Singing drummers

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People only think of that fat idiot of the Australian band spiderbait or (shudder) Phil Collins.

The only flattering example I can think of is Robert Wyatt. Any others?

(And they have to be doing both at the same time)

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

drummers who are singers?

The Eagles
Lightning Bolt
The Romantics
The Carpenters
Husker Du

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Grand Funk Railroad
The Mentors
NoMeansNo (I think)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Nick Stumpf of French Kicks used to be, but I think the band hired another drummer so Nick could be the full-time frontman.

― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloke from Snuff!
Scout Niblett!
Bloke from Spock's Beard!

The question is : does the singing drummer go at the front of the stage or stay at the back? And if they stay at the back, then who is the official frontperson?

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

the Hard Ons
Tugboat

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Lucksmiths

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Debbi Peterson of the Bangles sang lead on some tracks, incl. the singles "Going Down to Liverpool" and "Be With You."

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

When I saw the French Kicks their singing drummer had AMAZING presence. But I think that's the only singing drummer band I've ever seen.

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Number One Cup
Yo La Tengo

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Jellyfish

― Annouschka Magnatech (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/nihon-no-hardcore/nihon-no-hardcore2.jpg

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Really unfortunate occurance, really. This singer should always be on his own or a guitar player as well.

― calstars (calstars), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, AWESOME photo.

― calstars (calstars), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Kurt Dahle

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

LONESOME ORGANIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Liz from Christmas.

― dlp9001, Friday, 3 October 2003 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

China Drum

― Damian (Damian), Friday, 3 October 2003 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The Band
il libretina
Sum 41

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

velvet underground
oneida
boris

― mr. wiggles (Jay Kirsch), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Night Ranger

ok here is a question about singing drummers ?

which is cooler , headset mic or just mic on a gooseneck stand ?

discuss...

― camazotz, Friday, 3 October 2003 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

headset mics are about as cool as cardigans and leg warmers

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

individually, or wearing both at the same time ?

― camazotz, Friday, 3 October 2003 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns etc.

And that little dude who sang Mmmmbop.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 3 October 2003 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

taylor hanson?

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 3 October 2003 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)

If that's his name! He did play the tubs didn't he?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 3 October 2003 08:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Singing Drummers?

RINGO! (sang while playing, at the back, everything...)
Keith Moon! (barbara ann)

Moe Tucker (Granted, would leave the drum stool for her bit, then return and resume drumming...)

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:01 (twenty-one years ago)

would leave the drum stool for her bit

that SO TOTALLY does not count

― Dave M. (rotten03), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)

it was during the same song...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Yella

― dave q, Friday, 3 October 2003 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave Clarke Five

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Personally, I'm shocked and stunned that no-one has mentioned Mickey Dolenz yet.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 3 October 2003 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Das Pop

― daarkbee, Friday, 3 October 2003 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Didn't that unmentionable bloke from Queen make a few solo records too?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Airto Moreira, Nana Vasconcelos.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Fat Lad from Dodgy was a better singer than Nigel. Likewise Reni and Ian Brown; neither frontman would have been tolerable without his drummer's vocal support.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave Clarke did not sing, that was Mike Smith.

But it was Dave Clarkes stuff, therefore he was boss.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Quasi : janet weiss

― half jack, Friday, 3 October 2003 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve West

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Levon Helm

― Mooro (Mooro), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Miriam Linna from the A-Bones.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude from Phish. *shudder*

Elvin Jones grunts a lot.

Mel Torme was a great fucking drummer, but I don't think he ever did it at the same time.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Did Stewart Copeland ever sing backup?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

DRUMMERS SUCK

― asfkj, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Los Papines.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago)

http://www.monkeyboy.co.uk/images/woslive6.jpg

― mzui, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago)

WHERE DO I GET A GOOD HEADSET MIC

― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago)

mates of state

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:00 (twenty years ago)

eleven years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qobJdLPUSw

― Riga Tony (Tom D.), Monday, 2 November 2015 14:56 (nine years ago)

This isn't going to be anyone's cup of tea around here, but Landis Expandis of the All Mighty Senators is one of my favorite frontmen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANtfg_TULk

― how's life, Monday, 2 November 2015 15:25 (nine years ago)

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Proscriptor formerly of Absu, fuck that garbage asshole forever though

― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 23:28 (four years ago)

Hey Neanderthal! What garbage asshole info do you have on Proscriptor? I just wonder because I'm not very plugged into the metal scene, but when I tried getting into it I loved Absu. Then searching for interviews, I found one that had an extremely racist remark from him, which put me off the whole project frankly, but it seemed out-of-character because I had never seen anything else like that from him.

― peace, man, Monday, 26 October 2020 23:45 (four years ago)

most recently, he fired a transgender member of the band for being transgender - that's the one that put me off of him forever.

which sucks as I loved Absu.

https://loudwire.com/absu-melissa-moore-kicked-out-transgender/

― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 23:49 (four years ago)

On a more positive note, Max Klebanoff from Tomb Mold

― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 26 October 2020 23:52 (four years ago)

Danielle Haim!

https://youtu.be/NCWSSTQb3qw

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 26 October 2020 23:58 (four years ago)

Tomb Mold are such good guys. I hung with their guitarist a bit at Psycho Vegas, caught Carcass w/ him

― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:01 (four years ago)

BRUTUS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxzLSswIOds

― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:27 (four years ago)

Wow, that Absu situation is absolute garbage. Like, goddamn. What kind of asshole writes this shit:

https://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/melissa_text-563x1000.png

Not gonna look for it now, but in the racist situation I mentioned above, he tried to recruit people to join his reformed Absu with one of the requirements being "Scotch, Irish, or German descent to bloodline."

