Bill Buford introduces his electronic drums 1985

[spantini]

"It allows me to have a much broader palette": Watch Bill Bruford introduce TV viewers to electronic drums back in 1985

Presenter Lesley Judd gets up close and personal with then-King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford as he introduces the drum kit of the future

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[dogooder]

Arthur Brown 1982. He was using them before 82 but he was programming them, not playing them.

 

[grimtraveller]

Rose Royce in '78.
I remember hearing these in '79.