Alex González - Maná - Tour Kit Rundown

In this exclusive Modern Drummer kit rundown, Alex González, drummer for the legendary band Maná, showcases his breathtaking DW drum kit, custom-painted by John Douglas. The artwork pays tribute to the vibrant city of Los Angeles, featuring iconic landmarks and personalities. The video tops off with Alex's drum solo at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA.
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[@suba-dude5516]

I am a drummer and percussionist thanks to Alex "el animal" Gonzalez. I remember as a kid watching the video "Corazón Espinado" and wishing to be like him. Several years later, I went to a live concert and was able to catch his drum stick when he launched it. Tell me if it wasn't a sign. Alex has been a huge inspirational figure throughout my life.

[@aqpdrummer]

Great drummer and probably the most influential drummer ever in Latin America, not only because of his drumming but also because Maná is very very popular in all LA. And I have to say, a very humble, honest and down to earth man. I had the pleasure of meeting him. And his drumming with De La Tierra is totally different. Amazing metal drummer and his double pedal chops are very impressive.

[@nathanwalsh3028]

You are correct sir. I've been following him since the nineties and he's an amazing drummer... It is too bad he doesn't get the recognition in america!!!

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

De la tierra is amazing. But Mana is not known for being focused on drumming. It’s too pop. I still think Cuando Los Angeles lloran is their heaviest album, and Alex’s drumming shines. As far as Latin American drummers I still think the most influential is Dave Lombardo.

[@hechogamermx4812]

A lot of people don´t know of him, but he´s legit; Not one latinamerican drummer 40-42 years and below can deny the influence Alex has had on us drummers. I personally never been a fan of his band (mainly ´cause of their frontman and lyrical content), but his drumming was always the main instrument, he was always on the forefront of their music. That kind of drumming will never work in commercial usa radio, he´s not a pocket (playing for the song) type of drummer, he is always using his chops and that´s something us drummers appreciate. Hats off to Alex.

[@franciscorevuelta491]

yeah i don't like mana particularly but we all respect alex's drumming

[@PurpleEmpire123]

That's so interesting.... I never realized that. He's basically throwing his chops onto the songs. He's not a groove in the pocket drummer. I never realized that until you pointed it out. But yes hats off to Alex. He is good definitely in his style.

[@victor2234]

Alex Gonzalez is always humble, I started playing the drums thanks to him I saw him play with mana, I love his drums designed for him and his bands as much as mana and from the land

[@PurpleEmpire123]

I was very privileged to have met Alex once. I gotta say he is exactly the same in person as he is on all these interview videos. Energetic and positive. Many say he is humble but I don't see it. I'm not saying that he's arrogant or prideful. I'm saying he's more like I said energetic and mostly sociable. Talks with every fan. Very respectable guy. His drumming I never realized is mainly chops. He's not a time keeper or groove player in the traditional sense/ pop commercial sense. Honestly he plays all over the place. Very technical which is good for the music. I love Mana. Fan of them since I was a kid. I gotta say he simply is good in his style. Very professional player. And exciting guy! God bless him.

[@andywitch666]

I have to admit I've never heard of him (or his band), but he comes across as a really nice guy, obviously madly in love with drumming and a Beast of a Drummer! Hats off!

[@martinel2450]

They’re Spanish rock. When I heard them the 1st time I was floored at the musicianship and arrangements. That introduced me to more rock bands from Latin America. I found they weren’t afraid to play with genres and got back to basic elements of good songs. The melodies were appealing and catchy. That was way back in the 90s. At the time the music industry in the USA really started to stink.

[@andywitch666]

@@martinel2450 I'll have to check 'em out, thanks!

[@joemerc_76]

Dude he is one of the best drummers right now. His band started back in the late 80’s early 90s. Amazing drummer. He is also a songwriter, singer and he is in another band called De La Tierra, which is a trash metal band from latin america, with Andreas Kisser of Sepultura on guitars and Harold Hopkins from Puya on bass.

