That's due to him being a left handed drummer on a righty kit. He explained that and showed what he meant in a TV interview this summer. he said he would have liked to take the creative credit, but it was due to how his first hit of a roll starts with is left hand. That's also why his fills, when starting from the snare, have little accents, to reset his hands to be able to go around to the right more easily. He blamed his mom for not getting left handed drums as to why the Come Together is a backards roll. But people seem to love it, he says.

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