031: A Salute to 3 Incredible Drummers

We just got to February, and the Roster of Metal is now shortened by 3. In January we lost 3 powerful and influential drummers who’s impact certainly shaped metal for the better.

JOIN US as we pay homage and give Neil Peart, Sean Reinert and Reed Mullin our sincerest Metal Nerdery kudos and commendments (and condiments) for helping to transform the world of metal drumming.

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(00:00): Intro/some old school band puns (#awesomebackshadowing)

(04:28): Metal Nerdery Memorial for 3 Awesometastical Metal Drummers (R.I.P.)): Neil Peart (RUSH) – incredibly refined lyrical message/Look at the Big Brain on Neil…/Lots of things going on for only 3 people (#moog)/The epical Neil Peart drum kit/Go check out the RUSH documentary): “Beyond the Lighted Stage” (#samdunn)

(10:30): Y-Y-Z(ed)-“Exit…Stage Left” version (stay for the drum solo #pearttasticalness)

(16:36): Anthem (another killer opening track!)/#canadiandeathgrowl

(21:20): Tom Sawyer (because…that middle part!)/#airkeytar/tendonitis and fitness words (Kerry King’s huge ‘traps’) /Introducing Pterry the Pterodactyl…

(26:37): Sean Reinert (CYNIC)): Veil of Maya (wait…what’s happening?)/#notdatemusic/Sean’s influences and the BIG NAMES he’s influenced in Metal/#drumwords

(31:30): Reed Mullin (Corrosion of Conformity (COC)): #wiseblood/ very much a Bill Ward vibe/Technocracy/Blind (Damned for all Time)/Deliverance and Wiseblood (Senior Limpio)): Southern Fried ZZ Top/#interludees/#hashbags/#crickets/#STFU

(42:22): Use your drum words…(Deliverance)/Wiseblood/#desertislandalbum/ #soundelectricity/Suicide (Wood) Paneling

(48:38): Tour memories of Reed (or lack thereof…)/Born again for the Last Time (always moving) #movemotion and Sam Illiot’s discourse on drum words/Metal Nerdery remembers and pays homage to 3 tremendous metal drummers (let us not lose anymore…January was fucking rough!)/ NOW on Twitter @metalnerdery