Singing drummers

The Eagles
Lightning Bolt
The Romantics
The Carpenters
Husker Du

The question is : does the singing drummer go at the front of the stage or stay at the back? And if they stay at the back, then who is the official frontperson?

ok here is a question about singing drummers ?

which is cooler , headset mic or just mic on a gooseneck stand ?

discuss...

And that little dude who sang Mmmmbop.

RINGO! (sang while playing, at the back, everything...)
Keith Moon! (barbara ann)

Moe Tucker (Granted, would leave the drum stool for her bit, then return and resume drumming...)

that SO TOTALLY does not count

But it was Dave Clarkes stuff, therefore he was boss.

Elvin Jones grunts a lot.

Mel Torme was a great fucking drummer, but I don't think he ever did it at the same time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qobJdLPUSw

This isn't going to be anyone's cup of tea around here, but Landis Expandis of the All Mighty Senators is one of my favorite frontmen.

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

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

Tomb Mold are such good guys. I hung with their guitarist a bit at Psycho Vegas, caught Carcass w/ him

BRUTUS

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

Wow, that Absu situation is absolute garbage. Like, goddamn. What kind of asshole writes this shit:

https://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/melissa_text-563x1000.png

Not gonna look for it now, but in the racist situation I mentioned above, he tried to recruit people to join his reformed Absu with one of the requirements being "Scotch, Irish, or German descent to bloodline."

Went and had a listen to Melissa Moore's new project Sonja, and it's more along the lines of what I'm interested in these days anyway. Here's hoping there's more to come.

https://sonjaband.bandcamp.com/album/nylon-nights-wanting-me-dead

brutus is unreal, i can't imagine drumming like that and singing like that at the same time

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

Larry Blackmon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWBD9c7AEm0

Honey Lantree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqjALaD7Y4o

Surely she has been on the thread before.

I don't think she sang very often.

... so, no, I don't think so.

Oh yeah, okay

i can't imagine drumming like that and singing like that at the same time

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, October 26, 2020 8:34 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

This comment reminded me of Sam Chown aka Shmu, singer/drummer for Zorch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvTqqVPiYs0