I've seen some footage of him sitting behind the kit... probably from the One Vision recordings.
How was John on drums ? I suppose he is good I dunno..?
Maybe not very interesting, just wondering....
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He was just joking.
Roger probably smacked him silly because he played around on his extra drum kit! (LOL)
Considerng his rhythm sense, I guess he could keep a simple pattern for some time, so technically, if he wanted to, he could have recorded the drum-parts of his songs. But since backing tracks used to be played live, he couldn`t. Plus, I don`t think he`d be that selfish. Roger on the other hand did play bass on some of his tracks
John should just stick with bass. He's got the whole head bobbing thing down.
John`s very skillful with the rhythm guitar too. He`s also good at the piano
I can remember that Roger tried to play the guitar and Freddie gave it back to Brian...
LOL!Good thing too!
John was a mulitinstrumentalist, wouldn't surprise me if he did a bit of drumming in his time.
Roger started off in the guitar, but it doesn`t mean he kept playing on a regular basis or that he`s a great guitarist. His level is good enough for a garage band imo. He played nice uncomplicated solos.
As for John`s quote, that doesn`t mean he was that basic. John would never say "yes, John Bonham is a poor idiot compared to me" or something like that. Even if he was pretty good - although not as good as Roger - he wouldn`t say more than "simple pattern and hit a cymbal". Same for guitar
As for John`s quote, that doesn`t mean he was that basic. John would never say "yes, John Bonham is a poor idiot compared to me" or something like that. Even if he was pretty good - although not as good as Roger - he wouldn`t say more than "simple pattern and hit a cymbal". Same for guitar
i belive john could play a litlle drum.
he could play the guitar (thats how he started off i think)
And was okay on the piano ( we all know his big part in the in the intro tospred your wings)
and then bas. why not drums?
he could play the guitar (thats how he started off i think)
And was okay on the piano ( we all know his big part in the in the intro tospred your wings)
and then bas. why not drums?
What I said about John being able to record drum parts of, for example, `Spread Your Wings`, was speculation, hence the "based on his rhythm sense...". As far as I know, any well-trained bass player is able to do that. I don`t mean he`d play a solo.
When I said guitarist of a garage band I meant "lead" guitarist. As rhythm I don`t think either John or him would have any trouble. I do consider Cross a great band, really great. And I don`t think a guitar player is bad if he doesn`t play like Steve Vai. I like Roger`s lead guitar stuff in his first two solo albums, including Brian there would be redundant. Certainly he was better as drummer, of course. I don`t think of him as a great guitarist, he played quite well, but that was it.
Btw, John mimes the Spread piano in the video but didn`t play it in the record. Similar cases are: Brian doing motif and riff guitars in Back Chat, John playing double bass in Who Wants to Live Forever, even perhaps Roger doing the percussion thing. And the children choir too. Fred was drunk in the video shoot of ...Wings so he didn`t sit at the piano. And it`d be just lame to be they all standing up there at the beginning if that`s the only instrument sounding. Moreover it`d be stupid to put Roger to play it and then run towards the drum kit, or Brian and then run to his "corner". John was by far the best option.
When I said guitarist of a garage band I meant "lead" guitarist. As rhythm I don`t think either John or him would have any trouble. I do consider Cross a great band, really great. And I don`t think a guitar player is bad if he doesn`t play like Steve Vai. I like Roger`s lead guitar stuff in his first two solo albums, including Brian there would be redundant. Certainly he was better as drummer, of course. I don`t think of him as a great guitarist, he played quite well, but that was it.
Btw, John mimes the Spread piano in the video but didn`t play it in the record. Similar cases are: Brian doing motif and riff guitars in Back Chat, John playing double bass in Who Wants to Live Forever, even perhaps Roger doing the percussion thing. And the children choir too. Fred was drunk in the video shoot of ...Wings so he didn`t sit at the piano. And it`d be just lame to be they all standing up there at the beginning if that`s the only instrument sounding. Moreover it`d be stupid to put Roger to play it and then run towards the drum kit, or Brian and then run to his "corner". John was by far the best option.