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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

For those of you (and you know who you are) who might be interested, TMBG appeared on a special program about Robotics and computers on ABC with Ted Koppel last night.

Their drummer challenged a multipurpose robot named COG to a drumming contest.

Beat the silicon pants off it, too. This was to demonstrate how far robotics still has to come to equal human capacaties.. I think.

There was a nice song about the contest, though.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Yup...there's six more episodes of that show left, and TMBG will be on three of those. They've already been on the first two.

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

I can think of a lot of heavy metal drummers who could probably outdrum TMBG's drummer. I haven't heard one song that I can recall from the group, but I doubt they are very speedy. I also didn't see the program so most likely I'm talking out of my ass. But really, I think it would be stupid to make the contest so obvious that you knew the human would win.
I mean let's say that John Bonham was still alive, or that robotics was quite advanced in 1972. Would you need to go ahead with the test to know that Bonham--indisputably one of the best drummers since the invention of drumming--would win?
A robot that can play "Moby Dick" or "Bonzo's Montreux" flawlessly would be something to see and hear.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Technically, Dan Hickey isn't part of TMBG. They are and will always remain just John and John.

Anyway, I can't quite recall any of his previous gigs, but he's been a heavy metal drummer before, if I recall correctly.

And I thought Cog handled itself rather well, really. I wouldn't be surprised to see him turn up on the next album. Honest.

(As far as world's greatest (living) drummers go, I'll put my vote in for Yuval Gabay. Not widely known, but damned talented.)

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Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :

Neil Peart of Rush. I saw them in concert when they passed through Toronto a few years ago, on their "Counterparts" tour, and was amazed.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Well, not that it will count for much, I'll put my vote in for the best drummers. It's a three way tie actually and they are:

Jeff Hamilton
Max Roach
Jeff "Tane" Watts

Jazz drummers all.

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

They might be Giants rule!

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Uh, yeah ok. So just what do these "They Might be Giants" people do? I assume they are some music group...

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Sooo.....this IS a BAND we're talking about, right? Finally figured it out...

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Votes for Neil Peart. I know the Jazz drummers may be better, but Neil is the best I've seen live.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Or, they MIGHT be giants.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

"Well I can't explain it, because I don't know what it is."

Click me, baby. Do it!

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