NAMM 2015 - Thomas Pridgen | John Popper | Ben Weinman | Pete Griffin | Alexander Potts - GoPro

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  • NAMM 2015 - Thomas Pridgen | John Popper | Ben Weinman | Pete Griffin | Alexander Potts - GoPro Booth.
    This video features Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta, The Memorials, Suicidal Tendencies) on drums, who may very well be the most insane drummer we've ever witnessed. Thomas won a Guitar Center Drum Off at age 9, and was the recipient of a 4-year scholarship to Berklee College of Music in 1999 at the age of 15 - the youngest musician to ever receive this scholarship.
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  • @skinslayer808
    @skinslayer808 6 лет назад +51

    What I like about Thomas (apart from his amazing technique and bass drum) is his creativity. He doesn't copy anyone. He's the Picasso of drums. He paints a canvas with his playing - something new everytime. He's not just regurgitating patterns he's been practising at home ad nauseum. His "organised chaos" is brilliant. The clinically perfect playing of many other drummers, although I envy their chops, leaves me cold. As for the "best", that's subjective and doesn't really mean much. We all like different musicians and say that THEY are the best. My lifelong favourite is Buddy, who is completely different.

    • @slowdeep825
      @slowdeep825 5 лет назад +3

      yup yup and yup. I don't think there is a greatest of all time, just preference for sure. "organized chaos" is the perfect thing to say about his style. somebody once listened to Mars Volta and said he "couldn't find the beat'..ha..he was too straight laced for this sound. long beats. ridiculous. benny greb so different from this, but just as awesome, so yea..preference

    • @danielchilton6881
      @danielchilton6881 3 года назад +2

      I actually think Thomas's playing is akin to buddy, he's often spoken highly of him and to hear him talk, to me it sounds like Thomas is buddy's #1 student/fan. If you watch his stick handling and the brashness of every note, it's like buddy rich reincarnate. The only difference is the years of gospel and jazz influence Thomas has, and that makes it a playing style of his own. I think people like buddy and thomas can sit down and make anyone's song sound better but they're both so naaasty, they need to have their own band that follows them to really maximize their vision. Buddy did, but I don't think thomas even wants to. He just wants to keep learning and improving off of other people's compositions. Sorry, Thomas has been my hero ever since I was cutting my teeth on the kit 15 years ago, when I was only in 8th grade.

    • @danielchilton6881
      @danielchilton6881 3 года назад +1

      But yeah, I agree. There's no "the best"

    • @illuminitos
      @illuminitos 2 года назад

      Picasso is a pice of shit. He is a Michelangelo of drums.

  • @ssonicdeafmonkey
    @ssonicdeafmonkey 5 лет назад +13

    I see the search for Pridgen's shirt is still an ongoing investigation.

  • @airmike._.
    @airmike._. 4 года назад +3

    i never get bored listening to his drumming

  • @Hoehnfels
    @Hoehnfels 9 лет назад +10

    This guy is a beast... Wish I can play like him later.. Never seen such a beautiful thing since a long time ago

  • @Sodigerati
    @Sodigerati 9 лет назад +11

    Yees NAMM is such a wonderful thing

  • @DeathMetalRob
    @DeathMetalRob 9 лет назад +26

    these vids are great. i love when you guys show sick drummers of other styles besides the usual black/death players.

  • @godwinabel5148
    @godwinabel5148 8 лет назад +8

    Thomas Pridgen is just a wizard on the drum.

  • @BOOM8883
    @BOOM8883 9 лет назад +2

    Watched this whole thing with my jaw on the floor, Thomas Pridgen is incredible. Thanks for the upload.

  • @lithiumboy10
    @lithiumboy10 9 лет назад +2

    Thomas is insane, i cant stop watching this dude go insane talent.

  • @djcastle9546
    @djcastle9546 9 лет назад +3

    how could you ever thumbs this down?

