Bands with amazing rhythm sections
Discussion
There have been threads in this are on great vocalists, great drummers, etc.
Let's have one to celebrate songs that show off a band's rhythm section at its best.
I'll start with some old rock:
You could replace that drumbeat with a metronome.
(Specifically during the instrumental section in the middle which is tight as a gnat's chuff)
Beat those...
Let's have one to celebrate songs that show off a band's rhythm section at its best.
I'll start with some old rock:
You could replace that drumbeat with a metronome.
(Specifically during the instrumental section in the middle which is tight as a gnat's chuff)
Beat those...
I give you this - some pretty amazing stuff from the bass player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9J9REtfdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9J9REtfdA
This one, with Mustaine on rhythm guitar, Ellefson on bass and Menza on drums, is epic:-
For me, this line up of Megadeth was as tight as anything.
Steely Dan have great moments, but "Peg" has a great feel with the "Purdie Shuffle":-
Then again, anything with Walter Becker playing bass will be on point.
No thread on rhythm sections would be complete without Led Zep. This is one of my favourites, in this case explained by musical polymath Rick Beato:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCN97ZS7Ax4
How about the Benny Goodman Orchestra with Gene Krupa on skins:-
For me, this line up of Megadeth was as tight as anything.
Steely Dan have great moments, but "Peg" has a great feel with the "Purdie Shuffle":-
Then again, anything with Walter Becker playing bass will be on point.
No thread on rhythm sections would be complete without Led Zep. This is one of my favourites, in this case explained by musical polymath Rick Beato:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCN97ZS7Ax4
How about the Benny Goodman Orchestra with Gene Krupa on skins:-
te without him.rowley birkin said:
Good call!I just remembered, Rex and Vinne J on bass & skins respectively in Pantera were exceptional:-
It doesn’t have to be flashy.
https://youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
Booker T & The MGs. Al Jackson was the most ‘driving’ drummer I ever heard, and as for Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, simply the most inventive of all bassists when it comes to riffs.
In this video they are entertaining a bunch of rather bemused Scandinavian school kids.
As for British bands I have long thought that the most under-rated ever were The Blockheads. If you want a rhythm section, try this one out.
https://youtu.be/CBIRj3JW3h0
https://youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
Booker T & The MGs. Al Jackson was the most ‘driving’ drummer I ever heard, and as for Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, simply the most inventive of all bassists when it comes to riffs.
In this video they are entertaining a bunch of rather bemused Scandinavian school kids.
As for British bands I have long thought that the most under-rated ever were The Blockheads. If you want a rhythm section, try this one out.
https://youtu.be/CBIRj3JW3h0
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Monday 10th May 10:26
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