The Drummer Who Deserved More: Mick Tucker's Life And Death
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
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Mick Tucker IS my favourite drummer and I say that as just a teen❤
Mick was a fantastic drummer ❤
One of the best drummers ever!
I was inspired and influenced by Mick in 1974 when I was 10 years old.
I’m the drummer for industrial metal band Shadow Zone from Seattle Washington.
Being a drummer, I always looked forward to playing Ballroom blitz. It is technically challenging and exceptionally inventive drum track & highly difficult to reproduce. I am grateful to modern drummer magazine
putting an article out on him.
Afterward, I took a deep dive and realized he was one of the best ever.
"technically challenging"? LOL It's basic. Very basic, but it's also a powerful groove, and the best part of the song.
Desolation Boulevard remains a must-have in my vinyl collection. It's such a solid album, start to finish.
Mick was an awesome drummer and one who set extremely high drumming standards! Underrated and is yet to receive the recognition which he is deserving of!
Finally some love for Mick Tucker!
I believe part of the problem with Sweet in general not getting the respect they deserved was being called a Glam band. They rocked hard. Just listen to Into the Night.
They didn't get respect because of the "trans thing". No one who was buying Led Zeppelin albums and going to their concerts wanted anything to do with crossdressers, and their band name didn't help, either. The Sweet's music was a lot better than their image.
@@broeheemed32 I agree
I can't understand why he is under rated he is my favourite drummer till now - we need more about him!
Why is he your favorite until now?? You mean he's no longer your fav?
@@jonasandezekiel1109 I think he just meant up through AND including the present.I could be wrong but that's how I read his post.
The Blitz intro is surely at least top ten of all time.
The story is full of underrated and overlooked players...and drummers like Ian Paice, Bobby Caldwell etc.
@@robsco1249 Bobby Caldwell a drummer? He may have dabbled, but I never knew him to play the drums on any recordings or live.
SWEET deserves to be remembered as a great musical and influential band. Great songs, great musicianship and very talented writers as well as performers.
A superb Drummer, the fills in "The Sixteens" are fantastic along with the intro to "Turn It Down" and the Album tracks are even better ! .
Mick Tucker🥁rocks !!
Sweet, forever !!
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I was a huge "The Sweet" fan growing up. I always knew Mick was a very special drummer. Sounds like he was a decent fellow too. R.I.P. Mick.
A fantastic drummer 🎵🎵🎵
Mick Tucker's was and will a rock legend. Great drumer, unforget, supernatural talent; Mick Tucker's lefted a mark in the history of rock. He was the soul of the Sweet band. (in my opinion)
I love these videos which explain to non musicians how great some musicians are.
I was 9 years old,the sweet is since 1974 my best Band in my life forever‼️🎸🥁🎙‼️
I play many songs with my guitar
R.I.P.Mick,Brian and Steve❤❤❤❤❤❤
Mick is my favorite drummer. RIP ANGEL
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤
Hes wildly known as the best drum twiller on the planet in the mid-1970s. Total badass drummer and Legend.
my friend got some drum sticks from Mick met him in Philadelphia said he was an Awesome down to earth guy very underrated drummer Love Sweet !!!!!!!!
Fantastic band and all 4 great musicians
A great commemorative post. I've never seen this pics of the band. Thanks man....
Mick was an influence on me. When I heard Ballroom Blitz I was in awe, and bought the 45 record. I love playing it on drums to this day. And, without Mick, there would be no Tommy Lee.
Oh God no no Tommy Lee what is I going to do😅
It's clear that he was a huge influence on Tommy. If I remember correctly Mick played with his platforms on which is something that most drummers wouldn't have dared to attempt.
The Sweet were WAY ahead of their time
At 65 I remember Mick in the band Sweet he was a awesome drummer. His talent never escaped me.
Mick was my iconic drummer from rock group The Sweet brilliance doesn't say it all he was a legend RIP Mick
if you want a quick glimpse into Micks Amazing Chops - just check out Set Me Free - from Sweet Fanny Adams .
..and just take it from there 🤩🥁
Still got the album one of the best albums ever still listen now sweet were a great rock band back in the day❤
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Mick Tucker - GOAT
I still maintain to this day that Desolation Boulevard is one of the greatest albums of the '70s, pure driving rock and roll from start to finish! Ballroom Blitz, Sweet FA, No You Don't, Fox On The Run, No You Don't, I Wanna Be Committed, Set Me Free. Wow!
