I don't know you from Tom so whether or not Chris Adler's snare tone has a special place in your heart is something I can neither agree or disagree whatever it is in your heart. But it is a cool tone bruh.
@@thenon-dominanthand3464 nah headley grange is a mansion, not a superdome. you would need a superdome to achieve that kind of "delay", or perhaps a, well delay machine (or more specifically, Binson EchoRec), like Andy Johns actually used on Levee. Rick Beato had a video on that.
@@alrecks619 They placed the kit at the bottom of a large stairwell and hung a mic from above. Added echo and delay to that from what I remember. Thats why everyone gets the kick pattern wrong. They think he's hitting a double on the kick, but it's a single with echo
@@jrucifer AtF snares are meatier and darker with the exception of My Own Summer. I'd have to argue though, the Digital Bath snare is far, far more iconic and impactful. You may prefer AtF, but the Digital Bath snare is undeniably is more iconic to everyone else. We're just talking about the definition of iconic here- what is more known and impactful among the vast majority.
It's the same snare that took the #1 spot. It's a Ludwig Supraphonic 400, 6.5" aluminum with a center bead. Has been the #1 recorded drum for over 50 years. Perfect snare. 🥁🤘
Not really his immediate reaction. He had a loop ready to mimic with. Having said that, I'd love to see his INITIAL reaction as well! I believe my first reaction to levee was me grabbing the arms on the chair I was sitting in...
I’m a sucker for those late 80s early 90s CANNON snare hits with a thick gated reverb. Queensryche’s 1991 album Empire comes to mind, drummer Scott Rockenfield is a drum idol of mine. Got myself a Gretsch Bell Brass in my room and I’m constantly seeking that same level of expressiveness and explosion.
My all time favorite drum sound is from Tom Pettys "You Don't Know How It Feels" every time I hear that intro it gives of so much power yet comfort and nostalgia. Idk who mixed it but it's a gem.
The Black Album snare and the Nevermind snare is actually the same instrument. A Tama bell brass snare called "the terminator" owned by The Drum Doctors in LA. You can still rent it for recordings, its on their website...
Funny you mention them to not be in this list, I personnally identify them as two of the worst sounding snares ever. Not saying they dont sound distinct, they do,… but they both sound bad to my taste but hey…. To each his own I guess ;)
Crazy as a producer you’ve never heard ‘When the Levee Breaks’ before, but to be fair, that is everyone’s first reaction. That drum sound is incredible! Led Zeppelin IV was released in 1971 and it sounds as good today as ever.
And isn't there an interview with Paige saying that the drums were in a huge foyer with the mics up on the second floor? No delay effects - just one hell of a room with proper mic placement.
@@hadfiiwso the recording engineer Andy Johns actually cleared that up. While the drums were recorded with only two room mics in the foyer, the delay comes from a Binson Echorec, which was a pretty cool old tape delay. But the sound of that room played a huge part in the absolutely massive drums on the tune.
The trick behind that thick low, and massive sound in the ' when the leavy breaks' drum is that it's just played much faster, but then delayed. If you delayed in hte past, sounds get lower in frequiency. Just take a bit of the drums of when the levee breaks, speed it up in software that does it the classic way (so also, make it higher pitched) and it completely stops sounding impressive. It's just a normal drum then. Just take normal drum, play it 30% faster, and then slow down the recording in the classic way, and you got your impressive thic ksounding drum
Yep! One of the best times of my life was seeing Pantera in Dallas right before the trouble started. I was blown away when they played "Floods". People around me were freaking out and asking, "What is this"? I said, "It Floods man, they're playing Floods"! It was so badass!!
Michael Beinhorn said that on Superunknown each song song was built up from scratch and completed, then they went onto the next song. Different equipment, different studio perhaps. Basically whatever the song needed. Super laborious and he drove the band nuts, but the results are incredible. Anyway, there are probably multiple snare sounds across the album here due to this song-by-song process.
I voted for Hungerstrike. This guy is too young to know any of the old rock from the 90's. Two Princess was 92 and i hated hearing it. It got old really quick.
00:10 #10 Spin Doctors - Two Princes 00:52 #9 Nickelbak - Dark Horse 01:43 #8 Wildfire - Periphery 02:41 #7 Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket 03:43 #6 AC/DC - Back In Black 05:15 #5 Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks 07:00 #4 Deftones - Digital Bath 07:45 #3 Metallica - Black Album 08:38 #2 Nirvana - Nevermind 09:35 #1 Paramore - Riot
Honourable mentions: 1. The snare in "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey 2. Mike Portnoy's snare in the album "Train of Thought" by Dream Theater 3. Jamie Miller's snare in Snot's album "Get Some" 4. John Otto's snare in both "Significant Other" and "Chocolate Starfish" by Limp Bizkit 5. David Silveria's snare in Korn's first 2 albums 6. Chris Adler's snare in "New American Gospel" by Lamb of God 😊
I love Phil's whole kit sound on the Abacab album, snare is great sure but in context with the whole drum sound, it's immense. Thats my favourite Phil Collin's drum sound.
Agree so much on Periphery. When Wildfire dropped, I immediately tried to get a similar character on my snare in SD3. It's just popping through such a dense and balanced mix, sounds organic and yet so aggressive and modern at the same time. Enough power, but articulate. It's not easy to get that I found out. Overall great list.
My favourite Snare is on Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. Punchy and clear, super loud and honest. The other one is on Karnivool - Sound Awake. Outstanding in every aspect.
I was expecting this to be #1 on the list and I was blown away it wasn't even on the list when some of these snare sounds were kinda weak to me. Nickelback was especially surprising since it sounds so overproduced.
Totally. Many, many engineers get a feel for their room and mic setup by playing Rumours. Ive seen it happen in top LA studios. This list Blows Chunks.
Nice set of snare sounds. To me , Chad Smith's snare on Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is one of the best. That snare sound would work in a lot of genres.
