Drum Teacher Reacts to Blake Richardson - Between the Buried and Me - Famine Wolf - Episode 27

[@EricHitsDrums]

thanks for getting to BTBAM! i knew you'd find Blake Richardson as a "complete drummer"!

[@walkerg1991]

Between The Buried and Me "Extremophile Elite." They are on record several times citing Mr. Bungle as inspiration. They do not have a single blase piece in their entire anthology, each and every one is uniquely identifiable. Their shortest actual full piece is in the high four minutes, and their longest is 17 plus minutes. I've never gotten so much variety in music while still enjoying the feel of the quintessentially BTBAM riffs. Any song by them is worthy of mention, IMO. Great reaction, thank you!

[@metalmanny666]

Geoff Walker what is a blase piece?

[@____spacecadet____]

wintersnake "Blasé" in this context meaning boring or forgettable. So, not a single piece of their music is boring.

[@jkitchen2003]

Well technically the album colors is one song....

[@xavierbonilla1164]

I’m pretty sure tommy, the lead singer, would love you for comparing him to Mike Patton. He’s a big fan of Mike Patton.

[@satellite_anomaly]

I thought the same. I've seen where Tommy has said that Patton is his favorite vocalist.

[@highandtight5544]

I thought the same thing, too. I would pay to see Tommy react to this. This dude made some great points on Blake, too, from watching Blake's twitch stream this guy nailed it.

[@timothyb7371]

BTBAM is one of those scandalously underrated bands. Two of my favorites, as far as drumming goes, are White Walls and Swim to the Moon. Both are pretty lengthy, but I’ll give my left nut if you don’t look back on it and say either one was worth the time spent listening! 😉

[@wildtriceratops1643]

A man after my own heart. Two of their best and some of the most epic songs ever

[@leroypayne3201]

Yeah, Swim to Moon is a masterpiece.

[@into_the_void]

Selkies 👍🏼

[@Unknownusername1004]

That damn solo at the end of viridian on colors is so fun to play

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Swim To The Moon middle section is too looooong .

[@albertprice207]

BTBAM is on another level. Good vid

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Yes they are!

[@bubbastevegarcia2459]

Being a lifelong btbam fan it’s awesome seeing someone gush over how awesome they truly are

[@benjaminmccomas7192]

So happy others are noticing BTBAM’s awesomeness

[@selks9155]

There's a lot of things you haven't heard in metal that's in between the buried and me.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

I believe you

[@dirtpile]

I see what you did there! :)

[@caseymclane1972]

@@JunkdrummerTV just listen to Voice of Tresspass - I guarantee you'll be surprised to say the least

[@dalepeters3841]

@@caseymclane1972 I was at a show when they played Ants of the Sky, turned a mosh into a hoedown.

[@cap5575]

Also, check out his Obfuscation recording video. It's a classic.

[@awyatt9946]

I’ve watched this band multiple times in a little venue called The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina. They never disappoint. Thanks for the reaction. I knew he /they were right up your alley.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Yes they are

[@awyatt9946]

Check out Matt Lynch from Nova Collective.

[@coreyadair5731]

Seen them there also

[@Technosel]

I'm so bummed I missed them in Charlotte earlier this year!

[@joeygillespie8547]

I've seen em a couple times. Not at the Orange Peel, but I went to the Orange Peel last year for Summer Slaughter and I love that place so much. Dope venue

[@joshhuatheg3m3ni5]

Blake Richardson is a machine! I’ve seen BTBAM countless times and I’ve never heard the dude make a mistake or even look like he’s having a hard time! He makes it look so easy.

[@iPlayDrums4You]

Glad you checked these guys out. The entire band are on another level and are incredibly musical and talented.

[@joepadfield6721]

Check out the BTBAM album The Anatomy Of. It consists entirely of cover songs. Metallica, Soundgarden, and Counting Crows to name a few. Talk about diverse!

[@johnforjustice2350]

Joe padfield I’m going to check that out as well. These guys were good.

[@rossshepherd9836]

I own that. It's exceptional.

[@commonclayofthenewwest6045]

Also Queen, Floyd, & King Crimson!