Went and had a listen to Melissa Moore's new project Sonja, and it's more along the lines of what I'm interested in these days anyway. Here's hoping there's more to come.

https://sonjaband.bandcamp.com/album/nylon-nights-wanting-me-dead

― peace, man, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:33 (four years ago)

brutus is unreal, i can't imagine drumming like that and singing like that at the same time

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 00:34 (four years ago)

Astonished that this thread is 17 years old and no-one has mentioned ~~Kevin Godley~~ Hamilton Bohannon yet.

― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 19:44 (four years ago)

four weeks pass...

Larry Blackmon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWBD9c7AEm0

― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 09:41 (four years ago)

one month passes...

Honey Lantree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqjALaD7Y4o

― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 01:08 (four years ago)

Surely she has been on the thread before.

― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 01:10 (four years ago)

I don't think she sang very often.

― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 01:13 (four years ago)

... so, no, I don't think so.

― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 01:14 (four years ago)

Oh yeah, okay

― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 01:15 (four years ago)

i can't imagine drumming like that and singing like that at the same time

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, October 26, 2020 8:34 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

This comment reminded me of Sam Chown aka Shmu, singer/drummer for Zorch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvTqqVPiYs0

― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 03:42 (four years ago)

one year passes...

Buddy Miles is on here somewhere, surely---

birdistheword's ace revive of RIP Grant Hart me to it for the first time (he links a live set)

― dow, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 03:46 (three years ago)

*led* me to it

― dow, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 03:46 (three years ago)

Taylor Hawkins

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 03:53 (three years ago)

xp thanks dow! Now that this thread's come up, after Hüsker Dü broke up, did Grant ever sing and play drums on stage again? Unless he was sitting in as a guest drummer, I can imagine him leaving the kit behind (at least on tour) which is a shame because he was a fantastic drummer.

― birdistheword, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:28 (three years ago)

I've never seen Karen Carpenter play drums before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdHyzGXAJPg

― birdistheword, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:17 (three years ago)

And another!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9TmMfnZyY4

― birdistheword, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:18 (three years ago)

one month passes...

Rick Brown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6TD1PX22c

― Bunheads Pilot Enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:27 (two years ago)

three weeks pass...

Earlier (’68) Karen Carpenter

― HIPPO violation (morrisp), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 02:52 (two years ago)

19 years too late...

Was the dude from Spiderbait ever really 'fat' or an 'idiot' though? Geez.

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 03:35 (two years ago)

A+ Carpenter content itt. Thanks. :)

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 03:54 (two years ago)

six months pass...

Chris Curtis of the Searchers. Also note pre-Mo Tucker standing drummer style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmmQdDjEAuI

― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 February 2023 11:18 (two years ago)

I’d love to see another album from Heron Oblivion, which Meg Baird is the vocalist/drummer in

― beamish13, Saturday, 11 February 2023 15:10 (two years ago)

Rachel Horwood of Trash Kit

― beamish13, Saturday, 11 February 2023 15:15 (two years ago)

I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Reni from the Stone Roses. His harmony backup vocals reveal he’s probably the best singer in the group

― beamish13, Saturday, 11 February 2023 17:09 (two years ago)

Joel Amey from Wolf Alice, who in addition to harmonies, sings lead on one track, a duet on another, and I hope will sing on more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzFGSt6Vb40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw-2MNBMvFc

― peace, man, Sunday, 12 February 2023 00:52 (two years ago)

Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/061118-Guru-Guru-01.jpg

― unknown blues singer (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 05:48 (two years ago)

Dave Munden of the Tremeloes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I61yObjYC4A

― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:45 (two years ago)

... filmed in front of a collection of the most unlikely - and bored - people you'll ever see

― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:47 (two years ago)

Chris Mars from the 'Mats is a drummer who can sing, but whether he can sing while drumming remains to be seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGa1FF_2Gsw

― Bruce Hornsby–Big Stick 3:15 (Eliza D.), Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:15 (two years ago)

Margo Price:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9iFlnDIcfM

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 February 2023 23:32 (two years ago)

Allegedly Billy Bob Thornton plays drums and sings with The Boxmasters. I have only heard one song of them and it sounded terrible, but I know he plays drums and sings via that amusing trainwreck of an interview on qtv.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 February 2023 04:53 (two years ago)

RIP Hansi Behrendt, the singing drummer of Neue Deutsche Welle group Ideal:

https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/modo1619/_/ideal-schlagzeuger-hansi-behrendt-ist-gestorben.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrbhYiQ7ILk

― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 10:05 (two years ago)

eight months pass...

Larry Evoy of Edward Bear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d2Vr3gSjJs

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 November 2023 14:57 (one year ago)

Cool!

― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:11 (one year ago)

Gotta admit for a second after I clicked on the video I thought it was Karen Carpenter.

― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:12 (one year ago)

Just posted some other Edward Bear-related trivia I came across a few minutes ago on another thread.

― My Prelapsarian Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:17 (one year ago)

The drummer singer who introduced me to the idea was the fella from City Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7uHgqDmmA

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:20 (one year ago)

Good one.

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 November 2023 16:53 (one year ago)

Grant Hart, already mentioned but here he is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Odqi72sbrY

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Monday, 13 November 2023 21:09 (one year ago)

Hamish Kilgour of The Clean et al.

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 13 November 2023 21:38 (one year ago)

The bloke from Triumph:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRwOtnl433s

― henry s, Monday, 13 November 2023 21:44 (one year ago)

Adris Hoyos of Harry Pussy

― beamish13, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 03:38 (one year ago)

four months pass...

For some reason, Les McKeown is "playing" drums and singing here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKKaKT_dtM

― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 April 2024 22:19 (one year ago)

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