Derek's left foot during a blast beat...?

Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 1

Watching the "It is Our Will" studio video, Derek is doing something with his left foot during the blast beats. I know that Derek does single foot blasts, so what is he doing with his left foot?

Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 100 Location: leeds, uk

Ribbon crasher methinks.

Joined: 30 Dec 2005 Posts: 60 Location: Nowhere

He is following the guitar rhythm with his left foot on a ribbon crasher. Listen and you can hear the little trashy *chick* of the ribbon crasher.

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:22 pm

Yeap, ribbon crasher.

Derek is the only person I know of, that does left foot rythms, while blasting.

Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 2286 Location: Aussieland

TheAlphaBreed wrote:

Yeap, ribbon crasher.

Derek is the only person I know of, that does left foot rythms, while blasting.

Yeah, but I didn't noticed it until I saw his videos that he posted. Then I noticed it in his songs, works well.

Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 463 Location: Germany

TheAlphaBreed wrote:

Yeap, ribbon crasher.

Derek is the only person I know of, that does left foot rythms, while blasting.

I believe Hellhammer did that somewhere on "Chimera", something crazy with three differently-tuned bass drums and a remote hat.

Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Santiago, Chile

That's correct. The song is "Slaughter of Dreams".

Legend Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 469 Location: Canada

TheAlphaBreed wrote:

Yeap, ribbon crasher.

Derek is the only person I know of, that does left foot rythms, while blasting.

Flo also does left foot stuff while blasting although DEREk is the first I have seen separate the rolls between the hihats and bassdrum to create a polyrhythmic feel ie (I Monarch )
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Tim

Forum Host Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 2331

There are others that are doing it nowadays.
I started doing it before I joined HE, As far back as 1998.
Flo had just started messing with it shortly before we did the performance with Matthew Barney in 2002. (we talked about it)
Hellhammer was really curious about the ribbon crasher on the tour HE did with Mayhem in 2001 and said that he had some chops to steal

(this was before Chimera)

All in all.........I was the first to perform and record left foot patterns while blasting, the first doing multi pedal ostinatos and the first to play another beat on top of blasting.... in the metal genre. Wink

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WOW!!!!
Nobody has made a comment about my smart ass "being the first" remark!
You guys goin' soft on me?

I was joking by the way.......
Hence the Wink

Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 463 Location: Germany

Derek Roddy wrote:

WOW!!!!
Nobody has made a comment about my smart ass "being the first" remark!
You guys goin' soft on me?

Sorry...I suppose there's too much respect, eh? OK then:

"Derek, you arrogant bastard!"

Satisfied? Wink

Still, your claim was fair.

Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 995 Location: australia

Derek Roddy wrote:

WOW!!!!
Nobody has made a comment about my smart ass "being the first" remark!
You guys goin' soft on me?

I was joking by the way.......
Hence the Wink

we will see who has gone soft after i stab your fucking eyes out!!!!!!!!!

but i thought you actually were the first to do all that shit.

Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Santiago, Chile

Hi-Hat tricks while blasting doesn't count, right?
I've heard many records from the 90's with that kind of stuff.