RIP Yes drummer Alan White

[marillion]

He had been sidlined by illness on the upcoming tour, but this came as a shock. One of the legacy progrock percussionists. He didn’t have the flair and pomp of our beloved Professor, but he was a damn solid drummer with serious chops. RIP sir.
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2...-drummer-with-prog-rock-band-yes-dies-aged-72

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Even if all he ever did was play on "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" he would have left a musical legacy. R.I.P.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I said it in another forum, drummers for prog bands are a special breed. Above and beyond level stuff.

Yes (White & Bruford), early Genesis (Collins), Rush (Peart), King Crimson (Bruford again, among others), etc.

Those complex arrangements keep even the drummers on their...toes.

RIP

 

[Richard Baker]

I said it in another forum, drummers for prog bands are a special breed. Above and beyond level stuff.

Yes (White & Bruford), early Genesis (Collins), Rush (Peart), King Crimson (Bruford again, among others), etc.

Those complex arrangements keep even the drummers on their...toes.

RIP

Agreed
Progressive Rock approached the use of instruments differently. A drummer contributed to the music as part of a woven tapestry instead of just providing a backing rhythm for the rest of the group.
Alen White was great and he will be missed

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Agreed
Progressive Rock approached the use of instruments differently. A drummer contributed to the music as part of a woven tapestry instead of just providing a backing rhythm for the rest of the group.
Alen White was great and he will be missed

I'm still not 100% sure what "prog" means, outside of "more complex arrangements". It gets assigned to bands seemingly randomly at times.

Between White and Squire, they were light years beyond just a rhythm section. Geddy Lee & Neil Peart too (to mention another prog rock band).

 

[publiusr]

Bon Jovi has suffered a loss as well
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/alec-john-such-dead/

 

[1001001]

I said it in another forum, drummers for prog bands are a special breed. Above and beyond level stuff.

Yes (White & Bruford), early Genesis (Collins), Rush (Peart), King Crimson (Bruford again, among others), etc.

Those complex arrangements keep even the drummers on their...toes.

Porcupine Tree (Gavin Harrison)