An Interview With Woody Woodmansey (3/3) By Steve Rudd

(1/3), (2/3), (3/3).

Future Primitive features a variety of musical styles, from hip-hop and jazz to funk and tribal influences. Have you always been of such an eclectic nature? Yes, I’ve always had an eclectic taste as far as music goes. If I like a song it doesn’t matter what style of music it is. When I started drumming, all the bands did covers of whatever was new at the time ... so you would play Zeppelin songs, Cream, Hendrix, the blues, along with Small Faces, Stones, Hollies etc, a real mix! I then got more in to rock but have always listened to other stuff. The last few years I’ve listened to a lot of World Music, Latin, African, Cuban ... mainly for the rhythms!

Do you, Nick and Dan ever play live together, or would that be too difficult to pull off in terms of logistics? Yes, we’ve rehearsed a whole set including the tracks on the album. We’re setting up a tour right now. The logistics are difficult, as when 3 drummers play the same beat for a section of the song, it has to be so tight or it doesn’t work. Plus we play to sequenced parts that we have to stay in time with, so on some tracks we have to wear in-earphones. I guess sometimes getting the effect you want takes that little bit more and you have to be willing to do it!

You have also worked with Joe Elliott and Phil Collen from Def Leppard over the years. Are you still in touch with those guys? Yeah, I’m regularly in touch with them both; they’ve become good friends. The Yorkshire sense of humour is a big part of it! We’ve been asked to do another album but because of schedules I’m not sure when that’ll be.

You were originally from Driffield in East Yorkshire. Do you ever return to your home town much? Yes, my sister lives just outside of Driffield so I pop up to see her and my father occasionally. I also try to see if I can get around to seeing some old mates. Now that Future Primitive has been unleashed and is available from your website www.3-dproject.co.uk ,what is next on the cards for you in terms of making music?

Touring 3-D is the next thing. Watch out for dates on the website; we’re looking for one in the Hull area, too. Also I recently did an album with a new singer, Gillian Glover, called Red Handed. We’ve just done a few gigs around London and we’re doing a few more in July. Her dad is Roger Glover of Deep Purple.

You recently featured in the Driffield Times newspaper in relation to your involvement in an anti-drugs campaign. How did you get involved in that? A friend of mine, keyboard player Nicky Hopkins, who played with everyone from The Stones, Beatles, The Who, and The Grateful Dead to name but a few, had drug problems from way before I met him. He told me how he had gone to Narconon in the USA and told me about its system of handling the problem without using drugs or other substances, to get people drug free and back to how they were prior to taking drugs, and also handle their reasons why they took drugs in the first place.

It really impressed me. Then a few years ago I met somebody who wanted to set up a Narconon here in the UK. They asked if I would help and be a trustee, so I did. For anyone interested we have one in Hastings and one in Scotland. They also do drug education seminars in schools, clubs etc. The seminars deal with the truth about drugs and the effects, without scare tactics. The true facts have a way of communicating to a person and then the person can make up his own mind about whether he should or shouldn’t go down the drug road!

Finally, if anybody is reading this who has always wanted to take up drumming, what words of advice ... if any ... would you give? I’d say go for it, it’s fun and it’s worthwhile! Do your own research and figure out how to get to be the kind of drummer you want to be. Stay true to how you want to play, what you want to create with it. I’m not a big fan of the ‘college’ route. I don’t think anyone has the right to tell someone what’s right or wrong or good or bad about their art. You can’t tell somebody what music they have to like. It’s your choice. Above all, my advice would be just ‘start’!

For more information about Woody Woodmansey’s career, past and present, please visit www.woodywoodmansey.co.uk. For information about Woody’s Future Primitive album, please visit www.3-dproject.co.uk. To listen to tracks see www.www.myspace.com/3dproject

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