J Mascis Plays Classic Punk Drum Beats | Reverb Interview

J Mascis is set to launch his official Reverb shop tomorrow. Before sending this sparkle purple C&C kit off to a new home, he took it for one more spin by giving us an overview of some classic punk beats.

[@fonzimendoza1979]

I think that’s the fastest I’ve ever seen him move haha

[@saintjabroni]

Dr. Hackenbush lol

[@A2Z83]

he used to be a thrashy hardcore drummer int he

[@manueldelsol31270]

And this is the fastest you'll ever see him.

[@morioh6505]

He is a turtle lol

[@mh-oh8kf]

Or speak

[@michaelevans512]

J Mascis is awesome.

[@scuzz___]

The coolest dude on the planet

[@avoiceofyourown9652]

really cool video

[@massimoamato5593]

Woah.. the ROBO beat is great!

[@CastToVoid]

You can tell he's excited

[@Swashbuckler9x]

ahahahahahahahha

[@MattSaintsMusic]

funny part is this is actually true lmao. this is about 100 times more than what you can usually get out of him! gotta love J!

[@mlaforce321]

its literally one of the most lively interviews ive ever seen of him. he loves playing drums haha

[@rickenbacker40011]

Cast To Void funny thing is You literally can

[@ladistar]

@@mlaforce321lmaoooo for real

[@Scotchism]

He kinda sounds like an adult Chris from family guy lol

[@blakevickrey]

Omg....you're right

[@andym28]

Chris was based on Buffalo Bill on Silence of the Lambs.

[@davidkaplan8310]

This was a brilliant comment !!

[@A2Z83]

Splashlog!

[@luke-da-duke]

Shit, how did I never think of that?!

[@ChrisPuckett]

Playing drums make you a better guitar player

[@chickenbeforeegg]

The worst thing every punk drummer wants to hear from their vocalist: "Yeah that was great! But can you play it, like, FASTER?!"

[@JoseMorales-jn5qw]

I don't know man, I'm fine with faster

[@hotlanta35]

Vocalists...the queen bitches of the band..i like to give the other member advice

[@labeandistort6213]

don t know man, for me it was slow down :D

[@brodiecalvert8149]

chickenbeforeegg blink 182 has entered the chat

[@Vichedges]

That's why I hate most punk, especially after the first generation when punk developed all the rules and devolved to leather jackets and playing fast. If I hear another punk cover where they take a classic song and speed it up to ludicrous speed I'll puke. It's just so unoriginal at this point. Nothing is more punk that the Pistols and very few of their songs were even fast, a few were slow, most were medium paced and then they had a couple of fast ones, but even their "fast" songs weren't punk fast. The Ramones got so ridiculously fast towards the end the Joey couldn't even fit the lyrics in. I just don't understand the appeal of that. The Ramones were relatively fast when they started but they weren't insanely fast like they were at the end.

[@PintsofGuinness]

pshh such a tiny kick drum

[@RyanChaos.0]

Pints of Guinness It’s bigger than him

[@p0llenp0ny]

+*insert name here* I do believe it's what they call sarcasm.

[@vincecarpenter661]

He could fit inside it

[@TheBomber15]

Pints of Guinness I fucking love your name / pic. Would kill a pint

[@sprainedchakra8417]

nobody gonna talk about how J played drums in Deep Wound, the fastest and most intense hardcore band of their time in 1982?

[@TheLarryburns84]

you can tell he still knows how to go at Deep Wound speed at the end of this video 😉

[@knutsenneundorf116]

In the Deep Wound song Video Prick he even plays drums and guitar at the same time! lol

[@StruggleoftheOutsider]

Disorder

[@Mrkillermarshmellow1]

My boy mascis with that discharge beat i see u

[@navmanshack1579]

Jacob Brown BIG FUCKIN SHIT RIGHT NOW MAN

[@raulperez2308]

well who doesn't love some dbeat

[@susanneskadetsinnverdilsek5901]

D beat is life

[@navmanshack1579]

@Mr Gonorrhea i swear to god man

[@susanneskadetsinnverdilsek5901]

I 💓 d beat

[@thewanderinginternetwizard4361]

J is unusually lively! What did you give him Reverb?

[@TheMCRFAN123]

a drum set

[@skoupidia2057]

Money

[@joshuadoliveiro]

An cookie that’s ‘a bit off’

[@3badthebad]

Magic nose powder

[@jackisnotreal9275]

Magic mouth chrystals and paper you put in your mouth

[@DiamorphineDeath]

This needs to be much longer.