I agree with you 100% on that. I still listen to those songs. They never get old.
Give us a wink was killer as well. It's almost a full-on metal album. White mice
Mick is the greatest drummer of all time in my mind. My absolute favorite style and attack
Utter bullshit you should Google Ginger Baker
He was the greatest drummer, always listen The Sweet. And i start play drums. And i never understand that Mick and The band was always underreated. One of my Drum Hero
What a great drummer ,I’m so glad I saw sweet live in early 70’s a great band live .
One of the best ever, no contest.
Carl Palmer enters the chat
Mick was brilliant
Seen Sweet in mid 80’s twice here in Australia. Mick just nailed it . Was the first drummer I saw I tv with double bass drums and twirling sticks
He was a great drummer. I remember watching him do solos on double screens. RIP
Evangelist Roger Mansour former Leslie West Vagrants Drummer
Mick was one of the first inovate drummers in rock, who made drums become more famous and popular. I was told once, that Micks drumset was one of the first ones, that was ever taped on isolated multitracks in the recording studio. Is that true?
Thank you for posting this video!As a drummer myself I'd never follow him,probably 'cause Sweet were on other musical lines compared to the stiles that i liked to listen on those years (progressive,jazz rock). I'll fill this gap as soon as possible!Thanks!😉🙏
Not only that, but Andy Scott was the precurser to Brian May's guitar style - This is what I hear - Just listen to the overdubs, etc But, def - M Tucker never got the recognition they deserve
Yep he was one of the best..
Solid gold brass is one of his finest drumming sessions
My favourite drummer after Bonzo. He could REALLY play. Why isn’t he given the recognition he deserves? Sweet were musically miles ahead of the likes of Black Sabbath and I think that had they been able to play The Who’s Charlton gig in 1974 they’d have blown The Who offstage for sure. As for Queen, they were the public school reply to the Sweet and ripped them off, citing instead Jimi Hendrix as their main inspiration, something I have enormous difficulty taking seriously. Brian May is no more than a scratchy version of Andy Scott. Sweet should really be where Queen are now but I think some people higher up in society saw to that. Then in the 80s the Taxman took the Sweet to the cleaners, leaving them broke and on the cabaret nostalgia circuit. It should have been so different had there been any justice. I think they were made an example of to deter other wannabe musicians from adopting a similar attitude to their music and their relationship with the inland revenue. The lack of recognition for the talents of Mr Tucker and the Sweet is little short of criminal to my mind. RIP Mick, Brian & Steve.
He was a mega great drummer - Sweet never recovered from the early bubblegum image.
Hermoso 💓 si aquí en la tierra no te valoraron en el cielo si ❤❤❤❤
Hermoso ❤️ todos los llevo en el alma
Agree . Fyi The Sweet only played in Belgium once. A band member was arrested, passports confiscated and told never to return. It was not Mick Tucker... .✌️❤️🥁🇦🇺
Russ Ballard of Argent told me that Bob Henrit, also of Argent, taught Mick how to twirl the drumsticks.
Супер драмер был . обожаю его игру . и так же как Клайв Бар'а из Мейден .... R.I.P .все вспоминают только Пейса или Джона Бонема . а когда говорят о Ринго ... я вообще смеюсь ))
There was always a drum part or drum lick in all of The Sweet’s songs that caught my ear !
The singers downfall, bar fight , drinking, bad luck etc... cut this amazing bands life/ legacy short. But honestly, fuk em, People who missed it, some folks don't even know they wrote fox on the run, Sweets, right up there with zep, the who, Queen, etc... Sweet was a decade ahead of their time. BEST OF THE BEST. GOOD JOB GUYS.
What's a "baaasist"?
The most criminally underrated rock band in history. Saw them in 74, better vocals than Queen, harder rocking than Zeppelin. Period 🤪
Great band, saw them three times every time walked away thinking why aren’t guys as notable as the stones, purple and Led Zeppelin.
Should have a channel for "...underrated bands". They'd have to start a new platform.
You must been doing a lot of drugs Sweet were a teeny bop joke
It's music for twelve year old girls.. get a grip
@@nathandodge665 Did you ever see them live? No. But I still hope you and your boyfriend enjoy the next Rammstein show 🤪
He was the best!
One of the Best Rock Drummers!
His Band did Not Suck either 👍
maybe it's not important but is somebody knows when Mick switch from 1 to 2 bass drum drumkit, i know the career of the band for sure and i'm an experienced drummer for near 50 years by the way but now on retreat ...always love the playing of Mick ?
