Iron Maiden

Play drums likeNicko McBrain

British drummer

The songs with Nicko McBrain on drums, to play on your own kit: The Trooper, Fear Of The Dark and Wasting Love and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Wasting Love

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Nicko McBrain playing drums — Photo: adels, CC BY 2.0

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Mediumeasiest — Wasting Love
129average BPM
186fastest — 2 Minutes To Midnight

Songs with Nicko McBrain on drums

The TrooperIron Maiden

Fear Of The DarkIron Maiden

Wasting LoveIron Maiden

2 Minutes To MidnightIron Maiden

Wasted YearsIron Maiden More Iron Maiden songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Nicko McBrain

Start with Wasting Love — the easiest of their parts here (medium), at 74 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to 2 Minutes To Midnight: 3,122 notes in 6:03. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Nicko McBrain's drum parts: questions

What songs does Nicko McBrain play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Nicko McBrain on drums: The Trooper (Iron Maiden), Fear Of The Dark (Iron Maiden), Wasting Love (Iron Maiden), 2 Minutes To Midnight (Iron Maiden) and Wasted Years (Iron Maiden).

What is the easiest Nicko McBrain song to play on drums?

Wasting Love by Iron Maiden — rated medium, at 74 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Nicko McBrain's hardest drum part here?

2 Minutes To Midnight: 3,122 notes in 6:03, rated hard. The fastest is 2 Minutes To Midnight at 186 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Nicko McBrain?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.