I've been friends with Glenn since 1977. Drove him to his first bar band audition and have followed him ever since. He's a great drummer, who's come a long way from the bar days. He was always a beast, beating the hell out of his drums with all his might. He spent a fortune on sticks, heads, and cymbals, because he broke them all the time! Only one drumsticks he didn't break were Teflon! He bent the shit out of them!! I've been so proud to call him friend.
Glenn is my aunts next door neighbor, several times i have talked to him out on his driveway. He is such a nice guy you would never known hes a drummer for a metal band...
He is a cool dude, he sat and had a beer with me, after a show I saw them on, during handle with care at the 9:30 club in D.C, and he gave me his broken drum stick, which I had Dan sign. Lol
One of the best drum interviews ever! I became a fan of these guys back in 1987. Saw them on April 13th 1990 while in support of Handle With Care with Testament & Savatage. They put on an amazing show!
Yea killer tune and I just was gonna post another drummer cover of that today!My buddy Mike Bogush used to play in Nuclear Assault back in 84 and 85 and we collaborate some stuff together and Glenn is friends with him on Facebook but yea growing up Glenn was in like my top 10 or 15 favorite metal drummers and just drummers period plus I mostly listened to Metal classic rock too.Its all rock though just metal is rock on steroids I guess!!haha
When i see Glenn Evans now, just reminds me of 80s thrash. The first thrash metal band i ever listened to (Nuclear Assault). One of the very best in his game.
It's so cool finding this on RUclips he used to live in my tiny town Warren Grove. I was young then probably around 10 but I remember going canoeing with him. He's definitely a good dude he was always happy. I wish I still had the nuclear assault shirt he gave me
Fantastic! I was born in 1970 and loved Nuclear Assault (we always supported the "smaller" bands, also) and the sound of that band really is outstanding and unique!!! (especially the albom "Game Over" - it's a classic, try it out! BD
Glenn foi meu baterista favorito desde 1986!!! Meus amigos ainda nem conheciam Nuclear Assault e eu falava: uma puta banda com um baterista fantástico!! Em 1989 durante o show em São Paulo eu dei um mosh tão empolgado que quase quebrei a coluna. haahaha bons tempos!
I was in a band called Minddrive in the early to mid 90s. We had the honor of opening for Nuclear Assault in Syracuse NY. Glenn was totally cool, down to earth and brought the house down with his playing. He hit everything with such brute force and authority to where my deaf aunt in Omaha heard him!
Always loved Nuclear Assault. Brain Death is one of the best composed great metal songs ever. .... but I was always shocked that Glenn was never sniped away by a "bigger" act, Shannon Larkin or Trujillo. He's brilliantly efficient as a drummer.
Funny guy. Lol. Met him several times back in the day. Very cool guy. And also very underated drummer. He is so badass. One of my favorite thrash drummers
I love Nuclear Assault ever since hearing them on a live show broadcast on the radio in England at the Hammersmith Odeon circa 1986, it was just a pure wall of thick noise, I immediately thought they were great. I was right, the albums were full of excellent songs, I think of them as the Ramones of heavy metal
I love this guy's approach to playing drums! He's a beast of a drummer! I play drums on occasion, and I'm learning that you can never be too old to find new influences. Thanks, Glen!
i gotta say when I heard the intro to something wicked this way comes blew me away that song is my goto goto song on a bad day (2017-til today )man that song is powerful
Saw them at their first ever uk gig back in the day supporting agent steel at hammersmith odeon as it was called then..john Connelly stage diving not realising their was seats was a classic memory...and yes we went for nuclear assault not ageing steel as did nearly everyone in crowd it seemed...happy days
Love his no nonsense style... straight forward beefy beats. Met him once on the a staircase at the Palladium when they played with Agnostic Front, Lunachicks, Leeway and Murphy's Law.
Don't make long demo brother need a rest.. u been smashing the war drums for decades... thx for the great service to global metal legion... big respect to u sir
If someone asked me name some of the greatest drummers in thrash metal. The first two names to come to mind would be Glenn and Perry Strickland of Vio-lence. Very cool of you to do this interview and the one with Donald Tardy. An interview with Perry would be kickass!
