Drum Teacher Reaction: THOMAS PRIDGEN | Zildjian LIVE! | (2021 Reaction)

[@100RoundDrums]

Thank you brother

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Unbelievable Thomas. Thank YOU!

[@buckfuttler2877]

this man's work on The Mars Volta-The Bedlam in Goliath is SOOOO good.

[@driftwood4625]

This is how good I thought I'd be when I got my first drum kit.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Me too. LOL

[@HollowGolem]

Pridgen is one of those drummers who just seems like he has infinite energy. He goes all out all the time, and it's exhausting to just watch sometimes.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup agree! He's intense Chris

[@ratamacueseven]

One of the greatest Drummers here on Earth, Ever !!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

BEAST

[@warrenh]

Keep in mind he was undoubtedly very stoned while playing this. A true master!

[@hughneutron5303]

that snare in your intro can have soul. god damn that's gorgeous!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yeah that's a proper beauty isn't it!? Not mine btw... Bit pricey for me :)

[@jacobwilson7030]

Used to love watching this guy play when he was with The Mars Volta

[@guillaumeaudet3139]

Yep, they regretted later on being assholes to him, they had a hard time replacing him haha At least now they recognise it.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I bet Jacob!

[@jacobwilson7030]

@@guillaumeaudet3139 Omar Rodriguez Lopez is one of the few musicians I’ve never heard a good thing about. They drove Jon Theodore out of the group too

[@guillaumeaudet3139]

@@jacobwilson7030 Oh right, Theodore was first, then Pridgen was able to replace him but as we all know, The Mars Volta used to be assholes so it didn't last.

[@seraphimdunn]

"Wax Simulacra" is one of the most insane tracks I've ever heard in my life

[@warren_r]

I saw this guy play with Mars Volta back in the day.... unbelievable player. Unbelievable. This riffs in this song sound so much like Mars Volta, too. Gives Thomas lots of space to work his magic. Welcome back, Andrew.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey Warren! Yes everyone is having so much fun in this clip.

[@wolframreactor74]

This guy plays drums like Thelonious Monk plays the piano! Staccato stops and bee-bopp styled chops. Just Sick! Fabulously complex sequences on the toms

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great comparison! So much passion and character on display 💯👌

[@douglascoss3702]

Wow. He's amazing. Great snare sound. Heavy hitter, lightening fast. That power he has when he's in the pocket. Wow, got the stank face on.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Excellent Douglas!

[@robgas7507]

Thank you Andrew!! My all time favorite of the Live series. I’ve never seen so many musicians blow away at one time. Thomas is next level and his single kick work on the Mars Volta is ridiculous. Hooray!!! We got our Andrew back!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey Rob! This is insanity man

[@fastfiddler1625]

Everyone just learned how to use new muscles in their faces.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA!

[@M4RCM0NT31R0]

Thomas Pridgen is rad! Sending you great greetings from Singapore 🇸🇬

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey there!

[@buttslax]

My face is cramped from the stank

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Me too Alex!

[@rayauclair2543]

Now that was just AMAAAAAZING, WOW!!!😳😳

[@ratamacueseven]

That 1/2 time in 9 is awesome !

[@normanwilmoth7404]

This man is something serious to deal with!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Norman!

[@peabow1031]

Friggen amazing love it had a smile on my face the whole time 👍🤯

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🙌🥁

[@raymondblanchard1842]

Few drummers will make you simultaneously play harder than you ever have before, and stop playing altogether, than Pridgen. Simply amazing.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

CRAZY!

[@degenhardt_v_A]

When Larnell Lewis is in the audience and makes that face (04:12 ; 05:07) you know you're doing something very right!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hell yes David. 🥁🙌

[@camparton21]

Thank you for listening ALL THE WAY THROUGH! I’ve always enjoyed your comments but, NOT stopping to make any on this clip displayed your true professional talent for understanding groove and “Letting it rip!”. I mean really, if you had stopped it at any point, all the magic would have simply evaporated into the nano sphere. -Because that’s the level that entire ensemble was at, brother. Of all the Zildjian Lives we’ve watched, has any been more literally off the charts and out of the musical atmosphere than this one? There wasn’t a single person in that room that wasn’t ecstatically crazed with pure enjoyment. And, there was almost as much talent in the audience as was in the ensemble. Simply put, MAGIC!! I love your commentary and channel.

[@EsDeib]

One of my favorite drummers. Very nice to see him around here!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey David! Yes he's the man!

[@EsDeib]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Glad to have you back! Love what you have planned for the channel. Keep it up, Andrew.

[@metalcedy]

4:12 you can see Larnell is enjoying this fills !! I should have waited for the stank face...