  • @krisslloyd2280
    @krisslloyd2280 5 лет назад +1

    HIS ENERGY/TIMING/TECHNIQUE-REMARKABLE..SUPERBO!LOVE IT!

  • @ryanspeed4671
    @ryanspeed4671 5 лет назад +1

    His creativity & flow is on point!!

  • @metallicrazy8891
    @metallicrazy8891 9 лет назад +4

    SO DELICIOUS! I love NAMM. You guys always post the best stuff while it's going on!

  • @centralscrutinizer66
    @centralscrutinizer66 9 лет назад +3

    He played with Suicidal!? I'll have to see what that sounded like, I couldn't imagine. Probably my favorite contemporary drummers. Interesting jam, Popper from blues traveler and Weinman from Dillinger Escape and it sounds great.

  • @meganabil1998
    @meganabil1998 9 лет назад +12

    That moongel on the floor tom, is Houdini jajaja 6:37

  • @richardtorres5513
    @richardtorres5513 4 года назад

    Thomas Never stop me from being amaze at what he brings. Wild just Wild , Way Way Out . So So Cool ! Dig It...

  • @johnholmeswebb8162
    @johnholmeswebb8162 3 года назад +1

    John popper and Ben weinman are two people I never thought I'd see play together.

  • @bodistern5721
    @bodistern5721 8 лет назад +1

    Current favorite drummer. Pridgen just rips it up every time

    • @phatpeople1234
      @phatpeople1234 8 лет назад

      +Bodi Stern Bumped with the thump from the bass drum!

  • @BrianHarrisDrummer
    @BrianHarrisDrummer 9 лет назад +1

    Sick stuff. One of these days I'll actually get out to NAMM for the first time.

  • @DillingerEscapeMan
    @DillingerEscapeMan 9 лет назад +31

    Imagine Thomas drummed for Dillinger - Jesus lord in heaven

    • @cosmogrammar
      @cosmogrammar 9 лет назад +11

      billy rymer is no fucking slouch, man. dillinger is incredible as is...not that pridgen isn't a legend too.

    • @DillingerEscapeMan
      @DillingerEscapeMan 9 лет назад +1

      Billy Rymer is incredible. Dillinger are amazing as they are. If Thomas was the drummer for Dillinger that would be unbelievable. I'm not taking away from the current members at all.

    • @andyham6094
      @andyham6094 6 лет назад

      Samuel Keeler that’s funny cause billy said a big influence in his sound was pridgen’s style of drumming in the Mars Volta and you can clearly see and hear the similarities in their playing.

    • @longdrums
      @longdrums 3 года назад +1

      Whilst this would've been cool, Thomas doesn't have the double bass ability to play the back catalogue so he'd either need to sharpen that up or they would've had to write all new material without any double kick.

    • @johnholmeswebb8162
      @johnholmeswebb8162 3 года назад

      Billy ryhmer will eat thomas up.

  • @preisseldrums
    @preisseldrums 9 лет назад +2

    What a beast, great energy!

  • @mdrmrgrl9622
    @mdrmrgrl9622 5 лет назад +1

    You are the Man Thomas!! 😎

  • @yetisenpai8068
    @yetisenpai8068 8 лет назад +1

    absolute savage on drums. dude is super talented

  • @oriondrums2
    @oriondrums2 9 лет назад +20

    Wish I could hear more of ben on this.

  • @DrummerEvan1
    @DrummerEvan1 9 лет назад +2

    that snare sounds nuts!

  • @BlastbeateR1
    @BlastbeateR1 8 лет назад +9

    Looking forward to Pridgen's doom metal project

  • @jheredi84
    @jheredi84 8 лет назад +1

    BEAST!!! That is all!!!

  • @DonaldSturgeAnthonyMcKenzieII
    @DonaldSturgeAnthonyMcKenzieII 9 лет назад +1

    Yes, Thomas

  • @sammyhdrmendoza2773
    @sammyhdrmendoza2773 9 лет назад +19

    3:09 WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!

