Les Binks was the Godfather of double bass... and yet?

[nightlight]

Has anyone heard Judas Priests' Rock Forever or other songs on the Killing Machine album and thought that was the heaviest double bass sound prior to 1978?

And yet, so few live performances or footage.

In particular, the patterns that are being played are ahead of their time on that song.

I always study this stuff quite closely, and no offence to Mr Binks, who passed away this year.

Most people credit Slayer's Dave Lombardo as being the Godfather of double bass.

But listen to that album, it's mind blowing how ahead of its time it was.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Les Binks was awesome. RIP. I don't have a specific person in mind that I would tout as the 'Godfather of double bass' but there sure are a TON of awesome drummers out there. Lombardo is definitely in my top all time 5-10.

 

[2112]

Great player! Cozy Powell, particularly on "Rainbow Rising", Simon Phillips, Billy Cobham and of course Ginger Baker were instrumental in the double bass thing too.

Really fun breakdown of Dissident Aggressor here

 

[JiveTurkey]

Circle complete

 

[DrewJD82]

The actual Godfather of Double Bass-



Right out of the gate, the double bass stuff he’s doing in first 10 seconds of that is using motifs Portnoy uses in his signature ‘Portnoy fills’ (alternating feet/hands) regularly.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Came here expecting something else entirely.