This guy has absolutely nothing going for him, except maybe a huge body of work with some of the best musicians on the planet, unsurpassed technique and musicality, creativity, inventiveness, and the fact that after 40+ years in the business he is still pushing boundaries and full of energy. Yeah, apart from that...........
This a good composition. Interesting all the way through. Terry Bozzio understands that playing the drums is not a competition and it is not a sport. Drums are for playing music on and that is what he did here.
well wes , i guess all we can do is take the inspiration that we get from bozzio , wackerman , cobham and all the rest of the greats and come up with some unique art of our own , i guess we owe it to ourselves ; i still think of the burn thing sometimes but i 'm gonna keep pushing , good luck and blessings to you and your creative journey .
This is one of the three most extraordinaire drum solos I´ve ever heard in my life. And I should say that I am in my 50´s and have listened and seen drummers since the late sixties. Bozzio is in my order of inner alter egos. Vic´s million thnx 4 post this. What a way to start this year.
All these years and I still get back and learn a lot with this solo , which is definitely not just a solo but a true lesson on what drums is all about in music and what a beautiful development musical and physical drums can get. This is absolutely an all other level. Thank you Terry , thank you for this beautiful gem!
This is the most amazing Drum Solo I have ever seen! Bozzio understands what defines the magic of a solo, namely that it is about the air between the tones and not about the biggest quantity of notes played in time. This solo just breathes, the rythm stretches and narrows and all that with nice, multifacetted colours which he masters to play out of the drums. This is so inspiring... Thank you so much for uploading this! I wish I would have been there!...
Terry is absolutely innovative and amazing. I love the fact that no matter the size of the drum kit, He still develops his improvisational ideas over or against a chosen ostinato.
this is not only a solo...this is a lesson about everything a competent and brilliant musician should be/have...soul and heart with good technique ( on the case of Terry Bozzio , great technique)
FUCKING BRILLIANT DRUMMER-anybody says otherwise better show their shit or SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER!!! Man, this drumming is 90% Afro Cuban drumming. Afro Cuban drummers are the best drummers in the world and this Italian American drummer has their shit down cold, plus he's playing an independent bass drum/hi hat ostinato UNDERNEATH the Tito Puente timbale/tom tom phrases. He's a RED hot percussionist and detractors are just totally BLOVIATING. Blow it out your ass!!!
+Simon Loveland thankyou!!! You can see the dude playing what is 'regular' rock (as far as zappa would allow it to be!) in live videos from back in the day. For people to expect Terry to still wanna play the same stuff or to still be inspired and excited by parts that present little to no challenge for him anymore is laughable.
I've loved watching and listening to Terry Bozzio from back in his long-blonde-hair days. He is an innovative drummer. When I heard and watched this, I could not believe the way he became a part of the instrument he was playing. It was a 4-piece kit and (I use Sabians as well because of how great they sound loud, ridden, or soft) two cymbals. The way Terry plays this kit is nothing of a marvel. He is not just a drummer, he is a musician with drums - 6 sounds. The hi-hat and kick are part of the ostinato that underlies the rhythm. His feel is unmatched, and while he is doing this, he is also thinking of the people watching him who like drumming. An amazing talent, after 25+ years of drumming, I hereby nominate this performance of Terry Bozzio as an easy entrance into the drummer's HOF. Thanks to Terry for doing this section knowing he was being videoed, but able to allow (as always) the sound of the skins and the bronze to take him to other places....
I am a drummer and drumming instructor who has worked with many name people. There are some people who do not like T.B. You have to understand what he doing. There is a beautiful looseness and independence to his playing. I do not like when people compare drummers in a competitive way. There is a real musicality, creativity, and innate hipness to his approach.
Zappa was auditioning drummers in a big warehouse type studio. There was about 200 hundred drummers. Zappa was like, "Next, next, next..." - Then Terry got up. Zappa was initially impressed so he started throwing stuff at him, "Solo in 19/8, etc, etc," Once all the other drummers saw somebody playing a drum solo in 19/8 on commmand, they knew they were beat so they all slunk off...
