Out of all the drum clips of me floating around online, this is my favs! haha. I remember there was literally like 30 people there and the show before there were like 30,000 hahaha. Still gotta have fun tho!
+Lester Estelle Haaa. just heard it for first time and when you got up and walked i was sittin here in a slow applause. YOU DA MAN !!! ( nice pinstripes)
I'm here because I saw a video of you playing a new Pearl kit and I said to myself, " I saw this guy before, he looks familiar". And then it hit me..... I saw you play for the first time with Pillar in Fort Lauderdale right on the beach. At the time my wife and I were dating. December 4th we will make 14 years married. Brother you jam on the kit. May the Lord continue to bless you. By the way I also play drums for my church.
Sully and Godsmack play serving the God of this world and 75,000 souls show up, ticket and merchandise net them $3.5Million, Lester and Pillar play serving Yahweh and like 75 souls show up, tickets are free, they sell 3 T-shirts earn $50 bucks go home with more expenses than they make, Sully drives a new Rolls Royce lives in a mansion, Lester drives a Kia and lives in an townhome and can barely survive. Both equally talented. My thanks to Lester and Pillar, thank you for choosing not to serve the God of this world, I know it sucks what we are going thru, pain, suffering, headache, broke with no reward for your service. Guys stay ready, I see a concert in the very near future, playing before the Most high, Angels as far as the eye can see, reward, eternity in paradise! Much Love!!!!
When they came to St. Marys Georgia on the For The Love Of The Fans Tour, i was working at the place that they played at and was working at the show and i ate with them personally and they are the nicest people. they look at being in a band as a devine appointment and its just amazing how did this for all these years!
That’s when we played with you guys! Good ol one minute halo days! Have always loved watching you play bro! Was standing right behind you in this video just soaking it up 😂 Hope all is well with you brotha and would love to see y’all again sometime. Take care man.
Fo sho. He has the best timing ive ever heard. he never looses his counts. he always hits them no matter what fills he does. whether they'd be in the up beat or down beat.
Not to brag or anything, but I have seen them closer than that and they're actually some of the coolest guys you'll ever meet in your life. They're so humble and think that they're just a band havin a good time. Lester said he feels like he's just a drummer drumming and that's all. Awesome people..
The reason there were so few people in the audience is that the local radio station advertised one start time and the promotion company's start time was a few hours later, which was wrong. Those of us who were local showed up on time, the others showed up hours after the concert ended.
I recorded this video in Plano, Texas. We were at a bowling alley. The show was sponsored in part by Power FM, a local Christian rock station in Dallas, TX. I was able to walk up the stairs behind the band which was the way to get in to the bowling alley building, that's where I recorded this video. As a drummer myself I asked Lester for a drumstick to put in my entertainment room but he wouldn't let me have one. That was 12 years ago and what I still remember from one of my favorite drummers. The band had a flat tire on the way down to the show and they were delayed in arriving.
i totally agree. Those few people in the audience have no excuse not to be going BUCK WILD!!!! if i was there i would be jumping up and down like the flippin energizer bunny! shame on that audience.
It's a Butt Kicker Concert Sonic Shaker. It allows you to feel the lower end instruments like the kick drum and bass. If you use in ear monitors like Lester is using, you wouldn't be able to feel the kick drum in your monitors without cranking the volume and doing some damage to your ears. The butt kicker helps a ton.
oh for sure. most people don't even know his name- just "um Pillar's drummer, right?" Estelle is more solid than most metal drummers, and just as fast. Listen to his hi-hat work on med tempo songs of Where Do We Go From Here. He syncopates within driving rythyms, on his hats! not just the drums! very inspiring musician
Monster - plain and simple. Just sick. Hard hitting, yet clean and tasteful - not just a basher. Everything he plays has purpose. Someone get him some counseling please.
![Pillar - Hypnotized [in studio]](/img/1.gif)
Out of all the drum clips of me floating around online, this is my favs! haha. I remember there was literally like 30 people there and the show before there were like 30,000 hahaha. Still gotta have fun tho!
+Lester Estelle Haaa. just heard it for first time and when you got up and walked i was sittin here in a slow applause. YOU DA MAN !!! ( nice pinstripes)
I'm here because I saw a video of you playing a new Pearl kit and I said to myself, " I saw this guy before, he looks familiar". And then it hit me..... I saw you play for the first time with Pillar in Fort Lauderdale right on the beach. At the time my wife and I were dating. December 4th we will make 14 years married. Brother you jam on the kit. May the Lord continue to bless you. By the way I also play drums for my church.
Wait... you play drums now?
I saw you in a church in Indiana at least 15 years ago. You stole the show!
2023 and this clip is still killin’ !!!
This drummer is so freaking good !!!
Sully and Godsmack play serving the God of this world and 75,000 souls show up, ticket and merchandise net them $3.5Million, Lester and Pillar play serving Yahweh and like 75 souls show up, tickets are free, they sell 3 T-shirts earn $50 bucks go home with more expenses than they make, Sully drives a new Rolls Royce lives in a mansion, Lester drives a Kia and lives in an townhome and can barely survive. Both equally talented. My thanks to Lester and Pillar, thank you for choosing not to serve the God of this world, I know it sucks what we are going thru, pain, suffering, headache, broke with no reward for your service. Guys stay ready, I see a concert in the very near future, playing before the Most high, Angels as far as the eye can see, reward, eternity in paradise! Much Love!!!!
