Chad Szeliga of Breaking Benjamin will took a break from filming his DVD here at Drum Channel to join us on DC LIVE. Chad will met up with Terry Bozzio for a LIVE interview and jam session, and special guest Danny Seraphine and Jimmy Chamberlin jumped in on the conversation.
Drevpile - I was wondering if you'd noticed this. Hasn't seemed to come up, but it looks like Jimmy's drum tech, Timmy Doyle, maybe is still the drum tech for SP. I know Tim worked with Jimmy in Zwan & The Complex...can't remember but think he was in SP2. Anyway, in some recent videos (thinking that Terminal 5 broadcast, etc), it sure looks like it's Mr. Doyle back there with Mike Byrne...you see him a few times between songs making adjustments & whatnot. Just been wondering about this. Thought it was sort of an interesting dynamic...
ReplyDeleteNo, I hadn't noticed. I noticed JC's signature snare - but I haven't been able to sit through an entire show of SP3 i'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Well, it's gotta be the same guy--shaved head, moustache/goatee I think.
ReplyDeleteI just thought it was interesting/odd/perhaps-business-as-usual that Jimmy's drum tech would continue to work with SP with a new drummer (wonder if he will continue to be employed by Jimmy as well?). Guess it's just professional/work-related relationship. Maybe it's not a big deal.
Regarding sitting through an entire show of SP3, it just kind of hurts, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteT Doyle was loyal at least through the JCC touring days, but beyond that, I don't really know much about him. Maybe someone who saw the Skysaw concert has a clue?
Either way, tour commences promptly and this question will be answered.
Bigger questions are: 1) What snare will Jimmy play now? 2) What is the fate of his signature snare at Yamaha? (I know someone suggessted Yamaha will discontinue all Sig snares, but I cannot corroborate that and it is difficult to believe)
I haven't heard anything about signature series being cancelled altogether at Yamaha either. But, yeah - wonder what he'll go with.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the DW snares;
ReplyDeleteTaking bets on:
PERFORMANCE STEEL 5.5x14
or
ALUMINIUM 5.5x14
Interesting, but not not interested. In placing bets, I mean.
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ReplyDeleteThe JC Signature Snare is kind of a weird deal now. After the development that went into it, and JC talking about how it's the perfect universal snare for him & that it "fulfills all my needs from the lightest shading to the heaviest backbeat"...only to move on to DW.
ReplyDeleteThen, ironically, you've got a kid replacing him in SP, on a DW kit using a Jimmy Chamberlin Signature Snare...
Gish-era Pearl Free-Floating snare FTW.
Mike Byrne uses the JC snare? That's odd.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if DW agreed to do a full signature kit. Jimmy had talked about this eventually happening with Yamaha.
I half hope they the reports of them yanking the signature snare from the Yamaha are true so I will have a relative rarity on my hands. Especially with it signed by the man.