[@patrose7742]

I would love to see you react to anything by Dan Presland from Ne Obliviscaris as well as Gene Hoglan playing “The Philosopher” by Death! OR Sam “66Samus” Paulicelli playing the song “Hear Me” that he recorded with Devin Townsend.

[@jeremybeara8501]

I understand that this is what your channel is..... but now just listen to this band. I first heard them in 02-03 and that was it!!! Start from the beginning and enjoy. Also, live they are amazing! I see them everytime they are in Nashville.

[@nomadicningen]

Loving the channel. Just came across it and watched a few vids. Heard you mention Byzantine a couple times. Absolutely love those guys. They're from my home town.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

They're amazing

[@xpatzorsx]

"Oh, there's math going on." That's BTBAM, man. 👍

[@villhelmromero]

Colors is a 72 minute album they did in 2007 that is essentially one song. It is the album where they truly became who they are.

[@prometheusfallen]

Dude. How in the world did I miss the notification of this video?! Man, I love that you're digging my favorite drummer.

[@gearhart0steve]

The thing about Blake and Between the Buried and Me, is that they have been doing it for nearly 20 years. This isn't a new "Internet" influenced shit. They have always done what they love, record labels fall into place, and I've been appreciating and inspired by it since 2005. Music hasn't been the same since.

[@JakeJMusic]

you're right about the Mr. Bungle inspiration, it's definitely something they like!

[@peazeralus]

This is always the first song I play when I sit behind a kit. It's so damn fun, and Richardson's occasional quasi-polyrhythmic cymbal accents just feel soooooo damn good to play.

[@tree_of_wisdom7851]

6:13 Oof, those are some shots at DT right there. Your not wrong tho

[@boogeyrage619]

" ahh theres math going on " dying lol

[@dratte4249]

Huge fan of yours man, love the reactions.

[@JG-fp7hm]

First time I heard Alaska was groundbreaking to me. I just got back on a binge of btbam and listened to the entire discography and just gushed how amazing they are

[@cap5575]

I was on your Barker video and I was going to request Blake. Then I decided to see if you'd done it already, went to your channel..first video. Of course you have. Every member of BTBAM is on their own level. Great job!

[@xavierbonilla1164]

Also, do Tomas Haake (drummer in meshuggah) either “bleed” or “clockworks”

[@____spacecadet____]

I found your channel thanks to this video getting recommended, and I absolutely love seeing your enthusiasm for Blake and BtBaM. He's my favorite drummer, so it's awesome to see someone whom didn't know him before watch him and just immediately recognize and sing his praises. I will definitely be watching more of your videos. I'm loving both your knowledge and your forward-thinking-ness. As you said in your intro, you've been in the game a good while, but you haven't become jaded, and to quote you - that is ALSO what being a musician is about. You're a true one. Much respect. 💛

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Thank you so much!!

[@Nud182]

Do more Blake please! This was great.

[@tdawggonzo88]

Love the vids man keep up the good work brother

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Thank you!!

[@tdawggonzo88]

Nah thank you Steve you’re one of my favorite reactors

[@dronedruid153]

Ha! I enjoyed your enjoyment of this guy.

[@Iheartbreakdowns]

Found These Guys Through Colors Back in My Sophomore Year Of High School. Needless To Say It's Still One Of My Favorite Albums To This Day. A Conglomerate Of Genres. All Of Their Albums Are Amazing But Colors Will Always Have My Heart.

[@sirhoon87]

I like how excited you get with Blakes repertoire, I do too.

[@lucasmusica7347]

Can you react to Bill Ward playing War Pigs in paris 1970? It's so intense the way he plays....

[@shaunward4895]

Ya gots to do matt Halpern, it wont disappoint I promise 👌

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Noted

[@DemsDaBrakes1996]

@@JunkdrummerTV he uses a lot of ghost note grooving on the snare you'll likely enjoy

[@____spacecadet____]

Junkdrummer TV And some absolutely inSANE hi-hat time-keeping while riding on another cymbal and doing often rather fast single-foot bass drum grooves. Dude is nuts.

