Battles perform "FF Bada" at NRMAL 2016

[@charmicarmicat2981]

Stanier is one of the greatest drummers of all time. The man is infected with the groove and it’s contagious

[@ChrisWilliams-hs3jm]

one of my favourite drummers.

[@Krung0401]

One of the best drummers ever, and my favourite.

[@nahitzen]

i love him, but i dont have experience with drums or drumming. could you describe to me what makes him special compared to other drummers?

[@cruz5738]

its not so much how he holds up against other drummers its what he does in this band that makes him special imo

[@evanjones5664]

@Witchytoe agreed. He's my fave drummer as well. He's a drummer's drummer. Plays the drums like what they are, an instrument, not simply as a tool. Stanier is a musician through and through, not just a drummer.

[@mrmans484]

Kings of the build up/slow down, build up/slow down jam.

[@squonkharold9251]

No over flashy solos,no egos,all about the chemistry.Love it!

[@gameaddict1234]

I have listened to this every day for like a month, I love this band and especially John Stanier!!

[@Russ_Hell-Russell_Stevens]

They are due for another record. Hopefully sooner than later.

[@BenedictHarris]

@@henrycurtis3652 HAPPY NOW???

[@user-xc6zw5rc8t]

one thing you wont be able to get from live footage is how crazy fucking loud these guys are holy shit you will definetley need to get some steroids in your ear from your ent after there set

[@SkeletorXP]

get that man a table for his effects. stand up & do the show brah

[@Letshaveafewbeers]

The guitarists out of foals are definitely influenced by this band!

[@ahmetcangokceer]

i personally am influenced by both

[@stillfly912]

@@ahmetcangokceer glad we asked

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love it!!

[@4lfr3d0]

Grandes Battles!

[@sotobello.]

thank you, Pitchfork!

[@hamjampo]

definitely holding out for that crash destruction at 6:22

[@SilhouetteLifter]

ikr, he does such a good job of creating tension by not using it

[@tutopfive8736]

Los mejores del festival en mi opinión.

[@chrisvalleqatsi]

Everyone comments on where Stanier's crash is mounted...what about that neck-level hi-hat?! Or maybe they're just a matched pair of small crash cymbals!

[@rommelwalter7074]

I love it

[@cristianmarker6583]

Hermoso

[@08bourquem]

the drummer looks like he could also be in ramstein

[@neuron05]

Battles, do another record. Just record a jam and it would be enough.

[@Subcorporeal]

waiting for -Battles- in Bogota!!!! This gonna be awesome

[@alancosteley8383]

matemáticos.

[@08bourquem]

biblioteca y sacapuntas

[@erikvaughan4609]

Yamaha snare though?

[@VictorLlinás]

vine de la zona cero

[@balbinaxgarza]

[@killer51]

:( me arrepiento tanto de no ir

[@eldanauscelularvelho7023]

Maravilhoso

[@devinanderson1792]

So what's this band doing in 2018?

[@henrycurtis3652]

I haven't heard of anything. Like, at all. Which is depressing, because I'd probably drive a couple hundred miles to see them live.

[@totaltotalmonkey]

Unfortunately they are down to duo now, after losing Kono

[@sen-te8oq]

juice b crypts

[@jsuth1111]

Sounds like Esaan music

[@politeknikpoliteknik437]

Bijok2

[@Kaegn_Greene]

That dose not look like John

[@mattydigs]

Guitar, 2 keyboards + other shit - that one dude can't do it all. I think it's clear they need a fourth member, if only to tour with so the 3 active ones can really get down.

[@sodaverde]

Ive seen them live three times and BELIEVE ME, they dont.

[@stevennope4318]

they did have 4 members when i saw them at fff in 07. ive been looking for the guy the whole video

[@stevennope4318]

"In August 2010, Battles announced that Tyondai Braxton left the band; Braxton had indicated that he did not want to go on tour, while Battles already had a touring schedule lined up for the upcoming year."

[@recycleyourself1]

when Tyondai braxton was in the band he had just as complex of a setup for himself as the one ian williams has while also looping vocals on top of all of that.

[@operaoffire]

Ian use a lot of loops, in Don Caballero he make 3 guitars with 1.