I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.
Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.
I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.
I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.
I'm a big techno fan. I love that thumping kick drum. We heard a version of 'Lost in Love' and it was thrash metal. It sounded cool!
Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.
I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in.
Drumming is my middle name.
The drums were new to me; I was just playing what was in my head. I was a guitar player originally - so on the drums, I just played what was in my head rather than caring too much about what others were playing. And in that way, I came up with a simple but unique style.
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.