An Amazing New Band

It was August 31, 2016 (Stephanie's birthday). We had just finished our fantasy football draft. Mike Matney sent me an amazing song.. "Ether" by Bloody Hammers, and I think it might have been the 2nd time he'd sent it to me. Mike is amazing, and has turned me onto quite a few new bands. "Ether" is fantastic, by the way, as is a lot of their other stuff.

I had just prior to that shown him "Anesthetize" by Porcupine Tree, the Gavin Harrison drum-cam version. Upon reading a bunch of the comments under Bloody Hammers' "Ether," I figured out that in addition to them being one of Sweden's most popular bands, someone mentioned that this band called GHOST is too.

Not even 15 minutes later I was listening to this live version of Ghost's recently Grammy award-winning song, "Cirice", and this was my very first exposure to Ghost. The rest is history. . .

Saw them live in October, 2016. They have a ton of history, and have also entangled themselves within a lot of mystery surrounding band members' identities, and such.. But their music is so good that the negative publicity is worthless. They've toured the world, drawn millions of fans, and are currently venturing out on a tour along with IRON MAIDEN.

They are also currently working on their next studio album.

"O Baterista" - Rush (Neil Peart)

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And yes - I saw this live. Nominated for a Grammy. The most amazing drum solo I've ever seen.

Incredible Drum Line

Thanks Deneen!

The only information I could gather about them is that they are a top secret group from Switzerland.

Neil Peart's Incredible Set

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The Ultimate Drum Set on the Go

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Mike Portnoy's Beautiful Drum Kit (Adrenaline Mob)

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I Miss Spuds MacKenzie

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Music on the Road

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Just Had to Post This Picture of Mike Portnoy's Clear Kit

CTE!

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Godsmack's Sully Erna & Shannon Larkin Tear It Up

I love it when they do this live! Sully's gotta be one of the best non-drummer drummers there is. You know what I mean..

Which reminds me.. Check out some of Shannon's other drum kits. This first one is sick!

















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Algorithm

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Ringo Fluffy

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Rowan Atkinson - Invisible Drum Kit

Thanks Bigredkev