These Robot Drummers Must Be STOPPED

[@RyleeStrange]

The 4-armed mohawk drummer is the drummer for Compressorhead. A fully robotic band who mostly plays oldschool punk covers. It also happens to be the new project of NOMEANSNO drummer John Wright.

[@thomasdaugherty472]

Yep.

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

I fuckin love Nomeansno

[@jakee2094]

Wrong is one of my all-time albums

[@MantasticHams]

Came here to say this. NoMeansNo are one of the greatest punk bands of all time IMO, i had heard of Compressorhead first, way back around when it first showed up online, and then NMN a while later, separately. I was kind of floored when i realized they were related lol.

[@shenanitims4006]

Damn, just made this comment too. Good looking out!

[@RackGearAddict]

Could probably build a robot in less time than it would take to find a drummer

[@ikarooz]

There are plenty of drummers (and other musicians). It's the number of those with great talent that is lacking. ::heads to woodshed::

[@2000.....]

Then do it

[@planesight1142]

it takes practice & time to become a decent drummer. Even with raw talent, people still need to train for stamina. remember, an amateur practices something until they get it right, a professional practices until they Can't get it wrong.

[@OGSontar]

@@planesight1142 That applies to all instruments, really. For a rock band, yeah the drummer is the only one using all four limbs, I'll grant you that, but keyboards, guitar and bass all require a fair measure of stamina to play, and in all cases, endless practice. And then there's the marching band.. In my days as a rock keyboardist, we'd occasionally get asked how much practice did it take to sound solid, mostly by younger folks. Our answer was usually something along the lines of: Dozens of hours for minutes of music. It was easy to tell the people that either played or had kids/sibs that did, they'd be nodding their heads. The rest would call BS, but we'd take that as the complement it was. We sounded good, and made it look easy. All of us had talent, and were skilled (took surprisingly long to find 4 decent musicians), but that didn't change the need for practice, repetitive practice, practice with the band, and more practice at home. No, what changed was the level of practice. Learning a new song's basics and structure seldom took much time, maybe one or two passes and you got the raw chords and timing. Much more though, for complex original pieces. Then, since you want your own sound (any llama can just play chords), you brainstorm the music: you need to decide what you're going to play, what the other members are going to play, and how to fit all the parts into a cohesive whole. That's the part that really takes the most practice. You'll do yourself a solid if you record the sessions, as for many songs, one individual person's part might not sound like the song at all for much of the track. Then, you practice until you don't have to think about it. Practice until you no longer need a cue to make a change in the key/timing/etc. Practice until you can't play it wrong. Then practice again. And again. And again. (rinse repeat) Ah, good times, good times. Drove my first wifey absolutely batshit crazy. She didn't play, and couldn't understand why I'd come home from band practice and head straight for the piano. Scales and timing exercises drove her nuts, too. Something to think about if you get into a band and your SO doesn't play. Music is life, and life is music.

[@vizeath]

Wkwkwkwk you're damn right....

[@DeliquiumMemoria]

The year is 3000, Sam has transferred his consciousness into a Robot and is still blasting

[@ethan91002]

6:43 as someone who works around these semi regularly, there's a reason most of these have large cages around them. They will rip you apart and paint the walls with your innards without a second thought.

[@TheXVenus]

Noice

[@DFloyd84]

WARNING: This machine does not know the difference between metal and flesh, nor does it care.

[@jbird4478]

@@TinyFlyThing Yes

[@CMT_Crabbles]

yep, they look like industrial arms that would be used to make cars or something. I don't think theyre designed for anything but their task, so theyre not gonna stop for anything in the way; IE, your squishy body.

[@Nyghtking]

The arms aren't sentient, they will do as they're programmed to do, and they lack the ability to care if you get in the way as they are performing their tasks.

[@FortyHurts]

From 4:00 to 6:35 is Captured! By Robots. JBot (the singer) has been doing this for 25 years+ now. The band has been through many iterations, at its logistical height also including a horn section, percussionist, multiple backup singers, and some other stuff I forget. He's a madman and a wonderful person.

[@bonflores5017]

Captured! Is probably hands down one of the best shows you’ll ever experience. I catch him anytime he comes through my city.

[@dolewite1355]

I got to see him a few years ago. Great show.

[@TheNewFNShow]

I was just coming here to comment this. I remember seeing them back in the early 2000s and it blew my mind. He has another band where its all teddy bears. Teddy Bear Orchestra.

