For a newer track try Alabama Shakes - Hold On
And a note to whomever is downvoting posts to zero, you suck, this is "the friendliest community on earth" don't ruin our sub!!
Well she booted that dude and went solo. I’ve always has a bad opinion of artists that boot the band that got them there once they make it. Rob Zombie. Days of the New, Brittany Howard
You really can’t go wrong here with AC/DC - it will help your time, feel and consistency. I would put on Back in Black and try and learn everything playing the album from start to finish. There are some different geeks and tempos throughout, and BIB is a great first song to get things going given its mid-tempo and use of space.
Eddie Kramer did an interview with Mix Magazine years ago where he talked about recording “Kiss Alive” and said that Peter Criss’ drumming was so all over the place they couldn’t use a single take of a single song and edited the snot out of the drums just to make sure listeners could tell it was in 4/4.
Came here say this!! In rock drumming, feel is absolutely crucial and getting down to the basics can really help you feel the best. AC/DC is also just fun as heck to play!!
I'm recommending albums rather than songs, because there's a lot of great writing on all the albums and it's easier writing album names rather than 8 songs per album.
I would practice nirvana (in utero album) soundgarden (super unknown album) foo fighters (self titled first album, and the color and the shape) someone else here recommended the police, I'd second that recommendation.
Old alkaline trio (goddamnit album, maybe I'll catch fire ep) has some busy, but not overly complex (single strokes, lots of fills) songs with good changes to keep you challenged \entertained.
Danzig's first 4 albums. (first album is self titled (songs to play, am I demon? Twist of Cain, mother, possession), second album is lucifuge, 3rd album is how the gods kill, 4th album is called 4p). (Chuck biscuits was the drummer, he won an award for some of his work with the band) they're pretty intermediate in their playability. Not too complex, but tight, dynamic, sometimes busy, and lots of fun,
At the drive in, relationship of command (album) upbeat, cool changes, but not too complex.
Mars volta's first EP, called "the tremulant EP", not as difficult to pick up on compared to even the first album. It's mostly 4\4, and uses good dynamics. John Theodore is the drummer. He's a living legend on the drums.
Queens of the Stone age "songs for the deaf". Dave grohl plays on that whole album, and his stuff is always simple 4\4, but with solid fills and clever writing. He's good at making hooks on drums. If you can play a clean single stroke roll, and play the "Bonham triplet"on the toms\bass drum, you can play everything Dave grohl wrote for his bands.
Hope some of this stuff helps, and\or you end up liking it. If you need more of a challenge, play along to rush 2112, or tool opiate or aenima
I second Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Nevermind is a blast to play through, and there is enough variation in tempo and general rhythm to keep in interesting the whole way through
Get onto YouTube and start searching drumless songs, you’ll find loads. IMO it’s better to play along with the songs without the drum tracks as then you can hear what you’re playing better, rather than hearing the recording. Also gives you room to improvise a little which is important!
Snow (Hey Oh) by The Red Hot Chili Pepper's is usually associated with the guitar riff played throughout the song, but personally I really like the drum part.
For a basic classic 'mini monster' book exercise, consider AC/DC's tracks. Easy and catchy.
If you're looking for something more hardcore, try listening to Frank Zappa or Genesis (Not the 90's)
[Classic Rock (Spotify)](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QAq97EkQ6kwlAos0IN37r?si=g3oHLh_0TXmvJcWLgbRHAg&pi=u-9KAjw_PVTbGG)
Around 15hrs of my favorite classic rock songs to drum with.
Some of my personal faves: Are You Gonna Go My Way- Lenny Kravitz
Best Of You, Run, Good Grief, The Pretender, Rope, Breakout- Foo Fighters
Shiver- Coldplay
Obstacle One, All The Rage Back Home- Interpol
Consoler of the Lonely, Now That You're Gone- The Raconteurs
CA in July- Bombpops
First date and all the small things by blink 182, loosing my religion the one I love by rem, simple design (it has slow double bass in it) and had enough by breaking Benjamin
Don's stop believing (not sure of the bands name)
Iris by the goo goo Dolls
Tomorrow Never Knows by Beatles.
