The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

Dave Lombardo (Slayer)

Please just do yourself a favor and listen to “Angel of Death” off of Reign in Blood. That song is 210 BPM, no human should be able to consistently play that fast.

Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)

Weinberg showed up at a try out for Springsteen’s legendary backing band, with experience playing in Broadway pits as a kit drummer and stand percussionist. Springsteen was blown away by his performance and let him walk onto the band right before Born To Run went into recording. He stuck with the E-Street band until he got too old to slap the skins on tour. 

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The More You Know

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan was the guitarist on David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance album
  • President Nixon was an accomplished musician. He played five instruments, including the accordion.
  • Elton John's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
  • When Prince was a kid, his father put him on stage at a James Brown concert where he danced with the singer until security took him off the stage.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.