[@MichaelMarucci]

@@bonflores5017 goddamn right.

[@benphillips3222]

Saw Captured! Open for Ghoul... Great fuckn show

[@schwarg]

The second robot, the entire robot band actually, was built by Jon Wright from the punk band Nomeansno. Really great band. Jon is actually a phenomenal drummer himself.

[@purgie]

John is still in my top 3..

[@DutchMarko]

4:45 1405 hits per minute: you should check out Kevin Paradis (Benighted). I mean, he only did 1037 in a minute, but apparently he is an actual human.

[@konradose3170]

Check out Tim Waterson

[@nicholaspatterson5851]

The guy around the 4 minute mark band is called Captured By Robots, basically the gimmick is the robots have Jay hostage and forced to play shows. they used to be a ska band then went metal. They got music out.

[@FortyHurts]

Well, C!BR was never a ska band, but Jay was the bass player for Skankin' Pickle and The Blue Meanies. They're the reason why he switched over to robots.

[@nicholaspatterson5851]

Your right my bad lol, rewatched the nardwuar video they did with captured. Thanks for correcting me.

[@razerfangegaming8548]

you're like the 'Weird Al' of death metal and I love what you do sir.

[@thefreyfactor]

The orange robots were just a test video. The entire band video is definitely worth checking out. It's called "Automatica- Robots Vs. Music" Nigel Stanford.

[@thoughtcheese7310]

Pop musicians: “I’ll take your entire stock.”

[@d3dshotcalamity226]

The mohawk drummer one is the band Compressorhead, there's plenty of live sets from them on KZbin! They have a "singer" too, obviously it's a recording, but there is a robot involved.

[@drrodopszin]

Can't wait to have the option the "reamp" the drums. Drummer records the midi, the robot plays it for you in the room of your choice with the kit of your choice.

[@soldierside365]

That plywood robot using drumsticks is the robot equivalent of a human using bones

[@Seekaywastaken]

5:00 Riccardo Merlini forgot to put on his human costume.

[@1nnominatum]

“Holy crap- The bass player has tank feet” is my favorite sentence now.

[@justin-time9630]

I have actually seen some robots play live. Like around in August I've been to a 'Circus' in Germany called FlicFlac. Maybe you are able to find a video of their performance. It was pretty cool but it wasn't on time because the engineer moved everything manually by switches.

[@neilwelch7681]

CAPTURED! BY ROBOTS!!! Jay is a legend. Love when he gets the recognition he deserves.

[@TheSolfilm]

00:03 There's a drummer that plays at my window during spring and summer twice a month as well. I realise that just now.

[@juliansreviewtube5120]

Dude, how have you not heard of Captured By Robots? I remember seeing them live like 15 years ago, and he had a full horn section then. Shit's legendary

[@MichaelMarucci]

Fucking right they are! J-Botttt!

[@wtfamiwatching9728]

Captured by Robots is one of my favorite live shows

[@justinm2697]

What.....robots were playing brass instruments?

[@skinnee]

hes grindcore now hahaha no more horns

[@ПростоГеймер-ъ8ш]

4:26 Instrumental slittercore now available.

[@gabesyverson6246]

I remember when I was like 5 my dad showed me “Captured! By Robots” and now I’m obsessed. Thanks, Dad.🤘

[@tsdtheskeletondrummer]

Man Robots on drums is absolutely weird but hilarious the double pedal going fast that caught me off guard compare that to Aaron Kitcher’s drumming it would been a drum battle all of a sudden 😂 and hey Samus great video it cracks me up every time and they’re still the best. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@terranovarain6570]

That second one is way cooler than shown in this video it's from the robot band compressor head my favorite part is the little robot that works the high hat

[@Surmoka]

That smile on its face is exactly as honest and meaningful as Meytal Cohen's perpetual forced smile.

[@dashvandelay4480]

6:34 that is truly terrifying

[@GabrieleRusso93]

Bringing the expression "Playing Heavy Metal" to the next level guys

[@corontsurara3862]

From now on I will always imagine you with that creepy robot smile while you are drumming. Especially during diarrhea blasts.

[@garethjubber]

🤘🤘7:58 seeing him strap a doomstick onto his limb like a G🤘🤘... Brrrro.. drummers everywhere will shed a tear... priceless.. Epic video by the way!! 😬I put off watching it for a whiiiile lest I too quit 😂hahahaha

[@Shorogan]

Compressorhead (full robotic band / robot drummer with mohawk) is honestly quite good :P They even added a lead singer robot and recorded their singing (if I remember correctly) for it to use and they have an album "Party Machine" :P

[@tobiahhowell]

I was really hoping to see nigel stanford's "automatica" music video in here somewhere. It looks like you got one of his videos showing off the robots playing the drums, but the music video has that plus guitars, piano, and synth. All played by those robot arms.

