Famous Drummers and Their Drum Kits

Rock world or the jazz world is an exclusive place to find a good drummer. There are many bands which had come and gone, taking with them their drummers, but few of them remain in the memories of the people. Drummers like Keith Moon, Jon Bonham, Neil Pert, Lars Ulrich and few others are still idolized by their fans. They are a excellent class by themselves. Each is different from the other, whether it is the drumming style or the drum kits they use.

Let us begin with Keith Moon. He was born in23rd August 1946 and died on 7th September 1978. He lived a short period of life because of his alcoholism and acute odd behaviour. He is still famous. Some of his followers also named him as 'Mad Moon'. He was renowned for his innovativeness and was a dramatic drummer. In 1964 Keith joined 'The Who' band. He was a very fast drummer, a singer and also a composer. He used to play faster and sound, but with authority. He used explosives and fireworks in his stage shows.. He was so peculiar that he has broken many drums and perhaps his hobby was to blow up toilets.

He did not own drum kits. He has no made to order Kits as many other drummers had or have. He either borrowed or hired drum kits to play.He borrowed drum sets to play.He also hired them therefore, he had played with Rogers drum kit, Premier kit, Trixon kit, Lee Kings kit, Dave Clarke Five kit, Singerland kit, Ludwig kit and also Vistalities from Ludwig. He had no standard Drums kit

Jon Henry Bonham was in the company of Led Zeppilin. He played a solo. He became more famous. He was basically a Rock Drummer and that too a great one. He died at 32 years.

He played three different Ludwig green sparkle instrument in Lee Zeppilin III and IV. Jon's bass drums wre of 24" and 26".His Tom was mounted 12"deep. At times he played in his bare hands. Jon Bonham has used different types of branded Drum Kits.. He had used, apart from the Ludwig sparkle green sparkle, which was his favorite and best sounding kit, The Black Diamond Pearl and Thermo polish Natural Maple. He also used Ludwig Amber Versatile, Sparkle Silver Finish and Stainless Steel.. He used different types of floor Toms, rack Toms, supraphonic snare and Ludwig Timpani. He played in Paiste Cymbals. Later he changed His choice pedal for Drums Were Ludwig Speed King Pedals.

Neil Pert joined a Toronto based band "RUSH" and classified himself with it.|Neil Pert joined in "RUSH" band. It was in Toronto.}. He was basically inspired by Drummers like Keith Moon and Jon Bonham. He invented new style. He combined Jazz with swing. Pert was a Drummer and like Moon was also a composer of song for their band. He had a complex but sophisticated style as a Drummer.
His kits always give motivation to other Drummers. He had a large drum kit. He played with all the drums.The drum kit he normally used was The Old Singerland Snare, Remo 'Legato' marching Snare, a 13" Ludwig Picolo on the back kit, Tama Gong Bass Drum, Promark drum sticks, Rem heads, LP Cowbells and some wind bells.

A Danish-American Drummer known as Lars Ulrich from Metallica, the heavy metal band, origin.| Lars Ulrich was from Metallica band}.
He often used Tama drums, Zildjian Cymbals and Remo drum heads. He is seldom seen without his customized kits.|He never played without his own drums}. He also played with Ludwig drums, Grtsch drums and Sambian Cymbals, Calato Regal drum sticks but altered to Eastern Ahead at a later date.

Other drummers in 1980 of sonar drum reputation were Steve Smith from Journey and Phil Rudd.. In recent times Danny Carey of TOOL and Gavin Harrison are some of the names who play sonar drums.


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