Page 40 - Sick Drummer Magazine Issue 29 - Hannes Grossmann

SDM: I know you like some heavy bands like QUTSA and whatnot, but how heavy do you like to go?Tomas Haake and Meshuggah are insane, and very groove-oriented. I heard of him before I heard of the band, but I was really enjoying songs like ‘Bleed,’ and pretty much anything off their first three albums. I saw a video of him playing some “non-metal” on youtube once and he’s not just a metal drummer, he’s a complete musician.SDM: The way he plays around 4/4 with adding or removing the first or last beat, pretty much sickens most who try to emulate it. On a side-note, and not a cheery one, I met Tomas and Meshuggah in Toronto playing with Cynic, the same night Louie Bellson passed away. I heard the news on the cab ride to the show, and was just floored. Here I was going to see this monster double bass technique, and the original double bass bad-ass passes away.That’s very cool and very sad at the same time man. Speaking of double bass though, I also like guys like Dave Lombardo, Paul Bostaph. He’s the man. He’s technically proficient and really rocks. They are both incredible... Rain In Blood was a very important album in my past and present. Metallica, Pantera and Slipknot were also great bands. I also love everything Dave Grohl has done... he’s the man. I think he’s done a lot for rock music and been in some great bands. I also love what Jon Theodore used to do in The Mars Volta. Then there’s John Bonham... You know, I’ve always loved his playing, but a few months ago I did a tribute gig and had to learn it all from paper. That changed everything for me about their music. Compositionally, it’s incred- ible how he played to each different member in the band while maintaining the groove of the song. It was just huge.SDM: I may just throw the rest of my questions in the garbage here... [laughs...] And I don’t want to keep you too long.I have a lot of time left, we’re all good. It’s actually nice just sitting here for a little bit without a ton of people around.SDM: Alright... what’s it like touring with twelve people? Thanks for the segway (or as some say segue) :)At this point we’ve been doing 200 dates a year for the last three and a half years. We’re a family now. If we weren’t it would be difficult. I’ve toured witha trio and quartet, and those are the only other 2-3 people you can hang with. At least with a group of 12, I have options! If I’m tired of homie number 1 I can go hang with homie number 7 and it’s all good. There’s a lot of room there to keep the relationships all on great terms. Not physical room, but mentally and emotionally, and they’re all great people.SDM: So you’ve played every state but Alaska... Have you done any shows overseas yet?No, but we just signed with two large agencies that have great international booking abilities. Paradigm and Red Light, so we’re looking forward to some shows abroad in 2017 - Europe and Australia is really pulling for us. We had a video that wentviral not too long ago, with a couple million hits in the first ten days, and that’s when we saw all the attention we were getting from places outside of the states. Requests started pouring in from promoters and club owners all over the place saying, come on over and play here.SDM: Was in the Jam In The Van video for ‘Chatte Lunatique?’Yes, it was that one.SDM: That was the first song I heard from the band, and what you did in that video is just absolutely insane. With two drums and two cymbals, it sounded like you were playing on a regular kit. IfI was not looking, I would have almost bet money there was more gear in front of you.......40carubba cntd.sub Headline interest text