[@reubenk7331]

That was pretty entertaining! I think most bands will just stick with programmed drums for album recordings though 🤣

[@Bartholo-meow]

reminds me of a line from Queen's track, Machines (or Back to Human) "When the machines take over It ain't no place for rock 'n' roll"

[@hermesalmeus737]

Robot: *plays really fast” Riccardo Merlini: “hold my drums”

[@hudson8888]

7:27 of course his name is Gil WEINBERG

[@caseyford3368]

I know man. Anything that people can do, robots can do far better nowadays. Once people get upgraded via Neuro Link or something just like it, we won't be limited any more. Then, we'll become better over time.

[@RockinRob1972]

The guy with the robots that singing the name of the band is called captured by robots and I've seen them live and it is freaking amazing

[@MrDrTheJniac]

Just an FYI, VPNs do not protect against hackers. They can protect against your ISP trying to peek at your internet activity though.

[@Mattsyuk13]

Holy shit... my company sells control arms to Kuka.. that's what they're doing with them?!

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

Nice

[@daniels2368]

"And the drums at the gig look like that, eeeehhhehhhehhh" hahahaha made me laugh

[@RoyTheGoatMan]

Hearing Sam say a blast beat is "to fast" is like hearing an ork say "to much dakka"

[@ZakkiLowe]

I need that robot band. I'll finally have a band that doesn't have a problem scheduling jam sessions.

[@punishedmatteson7108]

J-bot, the lead singer, told me that he built his band because he was tired of bandmates overdosing. Robots are jerks but they don't do drugs.

[@PakanaHerruus]

Love that people build robots to make music, and the music they choose to use is metal. 🤘

[@LuciensMusic]

The timing was better than half the bar bands I've mixed live,,hahaha

[@GreenToFeelBlue]

Man, the guy from Def Leppard could have used some of this technology.

[@TheDirtyKenzo]

Ohhh yurrrr....So glad I membered up. Samus a true man of the people... Myeah...

[@bentrod3405]

You can play every note on a bass guitar with just your lowest string and 3/4 of your highest. You lose a lot of your variance in tones but for simplicity it makes perfect sense.

[@aSinisterKiid]

Woah woah woah, you said 1405 hits in 1 minute ? I just did the math and that's 23 hits per second. And that's split between two pedals so that is just under 12 hits per second per foot (if a human was doing it). That's insane.

[@impetus_aus]

4:58 is just Dave McGraw from 2012

[@hexedriffsstudio]

Still better and more realistic drumming than Infant Annihilator xD

[@samholdsworth420]

Yeah they're 🗑️

[@ElwoodBlatch]

Good god I love how over the top genuine this video is. I had fun because you had fun 😆

[@roddadrummer9014]

This is such an awesome video. I love everything you do Samus keep up the amazing work and know that we are all here to show you nothing but love.

[@Marcocarronda]

03:00 I Saw those guys at the Boom festival 2016. It was amazing. Nice memories. Great shows

[@lycanfpv9530]

The drum hand prosthetic. I made a similar lower budget one that works ok

[@williammorales9185]

The robots at Showbiz Pizza played better than some of these robots, and that back in 1983. But on another thought, there is now some hope for Deaf Leppard drummer Rick Allen.

[@philgreco7037]

It all lowers your creative expectations and destroys your dreams. Like 10,000 different synths to choose from.

[@ericadams1849]

HEY WEIRD AL, it's great to see you again, I was wondering what you were up to, waiting on a new album 🤘😎🤘

[@mental_ffvote]

It's so funny how at 7:27 it looks like your body is going out of the cam frame.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I think the question you were pondering is, can you program a robot to love? Yes 😉

[@metal_bassist]

The KUKA robots look like they were tactically acquired before they could be installed in a factory

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

I'm so old, I remember when one-armed drummers really only had one arm.

[@joshuaschmidinger3993]

Always enjoy your comments and drumming Sam, you are a funny and talented dude 😎🤘👌

[@nataliestory2614]

Yeah but can a robot trash a hotel room, fight in a bar or date super models? Just asking as a 61 year old Grandmom who grew up adoring Bowie, ELP, Zep, and The Who. I still remember my first Van Halen concert watching Eddie and Alex take huge swigs from a 5th of Jack.

