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Steve rules. Seriously, he is one of the best drummers alive. He doesn't need to show off all the time like other drummers who just play fast all the time. People always think fast drummers are good when in fact any hgh school (even middle school) drummer could do that shit. Steve makes his parts fit perfectly into the song. Sometimes the songs sound better with more basic sounding beats and sometimes with crazier ones. Just listen to Pattern Recognition. That song is one of my favorite drum songs; there is so much variation.
Even so, the dude is like a fucking metronome. He is so spot on and solid. After all, that's what drummers are for; keeping the beat. If a drummer can't keep the beat then he/she is useless.
I also think Steve made SY a lot better when he joined. Before, the drummers were more experimental, but Steve came in and changed that. Lee, Kim, and Thurston still kept experimenting while Steve gave the songs structure. On a lot of songs, the guitars are just raging, but in the back, Steve and sometimes Kim are keeping a beat and rhythm to make the songs more structured.
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