It's quite incredible how effortless he makes his drumming look. What he's doing is so complex, so many subtle, intricate things going on. This is really something else to watch, getting this close-up of his playing. Thanks so much for this.
I agree. This track especially, I love the how patient the buildups are (2:14); how the single guitar starts from square one and utilizes a good deal of silence. Then the delay pedal kicks in, and then the drums as they get gradually more complex. I find that kinda thing fun and elegant and it's what makes this my favorite math rock album.
@@yana_2_6_0 it's actually not a delay pedal! altho I understand that confusion, Ian actually puts the 3 chords in a looper pedal, and then adds a 2nd loop of him playing those 3 chords again but delayed
Don Caballero might just be one of the most important American pieces of art ever drawn and pulled from the sticky taffy-like ether of creation. It will inspire. It will hurt. It will awe. I'm 42 now and Don Cab has been with me on cross country train rides, heart breaks, death, the soundtrack to novels, and when my wife walked down the aisle to the beginning of Peter Criss Jazz. I am never not entertained and bewildered by Damon and whatever group of musicians that surround this human fucking tornado of talent. I am absoultely grateful for these playthroughs! Please cast your spell with twin wands on those drums like the wizard you are until the god damn wheels come off!
Probably my favorite DC track and that's saying something. Also the first I ever heard, I was about 13 when it came out, and it really opened me up to new sounds/styles. It makes me really happy to see him do it in full quality like this, so fucking smooth and effortless. As someone who jams along on DC on drums but without a double bass pedal, I really never put together how often and intricate the switches are between hi-hat control and the bass. Very unique as Che's style always is.
1:46 the way he stops the crash cymbal ringing with his stick, hits the bell on it and then hits the bell on the ride while doing all the other shit he’s doing at the same time. Seriously the master of polyrhythms. My favorite drummer ever. Also that hi hat work with his foot. Nobody does that shit. And when he uses his hi hat as a crash cymbal and closes it real quick. What the hell. Amazing.
What a time to be alive to see these songs played through, recorded so long ago when the band was still active when we couldn’t see the notes played up so close.
American Don is one of my all time favorite albums. I spent so many hours in the car in college trying to figure out and memorize these drum lines. Thanks for putting up this channel, it’s great to see your music being brought back to life!
Oh my god I’m so happy I found this channel. Don Cab is one of the reasons I started drumming 25 years ago as a kid. Way to go Damon! Glad I see the foot cam with that left foot action.
Amazing! I think one of the most interesting things about these close up vids is seeing that you're a 'heel down' player on the kick. I'm really surprised you can get that kind of power out of that technique. I guess it should come as much of a surprise since basically everything you hit is different than just about everyone else.
He's a pretty burly and strong fella which is probably how he generates such velocity with his right foot. I was always surprised by how deft his drumming is in general, prior to seeing them in the 90s I always imagined his style to be more brutish. Also, it's super cool to see Justin (Demonic Sweaters) chiming in here. His drumming with Lincoln and Kukim was equally as inspiring to me back in the day as Mr. Che. He rips some of the smoothest and articulate triplets ever!
probably my favorite math rock song of all time, so glad to see you do a live playthrough of it Damon :) Don Caballero 3 would be pretty awesome to see you do live as well!
This is the first song of Don Caballero I listened to, it was on the radio 20 years ago (a french one called FIP with all kinds of styles, very eclectic). It was a delightful suprise, and I've never stopped listening for this band since then, which is on my top 3 of "musical artists that are very close to my inner child" (or something like this, probably simpler). My favourite song remains Railroad Cancellation. Thanks of lot for sharing these drum plays, and thank you Damon for being such a lunar drummer, with so much personnality and creativity in your style. It inspired me a lot in drumming. Long life to you 😊
Just came across yr channel- Holy shit, thank you for this video! Can,t help but smile watching these. Lucky enough to have been able to see Don Caballero live many times in NYC late 90’s - early 00’s. Couldn’t even count how many times I’ve listened to all of these records. Bravo Damon the Octopus
very nice song, thank you. i think the camera work was the best in this video, nice color. Though you couldn't see all the footwork, not sure which is better
Really loving this! I was lucky enough to have ever seen you live in the Netherlands and it was phenomenal! I really like these playthrough videos. Really gets me inspired as a drummer. Still one of my favorites Damon. Would love to see you live once again!
Damon, can we get this same style and these angles for Don Caballero 3? For 20+ years now my friends and I have used that opening beat as a sort of right of passage in drumming. I would love to see the detailed view of your method and style on that one!
