Fred Armisen is a legitimate drummer, he played in a really awesome punk-hardcore band named Trenchmouth as well as The Blue Man Group in the 90's. It's awesome to see him combine his musical and comedic talents in such a way. I've known so many smug and pretentious drummers like Armisen's character in this video, he nailed it spot-on.
I seen the full video several times and me and the entire drum department at Manny's in NYC would be in tears watching this we were laughing so hard, classic video! Fred actually came in and gave a video to the store but I wasn't there. The sheet music that comes with the video is just as hillarious!
An absolute inspiration! You have a real talent for taking extremely complicated multi metric polyrhythms and explaining them in a way a small child could understand. I would love to see what you could do on a bigger kit!
He was a legend, I remember meeting him when he played with Frank Zappa, they used to call him "Biggie bing bang" for his trademark throne sound. Such an untimely death at 82 running with the bulls in Spain. That was unexpected
Now I am inspired for greatness! I never had the right Polynesian Mo-town James Brown flam rest feel. I'm experimenting with the inverted roll on each of my 17 bass drums.
The best part is the sheer number of people who aren't quite sure if this is parody or not having seen some of the weirder things that have come out of Hudson Music.
My friend had this at Manny’s in New York and man every time he’d put it on we would be in tears! The entire video is hysterical and the drum charts as well lol!
Honestly this bit should be in a museum. The amount of meta humor is as polyrhythmic and complex as the beats he emulates. Genius is often very subtle.
If you're a drummer, you will not have played anything right until you've watched this, and then promptly forgotten it, and then re-manifested it through a vision quest.
Seriously the funniest thing I've seen in ages! Actually looking for drumming things and found this gem. As funny as this is, he can obviously drum a bit
2:40 I didn't realize that all of the twelve-year-olds banging away at the kits in Sam Ash were all really just playing tributes to Motown and Rick James. This is hilarious.
Huh, I never really broke down the Polynesian permutations like that. I see how easy it is and now I can't wait to try dominating at our band's next rehearsal.
During the first minute I saw this I thought "wow, so now even I can make an instructional dvd, geez...", theeen I realized it's a joke, oh man, I'm laughing so hard now that I saw his other videos. This guy's a genius!
@NEXTLOVER Now that's funny!!!! When I saw this video on my phone, I was like..wth? then I went to the computer and saw who it was and started dying laughing and watched it all again. Hilarious!
WOW ! I could REALLY use that inverted roll ! especially with my "Pop-Temple-Church of the River" Pan,Pot and Mug ensemble............can't wait to try it out
@callimah actually, he doesn't play any polyrhythms really now that I'm watching him more closely. Still impressive, nonetheless. And he absolutely nailed the smug pony-tail wearing, soul patch havin' drummer look to a T.
This CD changed my life. I now end all of my songs with a wash of cymbals, which is very much like 50's music.
Fred Armisen is a legitimate drummer, he played in a really awesome punk-hardcore band named Trenchmouth as well as The Blue Man Group in the 90's. It's awesome to see him combine his musical and comedic talents in such a way. I've known so many smug and pretentious drummers like Armisen's character in this video, he nailed it spot-on.
Hopefully you got these 17 toms. LOL
LMFAO 🤣 I DONT EVEN HAVE A DRUM SET LOL
😂😂😂Said oh so casually!
I can't stop laughing. That was good
I seen the full video several times and me and the entire drum department at Manny's in NYC would be in tears watching this we were laughing so hard, classic video! Fred actually came in and gave a video to the store but I wasn't there. The sheet music that comes with the video is just as hillarious!
Hahahahaha dude is a legend for this!
The genius of Fred throughout his work is the character's unflinching earnestness. Gonna watch some Portlandia now.
"hopefully you have these 17 toms".....lol that was a good one
An absolute inspiration! You have a real talent for taking extremely complicated multi metric polyrhythms and explaining them in a way a small child could understand.
I would love to see what you could do on a bigger kit!
A bigger kit?!?! 😂
Andrew Moore yeah, like a standard sized one. This is a beginner set of about 3/4 the normal size.