[@mydixienormous5746]

Just found this channel and as a drummer myself, feels like I found a new spot to kick it and be accepted

[@moosephilotus4671]

I could be wrong but I think the bionic hand is made from RC car

[@_purplejigglypuff]

But can the robot drummer fart 22 times in a row?

[@kradius1]

Bro ur awesome man this world would suck without you

[@MrGreattaco]

Thank you for your video comrade Rasputin

[@opkom]

6:20 only two strings? Dude, the Bassist from Danish D-A-D has played a 2 stringed bass and made a career out of it for 35 years 😂😂

[@MrSpacelyy]

Lol, I am no drummer, but the reason why to introduce the sponsor, made me click subscribe. That was just perfect.

[@Spaghetti_policy]

Captured by Robots. Greatest Robot band ever!!

[@timboslice3001]

This brought back some fond memories of Animusic. Great stuff.

[@josephmiddleton4422]

Me surrounded by robots.. check then out 1 guy like 4 to 5 robots touring the country.. mad props to that guy

[@RND_ADV_X]

Octant was a Seattle band that used some weird robot drums and stuff.

[@MrJakesoccer]

“fAsTeST kIcK dRumMeR iN tHa WORLD” * imitates fallout four Gatlin gun spitting all over friend*

[@KansaiSamurai]

How do you know one of those robots is at your door? The doorbell drags.

[@JoeR203]

Fastest kick drum sounds like static.

[@nexx1]

3:17 This is how I feel like the Chuck E. Cheese band looks like without the skins

[@TheWarriorXander]

Should check out the music video of Automatica by Nigel Stanford, pretty awesome even if a lot of it is special effects.

[@olatron]

You missed the best and most creepy one of them all... Aphex Twin and Chris Cunningham's 'Monkey Drummer'

[@i.lostblur]

next up - robot record label executives, robot ticketmaster, robot audience suckers, and the circle will be complete

[@TheSixStringGuy]

Those drums sounded like a B-52 bomber in the intro

[@nathancastillo764]

Mom lets go see Slipknot. We have slipknot at home Slipknot at home 4:16

[@Michael_Michaels]

0:02 that is so fast that actually sounds like a dragster! 🤣

[@substance1]

All of these robot drummers didn't think to make the robot look like Animal from the muppets? WTF???

[@joshuapraznic588]

i love this video just because the creepy robot face smile thing... so entertained. thank you! made my day!!!

[@gaijinhakase1575]

5:08 true master of the blast beat, so precise it’s robotic

[@MilkT0ast]

The fastest kick drum sounds like an A-10 Warthog

[@brokenwithin38]

I'm totally thinking about the Deadly Hexakicks from Metalocalypse😂

[@danielmontgomery613]

Because of the nature of music being that there are no keys that have been tried twice it is only the human being who can create the little errors that constitutes true music. We all understand what autotune does two and four of voice and we can hear it clearly and we can also hear clearly the effort and the little inefficiencies and artifacts in the natural human voice that cannot be replicated by a machine because machines do not make happy mistakes as bob said.

[@moritzschiekel2272]

The Third one remind me of the Drummer from Henker he is so fast that the notes form a new note

[@drumrboynoid]

That craigslist drumset setup! So funny so true!

[@dewey5978]

Have you ever see captured by robots? He had a robotic band way back in the day. It was like chucky cheese on acid.

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

I can safely say I donnot enjoy dealing with AI or FAKE anything.

[@shenanitims4006]

Just wanted to point out that with the first robot band shown, Compressorhead?, the drummer’s part was actually written by likely one of the world’s best drummers, John Wright from NoMeansNo. And I give that first robot hella props, even if slightly off, cuz it’s made from fucking wood! Meaning, some kid was bored at a Denny’s growing up, glued together a humanoid figure out of dispenser toothpicks, then grew up into an adult and continued on his childhood Grand Slam dream.

[@sqlb3rn]

that double bass kick drum sounds like my phone vibrating on top of a washing machine.

[@LP-hg9os]

Minute 5:06 I got who Riccardo Merlini dad is!!!

[@nedj10]

A robot bass? Somewhere an Itlaian Jimmy has been rustled.

[@yqisq6966]

3:54 when you are a drummer who doesn't have any friend ;)

[@vapingheadbanger2359]

This smile of the robot at the end caught me 😂