Sean Kinney
Alice in Chains · Dark, heavy pocket built from repetition, space and tension.
Kinney rarely plays a note that doesn't serve the riff. His grooves are simple on paper but hit like a hammer, built from half-time feels, syncopated accents and cymbal placement that creates tension rather than releasing it. Fills are short and blunt, dynamics are wide, and everything follows the guitar riff like it's welded to it.
- Half-time grooves that feel heavier than their tempo
- Riff-locked syncopation and cymbal accents
- Simple, powerful fills that never overplay
“Play the riff, not the drum part.”
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