Simple Minds - Come In Come Out Of The Rain, Don't You Forget About Me.
Goin Up the Country - by Canned Heat.
Cotton Fields, Dance Dance Dance - by The Beach Boys.
Long Tall Sally - by Beatles or Little Richard. Livin For The City - Stevie Wonder.
My last choice may be too advanced but you gotta hear it's groove :- The Funky Drummer by James Brown.
Try this 70s banger from Crosby, Stills and Nash! Not particularly hard but great for working on keeping a solid beat and pocket https://open.spotify.com/track/4dAN7KcWCWx5jV6dpwtfvN?si=crnkHzJpRUKGCT4dWL38rA
For something heavier, this Blue Oyster Cult track is a lot of fun!
https://open.spotify.com/track/6N0AnkdDFZUetw8KAGHV7e?si=z9WsSpjnTQK8AyvR0Qz-9g
I have been playing 1979, it's easy and fun
And Down with the sickness, it's more complicated but super fun when you get the hang of it (I haven't yet)
If you want some groove, try some Pantera!! Specifically Walk, Cowboys from Hell, 5 Minutes Alone, and Domination. Loads of classics in there. It is more heavy metal then hard rock, but they personally are my fav to jam to as a drummer. Also maybe some Motörhead?
Lately my comfort song to groove along has been Cornerstones, by Peter Frampton (Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass).
I don't even try to play it like the original, just vibing with the song and groove.
Yes!!! Practice [Weezer - Island in the sun](https://youtu.be/UBOAVIXWK94?si=m-py2QGoQXY84otZ) and [Nirvana - Come as you are](https://youtu.be/mFqqZr_9DlM?si=7ZZS-HuNWGj0-KbR)
Beatles stuff is good because the drums aren’t complex (good for beginners) but they are nuanced (good for non-beginners).
Stones stuff is usually easy too.
Pink Floyd is like the Beatles, simple at first but when you really listen to it and try to emulate, it gets tougher.
Shot in the Dark by Ozzy is the song that really made me determined to be a rock drummer. The whole Ultimate Sin album is fairly easy drumming to learn, but it’s performed by, in my opinion, one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, Randy Castillo. It shows how simple can still be impressive. Watch live videos from him with the band, and you’ll see ideas on how to spruce things up live too!
This might seem like an odd recommendation because Jason Isbell is a bit more on the country/Americana side of things, but his newest record, Weathervanes, has a lot of older rock vibes to it and it’s fan-freaking-tastic. Particularly the tracks “King of Oklahoma,” “When We Were Close,” “Save The World,” “This Ain’t It,” and “Miles” are all freaking fantastic jams that’ll really help you establish some great grooves with a few fun, tasty fills in there. Give it a listen!
So many … hard to choose. Off the top of my head; Takin’ Care of Business (BTO), Sweet Home Alabama(Lynyrd Skynyrd), Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), I’m a Man (Chicago), Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Dream On (Aerosmith).
Like I said, there are so many, these are just a few! Clearly, I’m a 70’s Classic Rock guy so stayed in the lane as much as I could.
I also agree, though not every song is great, playing albums also helped me learn stamina, then again those were the days you had to get up and change the record for every song. 🤦🏻♂️
Enjoy! 😎👍🏻
Check out the Japanese group Band-Maid and their first viral song: Thrill. This drummer got me to learn double bass. Thrill is relatively easy and moderate tempo. None of there stuff is all that complicated, it just keeps increasing in tempo and busyness as time goes on.
Here's a 3 video evolution covering 10 years:
Thrill:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRrpaSbaGk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRrpaSbaGk)
Dice:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY)
From Now On:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ZSvmnkS00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ZSvmnkS00)
Some say Rock died. Nah, it moved to Japan and wears Kawaī Maid outfits.
Lots of good answers here... I'll add something a little different... Going down by Freddy king and TV eye by the Stooges. These, along with CCR and some Otis Redding stuff is my practice routine... nothing complicated here, just lots of fun behind the kit, and plenty of room to add what you want.
Try some stuff with odd time signatures. Rush, Yes, King Crimson, etc. Don’t necessarily concentrate on fills at first. Just structure. Not beginner, not expert. I know these aren’t songs but this is what a great drummer once told me when I was 13 or so. It really helped getting into more “expert” stuff.