Gospel drummer turned to the dark side.... Solid.
Lester is one f my first influences ever as a drummer! Totally forgot until just now. Love this guy so much.
When they came to St. Marys Georgia on the For The Love Of The Fans Tour, i was working at the place that they played at and was working at the show and i ate with them personally and they are the nicest people. they look at being in a band as a devine appointment and its just amazing how did this for all these years!
That’s when we played with you guys! Good ol one minute halo days! Have always loved watching you play bro! Was standing right behind you in this video just soaking it up 😂
Hope all is well with you brotha and would love to see y’all again sometime. Take care man.
Fo sho. He has the best timing ive ever heard. he never looses his counts. he always hits them no matter what fills he does. whether they'd be in the up beat or down beat.
Not to brag or anything, but I have seen them closer than that and they're actually some of the coolest guys you'll ever meet in your life. They're so humble and think that they're just a band havin a good time. Lester said he feels like he's just a drummer drumming and that's all. Awesome people..
The reason there were so few people in the audience is that the local radio station advertised one start time and the promotion company's start time was a few hours later, which was wrong. Those of us who were local showed up on time, the others showed up hours after the concert ended.
I recorded this video in Plano, Texas. We were at a bowling alley. The show was sponsored in part by Power FM, a local Christian rock station in Dallas, TX. I was able to walk up the stairs behind the band which was the way to get in to the bowling alley building, that's where I recorded this video. As a drummer myself I asked Lester for a drumstick to put in my entertainment room but he wouldn't let me have one. That was 12 years ago and what I still remember from one of my favorite drummers. The band had a flat tire on the way down to the show and they were delayed in arriving.
Best 😎🤘👏👏👏
Cheers from Brazil! Oficina g3 Aposan!!!
Drummer's that play with this type of ease make me sick. Love it, dude is just jammin, he doesn't even need a huge kit.
i totally agree. Those few people in the audience have no excuse not to be going BUCK WILD!!!! if i was there i would be jumping up and down like the flippin energizer bunny! shame on that audience.
Dang! This guy seems like he's got it going on, huh? He's good!
It's a Butt Kicker Concert Sonic Shaker. It allows you to feel the lower end instruments like the kick drum and bass. If you use in ear monitors like Lester is using, you wouldn't be able to feel the kick drum in your monitors without cranking the volume and doing some damage to your ears. The butt kicker helps a ton.
Pillar my favorite band! Up the name of Jesuchrist.
absolutly correct
oh for sure.
most people don't even know his name- just "um Pillar's drummer, right?"
Estelle is more solid than most metal drummers, and just as fast. Listen to his hi-hat work on med tempo songs of Where Do We Go From Here.
He syncopates within driving rythyms, on his hats! not just the drums! very inspiring musician
WTHH!!!! That lick at 1:54 is absurd!!
Monster - plain and simple. Just sick. Hard hitting, yet clean and tasteful - not just a basher. Everything he plays has purpose. Someone get him some counseling please.
I really like his snare.
@sk8screamerguitar the song is Pillar - Frontline
fastest single pedal drummer ever
it's sabian, i saw them last night.
TheSOTband - He went on to do another music venture on his own from what I read. Stars Go Dim is the name of the group.
@MrGaryg7 this concert was in plano Tx at a bowling alley and the only promo it got was a poster inside the bowling alley. NO ONE knew about it
@sk8screamerguitar
it's Pillar - Frontline
this song is frontline,my band has covered this song,its not an easy one to do.
Its PILLAR for crying out loud JUMP SCREAM DO SOMTHING!!!
Your right
yupyup! that's correct, Wish i could try it out and see how it feels like actually.
I love how his Drum Set looks that red pin stripe.....That is a small Crowd C'mon its PILLAR there should be at least a thosand there lol
he quit... so you never will
love it!!!
pretty good sounding
q fusão brother....!!!!!idéias de funck no new metal!!!!
It all starts getting REAL at 1:23
@d0do0416 all his drum kits were made by a company out of minnesota called Risen Drums...they are sick!!
i would've been going crazy jumping around
Damn man, he's good, I mean....well....DAMN!
No Sabian
There's like 7 and half people there... and not one of them is excited to be there...
It was like 110 degrees in a bowling alley parking lot. We were dying! Surprised we were still standing.
its a shame that lester is no longer in the band......
not sure what he's playing here, but he normally uses Alchemy. peace
There's like 30 ppl there? WTF?
@4x4kiddo with ya
i'd be a little more excited at a pillar concert haha
lol looks like not a very big crowd for such an awesome band!
Reminds me of Dante Roberson
he uses sabian now
ok, so maybe i was a bit harsh. but still.
LMAO same here!
pin the blue ribbon upon your chest.
thE bEst!!!!!!! XD
1great drummer and what a kit somebody know what kit it is?
Amen to that!
MEAN MACHINE lol
was this in Plano, TX by any chance? Seems like a show I saw them play at around that time.
Yes at a bowling alley.
lester makes the band
what stack size configuration is that on the far right lester
name the Music?
Frontline
why did pillar get a new drummer
what song is this?
how come a good band always revolves around the good drummer? lol its always like that... when the drummer is good the whole band gets better XD
he is not at pillar anymore....
it shouldnt be called "drums" .--
. "lesters" sounds better (Y) . I mean. He is THE DRUMMER!
he's so nasty!!!
Lame crowd!
what song is this?