    • @painlessly_bc
      @painlessly_bc 8 лет назад +1

      +SammyHDR Mendoza literally the highest level of paradiddle-diddle XD

    • @phatpeople1234
      @phatpeople1234 8 лет назад +1

      +SammyHDR Mendoza That's what I call time travel.

    • @Jalfrosie
      @Jalfrosie 6 лет назад

      Thats just really fast blushda's i think

    • @bad_keyzi
      @bad_keyzi 5 лет назад +2

      @@painlessly_bc sorry to dissapoint you, but it's not a paradidlediddle... it's actually made of single notes, accented on each bassdrum he plays. the thing is that it's so fast it looks like something else, but its not.

    • @ninjabuck2576
      @ninjabuck2576 5 лет назад

      @@bad_keyzi Bingo! I literally played it today and was like, "DAMN! That was easy!" But oh it looks nice!

  • @hippoo25
    @hippoo25 9 лет назад +2

    New respect for mr pridgen!

  • @CodyCarpSwag
    @CodyCarpSwag 9 лет назад

    Wicked cool jammmm!!

  • @TheYeremo
    @TheYeremo 8 лет назад +2

    Thomas is incredibly good

  • @romaonetto
    @romaonetto 9 лет назад +1

    belo groove

  • @Doverbeach32
    @Doverbeach32 9 лет назад +1

    LOVE IT!!! Please tell me what cymbals Thomas is using, that main crash is crazy!
    WHAT CYMBALS ARE THESE? Thanks!
    One love

  • @the1youlove940
    @the1youlove940 3 года назад

    BEAST🙌🏾

  • @yiyerastudillo9312
    @yiyerastudillo9312 9 лет назад +2

    Woow..!! Thomas Pridgen un grande...!!
    y se a cambiado de marca de platillos porque antes tocaba con Zildjian y ahora en este año esta tocando con SABIAN Artisan sin duda lo mejor que hay.. HHX Legacy Ride de 22" Woow..!! crash y hi hats Artisan y splash HHX sin duda la mejor herramienta que existe .... OMG ..!!

    • @samuelmendoza8670
      @samuelmendoza8670 8 лет назад

      no creo que haya cambiado de marca , en zildjian tiene sus platillos preferidos

  • @NoLoveDeepWebbb
    @NoLoveDeepWebbb 9 лет назад +1

    i really want to hear a quartet with tomas, zach hill, black pus and gavin harrison

  • @acengazzledie9892
    @acengazzledie9892 9 лет назад

    Thomas pridgen and mike smith it's fucking passion sick!

  • @h.p.dominocus
    @h.p.dominocus 7 месяцев назад

    Yessss!

  • @donaldham1218
    @donaldham1218 8 лет назад +1

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😢....the whole video...like wow

  • @raymondhenson5648
    @raymondhenson5648 5 лет назад +2

    Thomas is so dangerous!!!

  • @jersdrums
    @jersdrums 5 лет назад +1

    Greatest harmonica drum duo of all time

  • @gregorygalster7030
    @gregorygalster7030 9 лет назад

    One word WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rired2005
    @rired2005 9 лет назад

    Thomas, per usual, going CRAZY.... thanks, man... :)

  • @stevev3451
    @stevev3451 7 лет назад

    Love

  • @JonKnox
    @JonKnox 9 лет назад +2

    That fill @ 2:57 tho!

  • @dillingerspaceman5513
    @dillingerspaceman5513 9 лет назад

    damn this is really good!!

  • @ericmsandoval
    @ericmsandoval 2 года назад

    Rare footage of Thomas Pridgen playing Sabians!

  • @badoocee1967
    @badoocee1967 9 лет назад

    Nice jam here.