@@keithferris9574it's funny he's made some great records but also made hands down killswitch engages worst album. Worst sounding too lol they never should've left Adam d and Andy sneap
Jimmy Chamberlin is my very favorite drummer. I hear the rolls open Cherub Rock and immediate happiness and there are SO many good drum parts following like the epic Geek USA. And the snare on today when it goes "cha ka cha ka" is simple but perfect and the snare sound there is a part of that.
Most signature snare sound of all time. It never changed. Most of these newer recordings pretty much sounded the same to me. Kenny Aromoff was another signature sound you could recognize from mellencamp
Don't know if-when you will see this, but Levee was the first track I thought of when I saw the RUclips title. Can't believe this is your first hearing of it, wow. Makes me think modern producers+engineers need to get out of the house more, go back before the last 3 decades to the OGs. Dude it's not just the EQ, compression, side-sampling plug-ins or other laptop buttons you got now. It's what that guy or gal is doing with the physical instrument they're straddling behind the live kit. I guarantee you Dave Grohl and the other 8 drummers on your list will have studied Bonham and his sound inside out. As well as the following snares, all of which changed music when these songs dropped back in the day. Try, just try, *not* to get wrapped up in the snare sound on any of these, the way it's driving the groove, the music overall: Stewart Copeland: When the World Is Running Down, and all of Zenyatta Mendatta Neil Peart: Tom Sawyer, and all of Moving Pictures, how did this not make the list? Alex Van Halen: Jump, and all of 1984 Walter Clyde Orange: Brick House Charlie Watts: Start Me Up Mitch Mitchell: Purple Haze Michael Derosier: Barracuda, if I could only use one snare sound on my tracks this would be it !! Ringo Starr: Paperback Writer Bob Burns: Sweet Home Alabama Fred White: Let's Groove Dave Garibaldi: Squib Cakes, and any other Tower of Power he's on Frank Beard: La Grange, nuff said Now that's production for ya!!!
I loved watching you attempt the Zeppelin verb from Headley Grange. So many people over the years have tried. Look up the stories on how that was done.
Good list! Honorable mentions for me would be (go check them out for more cool snares!): Sleep Token - The Offering Dirty Loops - Next to You Vildhjarta - måsstaden under vatten (album) Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh (album) Nickelback - When we stand together Emmure - Flag of the Beast Asking Alexandria - Alone in a room The 1975 - She's American Wage War - Stitch
My favorite snare sound might be from Good Charlotte's The Chronicles of Life and Death; for me, it sounds unique and fits perfectly with the album's theme.
snares I like the most: led zeppelin - when the levee breaks limp bizkit - re-arranged blink-182 - what's my age again? deftones - cherry waves hanson - if only the vandals - I'm the boss of me audioslave - show me how to live nickelback - too bad yellowcard - ocean avenue rancid - let's go (album)
Great video! I would add: - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun - The Cult - Wild Hearted Son - The Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamer - Guns'n'Roses - My Michelle
Soundgarden: Gregg Keplinger snares. A Pacific Northwest icon himself and one heckuva jazz drummer (loud and aggressive like a cross between Tony Williams and Elvin Jones).
AC/DC experimented with sounds and once used a sample of a cutlery drawer. They tried many things but eventually found the answer in the kitchen. So, the snare sound was blended with a sample of the drawer being dropped on the floor. I'm not sure if it's true, but it was something my engineering mentor told me back in the 80s. But if you listen and put that imagination into it, it could be.
Old school honourables - for great midrangy/cracky-sounding snare sounds: 1) The Police - the entire Ghost in the Machine album (1981, Stewart Copeland, engineer: Hugh Padgham) 2) Genesis - the entire Abacab album (1981, Phil Collins, engineer: Hugh Padgham, again) 3) Simple Minds - Theme for Great Cities (1981, Brian McGee) 4) U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky (1987, Larry Mullen Jr., mix engineer: Steve Lilywhite) 5) Rush - the entire Permanent Waves album (1981, Neil Peart, engineer: Terry Brown/Paul Northfield) 5) anything played by John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Pierre Moerlen, Manu Katche, Phil Collins, (again it's in the hands!)
I'm probably showing my age here, but I've always considered Bruford's snare sound on Roundabout to be the gold standard. Ringo also got some amazing sounds, especially around Sgt Peppers.
Red Hot Chili Pepper's Give it away (and all the other tracks of BSSM album) and Rage Against the Machine's first album have killer snare sounds and could have been in this list.
*When the Levee Breaks* sound is basically a minimal pair of room mics (in a cave of a room) compressed to hell and back into an Echorec. That's why it sounds so big, it has no directs.
I love Bonham snare, so tight. Even on bootlegs live it always sounds amazing. Proof it’s more about the drummer, tuning and touch. Sure mics matter, but man he had “it”
The snare that has always stuck in my mind is 'This Love' by Pantera (after 1m20secs when the song gets heavy) - and I love the snare fill after the first chorus. Simple but perfect.
One of my favorite snare sounds is the snare on the A Matter of Life and Death album by Iron Maiden. It's a Supraphonic from the 70s and it just sounds sick. Listen to the intro of the song The Pilgrim. It has this really awesome mid bark.
Bruford- A dry crisp snare with a "round" rimshot. Unlike the drums of today that are often bloated and then pushed above the band, Buford's trim sound sits beautifully nestled inside the track, but still very present and "hearable." Check out both Roundabout and "Yours is No Disgrace." This sound is uniquely Bruford, never heard anyone else come close.
For 1980 it Back In Black has an AMAZING snare drum sound. I'm reasonably sure that the effect you're hearing on the snare is actually the natural delay in processing provided by an Eventide H910 harmonizer (a digital processor that was quite new at the time). The H910 was used to add a slightly detuned layer to the snare giving it a more complex sound, but, as you pointed out, there is also a bit of delay in the processing (a quirk in those early harmonizers), providing the sense of pre delay that you point out. If you listen back to the opening groove in particular, you can pick out the detuned layer of the snare drum -- slightly dissonant, but in a very cool, and truly unique way. It blew my 12 year old mind in 1980!!
