Ever hear of or seen these before? If you are familiar with David Barbarossa aka Dave Barbe of Bow Wow Wow you may have seen him with some of these. I saw some for sale recently but not sure if they were really Staccato or a copy. Check these out, these are weird but cool -

http://www.staccato-drums.de/

Staccato has been around since the mid-1970's.

Interesting. That shape means are simple single-headed. I know a lot of drummers that do that for projection.

Fibes made the North drums. I think Billy Cobham played these in the late 70s.

Dave Barbarossa aka David Barbe -

Trixon drums, sometimes sold as Vox, also had some cool shapes: http://www.trixondrums.de/trixon/trix190.htm

Great surf band from Japan, The El Caminos have a flat tire kick drum, that's what I call it. It's another weird shape drum and I think it's by Staccato too. The rest of the set is normal tho.

The Stargazers from England are another one -

All I know is if they can help anyone play like Dave, then they are magic.

Barbe never used a snare until "I Want Candy." Generally he'd use timbales for snares and a tom for a snare.

Great surf band from Japan, The El Caminos have a flat tire kick drum, that's what I call it. It's another weird shape drum and I think it's by Staccato too. The rest of the set is normal tho.

The Stargazers from England are another one -

-- Echosonic

Those are not made by Staccato or North.
They are Trixon Drums-- also made in Germany. They go back to the 1960's.

http://www.trixondrums.de/

All I know is if they can help anyone play like Dave, then they are magic.

Barbe never used a snare until "I Want Candy." Generally he'd use timbales for snares and a tom for a snare.

-- Strummerson

Very good observation, Strummer. I noticed that too and once considered buying a set of timbales. Didn't end up buying some but might one day. With burundi drumming I don't think a snare is the drum type one would normally use so I can see why didn't use snares at first.

tarton, thanks for the info on Trixon Drums. I just love the flat tire look for bass drums. Wonder why more drum companies are not making creative drums like Trixon, Staccato or North these days?

tarton, thanks for the info on Trixon Drums. I just love the flat tire look for bass drums. Wonder why more drum companies are not making creative drums like Trixon, Staccato or North these days?

-- Echosonic

Because when it comes to aesthetics, many drummers are just as stodgy and traditional as guitarists!

Besides, in the case of Trixon drums, It's a pain in the butt to find a replacement bass head. I agree with you though-- I like the Trixon look.

Maybe not curved but check out these cannons Alex Van Halen has for bass drums -

Was Antoni Gaudi a drummer?

The oval Trixon bass drums posted above actually had two chambers, thus two pedals. I was looking for a video of someone playing double bass, but I couldn't find any. I think they may not sound like a metal set because the chambers could be too different in size, although double bass sets also sound better if the drums are not tuned exactly the same, but close.