Favourite Drum Intros

[Jack the Stripper]

I don't believe we've ever had a favourite drum intros thread here or elsewhere before which is surprising given there's been so many killer and very iconic drum intro's in music history

So come up with your top ten(I know, it's very tough ) then add ten honourable mentions

[Charger]

Wow....now this is a curve ball.

For a proper list I'm gonna have to give this some thought but out of top of my head I'll throw in a couple.

Iron Maiden - Where Eagle Dares
Blaze Bayley - City Of Bones
Ozzy Osbourne - Over The Mountain
Megadeth - Trust
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Motörhead - Overkill
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Iced Earth - High Water Mark
Rainbow - Stargazer

#1 regardless of what else I'm gonna think of
Judas Priest - Painkiller

[Jack the Stripper]

So this is much harder than I thought but I think I've been able to come up with a solid ten favourites although I'm sure I'm gonna forget a few that others will mention.

In no particular order although the first two are probably my top two favourites

Over The Mountain(Lee Kerslake - Ozzy Osbourne)
Painkiller(Scott Travis - Judas Priest)
Overkill(Phil Taylor - Motörhead)
Stay Clean(Phil Taylor - Motörhead)
Gangland(Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Rust In Peace(Nick Menza - Megadeth)
Stargazer(Cozy Powell - Rainbow)
Gypsy(Bill Ward - Black Sabbath)
Hot For Teacher(Alex Van Halen - Van Halen)
Rock and Roll(John Bonham- Led Zeppelin)

Honourable mentions

Run To The Hills(Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Another Life(Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Where Eagles Dare(Nicko McBrain - Iron Maiden)
Riding on the Wind(Dave Holland - Judas Priest)
Indians(Charlie Benante - Anthrax)
Red Hot(Tommy Lee - Motley Crüe)
Epidemic(Dave Lombardo - Slayer)
Trust(Nick Menza - Megadeth)
Exciter(Les Binks - Judas Priest)
Betrayal(Bobby Jarzombek - Halford)

[Charger]

Hmmm...forgot about Exciter and Indians...

I'm gonna have to think about a final list for a second here.

[Zzzptm]

For songs like Iron Man and Turn Up the Night, I consider the opening drum beats as essentially timekeeping and not solos where the ability of the drummer is showcased.

When I saw this thread, two solos leapt to my mind:

Cozy Powell - Stargazer
Ian Paice - Fireball

Next I thought of these two:

Ian Paice - Pictures of Home
Alex Van Halen - Hot for Teacher

Then I thought of "Keep A-Knockin", which is where Zep got their drum intro. That intro belongs to Charles Connor, one of Little Richard's studio drummers and the drummer for his touring band.

Now I'm also thinking of...

Nigel Glockler - This Town Rocks

[Tyr66]

Agree with the vast majority of Jack's list so I copy it and add some other great thunder drums moments :
Nice choice of Zzzptm too !

Over The Mountain (Lee Kerslake - Ozzy Osbourne)
Painkiller (Scott Travis - Judas Priest)
Overkill (Phil Taylor - Motörhead)
Stay Clean (Phil Taylor - Motörhead)
Gangland (Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Stargazer (Cozy Powell - Rainbow)
Hot For Teacher (Alex Van Halen - Van Halen)
Rock and Roll (John Bonham- Led Zeppelin)
Run To The Hills (Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Another Life (Clive Burr - Iron Maiden)
Where Eagles Dare (Nicko McBrain - Iron Maiden)
Riding on the Wind (Dave Holland - Judas Priest)
Epidemic (Dave Lombardo - Slayer)
Iron Man (Bill Ward - Black Sabbath)
Computer God ( Vinnie Appice - Black Sabbath)
Headless Cross ( Cozy Powell - Black Sabbath)
The Lawmaker ( Cozy Powell - Black Sabbath)
Trust (Nick Menza - Megadeth)
Exciter (Les Binks - Judas Priest)
Betrayal (Bobby Jarzombek - Halford)
Fireball (Ian Paice - Deep Purple)
This Town Rocks (Nigel Glockler - Saxon)
The Return of Darkness and Evil -1984 original version (Jonas Åkerlund - Bathory)
Devil Eyes  (Kim Ruzz -Mercyful Fate)
The Curse (Snowy Shaw - King Diamond)

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Some good intros listed already. The only one I would add that I haven't seen mentioned yet is:

Motorhead - Locomotive.

[Jack the Stripper]

^^ Yep that's a good one. Another Motörhead song I thought of yesterday that just missed the cut was Built For Speed

[Tyr66]

Some good intros listed already. The only one I would add that I haven't seen mentioned yet is:

Motorhead - Locomotive.

How could I miss this one?
if Orgasmatron had been produced by Vic Maile instead of Bill Laswell ... This drums sound just kills .

[Zzzptm]

^^ Yep that's a good one. Another Motörhead song I thought of yesterday that just missed the cut was Built For Speed

"Stay Clean", another great one from Philthy.

[Jack the Stripper]

^^ Yep that's a good one. Another Motörhead song I thought of yesterday that just missed the cut was Built For Speed

"Stay Clean", another great one from Philthy.

Yep Both myself and Tyr had it on our lists.

[Tyr66]

oh , talking about Gillan , this one :
I'll Rip Your Spine Out . I Love this intro of Double Trouble album .

[Tyr66]

Bloody Hell , how could I forget this masterpiece , starting with these so groovy drums .

[AnnoMundi]

Would Black Sabbath’s Over and Over count?

[Tyr66]

^^^^ hum ... not sure

Another famous one everyone knows !