My Live Rig with Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) - Drums With Oisín (MMTV)

In this special episode of Drums With Oisín, we touch base with Tomas Haake of Meshuggah on stage at their recent headline show in Dublin's Vicar Street. We do a full walk through of his live rig on this European run. This is a real treat! We've some amazing things planned this year so enjoy and do subscribe for many more live rigs in 2017 :)
Special thank you to Sabian, Tomas, all the Meshuggah crew, the crew at Vicar St and DME Promotions for putting on a perfect show.
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[@wolfgang_628]

"This is the accretion disk of a supermassive blackhole. But I use it as a crash." - Tomas Haake

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

stolen comment. i use it as a crash tho

[@wolfgang_628]

@@HerbalistGuybrush I wanna apologise for the stolen comment, but Tomas is using the apology as a crash.

[@christian-bom]

"This is Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. But I use it as a crash."

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

jjjajajaj

[@drewbocop]

lmao

[@Anaximander29A]

lol

[@Nullllus]

"And here's the Pacific tectonic plate. Use it as a crash."

[@reelaw3155]

2030:"This is the continent America that i currently use as a splash."

[@MrBillATW]

"This here is a custom cymbal made out of lost confidence from other drummers. I use it as a crash. It's a bit dark sounding, but it works ."

[@nicklausbooks1593]

MrBillATW 🤘🏼🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘🏼

[@MMMCLXXX]

Casual Alphaic snack on the psyche of all underlings. lol Just basically says how it is.

[@thefriggingpope8671]

😆😆😆😆

[@jameschauvet3140]

Sick hahaha

[@FakeAndGay666]

MrBillATW my shattered hopes are also in it 😂

[@noblych9953]

"yeah this is my drum kit i use it as a crash"

[@ericmsandoval]

LMAO

[@JaxJSwiss]

“Here’s my new pair of 26” rides, I use them as a hi-hat”

[@JaxJSwiss]

@Nothing Noone that's baller af

[@DerHerrMitR]

"This is the HSwMS Gotland, a swedish attack submarine. I use it as a crash."

[@richardharrold9736]

And over here is a circular section of the armour plate of the Nazi cruiser Blucher, sunk by a nineteenth century fort gun manned by boys and pensioners... I use it as a ride...

[@zacharywedge8079]

"This is YY Canis Majoris, the largest known star in the universe. I use it as a crash." -Tomas Haake

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

Zachary Wedge ...*Well said, bro*

[@gunnarstreuli]

"This is Rick Harrison and this is his pawn shop. He works here with old man, and his son, big hoss. Everything in here has a story, and a price. One thing he's learned after 21 years - you never know what is gonna come through that door, but I'll use it as a crash."

[@quantumfoam140]

Gunnar Streuli Customer - “Today I have a really special item; a crash cymbal. It’s made from a chunk of the planet Neptune that fell to Earth over 20,000 years ago and was fashioned into a cymbal by the Atlanteans. It’s the heaviest know object in the universe, and It was passed along from generation to generation until it was recently used by Tomas Haake on the latest Meshuggah album.” Rick - “Best I can do is 10 bucks.”

[@chasedeery1665]

"This is my 80" Paiste symphonic gong. I use it as a crash."

[@Julian66666666666666]

I'm rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

[@skornthesnake6935]

hahaha Oh man! Fuckin nailed it

[@cristianostreppa4238]

As a splash

[@jimcarter7742]

The image of a big gong where one of his crash cymbals should be is funny. Imagining him playing Bleed with an occasional high pitched, short lived crash being switched to a deep, multiple measure GOOONNNGGGGG has me laughing so hard I’m crying and I can’t breathe.

[@microburstchannel2741]

Hahaha!!

[@BooBooKitteyFuck]

For a swede, his English is far better than most native english speakers.

[@chillinlikeaphilin]

That's because they learn it from the technical side of English. Pretty much any native speaker you'll meet will have learned English from the casual side of the language, so they're bound to use colloquial words and patterns that are technically incorrect but are understood perfectly. You can be fluent in a language and be unable to carry a conversation with a native speaker.

[@isaaczaladar1174]

MeisterNes he's a greek god!!

[@nickkapp1736]

His accent is super-American, too. I wouldn't know he wasn't American from his accent, if that makes sense.

[@MrJohnClabo]

Right? I will never get used to that accent sounding so....American/Canadian lol. His English is damn near (if not) perfect!

