Drum Teacher Analyzes Jean-Paul Gaster - Clutch - Burning Beard Episode 82

[@JunkdrummerTV]

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[@danielmcgee2879]

Right on Brother!......I only dabble a bit on the kit and I cannot explain it as great as you.....Keep up the awsome work

[@gregbasl9803]

As an obsessive JP fan and practitioner of the man's drum patterns for years, you sir, have done a great service to the drumming community. Cheers!

[@luckylayne]

Love Clutch. Very underrated band.

[@joehurtig7950]

I have been a Clutch fan since 1994 and have seen them live 20+ times. When I see them, I can’t help but keep my eyes on JP! Watching him play is like watching a camp fire...it’s mesmerizing!

[@theserpentshaman5027]

I wish more people knew about JPG. He's so great!

[@clutch4141]

He's a beast.....and they are all freakin great and super cool and gounded dudes. Also i've seen them over i'd say 80 shows over the years all over the u.s.

[@arthurross3563]

Man, I'm so with you! As a drummer myself, JP is definitely a great one and should be studied by all! His style, taste, and articulation is phenomenal! He hurts my brain making me think about what he's doing, the challenge is so satisfying!!!

[@jonano12]

I love Clutch they are my favourite band period. Jp is so great, his groove is insane and he's just so musical on the drums. his drumming elevates the songs to a whole other level and ymit really compliaments Tim's simple yet great riffs.

[@GOTMULE1138]

That 9:30 Club show was epic. The energy in that room that night was enough to make the walls bulge. 🖤

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

I'll never forget the first time I saw Clutch.I had no idea who they were and I was working Bonaroo and waiting for GWAR to play and they came on and blew my mind!

[@ThereIsNoPlan412]

that shit was so fun, both wild late night sets!!

[@ThereIsNoPlan412]

Just the JP worship I was looking for!

[@930tomp]

I LOVE your love for Clutch. I'm not a musician, but Jean Paul has always been someone I love watching live. He's just a master of his craft.

[@mikestrong4946]

Thanks For That ! The story at the end brought tears of joy to my eyes !

[@sreneethomas]

Going to see Clutch in a couple of weeks!! So excited, been a fan for 25 years or more. Never seen them live. And at a smaller venue! Yay!!!

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

Ya gotta love clutch. Was lucky enough to see them in a UK club show around pure rock fury. I play in a thrash/death metal band and still can't resists throwing in some of that clutch groove.

[@RyRoc]

Being from Maryland I've gotten to see Clutch so many times over the years it's insane. They went from being MD's best kept secret to getting the recognition they deserve, but only after years of putting in work. Amazing live band. Blast Tyrant is probably my favorite, but they have 0 bad records.

[@joshjacobs3906]

I'm right up the road from ya in York, PA.....its so great when they come home...you know they'll reach deep into the catalog and pull out a couple choice numbers for the home crowd. The other week they killed it at Ramshead 👍

[@johnadams3078]

Haha! Memphis to Oblivion! Dude, yes!!! JP is one of my all time favorite players! His left hand is sick, watching him play Electric Worry with that two handed "Texas shuffle" just blazing is incredible! Great video, great hot take and great story!🤘

[@Comrade.Question]

I've been listening to Clutch for 20+ years and I never once considered them to be a band that plays around with odd time signatures. But you're right, they do that a lot. It's just so well executed and smooth it never sticks out.

[@robwoodring9437]

Dude re-listen to the early self-titled album "Jam 7" and assume it's in 4/4.......you'll be proved wrong in a measure and a half. But it wouldn't feel RIGHT any other way

[@erinpitman8246]

Totally agree on JP! Impressed with your opening comments on Clutch, Allman Brothers and MMW. All are bands with slick , smooth drummers.