[@joshuamason9084]

As a NC native these dudes started as a Raliegh band called Prayer for Cleansing ( check out the song Sonnet) they got a new singer became BTBAM and took off in our state

[@russellny8086]

When you started talking about Mike Patton and mr. bungle I knew you knew what you were talking about. Saw dillingers last 2 shows in ny. Been listening to btbam since 2002. I’m a drummer and blakes my all time favorite drummer 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@zealobiron]

Blake Richardson is easily one of if not my favorite drummer. He actually plays a straight up country drum part in one of their songs

[@MattRose30000]

10:52 WOW you perfectly summed up BTBAM's sound.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Thank you!!

[@tylerpd52]

Glad to see you check out Blake Richardson! I think you'd like their song Ants of the Sky. Make sure you catch them on tour, you'll be blown away!

[@MrMcFattyfat]

Not so much from the drumming standpoint, but I'd really love to see you check out out of their other more popular songs just to get a better feel for the band. They have a really good live performance of "Selkies: The Endless Obsession" that you would probably like.

[@bubbastevegarcia2459]

10:55 they have been doing this since before the ease of access to music thanks to KZbin. Btbam is godlike

[@215dagby]

They’ve been around a while. Like back during the MySpace days they were signed to Victory Records. I first heard them on a free DVD I got. It had the video to Alaska on it. Honestly, I wasn’t too blown away by that song but it sounded like decent metalcorey music. I saw one of their CD’s at the mall and grabbed it up. It was the album Colors. I popped it in and I was like “What the fuck is this? What even is this? Wtf is going on here?” The more I listened to it, the more I began to absolutely love it. It is right up there in my all time favorites. Metal, jazz, baroque, polka, Goddamned bluegrass, Pink Floydy shit. It is one beautiful clusterfuck. A masterpiece. A non-stop rollercoaster ride. The whole album is one big continuous song. I made the mistake of falling to sleep with it on repeat. Don’t do that. I got weird ass dreams from it.

[@TheSharkMark_Survives]

Check out the drummer from “the number 12 looks like you”

[@forgetnumberone3335]

that whole band is nuts man

[@shrimmirhs292]

YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU

[@ryndanriley5348]

He's a bartender now...

[@____spacecadet____]

They've had a couple/few, but Jon Karel is a fucking madman.

[@rolandweigert5169]

It is moritz. he also plays in Hirsch effect. For bezoar they have fine playthroughs.

[@joshdrew4051]

First time i heard selkies it changed my perspective on creating music. They're absolutely mind blowing!

[@2strokeroll]

Great Analysis! Thanks for the book recommendations too! Definitely subscribing.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Thank you!!

[@j0oi88]

i can watch btbam musician reactions all day. a study, dissection, musicology research, names n history

[@clashcor]

Great react! He's got some other cool play throughs and drum cam videos you should check out, he has some awesome chops and will show you some great versatility on those others as well.

[@fleamarketfloppydisk]

You nailed it man! They've all said before they really don't give a shit and will cram whatever they want into a song lol. Loved the reaction btw!

[@joepadfield6721]

ADHD of drumming..Describes me to the T...another good video from another great drummer! keep it up! lose that cold!

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Im trying

[@elliotbruce7173]

Funny story, I played against him in highschool basketball. I never knew what or who he would become until I met him outside a show in Spartanburg SC years later. He is a BEAST on drums...and makes everything look easy as pie. Not basketball BTW...we were both bench warmers. Lol (this was probably 2001 when me met on the court)

[@jefe828]

They also did a King Crimson cover. Three of a perfect pair. Check out the coma machine. It's like Rush but with a metal element.

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

This guy is one of my favorite drummers of all time. If you want a guy who can really shred, react to one of Chris Turner's plathroughs. Not my style of music, but he is essentally a robot, I'd love to see your reaction!

[@monosy1ab1k]

Really enjoyed the video..."get your abacus out" lol. Blake is always so fun to listen to. Please react to more BTBAM (especially the older stuff) in the future!

[@adityakousik26]

Oh boy. You should listen to “Ants of the Sky” or “Voice of Trespass” and have NO expectation of what you’re going to hear going in. Greaaaat video; Blake is by far the best drummer in the scene by now - he deserves all the love.

[@coreyadair5731]

You should definitely do another Blake Richardson video dude

[@bubbastevegarcia2459]

I’ve been listening to btbam since Alaska was getting ready to be released in 05 I was born in 93. It 2019 now and Btbam is still going HARD

[@jasonbates9906]

I love this video. Only one of them went to music school, but he dropped out to join the band, hahaha.

