Matt Sorum on the Texas Shuffle & Gretsch Broadkaster Drum Kit | Reverb Interview

[@Drummer1981]

This guy has been the reason i learned to play consistent and solid. His feel is impeccable but also he hits so consistent. Ive been mimicking him since the use your illusion albums. 10 years old. God bless this legend!

[@westernsellers9148]

Girl on steroids

[@donovanjones4175]

Met Matt at a big party in the 90’s in Toronto, we moved to the music room and talked drums for at least 2 hours. This guys a pro an his passion for the drums evident. I became a fan of him even if I wasn’t a fan of the bands. He is a super nice guy

[@marcosrios663]

Then the boys whent finger licking to the backstage bathroom yes I heard about those real life events I'm sure you boys had a delightful time...

[@mr.145]

Matts performance on the "burning for buddy" v1 was my favourite performance out of all the great drummers.

[@frxble22]

Watching this reminds me of his play for the Buddy Rich tribute in the 90s. It was epic to see him playing with ahead drumsticks with a brass band which I really loved actually.

[@SELLERT1]

I never thought I would hear Mr. Sorum mention Chris Layton (SRV + Double Trouble) in an interview, but there it is. Mr. Sorum's playing with Mr. Billy F. Gibbons was inspiring...simple....pocket...swing I grew up on rock, blues, jazz, classical etc. The current state of music, is well....not good. We need to bring back the groove, the funk, the blues. Mr. Sorum is bringing it!!!!!

[@derekgriffith4324]

Chris Layton and many other great drummers go largely unrecognized because all anyone ever wants to talk about are the drummers that are known for solos and show. Chris Layton was a mule pulling the cart and holding it all down and thats what a drummer is supposed to do

[@vinceparis5442]

The One & Only One Matt Sorum , love & hugs from Paris , France ! You are the best , YES you are !

[@antonrazzouk6767]

GNR should’ve at least got him instead of Frank on drums if they’re hellbent on not getting Stevie ..

[@kylepalmer1645]

I agree....

[@JJ-mb5kt]

Axle hates him because he took slash’s side when the band was ending

[@kaskade5909]

The trash talking throughout the years won’t get him back in Gn’R. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWTUiIWXgc6Zm5I

[@SnoW-wc2rw]

Anton Razzouk yeah I totally agree it’s like they forgot about him

[@justhadrums]

It should have been Steven for appetite and lies era songs, matt for use you illusion era, and the other guy for whatever newer junk they've put out. I would have definitely gone to see it live then.

[@strumspicks2456]

Matt, what a legend. Never take those shades off and never miss a hit. Perfect match for Mr Gibbons

[@HHGdrums]

Dude has the feel down. Legend

[@morinmacias3907]

Matt is the man, for any band in the world, I want to hear now you could be mine intro YHEEEI!!!

[@veronicahardemandrums]

That was very precise and instructiveMatt. I always appreciated your drumming.

[@snarecat3441]

Good to see you on another good gig Matt! You are a great drummer! You deserve it! Thx for this ! Mr. Tom 🥁😎 the gretsch’s sound real good!!!

[@forddriver8827]

I have a lot of time for Matt. Obviously he has the ability, but it is his dedication to the craft that is always at the top of his list. He always delivers and dominates his kit.

[@refractorhead]

Enjoyed this video! Loved the references and each band knowledge.

[@LesBeatles2727]

A real traditional blues shuffle is one of the hardest feeling grooves for drummers. Lots of drummers can play one chops wise, but few have bothered to listen to Fred Below, SP Leary, Ted Harvey, etc.

[@cilius88]

Everyday I Have the Blues mad respect for Fred Below reference.

[@hiptoalieu]

I'm a SHUFFLEHOLIC!!!!!! I really really really love playin' em, listening to em' and talking about em'!!!!

[@findJLF]

Class act all the way

[@Kelpbr]

Does Matt get older? XD

[@michaelloomisiii3475]

He's the Dick Clark of the drumming world apparently. ;-0

[@michelleschweizer9000]

Matt has been in 3 of my favorite bands,❤️

[@scottyh1509]

I saw these guys at the Iridium in nyc...and they sounded great, Matt especially Zildjian & Gretsch are some of the best, nice gear man. That snare is a beauty.

[@johnbensinger4931]

You better be careful complimenting any brand’s gear... You’ll get a bunch of assholes telling you how wrong you are for having an opinion😂

[@Trentstone121]

I LOVE my Gretsch set.

[@dwdrumz1]

Fantastic Matt!! I play a few shuffles with my band The Blue City Bombers from Greensboro. Great interview!

[@theguywithin]

Now that's a good kick-drum sound!

[@frozd58]

This guy is so cool while being a true pro. That s great

[@gkniffen]

Where was this guy the night Tre Cool was conceived? 🤔

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

You are a great drummer

[@tommyroseguitar4557]

This is homework I don’t mind being assigned, lol. Reverb videos are a constant source of great learning for me, even in my old age, lol.

