Since 2011, Radiohead has been implementing the double drummer thing, mainly to perform acoustic and electronic drum parts, sometimes complex polyrhythmic dabblings too!
@@jamesp296 I Might Be Wrong, because I am no drummer and have little experience in theory, but I believe Bloom is possibly polyrhythmic ruclips.net/video/D2084nQbmvk/видео.html
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is the first band I became aware of as having two drummers, and their great breadth of material spanning a wide range of genres and styles showcases the double drummer phenomenon in a variety of musical contexts.
Another band that does double drummers really well is king gizzard and the lizard wizard, I'm sure you would enjoy their stuff if you've never checked them out
Favorite duo would be Phil Collins and Chester Thompson. I love the In the Cage medley they did with Cinema Show and In This Quiet Earth. Absolutely massive sound, and amazing cooperation
Early king gizz was knock off oh sees is what this guy is trying to say. They're both amazing bands, just oh sees deserve WAY more attention than they have now
In some liner notes I read, Ralph Humphrey briefly talked about the challenges of learning to play with Chester Thompson in Zappa's band, due to their backgrounds - Humphrey was used to playing in big bands like the Don Ellis Orchestra, and Thompson was used to smaller combos playing R&B, so their sense of time differed and they had to put in some effort to synchronise. Worked out well, though!
The Boredoms played with 2 or more drummers since the 80s. Starting out as a noise rock/punk/no wave band with two drummers they transformed into some sort of psychedelic tribal neo-kraut band that is very centered around the beats. They've been regularly gigging with 3 to 8 drummers and did single shows with 77 and 88 drummers. This live clip also features lots of guitar players. Skip to around 8 minutes if you don't care about the shredding and crowd interaction. (and yes, that is a 7 necked guitar on stage) ruclips.net/video/iJDdYnI2-Ag/видео.html
Dude! You're the man! Much love to you! Watching you and Josh do your thing was definitely worth it! Thanks a bunch for coming down to India! Next time Imma come to you!
just a thought, set the drums up in a huge pit so that the drummers can almost touch each other's backs, so the sound from each other will be coming from behind. audio engineer's nightmare but for the musicians...?
I realize they don’t have 2 drum kits, but how about salsa and timba rhythm sections? With timbales/drum sets, congas, and often bongos and auxiliary percussionists
A part of me wonders how it works, but I know what it’s like to lock in with a musician you know really well, me and my pianist have been playing for years and we know each other’s playing inside out, so I can understand that with enough time double drumming would develop into an awesome dynamic.
more stuff with 3 Drummers: Guard Nielssons Super Sonic Orchestra - great art-jazz-mayhem from Scandinavia. Is there a video somewhere of a complete performance from this tour? (just one song would be already great) - asking for my students ;-)
The first band I noticed having double drums was Holy Fuck, and its just because it was 1 of the first concerts I went to, and I just assumed it was because they were already doing a bunch of whacky things, but came looking for a video on this topic after seeing a set by Sons of Kemet.
I saw kamasi Washington's band with 2 drummers very recently. I sat right over Ronald bruner jr's set so I didnt really get into what Tony austin was doing, but they are both beasts. So tight, and they are just different enough.
I always thought it was just about dividing roles, whoever's better at playing pocket plays pocket and whoever has more creative fills/plays around with the song does that the whole time
That is one great looking video, and I really enjoyed the insight and perspective. I can definitely see that it would be more inspiring for the musicians to play with other cool people and creative musicians. For me as a listener, though, personally I never really feel the second drummer. That is 100% just my own experience, but I often even find the second guitar in a rock band offsetting. Depending on the composition you may need fewer or more people to play it in a way that is satisfying, but at a certain point I find I can hear the limitations put on the other musicians by an added instrument more prominently than what that instrument is able to add. Where that point is, though, is of course rather subjective.
How has no one brought up the fact that King Crimson has multiple drummers multiple times. Early Larks era King Crimson had 2 drummers. Double Trio era had 2 drummers. 2008 Tour had 2 drummers. Seven Headed Beast had 3 drummers!
please please what's the song at 3:33? I've seen people say it's Ascent by Shubh Saran but when I go listen to that song it sounds entirely different? It's also at 13:00.
Having two drummers in one band is absolutely pointless if the two are playing the exact same thing (ie Thee Oh Sees) but when the two drummers are both complimenting the music in two completely different, unique ways (ie Swans, Tortoise) it works. More than half the time tho, might as well just have one drummer and one percussionist.
