First song with double kicking?

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

This is an interesting question I just thought up! What's the earliest rock/metal song you can think of with double kicking?

I have no idea!!! I've seen clips of The Who and Led Zeppelin using 2 bass drums but not actually doing double kicks...

And on the opposite spectrum Kiss - Detroit Rock City (1976) is the earliest I can think of with a double kick sound even though its only a few triplets scattered around, but he is only actually single kicking, so I don't know.

 

[KoichCPA]

Alot of old bands cheated by using those multi-kick one kick pedals,like van halen. so it'd be heard to find out if they were using them,or actual double kick. I would probably say it would be an early death band like Obituary or someone.

 

[Winmar]

It was the Beatles on the song Satan Be My Lover Boy.

If I'm completely wrong on that one, I'd guess that maybe Death could have been the first ones.

 

[Seventh Son]

Try around 1974 - The first RUSH album.

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

I wouldn't say it would be death metal...

Metallica - Ride The Lightning album has double kicking that was 1984...

 

[Southy]

What about Budgie, or Blue Oyster Cult?..Diamond Head..im talking mid-late 70's

 

[KoichCPA]

Yeah,Alot of Death Metal bands were going before metallica.i would even say slayer used double kick before metallica,it's hard,cos of the whole multikick pedal shit.

 

[TinMan666]

I'm sure I remember reading something about jazz dudes using double kick drums in the old days.. like... pre 1950s


could be bullshit though

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Nah you're right jazz people were the first to do it...

I was just wondering who the first rock/metal bands would have been to pick up on it hehe.

 

[spaceboots]

Good subject Trooper, l recall the first drum kick song was a cover of YOU KEEP ME HANGIN ON by Vanilla Fudge in 67'-68 Carmmine Appice was the drummer, who later went on to work with Jeff beck, rod stewart, ozzy, Ted Nugent blue murder ..etc..







keep rockin

 

[Winmar]

The band Death has been around for quite some time....

 

[Stevo]

Keith Moon.

No doubt about it. He first commercialised it.

Although, the Sweet drummer was a good flam player with a single kick, then moving onto double.