@@Gfp1995 wiith these kind of time signatures, just divide them into bite-size pieces, e.g. 19/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 3/8 And you could count it like this It is easy to work with these kind of signatures once you can divide like this quickly. ✌🏼
Like seriously, this dude plays at a caliber of ridiculousness. Thee most technical drummer I've ever seen. The stuff he does amazes me so much. And would take me an immense time period to comprehend his playing fully...
Super stuff. The ostinato form is something he's been into forever. It really allows him to be free with his ideas. More music, less 'chop'. I'd love to see more small kit stuff.
Anderton .Gambino You are hating just to hate. This "Mediocre" drummer as you call him played with Zappa. In case you don't know, only the best of the best played with him. You make general comments about how bad you think he is but what about it is bad? I just think his musical abilities are more than your musical taste can comprehend personally.
Yes everyone lets listen to the opinions of a man who has a tools profile picture. Open your ears. I can obviously see you're a huge fan of Thomas Laang which is great. However, everyone needs to see the ideas and creativity in EVERY drummer. I saw a person that had been playing for only a year the other day at one of the shows i was playing at. And sure he got off beat but I defiantly wouldn't be the person like you seem to be and would attack him for his faults or ideas. In fact I learned from it, everything can be inspiring, too me all it shows is your impatient just like most of this generation.
There is no denying that this man is an iconoclast of the instrument. So the following to all the would be haters is not a judgement but rather a pondering. I find his playing to be so much more engaging on this small kit. I appreciate the musicality for which he looks to achieve on the larger kit.I am lead to believe that if he spends more time in this capacity he would be talked about as one of the greatest and important drummers of all-time not just one of the greatest players alive.
I'll admit that while I used to at least appreciate his ability and skill, I never really admired his huge kit with all it's bells and whistles; it all just seemed so "extra". But hearing him now on a small kit totally blows my mind. This video totally changed my view of him. Love it!
Terry is absolutely amazing and creative in a vast world of robotic, copy cat drum solos! I'm sure some of the "YT drum experts" who down voted this video will say that he needs to beat the drums harder, and/or play a marching band solo like Travis Barker in order to be considered 'good'. Or, maybe he can hook a double bass pedal up and play rolling 32nd notes at 180bps for 4 hours to impress idiots.
Zappa once said that Terry was his favorite drummer of all the ones he worked with . It was cool because Terry was featured more than most drummers were in any band. As far as vocals and performance were concerned. As well as a innovator .
Making that floor tom sound like four different drums is what makes this so awesome. Alot of guys just wanna hear super fast double kick or it"sucks!" Hes playing an instrument not just beat a drum set. Amazing.
wasnt he ranked best drummer percussionist in the world at one piont and for those of you that realy dont know too much ablout terry, he has studied the percussions in every country . watch melodic drumming and the ostinado. pretty impressive. Great stuff here Terry, if you ever read these things. ;)
Terry has always been about trying to expand the conventions of drumming, that being said, not all of his experiments have been easy to appreciate, and some have even seemed a bit pointless; go back and watch some of his stuff with Zappa, he was a beast!
This video was captured at Vic's Drum Shop Grand Opening in October of 2008. I know I was there, I was standing directly to Bozzio's right near the window. It was great, Terry did not disappoint, one of the best and creative drummers in the world.
***** are you sure it's not the and of 2? it seems he's playing a clave (i believe a son clave? i can't remember right now) pattern with the bass pedal and it's lining up with the second bass note which is on the and of 2? thoughts?
Terry, if you are out there reading, do more of this. Forget that ridiculous monstrosity of a kit you've been playing for a number of years and get back to this. I'm a huge fan and haven't heard you this inspiring in about a decade. You're ideas work soooo much better in this context.
Gabriel Goldman His hands and feet were moving at 2 different speeds. His feet remained consistent while his hands were doing something completely different. Any REAL drummer can tell you how hard that really is. Plus his diddles, paradiddles and moeller rolls were sick and effortless.