[@horriblepizza4647]

MeisterNes He knows more English words than I care to learn.

[@gaspar-animal-ribeiro5414]

"This is one of the rings of Saturn. I use it as a crash" -Tomas Haake

[@rowanb4395]

"Over here is an original 7" vinyl pressing of Simon & Garfunkel's 'The Sound of Silence'. I use it as a crash"

[@mikeh6286]

"Sometimes my mom comes to see a show. I use her as a crash."

[@rthavi4166]

"This is Windows 95. I used it until it crashed."

[@skornthesnake6935]

Wtf bro! I woke up my girlfriend in the room I laughed so hard!

[@blackmassakist7053]

Bro. I'm so hep😂😂😂😂

[@NarMattaru]

Made my day, bro. LMFAO

[@hugolafhugolaf]

If I could like this comment 100 times I would.

[@hermanmelville3871]

You win.

[@andrewb9603]

Tomas is an unreal talent. But more importantly, seems like such a good dude with literally zero ego. A gem.

[@TTGTanner]

They be on that 🍄

[@barazumbera]

thats where the most yoda masters behave. ❤

[@ossibossi100]

"This is the accretion disc of a black hole. But I use it as a crash."

[@KingJamesNBK187]

ossibossi100 best one and most reasonable lol

[@xandolio865]

Tomas could be talking about the science of making a perfect ice cream sundae and I'd be utterly enthralled.

[@maximilianbernhardt9309]

enTHALLed

[@genericname9875]

@@maximilianbernhardt9309 NEW VILDHJARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lebailleo6759]

2:39 "I use it as a crash" - classic Tomas Haake.

[@BOOM8883]

On the next album he will use them as splashes.

[@HexZwo]

well, your comment hit me unexpectedly well, sir x*D

[@swagaronimacaroni9054]

2022: "i use these 14 inch hi hats as traditional gongs"

[@reelaw3155]

Hahaha he probably will

[@zealot1023]

"I use it as a splash"

[@tool4132]

"I recently dredged up the entire lost city of Atlantis. I use it as a crash."

[@caden0622]

"This is the Liberty Bell. I use it as a Crash. Sorry for the crack" - Tomas Haake

[@jackrubyn]

"This is the complete discography of Houston cloud rapper, Viper. I use it as a crash."

[@nickmetal131]

jackrubyn ahahahaha! You'll cowards don't even use it as a crash.

[@JUNKPARLOR]

LMAO I could totally see Viper as a Meshuggah fan

[@Christopher-md7tf]

Lol up until just a few weeks ago, I would not have gotten that reference, but now I have been enlightened

[@user-tu2dr3ny6x]

A Viper refence under a Thomas Haake video... No matter what happens from this day forward, I can die at peace. I unironically love both so much haha.

[@fredericosilva4336]

These are my sticks. I use them as a crash

[@lefthook4878]

This is my band Meshuggah...I use it as a crash...

[@gregharrison5479]

And why do you have a bundle of major league baseball bats on stage? Tomas: Those are my sticks!

[@gut__]

"This is jens's head, I use it as a crash" Thomas Haake (apollo 33.3 expedition)

[@parizer1463]

"This is your mom, the heaviest matter in the universe, nothing outweighs this object. But I use it as a crash."

[@IHateIdiots21]

"this is a 78 AMC gremlin, my first car. I use it as a crash."

[@eastbaymauiboy]

Yeah, I crashed it, so now I use It as a crash

[@metalphobos3632]

"This is the femur bone of my great grandmother, but I use it as a crash."

[@BBEDrummerAK]

I came for the gear breakdown, I replayed the video so I could keep reading all those "I use it as a crash" comments. 😂😂🤣🤣

[@georgesoden]

“This is the observable universe. I use it as a crash”

[@hannibalcorps6384]

"This is Jessica, my girlfriend. I use her as a crash" - Tomas Haake.

[@jasmeg2844]

A little known fact is that Tomas was actually the Hindenburg pilot. People wanted to use it as a zeppelin but Tomas thought differently I guess.

[@hardcoreoma]

underrated comment

[@InzidenzPanik]

Excellent delivery…so good I’ll use it as a crash.

[@erikhamann]

‚These are two 16“ Crashes. I use them as contact lenses.‘

[@hippoo25]

2:25 And here is a vibrating Tomas Haake.

[@stevedowning5625]

"This is a really kind of a soft, like glove that I don't even know what it's used for. Oh wait I do, I use it as a crash."

