This is great. Denny Carmassi is one of America's best ever rock drummers. A true inspiration. Time, power and energized musicianship. He can make a song exciting and polished at the same time. One of my favorite drummers ever.
Thank you soooo much for this interview. Denny is one of my main influences as a drummer and I've been a fan of his work since the 80's. It's great to see he is in great shape and still rocking!!!
Denny should be a household name as much as Bonham, Grohl, AVH, etc. For those that really love rock, they know, but I mean with avg knowledge. Denny is one of the very best. Saw him many times with 3 diff bands. Outstanding musician & obviously a really great guy.
Denny Carmassi is an awesome, humble talent and very much under rated. Thank you all for all of the insights into this part of rock and production history.
I waited on Heart when I worked at a restaurant during their Brigade tour. Denny arranged for me to get free tickets to the show because I'd impressed him by citing "The Wolf" as one of my favorites of theirs. Turns out, that was the first song that the '80s version of Heart had all collaborated on.
He clearly didn't want to talk about Heart much....obviously some bad blood there. Shame, my favorite lineup was the Leese, Andes and Carmassi era. I wore out Bad Animals and Brigade.
@Modern Retro Radio Definitely, I'm an 80s kid, so I prefer their MTV era, unpopular as it may be to some now. I was 10 when the Alone video released and in love with Ann immediately.
@@jakelane5567 I watched this interview looking for stories from this era but I didnt much at all. So they had drama going on? Im cluless but wished I saw the 1985 tour man
Denny was one of the most important drummers to me as a starting drummer. I got my lessons by watching him, Prarie Prince and Leo Haze. Best drummers in the bay area and I got to see them often. Thanks for taking the time to tell these stories! 🤘🧙♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
I met Denny one day 24 years ago on fourth street in San Rafael Ca , by Starbucks. We talked about having a daughter and the benefits of having a child in your life. I was surprised what a nice, down to earth guy he was , I never would have guessed what he did for a living.
Respect to AVH. Finally one of his peers says it out loud. Denny was the perfect drummer for the Coverdale/Page project. So much so that IMO it should've been Denny or Michael Desrosier on any/all of the Page/Plant dates and Zeppelin Reunions.
Denny has always been #1 in my top five favorite drummers, and those are the people that I don't just hear... I study. And Denny out of all of them ... is the most solid ... and with the most interesting style and feel I've ever heard. Listen to Sammy Hagar's "All Night Long" Live album, You'll hear energy with such fine precision I've never heard anyone else pull off the way Denny did it. He's thee best.
Montrose was incredible! Bill Church was one of my earliest influences on me playing bass today. I started playing bass in 1979 and still playing. Bill is my good friends brother that I met later in life. I have had the chance to sit with him a few times. Invited to his house once. Only about a mile and half from where I live currently. But man Montrose was definitely a power house trio!
Many thanks for posting this video - especially to Denny for taking the time to share these memories and thoughts on his Zoom debut! I was blessed to have seen him play live with Gamma and then Heart. What a great drummer! The ‘Montrose’ album was such an awesome debut - one of the best ever - as was ‘Van Halen’ ... Ted Templeman and Donn Landee really knew what they were about.
This is such an outstanding series. Total fan. Haven't and won't miss an episode. Thank You all for this effort capturing modern rock and roll history from inside one of the small handful of critical studios where it played out. Sure hope for some more with Doug Messenger (another fascinating guy with a helluva memory and great stories) and whomever you're able to bring in and open them up to share their experiences and stories. Dweezil and Drew - good on you guys for ringmastering, it couldn't be done better. Total bright spot pulling out of a downer of a past year. We're watching the up and coming talent participating in Sunset's new multimedia program now too. YESSS. Telling all our friends.
Enjoyed this, thank you. Denny has been one of my inspirational drummers from when I started out. What a great, friendly, modest guy he is and he's rarely seen these days. As something as basic as "Alone" in Heart is such a powerful drumming contribution to an excellent ballad (everyone knows that power fill across the toms). I always recall Denny's fills, snare and bass, hard to describe, kind of a set of triplets - you will find them in Who will you run to, If looks could kill, and Gypsy Road (when he worked with Cinderella) 😃
I agree with everything you stated . . however, Cozy Powell played on "Gypsy Road". As a matter of fact, Cozy played on all the songs for that album except for "Second Wind", which is the track that Denny played on.