This a great format for a drummer interview; he doesn't tell drumming influence but plays the beat and sings with it to tell you which part of the song he's at. He's cool and chill as fuck, and a great, hard player. All drum interviews should be done like this.
At this day... I still listen to Nuclear Assault! "Brainstorm"... I think Is called... Is my favorite song of choice... Such a underated band but still reigns kings of Thrash/Crossover Metal!!!🎼🤘🥁🍻🤜🤛😎🎶🎵
you can tell Glen is a super cool old school trash metalhead! I found this 4 minute video the most amusing from a drummer in ages, was not about drumming , was about being a drummer to the crowd! the guy is laid back and unpretentious - "Lars ulrich should come and learn how not to be a Diva"
I've been friends with Glenn since 1977. Drove him to his first bar band audition and have followed him ever since. He's a great drummer, who's come a long way from the bar days. He was always a beast, beating the hell out of his drums with all his might. He spent a fortune on sticks, heads, and cymbals, because he broke them all the time! Only one drumsticks he didn't break were Teflon! He bent the shit out of them!! I've been so proud to call him friend.
fucking great rise above the ashes
Tell him hi for me!
that’s so cool
Atomic waste displaced! 👹
Great story. Thanks for sharing
old school drumer with huge speed metal experience. .whole life was playing very fast and strong.. great
respect Nuclear Assault
Glenn is my aunts next door neighbor, several times i have talked to him out on his driveway. He is such a nice guy you would never known hes a drummer for a metal band...
Love little trivia like this
Did you smoke a doobie with him?
He is a cool dude, he sat and had a beer with me, after a show I saw them on, during handle with care at the 9:30 club in D.C, and he gave me his broken drum stick, which I had Dan sign. Lol
Why so? By your rationale, in order to be a metal drummer one must be a dickhead? !😆
I loooooove these guys! Saw em in Liverpool, UK in 89, got on stage and got my hair caught in John 's head stock before he fucked me off stage!😆
Glenn is a pure legend and Nuclear Assault one of the most underrated bands ever
Survive album was nothing short of a masterpiece of speed metal
The Plague, Game Over, Survive, Handle with Care, all taken for a spin regularly on 1st pressing vinyl. Fabulous sound!!
Legend. So underrated as a drummer IMO.
Glen is a legend. I'm forty nine and I grew up listening to them. Good Times, Bad Times.
great Drummer one of my fav !!! and nuclear Assault is one of the best band for me forever
One of the best drum interviews ever! I became a fan of these guys back in 1987. Saw them on April 13th 1990 while in support of Handle With Care with Testament & Savatage. They put on an amazing show!
me too, ears still ringing
damn thats a sick line up, i was a toddler at the time lol
My all time favorite drummer. He is a musician! Today, the metaldrummers are boring drummachines without soul. Sorry to say.
Dave Witte and Mario Duplantier...
They are, no one stands out to me today
such an underrated drummer , LOVE THIS GUY
great drummer, great attitude, love Nuclear Assault
He looks so sad in the thumbnail. He's a beast on the drums though and he always had really unique, fun fills in his playing imo
Один из лучших барабанщиков в ТРЭШЕ! ❤😊
always loved his drumming on search and seizure
I think so too. Such a powerful song and the drumming is class A!
Hell yeah. Blistering
His drumming in the song brainwashed is magnificent. Some of the best I've ever heard.
Yea killer tune and I just was gonna post another drummer cover of that today!My buddy Mike Bogush used to play in Nuclear Assault back in 84 and 85 and we collaborate some stuff together and Glenn is friends with him on Facebook but yea growing up Glenn was in like my top 10 or 15 favorite metal drummers and just drummers period plus I mostly listened to Metal classic rock too.Its all rock though just metal is rock on steroids I guess!!haha
simple setting but cool sound, that's a drummer
Damn old-school metal heads are awesome.
When i see Glenn Evans now, just reminds me of 80s thrash. The first thrash metal band i ever listened to (Nuclear Assault). One of the very best in his game.
"The Plague" is one of the greatest Metal albums in history!!! \m/
Agreed. So is Survive
Mr Evans you are a iNSPIRATION TO ME AS A KID IN THE 80S !@ nO ONE PLAYED LIKE YOU !
