Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wow Drumtopia: The Theater That Drum Solos Built
Posted by D Patrick Rodgers on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Anyone who knows a drummer or two can tell you that we're a bizarre breed. Take Adam Gold's massive Bono boner, a truly disturbing phenomenon he likes to wag in the faces of anyone who's listening (or not listening). Take Tommy Lee's sloppy, gravity-defying Tacoma loving. Take this awesome little girl's frighteningly competent Rush chops. And take, most recently, the multipurpose home theater Donny Hackett designed for an anonymous (but clearly loaded) Nashvillian rock drummer.
The owner used to be in a 1980s rock band and kept his drum kit in the attic. Hacket [sic] designed to keep the drum kit there and design the entire room around it...The drum kit is positioned in a corner of the room and has been fitted to allow the drummer to dim the lights by pressing the foot pedal. The drum set can also be used normally when the owner wants to practice or jam with friends.
Now, I know all sorts of musicians are weirdos. But I'm not so sure a guitarist would design an entire room around his bitchin' Schecter, programming the black lights over his velvet Hendrix posters to snap on each time he played a G minor. Anyhow, any guesses as to who the anonymous drummer might be? The dude from Stryper, perhaps?
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My guess is Fred Coury from Cinderella. He probably didn't make much from their song royalties but I bet he cleaned up in the tour bus business (I believe he owns a company that manufactures them).
if it was rollum, that space would be covered in jolly rancher wrappers and sardine tins. and beverly hills cop would be on the big screen.
Hee hee, and if it was Adam, the space would be covered in Oberto beef jerky wrappers and Werner Herzog's version of Nosferatu would be on the big screen.
Hm, and here's some nerding. Close inspection of the head on the kick drum makes it look like the kit is a Mapex (kinda blurry in the photo) Looking at the first page of Mapex's endorsed artist bios, the name Brian Barnett pops up. He's Hank Jr's drummer, and was a very nice guy the one time I met him at an audio nerd mixer hosted by Nashville Music Pros. I'll put a donut on him.
Had I looked further, I would have also noticed that Nick D'Virgillo, who's definitely well off and in Nashville, also endorses Mapex. Holy geez, and Mike Hodges who drums for Adrian Belew (Belew is local, maybe not Hodges?) AND the guy who drums for the Nashville Star tour are Mapex dudes. So I'd now make those 4 guys my short list. Although I hope Rollum and Adam have rooms like that, too :) Hey, I've seen Adam on a Mapex kit.
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