Nicko McBrain does not use a double bass drum pedal, since he considers it to be “too complicated”, and “un-drummerish”. Instead, he has developed an incredibly fast technique on the single bass drum pedal, following Steve Harris' gallops with no problem whatsoever. Aside from that he has also started doing a very fast, pounding 8th note groove on songs such as “Futureal,” “The Wicker Man”, and “Ghost of the Navigator” which takes a lot of precision and control. The first (and last) song Nicko McBrain recorded using a double bass drum was “Face in the Sand,” on the Dance of Death album, 2003. He subsequently announced that it had been one of the hardest things he had ever had to play and that, for that reason, the number would not be included in the set list of the Dance of Death World Tour.
ég er sámmála kallinum mér finnst sick erfit að spila með double, ekki það að ég sé eithvað lélegur eða eithvað þannig en þetta er bara svo erfit!!
ég meina, lærðu bara að spila hratt:D