It's so cool finding this on RUclips he used to live in my tiny town Warren Grove. I was young then probably around 10 but I remember going canoeing with him. He's definitely a good dude he was always happy. I wish I still had the nuclear assault shirt he gave me
Fantastic! I was born in 1970 and loved Nuclear Assault (we always supported the "smaller" bands, also) and the sound of that band really is outstanding and unique!!! (especially the albom "Game Over" - it's a classic, try it out! BD
Glenn foi meu baterista favorito desde 1986!!! Meus amigos ainda nem conheciam Nuclear Assault e eu falava: uma puta banda com um baterista fantástico!! Em 1989 durante o show em São Paulo eu dei um mosh tão empolgado que quase quebrei a coluna. haahaha bons tempos!
I was in a band called Minddrive in the early to mid 90s. We had the honor of opening for Nuclear Assault in Syracuse NY. Glenn was totally cool, down to earth and brought the house down with his playing. He hit everything with such brute force and authority to where my deaf aunt in Omaha heard him!
Fucking awesome drummer - always loved his snare rolls - amazing speed and control
Huge inspiration to me, as well as many others. Glenn is a living legend for anybody with a pulse to witness. LOVE YOU MAN!
This man right here was one of my favs growing up!!!
Always loved Nuclear Assault. Brain Death is one of the best composed great metal songs ever.
.... but I was always shocked that Glenn was never sniped away by a "bigger" act, Shannon Larkin or Trujillo. He's brilliantly efficient as a drummer.
this was a fun interview
Still thrash out to Survive, great album as well as Handle With Care. Glenn is a solid drummer, hard hitter and brings it. Give us another album guys!
the Something Wicked album tempo changes for the solos are absolutely insane, i love it, its my favorite metal album
Another Violent End is an underrated gem.
@@Palestina.non.grata86 that guitar solo never left my mind
Thrash drummer who hits like Bonham, absolute legend!
Yes!!! couldn't pickpoint the exact style in there, its bonham, good eye
@@camilo62693 You mean good ear! LOL
@@MrGuitarandvocals good lord
I found out about Nuclear Assault too late. His drumming is really amazing
Stand back for Exciter!!! Love his Rob Halford yell.
Funny guy. Lol. Met him several times back in the day. Very cool guy. And also very underated drummer. He is so badass. One of my favorite thrash drummers
The Ian Paice of Thrash Metal
Jaja Yes!
Fireball was thrash to me
I love Nuclear Assault ever since hearing them on a live show broadcast on the radio in England at the Hammersmith Odeon circa 1986, it was just a pure wall of thick noise, I immediately thought they were great. I was right, the albums were full of excellent songs, I think of them as the Ramones of heavy metal
Why does he look like he's about to cry in the thumbnail?
Dont know, but according to Lilker he is in pain when he strikes so hard. Seems like Glenn might be done.
@Angel Martyr world's always been shit my dude.
@Angel Martyr life in 1700 was pretty bad.
@Angel Martyr just don't be an asshole to black people and don't be an establishment bootlicker and they won't bug you.
@Angel Martyr why are you conservative?
Always loved the whole sound. This is one of many bands I grew up listening to (and still own their cassettes/vinyl) in the 80's.
Survive and The Plague are my favs. Had all of them through Handle with Care. The new stuff is cool too
We’ll never meet a more honest drummer. Keep on rocking bro
I love this guy's approach to playing drums! He's a beast of a drummer! I play drums on occasion, and I'm learning that you can never be too old to find new influences. Thanks, Glen!
i gotta say when I heard the intro to something wicked this way comes blew me away that song is my goto goto song on a bad day (2017-til today )man that song is powerful
The basics of how to play Rockenroll in 4 min.
He have big band swing stuff
Saw them at their first ever uk gig back in the day supporting agent steel at hammersmith odeon as it was called then..john Connelly stage diving not realising their was seats was a classic memory...and yes we went for nuclear assault not ageing steel as did nearly everyone in crowd it seemed...happy days
awesome interview .. kick ass drummer of all time .
