What song has the longest drum solo?

Led Zeppelin's triple live CD, "How the West Was Won" has a live 19:20 version of "Moby Dick" on which John Bonham played solo for over 17 minutes.
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What is the longest drum solo ever?

The longest marathon drumming by an individual is 134 hr 5 min, and was achieved by Steve Gaul (Canada) in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, from 14 to 19 August 2015.
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How long is the drum solo in a Gadda Da Vida?

The title track from Iron Butterfly's album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is its extreme length — the song has a two-and-a-half-minute drum solo.” It was cutting with an edge. For the full effect listen to it with headphones, it will still blow you away.
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What is the most famous drum solo?

When people think of the rock drum solo, they think of John Bonham's "Moby Dick." The most iconic version is this roughly 12-minute version from a 1970 performance at Royal Albert Hall where Bonham showcases both his breakneck speed and ability to shape a musical solo.
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What song has a lot of drumming?

Emerson Lake & Palmer's 'Karn Evil 9' features an epic drum track that's a whopping 29 minutes long! It comes from the 1973 prog rock album 'Brain Salad Surgery,' and ELP's drummer Carl Palmer has plenty of time to show off his mad skills in this hit.
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What is the most famous drum beat?

I was definitely curious, so I did some research and found that the “Funky Drummer” beat by Clyde Stubblefield has been the most sampled drum groove ever (over 7 million times!). It's just a basic 16th note groove, but the hi-hat part, ghost notes, and overall feel make this beat one of the hardest to play.
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What is the fastest drum song?

"Thousand" was listed in Guinness World Records for having the fastest tempo in beats-per-minute (BPM) of any released single, peaking at approximately 1,015 BPM.
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What is the fastest drum solo?

World record holders
  • Single Stroke Roll: Tom Grosset - [20.13 strokes a second] 1208 Strokes in 60 seconds - Hand Speed.
  • Double Stroke Roll: Seth Davis - [20 strokes a second] 1200 Strokes in 60 seconds - Hand Speed.
  • Single Paradiddle: Sam LeCompte - [17.2 strokes a second] 1032 Strokes in 60 seconds - Hand Speed.
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What is one of the most famous drum beats in history?

The Amen break is a drum break that has been widely sampled in popular music. It comes from the 1969 track "Amen, Brother" by the soul group the Winstons, released as the B-side of the 1969 single "Color Him Father". The drum break lasts about seven seconds and was performed by Gregory Coleman.
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Who is considered the best rock and roll drummer?

Best Drummers Of All Time: 20 Iconic Musicians Who Can't Be Beat
  • 8: Stewart Copeland. ...
  • 7: Clyde Stubblefield. ...
  • 6: Phil Collins. ...
  • 5: Buddy Rich. ...
  • 4: Neil Peart. ...
  • 3: Ginger Baker. ...
  • 2: Keith Moon. ...
  • 1: John Bonham.
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Is In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida the longest song?

At 17 minutes and five seconds, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” will be the second-longest track in a Rock Band game. The longest, Rush's “2112,” was released during the Rock Band 3 era and was split across three DLC tracks.
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What was Iron Butterfly's biggest hit?

# 1 – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
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What does Gadda Da Vida mean in English?

Actually In-a-gadda-da-vida translates "In the garden of life"; not eden!
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What song starts with a drum beat?

For example, Billie Jean by Michael Jackson starts with a drum beat. Superstition by Stevie Wonder starts with a drum fill consisting of four snare hits leading into a drum beat.
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Who is the hardest hitting drummer?

10 Heavy Hitting Drummers Of All Time
  • Mike Bordin. Drummer, who has got his own, simple and solid style. ...
  • Phil Rudd. Real heavy hitter, former drummer of the rock'n'roll legends- AC/DC. ...
  • Keith Moon. ...
  • Billy Cobham. ...
  • Lars Ulrich. ...
  • Travis Barker. ...
  • Dave Grohl. ...
  • Bill Ward.
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What is the most sampled beat of all time?

Now known as the 'Amen Break', the six seconds of drums at the 01:26 mark of the 1969 B-side is the most sampled piece of music of all time.
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Who used the Amen Break first?

The Amen Break originated in 1969 on the B Side track 'Amen Brother' by Funk and Soul band The Winstons and was originally performed by Gregory C. Coleman. It has been sampled thousands of times and yet up until recently the band has never actually received any royalties for it.
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Who is the fastest drummer alive?

11-year-old Pritish A R (Australia) is officially the world's fastest drummer! He has broken the record for the most drumbeats in a minute using drumsticks, with a total of 2,370 – that's 39.5 beats per second.
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Who was the better drummer Neil Peart or John Bonham?

In a retrospective conversation celebrating the 40th anniversary of Rush's Moving Pictures album, drumming superstar Mike Portnoy explained why he feels Neil Peart is the 'greatest drummer of all time' over Led Zeppelin's equally legendary John Bonham.
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Who is the fastest metal drummer?

Gene Hoglan is one of the fastest metal drummers alive, earning him the nickname, "The Human Drum Machine." But he's only one man - and some metal bands without superhuman drummers are choosing actual machines. WSJ's Neil Shah reports.
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What is the slowest song ever?

Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken. Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes.
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What is the hardest Rush song to play on drums?

10 hardest Rush songs to play on the drums
  • La Villa Strangiato.
  • Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres.
  • By-Tor And The Snow Dog.
  • Red Barchetta.
  • YYZ.
  • A Farewell To Kings.
  • Jacob's Ladder.
  • Natural Science.
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What is the hardest style of drumming?

The hardest style of drumming to learn is jazz, followed closely by metal and latin. This is because jazz has one of the biggest ranges of material to learn to be a proficient drummer in an ensemble.
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Who is the best drummer in the world 2021?

The Drummer Of The Year Awards
  • Drummer Of The Year: Travis Barker. ...
  • Drum Recording Of The Year: Mario Duplantier. ...
  • Drum Performance Of The Year: Mario Duplantier. ...
  • Online Creator Of The Year: El Estepario Siberiano. ...
  • Soul/Funk Drummer Of The Year: Anderson . ...
  • R&B/Hip-Hop Drummer Of The Year: Questlove.
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Who invented drum beats?

Dee Dee Chandler. One of the people who discovered a way to play different drum and percussion parts together and thus invented the first drum kit was Dee Dee Chandler.
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