Motorhead's "Deaf Forever" - what's with the weird drums at the beginning?

Exactly as the title says.

Anyone know anything about this? Is it just a bad edit? It sounds like the drums "skip" or something.

 

I don't hear drums skipping on my version which is the original Cd version from 'Orgasmatron' at exactly which point do you think it skips ?

 

Literally within the first seconds/beats of the song. It sounds like a digital skip when a cd is bumped or something.

I thought it was a production thing but maybe I just have a bad rip?

I have the 2006 2 disc edition

 

Nope fine on mine, looks like you have a crap remaster

 

There's a weird phasing on the hi-hat and what seems to be a backwards (slapback) echo on the snare. It's just them goofing around with effects during the production stage.

 

This. Bill Laswell was getting a little crazy on this one.

Orgasmatron was recorded in London, then mixed in New York, all with Bill Laswell behind the boards. And while there are some really good songs on it, notably "Deaf Forever," "Mean Machine," "Ain't My Crime," and the immortal title track, the actual sound of the record is bizarre. Laswell has only worked on a few hard rock/metal albums — White Zombie's Make Them Die Slowly, Iggy Pop's Instinct, and the Ramones' Brain Drain are the big ones — and in every case, he's opted to turn the guitars into a semi-industrial buzz, bring the drums up until they're a crashing, avalanche-like roar, and fill the remaining space with bass frequencies that may or may not serve the actual song. Listening to one of his rock productions, you always get the feeling that if it was coming through speakers the size of bank vault doors, it would probably sound amazing, but on headphones or a normal stereo, it sounds weak and tinny. There are also weird moments of sonic crudity, like when everything but the drums drops out on "Claw" and the drums themselves sound pasted in, suddenly twice as loud as they were just a second ago. Still, the song "Orgasmatron" itself is so totally crushing that this album remains an essential, if less than perfect, listen.

 

Omg the production on Brain Drain - nevermind the lackluster material - is the main reason it's my least favorite Ramones album.

 

I have the 2 disc Deluxe Edition and the single disc remaster. I will see if there is a difference when I get a chance.

 

I love this song.
Horses scream, Viking dream, drowned heroes in a lake of blood
Armoured fist, severed wrist, broken spears in a sea of mud.
Vintage Lemmy, yo.
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