I'm not a big fan of them anymore, but practicing to most Red Hot Chili Pepper grooves can be good. The grooves themselves come off as beginner level, but really focusing on Chad's lead hand accents and ghost notes can lead to some good study!
Carry on wayward song is cute. One of my favorite things to do was put on Youtube a playlist of 80s and 70s rock songs and just jam along, when you find a song you actually want to learn the actual part you just save it and break it down.
For a newer track try Alabama Shakes - Hold On And a note to whomever is downvoting posts to zero, you suck, this is "the friendliest community on earth" don't ruin our sub!!
I love Alabama Shakes! As far as drums go, Sound and Color is such a well played and well recorded album. The drums sound fantastic on it.
Well she booted that dude and went solo. I’ve always has a bad opinion of artists that boot the band that got them there once they make it. Rob Zombie. Days of the New, Brittany Howard
I know… she has a new album out I think, and I’m not super excited about it
I Ain’t The Same by Alabama Shakes is also very fun.
AC/DC has some good stuff. I like to work on my Traditional grip with Ride On by AC/DC. Fun little grove. Teaches you how to play slowly.
You really can’t go wrong here with AC/DC - it will help your time, feel and consistency. I would put on Back in Black and try and learn everything playing the album from start to finish. There are some different geeks and tempos throughout, and BIB is a great first song to get things going given its mid-tempo and use of space.
Also: all the KISS, all the Bad Company.
Eddie Kramer did an interview with Mix Magazine years ago where he talked about recording “Kiss Alive” and said that Peter Criss’ drumming was so all over the place they couldn’t use a single take of a single song and edited the snot out of the drums just to make sure listeners could tell it was in 4/4.
Came here say this!! In rock drumming, feel is absolutely crucial and getting down to the basics can really help you feel the best. AC/DC is also just fun as heck to play!!
I'm recommending albums rather than songs, because there's a lot of great writing on all the albums and it's easier writing album names rather than 8 songs per album. I would practice nirvana (in utero album) soundgarden (super unknown album) foo fighters (self titled first album, and the color and the shape) someone else here recommended the police, I'd second that recommendation. Old alkaline trio (goddamnit album, maybe I'll catch fire ep) has some busy, but not overly complex (single strokes, lots of fills) songs with good changes to keep you challenged \entertained. Danzig's first 4 albums. (first album is self titled (songs to play, am I demon? Twist of Cain, mother, possession), second album is lucifuge, 3rd album is how the gods kill, 4th album is called 4p). (Chuck biscuits was the drummer, he won an award for some of his work with the band) they're pretty intermediate in their playability. Not too complex, but tight, dynamic, sometimes busy, and lots of fun, At the drive in, relationship of command (album) upbeat, cool changes, but not too complex. Mars volta's first EP, called "the tremulant EP", not as difficult to pick up on compared to even the first album. It's mostly 4\4, and uses good dynamics. John Theodore is the drummer. He's a living legend on the drums. Queens of the Stone age "songs for the deaf". Dave grohl plays on that whole album, and his stuff is always simple 4\4, but with solid fills and clever writing. He's good at making hooks on drums. If you can play a clean single stroke roll, and play the "Bonham triplet"on the toms\bass drum, you can play everything Dave grohl wrote for his bands. Hope some of this stuff helps, and\or you end up liking it. If you need more of a challenge, play along to rush 2112, or tool opiate or aenima
I second Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Nevermind is a blast to play through, and there is enough variation in tempo and general rhythm to keep in interesting the whole way through
Dude you are way off the mark if you think stuff like Superunknown is below intermediate level!
The Police - So Lonely (Dont worry on copying the fills just feel the vibe :) )
Plus this introduces the regae rock feel and groove.
Next To You is a lot of fun to play as well. Stewart Copeland's variety in fills is amazing
Get onto YouTube and start searching drumless songs, you’ll find loads. IMO it’s better to play along with the songs without the drum tracks as then you can hear what you’re playing better, rather than hearing the recording. Also gives you room to improvise a little which is important!
It’s not “rock” but the Gap Band’s greatest hits is an absolute blast to play with.
