Saw the great Ted Leo over the weekend, who put on his usual fine show. And, of course, my attendance at a show means it’s time for another edition of Who Dat Drummer?, the special crabwalk.com game.

As I wrote some time ago: “It’s my attempt, the day after attending a fine indie-rock show, to describe the appearance of the performing bands’ drummers in terms of other historical or contemporary figures. Drummers are, of course, the quiet showboats of indie rock — free to cultivate a sartorial or facial-hair strangeness, but not burdened by the attempts at prettyness required of frontmen.”

Now, the first ever installment of Who Dat Drummer? featured Ted Leo, so I am already on record with an evaluation of drummer Chris Wilson:

Two-thirds Rasputin, one-third unindicted co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth.

Upon reflection, however, I am revising that to:

One-third Rasputin, two-thirds unindicted co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth.

Judge for yourself. Anyway, the opening act was Australia’s Love of Diagrams, featuring drummer Monika Fikerle:

Sixty-five percent book-blogger Maud Newton, thirty-five percent White Stripe Meg White.

And for the record, Fikerle is no skins neo-primitivist like fellow females White or Mo Tucker. She’s kinda awesome. Reminded me a bit of Joy Division’s drummer. I guess that’s not surprising, since everything about Love of Diagrams sounds like an early-’80s post-punk pastiche. (Drums and basslines from Joy Division. Female vocals from X. And the guitar player both looks and sounds like a Gang of Four understudy.)

Thanks for playing Who Dat Drummer?

09 April 2007

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