Zoom is not an easy first-time experience and can be frustrating. Denny is a phenomenon, one who gets that 'perfect' sound that every drummer wants. His technique is incredible. I did not realize that he was with Heart or Foreigner, or David Coverdale. Ironically, I saw Dennie at a Day on the Green in the late 70s ('78) with Montrose and I think St. Paradise was there that day (maybe not)? Is it possible for a drummer to work for two bands on the same bill? Monsters of Rock. With Montrose, I don't remember who sang, Sammy has such a memorable sound but it was probably Bob James, who was incredible that day.........might be wrong about who it was. Also, I saw Heart, but probably not the same day. I later saw Denny with Gamma at the Stone Clubs. I'm so lucky.
Great to see Denny and he's looking well! Surprised to hear that they overdubbed cymbals and cut drum tracks that way for "Rock Candy". Thx Sunset Sound.
Been O'ding on Denny w Heart--SUCH a DEEP pocket and great drum sound after their first LP together...Denny just laid it down... makes those songs playable over and over again
His drumming has influenced me so much ! I enjoyed his drumming while with the group Heart and the way he approaches the sound of the drums! Thanks for sharing this post!
Lots of Zappa connections in Marin at the time - George Duke, Terry Bozzio, Scott Thunes. I worked with Denny's girlfriend at Primo's Pizza in the early 80s
Denny is the man! He always had the feel but can also solo his ass off. I remember watching a solo if his with Heart in the early 80s and just feeling so inspired by it. Thanks for this great interview!
I've seen Denny with the Sammy Hagar band in 77 and Heart, early 84. It tripped me out with Heart, he had a full set of Roto Toms as the Toms across the kit. He was adjusting pitch on the fly, on those, all night. He obviously has a really good ear.
Saw Denny in Medford Oregon a few years ago and he was playing great. We spoke briefly and he was very nice. Rock Candy is one of the greatest drum sounds ever !! Gets me every time !!!
Growing up and loving drumming I always liked Denny’s playing along with Tommy Aldridge. This is such a treat to actually hear him talk in a interview..glad he’s doing good.
Definitely one of the best drummers ever! Incredible ear for music! Classic rock drum sound at it’s finest! I could watch him play all day. Always great with interpretation of both the vocals and guitar. Got to meet him once, very briefly, in Houston, during Heart’s 1990 Brigade Tour. He signed a couple pictures for me, back in 2002, when he toured with Foreigner. Awesome musician! 🥁🤘🏻
...another home run from this superb Sunset Sound series. Denny is obviously very intelligent to be so together at over 70 years of age. Great drummer -- i have to take a closer look at his work...not particularly familiar with Montrose, just heard that stuff on the periphery. Thanks people. Musicians are a special breed.
Great video. Thanks to all for posting. Nicely done for your first zoom! Blew my 1 st zoom out of the water. Haha 😂 seriously though, huge montrose fan. Used to wear that album out learning to play Ronnie’s great great riffs. The drums were so so solid on that album. Never knew you were with heart. Please keep these coming! 🙏
Denny very very very much inspired me on the drums He's really totally badly Badass on the stick's, His licks on the skins is, Man he's excellent, He's definitely in the top 10 drummer. Denny, If And when you read my comment I want to say That you are BADASS TOO THE BONE . TOTALLY!!!! YOU GOT IT MY .... BROTHER....
He's in my top 3 favorite, was number 1 for many years in the 70's. He really exuded strength and toughness, and you felt it in the Montrose stuff. I met him at a NAMM Show in 1981 and he had a name tag on that wasn't his name! It was funny, I walked up to him totally starstruck and said you're not so and so, you're fucking DC !!. He smiled, was very cool, I got a picture with him. Being a Bonham bass drum fan, I loved the way DC used that bass drum. Great to see him on the zoom!!
Denny . . amazing talent and even greater guy. I worked with him twice in the 80's. Too bad Dweezil (who's never really done shit to speak of other than be Frank's son) couldn't STFU and let Denny say more.
It was good to see DC being interviewed but the interviewers did a poor job of it. Not one mention of GAMMA, not one! How he created his drum parts to songs like, I Got The Fire, Rock Candy, Gamma's, Skin and Bones, Voyager, Fight To The Finish, etc. nothing in this regard. Basically they talk about Van Halen and Rock Candy. That was the highlight of the interview. They didn't ask him who his favorite drummers were or how he developed his very hard drumming style. He is probably the best hard rock drummer (not fanciest), JB too, and they only talk about mostly meaningless stuff besides his drumming, unbelievable. Still, Denny came out smelling like a rose. He answered their irrelevant questions is an honorable way. I just wanted to know more and the interviewers had zero clue as to provide more info of this great drummer. Guys like Denny are a gift to rockers everywhere.