[@nomadicningen]

Yes! Been waiting on this one. I remember seeing Shogun Named Marcus on Headbangers Ball and I was hooked. Ive definitely seen them more than any other, Bobaflex being a close 2nd. Thanx for the vid, Clutch is the best. Ive been watching their KZbin sets and the Doom Saloon shows. Can't say enough about these guys. I often thought of Neil as tho he was preaching the gospel of rock \m/

[@Anthraxbees]

The day has finally come! Great video, loved the stories as usual! JP is the man!

[@eljefe414]

Awesome story about JP. Been a fan since 95 . The best live band going today.🤘

[@ajrob77]

Everything about this video is the best thing I’ve seen in quite a while. I was definitely at the show when you had your amazing moment with Jean-Paul. I got to briefly meet the entire band before a gig in a neighboring city at a different show (I think I’ve been to every show they’ve performed here since 2000🤣).... they were all unbelievable focused, humble, and polite. YOUR story is so specTACular that it makes me giddy like a kid on Christmas Eve 😂

[@JunkdrummerTV]

It was a top 10 moment for sure

[@SockerConny80]

I have nothing but love for Clutch.

[@damnnargles]

I'm so glad that someone else shares my drummer crush on Jean Paul, this was a great video with some even better stories. As for the Led Zeppelin comment, I said it to friends about two years ago, I think modern music fans will say Dave Grohl, but drummers will say Jean Paul. For me, he is the best rock/funk drummer around, technique, power and smarts. Thanks for the video.

[@mariogabrielbeccaglia4845]

That's it. I'm listening to Clutch right now

[@jvz1970]

Two awesome stories! Thanks STEVE!

[@craigsaimes4063]

Jean Paul is a GREAT drummer one of my favorite drummers and makes all his great sound from a small kit

[@raddofzennla]

Yes, yes, yes. I’m always telling my kid that JP is completely in the Bonham school of drumming. He’s my absolute favorite living drummer.

[@ryanweatherman-holt4805]

JP handed me a set list and gave me a drumstick... super cool dude!

[@matthewwigzell2119]

Awesome! Thanks for that, and thanks for giving props to one of the best drummers in the business! Long live The Mighty Clutch!!!

[@JunkdrummerTV]

It was my pleasure

[@matthewwigzell2119]

@@JunkdrummerTV Wonderful story too buddy! Your genuine excitement & enthusiasm for J P and Clutch is joyous!

[@bigrivermedia762]

That’s a fucking awesome story about you and JPG!

[@that-avr-drummer]

Love Clutch and Jean-Paul! Clutch is all around the nicest band I've ever had the pleasure to play with, great people

[@dkronk426]

Going to see them for probably the 10th time on 9/11. Favorite band, they are mighty indeed!

[@marfungthompson1207]

Never would have occurred to me but your hot take is true.

[@3tp]

'Stayed at the same level of greatness' Yes. Yes they have.

[@onceagain77]

9:08 100% for that R&B remark. I am not a musician but Big News album to me had kind of a hip hop vibe. It was the first Clutch album I ever heard and it always stood out to me as something really unique to come out of the 90's.

[@Havak37]

I had no idea Clutch changed time signatures so much, well guess I am going to find out as I try to learn to play it :D I'm starting with "Drink to the Dead"

[@joshuarosenblatt]

Thank you! 🤘🤘

[@wolf986]

Just found your channel. I like the passion and explanations! thanks.

[@collinputney2018]

Clutch is the best!! I’d love to see you break down more classic tracks, like the shuffle in Ship of Gold, or The Yeti!

[@nathanmcwayne5705]

Im about to watch this vid and Im so excited!! JPG has been my favorite drummer for years and I've been a clutch fan since 91. I hope you like it but in all honesty I don't care if you do because CLUTCH is forever and transends all opinions. That's all for now. Let's do this........................

[@JunkdrummerTV]

How did I do?

[@nathanmcwayne5705]

Your review was ROCK, man. JPG was the reason I bought a drum set at 48 and started playing.

[@PJClutch]

JP is the man! Great video

[@handofdoom6634]

What a great story. Had me laughing out loud! Love Clutch

[@Hidyman]

Love these guys. I usually get to see them on New Years Eve. I hope they always come back to Ohio to end their US tour.

