayle 2 years ago
Thanks, will check it out... Most the drummers on the Buddy Rich tribute I didn't care for, with the exception of Kenny Aarnoff... I remember surfing with the alien, never heard anything else by JS...
skeptic91 2 years ago
i think double bass is cool when you use it to play shuffles and stuff. But yes so many morons out there over-use it waaaaay to much. Besides you can do so much more (musically) with a hihat.
metallikuh520 2 years ago
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Andythefunkman 2 years ago
surely you meant to say, best garth algar impression ever?
edmayle 2 years ago
that sax solo in the beginning blows me away too
lateralus1007 2 years ago
I have to admit I prefer Gregg on the slower tune he did at this gig I think it was 'In a Mellowtone'. Nice Mullet, though, thank god he got rid of that. If I'm honest the solo is a bit fusioney for the tune, but that's just my opinion. It's still a great solo, I just don't think it suits the style of this tune. I'm sure you'll all launch into upset rantings in response, so of you go.