Early video footage of Buddy Rich, along with fellow Big band drummers are seen utilizing this technique in a musical setting.
In modern times, this method has been brought into mainstream knowledge and developed by James Davenport (Warpath), and implemented into various styles of music such as heavy metal by drummers such as Chris Adler, Jared Klein (Rivers of Nihil) and John Longstreth (Origin), where the heel-toe technique is used to play a multiple stroke roll on both feet.
Davenport is the first drummer to build a style of playing that uses multiple stroke kick drumming as the foundation of his technique.
When mastered, drummers can use the method to play complex patterns in the same manner as the hands in addition to rolling the bass drum.
The limited volume is due to muscle fatigue if the knee and upper leg are not used to power the second stroke.