Saturday Night Live has given drummers a bad rap lately, what with Chris Fox sabotaging Ashlee Simpson's career and Paul Giamati revealing that drummers are douchebags because they steal wives [e.g., Fred Armisen (ex-Trenchmouth)].
Not sure what SNL has against drummers, but today we're gonna give them a few minutes of attention. Here's a list of recent news items about drummers. Guess which one is totally made up. You may even learn something!
Keith Knudsen (Doobie Brothers) > died.
Daniel Adair (3 Doors Down) > quit.
John Otto (Limp Bizkit) > launched record label.
Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle) > joined Sting's touring band.
Ryan Vikedal (Nickelback) > fired.
Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) > died.
Branden Steineckert (The Used) > launched skateboard company.
Johnny-5 (Starfield) > quit.
Graeme Edge (Moody Blues) > died.
Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) > had a baby with Moon Unit Zappa.
Bill Reiflen (Ministry) > joined R.E.M.
Tommy Lee > went to college for reality TV show.
Norman Diamond (Sparks) > died.
Dave Grohl (Nirvana) > played on new Foo Fighters, Garbage, NIN discs.
Travis Barker (Blink 182) > signed on for Newlyweds-style reality show.
Greg Upchurch (Puddle Of Mudd) > quit.
Jon Fishman (Phish) > lent cassette tape dress to museum recyclying exhibit.
Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins) > released solo album.
Larry Mullen Jr. (U2) > publicly apologized for massive ticket pre-sale snafu.
Jim Capaldi (Traffic) > died.
Mark O'Toole (Audio Fiction) > caught on HBO's Taxicab Confessions
Ringo Garza (Los Lonely Boys) > busted for pot possession.
Gemma Clarke (Babyshambles) > quit.
Vinnie Paul (Damageplan) > announced plans to perform for first time since brother/bandmate's murder.
Ringo Starr (All Starr Band) > agreed to play superhero in Stan Lee multimedia project.
Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) > dumped by Charlie's Angel.
RELATED: I really hate what Nonpoint did with this Phil Collins classic. You may have heard it in commercials for the new movie Coach Carter.
Nonpoint - "In The Air Tonight"
Posted at 8:35 AM
Tags: Saturday Night Live
Josh Freese was drumming for The Vandals long before APC and Sting.
I'm guessing the Mark O'Toole/Taxicab Confessions thing is made up but I'm not so sure. If it is true, what did he confess?!
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I'm guessing the Travis Barker blurb is fake.
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I am guessing Travis Barker, too
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Feh, Fred! Save Dan! http://www.savedan.com/
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the barker one is fo real...
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050114/nyf040_2.html
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Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) > had a baby with Moon Unit Zappa.
gotta be fake
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had a baby with Moon Unit Zappa.
gotta be fake>>
Nope, that one is real.. or at least it has appeared in several sources
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the Moon Unit/Paul Douchette one is true
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953262/bio
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No dirt on John McEntire, eh?
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Oh, I've got some good dirt. I live near Soma Studios and I once ran into him at the burrito place across the street. You heard it here first: John McEntire likes burritos.
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I love John McEntire.
C'mon guys -- I wanna see more guesses! Do you know how many issues of DRUMMER NEWS DAILY I had to go through to make that list? ;)
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I don't mind the Nonpoint cover as much as I wish the whole song were as good as the 10-second snippet in the commercial.
The way it plays there, I thought it was a remix/mashup, and I'm sure someone could come up with a nice hip hop a capella to drop over its neoindustrial foundation.
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Important moment in lyric history (drummer edition)
Look around, around
The second drummer drowned
His telephone was found
But I don't care , I care, I really don't care
Did you see the drummer's hair?
Fell in love with a drummer, fell in love with a drummer
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That Pavement reset is gonna be in my head all day now. Which is not a bad thing.
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since stereogum wants more guesses, I take back my first guess of Mark O'Toole.
Now I'm going with the one about the Limp Bizkit drummer even though I could see this happening since Fred was (or maybe still is?) a VP at Interscope.
And thanks Jeff. I'm now singing "Cut Your Hair"
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Manu Katché (Sting, Peter Gabriel) judge in the french version of Pop Idol.
http://nouvellestar.m6.fr/
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Scott,
How do you create such a massive list without wasting half your day? fess...
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Nope, definitely saw Mark O'Toole (Audio Fiction) in an hilarious performance on Taxicab Confessions on Monday....so that's not made up...my guess Travis Barker...
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drew and fab are still together according to her rep.
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LEST WE FORGET BILL BERRY!!!!
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which segment of taxicab confessions was he in?
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O'Toole was the second ride (the two Irish guys) on the new New York Taxicab.
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according to the new york post, drew is stroked out.
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Is the Jon Fishman one fake?
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> Scott,
> How do you create such a massive list without
> wasting half your day? fess...
I wrote it last night while watching Gilmore Girls because I am a big loser.
MORE GUESSES PLEASE.
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Graeme Edge, Moody Blues, Alive (but old). What do I win?
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> Graeme Edge, Moody Blues, Alive (but old).
> What do I win?
CONGRATS! I'll think of a prize for you.
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dead doobie:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/09/knudson.obit.ap/index.html
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I freaked the fuck out when I get to Graeme Edge on that list and immediately had to search Google News to make sure you were fucking kidding. I mean, come on, the guy wrote Late Lament, the poem in the middle of Nights in White Satin. Don't fuck with my childhood man. Sheesh!
Breath deep the gathering gloom...
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It's Tommy Lee
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It's Tommy Lee
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Actually, two things: REM have not replaced their drummer. (The story came from an Australian Web site -- I've linked to the retraction. It's about 6 paragraphs down. :P)
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Actually, two things: REM have not replaced their drummer. (The story came from an Australian Web site -- I've linked to the retraction. It's about 6 paragraphs down. :P)
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Actually, two things in thei thread aren't true: REM have not replaced their drummer. (The story came from an Australian Web site -- I've linked to the retraction. It's about 6 paragraphs down. :P Also, nothing about it ever made it onto their official site, .)
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* Ack! * :( I'm sorry, Scott -- comments were timing out and I'd thought it didn't go through (reloaded and everything.)
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I've managed to save up roughly $34355 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?
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