He was a legend, I remember meeting him when he played with Frank Zappa, they used to call him "Biggie bing bang" for his trademark throne sound. Such an untimely death at 82 running with the bulls in Spain. That was unexpected
You can really feel the funk there.
Now I am inspired for greatness! I never had the right Polynesian Mo-town James Brown flam rest feel. I'm experimenting with the inverted roll on each of my 17 bass drums.
FLAAM rest. FLAAAM rest. FLAAM rest.
My favorite part is where he ghost mutes a cymbal for no reason after his first flam.
is it me or does that look like Fred Armisen
Funny Shiat!!
Scott Rourk it IS Fred Armisen
Danny Walker thats actually an integral part of the flam-rest!
Danny Walker ...he hit it. 0:33 He is muting what he accidently hit.
Look what the cymbal is ha. Two crashes, one inverted an inch above.
My favourite part is, and always will be:
"Flam rest... flam rest... flam rest..."
this is the height of musical comedy
this is better than SHreds, or at least as good
The best part is the sheer number of people who aren't quite sure if this is parody or not having seen some of the weirder things that have come out of Hudson Music.
I feel like he didn't know he was going to say synchronology until the moment he said it.
This is a conglomeration of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang and JoJo Mayer's drum instructional videos.
Terry Bozzio
Marco Minneman
My friend had this at Manny’s in New York and man every time he’d put it on we would be in tears! The entire video is hysterical and the drum charts as well lol!
Honestly this bit should be in a museum. The amount of meta humor is as polyrhythmic and complex as the beats he emulates. Genius is often very subtle.
What a specific comedy bit
If you're a drummer, you will not have played anything right until you've watched this, and then promptly forgotten it, and then re-manifested it through a vision quest.
I fear that non-drummers think this is serious.
Seriously the funniest thing I've seen in ages! Actually looking for drumming things and found this gem. As funny as this is, he can obviously drum a bit
1:30 with the flam rest was PRICELESS, I laughed so hard!
Rick James fills. Very natural
I was looking on RUclips for tips for actual complicated drumming this is not what I expected to find at all but it was hilarious
This is probably the funniest vid i've seen in a long while, genius!
Hahahahaha!!! LOVE when he demonstrates the foot patterns, then mixed 'em together! Incredible! Thanks for posting!
He's wearing a Serenity t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, what an absolute alpha. Fred is such a legend
2:40 I didn't realize that all of the twelve-year-olds banging away at the kits in Sam Ash were all really just playing tributes to Motown and Rick James.
This is hilarious.
This is just one gem after another. So smart.
Huh, I never really broke down the Polynesian permutations like that.
I see how easy it is and now I can't wait to try dominating at our band's next rehearsal.
At first I thought, " Is this guy for real?" Then after watching more of his shenanigans, I found the video quite entertaining.
James Randall bro it's Fred Armisen...how do you not know who this is 😂
Great natural kind of a feel
We ALL know guys like this in the real world. Fred Nailed it!
During the first minute I saw this I thought "wow, so now even I can make an instructional dvd, geez...", theeen I realized it's a joke, oh man, I'm laughing so hard now that I saw his other videos. This guy's a genius!
Let me get this straight...do I rest flam or flam rest?
You do a flam rest... flam rest... flam rest
both, but not in that order
can't fake that kind of funk
definitely has that rick james sound to it
You, Sir, just made me fall off my desk in style.
Its a joke, guys. A nerdy drummers-only joke. Love.
Oh my god, the reveal of the GIANT fucking drum behind him made me die laughing
I saw Jens Hennemann sitting in with Steely Dan in 83 at the Toledo Civic Centre. EPIC EPIC drum solo: 83 minutes of amazing Jens Hennemann technique!
You can really feel the fuck in there 🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh lord this gets me every time
I've seen all I need to know to be a great drummer. Thanks Fred.
And you can really feel the funk there hahahaha genius :D
I didn’t think I could feel stupider after learning something new, but there you are…
Brilliant! The ironic part is his solo makes about as much sense as a Terry Bozzio solo! lol. Fred Arisen is a genius.
