Mark Foo's Last Ride

Mark Foo rewrote the rules of big-wave surfing and turned it into a high-stakes, high-profile thrill show. So when the biggest, baddest new surf break -- Mavericks -- started to churn out 40-foot waves in December 1994, it was inevitable that he'd be there. This tune celebrates his last ride. Previous tunes here and here.

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posted by unSane (8 comments total)

Great guitar riffs. Drummer could use some work, as he's got no swing (and swing helps on surf riffs, just like it does in Western).
posted by klangklangston at 8:31 AM on July 6, 2006

Ha, the drums are programmed, and I am a shit drum programmer. So you are completely right.
posted by unSane at 8:33 AM on July 6, 2006

Heh. I thought it might, but I also know drummers that play like that.
posted by klangklangston at 9:29 AM on July 6, 2006

So do I :(
posted by unSane at 9:39 AM on July 6, 2006

cool even with the drum-bot!
posted by snsranch at 5:09 PM on July 6, 2006

It's really hard to program drums for yourself when you are playing all the instruments. I tend to play ahead of the beat which is fine when everyone else is on the beat as it gives a sense of urgency... but when both guitars and bass are ahead of the beat it makes the programmed stuff sound out of time.
posted by unSane at 5:33 PM on July 6, 2006

For a drumbox, that's quite good drumming. Catchy tune too.
posted by kindall at 11:01 AM on July 8, 2006

Very nice.
posted by cortex at 8:12 AM on July 10, 2006