[@bubbacosta8758]

Much love to Clutch 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥

[@toowindytoskydive]

I didn't understand a word of the analysis but I love Clutch, JP and that track and l love when their musicianship is recognised by others.

[@davejonas9573]

Read some interview with JP--he grew up around DC's go-go scene--and I have always loved his swinging/funk. Haven't seen clutch for years, but saw them a handful of times, going back to 1995. Now my 5yo loves Clutch!

[@JunkdrummerTV]

That's excellent parenting

[@dronedruid153]

Jean-Paul Gaster was one of the drummer from my old drone doom band's biggest influences. We did interesting things.

[@H0LT-85]

Love that story where the hippy dude compliments your chops in front of John Paul.

[@joshjacobs3906]

Sorry I just found this video 2 years later....but long time Gearhead here....very interesting take on JP drumming for Zeppelin....would love to hear how hed approach "Four Sticks" 🤔 Peace from Pennsylvania ✌

[@SauceBoss69]

You just reminded me that I've seen Clutch live before. I was drunk as hell at that show.

[@soulpatchjackson3076]

Omg.... that's GRAND!

[@Jason-zx6nj]

Either you listened to me or I missed a lot of other requests for this drummer. About to watch this right now.

[@Jason-zx6nj]

Nevermind, 2 mins in and I can tell you might be a bigger Clutch and J.P. fan than I am. Actually, I don't think that is possible.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised

[@Jason-zx6nj]

@@JunkdrummerTV Yes, I was very surprised. J.P is such a cool dude. He is also one of my drumming hero's. I agree with what you said about him and Led Zeppelin. I have said that myself over the years. Now let me tell you my story. in 2004 Clutch had just released Blast Tyrant as well as Slow Hole to China. Me and a couple friends decided to take a road trip and catch two shows on that tour. (BTW the tour featured The Bakerton Group opening up for Clutch, I am sure you are familiar with The Bakerton Group, so it was basically Clutch opening for Clutch). So we arrive extremely early at the venue in Wilmington and not really paying attention to what we were doing we just waked in the back door of the venue and hung out. I notice Neil walking past me among a lot of other people, we didn't say anything cause we didn't want to bother him. So we are just hanging out at the venue hours before the show was to start, then J.P. comes out and starts warming up on his stage kit (this was before they actually had a big tour bus). Me and a fellow drummer friend just stands a little back from the stage and watch him. Finally they start letting people in, which we did have tickets for the show btw. Anyway we stay for the show and drive from Wilmington to Kill Devil Hills, NC for the next show. We get there as the sun is coming up finally got some sleep. We traveled down to The Pit, where they were playing that night and looked around. Had some lunch and later on got ready to go to the show. Thats when the lady at the hotel saw I was wearing a Clutch shirt, she said, "You know they are staying here tonight", I was like you mean in this town? She said no in this hotel (which was nothing fancy). I told my friends and we were like she is full of it. Fast forward to after the show and we have made it back to the hotel had some drinks we were all laughing about the lady saying they were staying there. Right about that we needed ice so I open the door to the room and just as I did we see Clutch in their van pulling in right by our room. I shut the door and turned around with this WTF look on my face. Turns out they were staying that night. J.P. came over to our room and hung out with us while Neil and the rest of the guys were just outside the door by the pool. He stayed for about an hour just shooting the shit with us. After he leaves we start hearing some commotion outside. Well there was a guy and a girl in the pool and I think the guys girlfriend pulled up and caught him red handed with another woman. The words were flying! We all stood outside and watch the show. Clutch was just across the way watching what was going down. Its been a while since I ran in to J.P. at a show but for a while after that every time I would see him he would look at me and say, "Kill Devil Hills". That is my amazing story about Clutch and meeting J.P.

[@GaryTheSnail304GC]

Digging the odd timing. It keeps up the mystery from a listeners point of view of wondering what's going to happen next. Great vid!!

