Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

I think I mentioned the monster one-of-a-kind Simmons pads used by Landscape
in the video to "Einstein a go-go"? Looked like giant troll heads...

I wonder what became of them...

electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message -----
From: "david pinnington" <davep@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Bands ... ???


>
> thomson twins portakit went on ebay auctions a while back nice but i could
not think i'd use it so idid'nt bid
>
> spandau ballet used a twin bass white sds v (i assume given the time) for
a while
>
> in fact any body young beautiful  and poppy on the uk's top of the pops in
the early 80's used a simmons to mime with
>
> & more obscure perhaps
>
> alex van halen of van halen circa 1984-85 on tour with maybe 10 simmons
toms well hidden behind  behind ocataban and lots of bass drums soloing on
hot for teacher got that on bootleg from my walkman
>
> also the percussion chap with nik kershaw who went on to session with pink
floyd - don't know his name but he jumped around a lot and had pads in a
huge cage set up but the drummer from nik kershaw went to all about eve and
lived not too far from me when i was a kid
>
> gil gilson from squeeze and jools holland had a sdx (which i now have) and
a sds7 which was dead when i last saw it and both were giggged live
>
> bill bruford was a big simmons user till pretty recent times ( although
i'm sure this has been raised before)
>
>
> god i miss the 80's
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> dp
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>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: retrolust
>   To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:39 PM
>   Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: Bands ... ???
>
>
>   ali score of a flock of seagulls used a killer white on white sdsv
>   kit on tour in 1983 ... i couldn't take my eyes off of it ... new
>   order & the thompson twins used both simmons drums and the simmons
>   portakit ... david robinson of the cars used an sds7 kit on their
>   heartbeat city tour ... the drummer from talk talk used a white
>   simmons kit (just saw their talk talk video) and the drummer from
>   kajagoogoo (shy shy) used a yellow simmons kit ... you don't see too
>   many yellow simmons kits floating around there these days, even on
>   ebay.
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>   --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, <jesper@e...> wrote:
>   > Don't forget Duran Duran (just watched the Arena video)...
>   >
>   > electronically yours, jesper
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>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: "Adam Lewandowski" <adam2@o...>
>   > To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
>   > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 12:55 PM
>   > Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: Bands ... ???
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>   > > The band CAMEO on record SHE'S STRANGE used SDS7 drums
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