Once again people on here hating Terry are mentioning Mike Portnoy types as being better, are you fucking kidding me? Bozzio has taken drumming so far in to the future it isn't even funny and Portnoy plays metal fills that have been around since the 80's and the most generic ones at that! And all the haters of Bozzio's huge kit here you go he is on a small kit and he plays it the exact same way conceptual, musical and if you want to get technical this shit is hard as fuck, play anything other then a quarter note on your kick and do anything worth while over it, not easy at all! Why I even waste my time with you people I don't know well yeah I do, I hate seeing someone who is this advanced and obviously over so many drummers heads betting reemed out all the time, research this guy before talking again!
i think terry bozzio's drum kit (his other one) is the reason he attracted a lot of criticism. its a fair point, i think he is an amazing drummer but that drumkit is a little alienating for fans of drumming who can barely afford to replace sticks.
Monsterdrumma Mike Portnoy is good, but Terry Bozzio is a Tito Puente freak/fan. Not only is Bozzio a Puente fan, he has Puente's stuff down cold. Puente is THE afro-cuban timbale player. He would fucking monster somebody like Mike Portnoy. Terry Bozzio would freak out Puente, because he's doing Puente's stuff with his hands and playing an independent ostinato bass drum/hi-hat pattern UNDERNEATH the Puente timbale/tom tom phrases. And some little jack off wants to slag it off???-Yeh right!!!
try playing like terry, and you'll see how hard his style is to emulate. A heck of vinnie and Gadd clones all over but no one else can copy what bozzio has been doing for the past 50 yrs. I know, he was one of my favorite teachers! !!
Kinda sad how great he sounds on such a simple kit. For a few decades Terry's despised stuff like hi-hats and rides, but the way he worked those very traditional sets of cymbals was so tactful-aggressive that it set him apart more than 20 chinas and 30 cymbal stacks ever could, good as they may be. The stuff he played with Zappa and UK is absolutely fucking killer, and he played pretty standard double bass kits those days.
Great drummer, great independence, creative and very musical! Frank Zappa brought out the best of him though. So, Terry is one of my favorite drummers WHEN he was with Zappa. He's on Zappa's Live in New York, Zoot Allures, Bongo Fury, Sleep Dirt and others.
Seen Dennis Chambers do that 3 beat ostinato in a solo on YT but it was all Snare Drum Singles over tops @ different speeds. From Slow to BLAZING Fast.
This guy has absolutely nothing going for him, except maybe a huge body of work with some of the best musicians on the planet, unsurpassed technique and musicality, creativity, inventiveness, and the fact that after 40+ years in the business he is still pushing boundaries and full of energy. Yeah, apart from that...........
+bumzigan
I'm just watched an interview with him. First I've seen. He comes across as a really nice guy, so you can add that to your list, too ;-)
That hi hat and bass drum doesn’t ever go out of time no matter what his hands play, Now that’s hard!
This a good composition. Interesting all the way through. Terry Bozzio understands that playing the drums is not a competition and it is not a sport. Drums are for playing music on and that is what he did here.
that hi-hat doesn't miss a beat whole time. bozzio is awesome
i think i'll burn my sticks now .
@@timwhiteside9971 I saw Chad Wackerman once....I thought the same thing.
well wes , i guess all we can do is take the inspiration that we get from bozzio , wackerman , cobham and all the rest of the greats and come up with some unique art of our own , i guess we owe it to ourselves ; i still think of the burn thing sometimes but i 'm gonna keep pushing , good luck and blessings to you and your creative journey .
well, yes,,... it does. often
Has was maintaining a foot ostinato with both feet while does a solo with both hands. This level of independence is umbeliaveable.
This is one of the three most extraordinaire drum solos I´ve ever heard in my life. And I should say that I am in my 50´s and have listened and seen drummers since the late sixties.
Bozzio is in my order of inner alter egos.
Vic´s million thnx 4 post this. What a way to start this year.
I bet those who are hating on this solo have no idea of the importance of good hand/feet independence when playing. Love it.
182TQ182 nevertheless its boring and mundane.. rather listen to John B solo
Tony Rome Speak for yourself!
fkn exactly , or jealous pretty much!
I do. Its incredibly annoying.