[@cvblaylock]

I’m from Memphis and play with some old blues heads. Shuffling seems easy but there is an art to it.

[@FadjarMoeljarto]

Thanks Matt, awesome 🥁👍🔥

[@robertdowler8105]

Silver sparkle kit is Super.- Hey y'all check out This Time It's Real a 1973 Tower of Power shuffle big band classic tune with David Garibaldi.

[@edadpops1709]

Marching band kids are awesome kids

[@drumtracksdirect]

Good old Matt, knew he wouldn't let a drum demonstration video go by without a couple of licks from the GNRs solo!

[@keithcramer3844]

Check out matt on burning for buddy in mid 90s can't remember name of song he did but he freaking killed it. Love ya Matt.

[@outdoorsports6768]

This! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmzYpuLYpV0f68

[@SydneyDrums]

Did Matt just say “cymbal as that”

[@nwest8274]

Great insight. The lad knows his stuff for sure. Seems an easy bloke as well.

[@tama2112]

Big MS fan since The Cult...I thought he was in a band with Steve Stevens and Geezer Butler...I'll have to check this out. Thanks for the vid.

[@RadiarMulyana]

my favourite drumer matt sorum cool

[@JohnKeyser]

Very entertaining...and informative!

[@jerrycastanon]

Looking great! 👍

[@louishebert1595]

J’aime beaucoup matt sorum, il a vraiment du style

[@MrCharlieroo]

Just one word...YUCk!!!!

[@lucasdadengue]

Back to Guns N' Roses..

[@CiaoGibson]

Monster player A+ Matt!

[@rhall939]

Great video! I learned a lot. Thank you for making this!

[@jamesdelaney3797]

Your an awesome story teller

[@bwdrums1]

I've seen a fair amount of his vids over the last few years and he seems like the coolest, most down to earth guy.

[@jethrohill6102]

Legend.

[@1022rebelreddog]

yeah that shuffle is to me IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD STUFF...

[@aferguson850]

Very new to blues dancing but the Texas shuffle and the swing element is interesting as you are used to hearing the shuffle but don't really think how it's done from a musician's point of view

[@anjasfajaryan6201]

My drum hero!!!

[@thankass4414]

Love a great shuffle. Spud (John Coghlan) being my favorite shuffle King. Matt should try to play fourth notes on the ride to make it swing more and make it more of a real Texas shuffle.

[@robkolt929]

Interesting, luv me a good shuffle groove!!

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

Nice work

[@Person-uz5lw]

Rock of Ages. awesome cowbell intro

[@konradfesk]

It's really sunny inside

[@jakemitchell1671]

I don't know guys...I REALLY like Matt's playing and his personality - and god knows I'm not qualified to criticize an industry giant like him - but I'm not at all sold on his shuffle. It sounds exactly like what it is: a predominately-rock drummer doing a pretty good impression of a really good shuffle player. It's just a bit square, lacking the *SWING* that hard-core shuffle players just do naturally. Chris Layton wrote the book on white guys doing the TS, and Greg Bissonette does as good a copy as I've heard. Of course Layton spent a career shuffling behind SRV, and Bissonette has a heavy jazz/swing background, so i guess it makes perfect sense.

[@jaybreen1010]

This! He doesn't seem to have a handle on the nuance that makes the Texas shuffle distinct - it swings, but sharply - like almost dotted-eighth sixteenth on each beat. Yes, the hands double that figure, four on the floor often, but it's that sharp swing that drives the whole thing. Play it too round and triplety and it sounds...well like a rock drummer trying to pass off like Texas blues drummer.

[@mwdrum]

Nice tuning for the style.

[@tommygw1]

He knows exactly what he‘s talking about!

[@joeyjooones]

Listen to it on 0.5 speed and you'll hear early 90s Slash talking.

[@chris.dillon]

06:54 he lost his mind at the end of the video and did that fill for two hours

[@kirklandwhatley]

So funny hahaha

[@Gedsparrow81]

lol

[@SimonHallMelbs]

😆😆😆

[@roman077m2]

Part of the drum solo he used to play with GNR in early 90. Easy recognizable.

[@chipbarkhouse6590]

great sounding kit. - Chip Barkhouse The Drummist

[@TheLambLive]

Sounds like a blues march to me. ;-)

[@Ronin_095]

3:45 it's about to go down guys take cover!!🤯

[@matthewpaluch777]

😎👍Matt!!!

[@FabyanHC]

Ojalá llegar a los 58 años como Matt...

[@caryd67]

Come to Vancouver. I can help you out with that shuffle.

[@bermcannonk]

the Texas shuffle is fun to play for 5 minutes

[@Killenmachine05]

about the length of a song, you say?