Love his no nonsense style... straight forward beefy beats. Met him once on the a staircase at the Palladium when they played with Agnostic Front, Lunachicks, Leeway and Murphy's Law.
THX for Metal drums in Nuclear Assault ...... I saw 2 times live in France ; merci beaucoup !
His work on "Handle with care" is incredible.
i graduated in 90, "Survive" was my absolute favorite album when i was in high school.
Nuclear assault was one of the hardest thrash metal bands with a pretty rock n roll attitude.
Don't make long demo brother need a rest.. u been smashing the war drums for decades... thx for the great service to global metal legion... big respect to u sir
Amazing drummer. Thanks for the music. From this 52 year old stoner from the 80s
This guys got a great style. Killer fills!
Such an underrated band. Love them.
I’ll never forget how nice you were. Studio One in NJ many years ago. 💙
really cool interview- thank you!
If someone asked me name some of the greatest drummers in thrash metal. The first two names to come to mind would be Glenn and Perry Strickland of Vio-lence. Very cool of you to do this interview and the one with Donald Tardy. An interview with Perry would be kickass!
I'd add Greg Hall from Sacred Reich
Awesome heavy hitter thanks for the great drumming.
I had Glenn's album, C.I.A. used to jam to that also.
Corey Ray ; Loved “In the Red”!! Still have that CD
There's actually two C.I.A . albums....."In the Red" and "Attitude". They're both good.
LOVE the interview style, using examples, fantastic. Great Drummer from a great old band.
My brother.... you are AWESOME!!!!!!!
This a great format for a drummer interview; he doesn't tell drumming influence but plays the beat and sings with it to tell you which part of the song he's at. He's cool and chill as fuck, and a great, hard player. All drum interviews should be done like this.
great drummer
Dude, is awesome, had a beer with him at the 9:30 club in DC,. On the Handle with Care tour
It’s about time this guy got some media respect. Love this guy, love Nuclear Assault.
Glen fit-in Nuclear Assault very well. He is a very solid old school metal drummer with groove and power to match !
unclear assault rules, I always loved the drums on their records. Awsome stuff
Unclear assault. LOL!!!!!!!! I definitely want what you're smoking
Great!
just started to listen to these guys and so glad metal today sux and to me their old stuff is fresh and so needed to me but wow this band is awesome
Good to see you Glenn!!
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!! love the band still. peace
It's always great to hear Phil Rudd getting the shout out.
Now there is man who just loves to talk about his craft 🙃 Man, I loved those early NA records 😁
i got ur drumstick in Barcelona , love bro.
He's like a character from Beavis and Butt-head, awesome!
Glenn succeded. The Nuclear Assault drum sound kicks so much ass, it makes other bands butthurt.
Ya gotta love this guy! Especially in 2019!!!!
Reminds me of my Dad , no wonder why I was raised on Nuclear Assault
I absolutelly love how he plays Kiss and Priest while singing like it was easy, he seems a very kind guy
hes great
At this day... I still listen to Nuclear Assault! "Brainstorm"... I think Is called... Is my favorite song of choice... Such a underated band but still reigns kings of Thrash/Crossover Metal!!!🎼🤘🥁🍻🤜🤛😎🎶🎵
excelente video!
Loved the Kiss part 👍
LOVE this guy...He would love my drummer. BT Saints
you can tell Glen is a super cool old school trash metalhead! I found this 4 minute video the most amusing from a drummer in ages, was not about drumming , was about being a drummer to the crowd! the guy is laid back and unpretentious - "Lars ulrich should come and learn how not to be a Diva"
I was such a Nuclear Assault fan I got his solo album, and actually thought it was good.
In the red, I had it also but I didn't think it was good, lol.
Drum and BUgle corps!!!??? WOW!! Cool!! Bad ass, underrated thrash drummer!!
Great guy🥁🥁🥁
I love this guy!
He should play for AC / DC actually... totally suited, personality and drumming style
What a legend
Yeah he seems pretty cool!!
thank you sir , that made my day .
you're drumming is like lets get ready to Riot!
Love Glens drumming...
What a drummer! Legend.
Love it
Keep rockin'!
cool guy.
Kick-ass! I need a drummer like that.