We Got The Beat!!!
- Lyric from the Go Gos

Welcome to my newest feature on my website........... no it has nothing to do with the Go Gos. That line just seemed to fit perfectly in the title for this page, because it has to do with my favorite drummers! These people are the reason that I love drums and I'm going to try to be a drummer one day (note I said try lol). Now, let us look at and worship some of the greatest drummers!!

By the way, the works listed under each of them as things that they have worked on is only all that I know of and probably not all that exist (especially in Peter and Jimmy's cases). I'm doing all I can to make this website accurate. If you know any more information and/or see something that is false here, just email me at anime_girl_@c4.com. I would appreciate it :D

 

Peter in 2000 Name: Peter Criss
Band: KISS
Born: Brooklyn, NY
Drums: Pearl
Drum Sticks: Vic Firth
Songs written by him:

Released
KISS

  • Love Theme From Kiss
  • Beth
  • Baby Driver
  • Hooligan
  • Dirty Livin'

Discography:

KISS - KISS (1974), Hotter Than Hell (1974), Dressed To Kill (1975), Alive! (1975), Destroyer (1976), Rock And Roll Over (1976), Love Gun (1977), Alive II (1977), Dynasty (1979), MTV Unplugged (1996), Psycho Circus (1998).

Solo - Peter Criss (1978), Out Of Control (1980), Let Me Rock You (1982), Cat #1 (1994).

Back up Vocals - Ace Frehley's Trouble Walkin'

Back up Vocals and Extra Percussion - Hot In The Shade
Jimmy in 2000 Name: Jimmy Chamberlin
Band: Smashing Pumpkins
Born: Chicago, IL
Drums: Yamaha Maple Custom in custom green finish.
Drum Sticks: Vic Firth 5B
Quote: "I played exactly what I wanted to play whenever I wanted to play it."
Discography:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (1991), Lull (1992), Siamese Dream (1993), Pisces Iscariot (1994), Aeroplane Flies High (1996), Machina I -Machines of God (2000), Machina II-The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music (2000).

Click to view Jimmy's drum setup
Evan in 1997

Evan in 2000

 Name: Evan Bivins
Band: Jump Little Children
Born: Winston-Salem, NC
Lives in: Charleston, SC
Drums: 1963 Rogers drum set with red agate finish.
Drum Sticks: Vic Firth
Songs written by him:

Released

  • Dark and Lonely Man
  • Lamplight
  • Bad Side
  • Innocent Kiss
  • B-13
  • Say Goodnight (co-authored with Jay Clifford)

Unreleased

  • If the Spirit Moves
  • This Utopian Sky
  • Madness
  • Anybody
  • Once I (co-authored with Jay Clifford?)
  • Stay My Hand (aka Just)
  • Midnight

Discography:

Jump, Little Children - The Licorice Tea Demos (1995), Buzz (1997), Magazine (1998)

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  • Pictures of Peter Criss, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jimmy's Drum Setup, drum information and quote are from "Modern Drummer" August 2000 issue.
  • Information and picture (first one taken by Cary Clifford) for Evan Bivins from http://www.jumplittlechildren.com/
  • Discography for Peter Criss from https://members.tripod.com/~drummersofkiss/criss.html
  • Information about songs written by Peter Criss and the back vocals on Trouble Wakin' and back up vocals and extra percussion on Hot in the Shade information provided by Alive2000.
  • Song list for Evan provided by Yahoo! Jump, Little Children club see here.
  • Jimmy's discography information from http://www.cdnow.com/