Eventide was famously used on the BIB Snare...but not to give it a more complex sound but its "pitch shift" preset was used to lower the tone of the snare down and create artificial bottom end welly boom that was not there in the snare....just listen to the beef bass in that snare it sometimes goes right down into kick drum territory...thats what the Eventide did for that snare
Herbie Hancock - Palm Grease John Mayer - Vultures RHCP - Californication (EVERY young drummer wanted Chad Smith's sound in the early 2000s) Chick Corea - Paint the World Hate Eternal - I monarch Very different styles, I know but I love the snare sounds on all of these songs/albums. Btw, great channel & content. Subscribed.
The snare on Nirvanas Nevermind was a modified TAMA 1980 Mastercraft Bell Brass Snare Drum named "The Terminator" owned by Ross Garfield that won the audition for that record. That specific drum has been on tons of records and is one of the most popular snare drums in history. Tama just re-released it in 2024.
@@whodemiz583 Sean Kinney was seen with Tama and Yamaha's at the time but who know what it was. The black and white filmed moore show was a yamaha kit and that was 91. Sean has for a long time now not been seen with manufacturers labels on the bass drum. But you are probably right in thinking it was tama. I would go with that.
I seriously am shocked that Def Leppard's snare sound is not on the list. It's a developed version of the Back in Black one (Mutt Lange as producer on both productions) and is along with the drum sound of Phil Collins the signature sound of the 80's.
did you ever notice that the snare sound throughout the Hysteria album is the same snare sound on The Cars Heartbeat City album? Mutt Lange again, and he dragged across his Go-To engineer Mike Shipley...it was their next project together after Def Leppard....both sound amazing eh
Agreed! Hysteria probably has the biggest snare ever put on tape. Just there the competition was over. High and Dry snare is amazing too, much more similar to Back in Black and. Just one year apart also.
Agree with pretty much everything here. Deftones drum sounds are phenomenal. I love Josh Freese's snare on the first two APC albums too. And Karnivool's Sound Awake has an excellent snare. Cool list!
Thank you for the reaction on this, really love your videos! I know this was a year ago but sometimes that's how it works. (people end up seeing them a bit later) (:
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spin doctor 😅 algo latoso para la cancion y se me hace medio extraña esa reverb y gate q le pusieron, quiza hubiese ido por un redo mas grave y si con armonicos pero afinacion media...
i love that over the top bomb going off snare in some styles. i love how DISTANT just takes it to an extreme level. but only for music like that. i can understand it being annoying when its not called for or not done well. i think it can sound ridiculous but thats why i like it. going for ridiculous is sometimes really fun
I love it when there is that subtle balance in a (good!) mix between the hard snare hits and those rattling ghost notes or snare brakes. Two completely different types of sound from the same instrument, molded together in a perfect recording result.
John Bonham was essentially a sample machine. He’s so consistent with every hit it might as well be a sample. I believe it’s the swing and attitude that gives a drum kit it’s magic…who cares if the impacts are layered with samples? Joey Sturgis was great at giving drums a massive sound with samples on the shells while leaving the articulation and character of the drummer in the cymbal mics. Listen to the Eternal Enemies album by Emmure for a great example of this…or any Joey Sturgis record for that matter. Cheers
Also shoutout to Ross Garfield, aka the Drum Doctor, who was responsible tor a lot of the tuning and drum selection on countless records including the Black album.
Honestly that periphery snare is my favorite from the list. It sounds like his sticks are going INTO the snare, if that even makes sense. Agreed on the AC/DC snare. I’m sure it ripped at the time and obviously drum processing has come a long way since then but to me it kinda just sounds like a basic snare drum. That Zeppelin snare though..that one knocks.
The Nirvana Nevermind snare is the exact same 1980 Tama "Terminator" Bell Brass Snare from the Drum Doctors in LA that was used on the Metallica Black Album. The same snare was used on all the Rage Against the Machine albums, and a bazillion other big label albums in the 90s and 00s.
Almost right, the drum doctor has a few bell brass tama’s. Nevermind and the black album each have a different bell brass snare used on that record. The terminator snare is 1 of them and that one was used on Nevermind
maybe youre right, but the Metallica Black album snare was so massively effected its rediculous, it has a Transient Designer across it to mess with its attack and a gated reverb, amongst other things. And at a guess different mics used. Theyre worlds away sonicially...
Bonham's drums on ''Levee'' were tracked in a lobby using two M160 which were hung up a flight of stairs, output from these were passed to a limiter. Delay comes from a Binson Echorec.
The snare sound on For Those About to Rock is my favourite. I used Evil Walks as my alarm tone for a while, and it never failed to wake me up. I only stopped because it gave me ptsd
I was about to say Paramore should be here while I was in the middle of the video. I was about to be disappointed when I was on the top 2 part but the got surprised that they even got the top spot. Clearly my favorite snare sound!
There is major omission in that list : SIMPLE MIND WITH THEIR 1985 ALBUM "ONCE UPON A TIME". Mel Gaynor's Premier snare drum sounds absolutely fantastic and almost iconic on this record.
Hi Jordan. I found the "I just started on the modern stuff" comment to be very intriguing. I wouldn't like to poke on your personal life, but it would be amazing to hear what you've listened throughout the years. It would certainly be inspiring to your viewers to know what your inspirations have been in your life. And new music suggestions have never hurt anyone!!! haha
Levee Breaks was recorded with one microphone in a stairwell. A Binson Echorec was also employed. Listen to the highhats and you’ll hear a ghosted upbeat. Bonham played perfectly with the delay of the room. The balance of the kit is just perfect. No need to isolate every single drum. Just incredible. Oh… And that snare is also a black beauty. His signature sound.