Wish he had talked more about Heart, that era was a great iteration of Heart but understand that didnt work out. I think they transitioned into the 80's from the 70's as well as Rush for example.
The first Montrose album was a total game changer. Completely jarred me out of a Beatles addiction. Felt like rough sex for the first time. Literally jarring.
Denny brings up the album he did with Jimmy Page and this guy is like ' ok back to Sammy ...' . Why are you constantly asking about Van Halen? Get a grip
He was great with Heart but his drumming on Coverdale/Page was very good. He didn't try to be like John and I loved it!!! On a side note I wonder if he looks back at the video What About Love and just cringes a little bit with those Simmons drums and all the hairspray and what not... Who the hell am I to talk though I was in spandex playing in bars myself!!! 🤣
For Dweezil, I saw Van Halen VHII in 79 and Women and Children First tour in 80 and they played Zappa "you're an a**hole, you're an a**hole, that's right..." same song,both shows. I thought it was cool they played Zappa before their set. The only band I heard do that. I assumed it was Roth querky humor, but, hearing your Ed stories, I get it. He was a fan. That was Logan, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Less dweezil. ‘More Denny. Really would have liked to hear about Montrose with Bob James, how the Heart time line went. I Don’t really need more VanHalen info.
The first time I heard Montrose 1, it was in an 8-track tape deck of one of my friends cars....it was SOOOOO different!! I began playing because of that album.....I wish they'd asked him where the intro for Rock Candy came from......when you hear it, you know what's coming!!! Find the original and listen.....Ronnie may have been a whack-job later, but holy-fing hell did he get that right.
Do you guys work with Paul Cammarata? I’m not sure of the spelling of his last name because I never knew it but I actually went to school with him, and we were pretty good buddies in the eighth grade.
@@sunsetsoundrecorders Haven’t seen many interviews with Denny and was hoping to hear more about the recording of one of rocks best-ever albums. Dweezil wouldn’t shut up!. Who cares about his 12 yr old recording experience. I wanted to hear more from Denny. Don’t get me wrong..your channel came up on my suggestion page and I’ve been watching all day. Really enjoyed it, keep ‘em coming!
@@sunsetsoundrecorders - Dweezil should have been asked to 'not go on about himself'...or over-yak'. Denny heard you the first time Dweez'.... but you kept overstating everything, and just talking too long, before letting Denny Speak. Next time, you're not the important one here, the person your interviewing Is.
Hendrix did that many many times. Axis Bold As Love, Spanish Castle Magic, Little Wing, lots of songs on Electric Lady Land. 1983 on Electric Lady Land is such a great example of Hendrix doing it, then he did the bass himself later.
I have a sneaking suspicion that he was the drummer that (secretly) played on all of the 80's and early 90's albums where the drummer couldn't hack it in the studio. I bet they made him sign nda and he can't disclose it till this day, but there are whispers. There were too many examples of great drums (feel not fakery) on the album and then horrible drummer live, but the horrible drummer is listed as the drummer on the album.
More Denny, less Dweezil. Dweezil and Dave Friedman have both wasted a ton of time in interviews talking about personal experiences that pop into their head that are barely if at all related to the person being interviewed. I stopped watching this one 10 or 15 minutes in, it got painful. Big Denny fan here, that cat's got the big beat. Rock Candy wails.
What a lousy interview! Here you have Denny Carmassi and you never ask him about what it was like being the drummer for Montrose/Hagar/Heart etc ......
Boring est content ever! Dweezel only has table scraps to offer but he brings bags of em. He comes off pretentious and finishes peoples sentences with any understanding. He’s like a politician kissing babies.
The drum sound on Gamma 2 was terrific. Denny pounded on that album
Four Horsemen!
@@OnBendedKneeMusic - Cat on a Leash!
Heart was so damn lucky to have him.
This is great. Denny Carmassi is one of America's best ever rock drummers. A true inspiration. Time, power and energized musicianship. He can make a song exciting and polished at the same time. One of my favorite drummers ever.
“Time is not perfect. Time is elastic.”
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One of the best interviews yet. High marks.