Cool concept but I don't hear anything that requires two drummers. If I were to listen to just the audio without video, I would never believe that there were two of them. So much untapped potential.
Have never seen double drummer bands that I thought made any sense-- the concept is flawed,,,, except maybe in free Jazz,,, two drummers might make sense in that context-- It’s EASY to see why rather than a second drummer you would hire a percussionist instead- that combination makes perfect sense.
Never liked 2+ drummers, they tend to want to play in sync, but that is stupidly difficult so every other stoke sound unintentionally doubled. Don't sync, just play two different things.
Have you listened to king crimson's 3 drummers? They do some mad stuff.
Yeah, their Live in Toronto is astounding when it comes to drumming!
It's fun, it's funny, and it sounds good.
Saw them in Toronto as well. Pretty mindblowing.
did someone say...
KINGU CURIMUSON?
Gavin Harrison is the best. He’s influenced my playing in almost every way
Crushed it!! You're a beast and this video is killing.
Masterfully edited video. It's really great that you share this for everybody to listen to and get inspired.
King Crimson: "Hold my beer"
Indiscipline, indiscipline... Sorry, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress
I LIKE IT
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Hex Zero Rouge preach it! That rendition is insane
Slipknot and Mushroomhead - hold our masks
Since 2011, Radiohead has been implementing the double drummer thing, mainly to perform acoustic and electronic drum parts, sometimes complex polyrhythmic dabblings too!
Do you have an example of a song with polyrhythms with two drummers?
@@jamesp296 I Might Be Wrong, because I am no drummer and have little experience in theory, but I believe Bloom is possibly polyrhythmic ruclips.net/video/D2084nQbmvk/видео.html
Stanislovas Riska is i might be wrong a disclaimer or an anwser to the question?
@@Knutbsh disclaimer ;d
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is the first band I became aware of as having two drummers, and their great breadth of material spanning a wide range of genres and styles showcases the double drummer phenomenon in a variety of musical contexts.
ruclips.net/video/mV77jgo6LJI/видео.html
R.I.P. Eric’s drum privileges
I know it's late, but I highly recommend you Grateful Dead and The Band too
Wow, it's edited like one of those bonus-cd videos from bands records. Nice!
4:25 - That must be amazing to hear that live :(
7:26 "Mr. Josh Bailey back there on the durms", hahah. Great video Shawn!
YES FINALLY A VIDEO ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS THANK YOU
Another band that does double drummers really well is king gizzard and the lizard wizard, I'm sure you would enjoy their stuff if you've never checked them out
I'll check them out, thanks.
Shawn Crowder
Polygondwanaland for the best drum parts
@@Chris-mc2dt also fucking ITRN for those B E E F Y drums
The Melvins. Soooooo much.
don't forget about Oh Sees, they have 2 drummers too. and it's sounds awesome live.
Melvins were great when they had 2 drummers. They still are but they were then too! Same when they had 2 bassists as well!
If I remember correctly, the 2nd drummer was from Big Business, and that dude slays!
As proven by Melvins and King Gizzard, stoner rock with double drums became much much crushingly heavy it became one of my favorite style of music.
Melvins? Yeah, they're great, like Green Jellÿ. Let me tell you a little tale...
Great. Now 2 people playing while I'm tuning.
Favorite duo would be Phil Collins and Chester Thompson. I love the In the Cage medley they did with Cinema Show and In This Quiet Earth. Absolutely massive sound, and amazing cooperation
You forgot to talk about King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
OH
FUCKING
SEES
stop ignoring this band. it's really important. kgatlw wouldn't exist without this band. don't underrate.
@@ohseespolice7419 watch your bloodpressure
@@ohseespolice7419 wouldn't exist without them? that's a stretch
Early king gizz was knock off oh sees is what this guy is trying to say. They're both amazing bands, just oh sees deserve WAY more attention than they have now
ruclips.net/video/mV77jgo6LJI/видео.html
One drummer follows the rhythm from the melodic instruments, the other from the vocals.
In some liner notes I read, Ralph Humphrey briefly talked about the challenges of learning to play with Chester Thompson in Zappa's band, due to their backgrounds - Humphrey was used to playing in big bands like the Don Ellis Orchestra, and Thompson was used to smaller combos playing R&B, so their sense of time differed and they had to put in some effort to synchronise. Worked out well, though!
Really great video Sean! I hope you and your band mates stay safe out there with everything that's going on!
