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Lou Dog
(September 2005 Issue)
Headline "I come from that
Orange County, mid-'80s punk rock scene," says Lou
Dog, drummer for
hip-hoppers Kottonmouth Kings. "I'm a punk drummer. I play hip-hop like
a punk." Lou joined
Kottonmouth Kings, with his former Humble Gods
cohort, Brad X, in 1997. His goal in life? "To play hip-hop that rocks
harder
than anything else out there."
As the rare hip-hop act using a live drummer, Lou's
hard-rocking approach gives
The Kings cross-genre appeal, thanks
largely to his elaborately customized kit, spawned from a vision he had
while riding a
'64 Schwinn low-rider three-wheeler show bike. "The Drum
Trike is so detailed, so engineered, so conceptual," says Lou,
"that to
completely appreciate it is to get into the details. I was sitting on
this bike one day. I got a beat in my head and
started imagining that I
was playing drums. The next thing I know, the snare pops up between my
legs, right over the
crossbar. On one end of the handle bar, I've got
my miniature 10'' remote hi-hat cymbals with the 8''
splash cymbal off
of that. On my right handlebar, I've got 6'' and an 8'' mini timbales,
with a little
cowbell on top of that to give me my distinctive sound."
"I'm taking orders right now because people want to buy
these
bikes," says Lou. "Tommy Lee is buying the bike I'm currently touring
with." Members of Limp Bizkit and Stone
Temple Pilots have also
expressed interest in owning the Drum Trike kits, which are
individually hand assembled by Lou
himself.
With all the customizing involved in hybridizing the Drum
Trike, it must be asked: Does it still function as a
bike? "Hell yeah!"
says Lou. "I can ride it off stage!"
Gail Worley
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