Celebrity Drum Solos - Tier List

Some celebs actually have chops...and some are garbage!
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[@EMCproductions]

What celebrity drum solos should I rank next time?

[@legendaryfrogs9032]

i dont know any that you haven't done

[@markjandy]

You could do Eric Carr, he's a widely known musician celeb that played in the Carolina Crowns a few years ago

[@sarniasam]

Charlie Callas, Sammy Davis Jr., Mel Torme, BIll Burr

[@cavie95]

Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal

[@zabooka]

Hi

[@mittens71199]

7:21 I think those were half open hats. You can definitely see them opening slightly upon the strike, then fully open on the offbeat. I think his drum solo was totally legit.

[@HrKCA]

I agree, looks like they're slightly open.

[@paradiddle16]

Same here.! Agreed!

[@G60syncro]

Worst case scenario I think he could have pre recorded his solo and flubbed the miming a little on set... This seems to me like it would totally need a recorded track to make it work for the cameras without proper on set micing!!

[@tofumettwurst7961]

@@G60syncro The Drums are defenitly not recorded with more than room mic

[@fleatactical7390]

It absolutely is legit. This guy is a clown.

[@chutdigadut]

I really appreciated the Stevie Wonder clip! Not enough people are aware of his drum chops! The man could do it all!

[@jakegodman]

For sure! I’m quite a few of his records, he played (I think) every instrument. Insanely talented man

[@dpunlasmith]

Pretty sure he can still do a lot of it. He’s getting older , but he’s still around. There’s a video of him playing keyboards at the NAMM show from not too too long ago that is pretty neat.

[@MaggaraMarine]

@@jakegodman Yes, although there are some guest musicians on all of his albums. Whenever you hear horns or guitar (or bass guitar), that's not Stevie. But the keyboard (which often also means synth bass), harmonica and drum parts are most often played by Stevie.

[@TBPony]

I dunno the high hat looks good to me it does the closed sound and then it rings out when opening it.

[@clarencecorbeil1061]

Not counting the fact that he drummed on most of his 70s hits. "Superstition" for exemple, to name only one.

[@Andoroid]

Until a few years ago I only had vague memories of John Stamos as Uncle Jessie playing a couple instruments from Full House, then one day I looked up his drumming and I was insanely happy to find that he's pretty solid! I really enjoy when actors playing musicians are actually decent musicians who have a real appreciation for their instrument

[@tbdrummer67]

John Stamos actually played drums off and on with the Beach Boys.

[@neelixstfc-server0218]

That's how I feel when I watch "A Mighty Wind"... Especially the Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Connor duo ... If you get a chance, listen to a song on the soundtrack called "One More Time". Reply your thoughts please

[@pockyboi6699]

Fun fact: Stevie Wonder recorded the drums on a lot of his records by himself :)

[@roeeavisar230]

Fun fact: Stevie Wonder recorded most of the instruments on his records by himself

[@Goalie29]

Good morning! This is video number 44 of me asking Eric to make a set of tenors out of differently sized or tuned snare drums.

[@ThatOneFDriver]

Yes

[@dannyledrums4116]

Like made of drum set snares or marching snares? Also I 100% want this too

[@parkerphelps2759]

I had the same idea lol

[@justayoungpercussionist9370]

He said he would if he had enough money

[@iang1933]

Danny Davito never gets F tier on anything he does, man lives his life S tier!

[@CaptHayfever]

At least he made S tier on Smosh's short-king ranking.

[@firkinja]

Eric Stonestreet is for sure a drummer! He’s come and played with the K-State drumline before and gifted their pep band kit, a 7 piece silver and purple custom DW :)

[@jonmayer]

That Christian Bale clip was his character blowing off steam, hence the very hard handed playing.

[@dalesandry]

I am very surprised you did not know Stamos was a drummer for the Beach Boys. That is why the Beach Boys were on Full House LOL

[@toolmanboston]

There's an epic drum off on the Tonight Show between Will Ferrell and Chad Smith. You should definitely add Will Ferrell to your celebrity drummer list. Also Dana Carvey playing drums as Garth from Wayne's World. He also did a solo as the Church Lady on SNL!

[@natepaul3240]

The Will Ferrell one is fake

[@ferretyluv]

He’s done those already.

[@mikosoft]

Ferrel doesn't play his parts at all.

[@thebigchopvideomemoriescol8060]

Classic

[@jacksonsylvester9657]

This man is the reason I started playing drums

[@TheDbrice]

Love this video. Another celeb that played the drums was Jazzy Jeff on an episode of Fresh Prince of Belair

[@clarencecorbeil1061]

Little trick for the triangle players out there: you should definitely check out Brazilian music. They really bust that triangle, and grooving hard with it. It'll make you think different about that instrument that you play one time every 64 bar in orchestras!

[@lukasznowosielski]

You should check Lars Ulrich! He has really solid chance to get C or maybe even a B!

[@RishiJalukar]

Let’s not push it. D or C at best

[@joconnell8145]

@@RishiJalukar Right?

[@anthonylee3669]

Hey EMC! Love your reaction videos as always! A suggestion for something to react to would be Sherwood HS 2022 - I Am The Wind at WGI Finals. It was our first time in Dayton and it would be amazing to see your reaction to it!