Has was maintaining a foot ostinato while does a solo with both hands.
All these years and I still get back and learn a lot with this solo , which is definitely not just a solo but a true lesson on what drums is all about in music and what a beautiful development musical and physical drums can get. This is absolutely an all other level. Thank you Terry , thank you for this beautiful gem!
I like this a lot! I appreciate that Terry made this tiny 4 pc kit come alive! He made this little kit sing!
This is the most amazing Drum Solo I have ever seen! Bozzio understands what defines the magic of a solo, namely that it is about the air between the tones and not about the biggest quantity of notes played in time.
This solo just breathes, the rythm stretches and narrows and all that with nice, multifacetted colours which he masters to play out of the drums.
This is so inspiring...
Thank you so much for uploading this! I wish I would have been there!...
Bozzio proves that even if you only gIve him four drums and a couple of cymbals, he still rocks off the charts. Amazing talent.
Terry is absolutely innovative and amazing. I love the fact that no matter the size of the drum kit, He still develops his improvisational ideas over or against a chosen ostinato.
this is not only a solo...this is a lesson about everything a competent and brilliant musician should be/have...soul and heart with good technique ( on the case of Terry Bozzio , great technique)
Followed this guy his whole career..and still following! WORLDS BEST= TERRY BOZZIO.
100% AGREE!!!!!!
That's the smallest kit probably anyone has seen Terry play, and he still takes it to a whole different level. God damn human metronome.
One of a kind. I've been atuned to Terry since his days with U.K, Frank Zappa and later Missing Persons. He is a true master musician.
What the hell did I just watch... Terry man... he's un-friggin-believable. No questions about it.
Terry is a Frank Zappa protege One of the best living drummers enough said :)
I met him many moons ago. Seemed like a very nice gentleman easy to talk to. Great drummer...👌🏼
Never saw this til now, and I'm standing right there for entire awesome solo! 11 years later!?
FUCKING BRILLIANT DRUMMER-anybody says otherwise better show their shit or SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER!!!
Man, this drumming is 90% Afro Cuban drumming. Afro Cuban drummers are the best drummers in the world and this Italian American drummer has their shit down cold, plus he's playing an independent bass drum/hi hat ostinato UNDERNEATH the Tito Puente timbale/tom tom phrases. He's a RED hot percussionist and detractors are just totally BLOVIATING. Blow it out your ass!!!
+Simon Loveland thankyou!!!
You can see the dude playing what is 'regular' rock (as far as zappa would allow it to be!) in live videos from back in the day. For people to expect Terry to still wanna play the same stuff or to still be inspired and excited by parts that present little to no challenge for him anymore is laughable.
+diffusiventity yes...
I spent awhile trying to make "bloviating" into some kind of Bozzio-related pun, and then I couldn't. So I'll just say: Well said!
What a great solo! Beautiful ideas!
Like a true composer, he built that solo up.
I've loved watching and listening to Terry Bozzio from back in his long-blonde-hair days. He is an innovative drummer. When I heard and watched this, I could not believe the way he became a part of the instrument he was playing. It was a 4-piece kit and (I use Sabians as well because of how great they sound loud, ridden, or soft) two cymbals. The way Terry plays this kit is nothing of a marvel. He is not just a drummer, he is a musician with drums - 6 sounds. The hi-hat and kick are part of the ostinato that underlies the rhythm. His feel is unmatched, and while he is doing this, he is also thinking of the people watching him who like drumming. An amazing talent, after 25+ years of drumming, I hereby nominate this performance of Terry Bozzio as an easy entrance into the drummer's HOF. Thanks to Terry for doing this section knowing he was being videoed, but able to allow (as always) the sound of the skins and the bronze to take him to other places....
The left foot keeping time on the hi-hats is amazing.
I could watch Bozzio play the floor tom all day the way I could watch Brando read the phone book all day.
I am a drummer and drumming instructor who has worked with many name people. There are some people who do not like T.B. You have to understand what he doing. There is a beautiful looseness and independence to his playing. I do not like when people compare drummers in a competitive way. There is a real musicality, creativity, and innate hipness to his approach.
