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OKAY, THAT IS JUST WAY TOO MANY DRUMSPosted by Sam on 02.04.10

You know who sucks? Terry Bozzio.

Not in the traditional sense of the word "sucks", because that would imply that he is not a particularly adept drummer, which he is, but "sucks" in the sense that he plays drums like a wanky, pretentious nerd. LOOK WHAT I CAN DO is what the below video says to me.

And really, what is it that he's doing? Playing a bunch of roto-toms in a way that sounds like some proggy, ambient Fern Gully ish? Background noise to The Last Emperor? The most boring ballet music ever? It just so...lame. And indulgent. I mean, look at that fucking drum kit. Does it take three days and twice as many midgets to set that thing up? DW probably makes their other artists pay for it. "Don't you want to play on the same drums as TERRY BOZZIO, dude? Caugh up some scratch for his sixtieth tom!" Please.

I think I just have a certain aversion to the way he plays. It sounds like he is constantly soloing, and daintily at that. I'm not averse to prodigious drumming. Hell, I think this is fucking incredible, but that's because it sounds like he's trying to eat his kit with his arms. Terry Bozzio doesn't play like that. He plays drums for drum nerds, not for regular people that want to cut loose and not count time signatures.

It's like, get over yourself. Frank Zappa's dead. And now you're playing with Korn. I would sigh right now but I just don't think it's worthy.