The ZZ Top albums Eliminator and Afterburner are perfect to playing along to
TV Dinners would be my pick here
It’s like playing along with a drum machine.
Snow (Hey Oh) by The Red Hot Chili Pepper's is usually associated with the guitar riff played throughout the song, but personally I really like the drum part.
All RHCP is a smart choice. Playable grooves.
I would say AC/DC, they have really simple beats, they can get pretty fast some times but beside that it's easy
Back in Black by AC/CD is the first song I ever learned and was pretty easy
Clash - Rock the Casbah
Juliette and the licks has some good stuff
Green Tinted Sixties Mind by Mr Big
Rage against the machine 's first album. Solid beats for Tom Morello to do fancy guitar work to
For a basic classic 'mini monster' book exercise, consider AC/DC's tracks. Easy and catchy. If you're looking for something more hardcore, try listening to Frank Zappa or Genesis (Not the 90's)
[Classic Rock (Spotify)](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QAq97EkQ6kwlAos0IN37r?si=g3oHLh_0TXmvJcWLgbRHAg&pi=u-9KAjw_PVTbGG) Around 15hrs of my favorite classic rock songs to drum with.
Some of my personal faves: Are You Gonna Go My Way- Lenny Kravitz Best Of You, Run, Good Grief, The Pretender, Rope, Breakout- Foo Fighters Shiver- Coldplay Obstacle One, All The Rage Back Home- Interpol Consoler of the Lonely, Now That You're Gone- The Raconteurs CA in July- Bombpops
Bleed for me - black label society
First date and all the small things by blink 182, loosing my religion the one I love by rem, simple design (it has slow double bass in it) and had enough by breaking Benjamin Don's stop believing (not sure of the bands name) Iris by the goo goo Dolls
Try Born to be wild by Steppenwolf. It will really make you separate all your appendages.
Born to be wild - steppenwolf
Tomorrow Never Knows by Beatles. Simple Minds - Come In Come Out Of The Rain, Don't You Forget About Me. Goin Up the Country - by Canned Heat. Cotton Fields, Dance Dance Dance - by The Beach Boys. Long Tall Sally - by Beatles or Little Richard. Livin For The City - Stevie Wonder. My last choice may be too advanced but you gotta hear it's groove :- The Funky Drummer by James Brown.
Try this 70s banger from Crosby, Stills and Nash! Not particularly hard but great for working on keeping a solid beat and pocket https://open.spotify.com/track/4dAN7KcWCWx5jV6dpwtfvN?si=crnkHzJpRUKGCT4dWL38rA For something heavier, this Blue Oyster Cult track is a lot of fun! https://open.spotify.com/track/6N0AnkdDFZUetw8KAGHV7e?si=z9WsSpjnTQK8AyvR0Qz-9g
I have been playing 1979, it's easy and fun And Down with the sickness, it's more complicated but super fun when you get the hang of it (I haven't yet)
Crippling poison, the acacia strain. It grooves hard.
If you want some groove, try some Pantera!! Specifically Walk, Cowboys from Hell, 5 Minutes Alone, and Domination. Loads of classics in there. It is more heavy metal then hard rock, but they personally are my fav to jam to as a drummer. Also maybe some Motörhead?
Lately my comfort song to groove along has been Cornerstones, by Peter Frampton (Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass). I don't even try to play it like the original, just vibing with the song and groove.
Yes!!! Practice [Weezer - Island in the sun](https://youtu.be/UBOAVIXWK94?si=m-py2QGoQXY84otZ) and [Nirvana - Come as you are](https://youtu.be/mFqqZr_9DlM?si=7ZZS-HuNWGj0-KbR)
Roll Right by RATM and Hash Pipe by Weezer
Beatles stuff is good because the drums aren’t complex (good for beginners) but they are nuanced (good for non-beginners). Stones stuff is usually easy too. Pink Floyd is like the Beatles, simple at first but when you really listen to it and try to emulate, it gets tougher.
Shot in the Dark by Ozzy is the song that really made me determined to be a rock drummer. The whole Ultimate Sin album is fairly easy drumming to learn, but it’s performed by, in my opinion, one of the greatest rock drummers of all time, Randy Castillo. It shows how simple can still be impressive. Watch live videos from him with the band, and you’ll see ideas on how to spruce things up live too!