Thank you, this guy is on another level of music compared to other drummers. Very hard to explain the attraction to his playing to others.
He was hired on the spot by Frank Zappa. Doesn't that speak volumes? Terry has stood for musical excellence for decades in my opinion.
Definitely
Zappa was auditioning drummers in a big warehouse type studio. There was about 200 hundred drummers. Zappa was like, "Next, next, next..." - Then Terry got up. Zappa was initially impressed so he started throwing stuff at him, "Solo in 19/8, etc, etc," Once all the other drummers saw somebody playing a drum solo in 19/8 on commmand, they knew they were beat so they all slunk off...
Simon Loveland I can't even mentally grasp or comprehend that time signature
yeah, but.. later came Vinnie The God
@@Gfp1995 wiith these kind of time signatures, just divide them into bite-size pieces, e.g. 19/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 3/8
And you could count it like this
It is easy to work with these kind of signatures once you can divide like this quickly. ✌🏼
Phenomenal is an understatement
Met terry when he & his wife dale started MISSING PERSON’S in the early 80’s.one of the BEST DRUMMERS EVER!!!✌️☝️👍
Like seriously, this dude plays at a caliber of ridiculousness. Thee most technical drummer I've ever seen. The stuff he does amazes me so much. And would take me an immense time period to comprehend his playing fully...
I much prefer this to many of the solos pieces I've heard on his gigantic kit.
True
I wish he would do more of this 'Small Kit' stuff - It's unbelievably amazing!
Super stuff. The ostinato form is something he's been into forever. It really allows him to be free with his ideas. More music, less 'chop'. I'd love to see more small kit stuff.
He plays the same mediocrity on a 5 piece and that he does on a 100 piece..
Anderton .Gambino
But you think portney is better so...kinda negates any credibility.
Anderton .Gambino You are hating just to hate. This "Mediocre" drummer as you call him played with Zappa. In case you don't know, only the best of the best played with him. You make general comments about how bad you think he is but what about it is bad? I just think his musical abilities are more than your musical taste can comprehend personally.
Sandbagger300 - So he played for Zappa a million years ago ... big deal
Yes everyone lets listen to the opinions of a man who has a tools profile picture. Open your ears. I can obviously see you're a huge fan of Thomas Laang which is great. However, everyone needs to see the ideas and creativity in EVERY drummer. I saw a person that had been playing for only a year the other day at one of the shows i was playing at. And sure he got off beat but I defiantly wouldn't be the person like you seem to be and would attack him for his faults or ideas. In fact I learned from it, everything can be inspiring, too me all it shows is your impatient just like most of this generation.
it's not like everyday he plays on 4 piece, so i dig this...very much.
4dr1n1 Funny thing is, it’s not everyday he plays on a 10 piece either
@@liamfenton8859 Haha! Good one!!
no need for the qualifier. This would be good if he played on it 10 hours a day 24/7
He needs that 265 piece contraption. He even used it on a UK reunion gig and it sounded like absolute garbage.
I love Terry drumming
love the touch on the hihat.
I love to see this ,Top pros playing on a 4 pc kit just like the rest of us Fun Times
this great to see Terry on a smaller kit , i love the big drum set , dont get me wrong this kit is more like what lots of us play more or less
Fantastic drummer . One of the best
There is no denying that this man is an iconoclast of the instrument. So the following to all the would be haters is not a judgement but rather a pondering. I find his playing to be so much more engaging on this small kit. I appreciate the musicality for which he looks to achieve on the larger kit.I am lead to believe that if he spends more time in this capacity he would be talked about as one of the greatest and important drummers of all-time not just one of the greatest players alive.
I'll admit that while I used to at least appreciate his ability and skill, I never really admired his huge kit with all it's bells and whistles; it all just seemed so "extra". But hearing him now on a small kit totally blows my mind. This video totally changed my view of him. Love it!
Wow!!! Great video!
I'm enjoying this at work right now with the sound all the way down. It's fun to watch Terry-Ted.
Terry. Forever young!
Terry is a master. He just plays in his own lane. I mean, look at his old (Punky) Zappa stuff when he was very young. It's insane/amazing drumming.