Oh my god, this is probably the best stealth parody video on the internet.
This made my otherwise crappy day brighten up substantially!
He's fantastic at paradiddle-awdle-oodles.
Was Jens Hannemann Terry Bozzio's drum teacher~? I hear a lot his influence on Terry's drumming...
so good. haha, he is talented and also talented, and talented at being awkward and talented.
The insane foot pattern gets me every time lol
The Rick James fill joke is the best
and you can really feel the funk there
I've been working on my Flam Rest for three weeks now, just can't seem to get it right...
DAMN!
"It's a little bit of a GROOFFF, more than it is a rock beat" XD
Finally a drummer who plays with a natural feel
Man I wish I was that good sighhh
The way he says groove in the beginning 😆
This is great. Rest. Love the pony tail. Rest
Let’s put it together.
This is great. Love the pony tail. Let’s put it together.
Marco Minnemann should play to this
"It's a little bit of a groof more than it is a rock beat."
The way he catches the Tom's like they're cybals hahaha
But am I crazy or does Fred actually know how to play. Playing this intentional bad requires some actual knowledge of how to play.
thebestStevenHawkins I believe he does play the drums
I'm pretty sure he's a pro who plays on an American late night show or something, an actual gun
Sorry, Saturday Night Live cast member - Jens Hannemann
He played in the Blueman group for a while and drummed in lots of bands. He talks about drums in interviews a fair amount
It takes a lot of effort to play like shit when you're truly skilled.
Fred actually is a really good drummer, damn.
I'm in tears. God Bless Dev.
Holy crap, EVERY new copy of the full 28 minute DVD+CD combo is going for $500+! I didn't realise it was so damn rare.
"flam rest" is now my ringtone.
I'm having problems with the Flam Rest part. Could you please demonstrate the sticking on that?
FLAM rest FLAM rest. Genius.
He actually is a pretty decent drummer, he was in punk bands (best known one was Trenchmouth) way before he ever started comedy
Fred is a comedic genius.
this was hilarious! the "african" tom beat was actually kinda cool though lol
This is soo awesome! He's not half bad lol
The faces he makes... Hilarious! Oh! And flam-rest! Flam. Rest. Flam. Rest. :D 1:30 Ahahahaha!
Fred is insane. How does he come up with those scenes. Absolutely hilarious!
This is the best thing I have ever seen in my life.
@NEXTLOVER Now that's funny!!!! When I saw this video on my phone, I was like..wth? then I went to the computer and saw who it was and started dying laughing and watched it all again. Hilarious!
I love this guys shirt!
Absolute genius. This guy should have been Dream Theater's new drummer.
Fred, you are a national treasure
Very niche comedy! Incredible!
Hopefully you have the seventeen toms
WOW ! I could REALLY use that inverted roll ! especially with my "Pop-Temple-Church of the River" Pan,Pot and Mug ensemble............can't wait to try it out
this sounds like when i let my friends play my drums
A wash of cymbals, very much like 50's music. ahahaha
Xd
🤣
Upload the tuning one too! Thats one of my favourites!
Hahah! Love it!
Fred Armisen you amaze me.
The pony and sleeveless shirt!
Synchronology is honestly one of my favorite all time albums
HAHAHAHAHAHA 2:20 "and you can really feel the funk there..."
I just purchased Synchronology from itunes and its really good. Track 4 and 5 are superb.
Great spoof! Unfortunately there are millions of videos on RUclips like this ( and they mean it)
Synchronology... genius.
@callimah actually, he doesn't play any polyrhythms really now that I'm watching him more closely. Still impressive, nonetheless. And he absolutely nailed the smug pony-tail wearing, soul patch havin' drummer look to a T.
Humor for drummers. Showed this to a non drummer friend and the joke was completely lost on him. I find it hilarious.
he was in a band in the 90's called trenchmouth, a chicago art punk band
Polynesian nightmare - MENTAL breakdown
When wer're slow on the African beat.. we hit the biggest floor drum... when were "sped up" we skip it... hahahahaha..... love it!!