Some of my favorite snares/drum sounds: -Who Made Who by AC/DC (really the whole Maximum Overdrive score session, imo the film mixes even sound better) -Out Of the Cellar and Invasion of Your Privacy albums by Ratt -Stick It To Ya album by Slaughter -By Your Side album by the Black Crowes -Dirt album by Alice In Chains -Just A Gigolo by David Lee Roth -Live a Virgin by Madonna (seriously, thats a KILLER sound and performance.) -Angela by Motley Crue (arguably the best thing they ever put out)
also, you can always say its ''Van Halen" even before Eddie or any of the two singers are in the track....because of how the drum kit(esp the snare) sounds.
My favourite snare sound of all time would have to be the one on Suicide Silence’s No Time To Bleed I just love how ringy it is never been much of a fan of deeper snares, my second favourite would be the one on As Blood Runs Black’s Allegiance album
Let's keep in mind these older rock songs were recorded with minimal set ups and no digital effects. Pretty nuts Blood sugar sex magic by rhcp I read was recorded on like a 4-5 mic set up. Nuts.
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I don't know if anybody agrees but Chris Adler's snare sound always holds a special place in my heart
Dude you're write I think they've missed his name
He is a legend..
And Even Joey jordison.
I don't know you from Tom so whether or not Chris Adler's snare tone has a special place in your heart is something I can neither agree or disagree whatever it is in your heart. But it is a cool tone bruh.
It truly is but to be honest, his kick drum sound was the most legendary tbh
I couldnt agree more and yet hes kinda underrated...
He used a 12 inch mapex
That "first time you hear 'when the levee breaks' " reaction. Classic.
"Delay" - doesn't understand that it was recorded in a cavernous stairwell and all that 'delay' is natural
@@thenon-dominanthand3464 nah headley grange is a mansion, not a superdome. you would need a superdome to achieve that kind of "delay", or perhaps a, well delay machine (or more specifically, Binson EchoRec), like Andy Johns actually used on Levee. Rick Beato had a video on that.
@@alrecks619 They placed the kit at the bottom of a large stairwell and hung a mic from above. Added echo and delay to that from what I remember. Thats why everyone gets the kick pattern wrong. They think he's hitting a double on the kick, but it's a single with echo
I thought the delay was a ghost note out 1/8 like what he does on fool in the rain shuffle
@@thenon-dominanthand3464 They used a Binson Echorec
My absolute favourite snare sound (and overall drum sound) is Gavin Harrison on every Porcupine Tree record he plays on.
Yes and he manages to make it sound even better live. Absolute magnificent sounding Snare 🔥
Agree. All of their sound is awsome. They can jump from one climate to another so cleverly.
Indeed, Its amazing how good the snare sound is when listening to any Porcupine Tree record
Definitely!
YES!!!
Deftones always have killer drum sounds, always impressed by them.
The snare is the protagonist in this song. Everything is great there but that snare, OMG!!!
Especially the Tom's! Those are some of the best Tom sounds I've ever heard
Digital Bath
this snare always makes me melt lol ruclips.net/video/WhstBxChY18/видео.html&ab_channel=Deftones
@@sbz8620so crisp but so spacey, I don’t know how they did it
Deftones - My Own Summer and Digital Bath. Different snare sounds, and definitely two of the best ever.
Agree
I definitely feel like Around the Fur is a more iconic sound than White Pony. Both great but AtF is unmatched to me!
@@jrucifer AtF snares are meatier and darker with the exception of My Own Summer. I'd have to argue though, the Digital Bath snare is far, far more iconic and impactful. You may prefer AtF, but the Digital Bath snare is undeniably is more iconic to everyone else. We're just talking about the definition of iconic here- what is more known and impactful among the vast majority.
1000%
@@jrucifer Completely agree! Absolute perfection on ATF. No other rock album has had drums that have sounded that good in my opinion.
The amount of satisfaction I get from hearing that John Bonham snare sound is indescribable. It’s super cool to see Jordan’s reaction to it
So much power in that snare, killer sound.
It's the same snare that took the #1 spot.
It's a Ludwig Supraphonic 400, 6.5" aluminum with a center bead.
Has been the #1 recorded drum for over 50 years. Perfect snare. 🥁🤘
Not really his immediate reaction. He had a loop ready to mimic with. Having said that, I'd love to see his INITIAL reaction as well! I believe my first reaction to levee was me grabbing the arms on the chair I was sitting in...
No Stewart Copeland???!!! Wow
I’m a sucker for those late 80s early 90s CANNON snare hits with a thick gated reverb. Queensryche’s 1991 album Empire comes to mind, drummer Scott Rockenfield is a drum idol of mine. Got myself a Gretsch Bell Brass in my room and I’m constantly seeking that same level of expressiveness and explosion.
Yes love it!
Absolutely!!
Ever tried an Emperor X on that snare? I'm trying one out now and it's eye opening.
Oh yes, I absolutely agree! Great drummer, great sound! Agree with "Empire" as well!
Rockenfield, all right! I remember his MD interview. They recorded live chainsaws for that album.
My all time favorite drum sound is from Tom Pettys "You Don't Know How It Feels" every time I hear that intro it gives of so much power yet comfort and nostalgia. Idk who mixed it but it's a gem.
That was the audition take for Steve Ferrone. After he played it, Tom looked at Rubin and asked him what he thought .... As you know, he got the gig.
Glad to see there are at least two educated music enthusiasts here.
Great call! Love that snare sound! What an amazing album and phenomenal drum sounds.
Steven Adler's snare on Appetite for Destruction will always be my favourite.
Agreed
Totally agree. Back beauty 14 X 6.5. Rules.
The Black Album snare and the Nevermind snare is actually the same instrument. A Tama bell brass snare called "the terminator" owned by The Drum Doctors in LA. You can still rent it for recordings, its on their website...
Shocked to not see anything by Stewart Copeland or Alex Van Halen on here
This is a younger drummer who missed some of the best recordings apparently.