[@NOAHCASAS]

@andywitch666 YOU WANNA SEE AND HEAR HOW FUN OF A LOVE AND PASSIONATE DRUMMER HE IS TO WATCH AS A PERFORMER DRUMMER AND ENTERTAINERS HE IS SINCE THE LATE 8O'S STILL PLAYING TODAY I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TO HAVE LISTEN TO ALL THEIR STUDIO ALBUMS SO YOU CAN HEAR THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR SOUND IN THESE ALMOST 4O YEARS OF BEING A IF YOU ARE OPEN MINDED TO A WHOLE NEW SOUND OF A MIX OF MUSIC HARD TO PIN THEM AS A SPECIFIC BAND CAUSE THEY ARE POP, ROCK, REGGAE SKA, FUSION, FUNK, BALLOTS, WORLD BEATS ETC...... VERY DIVERSE BAND YOU MAYBE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS 1OO BUT JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FEEL THE MUSIC EVERY ALBUMS HE HAS 1 OR 2 SONGS HE PLAYS AND SINGS ALONG TOO WRITES 1/3 OF THE LYRICS 1/2 MUSIC CO~COMPOSER TO THE ALBUMS CHECK OUT ALL THEIR DISCOGRAPHY ON KZbin, PANDORA, SPOTIFY ETC..... WHATEVER YOU CAN GET A HOLD OF AND HE'S ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SONG AN A LIFE ANTHEM FOR MY LIFE HAVE A LOOK MANÁ ~ ME VALE 👇🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKe2dX6ll7x4epYsi=xGnLhEmxaL4z7Y3P

[@magdieladorno2771]

He’s the reason why I play drums thank you Alex!!!🤘🏽

[@JoseRuiz-qy9gy]

Thank You Alex! GOD Bless You Forever Brother!

[@Pettington]

He actually plays much better than I thought👏🏻

[@franciscotinjaca1607]

My god, es una aplandora. Buena por el buen Alex. Saludos desde Colombia

[@BluemanDrummer]

Great kit and a sweetheart of a person ❤!

[@musicvideoproductionediting]

unreal solo and performance....rock on!!!!

[@IngoScheuse]

All those little nods to Stewart Copeland :-) What a cool drum kit. Alex is one of my all time favorite drummers.

[@toddgraham6006]

You are a great drummer Alex, you have inspired me as a drummer!

[@edwarddilleyjr.1270]

Great drummer and great sounding DW kit

[@rayuelaas]

A true star and master of the trade

[@LimpBizkit999]

Thanks for the tour! I love maple shell drums. Nice warm tone and durable ❤️🥁

[@ndNowMiguel]

Definitely top 4 Drummer that I've ever experienced Live . Super badass Alex El Animal. 9-29-2023 Denver Colorado 1. ) Neil Peart RUSH 2.) Drummer for April Wine 3.) Terry Bozzio FRANK ZAPPA 3.) ALEX EL ANIMAL GONZALEZ #4) Danny Carrey TOOL 🤘😎

[@carlosrobles5591]

My all time favorite drummer. His style is so fresh and cool and he plays so clean! And also his chops are super creative. Im a guitar player who learned to play drums just to play his songs (not that I can nail them like he does)

[@MiguelitoMirelesChavez]

Por eso eres mi idolo Alex Gonzalez!!!! Wow tremendo solo que hiciste bro!!! DIOSITO TE BENDIGA CARNAL!!

[@norbac133]

Leyenda!!

[@indiepath3570]

What an amazing drummer !!!

[@rayizm3]

ALEX G. ROCKS!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Naniko90]

great drummer!! 🤘And..thanks for the tour!!

[@gunnervictorika9859]

Sin duda es de los mejores 🤘🏻😎

[@rickingraham4451]

Love this guy

[@robertover4839]

Dw and die-cast hoops beautiful 😍❤️

[@steevieel]

Amazing Drummer 🥁

[@MiguelitoMirelesChavez]

Nunca podre igualarte carnal wow!!!

[@josuesilva5097]

to good to be in that band, great drummer

[@hcastillo2586]

You can see and hear him on delatierra, it’s his metal band

[@carlosrobles5591]

Mana is a great band, from 89 to 2002 almost every song they released was amazing. Their songwriting is shit nowadays but that happens to every band thats been writing for 3 decades. Still if you ever saw them live, youd see how great they are, they play clean as fuck. Best concerts Ive ever been to are Mana’s and Metallica’s. I also so Dream Theater live and Id put Mana over DT live. Amazing musicians.

