I know he got the idea from Ginger Baker; using double bass drums. But apart from the live version of Run Like Hell towards the end, I haven't heard any double bass work. I do have Oh By The Way, but I'm yet to dissect it to notice any thing like this yet.
Does he play with one bass drum so to speak and alternate between feet/drum?

double bass peddeling wasn't really a pink floyd thing though was it?, that's what heavier bands did, late 80s extreme metal, didn't hear it until around then.

It was used more to complete the look as he started using more toms live and it was mounted to the bass drum.
But it was used on the intro to Learning To Fly ... theres a few others but its not obvious ones.

can anyone explain me what double bass drum is ?

GUYS IF YOU LISTEN TO YET ANOTHER MOVIE YOU'LL NOTICE HE USED DOUBLE BASS ON THE GROOVE TO MAKE IT SOUND HEAVIER

Mr. Mojo Risin Wrote:can anyone explain me what double bass drum is ?

Quote:Double bass drum

In some forms of jazz, many forms of Heavy metal music and hard rock, fusion, and some forms of punk, two bass drum pedals are used (one operated by each foot) or a double-bass-pedal is used (two pedals on the same bass drum). The idea for the double bass drum setup came from jazz drummer Louie Bellson when he was still in high school. Double bass drums were used initially by jazz artists such as Ray McKinley and Ed Shaughnessy in the 1940s and 1950s, and popularized in the 1960s by rock drummers Ginger Baker of Cream, Keith Moon of The Who and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd[9]. Double bass drumming later became an integral part of extreme metal inspired by Dave Lombardo of Slayer. Originally two tuned bass drums were used for this, but a double pedal on one bass drum using an extension mechanism is now common due to lower cost and ease of tuning. But with a double bass pedal, because of the amount of air being moved around, amplification problems can occur, especially live, and many inconsistencies with studio recording.

Famously, Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain refuses to use a double bass drum pedal, as stated in the band's Early Days DVD by Bruce Dickinson[10], John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, also refused to use the double bass drum because he could use one pedal faster and better than most drummers do with two, said Robert Plant.

I know this isn't what we are discussing but my favorite drum kit of Nicks' it the one he used from 1974-1979(?). It's the one that has the Japanese looking waves on it. That is the coolest drum kit I have ever seen.