You can’t trust a list that includes Nickelback
Funny you mention them to not be in this list, I personnally identify them as two of the worst sounding snares ever. Not saying they dont sound distinct, they do,… but they both sound bad to my taste but hey…. To each his own I guess ;)
Crazy as a producer you’ve never heard ‘When the Levee Breaks’ before, but to be fair, that is everyone’s first reaction. That drum sound is incredible! Led Zeppelin IV was released in 1971 and it sounds as good today as ever.
And isn't there an interview with Paige saying that the drums were in a huge foyer with the mics up on the second floor? No delay effects - just one hell of a room with proper mic placement.
@@hadfiiwso the recording engineer Andy Johns actually cleared that up. While the drums were recorded with only two room mics in the foyer, the delay comes from a Binson Echorec, which was a pretty cool old tape delay. But the sound of that room played a huge part in the absolutely massive drums on the tune.
The trick behind that thick low, and massive sound in the ' when the leavy breaks' drum is that it's just played much faster, but then delayed. If you delayed in hte past, sounds get lower in frequiency. Just take a bit of the drums of when the levee breaks, speed it up in software that does it the classic way (so also, make it higher pitched) and it completely stops sounding impressive. It's just a normal drum then. Just take normal drum, play it 30% faster, and then slow down the recording in the classic way, and you got your impressive thic ksounding drum
Audioslave”s first album, killer snare sound!!
Agreed. I think the snare sound in Original Fire is one of the most clean and detailed snares I've ever heard
Definitely
if he kept using it. its the same snare as used on nevermind, so your fav is already on the list,
@@krusher74yes you are correct. Brad Wilk used the bell brass on Rage albums as well as Audioslave.
That's the most overcompressed, limited and clipped to death sound there is 🤢
Vinny Paul's snare sound on the albums and on live performance was amazing literally a Cannon
Yep! One of the best times of my life was seeing Pantera in Dallas right before the trouble started. I was blown away when they played "Floods". People around me were freaking out and asking, "What is this"? I said, "It Floods man, they're playing Floods"! It was so badass!!
VP ON VULGAR OR FAR BEYOND. EPIC.
Opening roll in Becoming
My vote is Matt Cameron’s snare on Soundgarden’s Superunknown album.
Michael Beinhorn said that on Superunknown each song song was built up from scratch and completed, then they went onto the next song. Different equipment, different studio perhaps. Basically whatever the song needed. Super laborious and he drove the band nuts, but the results are incredible. Anyway, there are probably multiple snare sounds across the album here due to this song-by-song process.
Most of the time it's the Keplinger, 2or 3 songs have a supraphonic or something-can't remember
I voted for Hungerstrike. This guy is too young to know any of the old rock from the 90's. Two Princess was 92 and i hated hearing it. It got old really quick.
That's in my top 3 for sure!!
Billy Joels Still rock and roll and Gary Wrights Love is alive both have awesome snares
00:10 #10 Spin Doctors - Two Princes
00:52 #9 Nickelbak - Dark Horse
01:43 #8 Wildfire - Periphery
02:41 #7 Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
03:43 #6 AC/DC - Back In Black
05:15 #5 Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
07:00 #4 Deftones - Digital Bath
07:45 #3 Metallica - Black Album
08:38 #2 Nirvana - Nevermind
09:35 #1 Paramore - Riot
Honourable mentions:
1. The snare in "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
2. Mike Portnoy's snare in the album "Train of Thought" by Dream Theater
3. Jamie Miller's snare in Snot's album "Get Some"
4. John Otto's snare in both "Significant Other" and "Chocolate Starfish" by Limp Bizkit
5. David Silveria's snare in Korn's first 2 albums
6. Chris Adler's snare in "New American Gospel" by Lamb of God 😊
god i love silverias early snare sound
Ah, a man of culture. Love them high-pitched piccolo snares. I would add Slipknot's Self-titled to that list.
Early 311 albums had a super unique snare sound.
You are so right Phil Collins snare sound on Easy lover is great it should have been in this list.
I love Phil's whole kit sound on the Abacab album, snare is great sure but in context with the whole drum sound, it's immense. Thats my favourite Phil Collin's drum sound.
Carter Beauford's snare on the first few DMB albums is awesome!
Agree so much on Periphery.
When Wildfire dropped, I immediately tried to get a similar character on my snare in SD3. It's just popping through such a dense and balanced mix, sounds organic and yet so aggressive and modern at the same time. Enough power, but articulate. It's not easy to get that I found out.
Overall great list.
My favourite Snare is on Fleetwood Mac - Rumours.
Punchy and clear, super loud and honest.
The other one is on Karnivool - Sound Awake.
Outstanding in every aspect.
I was expecting this to be #1 on the list and I was blown away it wasn't even on the list when some of these snare sounds were kinda weak to me. Nickelback was especially surprising since it sounds so overproduced.
Totally. Many, many engineers get a feel for their room and mic setup by playing Rumours. Ive seen it happen in top LA studios. This list Blows Chunks.
Yep, agreed. Sounds fantastic.
Nice set of snare sounds. To me , Chad Smith's snare on Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is one of the best. That snare sound would work in a lot of genres.
Hell yes, that whole drum sound and especially the snare rocks.
That's a Brendan O'Brien special. It's actually very similar to Pearl Jan Ten.
@@keithferris9574it's funny he's made some great records but also made hands down killswitch engages worst album. Worst sounding too lol they never should've left Adam d and Andy sneap
Was really surprised by its absence.
Yeah, I immediately think of Suck My Kiss. Great sound.
“Gish,” the first Smashing Pumpkins album, had an amazing snare sound.
the rolls into rim shot fill in Tristessa sounds so good
Jimmy Chamberlin is my very favorite drummer. I hear the rolls open Cherub Rock and immediate happiness and there are SO many good drum parts following like the epic Geek USA. And the snare on today when it goes "cha ka cha ka" is simple but perfect and the snare sound there is a part of that.
This
Had Jordan never heard When The Levee Breaks before?? Gotta know your roots man!
