Tool · 1993 · drums by Danny Carey
Sober
From Undertow. Advanced · Straight · prog
Tempo
150BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 120 and climbs to 150 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A stalking, heavy groove with tom-heavy fills and a ride pattern that shifts through the verses, and the big chorus with the crash on every quarter. The tempo is quick, the feel is slow: Carey plays it as if in half-time.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Danny Carey
- Read the Danny Carey feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Danny Carey's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1993 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Danny Carey songs
Songs at about 150 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.