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Gabriel Comacho
(August 2005 Issue)
The Stevenson Factor When LA's Audio Karate chose punk drumming legend Bill Stevenson to produce their new album,
Lady Melody,
it was "pretty much a dream come true" for drummer Gabriel Camacho.
"The first punk band I listened to
was The Descendents," says Camacho.
"Bill's style was so different from anything I'd heard. He was the
first
drummer I ever heard play a fill through four counts or even a
whole verse. I thought that was amazing.
"I
always
loved the drum sounds on Descendents' records," Gabe continues. "So
when Bill asked me what kind of drum
sound I wanted to go for, I told
him about things he'd played that have influenced me. For example, I
really liked the
attack of the drums on Pummel. But for my snare sound, I wanted to use something like he got on Everything
Sucks.
Since he did all of those albums, he was able to show me what I wanted
to learn. It was fun to go back to albums
that have contained the
anthems of my life, and to be able to establish my drum sound from the
man who actually played on
those records."
Gail Worley
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