[@thevengefulone57]

It was really neat to see each of individual pieces of the kit that one of my biggest drumming inspirations uses. I do one day hope to be on the same level as Tomas. Also that clip of him forgetting to switch back to his American accent at 6:17 has me dying.

[@hatzefugsingah]

This dude can count to 100 as good as no one else

[@ChaosPootato]

Fuck they sound good live... Haake looks like a super chill guy, love his interviews :D

[@paradigmshiftz7]

"This is the Sun, but I use it as a crash."

[@gandalf-da-gray8347]

6:17 Tomas went full Viking for a split second.

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

he _is_ full viking.

[@Khazandar]

Not really, vikings have been extinct for a thousand years.

[@kalinpuls3784]

BeardedDanishViking tell that to his beard.😂

[@Khazandar]

If a beard is all one needs to be identified as a viking in your world, you need to read a fecking book.

[@michaeltorresii5248]

@@Khazandar wooooooooooosh

[@spimbles]

i dont play drums or know virtually anything about instruments but i love this band so much, im so invested in these irl videos of them

[@salimn.1097]

Finding a comment that isn't about "I use it as a crash" here is harder than finding one that isn't about "Ninooo" in all Gordon Ramsay related content.

[@jasperjenkins7729]

Copy cat clones. Follow the leader mentality.

[@thomasche]

Does he use them as a crash too?

[@alextarttelin6396]

“This is my drum throne, but i use it as a crash” thomas haake

[@footnotedrummer]

Thomas is one of the coolest and humble, master drummers out there. He's just so chill in every interview I've seen him in.

[@sergioperezr]

By far my favourite drummer, he´s a monster when playing.

[@blackmassakist7053]

"This is a pack of skittles and Hershey bar taped together, but I use it mostly as a crash"

[@boyankmetov7487]

- there's your name on the stick! - yeah, yeah, i guess... :D :D

[@aaronenix6418]

that 21'' china is massive. he has such a great kit.

[@NYspeedDrummer]

I've been a Meshuggah fan since 1995.....this video has to be the most informative, insightful video I've seen in a long time. Super Cool!! Very interesting to get in Tomas brain about this stuff!

[@ThaTruth223]

Mario Duplantier next please

[@robink.9966]

I don't like the music but I absolutely LOVE his drumming!!

[@ZachBelcher94]

that audio from the gig at the beginning is BRUTAL

[@Godthissucksss]

"this is uhh..the virgo supercluster, I use it as a crash. Got a nice dark tone to it. Super heavy"

[@Danfromoverthere]

Haake is incredible man! I can listen to him to play all day

[@manoletsos]

Tomas Haake be like: "this is my 100 inch tv. i use it as a crash"

[@manifestgtr]

Every time i watch tomas, i’m taken aback by his command of the american accent. It’s almost perfect. Maybe one of two words per sentence give him away. Other than that, he basically sounds like some dude who grew up in the midwest

[@shredderly]

Many people in the midwest are Scandinavian in origin so maybe that explains the accent.

[@83MTHO]

Sit down kids and listen to this master of metal !

[@badgerello]

I come back once a year to use this video as a crash.

[@kurtkotknodel7336]

Every cymbal right before any gig: *Brace yourselves brothers and sisters, here it goes again.*

[@Centerpieceofmind]

Trick pedal user here. I'm blown away he went back to that old, crappy spring Tama pedal. Not knocking Tama, I was brought up on Iron Cobras.

[@BenjyPortnoy]

I love how precise he is in his choices. He has super specific reasons for choosing his sounds, his gloves, etc. Impressive.

[@hermanmelville3871]

If you told me this dude was from St. Paul, Minnesota I'd fully believe you. Guy just masters the technical aspects of everything I guess.

[@DEADLINETV]

"The other day I ran into Chuck Norris and I now use him as a crash..." Thomas Haake

[@Odersten]

That was a fucking awsome comment :D

[@Badministrator]

Dude sounds just like Louis CK

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

Wow, he does!

[@cstubbssubs7746]

Badministrator with an accent though

[@kalinpuls3784]

Badministrator i wonder if he says vaginer😂😂😂

[@caixiuying8901]

Kalin Puls he says "main China" instead 1:26

[@nicklausbooks1593]

Badministrator HOLY FUCK!!!!!!

[@EvanPrendergast]

I wonder if Tomas Haake has any idea how savage a drummer he is talking with

[@Slayyyer84]

who is he???

