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Great musicians who should have been famous except....

I'm throwing this out there as an example. My 16 yr old aspiring drummer son asked me if I had anything in the vinyl collection tonight... apparently the U Tube video tutorials finally got boring. He is really good and practices non stop but it was refreshing when he asked about ideas for sound. In a moment of 30 years past clarity I put on the B side of Van Halen 1984… Is Alex Van Halen the most under rated rock drummer of all time? And is there a better lead in to ANY rock vinyl side than that???
telemarcer
telemarcer OP
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Ok good feedback. But I call BS. When u talk VH (does it ever happen??, not in my world) but even if it did would you be talking about AVH with Moon, Bonham, Peart, etc. No way. Its the typical David vs Sammy. Take some responsibility and give some respect where its due?!
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onhwy61
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The "Hot For Teacher" intro has some controversy surrounding it.  It's AVH on electronic drums and possibly the exhaust sound of one of EVH's Italian sports car at the very beginning.  The drum part is lifted/inspired by a piece by Billy Cobham.

I have always admired how the band Van Halen did their writing credits.

If you want to hear a tremendous drum opening to an album side, then listen to Tony William's Lifetime "Emergency" side one.

stuartk
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I saw Lewis Nash once with Vincent Herring. I spent most of the set watching Nash!  

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