Pete Ray Biggin Drums - Mr. Pink - Level 42
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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Video 3 of 3 of Pete Ray Biggin's clinic at the Musicfair 2017.
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Pete Ray Biggin learned all the chops from the three videos he still has of Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta and Dennis Chambers -his all-time heroes.
But he learned an even better lesson from his father Alan, who told him to learn how to groove and learn to play beats, because chops won't pay the rent.
In the three videos with this article, recorded during his Musicfair-clinic in The Netherlands, you find him playing Level 42's 'Sons and Daughters' and two songs of his band The PB Underground, the band where his Funk drumming perfectly reflects Pete's style and comfort zone.
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Peter is simply on fire playing with Level 42, long may they play like this.
What a BEAST. That is not an easy track to play, Phil set the bar very high, especially Live.. Pete absolutely kills it though. He's brilliant. Proper powerhouse, with finesse to boot.
Pete has total respect for Phil (and Gary before him, especially since he got to play his kit during rehearsal in the early 90s!)
Brilliant drumming, seen him live with Level 42 three times now ;)
My lord that was awsome drumming there perfect...I'm still in awww had to watch it again...
Pete Ray Biggin is just AWESOME!!!!
Brilliant drumming! Level 42 is as live today as it was in eighties.
Love this guys playing
Check out some of the salty bedroom drummer comments here.
Pete is an animal, he is also an individual doing his thing, working, and making those bills. It’s a shame to see other drummers shi**ing on another drummer like this. You guys obviously don’t get the brother hood here, we are all in this together, and Pete is right at the top. Hit the practice pad, not the keyboard lads.
Jay Dickson Thanks man!!!All these keyboard warriors should post their videos of themselves drumming...then I am shure we'd have something to truly criticise!
PRB is totally killing in this video, their reaction is 100% coming from a place of jealousy!
Guess who will be touring with international artists and who will be staying home being bitter behind their computer screen? 😉😉😉
Jay-Well said Mate. There are a lot of twats about.
Neil After all Pete’s hard work he has put in, and with the list of artists Pete has worked with (Level 42, Incognito, Chaka Khan, Amy Winehouse), gaining the recognition and support from TAMA, Sabian, Evans, PROMARK, the ironic thing about this is, that if you ever met Pete face to face, had a chat with him about drums, and told him what sort of work you do to make a living, and what sort of drummer you are, I’m sure he would show you nothing but love and respect in return.
“Pete is an ok drummer”
“He lacks experience”
“Only plays the same basic funk stuff”
“Needs to play more like Bonham”
That’s the difference between a person like you and him.
@@jaydickson6304 Well said. What a load of jealous old bollocks that comment was, ha ha. If a legend like Mark King says you are good enough, then you're good enough. End of chat. ;-)
Oh these prats are all over youtube mate. You see it all. Ian Paice, Steve Smith, Steve Gadd, they all get a slagging. It's actually so sad, it's funny. :-)
Woohoo I like your drumming so much 😃👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Always killin the drums
Stunning 👍🏼
Wow!!! Keep playing Pete....
Beast !!
Holy C R A P!! the guy is amazing.
He is a crazy drummer! Musical af
This is purely insane drumming!
Pete is a beast, but I've seen crazier...
@@BennyboyTruth Dirk Verbeuren? ;)
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He is an absolute Monster! my favorite Level 42 drummer by far...
After Phil of course...
@@RogerBiwandu Phil, Gary, and Pete are all equally awesome for different reasons.
Lovely.
Awesome..always looks busy guy 👏🤘👍👌🔥
He plays the slow ballads equally well without all the crazy choppage (which, for the haters, is obviously what Mark wants or he wouldn't have been touring with them for the past 10+ years)
Amazing drummer
Another level....
Monster! ..his playing with Incognito is ill, too. Killer!
What can I say..Top Drummer..
He beats them drums and cymbals like rented mules, don't he? He and the bass player could make a band by themselves but all of them together are great.
So fast, wow
Monster.
100lb of explosives in a 5lb bag …Roy’s style of drumming is edgey and explosive , it’s right on the edge of perfect so to speak ,that’s what’s makes him so great to listen too
Monstro!!!
Tight
Welcome to out planet
Love PRB can do no wrong .. :)
Un gigante
Patada monstruosA. Power Drummer
Brilliant drummer. But for my taste a bit to forward. A bit more laid back thing like Jeff Porcaro would groove the whole thing like hell. This drummer is like Simon Phillps on speed.
By the way. I really love Simon Phillps!!! And Jeff of course.
its a drum showcase, not an ensemble performance with the band...
@@MrGau911 Jeff Porcaro is my hero. I hear you. But this isn't Jeff's world here, although he could kill it with the best of them when it came to being a funk / fusion powerhouse as and when it was needed.. Mr Pink is not a track to lay back on. Ever, by anyone..
