Zach Hill Solo @ the Larimer Lounge (Denver, CO)

[@h3lldude]

it's called differences of opinion. you may never like Death Grips. That's fine. But your opinion is based on what you grew up listening to. As a person who grew up listening to both metal and hip-hop, it immediately made sense to me. My girlfriend hates it. A lot of people I know hate it. I fucking LOVE Death Grips. Visceral, intense, dissonant and powerful music to me. And genuine. Extremely genuine and passionate dudes making fucking insane music.

[@PresidentElectLeRoy]

I recently found Zach Hill, maybe 3 years ago. Insane work.

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

sorry, but actually the piano player is Marco Benevento. Zach makes a point to credit him in his interviews because he improvised it all in one take without hearing the drum track in advance.

[@Bladee_Runner]

@zoso763 no his set up is always single pedal

[@luciomath]

He played the piano on the recording he is playing along with. It is off his solo album Astrological Straights. The last song is called necromancer (what he is playing here) and it is 32 minutes of ambience with his drumming over it. It is completely incredible. The whole album rules too!

[@poopyjoe7883]

12 year old comment but marco benevento played the piano on necromancer

[@tranquisboy]

Zach Hill should be on the next Modern Drummer festival

[@yourname50]

I watch this everyone once and while to put myself in my place.

[@yourname50]

And why is everyone bitching about his composition on a video of him performing an improv piece?

[@metallicaroc]

Yea he does. Listen to the first Hella Album, the track City People SItting, Sitting. That is a perfect example of how he can break down to pure insanity and return it to the first beat he played.

[@clemenza1234]

.... absolutely....brilliant...

[@gabeuop79]

@ZoSo763 -- NO! He doesn't use a double bass pedal. I've seen him live a couple times up close and I can guarantee you he doesn't use one. Check him out live if you can!

[@kapirock1]

you guys can follow that ... We will see about that : I said We just went and Rocked the place like it's the last night ever and played SONGS ,even when we went out we were out for the right reasons and when we went out we went to the place of no return . After we finished the same guys that warned me cheered us , they could understand it's all about the music be it a cheesy 2 minutes pop song or 30 minutes noise symphony .

[@AreXweXaliveXBmore]

Zach hill vs. billy rymer I hope to see that one day

[@Laurencedrum]

he's one of my favourite drummers... insane

[@andrew12398]

5:30-6:10, especially around 5:30, that's the best part.

[@smitty010493]

@TheHookerwithapenis holy shit, i wouldve guessed self taught, but 1995? god damn

[@bongolow07]

How the hell does he do that lol.

[@LoNgShOt5250]

"10 minutes of 32nd notes! Go!" "... BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--"

[@B33fisGud]

totally agree.

[@TremulantMannequin]

good music

[@kapirock1]

@charlieking Well , I need no drugs to travel into obscure and use my imagination... I find not too much art in what this guy do , not anyone who can create a fast chaos and constant combinations of sounds will send me to the realms of beyond , I saw lightning bolt Live and they

[@Flanagcr]

Re-freakin-lentless

[@closedmouth]

Hahaha, morris code, i love it

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

the piano player's pretty f'ing good too

[@McMatthew23]

Those double strokes!!

[@grooveboss]

he takes a breather at 8:52 but he is one of the best but he is also human not from the moon.

[@gabeuop79]

3:45 - - YAAHHH !!!!

[@SecretAgent068]

So when is the new line of Zach Hill Signature Series Drum Heads coming out?? You know the ones with the reinforced titanium mesh fibers for added strength so you can pound the ever living shit out of them like Zach does.

[@ryanbeatbox]

@BenZeneProject Joey Baron, he's a beast - look up Electric Masada

[@KevinBrownsvideos]

So RAD!!!! Check out my footage of him from Oakland Ca.

