his the greatest drummer in history this man cannot be touched

This is 2013 I believe

Chris you have master your Trade as a gifted Drummer. You rock!

Very gifted Drummer. I am so impressed.

My God.. hard to believe someone could be THIS good. Truly insane 😂

☮️

He was in southern sounds aussie band in the 90s

Grande!!!

Lars crying..

Ok.... Not even the most insane modern younger drummers can do this... Alien..

You got to be Italian to play that great!

All of this, off-the-scale traditional grip superlatives are insufficient IT SERIOUSLY DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER

After 2 minutes I gave up: boring technical stuff. No swing no nothing. Only chops.

Remember seeing him with Loose Change at the Grainstore in the 80s.

:))))

THE KING!

He should have stuck with Pearl. They sound amazing.

Seeing him live with loose change at the Grainstore was LIFE CHANGING

impossible

Holy freaking polyrhythms batman! Hilarious that DreamTheatre passed on this titan... Their loss!

The BEST DRUMMER IS ANTONIO SANCHEZ .

Da far scoppiare il cervello... Pazzesco. Mi chiedo perché la maggior parte dei batteristi professionisti non lo citi quasi mai tra i migliori. Bo rimarrà una cosa che non comprendo

GREAT stick control. I am thoroughly impressed. Good job Chris.

Great drums.... but I can clearly see how much his classic technique on the left hand causes him bad moves on the left side. I do feel bad seeing this. He should drop it and see the left hand equal to the right. Just saying.

Insanely great!!!! Fantastic drummer!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Welcome to Asia, Virgil!!

Insanely good 💥💥💥💥 the next Asia drummer!!

I'm at a loss for words. Just, "WOW"! 😮

Eloy casa grande was doing this kind of s*** when he was 14 years old King Eloy check him out

Him and donati ..they have something spécial,not only technical.

Him and donati ..they have something spécial,not only technical.

Him and donati ..they have something spécial,not only technical.

Wow

I’m a monster Rush/Neil Peart fan.. But what the hell is this?!?!?!

Just think what he could do if he gripped the sticks properly.

Practice practice )

SORRY, he suffers from delusion that somehow one can make "technique" plus 'Math' into music...Bah..!! [boring] ..

Yeah, but what if he only had one leg like def lepperd?

👑. The tone is unbelievable.

Seems i m hearing perfect sounds of nature . Complex Structures but alive .. out standing quality

I can undestand that this is absolutely great but at the same time it doesn't sound good to me. I can't hear any musicality

I had the incredible privilege of seeing Virgil with his band last night at Bird's Basement in Melbourne (his hometown). He was every bit as impressive as this video demonstrates. Seeing it live added to the sound experience in that I could make out some of the ideas more distinctly. Also met Virgil after the show. A lovely, humble fella.

Thats WILD....

Come si può continuare ad essere batteristi dopo aver ascoltato un grandissimo come Virgil... mamma mia, che meraviglia 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

The best in term of technique and complexity, but Matt Garstka is way more musical

Fani Willis is a drummer?

The words that come to mind when I listen to Thomas Lang are things like "smoothness" and "fluency". On the other hand, when I listen to Virgil Donati, words like "strong torque" and "thick trunk" come to mind. By the way, if this is a performance from 2023, why is he using Pearl? Of course, it still sounds good.

Crazy accuracy 😅

Virgil spaceman on drums

He almost has some of Buddy Rich's speed. Awesome

Just really amazing.