I keep freaking out after so many years listening to you. I will never get bored of hitting the "repeat all" when I listen to your CDs. I can only think of one adjective: brutal artists. Deamon, please, I'd love for you to play again: No One Gives a Hoot About FAUX-ASS Nonsense. Please, it's one of the songs, if not the one I like the most.
This is so cool that hes doing these,:)))))) like witnessing something from another world or someone that came back from the dead, music complimenting or as well🙏💜
Damon, have you thought about remastering American Don with a slightly higher dynamic range? I would buy them again if they had a better dynamic range.
You forgot to do the patented arm raise before the snare comes in 🙂. I always liked the switch to riding the floor tom at 0:48, and the creative use of the cymbal choke technique at 2:38.
@PfaffPfantom those are a pair of North Gun ear protection mufflers. They do not have headphone drivers in them, so I guess he's using them over regular earbuds or inears of some sort in order to reduce the noise level while recording. Hope that helped!
how did that snare position come about? i mean i get it’s the way you feel most comfortable playing, but did you find that out by accident or did you try the usual positions and those didn’t work out with your playing-style? just curious. your drumming utterly fascinates me.
Most uncomfortable looking drum set up ever and weirdest playing style but absolutely amazing skill. Listening to this band in high school was what taught me to play the drums myself and I definitely wouldn’t have the same appreciation for music or drumming without Damon Che.
@@DonCaballeroOfficial Huh, might just have to get a double-bass pedal then. Been trying to learn Don Caballero 3 but my leg explodes trying to do those rapid three note kicks.
His wiki page says he does that "possibly to accomodate his long arms" but it's not a source that comes from Damon himself so take It with a grain of salt
Damon Che is the most drummer ever.
His hi-hat work is the largest.
He do drum them drums.
It's quite incredible how effortless he makes his drumming look. What he's doing is so complex, so many subtle, intricate things going on. This is really something else to watch, getting this close-up of his playing. Thanks so much for this.
One of the greatest opening tracks on one of the greatest albums of all time played by the greatest Math rock drummer of all time
I agree. This track especially, I love the how patient the buildups are (2:14); how the single guitar starts from square one and utilizes a good deal of silence. Then the delay pedal kicks in, and then the drums as they get gradually more complex. I find that kinda thing fun and elegant and it's what makes this my favorite math rock album.
@@yana_2_6_0 it's actually not a delay pedal! altho I understand that confusion, Ian actually puts the 3 chords in a looper pedal, and then adds a 2nd loop of him playing those 3 chords again but delayed
I don't exagerate if I say I've been dreaming of this play along for the last 15 years. Thanks Damon! ❤
Awesome so glad it's being received well!
This deserves to have a lot more views...one of the best drummers alive right here.
YES! This is amazing. I'm about to be really gauche and make a request. I would LOVE for Let's Face It Pal, You Don't Need That Eye Surgery.
I completely agree, please Lets Face It Paul !
Let's Face it Pal, We Need That Drum Cover
I always wanted to see how Damon did this song. I’m stunned and jubilant! Even better than the studio recording. Incredible stuff.
his movements seem so casual, yet what he's playing is so complex and detailed
Damon is one of my favorite drummers. I was lucky enough to see Don Cab in the 90's!
Don Caballero might just be one of the most important American pieces of art ever drawn and pulled from the sticky taffy-like ether of creation. It will inspire. It will hurt. It will awe. I'm 42 now and Don Cab has been with me on cross country train rides, heart breaks, death, the soundtrack to novels, and when my wife walked down the aisle to the beginning of Peter Criss Jazz. I am never not entertained and bewildered by Damon and whatever group of musicians that surround this human fucking tornado of talent. I am absoultely grateful for these playthroughs! Please cast your spell with twin wands on those drums like the wizard you are until the god damn wheels come off!
Probably my favorite DC track and that's saying something. Also the first I ever heard, I was about 13 when it came out, and it really opened me up to new sounds/styles. It makes me really happy to see him do it in full quality like this, so fucking smooth and effortless. As someone who jams along on DC on drums but without a double bass pedal, I really never put together how often and intricate the switches are between hi-hat control and the bass. Very unique as Che's style always is.
Thanks so much
Thank you for existing
Effortless. A master. How busy has Damon been with drumming these last few years? He seems to play these tracks no problem!
1:46 the way he stops the crash cymbal ringing with his stick, hits the bell on it and then hits the bell on the ride while doing all the other shit he’s doing at the same time. Seriously the master of polyrhythms. My favorite drummer ever.