John Otto's drum sound on Chocolate Starfish is pretty iconic.
Mann just thinking about it, there are too many choices for great snare tones.
They never heard ALEX VAN HALEN??? Amazing JUMP, HOT FOR TEACHER, I CAN STOP LOVING YOU and hundred more
I believe it was an electric kit, probably why it’s didn’t make the list.
Most signature snare sound of all time. It never changed. Most of these newer recordings pretty much sounded the same to me.
Kenny Aromoff was another signature sound you could recognize from mellencamp
Don't know if-when you will see this, but Levee was the first track I thought of when I saw the RUclips title. Can't believe this is your first hearing of it, wow.
Makes me think modern producers+engineers need to get out of the house more, go back before the last 3 decades to the OGs. Dude it's not just the EQ, compression, side-sampling plug-ins or other laptop buttons you got now. It's what that guy or gal is doing with the physical instrument they're straddling behind the live kit.
I guarantee you Dave Grohl and the other 8 drummers on your list will have studied Bonham and his sound inside out. As well as the following snares, all of which changed music when these songs dropped back in the day. Try, just try, *not* to get wrapped up in the snare sound on any of these, the way it's driving the groove, the music overall:
Stewart Copeland: When the World Is Running Down, and all of Zenyatta Mendatta
Neil Peart: Tom Sawyer, and all of Moving Pictures, how did this not make the list?
Alex Van Halen: Jump, and all of 1984
Walter Clyde Orange: Brick House
Charlie Watts: Start Me Up
Mitch Mitchell: Purple Haze
Michael Derosier: Barracuda, if I could only use one snare sound on my tracks this would be it !!
Ringo Starr: Paperback Writer
Bob Burns: Sweet Home Alabama
Fred White: Let's Groove
Dave Garibaldi: Squib Cakes, and any other Tower of Power he's on
Frank Beard: La Grange, nuff said
Now that's production for ya!!!
I loved watching you attempt the Zeppelin verb from Headley Grange. So many people over the years have tried. Look up the stories on how that was done.
Check out David Bendeth's +10db Compressor 2 from Boz Digital Labs. It's the best ADR Compexor plug-in I've found.
Good list! Honorable mentions for me would be (go check them out for more cool snares!):
Sleep Token - The Offering
Dirty Loops - Next to You
Vildhjarta - måsstaden under vatten (album)
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh (album)
Nickelback - When we stand together
Emmure - Flag of the Beast
Asking Alexandria - Alone in a room
The 1975 - She's American
Wage War - Stitch
The Way of All Flesh is one of my favorite records, and it's more than likely the Tama Bell Brass so no surprise there.
My favorite snare sound might be from Good Charlotte's The Chronicles of Life and Death; for me, it sounds unique and fits perfectly with the album's theme.
snares I like the most:
led zeppelin - when the levee breaks
limp bizkit - re-arranged
blink-182 - what's my age again?
deftones - cherry waves
hanson - if only
the vandals - I'm the boss of me
audioslave - show me how to live
nickelback - too bad
yellowcard - ocean avenue
rancid - let's go (album)
My all time favorite snare tone is John Dolmayan's extremely tight snare from System of a Down's "Toxicity"
This was great! I'd love you to do this with Kick Drums and Bass Tones!
Northlane's "Alien" album has an incredible snare
Agreed. Another Adam "Nolly" Getgood mix
Facts
honestly, any nolly mix could qualify.
Great video!
I would add:
- Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
- The Cult - Wild Hearted Son
- The Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamer
- Guns'n'Roses - My Michelle
Soundgarden: Gregg Keplinger snares. A Pacific Northwest icon himself and one heckuva jazz drummer (loud and aggressive like a cross between Tony Williams and Elvin Jones).
A big yes for Black Hole Sun!
Neil Peart's snare on Rush "Moving Pictures" album. He used an old Slingerland Artist series snare and it does everything.
Appreciate this guy for not dragging it on and just getting to the point. Props to him
The snare Dave Grohl played on „Nevermind“ was actually a Tama Bell Brass. 😎
The Tama Bell Brass is the most overrated snare sound of all time.
@@ldcsam1 as opposed to what?
@@CarlosAnglada Any snare drum made by DW.
@@ldcsam1 laughable
One of my all time favorite snare sounds and still to this day is one of my favorites is Avenged Sevenfold - City of evil. That snare fricken slaps.
Andy Wallace I believe
AC/DC experimented with sounds and once used a sample of a cutlery drawer. They tried many things but eventually found the answer in the kitchen. So, the snare sound was blended with a sample of the drawer being dropped on the floor. I'm not sure if it's true, but it was something my engineering mentor told me back in the 80s. But if you listen and put that imagination into it, it could be.
Old school honourables - for great midrangy/cracky-sounding snare sounds:
1) The Police - the entire Ghost in the Machine album (1981, Stewart Copeland, engineer: Hugh Padgham)
2) Genesis - the entire Abacab album (1981, Phil Collins, engineer: Hugh Padgham, again)
3) Simple Minds - Theme for Great Cities (1981, Brian McGee)
4) U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky (1987, Larry Mullen Jr., mix engineer: Steve Lilywhite)
5) Rush - the entire Permanent Waves album (1981, Neil Peart, engineer: Terry Brown/Paul Northfield)
5) anything played by John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Pierre Moerlen, Manu Katche, Phil Collins, (again it's in the hands!)
I owe you more thumbs up
bill bruford and ringo have produced some of my fav snare sounds. This was interesting didn’t expect to hear so many flubby snares 😆
I'm probably showing my age here, but I've always considered Bruford's snare sound on Roundabout to be the gold standard. Ringo also got some amazing sounds, especially around Sgt Peppers.
Red Hot Chili Pepper's Give it away (and all the other tracks of BSSM album) and Rage Against the Machine's first album have killer snare sounds and could have been in this list.
The snare on Car Bomb's album meta has been a favorite of mine for some time.
