Cool Member: Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:52 am Posts: 226 Does anyone know more info about the drum kit of Tommy Aldridge when he was with Randy & Ozzy? Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:25 am . You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. The music that I was starting to play, lean toward and gravitate to and what accommodated me most emotionally was heavier and heavier and heavier music, and so I was trying to find a way to play the music that we were coming up with in a way that made it sound heavier. It is currently Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:02 pm. There is a great diagram of Tommy's setup from an awesome forum over at Drummer's World, administered by Tommy's Drum Tech. Top . If the badge's have Tommy's name on them, they should get even more. wareagle He is considered a veteran heavy metal and hard rock drummer and pioneer of double bass drumming. Moderators: Randy Perry, The Flying Dutchman, Stiltzkin, Trigger, skezza, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests. Off the top of my head, Yamaha Maple Customs in a Tommy Aldridge setup should fetch at least $4,500 (drums only, no pedals or hardware or cymbals). TERMS OF SERVICE / You can see above a listing of DW drum gear Tommy was using. Tommy, a Florida native, got his start with Black Oak Arkansas. While he is credited in and pictured on the "Diary Of A Madman" album released that same year, he did not actually perform on the record. So it was other people that encouraged it. This interview was completed shortly before Tommy joined Ozzie Osbourne for the "Blizzard of Ozz." I'm gonna be the first one.' tour. Necessity was the mother of that invention.". Tommy Aldridge will fill the vacancy created when drummer Brian Tichy announced he was leaving Whitesnake to join a group fronted by Joss Stone (story). It's one of the great ironies in Alan White's career that he came to fame in the shadow of the drummer he replaced in Yes, Bill Bruford. I wasn't that familiar with Louis Bellson's playing, and when I did hear of it, I didn't hear a lot of two bass drums going on.
What are you gonna do with that?' and Tommy Aldridge, Whitesnake drummer, knows about loud. This was the kit in full as used in 1981 - 82 USA tour. He did, however, play on Ozzy's 1983 album, "Bark At The Moon", as well as the live releases "Speak Of The Devil" and "Tribute". They said, 'Try it within [a song].' As far as the sizes of the drums & cymbals? CONTACT, PAUL STANLEY Reacts After TRUMP Adviser Compares BIDEN Town Hall To Episode Of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Reportedly Split With Longtime Managers Q PRIME, SLASH Looks Back On GUNS N' ROSES' First 2016 Reunion Show: 'It's Hard To Really Put It Into Words What That Felt Like', DEE SNIDER To Take Part In All-Star Musical Fusion Extravaganza 'Rock Me Amadeus', Watch EDDIE VAN HALEN's Entire Final VAN HALEN Concert With Soundboard Audio. In a way it was neither musician's fault — Bruford was considered, after Carl Palmer, the hottest drummer in England, while White had, in the public's perception, played in a few highly visible bands and gigs without a lot of acclaim. And he said, 'We should try that in a song.' TOMMY ALDRIDGE: 'I Was Playing Two Bass Drums Before It Became Fashionable' July 20, 2020 0 Comments For more than four decades, Tommy Aldridge … Tommy Aldridge - (drummer) born August 15, 1950, in Jackson, raised in Pearl, MS, Drummer for Black Oak Arkansas (1973-1977), Whitesnake, and Ozzy Osbourne's Band. BLABBERMOUTH.NET Not that I beat anyone to the punch; it's just that when I heard him play, it really solidified that way of thinking in my head. ADVERTISE / Aldridge is noted for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s, such as Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, … I was only just messing around with the rudiments and trying to come out of my drum room with a pattern or something that I hadn't heard on a record or heard someone else do. Whitesnake taken by me at the LG Arena Birmingham on 28th May 2013 as part of their 'Year of the Snake' tour. And then LED ZEPPELIN came out, and when I heard John Bonham doing all this crazy stuff on the kick drum that is typically not played on that part of the instrument — the same patterns, but not played on that part of the instrument, I said, 'Oh, there is room to play heavy new stuff on the kick drums. So when I got that other bass drum, it was only just to play around in my rehearsal room when I was growing up. Give me a few hours andI will tell you, Aldridge used Sonor kits with Randy and changed to Yamaha in 1983. It was just a way for me to spend time in my rehearsal room… And so it wasn't something that I planned, or that I'm a really smart cat and I [thought], 'Oh, I'm gonna do this, and nobody else is gonna do it. © 2020 Blabbermouth.net If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).