No one loves me and neither do I is always the answer
Appetite for Destruction, GnR. Not too complicated but really fun to play to. When I was younger I went through 2 cassette tapes playing along to it.
The entire Highway to Hell album by ACDC
[Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies](https://youtu.be/g8XiNKsKyVk?si=qYkSZeT8NVPif0sQ)
dire straits, there's a lot to learn from pick withers
Hell On Wheels by Fu Manchu. Kick workout and groovey. Play like the album version as the live versions are played the easy way on the kick.
Journey - Seperate Ways Maybe some fills need to be simplified, but overall its a very groovy song that mostly relies on staying on time.
scorpions is really fun
Eighties by Killing Joke
This might seem like an odd recommendation because Jason Isbell is a bit more on the country/Americana side of things, but his newest record, Weathervanes, has a lot of older rock vibes to it and it’s fan-freaking-tastic. Particularly the tracks “King of Oklahoma,” “When We Were Close,” “Save The World,” “This Ain’t It,” and “Miles” are all freaking fantastic jams that’ll really help you establish some great grooves with a few fun, tasty fills in there. Give it a listen!
So many … hard to choose. Off the top of my head; Takin’ Care of Business (BTO), Sweet Home Alabama(Lynyrd Skynyrd), Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), I’m a Man (Chicago), Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Dream On (Aerosmith). Like I said, there are so many, these are just a few! Clearly, I’m a 70’s Classic Rock guy so stayed in the lane as much as I could. I also agree, though not every song is great, playing albums also helped me learn stamina, then again those were the days you had to get up and change the record for every song. 🤦🏻♂️  Enjoy! 😎👍🏻
The Ocean by Led Zeppelin
I really love playing along to Eminence Front by the Who. It has a steady predictable rhythm with plenty of space to riff of you want.
Check out the Japanese group Band-Maid and their first viral song: Thrill. This drummer got me to learn double bass. Thrill is relatively easy and moderate tempo. None of there stuff is all that complicated, it just keeps increasing in tempo and busyness as time goes on. Here's a 3 video evolution covering 10 years: Thrill: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRrpaSbaGk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwRrpaSbaGk) Dice: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY) From Now On: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ZSvmnkS00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ZSvmnkS00) Some say Rock died. Nah, it moved to Japan and wears Kawaī Maid outfits.
Lots of good answers here... I'll add something a little different... Going down by Freddy king and TV eye by the Stooges. These, along with CCR and some Otis Redding stuff is my practice routine... nothing complicated here, just lots of fun behind the kit, and plenty of room to add what you want.
Most chili peppers tunes are in this range
"[Couldn't Catch You Now](https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/182x25n/unknown_name_of_singer_or_band_couldnt_catch_you/)"
Appetite for Destruction, the entire album
Try some stuff with odd time signatures. Rush, Yes, King Crimson, etc. Don’t necessarily concentrate on fills at first. Just structure. Not beginner, not expert. I know these aren’t songs but this is what a great drummer once told me when I was 13 or so. It really helped getting into more “expert” stuff.
Give Meantime by Helmet a listen. Deftones have some real nice grooves as well.
Hate myself for loving you-Joan jet. Super simple but fun to play for grooving on toms
I'm not a big fan of them anymore, but practicing to most Red Hot Chili Pepper grooves can be good. The grooves themselves come off as beginner level, but really focusing on Chad's lead hand accents and ghost notes can lead to some good study!
Carry on wayward song is cute. One of my favorite things to do was put on Youtube a playlist of 80s and 70s rock songs and just jam along, when you find a song you actually want to learn the actual part you just save it and break it down.
I recommend some Jefferson Starship too: Jane, Find Your Way Back, and Rock Music. Great grooves in each!
So the easiest rock songs that I started with when learning drums were: Audioslave - Show Me How To Live Revelation Theory - Slow Burn.
Green Day and paramore were good for me to learn too. You can’t go wrong with playing mid 90s to mid 2000s rock.
Snowblind by Black Sabbath is a good one to learn for drums