Also that hi hat work with his foot. Nobody does that shit. And when he uses his hi hat as a crash cymbal and closes it real quick. What the hell. Amazing.
What a time to be alive to see these songs played through, recorded so long ago when the band was still active when we couldn’t see the notes played up so close.
American Don is one of my all time favorite albums. I spent so many hours in the car in college trying to figure out and memorize these drum lines. Thanks for putting up this channel, it’s great to see your music being brought back to life!
Oh my god I’m so happy I found this channel. Don Cab is one of the reasons I started drumming 25 years ago as a kid. Way to go Damon! Glad I see the foot cam with that left foot action.
Amazing! I think one of the most interesting things about these close up vids is seeing that you're a 'heel down' player on the kick. I'm really surprised you can get that kind of power out of that technique. I guess it should come as much of a surprise since basically everything you hit is different than just about everyone else.
It looks like he was doing a combo of heel down and heel up, but i definitely found that surprising as well
@@ethanthomas5893 yeah, but even when it's up, it's not like up very much. So, I think I'd consider him mostly heel down.
He's a pretty burly and strong fella which is probably how he generates such velocity with his right foot. I was always surprised by how deft his drumming is in general, prior to seeing them in the 90s I always imagined his style to be more brutish.
Also, it's super cool to see Justin (Demonic Sweaters) chiming in here. His drumming with Lincoln and Kukim was equally as inspiring to me back in the day as Mr. Che. He rips some of the smoothest and articulate triplets ever!
@@kevinoldfield4912 Thanks Kev!
His foot / toe placement is more towards the beater than it is towards the heel plate, that's probably what it is.
Thanks. This work is really precious. I can't explain what damon is for me.
Thanks so much Marco
I had no idea these playthrough videos existed! So amazing to see! Thank you so much for sharing this with us :)
That's a wild angle to that snare drum!
That radioshack reverb with the sliders was my first effect. This album was huge for me. Loved you guys. Still do.
probably my favorite math rock song of all time, so glad to see you do a live playthrough of it Damon :)
Don Caballero 3 would be pretty awesome to see you do live as well!
This is the first song of Don Caballero I listened to, it was on the radio 20 years ago (a french one called FIP with all kinds of styles, very eclectic). It was a delightful suprise, and I've never stopped listening for this band since then, which is on my top 3 of "musical artists that are very close to my inner child" (or something like this, probably simpler). My favourite song remains Railroad Cancellation. Thanks of lot for sharing these drum plays, and thank you Damon for being such a lunar drummer, with so much personnality and creativity in your style. It inspired me a lot in drumming. Long life to you 😊
Wow! I love and appreciate how he utilizes every piece of his kit sonically and rhythmically with such precision.
that was just fantastic. I can't believe all 4 of his limbs are just always on the move doing something new after every beat. Damon Che Octopus
Was just doing my daily relisten of this album and then saw this video. Fuck yeah Damon you’re still the best to ever do it
Thanks so much!
Gotta love a band that has a lead drummer. Still killing it man. Keep up the fantastic work.
Just came across yr channel- Holy shit, thank you for this video! Can,t help but smile watching these. Lucky enough to have been able to see Don Caballero live many times in NYC late 90’s - early 00’s. Couldn’t even count how many times I’ve listened to all of these records. Bravo Damon the Octopus
Such an awesome track. Love the bass pedal work on this one too. Great to see it up close.
very nice song, thank you.
i think the camera work was the best in this video, nice color. Though you couldn't see all the footwork, not sure which is better
YESSSSS one of my favs. AMAZINGGGGG
Really loving this! I was lucky enough to have ever seen you live in the Netherlands and it was phenomenal! I really like these playthrough videos. Really gets me inspired as a drummer. Still one of my favorites Damon. Would love to see you live once again!
Thank so much!
3:00 Wesley Willis on the wall ? Pretty to cool to watch this from this angle. Thank you to all involved.
The fact that he can play with B8's and make them sound great just shows that gear doesn't make the sounds, the musician does.
Excellentay Magnific... Lady's and Gentlemaths, Damon Che
Damon, can we get this same style and these angles for Don Caballero 3? For 20+ years now my friends and I have used that opening beat as a sort of right of passage in drumming. I would love to see the detailed view of your method and style on that one!
Maybe we'll do 3 on the next round!