[@asdfghjkfdsa]

3:45 yesssss

[@LucasSpurrell]

I am a much bigger fan of Jon Theodore than Thomas Pridgen but I have to defend him here. He didn't ruin The Mars Volta he just changed it. Omar was The Mars Volta and he wanted to explore a different sound so he got a different drummer to go along with it. Pridgen and Theodore played very differently and both suited their respective albums. To think he's terrible is closed minded and silly. You can't get butt hurt whenever artists or bands change. Change is inevitable. Unless you're ACDC.

[@kapirock1]

@QueLub Based on music practicality he is years behind them ....

[@kapirock1]

that he crossed over drumming and made himself known even to people who got nothing to do with beating skins , but that's a bout it. Kapi Rock ! p.s. , by the way here in London I have seen guys playing this style and doing it even better and always got bored with them after 2 minutes, remember playing a gig just after something very similar to Hella , people told me : boy , you have some serious points to make now , we doubt if you guys can follow that ...

[@gephross100]

@Nickzilla13 jordinson uses triggers. SLOW FEET!@

[@AcuteIgnorance]

@fitchke I made a different account (just to dispel confusion) but you're right to an extent. I love Hella and think he's a great writer, just never been a fan of his solo work. I've never heard necromancer and maybe it's just poor mixing in the video but when I hear hardly any supplementary instrumentation, I do get bored of the drums. I think people (not necessarily you) dickride him a little too much and I think he's great, but not immune to criticism. Just my opinion.

[@esobrev]

hey i know this is old youtube so videos could only be 10 minutes. is there a full recording of this somewhere? please!

[@danwithcandlefx]

hey ... it's been a while, so I think so but idk where it is ... I'll leave a comment here if Ifind it but can't look rn bc it's past my bedtime and idk where all my old storage disks are.

[@esobrev]

@@danwithcandlefx Thank you! I think this song "Necromancer" performed live is just transcendental. I can't get enough of it. There's only one other full live video performance of Necromancer I could find the quality not being great, and one more as an audio recording. The narrative of 'you have to play as hard as you can to bring your dead sister back to life' is just so powerful to me, and it's best captured through a live performance of Zach playing as hard as he can for 40 minutes. "With all your might. It will sound right." I hope you find it, and anything else you might find I'd love to see!

[@ForrestRice]

yo! im a drummer, and i dig it

[@QueLub]

@kapirock1 Based on music theory, Zach Hill is years beyond them...

[@superjules]

This guy Plows the Cosmic Taco

[@000MidnightSun]

the thread of comments here is possibly the dumbest thing i've read in recent times. i love both TMV and hella. they both have bad ass drummers. they are completely different. everyone needs to shut up

[@ghdtjdqhd]

tru dat bro

[@kapirock1]

@charlieking And by the way , English is not my first language and I write whatever I write not trying constantly to locate every bit of mistake , how many languages can you speak , average American English maybe ???? Not trying to take the piss here but you know , don't speak more than you can deliver .

[@lofi_wzrd]

@portaberta there is nothing wrong with his right foot, it's our feet that suck...

[@kapirock1]

were great but after 3 minutes it all sounded the same (which it was indeed) , you wanna get it right so listen to Coltrane or Sun Ra or otherwise , stay tune cause I will post some of my own concept drumming which is mostly the easiest thing to do , much easier than writing a good pop tune in a way ...

[@miceskin]

Godfucking way if this can be really happening on my eyes?!?!?!

[@Gizzacks]

Is he using a double kick here? I know he doesnt use one usually, it just looked like he was testing a slave pedal at the start

[@noahbirdrevolution]

@michalleq1 Yes, hard jazz! Hill is nasty and tasteful.

[@jtorcaz]

@ZoSo763 a triple bass pedal???

[@Thomlistentoslayer]

now thats stamina=D i think he does drugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but thats just my opinion HEY KZbinRS i don't fucking care if he does drugs hahahahaha I APPRECIATE HIS DRUMMING THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KUDOS KUDOS

[@njpm]

wow like Neil Peart another wall of noise

[@EarthWorms77]

who

[@zeepster]

what is this track called? the female speaking at the start is that also a part of the track?