HATERS....Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success
That's freaking awesome I'm stealing the hell out of that
spot on! 👍
Terry is absolutely amazing and creative in a vast world of robotic, copy cat drum solos! I'm sure some of the "YT drum experts" who down voted this video will say that he needs to beat the drums harder, and/or play a marching band solo like Travis Barker in order to be considered 'good'. Or, maybe he can hook a double bass pedal up and play rolling 32nd notes at 180bps for 4 hours to impress idiots.
FANTASTIC!! Nicest guy too!!!
I would describe this guys style as 'because I can'.
Zappa once said that Terry was his favorite drummer of all the ones he worked with . It was cool because Terry was featured more than most drummers were in any band. As far as vocals and performance were concerned. As well as a innovator .
That's a whole lotta VIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!
Making that floor tom sound like four different drums is what makes this so awesome. Alot of guys just wanna hear super fast double kick or it"sucks!" Hes playing an instrument not just beat a drum set. Amazing.
THIS is the TB I miss ! ❤
wasnt he ranked best drummer percussionist in the world at one piont and for those of you that realy dont know too much ablout terry, he has studied the percussions in every country . watch melodic drumming and the ostinado. pretty impressive. Great stuff here Terry, if you ever read these things. ;)
Best Percussionist in the WORLD?
That Title belongs to
Evelyn Glennie.
NO DEBATE. Look her up. You'll agree.
I just appreciate that Terry's playing cymbals that have sustain and a four piece kit here. It focuses his sound a bit.
Only very few drummers come to my mind when I see this solo. Polyrhythmic independence is the highest skills a drummer can reach.
Terry's kit must have gone through the drier at least ten times before coming out as a four-piece.
+Ben M
Just goes to show he can get it done in spades without the five-ton monster
NEntv58 Exactly! In any case, his drumming has grown on me quite a bit.
+Ben M
Me too. I was un-sold for quite a while. That's over.
Hilarious
Wow so cool seeing him play a small set.
Terry IS DRUMS!
Awesome drummer. In a class all his own. Almost odd seeing him play such a small kit.
Terry has always been about trying to expand the conventions of drumming, that being said, not all of his experiments have been easy to appreciate, and some have even seemed a bit pointless; go back and watch some of his stuff with Zappa, he was a beast!
Less is more and his rhythm is almost unmatched
INCREDIBLE
A god for a reason love seeing positive comment on her bozzio a technical master work work that man put in
This video was captured at Vic's Drum Shop Grand Opening in October of 2008. I know I was there, I was standing directly to Bozzio's right near the window. It was great, Terry did not disappoint, one of the best and creative drummers in the world.
can u see yourself?
I keep finding myself back at this video...
Bozzio is an absolute monster. So incredibly deep. He’s so in it. There’s never a moment of bullshit. Always super musical and expressive
The hi-hat foot.monster timing
This ought to shut up a lot of haters !!!
fk um!
follow the hi hat
i was just going to say the same thing. ;)
what beat is he playing it on in the beginning?? so lost lol
altie29 it falls on the down beat of three, if you start counting from where he crashes his cymbals later on in the video.
***** thanks
***** are you sure it's not the and of 2? it seems he's playing a clave (i believe a son clave? i can't remember right now) pattern with the bass pedal and it's lining up with the second bass note which is on the and of 2? thoughts?
Nato61 you summed it up for me as well, perfectly said!
ostinato´s master!
Terry, if you are out there reading, do more of this. Forget that ridiculous monstrosity of a kit you've been playing for a number of years and get back to this. I'm a huge fan and haven't heard you this inspiring in about a decade. You're ideas work soooo much better in this context.
For better or worse, I’m not sure he’s ever been focused on the audiences opinion.
Using pitch bend on floor tom. His ears are really good.
That is amazing. It made me think of Missing Persons in concert days. 8-8-2024
He is a monster for sure
Articulate and sophisticated. Two words that most Terry-haters are too dumb to conceive of.
Any drummer will tell you that this solo was nothing special.
