Moe Tucker (Velvet Underground)
A totally off-kilter drummer, Moe Tucker chose to stand instead of sit, she played with mallets instead of sticks and avoided using cymbals unless completely necessary or unexpected. Tucker chose to follow the emotional flow of the song to drive her percussion, not to follow the actual time signature exactly. She was a rhythm section of her own, with her own nuance, and she somehow didn’t overpower Lou Reed.
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