[@chalk9760]

Necromancer - Zach Hill

[@zeepster]

@@chalk9760 hey it's been 14 years wow. Thanks ;p

[@chalk9760]

@@zeepster 😘

[@miceskin]

*Ears.

[@andrew12398]

Hahahaha

[@TremulantMannequin]

thomas (tries to )drums like him.Zach has been around longer.thomas was still playing simple drum beats at his local church while zach was touring with Hella. get ur shit straight.

[@zacharymaldonado]

Yeah man, with the way you talk I'm pretty sure you could play this fast for 32 minutes.

[@Gizzacks]

So he definatly uses heel toe? argh that would suck if he started using a double kick, he doesnt need to. Well I know what Im gonna be doing for the next 10 years of my life pedal wise :P

[@nixtrove]

hows that workin out

[@ironic02]

this isnt his best stuff, go listen to some of his bands like hella and team sleep, he is insane, i suggest biblical violence by hella, and red skull by team sleep

[@nc70123]

I think he's having a seizure,

[@kapirock1]

@charlieking Lol , Yeah , you mean I forgot shit like that , I will keep on basking on my little street corner and make MUSIC , not just drumming pornography or conceptual wank I DO THESE AS WELL BUT WITH STYLE at least I can appreciate Zach Hill for some of the skills he pulls on the kit even if I get bored by him after 30 seconds what do you have to offer BUDDY ?!?!? ...

[@TheCameraCop]

@typicalday What makes you say that? Millions of people would disagree.. internationally even. That's most certainly not garbage if you ask me. He's playing with more passion than i've ever seen before. You should possibly open your ears, eyes, heart and mind to more abstract, or sometimes challenging ideas. Challenging yourself is good.

[@TheCameraCop]

@typicalday I understand you're just stating your opinion. But when you call great music garbage, it's inevitably going to be defended at one point or another. This is after all.. the internet. I personally think Danny Carey is one of my favorite drummer. Because he plays with passion. Roddy does not. Playing faster than light doesn't sound good if you're not being dynamic or creative.. It just means you can play fast. Danny Carey hits his drums harder by the way. Zach is simply more aggressive.

[@kapirock1]

I find nothing in this guy musically read a bit about him , they said he is a mixture between Buddy Rich and Keith Moon , god this is heavy duty comparison , listening to him I find none of them , Buddy was all about flawless execution which Zach is not even close to and Moon was a chaos tailed to groove and rock the best songs written , period everything he has done had a meaning , every fucker with skills can sprint around the set with abandon but who give a shit if it has no

[@TremulantMannequin]

most people dont know what they are talking about when it comes to music. everyone thinks thomas is talented because hes fast. but his beats are wack and hes not even that fast.all his drums sound the same and he sticks to the left side of his kit most of the time. i have personally seen him live when i saw TMV and he ruined that band. his first cd Bedlam was TMV's worst album.Omar finally came to his senses when he decided to get zach hill on his new Cryptomnesia album

[@TremulantMannequin]

he ruined the mars volta. they had a perfect discography until until they got rid of Jon(A Great Drummer) and added pridgen.they dont jam anymore because pridgen cant jam an 5 minute song out for over 20 minutes if his life depended on it. He's not a good drummer technically. to anyone with no sense of music talent or a def person he might be good.but its not even that. i cant look at one video of a good drummer on youtube w/o pridgen comming up in conversation.he is a terrible drummer

[@CanGamers]

You don't know much about music do you?

[@matttriano]

GARBAGE NO STOP

[@kevinmerhar49]

This guy is fast as hell, but it sounds like absolute shit.

[@resmarted]

I just dont get it. Sure its on beat and he's going really fast. Impressive. But the whole thing sounds like shit... I'm trying so hard to like death grips, listening to full albums and reading the lyrics. Everytime I'm left thinking, "It sounds horrible though. It sucks. Why are album reviewers giving this such godly praise?"

[@brickchains1]

Some souls cannot transcend. Keep records of the mortal realm for us as we have departed.

[@chalk9760]

What do you think now?