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Drummers, Feature Stories

Adam Pedretti: Killing Heidi’s Thunder


For Killing Heidi drummer Adam Pedretti, the common link between his former band, hardcore rockers NIL, and his present group, the teen-appeal rock band fronted by seventeen-year-old bombshell Ella Hooper, was producer Paul Kosky. “Paul had worked with NIL as producer, so he knew I could play a little bit off-the-wall,” says Pedretti from his home in Melbourne, Australia.

While Killing Heidi have played only a handful of club showcases in the States, they regularly draw crowds in the tens of thousands at huge Australian music festivals like The Big Day Out. They also do in-store record signings that routinely attract up to three thousand fans. “It can get a little bit nuts,” Pedretti laughs.

Killing Heidi’s debut, Reflector, was recorded entirely on Pro Tools, giving Pedretti and Kosky a lot of freedom. “We could play over parts on songs like ‘Mascara’ or ‘superman/Supergirl’ [which feature abrupt time changes], where I could be riding a double kick drum all the way through. By the end of recording we were tracking over drums and doing all this weird stuff. It was a compromise of what Paul wanted, what I wanted, and stuff we made up along the way.”

Pedretti reckons that Reflector provided him with the ability to grow artistically. “I feel I’m a much better player now because of it,” he insists. “Now I can jump into any kind of situation. Whatever we do, it’s no problem.”

 


Posted in Drummers, Feature Stories Tagged Adam Pedretti, Ella Hooper, Killing Heidi, Modern Drummer, Modern Drummer Magazine, NIL, drummer, drums


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