Super tight playing, really glad to see this video
oooooh one of my favorite Don Cab tracks
I keep freaking out after so many years listening to you. I will never get bored of hitting the "repeat all" when I listen to your CDs. I can only think of one adjective: brutal artists. Deamon, please, I'd love for you to play again: No One Gives a Hoot About FAUX-ASS Nonsense. Please, it's one of the songs, if not the one I like the most.
Amazing!! Greetings from Argentina 🙌
Thank you!
Awesome, radical and most excellent!!!
An absolute, pure artist behind the kit.
Pure joy 😃 Thx Would like to see you doing "No one gives a hoot about FAUX-ASS nonsence" from DC2, my personnal fav
yes! or please tokio
I second this, pleaaase
This guy is great he should be in a band or something
😂👌
the first time I listened to Don Cab I was like "I've never heard anything like this before" and all these years later that still rings true
Very bold drumming. I love it.
One of my favourite song from them...but i would like to watch him playing stupid puma!!!
Ive loved american don since i was 19...now well in my 30s this is amazing
This is so cool that hes doing these,:)))))) like witnessing something from another world or someone that came back from the dead, music complimenting or as well🙏💜
Legendary ❤Octopus GOD!
Once in a lifetime.
Damon, have you thought about remastering American Don with a slightly higher dynamic range? I would buy them again if they had a better dynamic range.
That could be cool!
@@DonCaballeroOfficial Amazing
might be hard to re-create, but I really wanna see if you can don cab 3. I know you can. or delivering the groceries
Your style is unmatched. A true legend
The icing on the cake is the hüsker dü shirt!
There is no bad don caballero song...
I’m waiting for the next Tshirt on the wall. WHAT BAND WILL IT BE?
LOL
I'd love to learn your double kick pedal technique. Sounds great.
can't believe you haven't hit the drum clinic algorithm yet, D.
I'd like to line one up for Damon!
All hail the Octopus!!!
You forgot to do the patented arm raise before the snare comes in 🙂. I always liked the switch to riding the floor tom at 0:48, and the creative use of the cymbal choke technique at 2:38.
Thank You!
Thank you for this!
Maybe you could implement some New Laws next?
Great suggestion!
This is so dope. Hoping for Slice Where You Live Like Pie someday.
What kind of headphones are those?
@PfaffPfantom those are a pair of North Gun ear protection mufflers. They do not have headphone drivers in them, so I guess he's using them over regular earbuds or inears of some sort in order to reduce the noise level while recording.
Hope that helped!
Thanks Damon ! Could someone tell me if he's playing double strokes on the hihat at 1:02 ?? I play it easier with single ones
yes double stroke. LLR LLR. A Drag Rudiment
@@DonCaballeroOfficial thanks
So damn good it hurts!
I hope you still have your black pearl export kit man … We chatted about our kits one night in Fuck all Massachusetts christ an easy 15 years ago
His fulcrum shouts "beginner", but the sounds he makes say something a little different.
An artist of the drums
how did that snare position come about? i mean i get it’s the way you feel most comfortable playing, but did you find that out by accident or did you try the usual positions and those didn’t work out with your playing-style? just curious. your drumming utterly fascinates me.
With this footage, the music has now gotten more power:))))))))
i always liked you
Excellent! All Sabian all the way
America Don Tour Damon. Do it!
Most uncomfortable looking drum set up ever and weirdest playing style but absolutely amazing skill. Listening to this band in high school was what taught me to play the drums myself and I definitely wouldn’t have the same appreciation for music or drumming without Damon Che.
I got those same shorts
what shoes are you wearing?
anyone know what kind of headphones those are?
Knocks my socks clean off every time
If ganesh played the drums. Damon never ceases to amaze.
Thank You!
i love you octopus damon!!
AWESOME!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you like it!
Genius
One day I would LOVE to watch Damon play P, P, Pantless.
I’ve been BEGGING AND BEGGING
I really can't think of one moment Damon isn't playing exactly what's right for the thing that's happening
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
All this time I thought Damon was doing triple strokes on one bass pedal with the right foot. Has he always used two bass pedals?
yep! Quick little 3 note bursts! RLR
@@DonCaballeroOfficial Huh, might just have to get a double-bass pedal then. Been trying to learn Don Caballero 3 but my leg explodes trying to do those rapid three note kicks.
Fuck yes
Hypnotic
Go Damon !
Absolutely killer
Thank You!
So fucking rad.
incredible
Insane
please do "things all over the place"
spot on
Is there a particular reason why he sets up his snare like that?
Preference
His wiki page says he does that "possibly to accomodate his long arms" but it's not a source that comes from Damon himself so take It with a grain of salt
School is back in session.
Love it!