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Looking for Information about drummers who recorded with Acrolite

opentune said:
Acro has been used in studios way back. More recently a lot of alt country records of the 90s and 2000s are notable too.
Wilco, the Jayhawks, off top of my head Patrick Keeler of the Raconteurs recorded with one. Also on some Jack White solo records.
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What's your source on that?
I love the Jayhawks! I'd love to know where the Acro was used.
 
brady said:
According to Kenny's biography, the majority of the Mellencamp stuff was recorded on an Acrolite.
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That's what Kenny told me when I talked with him. He used it almost exclusively on the Scarecrow album also.
 
brady said:
What's your source on that?
I love the Jayhawks! I'd love to know where the Acro was used.
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A Patrick Keller interview, I forget where.
An old Jayhawks video, playing in a studio.
I’m on an ipad right now so can’t find things so easy.
 
I have an Acro. I bought it because of fond memories of junior high band. Plus the mids can peel paint. It’s coated with nubby silver powder coating but it sure doesn’t tame its ring by much at all. Never really considered who else used one. I just wanted the mids, and I wanted to spend not much.
 
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striker said:
I was watching a few snare related clips a couple of days ago, and a clip about Acrolite showed up in my search. The clip stated that around early 2000's drummers rediscovered Acrolite and they used it in recordings.

So, I searched Google to find out who has recorded with Acrolite. Google search came back with a few links but I did not see any definite answers.
I tried Chatgpt next. Chatgpt gave the wrong answer in the first try. My guess is that it did not parse the question correctly to get to the correct information. So, I typed what I have read about the snare that John Bonham used. This time Chatgpt came back with a different answer and mentioned Dave Grohl and Jim Keltner. I am very cautious about these answers because we are dealing with an early version of a software. Does anyone know which drummers and albums were recorded with Acrolite?
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Bonzo primarily used an LM 402, which is a 6.5" Supraphonic.
I seem to remember reading that Kenny Aronoff used an Acro to record John Cougar's "Scarecrow" album. Might've been others, too.
 
Elvis said:
Bonzo primarily used an LM 402, which is a 6.5" Supraphonic.
I seem to remember reading that Kenny Aronoff used an Acro to record John Cougar's "Scarecrow" album. Might've been others, too.
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Thanks. If I had included the Supraphonic, the list of drummers would have been very long.
Once a snare ends up in a recording session and the music goes platinum, the price immediately jumps.
 
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