Madcap Music Review ‘s John Golden conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain at this year’s NAMM show, which took place in January in Anaheim, California. You can watch the chat below.
Asked why he has steadfastly refused to incorporate a double-bass setup into his playing technique, McBrain said: “People like [Keith Moon]… Well, Mooney had two bass drums, but he very rarely played on that side. I don’t think he ever had a pedal on it. [John] Bonham… Ringo [Starr]… When I was growing up, learning and being enticed into the music of that genre, that decade… Yeah, Ed Shaughnessy was a a double-bass [player], Louie Bellson, of course, and then the great Ginger Baker. But at that time, I was a CREAM fan, but I wasn’t a fan of Ginger‘s. It was weird. It’s only later in life [that] I realized how really good Ginger Baker is… And then, of course, Cozy Powell came along a little later, and Tommy Aldridge, and in the late ’70s, you’d see more of these double-bass-drum players. But I kind of grew up and learned with one, and I found it hard enough… I mean, I’ve always said the analogy, it’s bad enough trying to use one pedal. Why compound it with two? But, in fact, it’s the reverse: when you have two pedals, certain patterns are easier.”
He continued: “I don’t know… It’s just… Why change it? You know, in late ’75, when I joined Pat Travers, he asked me to use a big drum set; he wanted me to play a double-bass drum kit. I said, ‘I will get a big kit, but I’m not playing two bass drums.’
“I see these guys like Dave Lombardo [SLAYER], and then you look at people like Thomas Lang; he’s phenomenal. Aquiles Priester [ANGRA, PRIMAL FEAR]… you know, these wonderful double-bass players. I couldn’t get into that. I mean, I would if I sat down probably for a year or two and practiced every day for eleven hours.
McBrain added: “Horse for courses. Whatever rocks your boat.”
IRON MAIDEN‘s world tour, in support of the band’s latest album, “The Book Of Souls”, kicked off on February 24 in Sunrise, Florida (a suburb of Fort Lauderdale).
Fonte: Blabbermouth.net
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