[@Slayyyer84]

MMTV thx for the anwer but i meant the interviewer

[@magoogaming6946]

Evan Prendergast not as good as the robot himself

[@thelars1980]

"This is your mom. I use her as a crash" - Thomas Haake

[@KLTrainz]

"These are the spaceships I snagged from Area 51, they are used as my secondary main open hi-hat"

[@pafa92]

His speech is really flowing like a human. Robots these days are really well programmed.

[@MeanT241985]

"See this right here, Oisin....this is your manhood when your graced by legendary presence. I use it as a crash".

[@tonycuranaj3393]

wish they would put out the full footage of the live playing. the sound is fantastic!

[@jeremy8189]

What a great interview! The questions were so precise and thought provoking and warranted equally as interesting responses. You can always tell when someone is passionate about what they're interviewing about and that when asked the right question a normally stoic guy will really give you some golden responses! Wow.

[@hazardeur]

"This is a custom 38" crash cymbal. I use it as a splash"

[@hannes1734]

This is a 8mm bell brass snare. I like a darker sound, so i use it as a crash.

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

One day hes just going to rip of his human mask to reveal a super computer powered cyborg in a human suit True!

[@berreshilton]

And he'll use his human suit as a crash!

[@ianfromspace4740]

Great interview with the best drummer of all time!

[@Owlbot]

10:47 -- it's a Tegera 9105 work glove!

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I believe Terry Bozzio also uses the compression hats.

[@DamianL]

Legend!

[@lucacartner7247]

Glad Oisín is doing well. He used to play for one of my favorite groups, which is Enemies.

[@Sadistiq]

I know fuck-all about drumming, but I could listen Tomas talk about it for hours❤️

[@markedzenuasia9969]

You gotta love Tomas... He is soo real.. Really cool guy

[@mondrian5620]

“Hey, Nice to meet you. I think I can use you as a crash”

[@Bustercruz]

"This is an 18'' heavy crash... I use it as a splash"

[@zachwillowbay1553]

This is the tire to an 18 wheeler, it’s not what most metal drummers go for ...but I use it as a crash

[@arcadeshift5071]

I'm sure Tomas has been speaking English for several decades at this point, but his English is so crisp and authentic sounding. Swedes seem to speak English as a 2nd language so much better than most other Europeans, Asians, Africans, etc. Their accents just sound like a mix of northern European + the midwest so they're not difficult to understand.

[@Ruffnek310]

Jens from 7:34 sounds on point for this song can tell his voice was just right at this section of the tour.

[@FakeAndGay666]

This is the San Francisco bridge, I use it as a crash

[@lumberbrain]

That's awesome he uses Tama Speed Cobras. I just got a Speed Cobra double pedal and absolutely love it. Really fast and smooth but with lots of power.

[@petitlouis5010]

June 8th 793, ancestor of Tomas Haake : "Left to right, this is my axe, very usefull, but I prefer my sword. And here my shield, very good wood, I made some adjustements to it. Well balanced. Ok then... let's raid."

[@insanealpaca]

“This is America......I use it as a crash.”

[@Kmant76]

i have seen so many videos about this unique man for quite some time now, i ve bought my first meshuggah cd at 95 so naturally my first hearing was future breed machine lol, i think i will never forget my reaction anyway thats beside the point, what i wanted to share is that this man could easily be the original terminator whose ai just simply adapted to working around humans and learned/figured out a few basic human emotions and like around late 80s he joined this band and he has become what he is today...when i heard him say he gets nervous if he has different crushes , i laughed so hard ...this man is the epitomy of cool and technique in such an extraordinary way that it feels more logical to consider him a robot passing for a human being...

[@ElectroWench]

none of this makes any sense to me but I love hearing about it all.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

We want the whole concert video.

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

To use it as a crash?

[@danieljordison0793]

Every now and then I come back to this video just because the comments are so damn good😂😂😂

[@ProfessionalMethCooker69]

This is the observable universe, I use it as a crash, pretty bug but sounds nice

[@TheMeandrummer]

That was awesome!

[@NarMattaru]

"This is Tomas Haake, and I use it as a crash"

[@justinparker7630]

Great Video!!!! Short and sweet, covered everything. Very informing, thank you!!

[@davidcurtis4478]

Awesome. Every Sabian Cymbal he has there is awesome! 🤘🏻🎶🥁😎🦅David Curtis

[@joeyuzwa891]

FINALLY somebody who knows how to pronounce Haake!