[@____spacecadet____]

To recommend: • A specific video of Jon Karel's (formerly of The Number Twelve Looks Like You) called "Jon Karel performs "alicia" by the tango group". It's out of control. • Billy Rymer of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Any video of him is likely to be great, but in particular their song "When I Lost My Bet". • Lyle Cooper, formerly of The Faceless, in a video called "The Faceless - Ancient Covenant - Drum cam". I think you'll be especially tickled by his physical form while performing.

[@austinplummer651]

You've GOT to listen to Voice of Trespass off of their newest album, it is easily my favorite song by them through their entire discography, jazzy, heavy, crazy song. And speaking of country drums at the end of the video they actually have a part from the song called Ants of the Sky that has a country swing jam towards the end of it!!

[@johnbagielto8959]

One of the best to ever do it

[@jasonsahl4529]

So glad for this video! Glad you discovered BTBAM and validated the drummer. But man.... The Blake Richardson live video for "Mirrors / Obfuscation" would have been so much better for this video. So much range and variation, and you can see him switch leading with right and left foot in the middle of the song.

[@samwhite2075]

Most talented and underrated band out there!

[@niksimmons4448]

Do Jimmy Chamberlin The Smashing Pumpkins Pinkpop 94 playing Cherub Rock, I Am One, or Geek USA. They got the drum cam uploaded from the whole show. Or An Ode to No One love at the Metro. He goes fucking crazy during that one.

[@jonathanmorillos3818]

More Blake Richardson!!

[@John.VanSwearingen]

Mr. Bungle is a big influence in their sound. BTBAM has a lot of songs that are way more avant garde (e.g. Laser Speed, Fossil Genera, Bloom, Voice of Trespass).

[@JunkdrummerTV]

I knew it!

[@FamineWolf]

I already watched this when you first uploaded it, but I revisited it and I realized that you kinda remind me of Onyx The Fortuitous as far as your speech pattern is concerned. Just a funny thing I noticed, all love!

[@j__s8802]

"What's happening right now?" I have asked myself the same thing many times listening through their catalogue! 😄 Amazing musicians! If you want to hear early Blake and Dustie, check out Glass Casket. GC leads to Wretched thru Adam Cody. They have some great band playthrough vids you should check out. 👍

[@psilocinesthesia]

You absolutely HAVE to listen to Death's last two albums before Schuldiner died. Gene Hoglan on Symbolic and Richard Christy on Sound of Perseverance. Those two albums are what made me actually start really listening to and appreciating the drums in music.

[@sevenninespades]

Great analysis

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Great comment

[@doranbacigalupi1059]

Cool video! Spot on with your references to the Mike Patton and Mr Bungle influence, one of the covers they do on "The Anatomy Of" is Malpractice, by Faith No More.

[@JunkdrummerTV]

No way!!

[@Kirschke15]

The lead singer had a Mr Bungle sticker on his keyboard for years!

[@stepthrough6169]

A metal band on Ipod shuffle🤣🤣🤣Exactly. Check out Tomas Haake(Meshuggah), Mario Duplantier(Gojira), & Brann Dailor (Mastodon) as well. They aren't as wide ranged as Blake but great metal drummers

[@JunkdrummerTV]

I've done every one of those drummers Haha

[@samwhite2075]

Watch Blake Richardson’s live version of the song “Telos” It’ll change your life.

[@acinoralas9107]

You have to see them live.

[@Penz0id]

If you find yourself with a spare hour, I highly recommend you watch Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium. Amazing live album from BTBAM.

[@Baalzz302]

Best band and drummer ever period.

[@davidpardy]

A lot of people are recommending Colors as a good starting point (and it is an awesome album!), honestly though - it's hard to go wrong with any song from any of their albums. Everything from Alaska to Automata II are on frequent rotation in my car - and it's been a long time since I've been able to listen to a single band this much without getting sick of them. It's hard to point to any one song as being the 'ultimate' Blake Richardson portfolio song as he does so much cool stuff across their entire discography. But if I were to name a few for some individual moments in time, or just simply being genuine favourites drumming-wise: Obfuscation, The Coma Machine, Disease Injury Madness, Augment of Rebirth, Extremophile Elite, Telos, Bloom, Condemned to the Gallows, Blot, Voice of Trespass, Turn on the Darkness... Honestly though, just listen to everything they've written and you won't be disappointed. Was happy to hear you mention Bernard Purdie, by the way! I've been working on this track myself and picked up on the half-time shuffle straight away as though it was straight out of Rosanna. Something I was happy that I put time and effort into learning a few years back! Dunno if I can make it groove as nicely as Blake and Bernard, but I can try

