Dummer for The Dead Daisies, SILVERTHORNE, played w Whitesnake, Foreigner, Ozzy, Billy Idol, Don Felder, Slash & more! Bonzo Bash founder/gtrst/Speedbagger!
Tokyo, you rocked! What a fun night!
Big thanks to
@yogimusic
for helping us out with his ultra smooth guitar skills! (Pictured here with our old boss who made it out; Koshi Inaba, singer of Japan’s biggest rock band “B’z”. One great guy and kick ass singer!)
@thedeaddaisies
One year ago today my Dad passed.
It was surreal and very sad. It wasn’t something I wanted to post on social media. But, out of love and respect to all he is and to all the great memories he left, I wanted to honor him publicly. Ted Tichy is missed by everyone who knew him. ❤️
Great shot! Great kit! Clive Burr! I spent hundreds of hours playing to the 1st LP, Maiden Japan, Killers & Number. Great drum sound, groove, hands & foot, and great Parts! Clive made up specific parts and fills for every song & took the songs to the next level!👍🏼💥🥁
So sad... RIP Neil Peart ...total legend ...in the top 3 of my all time biggest influences... Changed it all for me when I heard Limelight and Tom Sawyer on the radio in 7th grade! Then buying Moving Pictures...
In 1976, I learned how to play rock drums first, from KISS. Rock gods w great songs! Now I get to play those same songs with the Gene Simmons Band! A lifetime of drumming has come full circle & I get to revisit dreams and memories that hold great value & depth to me.🥁👍🏼🔥🎉💥
Here's one more in honor of the legend
#randyrhoads
! The amazing "I Don't Know" solo!
@Douglas_Aldrich
kindly lent me his Les Paul (thank you Doug)! Randy rules! 💥Haven’t dug into this since high school… needed lots of “lick fixes” !
@blackstaramps
Fly 3
@gibsonguitar
That time back in 2013 when Steven Tyler called me to play a John Varvatos benefit with he and Joe Perry, (along with Robert DeLeo of STP as my rhythm section mate, and Slash special guesting) such an amazing experience! What was even cooler was the rehearsal the day before! 🥁👍🏼
“Somebody Get Me A Doctor” afternoon pre-show hotel room jam with my EVH gtr and Blackstar Fly 3 practice amp. So many kick ass, classic Eddie-isms in this one! But what keeps it all together and still, to this day, a step beyond everyone else, is his insanely funky groove!! 🔥💥
My bud/drum tech for The Dead Daisies Lee Hollister filmed this when we first met and worked together on a Geoff Tate’s Queensryche tour back in 2014. It’s the drum solo ending with a slo-mo stick pop finale. Quads and pops! 👍🏼🥁
Great to see the mighty Randy Rhoads continue to get the respect he deserves by being inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame for musical excellence! His songs are timeless and his tone, riffs, solos, and stage presence rules! So, yeah, he’s musically excellent!!👍🏼👍🏼
Here’s some
@Douglas_Aldrich
throwing down and burning up some spectacular guitar precision during our version of “Burn” yesterday in Hamburg at
@TheDeadDaisies
first show of 2022!
Note the fluid tone, shapely vibrato and picking accuracy!
Doug doing what he does best! 💥🔥👍🏼
There are false claims being made about why I’ve been kicked out of The Dead Daisies.
Regardless of what The Dead Daisies have been stating on social media, it has nothing to do with any artist you may see me play with.
I want to thank everyone for their overwhelming support!
Happy 17th to our beautiful daughters Isabella and Charlotte!
Can’t believe it! Wasn’t I just 17 not too long ago!? 😜 Can’t imagine life without them! ❤️❤️❤️
It’s better not to be a punk than an ATOMIC PUNK!
An EVH gtr, 5150 1 head, Marshall cab w 25 watt greenbacks, MXR Phaser, 57 mic & slap-back added for the solo
Another badass solo & song by King Edward & VH!
@evhgear
@eddievanhalen
@VanHalenNews
My new band!
SILVERTHORNE
Featuring
Pete Shoulder-Vocals/Guitar
Brian Tichy-Drums
Daniel Spree -Bass
Check out the video below for a little taste of what’s to come;
Debut single and video “Tear The Sky Wide Open” coming soon on Golden Robot Records.
Follow us!
