Oh shit! I remember that one…seeing Pete get up and wander around, brush his teeth. Good lord, gotta love 80s videos.

Ha! He was totally in the top five. His constant snare/bass drum quick snapping nearly ruins every Metallica song. He was definitely first place in the "bad production" category. LOVE THAT SNARE.

This is a great reply, thanks! I admit to not remembering much of "The Long Run" except the title track, which seems pretty serviceable, "Heartache Tonight," which I loathe beyond reason, and the drumming for "I Can't Tell You Why," which I think almost ruins a very pretty song. It's just so tone deaf. Bad snare…

Upvote for Essential Whoness. Kind of elegant and descriptive that might not sound as cool if you used it on other bands. Essential Yesness? Essential Zepness? Rushness?

This is true, I think, if you are going for pure drum sound and presence, absolutely. Bonham's drums are an essential, organic part of the mix—their songs are just drenched in drums like a mess of syrup, and it's delicious.

Nice call! He's an ace all over that album. He keeps "The Battle of Epping Forest" together and lays down a pretty thick beat in "I Know What I Like."

His outro in "The Lamia" from Lamb is one my favorite drum bits of all time. Goddamned beautiful. Neither Bonham nor Moon ever knew how to play cymbals like he could.

Collins is an amazing drummer. I replied elsewhere further up, so sorry for the repeat, I just can't get enough of my Collins praise today! No other prog drummer could swing like him. Listen to the 70s Genesis records—he does a lot of subtle, interesting things—great cymbal accents, especially. He's busy without being…

SO MUCH ALCOHOL.

And his drumming ruled. So fucking good on those 70s albums. I often think he was better than Bruford. While Bruford was a jazz man through and through, Collins really swings. And he manages to keep things sane through all of Gabriel's merry house of wonders stuff. He got a little too much into the gated sound in…

I was just talking about this today at work. We have a lot of free time as you might imagine. Henley's drumming is so bad—he made the top of our list of worst drummers in huge bands. Not only was his drumming weak, but it seems that no one ever knew how to produce his snare so that it didn't sound like total shit.

Love that track so much. And Jones laid down a groove that Moon never could have mastered. Definitely their best post-Moon moment.

Man, I love "Slit Skirts." The Big Country rhythm section really makes that album move.

Was that "Rough Boys" maybe? I seem to remember that one on MTV night and day for a long time.

Love that track. I think "My Wife" might be the best song on the album, really.

905 was always my favorite as well—it stands out as a nice little slab in an otherwise anemic record. Moon sounds pretty lethargic on the track (on all of these tracks, really), but he's got a good pop on the snare and a few good accents to help out—his switch from hi-hat to ride is really one of the best moments in…

It was pretty bad. Does Hanz Gruber falling off the building still hold up, I wonder?

Yes! I saw it in the theater—was one of the worst, most blatantly phony things I've ever seen. There were howls of laughter in the packed audience. And that was just for Halle Berry's performance.

My favorite thing in Revenge is when the shark balances on his tail long enough to get impaled. Still, that's a pretty good effect compared to Jaws 3. I also consider Louis Gossett Jr.'s performance to be a special effect. "SEAL THE PARK."

I saw Jaws 3-D in the theater. I remember the 3-D effects being pretty cool—of course, I was a child. But they were way better than the Friday the 13th 3-D effects, which makes sense, I suppose.