  • @simonsannicolas1177
    @simonsannicolas1177 9 лет назад

    Great display of the Dave weckl legacy line

  • @RichardHBlumberg
    @RichardHBlumberg 9 лет назад

    NAMM 2015 - Thomas Pridgen | John Popper | Ben Weinman | Pete Griffin | Alexander Potts - GoPro Booth.
    This video features Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta, The Memorials, Suicidal Tendencies) on drums, who may very well be the most insane drummer we've ever witnessed. Thomas won a Guitar Center Drum Off at age 9, and was the recipient of a 4 year scholarship to Berklee College of Music in 1999 at the age of 15 - the youngest musician to ever receive this scholarship.

  • @Aplustradomus
    @Aplustradomus 9 лет назад

    Holy crap.....his hands....I don't think I have ever seen him with a shirt on..lol..beast

  • @pistolCrockett
    @pistolCrockett 9 лет назад

    The dude is a beast.....

  • @AbeCastDrums
    @AbeCastDrums 9 лет назад

    Sooo gooood

  • @sebincubus7673
    @sebincubus7673 5 лет назад

    A monster!!!

  • @KillSwitch66627
    @KillSwitch66627 9 лет назад +1

    Thomas, Ben and Pete... Is this in anyway related to Giraffe Tongue Orchestra?

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 8 лет назад

    Great left hand from 0:51 to 0:54

  • @stoner12008
    @stoner12008 8 лет назад +1

    I'd sell my organs to play like Thomas!

  • @SoundBarrierEntertainment
    @SoundBarrierEntertainment 8 лет назад

    What mic was used , obviously not the onboard go pro

  • @jarrahdrum
    @jarrahdrum 8 лет назад

    Insane :-)

  • @Killenmachine05
    @Killenmachine05 3 года назад

    Can we take a moment to appreciate john popper and the fact that he's shredding harmonica just as hard as thomas is shredding the drums.

  • @KGBDrums
    @KGBDrums 9 лет назад +2

    Did he switch cymbal endorsements??

    • @Killenmachine05
      @Killenmachine05 3 года назад

      Nah, this was just a booth kit at namm, not his gear.

  • @ArndtGustavo
    @ArndtGustavo 9 лет назад +2

    When thomas pridgen started as Mars Volta's drummer I used to say that thomas pridgen was the best drummer i have ever seen in my life and nobody cares because nobody really knows him. But now everyone is impressed with his hability. im must say that i'm a big visionary.

  • @ruiner101
    @ruiner101 Год назад

    I wonder who sponsored that drum kit. They should have had the decency to put their logo on it.

  • @aqualunga9467
    @aqualunga9467 9 лет назад

    Thomas is very serious person.

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 8 лет назад

    Great hands at 1:06 - 1:07 ... and the rest of the danged video!!!

  • @christianpaulroldan3662
    @christianpaulroldan3662 9 лет назад

    wild drummin

  • @raiotinfamigold
    @raiotinfamigold 9 лет назад

    guys, what ride is that?

  • @YoutanPoluo
    @YoutanPoluo 9 лет назад +2

    AWWWW SHITTTTTTTT

  • @aking8477
    @aking8477 4 года назад

    Dang. I've just developed an overwhelming sense or inferiority. Lol that was pretty amazing.

  • @MarioJelev
    @MarioJelev 9 лет назад

    is he not with zildjian any more?

  • @Tenorcapacity121
    @Tenorcapacity121 4 года назад

    Thomas’ ability to seamlessly push and pull tempo is fucking astonishing. His internal metronome is inhuman.

  • @devandobbins9024
    @devandobbins9024 5 лет назад

    Sheesh 🔥

  • @benurschel2258
    @benurschel2258 8 лет назад

    anybody know what cymbals hes using

    • @landerpridgen9512
      @landerpridgen9512 8 лет назад

      +Ben ! All sabian. it'a an HHX Legacy Heavy Ride, Vault Artisan hats and crashes, and a 12" HHX splash

  • @camiloin
    @camiloin 9 лет назад +1

    Salsa blast

  • @AshBiggums
    @AshBiggums 2 года назад

    Singles are God-like

  • @leighphelps8032
    @leighphelps8032 8 лет назад

    fill master

  • @Dan_is_a_liar
    @Dan_is_a_liar 9 лет назад +1

    OK now everybody play a solo at the same time! Gooo!!!!