[@unholymunk]

I love these... makes me happy to know my drum-shittery senses still tingle!

[@sonofromel]

The most hilarious is Christian Bale playing "By Demons be Driven" hahahah

[@CarlosAugustoScalassaraPrando]

Eric Stonestreet really plays drums, there's a lot videos on his instagram profile.

[@sydhamelin1265]

Love Mr. Bean being in the S tier. His solo is really one of the best around.

[@eatingtrees9077]

The Modern Family drumming seems legit to me. Seems like his opening the hats right after hitting them closed. The sound matches up from what I can tell.

[@Tocawillow953]

You reached the number one EMC, GREAT JOBBBBB

[@thejohnnydavidson]

Haha this is painful but hilarious to watch some of it really good too! Very cool!!!

[@CuboidPixel]

Jerry Trainor played the drums on an episode of the original iCarly, I wonder where he'd be on the tier list!

[@edbloom4897]

I got to see John Stamos play with The Beach Boys in the 80s.

[@robertkees6048]

I remember seeing a clip from the MASH tv show where Radar played a nice jazzy drum solo.

[@jorymil]

Stevie Wonder played the drums on Superstition and a bunch of his other tracks. Definitely a drummer, too.

[@MrGhosta5]

The pay off for that battle between the drum and the triangle player is that the triangle player secretly knows how to play the bagpipes and hid his kilt and bagpipes behind a tree before the battle. The triangle player was trolling the drum player and audience because he knew he was the better musician.

[@KonradGamer_]

yes back at it again

[@robcolone8546]

Yeah, that was the audio from him playing, he was opening the hats as he was hitting it, which gave it a slightly open sound

[@sleepy__boi]

I thought John Stamos was gonna phone it in with that intro but he slayed it and on an episode of full house.

[@samumutka9236]

Eric's drum soolo is legit. It's hard to explain but he raises the hat just a little to get that open hat sound and then he raises it up more after that so it doesn't make the open hat sound at the top

[@idiotburns]

4:38 damny devito I thought he would get a better rating because isnt it how so many of us started ;)

[@MikeDCWeld]

We don't necessarily know if that's his true skill level. I suspect that performance was mostly a fabrication for his character.

[@silent0utcome474]

Listen to Kokomo by The Beach Boys and you’ll see John Stamos playing the steel drums

[@The8347135]

No thanks

[@lifeintornadoalley]

By demons be driven is underrated

[@idiotburns]

5:20 literally how I play live, something happens and this is it

[@yellowstonejim]

Gary Burghoff. MASH Season 1 episode 24. "Showtime". Radar (Gary Burghoff) plays drums with traveling USO show. S Tier performance.

[@ericstearns170]

Agreed, also Bob Craine with Hogan's Heroes. Both were Jazz drummers as well as actors.

[@JulzJahooligan]

Good vid, got a new sub from me

[@dfinma]

8:10 I think he's doing it. You get the sloshy-up sound when you open the hats slightly after hitting them.

[@Notimp0rtant523]

Look up Axel Fagerberg Shaker Solo. Strägnäs 2010. He tied for first in multi percussion that year if my memory serves me correct

[@floodwatcher8623]

I definitely want a triangle solo.

[@christinashelby6083]

You still owe us a triangle concerto!!

[@tomdulle1707]

Stevie Wonder got his name when he auditioned for Motown Records founder Barry Gordie and proceded to play every instrument in the room-including drums. he was only 12 years old. Gordie said "Stevie is a wonder!" And it stuck.

[@bandthings]

You inspired me to start my channel!!

[@jangles1839]

That's that Shaq single stick roll 🤣

[@jkb333]

Eric Stonestreet is definitely doing hi-hat barks

[@kasperilse4878]

Stevie Wonder is still weird to include, because he was a studio drummer for years before he got famous for his own songs. And he has recorded the drums to many of his own songs, including the studio drums on superstition. I'm not saying it is weird to include musicians, but musicians who has previously played drums professionally before switching instrument seems pointless.

[@garyleegomez8670]

Dude, you left out quarterback Doug Flutie! There is a video somewhere out there of him sitting in doing the soundcheck for his favorite band. I can't recall the band at the moment. Possibly Blink 182 not sure though.

[@timf5963]

I was looking for an AC Slater drum solo.

[@ATLDRUMACADEMY]

😂😂 we had fun with Shaq and Steve Harvey ❤❤❤❤

[@mvarnzo5709]

Just saw a clip Bill Burr playing Bonzo Bash. Pretty good.

[@iii2187]

05:07 actually Christian Bale never played drums before and he practiced with a teacher 2 weeks for this movie, btw the song is By Demons Be Driven by Pantera

[@chasewitty1149]

You should review Neil Peart’s solo from R30.

[@grimbo73]

what movie was that with Christian Bale?

[@Tomukami]

Eric I think you forget that shaq has massive hands and that first clip was probably like playing with chop sticks for him 💀💀

[@samanthas2117]

Triangle solo, here we come!!!! 😁

[@coleturner3292]

There’s a live show out there of James Hetfield from Metallica playing drums while lars sings. Great clip funny too

[@zabooka]

YES

[@CrashToroYT]

Caddicarus has a few drum covers. Take a look at those.