Thank you soooo much for this interview. Denny is one of my main influences as a drummer and I've been a fan of his work since the 80's. It's great to see he is in great shape and still rocking!!!
Denny should be a household name as much as Bonham, Grohl, AVH, etc. For those that really love rock, they know, but I mean with avg knowledge. Denny is one of the very best. Saw him many times with 3 diff bands. Outstanding musician & obviously a really great guy.
First Montrose album is a top 5 in every record collection I know of. Pure classic that would be a huge record today if released for the first time.
Denny Carmassi is an awesome, humble talent and very much under rated. Thank you all for all of the insights into this part of rock and production history.
wow ! never heard Denny speak. long time fan. seems like a really good guy
guy's got a GREAT vibe. who hasn't Denny played with? so prolific. Montrose started it all for me.
Same here. That first album was a unicorn
Glad to finally get to watch a Denny Carmassi interview. I've read a few online . My favorite drummer since the first Montrose album.
I waited on Heart when I worked at a restaurant during their Brigade tour. Denny arranged for me to get free tickets to the show because I'd impressed him by citing "The Wolf" as one of my favorites of theirs. Turns out, that was the first song that the '80s version of Heart had all collaborated on.
The Wolf and Shell Shock are amazing as well as Bad Animals...all those DC tunes w Heart crank
He clearly didn't want to talk about Heart much....obviously some bad blood there. Shame, my favorite lineup was the Leese, Andes and Carmassi era. I wore out Bad Animals and Brigade.
@@jakelane5567 It doesn't get much better than the track "Bad Animals."
@Modern Retro Radio Definitely, I'm an 80s kid, so I prefer their MTV era, unpopular as it may be to some now. I was 10 when the Alone video released and in love with Ann immediately.
@@jakelane5567 I watched this interview looking for stories from this era but I didnt much at all. So they had drama going on? Im cluless but wished I saw the 1985 tour man
Denny was one of the most important drummers to me as a starting drummer. I got my lessons by watching him, Prarie Prince and Leo Haze. Best drummers in the bay area and I got to see them often.
Thanks for taking the time to tell these stories!
🤘🧙♂️🤘
Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
Denny changed my life as a drummer. HUGE influence.
I met Denny one day 24 years ago on fourth street in San Rafael Ca , by Starbucks. We talked about having a daughter and the benefits of having a child in your life. I was surprised what a nice, down to earth guy he was , I never would have guessed what he did for a living.
Dweezil....little 'too much of You....So great to see Denny all the same. what a lovely cat.
Respect to AVH. Finally one of his peers says it out loud. Denny was the perfect drummer for the Coverdale/Page project. So much so that IMO it should've been Denny or Michael Desrosier on any/all of the Page/Plant dates and Zeppelin Reunions.
Denny has always been #1 in my top five favorite drummers, and those are the people that I don't just hear... I study. And Denny out of all of them ... is the most solid ... and with the most interesting style and feel I've ever heard. Listen to Sammy Hagar's "All Night Long" Live album, You'll hear energy with such fine precision I've never heard anyone else pull off the way Denny did it. He's thee best.
Montrose was incredible! Bill Church was one of my earliest influences on me playing bass today. I started playing bass in 1979 and still playing. Bill is my good friends brother that I met later in life. I have had the chance to sit with him a few times. Invited to his house once. Only about a mile and half from where I live currently. But man Montrose was definitely a power house trio!
Great seeing Denny interviewed, very rare. One of the best drummers, awesome work on the Montrose & Gamma records...and Sammy's Musical Chairs!
Awesome interview fellas!! Love Denny’s work with GAMMA!! Play Loud!
Many thanks for posting this video - especially to Denny for taking the time to share these memories and thoughts on his Zoom debut! I was blessed to have seen him play live with Gamma and then Heart. What a great drummer! The ‘Montrose’ album was such an awesome debut - one of the best ever - as was ‘Van Halen’ ... Ted Templeman and Donn Landee really knew what they were about.
This is such an outstanding series. Total fan. Haven't and won't miss an episode. Thank You all for this effort capturing modern rock and roll history from inside one of the small handful of critical studios where it played out. Sure hope for some more with Doug Messenger (another fascinating guy with a helluva memory and great stories) and whomever you're able to bring in and open them up to share their experiences and stories. Dweezil and Drew - good on you guys for ringmastering, it couldn't be done better. Total bright spot pulling out of a downer of a past year. We're watching the up and coming talent participating in Sunset's new multimedia program now too. YESSS. Telling all our friends.
