Mötley Crüe · 1989 · drums by Tommy Lee
Kickstart My Heart
From Dr. Feelgood. Advanced · Straight · rock
Tempo
178BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 148 and climbs to 178 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Revving guitar, then flat out at 178: eighths on the hat, snare on every backbeat, and the double-kick runs into the choruses. The breakdown drops to the floor tom before the last chorus. Tommy Lee's stamina piece.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Tommy Lee
- Read the Tommy Lee feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Tommy Lee's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1989 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Tommy Lee songs
Songs at about 178 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.