[@johnladd8421]

for the drum solo, when i saw him live with Mars Volta, he did a 5 minute snare drum roll. that’s it. just snare. and the crowd went ape shit!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I’d loooove to see that John 🙏

[@paulniemiec3165]

Simply put... YES! Thanks for sharing, Andrew!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Paul!

[@papamidnight7216]

God given talent! I'm at a loss for words!

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

The van damme edit made me spit my tea out... 😂 Great drumming. Can we have.some Mitch Mittchell please..

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Mitch Mitchell! That's a deep cut. I like it!

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums try Stockholm 1969 live

[@timrobinson9192]

@Andrew Rooney Drums ... you were there man !!! Checkout the guy right of centre who is clapping ( at 5:39 ) You wore glasses as your disguise 😂🤣😂 . Joking aside , great to have another vid from you, this drummer is insane. Many thanks. Big thumbs up, hope all the stuff you're going through goes smoothly. 👍👍👍☮☮☮

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA Tim! Yup we're still in the middle of the dramas but there's light at the end of the tunnel!

[@timrobinson9192]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Soon be sorted mate ... best wishes 👍👍👍☮☮☮

[@theredwindowlessmonad462]

Finally!!!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

💯👍

[@danj8038]

You need to do Marcus Gilmore's zildjan live

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Can’t wait Dan!

[@hermanmelville3871]

This ^

[@spud2go]

I love the Zildjian Live/VF Jams series - The Ghost Note collective at their finest. Would love to see a reaction video of the VF Jams session with Lenny "The Ox" Reece - another brain melting performance.

[@rastarn]

Just nuts!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YUP!

[@michaelvieregge2257]

Anybody else member when Thomas made The At The Drive In fellas sound otherworldly???

[@Terjay]

I just love the first hits of the intro. It's a killer.

[@Terjay]

Also Thomas made a pretty funny "drummer reacts to movie drumming"-video. It's on the GQ youtube channel.

[@ulflundmark3314]

He was really interesting.. eye opener.. thanks for reacting. I can stop play drums now🙈😂

[@robdaniel3211]

Finally! The power of Thomas!

[@robdaniel3211]

Andrew, listen to like the first 4-5 tracks off of The Mars Volta “The Bedram in Goliath” to hear Thomas put down some of the greatest drumming ever.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Rob! Yup Thomas is next level. I'll definitely check out that album you mentioned :)

[@robdaniel3211]

Latin grooves mixed with punk and over the top rock. Think of Santana on LSD and crack.

[@lenovo411]

Holy shit...🥁🔥🔥😎👍

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Right!?!?

[@infinite7501]

That was just F'n Impressive!!!! I don't know what else to say...........

[@jasonhowell1849]

Still waiting on the Stanton Moore ZL. (Crying old man face). Excellent video as always! (Dancing JCVD)

[@josephb7183]

There's a video out of Rudinger covering Kollias actually. I think you'd enjoy it

[@JakobStrand]

5:05 Larnell´s like "Dafuq?!" :D

[@hughneutron5303]

5:04 are we just gonna ignore larnell's stank face?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

No way. Larnell stanking means something heavy is going down

[@colin8150]

It was such a HEAVY stank face too

[@hughneutron5303]

@@colin8150 with the lean and everything!

[@papacarl2002]

Yeah! Perfect time for 🎧 ☕️ & 🥁 AND it’s Andrew’s pick!! It’s Friday... must loop the original Zildjan session to help 💥 power through work today🤘🏼👊🏼. Btw, there is an old ass video of Rush in studio doing La Villa - Alex with long hair... Neil with long hair AND mousetache - {my name is Inigo Montoya...} look for “Rush La Villa 1978” for Official Video and also check out Alex’s playing with a busted finger on the Pinkpop 1979 footage.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you so much! I'll look out for it

[@fonzo6315]

Drum slayer.

[@deejaegirard966]

Soooooo good

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

💯👌

[@johnladd8421]

to accentuate the previous comment, check out The Mars Volta album Bedlam in Goliath. Thomas rips!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I will John! 🥁🙌

[@HollowGolem]

And their previous drummer, John theodore, was no slouch either. That groove he and Juan hold down in "Cygnus" is legendary.

[@dinisrad]

hey sir, you can see drum cam Austin Archey from Lorna Shore, thankyou!

[@jrex9199]

GOOD LORD!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup!

[@deluxehuggs6895]

you need to react to Aric Improta Black Seagull 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Silentghos]

🤯🤯🤯

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🤯 indeed James!

