Benny Greb @ MEINL Drum Festival 2008 part 1

[@betterthandirt]

Benny is the KING of dynamics.

[@GordonTan]

WHAT IS THIS?!?! ...most creative thing i've seen from a drummer. Ever!

[@vegan.yogi.drummer]

I love Benny Greb's playin'!

[@kushking420]

hes so underated ive seen him twice hes amazing

[@theKackbratze91]

I love the Splashes on the Crashcymbals!!

[@JDerrrty]

this is amazing and tasteful as usual. i love benny!

[@Meatlooaf]

@axedstoninst he's still one of the all time greats!

[@JohnsonWitticker]

Dude.......... ... I love it

[@rfhudy]

Benny makes love to the drums...

[@LukeSnyderMusic]

4:14 I have watched thousands of hours of drumming footage, and I have never seen anyone do that before. Awesome!

[@billpeart]

i dont know why people gave you any thumbs down for a politely stated opinion. i honestly dont know, to answer your question. he may have certain beats, rhythms and or flavors that are worked out before hand that he interjects into his solos.

[@billpeart]

very expressive and dynamic

[@JessadaChitrakorn]

Check out his DVD .. So awesome!!!!

[@rickcochet]

WHAT A DRUMMER!!!! WOW

[@pagan31569]

Benny Greb has the most exquisite hand technique ever.

[@StudioKarakterbak]

@SomeoneHasGotToDie This is his old set up The splashes crashes and auxiliary hihat are the same in both, but this ride is a meinl byzance extra dry 22 and the hihat is a meinl byzance extra dry 14

[@mykicksarebetter]

no more questions! only answers!

[@rickcochet]

you gotta listen his Grebfruit CD it's AWESOME

[@haight]

4:44 Thumbs up if you dig that fill! Fluid, MUSICAL, and serving!

[@rendrumista]

@christraven yeah, bro... I know it's the sand ride. I've tried it actually at a local dealer. It's amazing... it washes just right with awesome definition.

[@christraven]

@Proceed1992 It's probably the video quality then, because I could swear that looks like the sandride's finish when the view goes to the over head shot.

[@Philzwhodrumz]

@thickpooxbox360 That made it so much better haha Thankyou hahaha

[@athansauc]

definately

[@drummer4511]

just gotta love the part from 0:44 onwards

[@STIXAHOY]

"Great drummers live all over the world today" but along came Benny

[@THEBIGZED]

Why is he so awesome? And why can't I ever be as good? Well, who cares really when we can just enjoy his playing and at least try to learn.

[@conceptonefilm]

wow! an actual solo that isn't just mindlessly banging on the tombs as fast as they can go. This guy knows how to PLAY the drums.

[@christraven]

@rendrumista I'm pretty sure that's his custom Meinl 'sand' ride. It's an interesting thing to play on. Not my style, but I'd check it out at least once for S&G's.

[@thickpooxbox360]

0:02 'shits bout to go down!'

[@SomeoneHasGotToDie]

@olonggris look at the MEINL website and you´ll find out^^

[@Proceed1992]

@rendrumista It's not the Sandride. The Sandride was released a year after this performance. In this vid he's playing a byzance extra dry I think. (:

[@Philzwhodrumz]

@lucaskarq No it's not; you just type 'Benny Greb' in the little search bar at the top of this page.

[@LaughingOutKraut]

Woah, an earthquake! Oh no, it's just Benny Greb. What a drummer!

[@olonggris]

I want to know his cymbal setup so bad.

[@Meatlooaf]

i find hard not to laugh, he has a funny playing style!

[@nubzaquer]

i kinda wish benny had a china in his setup here too, i'd just love to hear the things he could do with it you know.

[@noahbirdrevolution]

@lucaskarq I disagree. If that was the case the same could be said for any instrument.

[@rendrumista]

@Proceed1992 ooooooohhh... hehehe. sorry my bad. the sand ride is still amazing though...

[@MrAlexdrummer]

O.O

[@heinzie5]

@emmerton actually his set up isnt that simple :-p doesnt diminish the fact that he is amazing though!

[@rumputtaja]

@emmerton Well he don't need all those cymbals to play the things he wants. Some just want to have more cymbals on their set-ups 'cause they want to have great variety of different sounds. Simplicity of complexity of drum set-up doesn't tell anything about skills and musicality of a drummer. Benny wants to express his music through pretty simple kit and some drummers like Terry Bozzio wants to express his musicality through many sounds developed by many cymbals and toms. Ps. Benny kicks ass!

[@spongebens]

because it's part of the drum set?

[@mykicksarebetter]

he gets credit where its due, i dont think all the trav fans need to appreciate him. if that sort of dude, you'll like benny, he'll like you. yaddam sayin?

[@drew3usa]

This is awesome, i'm not hating or anything but I think he writes out solos. At least the drumbeats maybe? xo.

[@psb322]

@emmerton ive noticed that its starting to happen that way where the guys who think there amazing just because they have alot of cymbals are really not that good and the good ones realize you dont need all those cymbals to be good.. haha

[@cobikman]

just kidding, the black page is amazing

[@derek1134]

@91karol Apples to oranges man...I'll take the German

[@k3rm1t32]

Benny is better than most just tying his shoes.

[@rendrumista]

That is one dry and crashable ride.

[@11batterista11]

terry bozzio is amazing. you can't compare benny and terry! ps. you should chek Terry Bozzio with Zappa

[@cobikman]

terry bozzio

[@heinzie5]

i dont see why he needs to play differently. but your right about being endored by a drum company though. i would go completely wild xD

[@heinzie5]

why does he change his setup so much? this kit is madness. its all so low and flat (position wise, not the tone of the drums)

[@jockercyril]

nan mais ce groooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove quoi !

[@spongebens]

too bad the drum tech forgot to mic the cowbell

[@XxStrongDrums1996xX]

You should feel embarrassed for having posted that comment.

[@91karol]

@emmerton buuut..... Dave Weckl have more cymbals and he's better than Benny I think :)