Great video ! Sons of Kemet is also a great example of a modern jazz band with two drummers ,they sound huge !
And while in the UK, don't forget Moses Boyd & Yussef Dayes' fireworks on the (live) album Alive in the East by Binker & Moses!
also check out the film with Frank Zappa & The Mothers live at the Roxy Theatre. 2 drummers and a delicious drum duet
The Boredoms played with 2 or more drummers since the 80s. Starting out as a noise rock/punk/no wave band with two drummers they transformed into some sort of psychedelic tribal neo-kraut band that is very centered around the beats. They've been regularly gigging with 3 to 8 drummers and did single shows with 77 and 88 drummers. This live clip also features lots of guitar players. Skip to around 8 minutes if you don't care about the shredding and crowd interaction. (and yes, that is a 7 necked guitar on stage) ruclips.net/video/iJDdYnI2-Ag/видео.html
That clip is pretty good stuff.
Dude! You're the man! Much love to you! Watching you and Josh do your thing was definitely worth it! Thanks a bunch for coming down to India! Next time Imma come to you!
YOU ARE THE MAN! Appreciate your talent and professionalism bro. Video came out great!
Tortoise is my favorite multi drummer band. Some of their tunes feature two bass guitars ad well. Search YT Tortoise post rock
Oh my God they are incredible.
One of the best bands I’ve ever seen.
I set my face to the hill side has got me through some sad times...
just a thought, set the drums up in a huge pit so that the drummers can almost touch each other's backs, so the sound from each other will be coming from behind. audio engineer's nightmare but for the musicians...?
What if our backs touched in the drummer pit?
Ahaha
jk
...unless
Wow! The Art of editing! This is mostrously
This is a perfect video since my band has decided to bring 2 drummers on our tour this summer (if corona doesn’t kill it, fingers crossed)
I realize they don’t have 2 drum kits, but how about salsa and timba rhythm sections? With timbales/drum sets, congas, and often bongos and auxiliary percussionists
dude i found out about Shubh through your first video subbing for them and they’re one of my favorite bands
King Crimson and the Allman Brothers Band.
A part of me wonders how it works, but I know what it’s like to lock in with a musician you know really well, me and my pianist have been playing for years and we know each other’s playing inside out, so I can understand that with enough time double drumming would develop into an awesome dynamic.
I feel like I'm watching the drum version of that polygamy tv show.
People in the comment be like: "Yo, the kings of double-drumming are King Gizzard and King Crimson"
And you what? I agree with em'.
Heckin Oh sees dude!
ruclips.net/video/mV77jgo6LJI/видео.html
I suppose on a purely literal level :p
Grateful Dead, and the Allman Brothers Band are great too.
What did you think about India as a country?
Amazing! I miss the food.
You might like to check out a portuguese band named PAUS, where the two drummers share the same bass drum. It's a siamese drum.
this is so professional looking.. fantastic video
Another band that recently has acquired two drummers is Kayo Dot. Their music is very experimental and unique.
Whaaaat! I did not know that. I love that band. Choirs of the Eye is an incredible album.
Fugazi’s The Argument has my favorite double drum parts. Oh, Ex-Spectator.
This is so cool. Really inspiring for me as a drummer and really entertaining for me as a fan of your music
38 Special. Although I never understood why they needed two drummers.
more stuff with 3 Drummers: Guard Nielssons Super Sonic Orchestra - great art-jazz-mayhem from Scandinavia.
Is there a video somewhere of a complete performance from this tour? (just one song would be already great)
- asking for my students ;-)
Wow Shawn, what a great film you’ve made here. Thank you
Have you listened to Thee Oh Sees?
One of the best double drummers bands out there
(King Gizz doesn't use double drumming anymore)
To add to the list of double drummer bands: Cult Of Luna
I love em.
I was fortunate to see them in the US recently and they were incredible
Really enjoyed this, thank you!
The first band I noticed having double drums was Holy Fuck, and its just because it was 1 of the first concerts I went to, and I just assumed it was because they were already doing a bunch of whacky things, but came looking for a video on this topic after seeing a set by Sons of Kemet.
My personal favourite double drum stunt is Parker's Band by Steely Dan. Super hype
Also bon iver has 2 amazing drummers and i cant believe they weren't mentioned
Come to india again soon y'all! Accha?
I saw kamasi Washington's band with 2 drummers very recently. I sat right over Ronald bruner jr's set so I didnt really get into what Tony austin was doing, but they are both beasts. So tight, and they are just different enough.