[@muleblues71]

hell yes!

[@christopherbako]

Artists Pyle, played with Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977.

[@gregrobinson8674]

Clutch is the greatest!!!

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Yes. Yes they are.

[@shawntaylor7442]

LOVE CLUTCH! Sorry it took me so long to watch this. By far the band I've also seen too

[@sikswitch1334]

Love this dude's style. I think it was cool that you breakdown this song as for me it was the first song of Clutch that I heard. I spent way to much to go to a festival to see them, but Clutch was the reason I did. Side note,if I got the chance to have just a straight up conversation with any of the drummers I idolized,I'd have creamed my jeans.

[@D4N1CU5]

Oh man, haven't listened to Clutch for years. The Regulator is probably my favorite song of theirs.

[@unitedivide2789]

Kick ass break down and extremely bad ass drummer..

[@56Century]

Agree with the J.P & Zeppelin thoughts. Incredible drummer. Clutch are an incredible band

[@fairchild9able]

IS there a book/Video on Jean Paul? I share your love for THEM!! x

[@GG-ml3vr]

Coolest band on the planet

[@alanstover3663]

Can you do a pridgen video? The NAMM jam with John Popper is a good one or the one where he smashes a starter kit at Bentleys

[@alanstover3663]

Sorry multiple kits at once in the Bentleys vid, forgot about that lol

[@carlosnovaes6993]

Awesome drummer. I enjoy every beat that he created. I saw Clutch in Brazil some years ago...Alive JPG and Clutch are even more powerfull and Groovy.

[@herbieversmells3885]

Still haven’t done Chris Turner from OAA

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Soon

[@Rogersdrumvideos]

It's so great to see someone with the same geeked out enthusiasm for JP that I have. He's been an absolute favorite of mine since 1993. I got to see them on so many crazy bills here in the NY/NJ area. They were on every show back then ... hardcore shows... hip hop shows. I saw them on a bill with Biohazard and House Of Pain at the Palladium ... so strange but awesome. Around the time of Robot Hive I saw them at a place called Starland Ballroom ... I got there super early and heard drums as soon as I got out of the car. JP literally had a drum kit set up in the bands trailer and was practicing working out of John Riley's The Art Of Bop Drumming. I kind of watched for a while and when he took a break he came out and chatted with me for like 30 minutes. Was just me him and my friend Rick bullshitting with JP about all kinds of stuff... coolest cat ever. While we chatted he cut open an avocado and ate it with a spoon right out of the rind. We talked about sticks and heads , the Riley books, touring, we talked about bands like Fugazi and Bad Brains etc etc ... he was playing the old Slingerland at the time but he had what I think was a newer low end Gretsch kit set up in the trailer as a practice kit. Super great memory... your stories sparked for me. I love everything Clutch has ever touched but Blast Tyrant and Robot Hive in my opinion are the best things they've ever done. Thank you for this incredible video.

[@brianscat7445]

Could you do another reaction to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard but do Crumbling castle. This song the two drummers play different parts and it is a lot more intricate and amazing!

[@scottmcley5111]

This dude is my kind of drummer.

[@mora1948]

You should react to Neil Peart and the buddy rich big band: drum solo. Where he trained in jazz drumming and Did a pretty killer job!

[@Havak37]

Where do you live so I can move there and have you as my drum teacher!?

[@JunkdrummerTV]

You don't even need to move. I do online lessons

[@Havak37]

@@JunkdrummerTV Jean paul is the reason I want to learn the drums. Every teacher looks at me funny when I ask to learn Clutch. Except one nice lady on fivr from croatia hah

[@JunkdrummerTV]

@@Havak37 [e-mail]

[@britton9556]

You should check out Alex Camarena of Silent Planet he’s my favorite drummer

[@brandonburroughs7128]

Do a Hella video

[@MrThrustSSC]

There is no such thing as a bad Clutch record. My favorite is Earth Rocker. Got "Transnational...."-CD for my 18th birthday 1993. Seen them live first in New York 2001 on a holliday. Luckily they tour Germany quite consistently, so I have seen them maybe 10-15 times since then. They are in Cologne: I am there. They play Frankfurt the next day: me in the crowd. And during the whole concert I look what Jean-Paul does. My favorite live-band for sure.

