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The king, Gene Krupa. Three syllables: Show-Man-Ship! The best. My hero. Create a new list. Shopping cart. There are no products in the cart! At any given show, you might see singer-keytarist Paul Meany do a handstand atop his piano or leap into the pit aboard an inflatable raft. Or King might lead a second-line march into the crowd or scale a ladder in the audience for a drum solo. And the reasoning behind that is, if we do a good enough show, and it's memorable, then we'll get to do another one someday.

On this tour, in support of the band's fourth album Vitals , the key new element is a light show that's "very meticulously choreographed and synched to the music," King said. For this album, that makes sense. Vitals largely ditches the guitar-heavy, garage-blues-influenced rawness of 's Odd Soul, and the frenetic rock pulse of earlier singles like Typical and Spotlight. Instead, the band embraces atmospheric keyboards and synth drums — a challenge that King said he welcomed.

For King the most fun drummers to watch are those who bring personality into performances — guys like Keith Moon, Levon Helm and Yogi Horton. It came through in the way that they set up in their instrument, it came through in the way they played it. King's inventive musical mind has led to new opportunities around the music industry.

He's also found himself at the beck and call of another musical heavyweight: Kanye West. After getting a call to recreate a specific sample for West and Travis Scott, King started getting texts late at night, "saying some files were on the way, and they would ask me to do my thing. Features Latest News News. Clipping As we said above, King does one hell of a mean shuffle. Reset Every band has an instrumental that throws all creative caution to the wind in favour of sheer freakishness.

It felt like the stars had smiled in a strange way on our lives and brought us together in the most improbable way to play music together when the stakes were especially high.

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