He also worked with Cinderella on 'Long Cold Winter' in 88. Great interview guys. Cheers from Australia.
Just found this out and been listening to that album since it came out LOL
Enjoyed this, thank you.
Denny has been one of my inspirational drummers from when I started out. What a great, friendly, modest guy he is and he's rarely seen these days. As something as basic as "Alone" in Heart is such a powerful drumming contribution to an excellent ballad (everyone knows that power fill across the toms). I always recall Denny's fills, snare and bass, hard to describe, kind of a set of triplets - you will find them in Who will you run to, If looks could kill, and Gypsy Road (when he worked with Cinderella) 😃
I agree with everything you stated . . however, Cozy Powell played on "Gypsy Road". As a matter of fact, Cozy played on all the songs for that album except for "Second Wind", which is the track that Denny played on.
Zoom is not an easy first-time experience and can be frustrating. Denny is a phenomenon, one who gets that 'perfect' sound that every drummer wants. His technique is incredible. I did not realize that he was with Heart or Foreigner, or David Coverdale. Ironically, I saw Dennie at a Day on the Green in the late 70s ('78) with Montrose and I think St. Paradise was there that day (maybe not)?
Is it possible for a drummer to work for two bands on the same bill? Monsters of Rock. With Montrose, I don't remember who sang, Sammy has such a memorable sound but it was probably Bob James, who was incredible that day.........might be wrong about who it was. Also, I saw Heart, but probably not the same day. I later saw Denny with Gamma at the Stone Clubs. I'm so lucky.
Great to see Denny and he's looking well! Surprised to hear that they overdubbed cymbals and cut drum tracks that way for "Rock Candy". Thx Sunset Sound.
"I Don't Want It". What a timeless, underrated song. But everything on that album was stellar. A unicorn.
Been O'ding on Denny w Heart--SUCH a DEEP pocket and great drum sound after their first LP together...Denny just laid it down... makes those songs playable over and over again
His drumming has influenced me so much ! I enjoyed his drumming while with the group Heart and the way he approaches the sound of the drums! Thanks for sharing this post!
EPIC drum sound after their first LP...1985 was the best titled Heart
Denny is a legend. It's great to read the comments and see how many drummers he influenced. Thanks for the inspiration, DC.
Lots of Zappa connections in Marin at the time - George Duke, Terry Bozzio, Scott Thunes. I worked with Denny's girlfriend at Primo's Pizza in the early 80s
One of my all-time favorite drummers ........ top 3 for sure. I'm old enough to remember when the 1st Montrose album came out.
I have owned the album, eight track, cassette, cd, etc. Just showing the evolution of me owning my fav album from 13 to 55
Great interview. Thank you all. God bless.
Finally an interview, just a great drummer. Sound, feel and style just very very good
Denny Carmassi really shaped the way I play. Power and taste.
Denny is the man! He always had the feel but can also solo his ass off. I remember watching a solo if his with Heart in the early 80s and just feeling so inspired by it. Thanks for this great interview!
I've seen Denny with the Sammy Hagar band in 77 and Heart, early 84. It tripped me out with Heart, he had a full set of Roto Toms as the Toms across the kit. He was adjusting pitch on the fly, on those, all night. He obviously has a really good ear.
Rock candy baby
bid drums wowzer
The drums on rock candy, awesome, saw these guys at winterland in the 70's
Saw Denny in Medford Oregon a few years ago and he was playing great. We spoke briefly and he was very nice. Rock Candy is one of the greatest drum sounds ever !! Gets me every time !!!
DC is a legend. Superb musician.
Dweezle is SO humble and relatable...guy has genius DNA but comes off as a curious seeker...such a nice cat!
Growing up and loving drumming I always liked Denny’s playing along with Tommy Aldridge. This is such a treat to actually hear him talk in a interview..glad he’s doing good.
Definitely one of the best drummers ever! Incredible ear for music! Classic rock drum sound at it’s finest! I could watch him play all day. Always great with interpretation of both the vocals and guitar. Got to meet him once, very briefly, in Houston, during Heart’s 1990 Brigade Tour. He signed a couple pictures for me, back in 2002, when he toured with Foreigner. Awesome musician! 🥁🤘🏻
...another home run from this superb Sunset Sound series. Denny is obviously very intelligent to be so together at over 70 years of age. Great drummer -- i have to take a closer look at his work...not particularly familiar with Montrose, just heard that stuff on the periphery.
