The FRANK FERRER appreciation thread (holy shit, what a drummer!)

[estebanf]

OH MY GOD!! Frank is absolutely on fire on all the songs!! Have you seen him in ''Sorry'' at the Seoul concert? He plays tight and with a massive ammount of power! I was doubtful about him playing songs like TWAT, Sorry or Shackler's, but damn it he was THE MAN of the band in all these three tracks!!

I must admit I was hoping Brain to be in this tour, and I also must admit i was actually not happy at all with Frank replacing Brain, but now I must say I am not missing Brain at all and that Frank was for me the biggest of the surprises! I'm actually very happy of how he's playing, with such intensity and power!

Sorry Frank, I was a bit unfair with you in the past, but I change my mind 100%. I needed 2 concerts to do it. YOU FUCKING ROCK

[MYWIFEMYLIFE]

The band is THE BAND rite now, not a bunch of hired guns, all of them are awesome. They will play better and better each gig and surely will destroy South America. Then kick our sorry asses here in Europe.

[Strongback]

He sounds incredible! I'm happy that he is the gnr's drummer!

[russtcb]

OH MY GOD!! Frank is absolutely on fire on all the songs!! Have you seen him in ''Sorry'' at the Seoul concert? He plays tight and with a massive ammount of power! I was doubtful about him playing songs like TWAT, Sorry or Shackler's, but damn it he was THE MAN of the band in all these three tracks!!

I must admit I was hoping Brain to be in this tour, and I also must admit i was actually not happy at all with Frank replacing Brain, but now I must say I am not missing Brain at all and that Frank was for me the biggest of the surprises! I'm actually very happy of how he's playing, with such intensity and power!

Sorry Frank, I was a bit unfair with you in the past, but I change my mind 100%. I needed 2 concerts to do it. YOU FUCKING ROCK

I've been dying for Frank to get this kind of love from folks. I was sold on the dude after catching them late in 06. HELL YES!

Go THUNDERCHUCKER GO!

[kaasupoltin]

I think Frank is better than Brain. And I'm only talking about who's the right guy to be in this band, not about talent or technique (not saying that Frank isn't as good as Brain). I think Brain was better fit when Bucket and Finck were in, but Frank did awesome job in 06-07.. And now with Ashba, Ron and Richard being the guitarists Frank is just perfect. Their styles just kinda click with each other..

For me this is THE lineup after the UYI-lineup. Just great, brilliant.

[Trist805]

Frank is a force to be reckoned with.     I was a huge fan of Brain and Bucket, but I think Frank has much more of a presence behind the drums.   Reminds me of a badass rock band.  He pounds those drums hard too. 

[D]

Love Frank's drumming

he is the perfect GNR drummer.he has the swing of Adler, the power of Sorum and the technicality of Brain

[BurningHills]

This band has never sounded better than it does now, and it's only two shows in!

This entire tour is going to be something special, folks!

[Voodoochild]

Agreed esteban. His work on Sorry was brutal. Loved it!

[Christian]

I'm one who Loves Brain Work @ ChiDem

But Frank is proving that he is a GREAT DRUMMER! The weakest song of his drumming (in 2006/7) was November Rain (IMO) and it's okay again.

"Sorry" I couldn't listen to the drums clearly - the video doesn't helps too much, but it APPEARS that he made a good job there.

I'm still waiting for Prostitute, so i can judge properly! But, listening to the last 2 shows videos, i'm more confident that he'll do a great job in that song than i was before the tour starts.

[Ulises]

I've always said it. While a lot of people intended to put Brain in an altar, nobody seems to care about Ferrer.

It is cool to see how many people think about Ferrer what I thought in 2007..

[zombux]

Brain couldn't play YCBM - Frank can he might be worse technically wise, but he's damn energic

[sworrm]

its weird how Brain used to get the start of You could be mine wrong. Ive been able to do it since i was 16, and yet im not in his league as a drummer

[Sillything]

There is such a nice flow to Franks drumming! He really keeps it together!!

[CoBrA2168]

I like Frank, but I loved Brain.

[PJ]

its weird how Brain used to get the start of You could be mine wrong. Ive been able to do it since i was 16, and yet im not in his league as a drummer

he just played differently... the funny part is that they way he played sounding wrong is harder to play than the real one
lol

[bigcash2002]

Frank is excellent and IMO, a good fit for the band.  However, I am not sure why people seem to think Brain can't play YCBM properly.  He just did it his own way, Brain can play any song imaginable properly.  He is one of the best drummers in the industry.

[gokken]

Thanks for starting this thread. Wanted to to this as well. Frank is really awesome. Really love his drumming now.

Frank The Man Rocks

[GypsySoul]

Besides having AMAZING talent, it seems Frank's the happiest guy on the planet.  Whenever I see a pic or video of him on or off stage, he always has the biggest smile.  You can't help but smile too!!! 

[sworrm]

Frank is excellent and IMO, a good fit for the band.  However, I am not sure why people seem to think Brain can't play YCBM properly.  He just did it his own way, Brain can play any song imaginable properly.  He is one of the best drummers in the industry.

I agree Brain is probably my favourite drummer to watch on youtube hes awesome but i think he found the old songs a bit to easy to play because he is more than just a hard rock drummer. For example if you listen to him play Rocket Queen he adds a lot of flash hi hat work similar to Dave Abbrussese style when he was in Pearl Jam. Im starting to think Frank might be a more GnR style, hard hitter and effective