My Photographs Of Drummers

I love these pics. Post more! I love to see drummers in action, I could look at these all day. Very interesting to see the different setups. Each one is unique, it goes to show how different each drummer really is.
 
Holy cow, those are AMAZING shots!!!!

Really love the one of Ray Luzier. And the first one of Alex is epic.

wow!!!
 
I really enjoyed those! Thanks for sharing. I am saddened that most events prohibit bringing cameras. I will be seeing Stomp this weekend and would love to bring my camera. Lucky you to have captured these images for us.

GJS
 
Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing.
 
Thanks for the kind words regarding my photos! One of the first things I noticed when I started shooting shows was that the other photographers rarely ever got shots of the drummers. As I mentioned, I play and have a love for the instrument so I spend a good amount of time (in the short time allowed) trying to get a great shot of the drummer. It doesn't always work out. When I photographed Sting I ended up with no good shots of Vinnie Colaiuta, I was bummed but drummers tend to make odd faces when they play. I have a rule that I don't publish what might be deemed unflattering by the artist so I didn't publish any. Typical rules are first three songs, no flash then out! Concert photography is very challenging but I love it!! I have a lot more photos of drummers. I will gladly post more. Question...should I post them in this thread or start a new one. Let me know!! Oh, and John Lamb, I love that shot of the percussion player you posted!! Great shot!
 
Question...should I post them in this thread or start a new one. Let me know!!
Keep 'em coming. If need be (for whatever reasons) to move them to a separate thread this could be done afterwards.

Great pics! Huge drooling effect. Thanks for your great work and for sharing.
 
Nice! I love to see JP up there in that mix. About time he got his standing as one of the best.
 
Don't know the drummer but the motor head shot is agreat picture!!!!
 
I'm s surprised at the number of Plexiglass sets in this sequence.
 
great pics. there's not alot of good pics of drummers on the net.

i'm working on a ludwig pictorial site, can i use a few of your pics and post on the site?
 
Here are quite a few more photos I have taken of various drummers. I have a portfolio website as well www.BackBeat-Photography.com if you enjoy photos of live music. I will try to accurately list the drummers:

Chad Smith - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Vinnie Colaiuta - Sting
Mick Brown - Ted Nugent
Todd Sucherman - STYX
Bryan Hitt - REO Speedwagon
Jason Bittner - Anthrax
Dave Lombardo - Slayer
Stix Zadinai - Steel Panther
Brent Fitz - Slash w/Myles Kennedy
Tommy Lee - Motley Crue
Eric Singer - Kiss
Michael Cartellone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jimmy Bower - Down
Neil Peart - Rush
Bryan Mantia - Primus
Chris Adler - Lamb Of God
John Pessoni - The Urge
Don Brewer - Bob Seger
Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters
Avenged Sevenfold
Jose Pasillas - Incubus
Ray Luzier - Korn
Black Label Society
Thomas Haake - Meshuggah
Patrick Cunningham - Savage Amusement
Larry Mullens Jr - U2
Abe Cunningham - Deftones
Andrew Dost - FUN.
 

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I must have uploaded too many photos because it didn't post the first group of photos so here are the rest:

3 Door Down
Stephen Perkins - Jane's Addiction
Phil Selway - Radiohead
Johnny Greenwood - Radiohead
Patrick Carney - Black Keys
Matt Helders - Arctic Monkeys
Dave Hidalgo Jr. - Social Distortion
Alex Van Halen - Van Halen
Alex Van Halen - Van Halen
Tony Palermo - Papa Roach
Halestorm
Jon Larsen - Volbeat
Ginger Fish - Rob Zombie
Jose Pasillas - Incubus
Kenny Aronoff - Chickenfoot
Chad Smith's Kit - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Danny Carey - Tool
 

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