@SilverthorneHQ
“Rock And Roll”-1st song broken down in “Breaking Down Bonham”. Check out some of the testimonials + sign up at Dig deep into the mighty style of John Bonham + become a better drummer! In May: The Crunge
@LudwigDrumsHQ
@PaisteNation
@remopercussion
Sept 3rd, 5pm PST, I’m doing a masterclass for the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. Sogn up at: .
A couple hours of Breaking Down Bonham! We will cover whatever you want! The goal is to have fun discussing all things John Bonham and become better drummers! 👍🏼🥁
Thinking of Neil Peart (September 12, 1952 - January 7, 2020) today, and how much inspiration he gave me since first hearing this song (my favorite Rush song) back in 7th grade!
Click here for full vid;
#neilpeart
#theprofessor
#hardtobelieve4years
Finishin up rehearsals (on drums) here in Tokyo with B’z; Japan’s biggest rock band! Lookin forward to playing multiple arena shows in all cities all summer. Big Thx 2
@Blackstaramps
4 this killer practice amp I remembered to bring w me; makin hotel room jammin so much more fun!
Doug Aldrich and I have been doing a little bit of jamming recently and today, totally unplanned, I bring my EVH for him to check out and Doug busts out his ‘78 Les Paul Custom and brings it. Our idols Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen spontaneously represented today! 👍🏼❤️🎉
Cleaned up & set up my “Peart wanna-be” kit for
@modern_drummer
’s Neil Peart Tribute Festival! Now, I have to get comfy on this again in the next 48 hrs, come up w a solo in the spirit of Neil, film it and play it flawlessly! Oh the pressure! I am very honored to have been asked!
A little Bonzo celebration on my own today...
Playing the B section of Fool In The Rain with some extra fills... hihat on 2 and 4 throughout just because, and to challenge myself...🥁
Long Live John Henry Bonham !⚡️⚡️🔥🔥
(Put headphones on to hear the low end of kick ..)
Domo Arigato to B’z carpenters who got my Speed Bag all set up under the stage the other day! So cool... Arena Baggin’ before every show now!
Jennifer Tichy filmed this little bit of footage but more
Is coming soon...👍🏼👍🏼
Happy Bday to the legend Randy Rhoads!
12.6..5 - 3.19.82
Randy / Blizzard of Ozz was a major inspiration in me wanting to learn guitar back in 1980! 🎉❤️
Drummer challenge- play this lick! The sticking is RLLRRLRLL (grouping of 9, 3/4, 3 sets of triplets.) You accent 1, the let of 2, and 3. Accent the rack, rack, floor, but w same exact sticking flip it to floor, floor, rack. Seemed impossible until this “new” concept came to me!
RIP TM STEVENS…I had the good fortune to record with him many times and he was a force to say the least! His personality was infectious and powerful. He will be missed by many…❤️❤️
From one extreme to another. Out of the fire and into the rock. on my FB link read about the fire in my studio house last night & how we grabbed what we could & trekked to Vegas for our first Silverthorne show.. it sucked and it still sucks, but we are gonna throw down tonight !
I recently picked up a 1980 Tama 6.5x14 Rosewood Mastercraft. It’s great! This is the snare that Alex VH used from Fair Warning to OU812! These records have some of the most beautiful and unique snare tones! Playing a bit of I’ll Wait, Drop Dead Legs, Mean Street, and Teacher
RIP VINNIE PAUL! Always made sure for nearly 25 years to tell him how much I love his drumming and how much of an inspiration he and Pantera were on me! So happy we became friends! His charisma and kindness will always be missed! 💔
Recently got this 1948 5x14 Leedy green sparkle (discolored over the decades). It was owned by Frankie Banali (RIP) so I figured it’s probably in good condition. Tightening up the top head it started to sing. Snares have very nice sensitivity & the crack & bonk are there! 👍🏼🥁🎊
Some Digital Man jamming. Neil’s drums sound soooo good on Signals! In take 2, I repeat the INT fil to show its start which is 1.5 bars or 6 1/4 notes before the start of song.
A classic Peart intro including a herta and 3 reverse hertas! 👍🏼🥁
Sign up at for Breaking Down Bonham! Video play-along w n w-out the song, detailed hour vid lesson of song top to bottom, tuning/miking info, my drum chart, pages of practice exercises, and all my prep notes! Rock n Roll + The Crunge are up now! 🥁👍🏼
When away for many months in Japan with no mountain bike, what do ya do?