Josh Wilbur did an awesome mix on that one
*When the Levee Breaks* sound is basically a minimal pair of room mics (in a cave of a room) compressed to hell and back into an Echorec. That's why it sounds so big, it has no directs.
The drums were recorded in a stairwell in the building the studio was situated
@@taekwanlew That is my understanding as well. Two mic's if i rem right. One at the top and one at the bottom.
Green Day's dookie album has a great snare sounds. Also, it has one of my favorite bass guitar sounds as well.
Spot on. And less processed than anything on this list.
I love Bonham snare, so tight. Even on bootlegs live it always sounds amazing. Proof it’s more about the drummer, tuning and touch. Sure mics matter, but man he had “it”
So true! I still find getting his snare sounds elusive. I can get close but never quite there.
The snare that has always stuck in my mind is 'This Love' by Pantera (after 1m20secs when the song gets heavy) - and I love the snare fill after the first chorus. Simple but perfect.
One of my favorite snare sounds is the snare on the A Matter of Life and Death album by Iron Maiden. It's a Supraphonic from the 70s and it just sounds sick. Listen to the intro of the song The Pilgrim. It has this really awesome mid bark.
yes sir!
Rock and roll Susie so complicated with Nico never get tired of trying to play it note for note.
Bruford- A dry crisp snare with a "round" rimshot. Unlike the drums of today that are often bloated and then pushed above the band, Buford's trim sound sits beautifully nestled inside the track, but still very present and "hearable." Check out both Roundabout and "Yours is No Disgrace." This sound is uniquely Bruford, never heard anyone else come close.
DEFINTELY agree!
Roundabout is in a league of it's own.
For 1980 it Back In Black has an AMAZING snare drum sound. I'm reasonably sure that the effect you're hearing on the snare is actually the natural delay in processing provided by an Eventide H910 harmonizer (a digital processor that was quite new at the time). The H910 was used to add a slightly detuned layer to the snare giving it a more complex sound, but, as you pointed out, there is also a bit of delay in the processing (a quirk in those early harmonizers), providing the sense of pre delay that you point out. If you listen back to the opening groove in particular, you can pick out the detuned layer of the snare drum -- slightly dissonant, but in a very cool, and truly unique way. It blew my 12 year old mind in 1980!!
Eventide was famously used on the BIB Snare...but not to give it a more complex sound but its "pitch shift" preset was used to lower the tone of the snare down and create artificial bottom end welly boom that was not there in the snare....just listen to the beef bass in that snare it sometimes goes right down into kick drum territory...thats what the Eventide did for that snare
Herbie Hancock - Palm Grease
John Mayer - Vultures
RHCP - Californication (EVERY young drummer wanted Chad Smith's sound in the early 2000s)
Chick Corea - Paint the World
Hate Eternal - I monarch
Very different styles, I know but I love the snare sounds on all of these songs/albums.
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The snare on Nirvanas Nevermind was a modified TAMA 1980 Mastercraft Bell Brass Snare Drum named "The Terminator" owned by Ross Garfield that won the audition for that record. That specific drum has been on tons of records and is one of the most popular snare drums in history. Tama just re-released it in 2024.
I'm surprised that Black Hole Sun isn't included.
That the Moving Pictures snare sound doesn't get mentioned in these conversations is a travesty. All the drums sound on that album are iconic.
Totally agree. So dry and compressed but sounds great. It’s a shame how bad the drums sound on signals right after it.
For me it’s Alice’s in chains dirt albums snare. Still sounds modern today
not sure what model is the snare
@@iicustodianlaw I'm pretty sure it's a tama bell brass!
@@whodemiz583 Sean Kinney was seen with Tama and Yamaha's at the time but who know what it was. The black and white filmed moore show was a yamaha kit and that was 91. Sean has for a long time now not been seen with manufacturers labels on the bass drum. But you are probably right in thinking it was tama. I would go with that.
I seriously am shocked that Def Leppard's snare sound is not on the list. It's a developed version of the Back in Black one (Mutt Lange as producer on both productions) and is along with the drum sound of Phil Collins the signature sound of the 80's.
did you ever notice that the snare sound throughout the Hysteria album is the same snare sound on The Cars Heartbeat City album? Mutt Lange again, and he dragged across his Go-To engineer Mike Shipley...it was their next project together after Def Leppard....both sound amazing eh
Agreed! Hysteria probably has the biggest snare ever put on tape. Just there the competition was over. High and Dry snare is amazing too, much more similar to Back in Black and. Just one year apart also.
Lars borrowed Rick’s Ludwig Black Beauty for the MP album…
my personal favorite has to be nirvana’s in utero snare sound. mainly on the songs ffwhhros, radio friendly unit shifter, and scentless apprentice
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Agree!
Hi! must listen "The Outfield" the snare sound is really big! (Your Love) please check it!!!
The Deftones snare/drum tone is sooooo good.
Any time Bill Bruford hits the snare! Any song, any band.
Jon Wysocki’s snare sound on Staind’s ‘Break the Cycle’ album. Really loud snare with tons of attack. Really awesome sounding.
good pick🙌
Good call on that one!
Agree with pretty much everything here.
Deftones drum sounds are phenomenal.
I love Josh Freese's snare on the first two APC albums too.
And Karnivool's Sound Awake has an excellent snare.
Cool list!
Thank you for the reaction on this, really love your videos! I know this was a year ago but sometimes that's how it works. (people end up seeing them a bit later) (:
I would have had Matt Chamberlain's Wallflowers "One Headlight" snare on this list. A 3.87" x 14" Noble and Cooley. Classic sound.
Agree!
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Incubus - Nice to Know You has a GREAT snare sound, but that whole album sounds amazing. RIP Rick Will.
spin doctor 😅 algo latoso para la cancion y se me hace medio extraña esa reverb y gate q le pusieron, quiza hubiese ido por un redo mas grave y si con armonicos pero afinacion media...
