These have been employed effectively by just about every rock drummer at one point or another. But these are not exclusive to Dave Grohl or Nirvana or the Foo Fighters.
We are using combinations of flams and bass drums so it is super simple in concept and creates a sound that we’ve enjoyed hearing from the likes of Dave Grohl on Nirvana tracks such as ‘Smells like teen spirit’ (drum intro), ‘In bloom’ (during each chorus) and ‘Come as you are’ (fill into middle 8). It’s just that the flam is a powerful rudiment and using them in the way we use them here is very powerful.
It’s primarily based on rock drum fills but really these can be used in any genre. This flam fills drum lesson is here to help get you out of a drumming rut when you keep playing the same old drum fills.
