Less is more as they say and with those vocals and arrangements who needs a bin lid getting in the way? The Band

That is very true Gary. I googled the guy, Ola Brunkert and found that he died in 2008 after having fallen through a glass door at his home in Majorca, Spain, slitting his throat! Very sad indeed!

Can you hear the crash Fernando..? not quite the same ring to it...;)

Cheers

John

Beach Boys too. Almost no cymbals and minimal when present.

“Cymbals are what drummers use to ruin an otherwise perfect drum sound.”

- Michael Tretow, Recording Engineer for ABBA

Funny because Dancing Queen is all about the cymbals. One of my favorite bands of all time though.

Speaking of lack of cymbals ,saw a Genesis bio the other day and Phil Collins was talking about the album he did with Peter Gabriel and wanted him to use no cymbals at all.

Self titled Peter Gabriel album I believe.

That was his third album, the one with "Intruder", "Biko", and "Games Without Frontiers". Not a cymbal to be found on the whole LP. Not Phil, not Jerry Marotta, nada.

It's funny when you consider that Gabriel started out on drums.

As for ABBA, I have never heard a place where a crash was missing, to my ears anyway.

Beach Boys? I have no quote, but my understanding is that Brian Wilson is not a fan of cymbals.

Dan

Their song DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW has some crash's in it. That's the only song I can think of. I know there's more.