[@perlarsson2233]

Hey Rooney! Do a reaction on the Opeth song Era,live at Red Rocks! Martin Axenrot drums his heart out on that one 👍

[@michaelb.42112]

You have had this band on a few times and they are always TOP NOTCH ! Is this a school or something ?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

It's just an outlet for the Zildjian roster to play on I believe :)

[@michaelb.42112]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums OH ok, thanks. They're great. I just looked at the OG video and it clearly says Zildjian Live and the Ghost-Note Band. Next time I'll look before I ask :)

[@joeday4293]

The bass player is Mononeon, who is not only an amazing musician, he also makes hilarious mashups where he sets various videos to music. If you want to laugh, and I mean laugh hard, look up any of the videos he's done with Cardi B. It's the only way I can stand her, watching him make fun of her. LOL

[@hughneutron5303]

also the mars volta NEEDS to come back!

[@guillaumeaudet3139]

If they would finish this one it could be nice kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHu5oIx4iNqCp6c

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I've never listened to them!

[@hughneutron5303]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums oh that defiantly needs to be on your list then. a little proggy, a little zeppliny, alot loud, and ALOT crazy. any of their songs are crazy!

[@guillaumeaudet3139]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Here's a great video to understand the chaos that is The Mars Volta, there's only 1 band like that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH-ngXSih692fMk

[@guillaumeaudet3139]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums If you like, first and 3rd albums are the best ones.

[@m.nelson2157]

Check out Gary Husband

[@loud7070]

Amazing player. A younger Dennis Chambers.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Incredible intensity Lou!

[@leahliddle324]

I don't think, in total, any drummer expends more energy per minute of playing than Pridgen. Dude goes on all cylinders. Loud, hard and relentless.

[@willrockdesigns]

Pridgen is an absolute beast. I feel like he should be sweating more. But no he's fine.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

MONSTER William!!!

[@HollowGolem]

There are definitely videos of him really working up a sweat. He is so high energy. He very often plays gigs shirtless.

[@willrockdesigns]

@@HollowGolem shirtless you say? Now I'm interested! 😂

[@adderon]

Check his TMV days for sweat sesh

[@jevantaefreckleton6448]

React to Marcus Gilmore🔥

[@Mananamod]

watch the Extremophiles B by Jeff Saltzman. he’s really fucking good.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Kashin!

[@joeday4293]

😳

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I know Joe! 😮

[@DougieD_Funk]

Pridgen and Aaron Spears just do it for me. So sticky

[@timkumpf8727]

This is unbelievable drumming but I just want to shout out The Faceless Planetary Duality Drum Cam on KZbin. Amazing drumming and even better musicality? Just wondering what others thought. And again, not trying to detract from Thomas Pridgen. Amazing.

[@thunec]

react to delta sleep please!

[@danneu8]

Hey! I'm one of the "When are you going to do Vinnie?" guys. I feel famous. Edit: Also, practice your rudiments kids

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA! LOVE IT!!!!

[@GvoltaMusic]

You haven't done Jon Theodore when with The Mars Volta...I searched... with the name 😒

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great call Juan!

[@GvoltaMusic]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums 😬 nice... will look forward to seeing it if/when you do! I absolutely love your vids btw! Thanks for doing these...cheers!!

[@markwilson6031]

How much longer must we wait for Rush week?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Got some rush coming soon Mark!

[@AttilaThebung]

Can we get some Tony Royster Jr?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA! I hope that's a joke after my intro? LOL

[@hermanmelville3871]

Come for the drummer, stay for the keyboard players.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Right!? Unreal Herman

[@segfault_000]

I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but Andrew's voice seems too low in the mix, hard to hear the commentary.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yeah I don't know. The audio was not as hot as normal. Thanks for noticing!

[@louisrepucci8407]

Wax Simulacra.

[@zaqwertyfish]

G ZuZ.... unfreekin B leev abull

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🤯

[@thadima1996]

I'm not playing it any better than that

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Don't need to!!!

[@deurya1]

Try this man....Luthfi IHo "Humiliation" Paradigma (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZLVoZ2niduDrNk)

[@grosenberg68]

Ok, I might get some flack for this: he's amazing, but wish he'd create more space for the rest of the music and be more balanced between flash and groove. Hurts my head. Sorry, just came from Larnell and Gergo vids 😉

[@Kapaklia]

Animals as leader - Cognitive contorsions 👍

[@heartman3380]

I only wish that random non drummer folks actually knew the genius of what they are listening to here, sadly not.

[@jason1888]

Dang I hope he doesn't know what to play all the time.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

😂🤣

[@JoeKundlak]

The guys are amazing, especially the drummer, but I do not like this jazzy style at all.

[@prout7569]

The tambourine guy upstaged him.