Clang Clang Clang, Bang Bang Bang; high percussion in popular music

Sunday, 22 June 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
An overhead view of a rock drum kit cymbal, cracked and broken from being hit too hard!

Iggy Pop once described his initial musical ethos as chasing the sound of ‘Clang Clang Clang, Bang Bang Bang; loud and louder’.

Simple, impressive percussive sounds that can be easily mastered. This is a collection of songs that come to the mind of Madison Moffatof Trans-creator Radio when they ruminate on that ideal.

 

Down on the Street / The Stooges; Fun House LP [1970]

High Society (Calypso) / Louis Armstrong and His Band; High Society Motion Picture Soundtrack LP [1956]

Beat Boy / Visage; Beat Boy (Cassette Remix Edition) LP Cassette [1984]

Peter Piper / Run DMC; Raising Hell LP [1986]

Needle To the Groove / Mantronix; The Album LP [1985]

Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) / Sigue Sigue Sputnik; Love Missile F1-11 12” EP [1986]

Hungry Town / Big Pig; BONK LP [1988]

Sabotage / Beastie Boys; Ill Communication LP [1994]

Kiss / Age of Chance; Kiss 7” Single [1986]

People are People / Depeche Mode; Some Great Reward [1984]

Microphone Fiend / Rage Against the Machine; Renegades LP [2000]

 

Image: ‘Close-up of a Broken Drum Cymbal’ by @cottonbro

 

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