davec69
On a humorous side note, I've never found so many individuals who list that they play, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, ect., yet all their tracks are comprised of loops and samples. Really?
I think this is actually more common than you think, especially when projects are still in the writing stage.
Even signed bands will use drum loops or samples during the writing stage, then get the drummer on board at final tracking time. I know "It Bites" do this, but any band that has a main writing duo within the band, rather than writing as a whole will probably take this approach.
I play drums, but regularly use drum machines/samples simply for the convenience during the writing process (both for my own stuff, and as part of a band). When I was in a band, our drummer was quite happy to take what was essentially a finished song with drum samples and write his own parts to it afterwards.