[@oxdrummer666]

Excellent review! BTBAM's lineup is a bunch of talented animals. You should check out "Russian Circles" & review their drummer, Dave Turncrantz. I suggest songs like "Harper Lewis", "309", "Afrika", & "Kohokia"

[@Oceanic83]

Yeah, these guys are like prog and metalcore (late 90's - early 2000s) filleted through Mr. Bungle tenancies. They kinda came out of the "mathcore" scene that emerged in the late 90s - early 2000s along with bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan. A really exciting time when metallic hardcore collided with the playing ability of prog and the genre abandonment that Mr. Bungle and Mike Patton were known for.

[@MonkeyFarmFrankenstein]

If you enjoy those heavy parts and mathy mods, please check out Eliot Hoffman with Car Bomb. He also has some videos of him improvising over Steve Reich pieces.

[@fractallusion7121]

Check out Blake's playthrough of Voice of Trespass. Tons of different elements in that song. btbam really pushed the envelope.

[@jonathanmodisette6997]

Bro this band is amazing on all levels

[@marcusrobertson5627]

Fuck yes. This band is a rabbit hole FYI. I'd recommend Ectopic Stroll or Coma Machine as the next react. The best albums to explore by them are Parallax 2, and Colors in my opinion. Both cohesive concept albums, as is their norm

[@CrashDunning]

It's funny because people who aren't a fan of this album (Coma Ecliptic) often say that it's because the progginess messes with the metal, but you say the opposite.

[@DemsDaBrakes1996]

I used to feel that way because I was so enamoured by their heavier stuff, but I've come around as my tastes have grown.

[@surveil3548]

It just that the riffs aren't so metalcore and death metal-ish as in other albums, but it's still heavy imo, not exactly brutal like Alaska but heavy hahaha

[@Oborowatabinostk]

Matt Gartska has ghost notes for days

[@johnthedropper7289]

This is my favorite band. It is like an all star team of musicians. Another band they were heavily influenced by was Cynic if you haven't checked them out. Now they are influencing a whole new generation of bands.

[@simplykody7248]

Check out Chris turner from oceans Ate Alaska! He's by far my favorite drummer. Extremely talented and unique

[@themastertuna]

Favorite band. Best drummer. You could most definitely review every song. Also check out the cover album they do. "The Anatomy of"

[@OddoRocket]

If you like this band, Definitely check out their album colors. It definitely shows how talented all of the guys in this band are

[@gbrooks2]

I’m glad this showed up in my feed and I’ve subscribed but, dude, give ‘Colors’ a listen if you don’t know BtBaM! edit: it took them a lot of material to start “getting away” with things but that’s, like, the QUINTESSENTIAL disc

[@jacobleesmith1092]

Went to school with Blake and played drums in the Winston-Salem, NC. He is actually better than you think he is even if you here him 1,000 times. Looking up the band that ultimately led to BTBAM was Prayer for Cleansing!!!! amazing "when the sun kisses the morning" is a good one! Thanks

[@jasonbates9906]

There are several other awesome videos available of Blake, some he's put up, of solo playthroughs of BTBAM's stuff. I'd love to see what you think of their other stuff.

[@jareddutelle6814]

Pretty sure the lead singer absolutely loves Mike Patton.

[@petew723]

Check out Jonathan Moffett"s videos. I'm not a drummer but his cymbal placement on Smooth Criminal looks difficult as hell. I guess it works for him. No it not a live concert video it's just him playing with the track. Nice job on the vids also.

[@raven_g6667]

I was the same when my btbam cherry was popped. It's okay to cry

[@acinoralas9107]

I like this guy alot too.

[@ueharajunior21]

Blake Richardson is the GOAT

[@Sickdrummermagazine]

Feel free to browse our channel for many more amazing players...

[@JunkdrummerTV]

Thank you!! I have and I will!