Thanks people.
Musicians are a special breed.
Great video. Thanks to all for posting. Nicely done for your first zoom! Blew my 1 st zoom out of the water. Haha 😂 seriously though, huge montrose fan. Used to wear that album out learning to play Ronnie’s great great riffs. The drums were so so solid on that album. Never knew you were with heart. Please keep these coming! 🙏
Trying to learn i should say haha
You know the picture you have for the video has David Lauser in the middle pic. Solo Hagar from 1980 to 1987 and then in the Wabo's from 97 to 2003.
damn, i missed the live of this... and dude ROck Candy the drums on that song.... the best ever...so badass....
Denny very very very much inspired me on the drums
He's really totally badly Badass on the stick's,
His licks on the skins is, Man he's excellent,
He's definitely in the top 10 drummer.
Denny, If And when you read my comment
I want to say That you are BADASS TOO THE BONE
. TOTALLY!!!!
YOU GOT IT MY
.... BROTHER....
He's in my top 3 favorite, was number 1 for many years in the 70's. He really exuded strength and toughness, and you felt it in the Montrose stuff. I met him at a NAMM Show in 1981 and he had a name tag on that wasn't his name! It was funny, I walked up to him totally starstruck and said you're not so and so, you're fucking DC !!. He smiled, was very cool, I got a picture with him. Being a Bonham bass drum fan, I loved the way DC used that bass drum. Great to see him on the zoom!!
I wish you would have delved more into his drum sound...especially his Bass drum tuning and cymbal choices.
Thank You Very Much! ☀️
I would have loved to have grown up in the Bay area in the 70s. All the greatest artists played around there. The greatest music ever on the planet.
Missed Carmasi’s drums so much ! What a melodic drummer !
This channel is soooo good!
The drums on Coverdale Page were magnificent. I wish Denny would release samples for EZ Drummer/Superior Drummer
Saludos denny from chile...fenomenal drumer ....
Wow hes a really great guy i love denny
Excelente baterista de los 80's ... Mr Denny
Great interview @sunsetsound
Great Book with Van Halen Rising @gregrenoff
"Black Train" from WB Presents.
The beat was very Levee Breakesque....without the echo, but I love the slap back on some elements (vocals) of this album!
He's amazing on the Coverdale solo album.
FOR SURE!!!
Denny . . amazing talent and even greater guy. I worked with him twice in the 80's. Too bad Dweezil (who's never really done shit to speak of other than be Frank's son) couldn't STFU and let Denny say more.
It was good to see DC being interviewed but the interviewers did a poor job of it. Not one mention of GAMMA, not one! How he created his drum parts to songs like, I Got The Fire, Rock Candy, Gamma's, Skin and Bones, Voyager, Fight To The Finish, etc. nothing in this regard. Basically they talk about Van Halen and Rock Candy. That was the highlight of the interview. They didn't ask him who his favorite drummers were or how he developed his very hard drumming style. He is probably the best hard rock drummer (not fanciest), JB too, and they only talk about mostly meaningless stuff besides his drumming, unbelievable. Still, Denny came out smelling like a rose. He answered their irrelevant questions is an honorable way. I just wanted to know more and the interviewers had zero clue as to provide more info of this great drummer. Guys like Denny are a gift to rockers everywhere.
Great series I hella luv Dweezil great dude
Your totally right, I got to hang with Dweezil Super Cool Dude
As much as I admit to hoping for a little dirt, you have to admire Denny's rock solid diplomacy when it came to the Heart era 😅
Wish he had talked more about Heart, that era was a great iteration of Heart but understand that didnt work out. I think they transitioned into the 80's from the 70's as well as Rush for example.
The first Montrose album was a total game changer. Completely jarred me out of a Beatles addiction. Felt like rough sex for the first time. Literally jarring.
😂😂😂😂😂
Denny brings up the album he did with Jimmy Page and this guy is like ' ok back to Sammy ...' . Why are you constantly asking about Van Halen? Get a grip
Classic rock album!
He was great with Heart but his drumming on Coverdale/Page was very good. He didn't try to be like John and I loved it!!! On a side note I wonder if he looks back at the video What About Love and just cringes a little bit with those Simmons drums and all the hairspray and what not... Who the hell am I to talk though I was in spandex playing in bars myself!!! 🤣
Great Drummer...
