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Two-Face to Play A Beach Boy

November 8, 2011 in News, Randomness by Drummer Talk

Ok, so Aaron Eckhart has had a good career before he was Two-Face in Batman, but I couldn’t resist.  The busy actor is slated to star in the upcoming biopic, The Drummer, about the life of Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson.  Often overshadowed by his unstable interesting brother, Brian, not much has been told about Dennis’ life (including a friendship with serial killer, Charles Manson).

Look for The Drummer to be out in theaters late 2012.

 

Keith Moon was too wild for Alice Cooper

June 23, 2011 in News, Randomness by Drummer Talk

Chock rocker, Alice Cooper, recently talked with Seattle PI recently about hanging with The Who drummer, Keith Moon.  It turns out, Cooper would hide from the wild man!

“When you party with Keith Moon your body really knows about it – -one time he stayed with me for a week, and I literally wasn’t allowed to sleep for seven days. Keith was like a battery that never ran out. It got to the stage with Keith where I’d hear he was in town and hide somewhere because I couldn’t face another bender.”

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Metronome Synchronization Vid!

May 5, 2011 in Randomness by Drummer Talk

So to get your band to play in time, just put them on a stage set atop 50 gallon drums!

Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers

April 14, 2011 in Randomness, Videos by Drummer Talk

Simply brilliant!

Drums Challenge game comes to the PSP and PS3

April 11, 2011 in News, Randomness by Drummer Talk

In case Rock Band and Guitar Hero wasn’t enough to satisfy your video game drumming appetite, Sanuk Games has announced their upcoming game, Drums Challenge.  The game will have 25 levels of virtual drumming and styles range from blues to reggae to metal.  Check out the video (and dig the hysterical host!).

“Rather than beatboxing it with your mouth, and look like an idiot, you can now drum it on your PSP, and look totally awesome.”

Police Meets Monty Python in New Opera

April 7, 2011 in News, Randomness by Drummer Talk

Source: Reuters.com

Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double bill which opens in London on Friday.

Copeland has set Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic horror story “The Tell-Tale Heart” to music and Jones provided the libretto for “The Doctor’s Tale,” a story about a successful doctor who is struck from the register just because he is a dog.

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Is that a drum kit in your pocket?

March 31, 2011 in Gear, Randomness by Drummer Talk

Just … watch it.