You can't compare him with Simon or Jeff, I think he's to wild and sometimes sloppy. But compare to PRB i'm shit. Seen him twice.
Great drummer but every video I've seen of him he always has to mess with or adjust something? Is it a nervous thing, is his hardware not set up properly or does he like to showboat he can keep the groove going while being distracted? Must be a nightmare for the sound guys with mike placement etc but it also looks very amateurish. It's not like he's playing a cheap kit set up on a slippery pub floor?
he's a perfectionist. i can relate.
çok iyi davulcu kerata👏👏👍👍
i think this boy should something do with his talent
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He played with Level 42 and Incognito 😂😂
@@sobaytje thats the spirit😄🤣
the sarcasm is strong here, and those commenting are even funnier...
@@sobaytje at the same festival!
0'45 Yeah!
Jees, he's good!!
just a bit
Anyone know what hi-hats he's using, Sabian but what kind of Sabian?
Hhx evolution I think
Mega Drum paura..
It's Mr Pink live... It needs to be thrashed! Good lad. If he plays like that on 'Leaving Me Now' then he deserves to be slated! But he doesn't... So relax.
Exactly
As I've commented to the haters, this is exactly how Mark wants it or he wouldn't still be touring with them after 10+ years
sound like bill bruford, but more cymbal eh..?
hi pete and drummerszone
here our video with you:
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I would wager that every single aspiring drummer who picked up a pair of knitting needles and played their Mums settee cushions arranged on kitchen stools before being able to afford a real kit started out in a salty bedroom 😉
And that's EXACTLY what I did, playing along to Phil and Chester...
Been a L42 fan since the beginning. Original line-up was great, but Man PRB is taking it to a whole new dimension! Never been so impressed since Russ McKinnon with Tower of Power...
surely he has the fastest hands in the world?
You should check Mike Mangini. Although he's nowhere near as funky
And Tony Royster Jnr
playes like StewaRT cOPLAND ;VERY LOUD AND LIKE STEWART PLAYS GREAT BUT why so loud?abundance of energy and heart.but why not work out how to do the same stuff with not so much effort.?but still too loud..John Bonham i feel did not play loud .i think he played with WEIGHT.DYNAMICALLY.....BUT RAY IS VERY ABLE BUT SO BASHY.ANY WAY I'M JUST OVER IT ;I'M OLD but level 42 are so soulful.so don't bash it out because the music deservers respect......play loud and very loud but do not bash your insRtument...or it will choke the tone.i'm a grumpy man and can't put up with bashing anymore.........i have been a basher also and im not proud of it. any way all the best to all of you people with love of good music ;like LEVEL 42 ..NO .LEVEL 43..NO BASHING.......LOUD IS GOOD ..BASHING IS BAD.
this is a drum showcase. have you ever seen him perform live with level or incog or his own band pbug?
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@@BennyboyTruth he is a fantastic player and have seen him in a more apt playing condition but playing at drum clinic type things are never really good for any player and yes he is ten times better than me and he is so strong and smart with what he does but i just feel more at home with players that can do it not so loudly or else, even that i am impressed with the show, i will soon get boored because it starts to sound like only the fittest or loudest gets heard.To play what he does so well, but softer in volume, with heaps of head-room left in the dynamic-tank would be good to hear and that would be a great feat; but really hard to pull off.Some music is hard to play not too loud.bash bash is not a sin but try and not do it all night but if your getting paid good money and people like it ;well good for you but some of our souls might switch-off and put on a neil young tune and chill.TIME AND PLACE TO BASH BUT NOT ALL THE TIME...OR YOU MIGHT BREAK SOMEONES heart...
@@jasonread5017 He plays the way Mark wants him to play or he wouldn't still be touring with them after 10+ years. And I'm also a Copeland fan ;-)
@@BennyboyTruth hE IS GREAT :i am just being picky . Still Phil had such an astouning light soulful touch = that is all and invented all the beats with 42 .
No matter how good someone plays ;if they bash = i loose interest = he is so good and have seen him live = not my cup a tea but would hire him if was required . Thanks for your reply
Great drummer, but so far from Phil Gould...
Phil, Gary, and Pete have all put their own signature sound on the tracks whilst performing with Mark n the guys over the years. Mark hired Pete because of his ability to make 30+ year old songs sound fresh and relevant rather than just just religiously playing them like-for-like. PLUS, this is a drum showcase and not an ensemble performance, and anyone who's followed Pete over the past few years will know that he has incredible pocket groove. (Not to mention the fact that his kit was poorly rigged, which is why he's fiddling with it on the fly during this performance)
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A great drummer.. but after 90 seconds I was no longer interested..
@Larry Swain who the fuck are you?? Muppet.
