Ask 100 drummers what their favourite snare drum sound is, and you’ll likely get at least 200 different answers. To many drummers, one album, and in particular one song from the post-millenium era will always be held up as having one of the finest recorded snare sounds of all time, and it’s Paramore’s 2007 hit, Misery Business from their album, Riot!
Drummer Zac Farro famously used a whopping 14”x8” Pearl Vinnie Paul signature model snare drum on the song (engineered by Dan Korneff), which has a distinctively huge snare drum sound to match. However, the snare drum itself is only part of the story.
