Two guitarists, I get. One rhythm and one lead, or maybe two lead for intricate work, or maybe two rhythm for really chunky basswork. Two lead singers can go anywhere from cute husband and wife duos like Arcade Fire or Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to the damn Beatles. But two drummers. What the hell? Is your one drummer too damn lazy to hit the damn drums? It's like the anti-Busted; rather than too few drummers, it's too many.
Let's look at this for a second.
The Ruby Suns:
The Dodos:
The Friendly Fires:
Bear Hands:
White Rabbits:
I mean, I guess I get it. The double drummers in questions split into two sub categories; Ruby Suns, Friendly Fires and Dodos are of the semi-Afro pop variety, and White Rabbits and Bear Hands are of the ragey-thumpy-poundy variety. For the Afropops, where once upon a time a circle of drummers would've taken the spot, it's been reduced to just a couple kids with a bunch of drums (or, in the case of the Ruby Suns, three kids with a crap ton of drums). So I guess I can justify that.
Now, as for the ragey-thumpy-poundy types...I guess I'm less rational. I like White Rabbits very, very much, partially because I'm in love with their photographer, Andrew Droz Palermo, and the work he does is just bloody gorgeous, let's face it. I mean, the drum work isn't particularly intricate, it's just very, very loud. One drummer could potentially do the work of these two, it's just that the thump bang is a little more rewarding. I guess.
That doesn't feel like a very good resolution of the double drummer dilemma, but I don't really know where I'd want that to end up. Really, in conclusion, I think it's silly. This was a terrible article. I'm sorry.
Until I learn how to write,
Stay delectable,
-WF
I'm So Sorry
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