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You can actually go back a little bit further on that, and go to a guy named Robb Reiner from the Canadian band Anvil, or "Filthy Animal" Taylor from Motorhead. It is arguable between one of those two as to who was the one to create and/or first use the double kickdrum pedal, which would be used commonly in the double bass/kickdrum sound like you'd hear in songs like One by Metallica, Painkiller by Judas Priest, or <insert any genre of metal band here>. That started around 1981/1982, which kicked off a lot for adding more and more pedals, especially when everyone only just had the pedal for the single kickdrum and the pedal to close the high hat.

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You are going back with those two bands... Anvil and Motorhead! I think the first time I heard that style of playing with double bass was Motorhead... Blew my mind and the rest is pretty much history!
 
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Although not really a "rock" band since Kath died, I've loved Chicago since Gradeschool and they just released Chicago XXXVIII, above! Albums in seven decades! I'm pretty sure the Stones have been around longer; they have two original members left and Chicago has three (they were a larger band of course).
Bobby Lamm sings lead on a couple of the songs, and sounds great. James Pankow uncorks a very tasty trombone solo on one track (unlike his live performances), and those sparkling horn charts are still there. Chicago's sound has never really followed trends, they sound like.... Chicago; hearing new material from this band, at this late date, just makes me happy.
The other cool thing about Chicago is, you can still see them live, and afford it; they tend to play state fairs and other smaller venues, and not arenas with $5,000 seats like Bruce Ticketmasteen. And both Bobby and Lee Loughnane (trumpet) sound fantastic on vox, even into their 70's.
 
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