[@Killenmachine05]

@Tom Johnson I mean, but when you really hit the pocket on it, its really fun to play, i could stay there for hours, not going to lie.

[@Killenmachine05]

@Tom Johnson and it makes you $$$

[@davidperez5089]

@Tom Johnson It is a bit grueling due to boredom of repitition.

[@evankeal]

Kit sounds nice and beefy.

[@revolutionday1]

I wish Buddy Rich was still around, so they could put him in videos like this one....

[@RogierRJDonker]

Buddy would be 102 year old these days

[@finaldrumer]

Rogier and would probably tell everyone to fuck off.

[@due_2477]

legend

[@reidking6325]

You should be interviewed by Neil Lafortune on his Gretsch afternoon drum break.....contact him.. he'd love it.

[@ROCKNROLLSTAR]

Matt looks better than everyone from GNR.

[@seltzer5334]

You guys have to fix the website. It seems like every single guitar I look at it says “Act fast! One other person has this in their cart” shopping for an instrument online or in store is supposed to be a fun thing, and hopefully you get something you can bond and connect with. I’m reluctant to watch, let alone make offers on guitars already in someone else’s cart because why would the seller even entertain an offer if someone is willing to pay full price, that also sucks for me as a seller because I’m sure a potential buyer would feel the same way and not even bother making an offer if they see it’s already in someone else’s cart. Not only that, but there is literally a picture of a watch, it gives a hurry up and buy feel. I don’t want to be rushed into buying something because somebody saw a halfway decent deal at the listed price and isn’t satisfied with just watching it, they have to add it to their cart for later. Either buy it or watch it. Please find a way to fix this.

[@Ferklaus]

Awesome.

[@Kman1960]

Surprised Billy didn’t request a Double Bass Drum Kit like Frank Beard had.

[@efectopigmalion.8127]

Please, call to slash n' come back with guns n' roses..

[@leonardogoycolea3364]

Cool Drummer.... Matt needs to do another record with Neurotic Outsiders, a punk-rock record !

[@davidgrout1056]

Could be Conan O'Brien's twin brother

[@codersexpo1580]

Naw he isn't white (or should I say pale) or tall enough.

[@jacoboflores9257]

But does he always have to play the same damn fills?

[@jahsus23]

Never liked Matt's plasticy sound when he joined GnR... Steve had that bigass Bonham like drumkit, deep and profound sound.

[@Fakename70]

It’s all in the way they’re mixed. I think Price was uneven at times with his UYI mix for Sorum. Particularly with the snare and toms, alternating between too light (snare) and too heavy (toms). Although, in Bill’s defence, I think Sorum made some poor snare decisions on much of UYI that didn’t add to the songs at all. By contrast, Thompson and Barbiero kept everything level throughout AFD, and even gave special attention to the ride. Which, oddly, no one ever really mentions as much as they do the cowbell. They mic’d Adler absolutely perfect for that album, and managed to mask his limitations in the process. Sorum doesn’t have any limitations as a drummer, but, really didn’t finally put it all together sonically until Contraband.

[@tommygw1]

Matt get older- YES! But he got wiser too!

[@1022rebelreddog]

MATT IS IN OK PLAYING TEXAS BLUES AND THE REV.. BILLY C..

[@stonephilips9361]

He looks 20 years younger 👍

[@daynelawless]

This guy! x

[@123wilhelm]

Matt is a beast I would like to hear him play Metallica

[@westernsellers9148]

Matt reminds me of my aunt who transitioned into a guy in her teens and has the same exact mannerisms as Matt

[@drumdots]

his voice sound a little like Hank Azaria voice lol

[@The-Seventies]

3:52 Tokyo drum solo :)

[@robertfitzgerald1693]

Why’s he not with gnr?

[@ivanbajovic3476]

Cuz Axl hates him for some reason

[@AussieBassplayer]

Hes turned into a older scott weiland

[@jmr5707]

0:53 Nick Knox... Cramps 😉

[@chriss2452]

He had to fight for his life with Motörhead, it was almost too heavy for him.

[@FelipePGomes]

🔥🤘🏼👊🏼 #MaximoRespeito

[@Ilovemusic793]

And he played that cross stick tom fill with a tight leather jacket on...bad...ass

[@direitoemfamilia3005]

How The hell he is Younger than 90's?

[@mattphan58]

Ringo was doing all this long before this guy was borne.

[@atv55803]

blue oyster cult cowbell more cowbell man

[@toddcooper5781]

Hellyea

[@rctubs3593]

take the tape off the toms

[@johnbreedlove3245]

No one will ever touch Beard or Layton on Texas shuffles... Matt is an ok drummer at best. As a good friend once said, there are great musicians who never (make it), and then nominal players who get really lucky. Matt is the latter.

[@rodrigoaquinoofficial]

CHRIS LAYTON