I’m not a drummer, so I can’t be technical in my response. But first I want to be clear that I didn’t intend to be derogatory…I’m a shameless Xer and love so much of the music of the 80s. So I wouldn’t wish for our weatherdrummer to be any less 80s!
If I can pick out some things from memory that made that impression on me: a lack of syncopation, a really enthusiastic backbeat on the snare, and some pretty square tom fills. It really boils down to the feeling that his playing could have been dropped right into any number of New Wave hits and sounded just perfect.