[@Keith85210]

Alex "El Animal" Gonzalez is a very good drummer. I would put him up against any other PRO drummer in the last 20-25 years (just to keep it real). He is just that good. Back in the day I used to rehearse to a stack of CDs. "Cuando Los Angeles Lloran" was somewhere in that stack always. Check out one of their live concert videos. Also, that is a righteous drum kit. I absolutely love the roses.

[@morencaifan9884]

Saludos mi Alex gran batako

[@maque2011]

E um grande baterista um dos melhores do mundo ❤🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@jceruiz7144]

every latinamerican drummer below 40 is one way or another influenced by him. He's a legend.

[@Anthony-dy5cq]

Dude is intimate with his kit, you usually see drummers have to reach and guess until they read the size of their equipment but he's just ringing without skipping a beat.

[@PurpleEmpire123]

That's funny. I'm that way. I have to usually read the sizes of my equipment before I tell people what I play. Yes, Alex definitely knows by memory.

[@garridoentertainmentWorldWide]

Alex is a great drummer. One of The most notorious drummers from Latin America

[@slayerdude10]

love this kit!!

[@percyrevollo708]

different solo! really cool!

[@kennyjoancanchonbonilla9614]

Excelente

[@davidrico8497]

The best drummer.

[@kspocketngroove3973]

de verdad?🤔

[@davidrico8497]

@@kspocketngroove3973 simon

[@MiguelLopez-go4li]

comparado con que otros bateristas?

[@kspocketngroove3973]

@@MiguelLopez-go4li es que mi amigo David y en su rancho no conocen por decir a 🤔 Vinnie Colaiuta, esta chavillo no sabe lo que dice

[@stevolene]

I like this guy, as an old guy I hear a lot of his influences in his solo

[@jdrums95]

5:10 - universal drummer move for when you no longer are human, you are your kit

[@pazenmaz]

Chingon!

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

A great drummer whose talent rarely shines in Maná. With the exception of the album Cuando Los Angeles Lloran, which is their greatest album.

[@carlosrobles5591]

Rarely shines? You gotta be kidding me. Almost every song they wrote from 89 to 2002 is amazing and Alex is a big reason why. His cops and fills bring their songs to life, its the subtle details he adds to enhance the songs, he absolutely does shine in Mana, not everything is meant to sound like q drum solo.

[@LuchaLibreFanboy]

el mejor baterista! de los que toca con un solo bombo...

[@FadjarMoeljarto]

Waw..master grooover

[@AudioReplica2023]

I always say his best drums sound in the studio ( not drumming) has been from the album "Sueños liquidos" Love that album. I remember firs time heard it was ack in Puerto Rico and Rock in Spanish was very popular but for some reason that album sound was what got into rock en español .

[@andreluizmachado9696]

❤POWER DRUM POWER CYMBALS ❤

[@dmitryshkolnik5233]

thanks, although I have to admit that all I know about this guy or his band I've gotten to know from dw or paiste commercials )

[@robbyr07]

Alex is one of my fave drummers after The Professor Neil Peart

[@martinel2450]

Dude is a beast on the drums. Reminds me of Keith moon

[@AlbertMoyerJr]

What are those white tabs on his toms and snare lugs for? I notice they are only on the lower portion of the rim.

[@richweber5090]

stop locks - they prevent the tuning lugs from loosening while playing.

[@AlbertMoyerJr]

@@richweber5090 Thank you for sharing that information. I have never seen those.

[@DanReDorg]

The reason why I play drums.

[@victor2234]

The best drummer in Latin America without a doubt, he is a great humble person, he always says that he started playing drums with cardboard boxes when he was 5 years old because his parents had no money.

[@MiguelLopez-go4li]

what about Antonio Sanchez? he is technically more skilled than Alex, but at the end is just a matter of taste. Therefore you cannot say that Alex is better or worse.

[@rockdrummer80]

what size is the kick?