[@MrDagonOfTheDead]

JP IS good people🙌🔥🙌

[@larrywhitaker9228]

I loves me some Clutch. My Xbox gamer tag was (Shog)un named marcus

[@TheRQpaints]

Headbanger's Ball died the day they hired Riki Rachtman. It went from being about the metal to "Where's Riki this week"

[@arthurfoaling9862]

Where can I find any of your stoner band's stuff for musicular consumption?

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Check out the "me playing" playlist

[@mikewright256]

OMG, I clicked on this as fast as I could, I would love to hear your thoughts on Down, Jimmy Bower's, he rides the fuck out of the back-beat, same with Reed Mullin, who inspired Dave Grohl to play drums

[@scottmcley5111]

Ever checked out Helmet- Milquetoast? Stainer bro!

[@scottmcley5111]

Tavistock free music brought to you by Clutch!

[@drummerman-xc6lv]

JP is one of the nicest guys I have ever met.

[@drummerman-xc6lv]

@junkdrummer is there a way to contact you via email or something?

[@JunkdrummerTV]

@@drummerman-xc6lv [e-mail]

[@raymondharnack4160]

I’m 41 and I remember in high school all the jock doods that loved Metallica and pantera were like “who the F is clutch?” Then they loved that shit.

[@TwoandaHater]

I remember when Crucial Velocity hit SiriusXM, I had not heard of clutch prior to that. Still gonna push reacting to Nick D'Virgilio playing & singing live- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mavYg3hsjJl_iZo (no real shredding or odd time stuff in this playing, maybe some older Spock's Beard for that but it's a groovey tune to sing & play).

[@skodty]

I've seen Clutch more than any band too. About 20-25 times.

[@scottmcley5111]

Overall I'd have to say Blast Tyrant is my fav album.

[@maidentallica]

Clutch would have an entirely different vibe if they weren't from an area close to both the DC hardcore and DC go-go scenes. I'm not a drummer, but JP is without a doubt my favourite drummer. I see yer Rush hing in the background, and as much as I love Rush, I prefer watching JP live to Neil Peart

[@capsized22]

Yep. Good call mate. JP and Danny Carey are my top two favourite drummers. Their playing can work even without the rest of the band.

[@Kirkshelton]

Clutch is one of those bands that when people hear about the music I like they say "omg dude Clutch!" but I can never get into them. Maybe every time I try it's the wrong album or something. I just don't get it.

[@basb6230]

They are a great live act.

[@dentsidemechanic1238]

You gotta find it on your own. My friend tries to force Clutch onto people i find that you give them a taste and let them find their own way.

[@GG-ml3vr]

Dont worry about it ,they are one of those strange bands you either get or you dont😀

[@rongarza1974]

Black Sabbath should have got JP to play on 13 instead of.....

[@dianjellorafiki5243]

Not a hot take. JP Gaster would absolutely be the best pick for a Zep reunion

[@djentyman4002]

Come on man.. you gotta react to Alex Rudinger on his take of “When a Demon Defiles a Witch”.. it’s absolutely amazing!

[@TwoandaHater]

I liked his take on Converter by Mega Drive, so sick.

[@djentyman4002]

TwoandaHater one of the best drummers in metal

[@TwoandaHater]

@@djentyman4002 and the fact that he and Anup (one of best prog drummers) went to High School together is hilarious & mind blowing!

[@raymondwirth89]

Animal farm

[@divinegrinder6632]

Hate to be that guy, but the beat in the verse is in 7 just like the intro beat... not 9/8. He just moves from the ride to the closed hi hat and plays quarters notes on the hi hat instead of the ride swing pattern. Clutch is one of my favorite bands though, so, I'm just happy someone's giving them attention.