[@curtisgiesbrecht8325]

Rumor has it' J mascis is actually a sloth all grow'd up.

[@stinknut7454]

Can I just say that he nailed down the “robo” beat perfectly

[@MrDonc78]

That Robo beat was insane!!

[@nameloss]

Megalodonald i’ve always thought of that hi hat pattern as just triplets on the right hand. once you get it down it’s lots of fun

[@OFFICIALBLINK182DRUMCOVERS]

IT'S ACTUALLY A SIXTEENTH NOTE PATTERN BUT HOWEVER IT HELPS YOU TO VISUALIZE IT IS A-O.K. AS LONG AS IT GROOVES

[@nameloss]

OFFICIAL BLINK 182 DRUM COVERS thanks for that! never was good at transcription and notation. with that said, though-could it be sixteenth note triplets? or sextuplets? or would it notate differently?

[@AquaAnim]

Julio Del Prado It would just be 16th notes. 1E& 1E&. Again though, technicality doesn't matter :) triplets would have more spacing, and obviously be in triplet format.

[@bryant1996123]

I hear "Cumbia" influence in that high hat!

[@betterinsodapop]

J is a living treasure of music.

[@hUnt94]

that bass drum is fucking huge

[@jamesmyers2852]

Could park an UPS truck in that bass drum.

[@iwillnevergetone5]

check out his project Witch, also feating king tuff and some other amazing humans. J plays drooms in that band too

[@jkf9167]

Witch is pretty awesome!

[@iwillnevergetone5]

hell yea they are! there's a few good quality vids of their sets floating around the 'tube

[@MagnificentFiend]

Yes! "Eye" and "Sweet Sue" are killer.

[@jeffloucks2120]

Love Witch !

[@Mrgdoggiedizzle]

Witch is fuckin sick!!!

[@1967lovechild]

I could watch J play drums all day.

[@bumblefritz]

1:08 J hits the snare mic.

[@williep1626]

When Eeyore blasts out some high energy beats.

[@kevbeckguitar7209]

That's funny man haha

[@himynameiswaylon]

Insert Garth from Wayne’s World: “I like to play.”

[@TruSuperGamerFriends]

OMG I was thinking that too !!!

[@matthewdobsson3883]

I always speed a Mascis video up to 125% and he speaks normal. All love for the guy.

[@SteveJamsEcono]

Holy crap. You aren't kidding. Maybe not the greatest hack for a video on drumming but otherwise, wow, what a time saver. Kudos, man!

[@CAKmusic]

J is a great drummer....nice to see the Robo reference too. I always suspected there was a trick to the fast 8ths on hi hat.

[@angelocatapang6054]

j mascis.still never lost touch on his drumming skills let alone singing,songwriting and guitar playing.still had it more than ever in his career.

[@christianc9409]

Can someone get him to slow down

[@buzztrucker]

Wow, I never knew that he was a drummer first.and he's one of my favorite guitarists and I play drums and I then learned guitar. I literally feel J Mascis the most whenever he's playing guitar. Maybe because he's a drummer and then played guitar. I connect so much with his guitar playing.

[@lobotomyscam1051]

He taught the drummer of Dinosaur Jr., Murph, how to play drums.

[@frenchonion3359]

The robo beat is sick

[@stephendre2902]

That snare is the worst sounding snare..... Ever.... To each their own.

[@movimentodoscacos]

nah

[@bakuganmasterdude]

St. Anger would like to speak with you

[@xx6Dylan9xx]

Absofuckinglutely

[@BKooy-mf2rq]

Punk

[@lmlCOBHClml]

@@bakuganmasterdude beat me to it

[@DWINC]

The robo was tight

[@phatman1478]

J is actually a hell of a drummer! I had no idea...

[@gdrugg2006]

Joe Jenkins he played drums on several of the Dino albums!

[@rallokkcaz]

He played drums for about 50% of the records.

[@SpamNapkin]

Check out his first band Deep Wound

[@timbertimbretamber]

Where you been?

[@martywhite1084]

Joe Jenkins No. He’s terrible.

[@matturner6890]

That ROBO beat made me smile. J really rips on the drums!!

[@Bodyknowledge77]

That was a slightly pre Halloween treat indeed..

[@thestikbotwarrior670]

Bodyknowledge 77 hey I see u on utfs streams

[@Bodyknowledge77]

The Stikbot indeed..I also exist in other capacities. Hello!

