Steve Smith of Journey Live drum Solo 1981

Live drum solo of Steve Smith from the Journey Escape Tour in 1981.
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[MotorheadDrew]

@COdrums4life you cant really compare this to how he plays now its like a completely differnt drummer

[jaytrain]

This eargasm was brought to you by nike

[macpipkin]

Damn...

[dvdfrnzwbr]

That kit looks a bit out of style for these days.

[MotorheadDrew]

@TheImpossibleMan i was getting more at the fact that hes evolved now into a completely different drummer. Why would anyone play with any drastic difference in terms of the approach to the music in a club then at a festival or at a arena sized gig ?

[TheImpossibleMan]

@MotorheadDrew Yeah but it's a totally different context, I mean playing live at a Journey concert isn't like playing in a club or at a festival.

[mikens1]

The one the ONLY Steve "Machine Gun" Smith

[BeatProfessor]

Steve once said that he had to learn to play Rock and Roll because he grew up on Jazz. I don't think this solo is "dumbed down" at all. Think of it in terms of a dialect of language: You speak one dialect around your parents, another around your friends, another around co-workers, another to your piece that you brought home for the night.....there are specific places where each dialect can be used. Fusing music together is like a crossover of dialects (ie - swearing around your parents).

[drewper73]

I love how he grips the stick at the very end in his left hand while playing traditional grip. It just has that old school look to it which I like.

[drewper73]

@FUZZEYHIPPO The pics & videos I've seen of Lars' new kit show that he's using smaller toms than he used in the 80's & 90's. Just to be sure I went to his wikipedia page & it said his kit for the Death Magnetic tour consisted of: 10"x8" tom, 12"x10" tom, 16"x14" floor, 16"x16" floor & 2 22"x16" bass drums. The drums in this video are big & sound pretty damn good to me. I don't see the problem.

[drewper73]

@ecurb962 You are right on target with that assessment. If he had come out and played some Max Roach influenced jazz solo it would've been over their heads. He "dumbed-down" the solo but he did it very well. It just goes to show how adaptable he was to the rock scene. A very versatile player for sure.

[drewper73]

Ahh yes...the 80's!! Arena rock was in full swing still & just about every rock band had a drummer that played a drum solo, even if the solo sucked. The days of extended solos by rock drummers are pretty much over. U can always count on Peart to play an extended solo but now the drum solo, if there is 1, is only a couple of minutes long & the rest of the band doesn't leave the stage. Tim Alexander played a great solo during Primus' 2004 Hallucino-Genetics tour. It's on the dvd of the same name.