Gabriel Goldman His hands and feet were moving at 2 different speeds. His feet remained consistent while his hands were doing something completely different. Any REAL drummer can tell you how hard that really is. Plus his diddles, paradiddles and moeller rolls were sick and effortless.
Gabriel Goldman BULLSHIT!!!
Jedi Master Smoochie 100% CORRECT!!!
@@jedimastersmoochie308 Oh please. His chops are barely high school level.
Awesomeness! Peace&Love! ♡
FAVE Drummer!!!!!
Once again people on here hating Terry are mentioning Mike Portnoy types as being better, are you fucking kidding me? Bozzio has taken drumming so far in to the future it isn't even funny and Portnoy plays metal fills that have been around since the 80's and the most generic ones at that! And all the haters of Bozzio's huge kit here you go he is on a small kit and he plays it the exact same way conceptual, musical and if you want to get technical this shit is hard as fuck, play anything other then a quarter note on your kick and do anything worth while over it, not easy at all! Why I even waste my time with you people I don't know well yeah I do, I hate seeing someone who is this advanced and obviously over so many drummers heads betting reemed out all the time, research this guy before talking again!
I'll bet Portnoy's a huge Bozzio fan.
i think terry bozzio's drum kit (his other one) is the reason he attracted a lot of criticism. its a fair point, i think he is an amazing drummer but that drumkit is a little alienating for fans of drumming who can barely afford to replace sticks.
Monsterdrumma Mike Portnoy is good, but Terry Bozzio is a Tito Puente freak/fan. Not only is Bozzio a Puente fan, he has Puente's stuff down cold. Puente is THE afro-cuban timbale player. He would fucking monster somebody like Mike Portnoy. Terry Bozzio would freak out Puente, because he's doing Puente's stuff with his hands and playing an independent ostinato bass drum/hi-hat pattern UNDERNEATH the Puente timbale/tom tom phrases. And some little jack off wants to slag it off???-Yeh right!!!
there's only one Terry, and one gadd!!
try playing like terry, and you'll see how hard his style is to emulate. A heck of vinnie and Gadd clones all over but no one else can copy what bozzio has been doing for the past 50 yrs. I know, he was one of my favorite teachers! !!
isnt abot lots of toms, is the same passion and voice. masterful
Very musical, and very interesting. No wasted notes.
Always composing.
Unbelieveble, he is a Drum GOD. Believe me!!
nah i dont believe you
was brilliant playing.....on off the shelf stuff too!!! : )
Holy polyrhythm. Very original and very Terry.
Brilliant
NOBODY plays like Terry
El único y brillante Terry Bozzio!!
Um dos maiores da história da bateria thanks Bozzio
He had me at Zappa. And he's only gotten better.
Kinda sad how great he sounds on such a simple kit. For a few decades Terry's despised stuff like hi-hats and rides, but the way he worked those very traditional sets of cymbals was so tactful-aggressive that it set him apart more than 20 chinas and 30 cymbal stacks ever could, good as they may be. The stuff he played with Zappa and UK is absolutely fucking killer, and he played pretty standard double bass kits those days.
7:56 beautiful little quote from his Baby Snakes solo. I've also heard Brooks Wackerman tease that at a Tenacious D show. ;)
I've never seen Terry on such a normal looking kit! :)
Great drummer, great independence, creative and very musical! Frank Zappa brought out the best of him though. So, Terry is one of my favorite drummers WHEN he was with Zappa. He's on Zappa's Live in New York, Zoot Allures, Bongo Fury, Sleep Dirt and others.
It's almost like the bass drum and hi hat are automatic regardless of what his hands are doing. 🔥from the master.
King..of the 'independent ostinato's. freakish player. always has been.
He really makes the drum sing!
He’s amazing
Unbelievable!
Great solo!!!!
Seen Dennis Chambers do that 3 beat ostinato in a solo on YT but it was all Snare Drum Singles over tops @ different speeds.
From Slow to BLAZING Fast.
Excellent Beautiful Sublime Inmortal the Great Máster Terry Bozzio Rules Forever 🎼🎵🎶🛸🛸🙏🪐🎶