[@DulceDul217]

Looks like a 26x18 but could be a 24x18 as yhore are his usual sizes, he also did a tour of this kit with Remo like 10 months ago and didnt mention the size of the kick 😂

[@feijaobateraoficial]

24"x18"

[@NOAHCASAS]

@ROCKDRUMMER8O IT'S A 24 X 18 BASS DRUM BUT FOR HIS FIRST D.W. KIT HE GOT AND CUSTOM PAINTED BY " JOHN DOUGLAS" AND THAT WAS A 26 X 18 YOU CAN'T MISS IT IT'S A WHITE MAPLE DRUM WITH FLAMES AND RED DICES WAS THAT THEM OVER 2O YEARS AGO CHECK IT OUT TYPE IN "ALEX GONZALEZ DW DRUMS"

[@NOAHCASAS]

@ROCKDRUMMER8O THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS IN THIS VIDEO THAT WAS MADE BY ( GUITAR CENTER ) HAVE LOOK WHILE YOU CAN 👇🏼

[@WilliamDelorenzo-y9v]

did I miss the bass drum size

[@NOAHCASAS]

24 X 18 IS THE BASS DRUM SIZE

[@paolofrancofontanabecerra2949]

alex, el elemento rockero de mana

[@joser.c3737]

Mana no es rock. Es pop

[@raulramos2423]

MANDAME LA BATAKA PARA LAREDO TX, ALEX* AQUI TENGO BAKETAS.....SALUDOS.

[@Ballfrobandit]

HE SAID ALEX VAN HALEN 👍🏻

[@juniorsantana8944]

Esa configuración de la batería le pueden quitar toda la pintura, los logos y me daría cuenta que es la batería de Alex Gonzales "el animal"

[@troyelliott390]

Orale

[@bigdawg8016]

No olviden al vampiro

[@NOAHCASAS]

EL VAMPIRO ES EL 🎸 QUE YAA NO ESTA EN LA BAND DESTE 1993

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

He is the mike portnoy of the Spanish rock

[@juanrubio4791]

Now u can learn to play it

[@romaonetto]

\m/

[@victorhugoaguilarsantana8686]

Nice drum alex, well done!

[@bernardovazquez6511]

Buen músico!!! Acaso este señor no es Mejicano? Por que habla en Inglés.? A quien se dirige así?

[@IvanLopez05]

Es para Modern Drummer, es un canal en inglés, este video en específico no está dirigido a Latino America, pero eso el esta hablando inglés en este clip. Otra cosa, este man no es Mexicano, es Cubano-Colombiano nacido en Estados Unidos si no me equivoco.

[@zachmacrockproductionsinc.9902]

hæ ??? who is this

[@jaimedelafuente9421]

😂🤣

[@victorherrero4790]

Good drummer, one of the best in Latin America but not as good as Alfonso Andre ( Jaguares / Caifanes/ La Barranca) or Elohim Corona ( Isis / Moderatto). Alex drumming in Mana is lame, but he does a great job in " De la Tierra" a South American Metal Super Group.

[@suggoz]

Very nice, a clown kit!

[@searchanddestroy1417]

We know you are crying for attention. I guess you didn't have parents.

[@redonred0924]

Look at all those tripod stands, what a mess. Get a rack, my guy.

[@Pablotercero90]

He usually gets racks, very cool racks

[@lucasagustinrafael]

I actually see a very well and balanced builded kit. He changes from rack to stand and viceversa depending on the tour, but the distribuiton of the kit is almost always the same

[@mhnjjgbc]

And who are you,,,a pro drumern or a losser???🤦🤦

[@Ferny_Fern]

His drum solos are pretty mediocre tho.

[@ebazaez]

Lombardo solos are mediocre too...

[@NOAHCASAS]

@NANDODRUMMER95 YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT YOU SHOULD SHOW US WHAT'S UP RECORD YOSELF AND POST YOO BETTER DRUM SOLOS VIDEO THEN HIS MEDIOCRE ONE

[@josefelix7313]

#Hermafrodito #parras2002

[@victorhugoaguilarsantana8686]

Im moy fan of mana, but you play with my uncle Carlos, one of your songs corazón espinado, mi tío Carlos los escogió y eso es merito, a mi Fernando nunca se me ha hecho bueno, soy especial para la música, pero Tu eres de los mejores baterías de mundo.

[@josefelix7313]

😂