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Great link! I love those first two Talk Talk albums - good songs, made
even better by the combination of Simmons drums and Oberheim OB-Xa
synthesiser.

Now for possibly the most unlikely use of Simmons drums ever. Punk band 
The Exploited on their "Horror Epics" album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC0cvKEWAG0

I love a bit of anarcho-punk, and this album is one of my favourites. 
Hated by a lot of Exploited fans, since it tried to be a bit more 
adventurous with not only the drums but a clearer mix. Some of the 
tribal drumming goes a bit out in places on the title track, as drummer 
Willie was not as technically good as he became on later albums like 
punk metal masterpiece "Beat The B*stards".

Chris

On 23/12/15 21:06, Scott Gibbons scott@... [Simmons_Drums] wrote:
> Lee Harris:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edRvdXuMdfw&sns=em
>
> My love for Simmons drums was really cemented with Lee's work on the
> first two Talk Talk albums (I already loved Landscape's From the Tea
> Rooms of Mars, and Depeche Mode's A Broken Frame!) Lee and Paul Webb
> just worked so great together.
>
> This video, and there's another from Montreux in '86, capture their
> mastery & genius right before they abandoned electronics and embarked on
> a Miles Davis-infused Post Rock direction.
>
> all my best,
> - Scott
>