Terry Bozzio breaks down the drum beat of 'U.S. Drag' by Missing Persons
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Terry Bozzio is a really great drummer. He never got the recognition that he deserved. Missing Persons was a very cool band back in the day.
How much recognition should he have received. Bonham, Moon, Ringo, Peart received so much recognition be cause they were great drummers in bands that dominated sales and airwaves. Weckl, Wackerman, Walden, Colaiuta and many more are in his league or better and not household names. Not knocking your point just that there is a reason. Zappa, MP, UK, Beck is quite a resume but it’s not drumming for zep etc.
What’s important is that we recognize his genius 🤓🥁👍🏼
@@ER-me1ii Ringo is nowhere near as good of a drummer as Terry. Ringo has to have another drummer or two on stage with him to even play a modern song. There's nothing drum technical with any Beetles songs.
@@Flux_Flow captain obvious missing the entire point.
Il riconoscimento non dipende dalla bravura .
La massa e' stupida non ragiona con la sua testa ,e i media sono anche peggio 🤑
I never knew Terry could explain things as well as he does. He would be an incredibly gifted teacher.
Apart from it being in 6/4 and it starting on the snare , i have no clue what the beat is. Gifted teacher? he just played it about 3 times and never showed the pattern.
Terry is one the greatest teacher's of all time what a genius
Yeah, but the apos......never mind.
Agreed and if you haven’t seen it there’s a TH-cam video titled rudiments from hell and it had really helpful stuff in it and is only 5 mins long
Absolutely.
@@redacted5035 Not wrong, as he uses all of it, and his chops are legendary. From Zappa to today, Bozzio is a monster musician.
Run on sentence much?
Hell yea~ I had the Roto toms mounted with clamps, and the two China cymbals mounted in my face, im almost 60 and to this day I still use the Bozzio fills quite often. Terry Bozzio never received his credit, it sucks! Spring Session M is a very important drummers' album. Perfect explanation from Terry . THANK YOU for posting this ! Peace from Detroit MI.
You and me, buddy.
Never received his credit? Wtf? He is one of the most respected and beloved drummers of all time! No one generates more admiration from drummers than Terry. He is an icon!
Yeah yeah, remember Spoxe hi hats??
cool. !!! ....post it !!!
First time I saw Terry Bozzio was with Frank Zappa, I remember thinking who the heck was this guy? Great drummer, Then a few years later a friend turned me on to the Missing person's EP, ah ha ! I know this drummer! You can always tell it's Terry on the drums. The Electric drum set he toured with on the ryme & reason tour! So f ing cool! Incredible drummer! Love Missing Person's! Thanks for posting this.
I've been a loyal fan of Terry Bozzio for many years, he is a true master of his craft and a thinking man's drummer, he doesn't just "play" drums, he plays it as an actual instrument and can generate so many different sounds from his kit but does it in such a musical fashion that it draws you in. Loved his work with UK, Jeff Beck and Zappa. One of the true legends of drumming
One thing is to be able to play this and it's another to write it. So eccentric.
Bingo!
If you want your mind blown check out the song 'Carry No Cross' by UK. Talk about beat displacement. Be sure to listen through to the end. The synth solo and drum beat Terry has going is just amazing
My favorite Bozzio performance. In 15/8 no less!
A true master of his craft here. Now off to the Missing Persons US Festival performance, totally legendary set.
The influence of zappa progressive rock mixed with new wave made missing person one of the best 80s bands of all time
Pots and pans Bozzio's the man ! Jammed out to 'Noticeable One' just last-night , , , Thank you Sir...
Big fan of Missing Persons, so this is great.
This is what makes this song a standout among the songs on this album.
I am so looking forward to this.
me to.
U.S. Drag is such an underrated tune. I hate that so many people wrote off Missing Persons as an 80s short-lived pop band without appreciating the backbone of all that talent.
I got to see them when they toured the Rhyme & Reason album. Terry left a lasting impression on me. He had an electronic kit and was towards the front of the stage. He was beating the crap out of that kit! Great show!
maybe you seen , there some great ol Live Missing persons out there i come across lately , quality recording of audio only i seen
I LOVED MISSING PERSONS IN THE 80s. LOVED THEM.
My favorite Missing Persons song, hands down!
THERE'S the guy. There's ALWAYS one. The guy who leaves the "...most underrated" comment. There's one on every video involving a musician. Every one. Even when the musician is so blatantly obviously highly rated and has been for decades, you go to the comments section, and inevitably there it is: "...the most underrated blah blah". lol
U.S. Drag was my favorite song from Spring Session M for the longest time, going back to high school. However, over time, No Way Out has become my favorite. Just epic.
Excellent. I remember learning this one from the MD article (1984?). They had a transcription. Then I got “solo drums” on DCI and it was further explained. Such a cool song and groove. 👍
Terry used to do the most rad solo during US Drag in the live show. Saw MP a few times, even with the electronic kit, which was really cool because it was so minimal that you saw most of Terry's movements.
That first e-kit was something else with the cables for cymbals!
