Gene had a highly energetic and flamboyant style, as you can kind of tell from this photo. He was mainly known as a big band drummer. Some people credit Mr. Krupa with inventing the 'rim shot,' which means hitting the rim of the drum and the drum head at the same time.
Krupa was part of another innovation: he played Slingerland Drums for quite a while, and urged the company to produce tom drums with tunable top and bottom heads, which are still a standard drum set component.
Now, let's take a little look at Gene's flamboyant drumming:
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Tim Kurteff-Schatz
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