Throwing my hat in for Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins.
When you mentioned you didn't know the Zep beat, I was like "Oh boy, he's in for a treat"
i love that over the top bomb going off snare in some styles. i love how DISTANT just takes it to an extreme level. but only for music like that. i can understand it being annoying when its not called for or not done well. i think it can sound ridiculous but thats why i like it. going for ridiculous is sometimes really fun
No Doubt- Sunday Morning . Super tight snare
I love it when there is that subtle balance in a (good!) mix between the hard snare hits and those rattling ghost notes or snare brakes. Two completely different types of sound from the same instrument, molded together in a perfect recording result.
John Bonham was essentially a sample machine. He’s so consistent with every hit it might as well be a sample. I believe it’s the swing and attitude that gives a drum kit it’s magic…who cares if the impacts are layered with samples? Joey Sturgis was great at giving drums a massive sound with samples on the shells while leaving the articulation and character of the drummer in the cymbal mics. Listen to the Eternal Enemies album by Emmure for a great example of this…or any Joey Sturgis record for that matter. Cheers
The Deftones snare was killer 😮
Great list without a doubt. A personal favourite of mine is Herman Rarebell's snare on "Rock you like a hurricane".
Also shoutout to Ross Garfield, aka the Drum Doctor, who was responsible tor a lot of the tuning and drum selection on countless records including the Black album.
Honestly that periphery snare is my favorite from the list. It sounds like his sticks are going INTO the snare, if that even makes sense.
Agreed on the AC/DC snare. I’m sure it ripped at the time and obviously drum processing has come a long way since then but to me it kinda just sounds like a basic snare drum. That Zeppelin snare though..that one knocks.
The Nirvana Nevermind snare is the exact same 1980 Tama "Terminator" Bell Brass Snare from the Drum Doctors in LA that was used on the Metallica Black Album. The same snare was used on all the Rage Against the Machine albums, and a bazillion other big label albums in the 90s and 00s.
Almost right, the drum doctor has a few bell brass tama’s. Nevermind and the black album each have a different bell brass snare used on that record. The terminator snare is 1 of them and that one was used on Nevermind
Neither of you know, you weren’t there. You’re both just repeating what you’ve heard, from what other people probably remembered.
@@RustyKnorr I know because I’ve asked the drum doctor… U can contact the man via his website or mail stupid.
I mean, we can only go by interviews from Ross himself. For all we know, it was an Acrolite and he just said that to build his business.
maybe youre right, but the Metallica Black album snare was so massively effected its rediculous, it has a Transient Designer across it to mess with its attack and a gated reverb, amongst other things. And at a guess different mics used. Theyre worlds away sonicially...
I really like the snare from Live - Throwing Copper. Great sound, mixed by Tom Lorde Alge.
When the snare comes in on Dam at Otter Creek - it's just the most massive 'gun shot' sound!
It really is. LOVE that - super massive!@@scottiei
Bonham's drums on ''Levee'' were tracked in a lobby using two M160 which were hung up a flight of stairs, output from these were passed to a limiter. Delay comes from a Binson Echorec.
Man the digital bath snare wins it for me. Jesus Christ… 🔥
The snare sound on For Those About to Rock is my favourite. I used Evil Walks as my alarm tone for a while, and it never failed to wake me up. I only stopped because it gave me ptsd
I was about to say Paramore should be here while I was in the middle of the video. I was about to be disappointed when I was on the top 2 part but the got surprised that they even got the top spot. Clearly my favorite snare sound!
Shocked that nothing engineered by Brendan OBrien made this list. Soundgarden, STP... but mostly, Chad Smith's snare from RHCP BSSM album is EPIC.
There is major omission in that list : SIMPLE MIND WITH THEIR 1985 ALBUM "ONCE UPON A TIME". Mel Gaynor's Premier snare drum sounds absolutely fantastic and almost iconic on this record.
It's like being in the same room as the snare on Kurt Vile's Like Exploding Stones, so much detail I can almost feel it
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Great list! Nevermind snare was a Tama Bell Brass, blended with Andy Wallace sample, wich he used on many records.
Levee Breaks was recorded with one microphone in a stairwell. A Binson Echorec was also employed. Listen to the highhats and you’ll hear a ghosted upbeat. Bonham played perfectly with the delay of the room. The balance of the kit is just perfect. No need to isolate every single drum. Just incredible. Oh… And that snare is also a black beauty. His signature sound.
Some of my favorite snares/drum sounds:
-Who Made Who by AC/DC (really the whole Maximum Overdrive score session, imo the film mixes even sound better)
-Out Of the Cellar and Invasion of Your Privacy albums by Ratt
-Stick It To Ya album by Slaughter
-By Your Side album by the Black Crowes
-Dirt album by Alice In Chains
-Just A Gigolo by David Lee Roth
-Live a Virgin by Madonna (seriously, thats a KILLER sound and performance.)
-Angela by Motley Crue (arguably the best thing they ever put out)
also, you can always say its ''Van Halen" even before Eddie or any of the two singers are in the track....because of how the drum kit(esp the snare) sounds.
Yes!
long live David Bendeth, amazing sample amazing player, amazing producer! 🎉🎉🎉
One headlight- N&C 4x14 single solid ply maple. Owns every snare listed here
Agree!
I love Sungazer Perihelion snare sound, one of my favorites from modern records.
Man a snare sound is so personal and different for each song. Idk if I could even make a top 10. There are just too many good ones.
My favourite snare sound of all time would have to be the one on Suicide Silence’s No Time To Bleed I just love how ringy it is never been much of a fan of deeper snares, my second favourite would be the one on As Blood Runs Black’s Allegiance album
It's interesting that you mentioned the Black Beauty; I've found that it really sounds good on almost any rock or metal mix.
Let's keep in mind these older rock songs were recorded with minimal set ups and no digital effects. Pretty nuts Blood sugar sex magic by rhcp I read was recorded on like a 4-5 mic set up. Nuts.