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6 career defining records of Matt Sorum
GN'R/Velvet Revolver drummer picks his finest
Rhythm Magazine, Mon 6 Jul 2009, 3:32 pm UTC
Neurotic Outsiders from L-R: Matt Sorum, John Taylor, Steve Jones and Duff McKagan
4. Neurotic Outsiders – Six Feet Under (1996)
Six Feet Under is the closing track on Neurotic Outsiders. Duff McKagen switched to rhythm guitar in the group, while John Taylor, from Duran Duran, played the bass.
Matt Sorum says:
"I learnt to play double bass drum because I didn't get the David Lee Roth audition," Matt Sorum
"I do a crazy double bass drum thing at the beginning. I used to play double bass drum before I joined The Cult. They made me stop. I learnt to play double bass drum because I didn't get the David Lee Roth audition."
"I got called by Steve Vai at my house. He says, 'I'm auditioning drummers, please come down'. I go down there, there's a double bass drum kit set up and I only played single because I grew up on John Bonham, Ian Paice and Roger Taylor."
"I pick the double bass drum up and move it. Vai goes, 'What are you doing?' I say, 'I don't play double bass drum.' He goes, 'Oh, man.' He put me through all this heavy duty musical training stuff, 'Play 26 over 8', and I looked at him and said 'Why?'"