[@jamesblace5761]

8:20 It’s live dude, this guy is a beast on drums wtf

[@kultenhughes3585]

Bro Stevie Wonder was actually originally a drummer. His first paying gig was as a drummer. He even played drums on a ton of his albums. Superstition is his groove.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

He’s also pretty proficient on guitar, bass, harmonica and quite a few others I think

[@romierome_wzup2164]

Anderson paak Tank(R&B singer) Dc youngfly Smino Pharrell Williams

[@davidwhite9910]

What is on tne drum

[@mattiasjp]

John Stamos actually plays or played drums with The Beach Boys.

[@EN-nk4ii]

One of the first concerts I ever went to was the Beach Boys with John Stamos on drums at Wolftrap. I didn't know he was an actor at the time!

[@bryandaves1005]

Wolftrap is such a great venue

[@michaelmontgomery8315]

Did my boy Christian Bale dirty

[@rickjette9482]

If you don't mind reaching back in time a bit. Johnny Carson and Sammie Davis Jr. were drummers.

[@chronalcactus9258]

I need to see you rank james hetfield

[@MikeT]

Bring on the triangle solo

[@chidrummer1]

It's a sizzle. Hitting hi hat while opening is a sizzle.

[@timglazner1519]

look up Johnny Carson. He did a really cool jazz drumset solo!

[@fondleballsxi]

You need to transcribe the Danny Devito solo

[@davidfink4963]

The middle finger simulation with the mallet definitely won the contest for triangle man

[@legendaryfrogs9032]

hi emc

[@mateostenberg]

You should do a reaction/quick transcription to something with Zach Hill! I'd love to see Biblical Violence or Better Get A Broom off Hella's first album. There's also some great solo videos of him on KZbin.

[@mateostenberg]

Important to note he exclusively uses a SINGLE kick pedal. Or at least I have never seen a clip of him using one. He's a beast. Check out "zach hill blood on drums" for a fun time

[@lyricslord4414]

Can you rate Thom Yorke playing drums?

[@davidlumley6103]

Shaq was wearing dead raccoons on his feet

[@car_guy25carlover28]

Triangle solo now 😂🥁🥁🔺🔺

[@car_guy25carlover28]

@user-kk4xv7bv5o you are NOT Emc

[@Figurebutgaming]

As soon as I saw stevie wonder on here I smiled

[@jeromieb038]

Emc!

[@christianstojgtr]

christian bale played by demons be driven by pantera

[@otero3rdRD]

Could be a audio-visual lag

[@sethputnamsghost]

Watch the movie Whiplash with Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons, great movie.🤘 Christian Bale playing Pantera is great!🤘

[@ZyR0.-_-.208]

EMC, you should react to Metamorph, blue devils 2017 please

[@ToadenK]

I've seen John Stamos play with the Beach Boys (yes that was real, he was a real member and toured with them for many years)

[@3rdRockRider]

I went to HS with Shaq. I was a trumpet player in varsity band. Shaq...🥁...was not. Also, I saw Chicago & Beach Boys in 1989 at the Dallas Starplex Amphitheater, and John Stamos was the drummer for the BB.

[@rickcoelho9194]

Check out Jazz and Will Smith drumming on Fresh Prince of Belair

[@jwhite3389]

I had no idea Stevie Wonder could play the drums.

[@luisn642]

Morning

[@EMCproductions]

First comment again!

[@jaxxon100]

Johnny Carson - you may already know that he played (very well). I enjoy your videos but haven’t seen them all so I don’t know if you already addressed his playing.

[@bonZoowe]

The modern family clip is totally real the hi hat was opening you can clearly see it

[@mzmm4186]

Danny looks to me he knows how to play but stiffens up his wrists to look like a noob on purpose. but his elbow placement looks legit, and he always strikes down with the sticks. And he was moving his left leg seemingly in time.

[@mannybravo237]

Shaq raps flows, he has rhythm, he gets a C for his little marching dance and terry towel muffler on his snare. Danny Devito gets a B for his impersonation of 'Animal' Eric was right on time w the hi-hat chokes imo A Christian was pissed flubbing Pantera jam on his first take! D Subjective comment B

[@stixplayer]

Johnny Carson..Sammy Davis...Fred Astaire...Mickey Rooney!

[@thebigchopvideomemoriescol8060]

Dana Carvey as “the Church Lady”

[@bradleyvantassal8328]

Ok. Now have a drummer play basketball against Shaq.

[@namenerbb4558]

Stevie plays drums on his track I wish

[@metalinyourhead3604]

EMC, I guarantee Stonestreet wasn’t playing live in that clip. I the film world, you 9 times outta 10 only record dialogue on set, everything else is done later.

[@UncleKauffee]

You didn’t do your homework on some of these. Guessing when there’s actual answers out there to be had with very little research. “EMC participates in class but doesn’t always do his homework. He gets a D”

[@MrCabbage-gd4ne]

Good morning, Day 3 of asking EMC to make a tenor set of flub drums.