Buy one and ride... around the Imperial Palace, to Budokan, then the next day to some park and a Sumo arena, then home through the streets of Tokyo...👍🏼🥁
Happy bday to my first drum hero, Peter Criss
@PeterCriss
! 🥁🎉🎊
I just heard Calling Dr. Love yesterday on the radio. One of the many tracks of his with his awesome signature snare tone!! And that song is where I first became aware of, and learned how to play ghost notes! 🥁👍🏼
RIP Frankie Banali... A powerhouse drummer who lived to play until he couldn’t! An inspiration to me at a young age when I’d play along to his super solid performances on the Metal Health and Condition Critical LP’s!
My Paiste Cymbals rundown from a couple weeks ago in Sendai, Japan, on tour with B’z!👍🏼🥁⚡️
Big thanks to Paiste, Ludwig Drums, Remo, and Canopus Drums!
Ok. In honor of the passing of John Bonham today / in honor of his supreme mightiness, what’s your favorite Bonzo studio track?
The one where you go, “omg, what just happened!?”
There r so many, but I think the one that raised the bar, from bar 1, is...
When The Levee Breaks!🥁
Hats off to
@davidcoverdale
on the Red, White and Blue Trilogy! It was an honor & a blast playing in Whitesnake! It’s real nice to see some of my performances included on these LPs! Here’s the newest remix off The Blues Album, “Whipping Boy Blues”
👍🏼🎉🥁
Triplet Avalanche: a 6/8 groove w offbeat backside left hand trips & adding in 16th note trips w dbl kiks. Creating, depending on the listener; either a lovely flurry of broken polyrhythmic speed, or a complete mess, not unlike a 6 monkeys throwin the kit down a flight of stairs!
Vinnie Paul’s Pearl snare he sent me back in 06. This one was scorched in a fire I had. I knew Vinnie since ‘92. Loved everything about his drumming and Pantera! Killer groove, parts, precision, consistency!!
Great memories w him! Time to clean this 1 up! RIP VINCE 🥁❤️
Two shows, two continents, two kits, a wedding, 7 flights, 3.5 hours of Uber, 7 days… session tomorrow on gtr and bass with a Brummie drum legend… tired but figured I should take a ride today, and felt it… ☀️🚴♂️
I was hacked about 6 weeks ago on Facebook. I’ve written them many times and haven’t gotten any help! They suck! My personal page is nowhere to be found and I can’t access it. And my official page is dormant bc it’s tied to the other one!
@facebook
@meta
Great to spend some time with my old boss; the legend that is Lou Gramm! He sounded great singing a mini-set in Bret Michael’s set at Bret’s Parti-Gras show. Doing it again tonight! 👍🏼🎉
Part 2: Van Halen “On Fire” gtr play-along ..🔥🔥🔥
EVH RULES! Guitar is fun! My Xmas vacation has been as close to a vacation as I want, which to me is, getting to do what I want when I want , which is mostly playing guitar!
Myself, Michael Devin, Oni Logan and George Lynch reconvene as Lynch Mob for the first time since 2010 for the MOR Cruise!
I’ll continue playing with LM through most of 2020. Looking forward to rockin’ with my buds again! It’s the 30th Ann of LM’s debut LP Wicked Sensation!👍🏼🥁🎊
EVH! RIP… One of my all-time highlights behind a drum kit! A childhood dream! To experience his brilliance, genius and GROOVE in the flesh, actually performing together, was unlike anything I could have ever imagined! Yes, I got to play the Eruption intro with him!!!💥🔥
The Crunge, Breaking Down Bonham lesson 2, is up now at Charts, exercises, hour long vid lesson, tuning/ miking notes & more! Sign up & get funky 9/8 groove on! Drum on! 🥁👍🏼
Thx to
#ludwig
#paiste
#remo
#promark
#canopus
for their great products!
Sass Jordan - High Road Easy
I played one of my favorite songs by my dear friend and the best rock vocalist, Sass Jordan❣️
@sassjordan
I definitely want to play with her one day🔥
And Brian's drumming is the coolest thing ever! I respect him🥁
@BrianTichy