Could you give us a hint on the processing used for the 'facehugger' drum sound? If the name isn't familiar, it's the huge drum sound they got back in the '80's. It was on about a million hits back then and it's still pretty immense, although not as common as it was back in the day.

I know it was originally done by accident. Phil Collins was recording some parts and trying out several different mics on his kit, trying to get the sound he wanted and not being satisfied with any of them. Then on one particular take, the engineer forgot to turn off the talkback mic that Phil was using. So that time around they mixed all the individually mic'd and EQ'd drums with one collective mic above the drummers head. The sound was HUGE.

Go listen to 'In The Air Tonight'. That drum break in the middle, right after he sings "It's all been a pack of lies." ? THAT'S the sound, the facehugger. The sound was so aggressive and unavoidable that it got named after the alien creature that jumps on your head and attaches itself to you in the Aliens movies.

I want to know a reliable way to get that sound.