Blinded - by Hawk featuring Scott Travis drum solo

http://www.metalmethod.com - All great hard rock and metal bands have very talented drummers. Hawk was no exception. When you check out Scott Travis' drum solo you'll understand the foundation of Hawk's aggressive sound.

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Music

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• Scott Travis
• drum solo
• glam
• metal
• Hawk

[MrLeon4646]

whats wrong with this crowd i would fuckin headbang

[dmarks1]

@MrLeon4646 They were stunned and... there wasn't a microphone on the crowd. It was definitely noisier than it appears. All of the crowd noise comes through the vocal mics.

[TheMarkWTaylor]

Agreed on the drum solo Doug... he beat the hell out of those drums, perfectly! LOL Awesome stuff. The 80's music was so much "happier" sounding than today's music. It was rockin for sure. And the MetalMethod cassette tapes, I think I got some of the first batches you made, was some killer instruction that wasn't being taught anywhere else. You helped to make a good number of rockin guitarists what they are today. Kudos!

[dmarks1]

@TheMarkWTaylor Thanks Mark. Great hearing from you.

[ehamady6]

I'm still a huge fan of the 80s hair metal days. The look was uber glam and the playing was stellar. Unfortunately, I never made it to LA to experience the scene firsthand. Was it common for bands to play their own material for entire gigs on the Strip or did they have to mix it in with covers?

[dmarks1]

@ehamady6 It was "pay to play" to showcase your original music. We were expected to sell a certain number of tickets. If we sold more than that number we would make a very small profit. If we sold less than the set number of tickets the money came out of our pocket. This particular gig was sold out so we did okay but after advertising it was probably a financial loss.

[weg95]

Scott Travis pre Racer X obviously, shredder himself, double bass master has slowed down with age and time understandable so have we all. This guy made his mark in the hard rock/metal drumming scene no doubt. Wonder what his plans are after Priest.......keep rocking Scott!

[oldskoolbanger]

@nbdysfool3 u gotta be kidding!??!

Far as i know Scott dreamed of playing in PRIEST since he was a teenager

[shaolin770]

Scott is one of my all time fave drummers and hella under rated but you can hear the heavy Tommy Aldridge influence in this solo. Then again, what american drummer hasn't been influences by T.A.?

[dmarks1]

@SHAWNDUDEROCK Tell the Truth was written after this lineup broke up.

[vincentvoortwijs]

Anybody notice that you can actually hear the painkiller intro in this solo?

[ehamady6]

Scott has been a perfect fit in Judas Priest. He isn't talked about nearly enough for his talent.

[JTJUDAS]

Scott has been my main inspiration on drums for years now, I think his double bass playing is as good as it gets. He may not be a constant 16th note at 220 player or whatever but I believe Scott was the first drummer to use these types of double bass patterns. I'd give anything to meet the guy. This is a great video and great music, good stuff man.