It's something I've always wanted to do
I always thought it was just about dividing roles, whoever's better at playing pocket plays pocket and whoever has more creative fills/plays around with the song does that the whole time
3:33 is one of the most swankiest shit i've heard in a while omg
Godspeed You! Black Emperor does double drums and double bass
omg home city! I wish i was there, hope Delhi treated you guys well
That is one great looking video, and I really enjoyed the insight and perspective.
I can definitely see that it would be more inspiring for the musicians to play with other cool people and creative musicians. For me as a listener, though, personally I never really feel the second drummer. That is 100% just my own experience, but I often even find the second guitar in a rock band offsetting. Depending on the composition you may need fewer or more people to play it in a way that is satisfying, but at a certain point I find I can hear the limitations put on the other musicians by an added instrument more prominently than what that instrument is able to add. Where that point is, though, is of course rather subjective.
Sungazer: double drumming, bitch!
King Crimson: *laughs in three drummers*
🥁🥁
Saw Cult Of Luna with 2 drummers,amazing,when Eternal Kingdom came out.
Hey Shawn, have you ever listened to the Butthole Surfers? Their early albums had double drummers and it sounds awesome.
How has no one brought up the fact that King Crimson has multiple drummers multiple times. Early Larks era King Crimson had 2 drummers. Double Trio era had 2 drummers. 2008 Tour had 2 drummers. Seven Headed Beast had 3 drummers!
All these early 2020 videos are so strange to watch in December. "Videos taken moments before disaster" vibes. This is really good though!
Tortoise (originally two drummers and two bassists) and Sons of Kemet.
Great video! Kamasi Washington have an amazing double drums too.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Allow me to introduce myself
Amazing video!
Melvins, KYLESA, King Gizzard 👌
I can't believe none of these nerds mentioned King Crimson
Ever heard of PAUS? They're Portuguese, also two drummers, kinda experimental, very interesting!
Nice one Shawn!
please please what's the song at 3:33? I've seen people say it's Ascent by Shubh Saran but when I go listen to that song it sounds entirely different? It's also at 13:00.
The Visvanath cam REALLY wanted to focus on YEE.
Having two drummers in one band is absolutely pointless if the two are playing the exact same thing (ie Thee Oh Sees) but when the two drummers are both complimenting the music in two completely different, unique ways (ie Swans, Tortoise) it works.
More than half the time tho, might as well just have one drummer and one percussionist.
I'm watching all your videos and can't wait for you to do some Q&A
I entered the comment section expecting people talking about King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and The Oh Sees
I was not dissapointed
Cool concept but I don't hear anything that requires two drummers. If I were to listen to just the audio without video, I would never believe that there were two of them. So much untapped potential.
Have never seen double drummer bands that I thought made any sense-- the concept is flawed,,,, except maybe in free Jazz,,, two drummers might make sense in that context-- It’s EASY to see why rather than a second drummer you would hire a percussionist instead- that combination makes perfect sense.
Anderson Paak uses 2 drummers, although I think that's due to the fact that he sings and drums at the same time, so it's slightly different
Hey what are those songs called where you do the metric modulation between them?
What's on the bass pedalboard at 3:33 ?
Glad to know I’m not the only one that thinks a big fat snare drum sounds better on a floor Tom
What's the song starting at 2:43???
Ascent by Shubh Saran
@@ShawnCrowder Yoooo thanks!
What's the song at 3:40? It's beautiful
Drummer version of adam neeley?
King Crimson has three dude
Where can I get the piece at 3:43? Please
What's the song at 3:40?
Are you coming to europe??
このコンセプトはとても面白いだと思います！
Any metal bands that use double drumming?
I don't know of any but I'm commenting so that if anyone suggests some to you i will see it too 😅
the Dirtbombs from detroit had/have 2 drummers
Anyone mention the Palindrums on some of Cory Wong's songs yet?
whats the song at 3:40
What’s the stack setup you have?
5:22 Asian Paul Davids on the Guitar...
The main band for me to do that double drumming is the Allman Brothers. The chemistry of Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson was incredible.
What’s the song at 12:15???
Phil Collins & Chester Thompson brought me here
Where my Indian boyzz??🇮🇳
Never liked 2+ drummers, they tend to want to play in sync, but that is stupidly difficult so every other stoke sound unintentionally doubled.
Don't sync, just play two different things.
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