Green Day · 1994 · drums by Tré Cool
Basket Case
From Dookie. Intermediate · Straight · punk
Tempo
170BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 140 and climbs to 170 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A quiet guitar verse, then the drums come in on a snare build and the song goes at 170 to the end. Fast eighths on the hat, snare on the backbeat, and the drop to the floor tom in the "sometimes I give myself the creeps" section.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Tré Cool
- Read the Tré Cool feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Tré Cool's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1994 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Tré Cool songs
Songs at about 170 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.