  • @aounjose
    @aounjose 4 года назад

    It must be stressful for other musicians to play with this guy.... hard to keep up with!

  • @amierjohnson5487
    @amierjohnson5487 5 лет назад

    Omg

  • @nodnarbregztem8546
    @nodnarbregztem8546 5 лет назад

    Everyone just gonna ignore "Pete Griffin" in the title? lol

  • @sammyhdrmendoza2773
    @sammyhdrmendoza2773 9 лет назад

    que marca de platillos son esos?

    • @meganabil1998
      @meganabil1998 9 лет назад

      Splash: sabian hhx
      Ride: Sabian Legacy
      Hihat: Sabian Legacy HHX
      Crash: Sabian Artisian (ambos)
      De nada :)

    • @sammyhdrmendoza2773
      @sammyhdrmendoza2773 9 лет назад

      Graias bro!

  • @manuelcasares8250
    @manuelcasares8250 9 лет назад

    What music style is this?

    • @DCDreamChaser
      @DCDreamChaser 9 лет назад

      Found out? They would say it is Salsa, but because it is fast, I'd consider it to be called Fusion Songo. Look -Songo/songo drumming- up.

  • @snorgisborg2
    @snorgisborg2 5 лет назад

    The mars escape plan

  • @thesikamikanico
    @thesikamikanico 7 лет назад +1

    since when does he play Sabian?

  • @adamgawwwww
    @adamgawwwww 9 лет назад

    4:09 WHAT

  • @omegaomnifariousdeoxirybon744
    @omegaomnifariousdeoxirybon744 5 лет назад

    5:10 DrunkShip of Lanterns?

  • @josueguzman3227
    @josueguzman3227 5 лет назад

    The best drummer avery fast and technique

  • @metalvocalistwanted
    @metalvocalistwanted 9 лет назад

    Dayam

  • @simonsannicolas1177
    @simonsannicolas1177 9 лет назад

    Or could be the super expensive artistan line

  • @Augfordpdoggie
    @Augfordpdoggie 4 года назад

    john popper and that harmonica....geez, iwish he would shut up

  • @brionesmusic
    @brionesmusic 5 лет назад +2

    Who the F let the guy with the harmonica in the booth?!

  • @coajrmusic
    @coajrmusic 5 лет назад

    A tough act to follow....you wanna play? Other guy 'nope'.......

  • @diegongenelkelen7254
    @diegongenelkelen7254 8 лет назад +5

    Peter Griffin?

  • @joshuaguzman2784
    @joshuaguzman2784 5 лет назад

    The Best drummer World wowwwww

  • @ProLaps69
    @ProLaps69 9 лет назад

    pete griffin

  • @FabioGDrums
    @FabioGDrums 5 лет назад

    JODER! SATANÁS ESTÁ EN ÉL! EL GROOVE SI FUE PARA EL INFIERNO

  • @larrytemp3063
    @larrytemp3063 7 лет назад

    ONE THING ABOUT TOMMIE IS HE GETS NAKED WHEN HE PLAYS HE TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF LOOKING FOR THE DAY WHEN HE SHALL TAKE HIS PANTS AND UNDER WEARS OFF TOO THAT WOULD BE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD CAN'T WAIT

  • @darianme6929
    @darianme6929 6 лет назад

    Mississippi mass choir you smashed then steal smashing now are you still playing for the church

  • @philippefeld1731
    @philippefeld1731 9 лет назад +1

    Awsome playing . still it seems like each cat is playing on his own. Not much listining.