I understand what you're saying there.
This is what most people don't get, technical proficiency does not equal feel, L42 were never better than with Husband on drums, because musicians like Gary literally change the feel of the whole band and affect the way the WHOLE band plays, this guy just plays on onw level 100% of the time, he's a highly competent technician on the drums, but musician..? Not so much..
He is not normal 🤣
innit tho! lol
Those cymbals suck.
its the shit sound from the camera mic not the cymbals
Can’t hold a candle to Phil…just sayin…
Understand what you're saying, but it's his interpretation, no? (His hands are certainly fast enough!) LOL!
He's not trying to be Phil, and neither was Gary before him. The early songs are now so old that it would be boring as hell if he played them exactly as Phil played them on the original studio recordings. Plus this was a drum seminar showcase where he was literally expected to "over-play" the shit out of it 😀
@@BennyboyTruth Exactly, and he stays with the core structure of the songs, otherwise I doubt he'd be retained for so long. Also, I doubt they wanted a Phil "clone", what's the point of that as they could just use Phil's sampled sounds..?
@@AngeloBetrulas touring 12 years I believe 🙂
@@BennyboyTruth Yeah, absolutely. I noticed that and couldn't quite believe how long he'd been "at the throne"! Kudos! (A bit of a change since I saw them in 1984...Amazing gig!)
I miss Phil.So much. Was not really impressed the few times I saw Pete. Will see him again next week. See if I was wrong. Technics are okay indeed, but it seems a little forced to me. Unlike Phil Gould who plays with some finesse and nonchalance that grooves way more. Sorry, but Phil drove the band forward, Pete seems struggling to keep up..
But that also might come cause Pete like so many drummers (musicians) wants do more than is needed..... Less is (sometimes) more...!?
Phil chose to leave in the early days and Gary toured with them for YEARS! Pete even got to play Gary's kit on stage during rehearsal one time - that's ultimately how he got the job.
@@BennyboyTruth Yeah, well, that doesn't change anything. Saw Gary too a few years back. At least that day he couldn' t keep up.. But that's only my opinion.. Let's say you cannot compare them. But I miss Phil, as I miss a lot of good drummers from the old days..
Phil was heavily influenced by many before him, as was the whole band, and he was definitely all about "what he didn't play", as opposed to the opposite.. But I loved him for it, to be honest. One of the most underrated drummers of the 80's, for sure, and he remains a massive influence to many.
Surely you've seen the video of how Pete joining the band came to be? He's been touring with Level for 12 Years so he must be doing something right...
I've see Pete play tasteful stuff with Level 42. But this time it was all chops, no feel. Looks like he was very uncomfortable, because he adjusts his gear more than any drummer I've ever seen, instead of just going with the flow.
This particular performance is clearly just a showcase at a seminar of some kind to show off his skills rather than keeping in the pocket with the band. The niggles he has with the kit are most-likely because the drum-tech didnt set it up correctly. You can also clearly see that the stage or drum-riser is wobbly as fuck.
@Larry Swain everything slightly wrong bothers me. i think society likes to call it OCD but i prefer to call it striving for perfection :-D
even my lack of capital letters is annoying me but i cant be bothered with perfection after a few beverages lol
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@@BennyboyTruth He is never in the pocket with the band..
PRB....you are a very good drummer....but please do less....and listen who are playing with you....
LOL First, he isn't playing with anyone..it's a prerecorded track, Second, only at the beginning he has some little troubles, but only for technical problems (you can see him adjusting the sets while playng) the rest is spot on....
get you mr davide no body prb is a star you are nowt so who are you to give advice to him
literally everything you said is just wrong. One of the most ridiculously incorrect statements ive ever heard.
Neil well it all comes down to who you actually think are some of the greatest drummers that have ever lived. If you think Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Novak, Ronald Bruner jr, Dennis chambers are the best who have touched the instrument, then Pete is up there with the best on the planet. If you don’t think the aforementioned drummers are genius’s then I don’t know what you are looking for in drumming.
This whole thread is hilarious! This particular performance is clearly just a showcase at a seminar of some kind to show off his skills rather than keeping in the pocket with the band. The niggles he has with the kit are most-likely because the drum-tech didnt set it up correctly. You can also clearly see that the stage or drum-riser is wobbly as fuck. And anyone who says he over-plays some of Level 42s stuff is clearly an idiot - I'm almost certain that Mark specifically tells him to do something different and a little crazy compared to what was on the original recording. A lot of their big well-known anthems are 30+ years old, and it would be boring as hell to keep hearing them performed exactly like the original for over 30 years! And as for the comment about him not being suitable for studio recording, seriously have any of you even heard PBUG's Stand Up album? Oh and he also toured with Incognito as well. Honestly some of you need to get educated before making such daft comments. Jesus lol
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