I sure wish there was some live video from the Rhyme And Reason tour with that electronic kit!! I have the pro recorded audio from the Irvine Meadows show in 1984 but don’t know if they filmed it as well.🤷🏽♂️
now if if we could Terry to break down the china / bell combo figure on mental hopscotch. Always baffled me
Thanks DC! How about getting Terry to play in a group setting on DC? It was great that Vai and Isham were interviewed by Terry recently. It would have been great if they could have jammed too!
Superb drummer US Drag still my go to practice number, MP were an awesome band back in the day.
saw Terry and Missing Persons on their first album tour. Loved that band! Terry took those pop songs and elevated them with his creative drumming. Masterful stuff.
Man that is such a cool tune and great record! Thanks Terry!
That’s a deep pocket groove. Wow! Love Terry! What a master of his craft!
It's great to see Terry looking so good and so game. Every Missing Persons song a gem.
Alas…THIS is why Professor Bozzio is THE instructor to take for calculus (timing), physics (dexterity), and economics (dynamics). You’ll learn complicated methods without even realizing it.
Underrated, Super-Prog album! Love it! Hard to count the meter on this song!
Great drummer, great technical break down.
the always amazing Terry
One of my favorite grooves. Burned it into my head back then and it’s still immediately accessible. :)
Yeah the Bonham thing has always been tricky as is Hendrix’s all along the watchtower.
We need more breakdowns of songs like this of his. Makes for great historical insight as to how he approached his technique with the musicians he worked with. And if he could use the exact same kit setup of those eras especially with Zappa tunes would be amazing!
My drummer told me the “song” Bonham was singing in his head for the intro to Rock n Roll was Johnny B Goode. I tried it. It works! 😆
It was Little Richard's Keep a Knockin.
@@JacksonAxe ah thanks. I’ll tell my drummer.
rumour is they recorded the intro with drums, and guitars etc, then took out the instruments later in the mix . its based on chuck berry song run rudolph run , the actual beat is keep a knockin by lil richard but the timing is run rudolph run .
Always loved this beat ! I'm a ghost noteaholic so beautiful to my ears!
I love Terry Bozzio!
This beat is not only complex , but is played with a lot of attitude and cross filling with accenting ..its quite fun to play. i aways loved the overdubbed ride bell at the ending that drives it into your head too.
He is just so musical!
I watched Missing Persons in concert a few times back in the day. This guy had the biggest kit I'd ever seen and he used every bit of it masterfully! He was SO under rated! The kit in this video is pretty impressive too and I'll bet he kicks freaking ass on it! I'm off to find some current videos of him now...
The most INSANE kit I have ever seen! How the Phuck do you even learn to play that!
Awesome, just AWESOME!
lo escuche por primera vez a los 15 años (1981) y siempre fué uno de mis bateristas favoritos .!!! un saludo muy afectuoso a Terry.!!
Terry is so amazing and kind too!
I met Terry at a drum clinic he did in 1987 and not only a great player, but a cool guy to talk to. Just two guys talking drums. I was 22 playing professionally and he was very encouraging about playing the music you like and being yourself. I’m 57, still playing in happy semi-anonymity and working on being the best me I can be. I figured out US Drag along time ago so how about a break down of the Black Page. That song makes me cry when I try to play it.
I have been enamored with Terry since day one and always will be. Thank you for sharing your passion.
Summer of ‘84. My break summer from drum corps. Beach almost every day. This album was in heavy rotation in the Malibu tape deck. Awesome summer.
Love that beat. I remember rewinding the tape again and again until I figured it out. Then I got a copy of SOLO DRUMS on VHS and Terry explained it in the accompanying booklet. D'OH! 😂
Missing Persons changed my life when I first heard them. Started mowing grass to buy my first album because parents wouldn't get it for me :) I was in the 6th grade. Great to see this.
Still to this day, SSM is my favorite albums. So pop, so good, and I love the "lead drums" :)
Amazing Beat! Terry rules!!!! Thanks!
That moment when you remember that that;s his small kit
It is wonderful to discuss kick-snare-hat variations from a 12,096 piece kit.
One of my favorite Bozzio beats from the Missing Persons catalog, by the way, that's the longest hi-hat reach I've ever seen....lol.
I've only just discovered missing persons but the drumming stands out
I wonder if he ever thinks, “I still don’t have enough drums”.
Every waking minute and most of his dream sequences...
The King!!!
Saw him 2-3 times with UK once when UK warmed up for Jethro Tull. Terry totally kicked ass I especially remember the intro to Caesars palace blues . The danger money album AWESOME
My drum teacher got pretty close to writing a decent transcription, from me humming it to him (he never heard the song). But of course, we were thinking 4/4, not 6/4. It was funny to see that when I found those notes years later.
still love your work!!
Terry is such a great guy, his ego is nowhere in the room! Got to talk to him briefly and he talked to me as if we had been friends for a long time.
