Favorite roto-toms song?

Time - Pink Fnord Floyd

Bill Bruford, off of 'feels good to me'
Beelzeebub






after that, a lot of terry bozzio's stuff with zappa and vai

Evil ways.... Santana

great cowbell too.

A few drumming greats who used rototoms were Bill Bruford and Terry Bozzio. Roger Taylor of Duran Duran used rototoms extensively on their self titled debut albumDuran Duran of 1981. Roger Taylor of Queen has used rototoms since the early 1970s most recently in the cover of "Let There Be Drums" on the Return of the ChampionsDVD and album. Bev Bevan, the drummer for the Electric Light Orchestra also used rototoms, most notably on the albums Discovery and Secret Messages. Nick Masonof Pink Floyd used rototoms to record the distinctive introduction to "Time" on the 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". The intro to Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman", heard on the Superfly soundtrack, makes prominent use of the drum's pitch-sliding feature. Phil Collins of Genesis used rototoms earlier in his career. Taylor Hawkins ofthe Foo Fighters uses several rototoms in his kit as well.




Notable Rototom Users Bridgemen Drum & Bugle Corps from Bayonne New Jersey Danny Carey of Tool Tim Alexander formerly of Primus Roger Taylor of Queen Roger Taylor of Duran Duran Fang (Mike Baldwin) of A.V.K. Nick Mason of Pink Floyd Bev Bevan of Electric Light Orchestra Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson Terry Chambers of XTC Phil Collins of Genesis Neil Peart of Rush Stewart Copeland of The Police Terry Bozzio Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters Lucius Borich of Cog John Fell of Heroine Sheiks Fenriz of Darkthrone Damon Che of Don Caballero Lol Tolhurst of The Cure Alex Van Halen of Van Halen Mike Mangini of Extreme Mike Portnoy formerly of Dream Theater Tim Fogarty of El Ten Eleven Jon Farriss of INXS Yukihiro of L'Arc-en-Ciel Shinya of Dir En Grey Glenn McClue of Progressive Transitions Eric Kretz of Stone Temple Pilots Jeremy Colson of Steve Vai Travis Barker of Transplants

that dude is dead now.

rip tony thompson