Knock 'Em Dead Kid · Mötley Crüe

130 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 3:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 51% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-20, 22-25 and 28-33, and 9 more places -- 50.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 142 BPM
KNOCK 'EM DEAD KID · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 13, 37, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 11 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 90-93 · LANDS ON BAR 94 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 103-105 · LANDS ON BAR 106 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 8 sections: 70 keep time, 17 are fills, 33 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 114-120.

PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesGKHES+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Knock 'Em Dead Kid?

142 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Knock 'Em Dead Kid hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 7 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Knock 'Em Dead Kid?

5 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 13, 37, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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