Up vote for old school drum technique. So unlike most popular drummers these days that need all that extra crap for their "set".

Note how they're holding the left stick correctly! (rarely do drummers these days hold 'em right)

Yeah agree with Nebosuke, drummers these days tend to have huge kits with 50 different elements and dont really seems to know how to use 'em...

And benjee, there is no right or wrong way to hold the drumsticks, the "traditional grip" ( that you call the correct one ) and the "matching grip" where you hold both sticks the same way both have their pro's and con's
Stick holding techniques occasionally cause considerable
debate amongst students and educators alike.

A history of traditional grip (from the web not from me ) :
he traditional grip originated with marching drummers
who were playing a snare drum slung over the shoulder on a strap.
The angulation of the drum required the drummer to reach around
the drum with the left hand and grip the stick differently. The
'Traditional Grip' was born at that time. The 'Match Grip'
wasn't feasible in this very awkward and different marching
situation. The Traditional Grip originated sometime during the
1500/1600s.
Drum sets were not created or invented until about 1840.
The first drum set drummers were of course, marching drummers
initially. So, as they sat down to play their new drum kits,
they assumed the traditional grip as if they were playing
a marching snare. As they taught others to play . . . the
old traditional grip continued to be the grip of choice and
eventually became 'set in stone' as the ONLY way to hold the
sticks.
Sometime between 1955 and 1965 . . . the lights went
on! In the mid-1960s Ringo Starr (with the Beatles) made
several million dollars while holding a match grip.


I believe drummers should learn to use both grips, but there's so much to learn to play drums and learning to play both grips is very secondary when it comes to playing well.

I realize this was a different era and all, but I played jazz drums and I can't say I'm terribly impressed.

I'm sure there are better examples of the two of them getting their rocks off.

i thought the buddy rich piece held up well against the test of time, but i may be biased. he was rocking out pretty hard. shades of keith moon (of the who) and others from later eras.

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I just did an interview with a guy doing his master studies on drum technique (or specifically paradiddles or whatever they are called in english). Through his research he has found many different holding sticks and hitting techniques, and he prefers old military style tecnique to prevent straining and injuries. He explains how these guys had to hit hard and for long stretches of time, and developed their techniques to cope with that.

fascinating stuff, and i am publishing the interview laster today if anyone wants to read it (its in norwegian, but with a demo video)

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This is how wars should be fought, the best drummers from each opposing army should face off, with the winner taking both countries.

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