[@thestikbotwarrior670]

Bodyknowledge 77 hello I also like reverb.Im a guitarist and bassist.You are a guitarist

[@Bodyknowledge77]

The Stikbot Warrior I'm a semi professional singer/songwriter/guitarist. I get paid pennies for what I create..for now..

[@thestikbotwarrior670]

Bodyknowledge 77 ahhh cool

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

So rare to see him behind the kit these days so I'm freaking out here right now :D

[@iwillnevergetone5]

check out his project Witch, also feating king tuff and some other amazing humans. J plays drooms in that band too

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I knew about Witch and last I looked couldn't find any of their tunes but I may not have been looking hard enough. King Tuff sounds familiar too so I'll into them as well.

[@Browny84]

Oliver Cant all their albums are on iTunes. I can’t tell you when the last album was made though.

[@mattmiller9899]

no Deep Wound beat?... oh the pressure. or in my room

[@DiamorphineDeath]

Good shit dude

[@markonomicon3171]

Sisters...

[@void0094]

He really nailed that Robo style beat

[@786Basil]

Damn, he's actually excited and grinning

[@heavytimes887]

Those drums sound so good. Sounds like Bonham playing punk rock.

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

J is influenced by Bonham. He even does the Good Times Bad Times kick triplet in the bridge of Can't I Take This On? From his album More Light

[@CrashTheCesspoolKids]

0:51 PERFECT discharge cover

[@RanDieBam]

The faster BFTF beat sounded like Metallica's Battery and that pretty much sums the relationship between punk and thrash up

[@leftkeyentry]

"I like to play"

[@Flux799]

Punk is just polka

[@paulc8549]

B. F. T. F. beat? what that stand for anyone?

[@CASHXRAT]

I second this. What the fuck does that mean?!

[@robertflaglor4919]

no clue what the fuck that acronyms supposed to mean, but its def the beat from Gimme Gimme Gimme off Damaged.

[@aaronking2000]

Robert Flaglor yeah, I'm guessing the B.F. stands for Black Flag. Not sure about the other two letters though.

[@dkdrums5825]

Its a dbeat played straight, not swung because it's too fast to swing.

[@betterinsodapop]

It is, no lie: Butt Fuck Titty Fuck. The fist 1-2 part is "Butt Fuck" and the 1-2-3 part is "Tit-ty-fuck." They obviously had to censor that, hence the acronym.

[@hunterthompson5220]

Those drums sound heavenly

[@heyholetsgo]

Oh wow that’s a C&C! Real nice and you got some chops! Loved they d beat and Ramones beat, good eighth notes!

[@ME-ru4hv]

1:44 " _trapped in purgatory_ " 🤟

[@shelby3822]

A lifeless object alive

[@georgekaotik]

The d-beat was played correctly

[@123agidee_2]

As a jazz drummer I have to say what he lacks in skill he makes up for in physical energy

[@Poopscipade]

You just basically summed up punk.

[@robertacucinotti3883]

That kit is fucking perfect

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Hes gotta be annoying to work with

[@mantra3000]

His drumming on Epic Soundtracks' Rise Above was so good. Big part of the affection I have for this record.

[@punksaiskater3470]

The d beat drum beat his playing sounds a lot like Why from discharge

[@davidbaylorcarter]

I love his feel behind the kit. I would say that most of my favorite 'musicians' started on the drums.

[@Ian-uu3dz]

The d beat completely sums up punk

[@CASHXRAT]

The d beat and variations on it are the only beats I want to hear. On any song, in any genre.

[@Kizamime]

He's playing well, but man those drums sound like poo

[@ccdrums5312]

Nick Null try the opposite, Mate.

[@sebastienlordez9672]

​@@ccdrums5312 True that Jay is a bit awkward here sometimes. Wonder what kind of heads were used here. Any idea?

[@ccdrums5312]

Sebastien Lordez a lot of older punk drummers didn’t follow the proper drumming ‘rules’ if you will, as it pertains to technique. Their goal was just to play fast.

[@Kizamime]

The drum sound is much worse than his performance, in my opinion. But, I guess if you enjoy boomy, stubstance-less drum tones and a snare with no snare, I understand.

[@bigrivermedia762]

@@sebastienlordez9672 I bought this kit off J 3 years ago. Smooth white ambassadors on the kick (which I’ve replaced with Aquarian Super Kick on the batter) and coated Emperors on the toms. Snare didn’t come with the kit.

[@ambroulard]

Guys time is not exactly too precise.

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

That kit is sick!

