Green Day · 1994 · drums by Tré Cool
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From Dookie. Intermediate · Straight · punk
Tempo
143BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 113 and climbs to 143 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Verses on a rolling tom pattern under the famous bass line, choruses on the crash with snare on every beat. The tom groove is the part to get right — it has to swing slightly without dragging.
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 143 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Duality144
- Nothing Else Matters142
- Panama142
- Times Like These145
- YYZ141
- Girls, Girls, Girls140