Who was this Deliverance drummer?

When Deliverance covered On the Fritz by Steve Taylor on the I Predict a Clone tribute, the drummer was credited as Yoda. Does anyone know who this is?

Maybe a drum machine

Knows, no one does.  A mystery this is.

bodachi wrote:Knows, no one does.  A mystery this is.

Ah, you it was.

If I remember correctly, it was a drum machine....


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Adam wrote:When Deliverance covered On the Fritz by Steve Taylor on the I Predict a Clone tribute, the drummer was credited as Yoda. Does anyone know who this is?

I did not know that this even existed. I thought I knew anything Deliverance has released.
I will search this album.

I asked JPB2 this question about 10 years ago, and he confirmed that it was a drum machine that they nicknamed "Yoda" because of the model number.

Thiago-Brazil wrote:

Adam wrote:When Deliverance covered On the Fritz by Steve Taylor on the I Predict a Clone tribute, the drummer was credited as Yoda. Does anyone know who this is?

I did not know that this even existed. I thought I knew anything Deliverance has released.
I will search this album.

It is also available on the 2007 re-issue of "River Disturbance"

Thiago-Brazil wrote:

Adam wrote:When Deliverance covered On the Fritz by Steve Taylor on the I Predict a Clone tribute, the drummer was credited as Yoda. Does anyone know who this is?

I did not know that this even existed. I thought I knew anything Deliverance has released.
I will search this album.

5minutes wrote:I asked JPB2 this question about 10 years ago, and he confirmed that it was a drum machine that they nicknamed "Yoda" because of the model number.

Thanks to you and everyone!

I've been a Deliverance fan since California Metal. I listened to about 20 seconds of that and turned it off. I hope I can forget I heard it.

bodachi wrote:

Thiago-Brazil wrote:

Adam wrote:When Deliverance covered On the Fritz by Steve Taylor on the I Predict a Clone tribute, the drummer was credited as Yoda. Does anyone know who this is?

I did not know that this even existed. I thought I knew anything Deliverance has released.
I will search this album.

It is also available on the 2007 re-issue of "River Disturbance"

Oh, so I got this. But I probably can't remember because, you know, RIver Disturbance was not memorable...

"Not memorable"? It's probably my favorite D album, along with Camelot.

Neal Morse Code wrote:"Not memorable"? It's probably my favorite D album, along with Camelot.

Sorry, but I can't see eye toeye with you. I could not hear it more than a couple of times. Camelot is good, however is also below average, if you take a look at the entire Deliverance catalog.
I guess River Disturbance is my least favorite album by D. Even Assimilation sounded better. Jimmy says in the rerelease that River Disturbance had the band's worse sales performance up to that time and the critics did not receive it well.


It is ok if you like it, but you probably do it due to your taste for progressive sound (I'm guessing by your nickname), but it wasn't what Deliverance fans expected.

metaldude wrote:I've been a Deliverance fan since California Metal. I listened to about 20 seconds of that and turned it off. I hope I can forget I heard it.

It was pretty bad
HA I made it 39 seconds

It's basically the same song by Steve Taylor with less new wave. Ironically, my favorite version of this song is the grunged-out one that Steve did in 'Liver'.

I feel like folks are missing the point of the song. It's not a metal song. It's a metal band covering a new wave (and slightly techno) song. It's going to sound a bit odd.

Steve Taylor's strength was always lyrics, he was good maybe despite the music at times.  Listen to the original, then listen to the Deliverance version.  Musically the D version is a huge improvement.  The guitar solo replacing the spoken word part alone makes it a huge step up (just like the re-record of What a Joke was improved in the same way).

eatbugs wrote:Steve Taylor's strength was always lyrics, he was good maybe despite the music at times.  Listen to the original, then listen to the Deliverance version.  Musically the D version is a huge improvement.  The guitar solo replacing the spoken word part alone makes it a huge step up (just like the re-record of What a Joke was improved in the same way).

Excellent post:

Here is the original:

Adam wrote:I feel like folks are missing the point of the song. It's not a metal song. It's a metal band covering a new wave (and slightly techno) song. It's going to sound a bit odd.

Exactly.  I think it's a great version.