[@matthewboren708]

The only drum playing techiques i need more in my life.. The robo had me dying what an underrated master

[@purorockyaguita]

Maybe this is the only one video of macscis that i see him smiling..

[@troyevanthompson]

What an insightful comment. A drummer that plays guitar. I reckon I've never seen J smile that much. What a lovely little video find. Thanks Reverb.

[@eligbyelogt4896]

that's one fucking big kick drum

[@slametawaluddin]

I love him, especially his works with GG Allin & the Murder Junkies 👍🏼

[@Rob954ever]

J is a fucking genius. Those who don't know who he is are IMMEDIATELY discredited for not knowing real music.

[@filemakerpro4050]

Ive never understood why you wouldn’t start with the drums. If you are in a band take the time to make sure everyone in that band can play the drums with at least some decent proficiency and chances are you will end up having at least the best band you can have ..l wether that means success in the business of music is and should be irrelevant. (J is probably a lot better than this video shows .. you need to be in a pattern of practicing or at least be warmed up before the kinks get worked out. I was a guitar player only because mom and dad said no to drums - years later when I was asked to join a second band on the drums I jumped at the opportunity. Despite having no kit or ever having a lesson, etc. that band ended up going a lot farther than the other one I played guitar in [our drummer was a schizophrenic drummer. Exceptional, but couldn’t maintain a schedule despite being offered reg bookings after our first show])

[@gregrohsful]

The best guitar players started on drums because they know pretty much spiritually where the song is and when the one is coming around.

[@ram_s_d27]

he looks so natural behind the kit

[@misfit2022]

For the Robo beat you need some beads on your wrist. You can hear them very clearly on some Black Flag recordings

[@JAM-rp6fi]

That is a comically large kick drum lmao

[@thisissoicantroll]

Only real rockers know what B.F.T.F. stands for : - )

[@drumtwo4seven]

must be punk if you have long white hair and a purple sparkle drum set drummers of dri first 3 are were the best especially eric listen to dealing with it damn good drumming punk rock drumming masterpiece

[@benomalley4824]

Anyone know what a BFTF beat is? I can't find anything on it.

[@dkdrums5825]

Look up heel-toe drum beat

[@lonboomer8147]

i love how many are slagging mascis for his playing here...IT"S NOT A PERFORMANCE, DRUMMIES!!! you wanna hear him perform? listen to the records he plays drums on or videos he drums on.

[@deaditeslayer7705]

His punk band Deep Wound kinda started the grindcore style beats

[@amyo]

That bass drum is humangigantbig

[@E-1K]

A drummer that plays guitar?! Dude. Such a GIANT on guitar too.... Eh, the more instruments we know how to do something with the better it is for us.

[@sticksman1979]

J is the greatest drummer you’ve never heard of.

[@TheLarryburns84]

best part is, he actually drums on the major label Dino Jr albums!

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

​@@TheLarryburns84Green mind and without a sound is the holy grail of J drumming

[@onegrainofsand]

I used to be friends with his son

[@KingBlonde]

Gotta love that grad school terminology. No seriously this was cool.

[@That1Guy]

That Robo groove tho!?

[@augustusmustus6217]

Straight up, western mass style... If you can't play every instrument, you don't deserve a fucking band.

[@fernandomaldonado3098]

Like most of kinda can't play the last flying beat. Ese old school stuff 🤬🤐🖤🤪

[@MrMetalchuy]

Now that's a kick drum

[@beermacht80]

The first drum beat is the wagon!

[@HelicopterHoneymoon]

J mascis getting the dbeat slightly incorrect. Bummer. Better than the varukers drummer tho.

[@southsidediy]

that kit is gorgeous

[@Bobby_Uterus]

Is that a fucking marching bass drum? it's got to be like a 30 incher. sounds like loose unfocused trash too.

[@ipodgolfer13]

Puck ain’t for chumps That’s what I got from this.

[@jorgelopez9620]

Ha sweet

[@susragejr477]

Remember that one time J Mascis pioneered grindcore because he was bored?

[@hoff7731]

What are those high hats?

[@pinbackstack]

13" Meinl byzance extra dry hi hats

[@benfrank8649]

The purple kit is dope

[@brianbeattie4358]

Anyone know J's cymbal setup here? Thanks!

[@JeserNoob]

tease... i want more of this

[@psiklops71]

Wow Jay We Are 6 Years Apart And I too Am Full Of Grey Hair

[@yeatsbell3480]

I want that drum set so bad, so cool

[@gabeheberer392]

That 30 inch bass...

[@zoard8263]

that snare sound is putting me off ngl