I love Missing Persons. Terry is a monster. Listen to tracks like: All Fall Down & Tears. His hands are so-fast it's like Bruce Lee with drumsticks. Fun fact: (it was reported) Prince was listening to alot of Missing Persons just before he passed away. oNe LovE from NYC
Amazing brilliant drummer.. danger money..
Unreal man
Such a fantastic and underrated band and album!
Great demonstration of technique....
I never knew the drummer from Missing Persons was such a badass on drums. How would anybody know?
I mean, I haven’t been this surprised since I found out Neil Peart was the drummer for Devo
Love this song! I just saw Dale at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, and I was hoping you were going to be there and play this song! Nice to see you making content. I really enjoy it.
Vers good explained. I listened to the song and counted. 6/4 + 4/4...
Awesome
'Can anyone give me a hand with my gear?' You're on your own Tez
Terry has achieved what many musicians lose sight of: Terry sounds and plays like Terry.
I love his Polytown album with Mick Karn and David Torn. Please listen to it.
Damn.
Terry is highly articulate and intelligent with his music vocabulary.
😍 one drumm angel
Cherry is awesome true and legendary
❤thatbeat
The song for John Bonhams intro to 'Rock and Roll' was taken from an old Little Richard song intro called Keep a-Knockin. Led Zep stole so many songs and ideas. Especially for their first album.
Terry also got to bang Dale in her prime. That alone, he will always be a legend to me.
With all due respect to Terry & his comment about "rhythmic deception"---I agree with the example he gave about the 16ths, but bonhams intro on Rock n roll is not an example of that. I have heard drummers try to say that the Bonham intro for "rock n roll" comes in on 3 or something.
But To me, it's much easier (and more logical) to count it with Bonham coming in on 1(that heavy accent sounds like 1 to me, and he repeats it again)----If you count it like that, its 3 bars of 4/4(First 2 bars have accents on "1" and "2an", 3rd measure of 4/4 has accents on 1,2an and 4an), Then one bar of 3/4(Accents on 2 & 3), then a short bar of 5/8(heavy accents on 2-3-4-5---that's your lead in)
Then its straight 4/4 once the band/guitar comes in.
So you can't call that Zeppelin intro "rhythmic deception" The reason is "rhythmic deception" is usually revealed by the music when the groove comes in. With Bonhams intro in "Rock N Roll, tho, it's a one time thing that he plays at the beginning that you never hear again later.
So its much easier and more logical to hear that first snare hit as 1. Here's what Bonham actually plays on the intro:
< < < < < < > . < < < <
(4/4)=1 an 2 an 3 an 4 an/ (Repeat last measure) 1 an 2 an 3 an 4 an/(3/4) 1 an 2 an 3 an /(5/8)=1 2 3 4 5---Then 4/4
so if you want the bassist and guitarist to come in right, this is the right way to count this.
If you want to see him play when he was young, check out the movie Baby Snakes, that Frank made.
I don't understand why Terrys name doesn't consistently come up when making a short list of the greats.
Best drummer ever! And I am a death metal guy.
The song Bonham borrowed the intro to Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll” from is, “Keep a Knockin’’” by Little Richard.
That rhythmic deception fooled us all the first time we heard the intro to Since You're Gone by the Cars! The hand claps are on the "and" of 1 2 3 then the "e and" of 4. Just another example.
Very groovy for a big kit drummer . Some of his track with Steve Vai have a very groove oriented vibe
That kit is so ancient now. Terry, u might as start donating it to Goodwill brutha. Piece by piece🤣🤣
Cool Drummer. He was Buff and Fit for the Reunion in 2001. Wish he would have kept working out.
PUNKY'S WHIPS!!!
The skinny little drummer Terry Bozzio recently feel in love with the publicity of a rocking teenage guitar player of a Band called....ANGEELL..."True".
シンプルなリズム叩いてもやっぱ凄いな🤔🥁
I didn't know Dustin Hoffman played drums, who did I see at many clinics over the years I wonder
It’s the accents and beginning to Johnny B Goode for rock n roll. I never knew till someone pointed it out then it all clicked ?
Thanks for explaining everything but the actual beat
Looks like a Paiste display at Guitar Center.
Worth much more than watching necessary add for dog related products, when the algorithm doesn’t realize my dog died, it’s not your fault terry! You my hero
I don’t think he has enough cymbals!
UNIQUE
Fun fact this video is 1 second longer than the song U.S. Drag.
I had the chance to see him at the Montreal drumfest. I was so impressed by his unique performance. Wasnt just a drum clinic. Was an event.
First saw Terry in a video on ostinatos that was playing on a tv at Manny's Music in the mid 80s. Hair totally spiked, he looked like just a metal guy.
Holy **** was I wrong. 🤣🤣
Edit: And here it is.
th-cam.com/video/NlI8k-XkClY/w-d-xo.html
genius. The last of the tech pop. The band was wayyyy ahead of their time, but then again if they came out now they wouldn't have made it at all. Kind of a sad state of the industry. We are so advanced, yet so far behind....
I think zeppelin recorded a full melodic chuck berry type intro with guitars and took it out later in the mix and left the drums .