McLaughlin - Cobham - Hellborg

[bluesborn]

This is what "Disco" sounds like in the Universe next door.

[WorldwidewelcomE]

Rec: FRANCE feb 1984 Antenn 2 channel !!!

* Stellan Viking @ WorldwidewelcomE * I was there...

[cr810j]

Don't get me wrong, I love Billy Cobhams's drumming. Narada Michael Walden is an equally awesome and powerful drummer.

[DarkeningSkies1]

I love John McLaughlin, and he seems a very nice man- but boy, did he screw Billy over in '84. Cobham was set to do a full tour with this group, and without being informed they started touring with Danny Gottileb instead (who is good, but nowhere close to Cobham). Wonder why?

[addictedtobass42]

keep up hellborg!!!!!!!cobham is biting at your heels....

[djsewell]

damn this is bad ass

[ettuskit2]

to bad the picture doesnt match the playing

[undeadbrood]

for such a technical song its got a serious groove,

[BassThrasher]

What a fucking ace trio. Perfect.

[Soamsey]

Jesus, the onslaught from Cobham!! I mean, like almost everybody else, I've listened to Dennis, Weckl, Colauita, Gene Lake, Billy Kilson, Smitty Smith, Nate Smith, Greg Hutchinson, Jojo, Blackwell, Simon Phillips, Bozzio, even Anders Johansson, Marco Minneman, Virgil Donati... but does anyone put up a wall of drums the way Cobham does?

[hotmachiato]

No other drummer I have ever heard has the amount of energy that Cobham has. He ie the technomaster himself. I don't care that some people call him to technical - who cares - it is just awesome to hear and see

[MahavishnuJM]

Jesus Christ John sounds crazy as hell on that synth.

[PhatLarkin]

hellborg is* my hero, lolol

[PhatLarkin]

that effect gives you a deeper look into the skill it takes to play what McLaughlin plays... it's simply awe-inspiring... Hellborg it my hero and Cobham is a genius

[prasiddha]

That's some frickin' fast shredding by McLaughlin.

[GauchoLibre]

i so love htat.. pat uses the roland one?

[frankgi123]

Mclauglin is using the Synclavier Digital Guitar System. I believe Pat Metheny used it as well. This is circa mid 80's.

[thearmofbarlow]

simonbnyc: Total fusion jerkoff? Yes, but total fusion jerkoff at its finest. Musicality for the sake of musicality. Nothing wrong with it in the right dosage.

[kingstcon]

Hellborg is smokin' as well!

[llafutaal]

what a musical landscape! this sound is advanced his time 20 years!

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[simonbnyc]

Come on. This sucks. A guitar that sounds like a synth? Total fusion jerk-off nonsense. Cobham's the only man really playing here and his talent is wasted.

[Gregorypeckory]

The lines McLaughlin plays would sound cool coming out of a sax or a keyboard. You just have to get over the fact that the controller is guitar shaped. Defying expectations is JM's thing; if you don't like the sound of surprise, you probably won't like JM.

[sinafter]

Cobham never played better than when he was with McLaughlin, because he was pushed to the limit. I find a lot of his other stuff disappointing.

[OneBigRetard]

Agree. Although some of his funk compositions kick ass.

[Dazzypig]

I dissagree, everytime Cobham picks up a pair of sticks he plays better, he never settle for qhat he can do and continues to push his boundaries, and in doing so, every musician around him. Great guy!

[McYaballow]

What year is this clip from?

[jbc6]

Probably the best technical drummer alive.

[FusionHowie]

midi guitar is the bomb !!!!

[frogfunk]

He's using a Roland synth guitar. The guitar has since been discontinued in production by Roland. Pat Metheney uses that guitar, too. Ü

[fridun007]

@frogfunk Doesn't Allan Holdsworth use the same thing?

[RafalNitkaBialek]

@fridun007 Nope, Holdsworth uses a SynthAxe.

[shadowknight132]

@frogfunk

Oh my guitar teacher has that guitar. It has the most awesome tone.

[wurlybird9]

there are better technical drummers than cobham, but he is definitely the most explosive.

[keo774]

@wurlybird9 imo he's the best

[McYaballow]

Interesting sound on the guitar...

[Poughkeepsie]

yas!