Which was the first band to use double bass drums(2-pedal bass drum)?

Question

I LOVE the sound of this! A lot of Metal bands use this technique but what was the first band to do so? I know some bands had 2 drummers, but I mean one drummer with double pedal and two bass drum.

Answer 1

Rock-I would have to go with Ginger Baker (Cream), Keith Moon (The Who), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) were all using double bass kits back in the 60's.
Jazz-Billy Cobham is the first one that comes to mind with double bass kit.

Answer 2

Used Double Bass Pedal

Answer 3

I agree with Dave Thomas. Louie bellson was one of the first ever drummers to use 2 basses. this was back in the 30s. now, at this time, jazz was the most popular style of music. drummers didnt even have modern drum setups back then. they were still in the experimental stages of the drum kit. prior to this time period, jazz drummers played a more "big band" style of drumming. that is, kick on beats 1 and 3, and snare on 2 and 4. around the 30 is when bebop style jazz started to emerge. the drummers in the time period began to experiment with new and different setups. hell, the hihat stand hadnt even been invented by this point. so this really was the earliest example of using 2 bass drums. of course, once you get into the late 50s and 60s, you start to see the drumset becoming more common, and thats why so many drummers from the 60s are accosiated with being the "first" to play double bass, when really, it happened much earlier.

Answer 4

[edit] Double bass
In some forms of jazz and many forms of heavy metal, two bass drum pedals are used, one operated by each foot. The idea for the double bass drum setup came from legendary jazz drummer Louie Bellson when he was still in high school. Originally two tuned bass drums were used for this, but a double pedal on the same drum using an extension mechanism is now more common, due to lower cost and ease of tuning. Although a double pedal will help conserve space, drum resonance is affected by having two beaters playing one drum which is why drummers may opt for the classic two bass drum setup. Some drummers have also experimented with two different bass drum tunings, sometimes combining this with double beaters so as to have more than two pedals.

With two feet playing bass drum, many of the techniques of snare drum playing (such as rudiments and rolls) can be performed on the bass drums.

Answer 5

Double Bass Cream

Answer 6

Ginger Baker and Keith Moon started the double bass drums in rock music in the mid-60's. Cozy Powell played double bass drums in Rainbow in the late 70's, well before Metallica.

Answer 7

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My opinion is it only matters in how much cash you wanna drop. A dbl peddle on one bass is massive when Mic'd and played well. Plus in a small start up band room is money bro, room on small stages and travel storage space. I see two bass drums for double bass for the made it guy and none of the above matters, but not practicality.

Answer 8

Seems like a waste of money and space. I guess it's good if you wanted to do different things for different songs but even then you could always just use your right foot on a double pedal.

Answer 9

Ginger Baker of Cream was the first person to really use the double bass drum set up.

To the person who said that the first metal band to use it was Metallica...WTF!??!!!

Answer 10

the person who thought up the double bass drum was Louie Bellson the legendary jazz drummer. i dont know what year this was but it was before The Who or any other famous bands. i would say that the first band was The Who, but the first metal band was Metallica.