Singing drummers

John Cowsill

I saw an interesting 2-piece band open for Neil Hagerty at the Casbah in San Diego, in the early 2000s, and wish I could remember their name. It was a guy with glasses on a drum kit, singing, and another guy playing guitar (I think). Their songs were mesmerizing.

I’ve always remembered (sort of) the closing lyric to one of them:

“And the thing I most regret / Is that I ever, ever had / Just one cigarette”

are there any drummers who also play bass at the same time

Yeppers

― MaresNest, Saturday, July 8, 2017 10:21 AM (one year ago)

Also -- this video is all kinds of awesome

Giorgio Tuma
Phil Wright from Paper Lace

are there any drummers who also play bass at the same time

Oh yeah, a friend of mine does this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9xWFRGnW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBC4SGe9kyQ

Don't actually know if that is worth watching sorry.

dean fucking spunt

dean fucking spunt is possibly the only good singing drummer (source: the heart)

my heart reminds me that yukihiro fucking takahashi is also in the god tier of singing drummers

John Cowsill

Ok, now this is just getting ridiculous (singing-bass playing-synth playing-drummers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yWdsmKDfsM

wtf haha

reminds me of the 'one-man bands' you used to see on the metro...except this is a full rock band

lol at Bruce Johnston occasionally remembering to pretend to play the keyboard in that Cowsill clip

Surprised that John Garner of Sir Lord Baltimore isn't on here. SLB's 1971 Kingdom Come is what would now be called proto-metal I guess---tagged as heavy metal when that was still a new, esoteric rock critic category---real good, and the follow-up was okay; way later when they were mentioned in CREEM again, somebody wrote in to say that Garner had become a Christian EMT and wedding singer. Then about 12 years ago the third album was finally released, earlier sessions re-worked with Christian-themed lyrics (considering the title of the debut, maybe this was always in there, but originally over my head if so). Kingdom Come's re-reissue on CD is prob OOP by now but worth looking for.

Listening again---if you want visionary caveman vocals x drums for the wedding, Garner is your guy! Or was (RIP).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6srcWeDh_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ3Mns6NmHY

ctrl+f "Anderson Paak" 0/0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRWgtYtrrj8

https://i.imgur.com/zD6FF57.jpg

SLB update from Rolling Reissues 2020:
Sir Lord Baltimore finally getting an official reissue of their lps as a 3cd on April 24th. Through Cherry Red .
That includes a 2006 reunion lp.

I think all cd releases to now have been bootlegs.

― Stevolende, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 2:31 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTIHKcEM7sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Un0xRjGlk

Cool. She never got mentioned or just further evidence?

Oh I don't know, didn't check.

... she did 16 years ago but good to see some proof.

Albert Bouchard and what's his face from Times New Viking

^ Adam Elliott. And does Dennis Wilson count?

Adris hoyos from Harry pussy

How have we not acknowledged Neil Peart? Karen Carpenter was more the (on-stage) drumming-singer, though Midler's show used to incl. a parody of that.

Meg Baird in Heron Oblivion

Did Neil sing?

drumming singer vs singing drummer hmmmmm

Why did I incl. Peart? Sorry, Geddy Lee!
Karen Carpenter the singer who sometimes drums (or "drums," as Midler would put it). Carpenters' main drummer, at least on tours, was Cubby O'Brien, ex-Mouseketeer. Also sang the Mickey Mouse Club theme song with his comrades as child, though don't know if he was already drumming then.

Loukas Sideras, Aphrodite's Child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwYmE7cqvRI

limpe fuchs

"Moulty," by the Barbarians, is thee autobio of their drummer, who lost a hand, but gained a hook. "Now all I need is a girl." Other Barbarians: "Moulty!" (That's the chorus.) Prob on the 'Tube, but I no longer trust ilx to let me post it.

That was actually a session gig where Moulty was backed by members of The Band (when they were still the Hawks), not the Barbarians. He reportedly was mortified by that track.

Mike Browning, in early incarnations of Morbid Angel, his own band Nocturnus, and spinoff band Nocturnus AD

xp Oh yeah, forgot about that, sorry. It was released as by the Barbarians, and incl. on Lenny Kaye's 70s-refreshing comp, Nuggets, which is where I heard it--wiki sez:

Originally, the song was only intended to be released under the consent of Moulton, who was opposed to its distribution. However, Laurie Records released "Moulty" along with "I'll Keep On Seeing You" in February 1966 as a single. Upon discovering the distribution of the song, Moulton was infuriated with president of Laurie Records, Robert Schwartz, reportedly quarreling with him, and destroying some copies of the single.[6] Regardless, "Moulty" managed to peak at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the charts for four weeks.[7] The song became somewhat of an inspiration to the band's younger followers, insisting them to "never give up no matter what the odds". However, The Barbarians were so disgruntled with management for releasing the song, despite Moulton's insistence against it, that the band soon ceased relations with the company.[6] "Moulty" was later immortalized in the compilation album, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968,[8] and included as a bonus track in the 2000 Sundazed Records reissue of the group's debut album.[9]

Astonished that this thread is 17 years old and no-one has mentioned Kevin Godley yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqPrIR2W8M

Oh mang thanx for the reminder! Is this the version on Life & Death On The New York Dance Floor 1980-1983 (listening companion to amazing book of same title)?? That track blows my my mynnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndah.
Did not realize he was the drummer, or surely would have cited.

Proscriptor formerly of Absu, fuck that garbage asshole forever though

Hey Neanderthal! What garbage asshole info do you have on Proscriptor? I just wonder because I'm not very plugged into the metal scene, but when I tried getting into it I loved Absu. Then searching for interviews, I found one that had an extremely racist remark from him, which put me off the whole project frankly, but it seemed out-of-character because I had never seen anything else like that from him.

most recently, he fired a transgender member of the band for being transgender - that's the one that put me off of him forever.

which sucks as I loved Absu.

https://loudwire.com/absu-melissa-moore-kicked-out-transgender/

On a more positive note, Max Klebanoff from Tomb Mold

Danielle Haim!

https://youtu.be/NCWSSTQb3qw