I always loved Mick's playing...and only saw him once as an opening act. Later when You Tube came around I would seak out his videos. II never was blown away by John Bonam. He was a great player but it just was not my thing. I do not know why but glam band members never get their due. Only when the leader of the band goes solo and they become huge. Sad really...so much talent was in those bands.
He was the second great Drummer (after *Peter Criss* 1975) ❤ I'd seen Live in marquee Club, London 1976 playin' a fantastic Version of 'The Man with the Golden Arm' ... Unforgettable, R.i.P., Mick!
Haha the second after Peter Criss😅 you're insulting the guy without even trying to insult him😅 do you even know anything about drummers😮
@@edljnehan2811 oh, yes, I tbink so and *Peter Criss* was # 1 until Stewart Copeland & Alex van Halen entef the Scene and his heavy accident... Without that *Peter Criss* was at the same high than John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham...
Did I know Something about Drumming, hmm, let me take a look, hmm, I crafted 33 for Ludwig Drums and build nearly 16 k Drumsets by my Hands... How about you?
@@user-xp7fb3md9x yes I'm a maestro percussionist who was probably into Jazz Rock Fusion and progressive rock before you were even soiling your drawers. Anyone that picks the guys you listed and yes I'm talking about overrated John Henry Bonzo Bonham especially. My God Peter Criss and the other guys that you mentioned really makes me come to the impression that you don't know s h i t t from Shinola. Here is who you should be listening to and admiring starting with number one the great Carl Palmer. Followed by Neil Peart and then in this order bill bruford Ansley Dunbar Bobby Caldwell Dave weckl Terry Bozzio Simon Phillips rod morgenstein Billy Cobham and of course honorable mention to Bill Ward and Steve gadd. I could name at least another 20 after that however I don't want to make this comment 10 pages long. Anyway I challenge you to come up with a better list than this because this list does not include bubble gum pop rock drummers like Peter Criss Tommy Lee or any of those other fake drummers. It's just not your day is it h o s s? Haha
@@user-xp7fb3md9x I'm sorry I forgot to ask you something. Can you spell moron? Haha
@@edljnehan2811 I can only laugh about you because the main theme was about *Rockdrummers* , not Jazz or Pop and did you know who teached *Peter Criss* ? Gene Krupa (one of the *GoaT* of DrummingHistory at all...)
*Peter Criss* also teached or influenced Guys like Neal Peart, Ansley Dunbar, Lesley Mandoki and I think he was a Great Vocalist too (Have you heard "One for all", 2007?, one of his Masterpieces in Jazz?) and...
It is about *my taste* 🤭
You can choose what you like and we can all be Friends of good Music at all.
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Seriously I think *Peter Criss* is one of the most *Underrated* Musicians I'd ever heard...
Also it is a Question which Music you like. It is yours. Did I know any record you play on?
I can link you 35 records *Peter Criss* played on too... For example with Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Klaus Doldinger's Pasport, RAH-Band, Black'n'Blue, Stretch, Tobias Sammet's Avantasia and more ➕ his 5 Solorecords past *KISS*
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This is more about Sweet than Mick.
As with Smokie, another excellent band with great vocal harmonies, the Chinn and Chapman influence lost them respect with the pop shite.
What did he deserve,you do your thing and market place determines the rest often giving some more than they deserve.
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This dude was a monster. Ask Portnoy what he thinks of him. Listen to give us a wink.
Sweet did not have many hits in the US
They certainly had no classic albums here.
Bonham and Moon had huge albums
Sweet is
The bassist in a band is the bass guitarist in the band
He's not underrated to drummers.
how about cliff jones
Ian paice, metalica drummer, iron maiden drummer
Sweet supported The Who on tours. It’s sortta remarkable that the more obvious choice didn’t fill Moon’s chair. However there’s the “political correctness” factor to appreciate.
Szkoda ze Brian Connoly pokochal alkohol i alkohol pokocham Briana.pewnie byloby innaczej .Super zespol .
Mick Tucker had a rock star life few could ever hope to experience for even 10 minutes. So cut the "poor Mick" crap.
It’s pronounced- Rye-slip.
Too bad he was in a teeny bop band that catered to twelve year old girls.
Good drummer, not a legend tho. At this point, songs made a drummer not vice verca.
Ruislip is pronounced Rye slip.
"Stick-twirling" is not drumming. That's what children do before they actually learn how to drum.