For Dweezil, I saw Van Halen VHII in 79 and Women and Children First tour in 80 and they played Zappa "you're an a**hole, you're an a**hole, that's right..." same song,both shows. I thought it was cool they played Zappa before their set. The only band I heard do that. I assumed it was Roth querky humor, but, hearing your Ed stories, I get it. He was a fan. That was Logan, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nice!!
Less dweezil. ‘More Denny. Really would have liked to hear about Montrose with Bob James, how the Heart time line went. I Don’t really need more VanHalen info.
This was right after Eddie died
The first time I heard Montrose 1, it was in an 8-track tape deck of one of my friends cars....it was SOOOOO different!! I began playing because of that album.....I wish they'd asked him where the intro for Rock Candy came from......when you hear it, you know what's coming!!!
Find the original and listen.....Ronnie may have been a whack-job later, but holy-fing hell did he get that right.
Ronnie Montrose had mental issues all his life. Terrible tragedy.
What a cool cat!
Leonard HAZE was the MAN kids!!
Do you guys work with Paul Cammarata? I’m not sure of the spelling of his last name because I never knew it but I actually went to school with him, and we were pretty good buddies in the eighth grade.
Of course. He owns the studio. What’s your name ?
is he retired nowadays? I haven't seen him on an album for a while now
I’m confused. Was this a Denny Carmassi interview, or a Dweezil Zappa interview?.
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Haven’t seen many interviews with Denny and was hoping to hear more about the recording of one of rocks best-ever albums.
Dweezil wouldn’t shut up!. Who cares about his 12 yr old recording experience. I wanted to hear more from Denny.
Don’t get me wrong..your channel came up on my suggestion page and I’ve been watching all day. Really enjoyed it, keep ‘em coming!
@@sunsetsoundrecorders - Dweezil should have been asked to 'not go on about himself'...or over-yak'. Denny heard you the first time Dweez'.... but you kept overstating everything, and just talking too long, before letting Denny Speak. Next time, you're not the important one here, the person your interviewing Is.
Can you do an in-depth Muffin utility research kitchen rundown
😎🎸💗🇺🇸🥁🔥🎼💣 DENNY!
LUDWIG Drums
Chicago, IL. USA
Why all the EVH references? Denny has played with so many artists. Talk about THAT.
Thought that was Kingdom Come!
Thought Gamma might get a mention.
Jimi & Mitch used to cut songs with out a bass player = All Along the Watchtower
Hendrix did that many many times.
Axis Bold As Love, Spanish Castle Magic, Little Wing, lots of songs on Electric Lady Land.
1983 on Electric Lady Land is such a great example of Hendrix doing it, then he did the bass himself later.
@@BIZARBIES yup and that bass track on Watchtower is out of this world = it really makes the song unique 🎸
Sammy never sounded better
I have a sneaking suspicion that he was the drummer that (secretly) played on all of the 80's and early 90's albums where the drummer couldn't hack it in the studio. I bet they made him sign nda and he can't disclose it till this day, but there are whispers. There were too many examples of great drums (feel not fakery) on the album and then horrible drummer live, but the horrible drummer is listed as the drummer on the album.
I read somewhere that he was called 'the fixer' in the 80s. Don't know if that's true or not.
I'd try to sound like Denny and people would compare me to Bonzo.
Our guitar player defected to join tommy . who is now gammas guitarist
Ask him if he prefers Van Halen or Van Gina!
Dweezil is clueless.
He's hogging the show
Enough with theVan Halen talk! What about Gamma and more Montrose
More Denny, less Dweezil. Dweezil and Dave Friedman have both wasted a ton of time in interviews talking about personal experiences that pop into their head that are barely if at all related to the person being interviewed. I stopped watching this one 10 or 15 minutes in, it got painful. Big Denny fan here, that cat's got the big beat. Rock Candy wails.
Zappa, most of us want to hear Denny talk about his time with Heart, not listen to your non-stop interruptions/babbling.
What a lousy interview! Here you have Denny Carmassi and you never ask him about what it was like being the drummer for Montrose/Hagar/Heart etc ......
This was a day after EVH died
Boring est content ever!
Dweezel only has table scraps to offer but he brings bags of em. He comes off pretentious and finishes peoples sentences with any understanding. He’s like a politician kissing babies.
Zooming sux. The angle is never good you can't hold an easy interview no matter who.