Tim Alexander (Primus and A Perfect Circle Drummer) - 'How To Be Musical On Drums' drum tips

[@huh1834]

doesnt nearly get the attention he deserves. easily one of the greatest and most distinctive drummers that ever lived.

[@hermanmelville3871]

+655321Axe This guy and Abe Cunningham always get overlooked.

[@S-co6uo]

Herman Melville yes!!abe is the fucking man!!

[@caseyrogers573]

He was a huge influence on my playing.

[@adamhalitzka]

It is nice to see Tim talking after all the impact his playing has had on my life. You will always be a hero of mine.

[@firdeye2681]

this is why tim is one of the best drummers ever. his playing on pork soda are ridiculously good. every album of course, this man inspires me and he continues to be amazing to this day

[@gangiskhan8528]

I saw a Primus and tool last night 1 - 31 - 16 incredible show. Danny Carey and Tim Alexander are the two greatest drummers of the nineties without a doubt

[@rhabdob3895]

Gangis Khan yuuuuuuuuup. Those are my guys for sure.

[@dildonicplague]

Yes sir saw em both 4 times the past couple years. Herb!

[@aavila1206]

Tim Alexander, Matt Cameron and Danny Carey are my top 3 of the 90s

[@MultiMikey81]

And jimmy chamberlin

[@Spudcore]

One of my drumming heroes. A true original.

[@Mars-]

" Whatever im playing ..has a meaning" true musicianship wisdom ☆☆☆ 7:33

[@Trgamemas]

Love this guy. Hope him and the other guys from Laundry release more material. They were awesome!

[@mcmarine777]

Very much of what he does and what says in this vid is what has shaped me as a drummer. Smooth

[@DrumHouseProject]

Glad you've liked it man! Thanx for watching! J.

[@nuke97]

Much love Tim ! I still got my Into The Presence shirt from the ROX show :D thank you for being a constant musical inspiration. You guys at Drum Brother know what's up.......This whole video is GOLD.

[@chrishitsthings]

you guys are learning from the best and sharing this with the rest of us... SERIOUS kudos to ya!!!!

[@nickthurnbeck]

with former Major Lingo bandmate Linda Cushma. Attention Deficit with Michael Manring and Alex Skolnick, A Perfect Circle which recorded the opening track on Mer De Noms (The Hollow as seen in your videos) and he also played drums live with them on their frist club tour before the 1st album came out, His band Laundry was an opening act. I think that about does it for my rudimentary biography of Tim. Tim if you see this and i forgot something I'm sorry!!

[@gangiskhan8528]

great stuff from one of the truly great drummers of all time especially the nineties he's not a very outspoken person is rather quiet and very reserved.... but it gets the job done you know everything he's done he's always bent on the top of his game. I'm always been interested in listening to what he has to say about drumming cuz there's not a lot out there about him and this was a great video a lot of insight into his mind and it's very interesting and I enjoyed it god bless you and good luck with Primus

[@MIKEHUNT-vi8hx]

I would say that Tim popularized the style of drumming that most metal drummers use now. He was one of the first to use his bass drum as his leads of his parts. Before him everyone held fast leads like that on toms or ride cymbals.

[@MultiMikey81]

100%

[@phucket01]

LOVE IT!! lol "6:00 It's hard for me to stay simple" words of the wise!

[@nickthurnbeck]

days while he was playing the back up band for the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas. I also happen to be an aquaintence of my personal hero growing up and i can tell you he's a great guy, great all around musician, and just fun to hang out with. and just having read back what i wrote, in reference to Fata Morgana, on the record, Tim recorded all parts himself. Live he was backed up by Fred Green. I also forgot to mention his involvement with numerous other recording projects. Such as Dalmation Car

[@cbfall]

Excellent interview!

[@simonl1785]

Excellent drummer along with Mr Hoglan Mr Harrison

[@bennybonez]

One of the great drummers.

[@chieffunker9717]

Hey people pay respect and say something on his twitter profile. Wikipedia On July 18, 2014, Alexander suffered a heart attack, and is of this writing scheduled for open heart surgery on July 21 or 22

[@jaysonc9690]

is Jay filling in for herb

[@cesarrivera-crespo9563]

Jayson TheDrummerAndGamer no... Danny Carey (Tool) is filling for him...

[@jaysonc9690]

Cesar Rivera-Crespo Ok thanks But danney carey is not the right fit IMO

[@Customkick666]

Jayson TheDrummerandGamer filling in, not replacing.

[@jaysonc9690]

bass brain yeah, I just didn't think he was the right guy, hes an awesome drummer though

[@Mars-]

3:15-4:33. A key that makes Herb a a great musician!☆☆☆☆

[@rickwiglyjr7422]

Herb, Carey, Portnoy, Beauford the best 4 Rock Drummers of the 90's with out a doubt, they all have made there make in drum history, Smith, Cameron, Groul, Chamberlin, Mantia would be who i place after... and Kinney from Alice n Chains jus my opinion for only 90's Rock.

[@BonnotAR]

shit, chamberlin is much more creative and interesting than portnoy when it comes to drumming.

[@aavila1206]

I think Cameron should place in your top first spots instead of your second spots

[@5150Reaper]

I always digged David Silveria and Tim Alexander.

[@jimlahey6429]

Mantia smokes this guy

[@MultiMikey81]

Chamberlin I top tier for sure

[@DrumHouseProject]

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[@DrumHouseProject]

thanks for wathcing! :) subscribe to support us!

[@DrumHouseProject]

thanks for watching!

[@nickthurnbeck]

parts for, and live, was backed by a local AZ band, Fred Green. Tim played guitar and sang for the group (Fata Morgana). also Tim hates the nickname "Herb" tho the moniker has stuck with him despite his efforts to change it. Les even addressed the issue at one point and still it sticks around and les was the one who gave it to him in the 1st place. A lot of this information is both from the 2 published MD articles on him, the 1st being his cover story from the Pork Soda era and the 2nd was post

[@marcklosowski2920]

Herb is a great drummer!!I like his haircut..It is like mine..😎😎

[@THuang-lt1ob]

Such bland questions lol. great answers no doubt but wow

[@DrumHouseProject]

indeed :)

[@nickthurnbeck]

Tim and Les did NOT meet at Berklee. They met in the baay area of California. at the time, tim had moved there with the band Major Lingo from AZ and he remains friends with the members of that band to this day. He was doing dbl time playing in Primus and Major Lingo when the latter decided to pack it up and move back to AZ. Tim took the gamble and stuck with Primus. Also Laundry disbanded some time ago, over 10 yrs ago i THINK. he did form another band called Fata Morgana that recorded all the

[@maxbrand2000]

this reminds me of galaxy quest.

[@DrumHouseProject]

J.

[@triglawgordin566]

What you thing about: herb-drums Claypool- bass Spight - guitar Patton- vocal :)

[@alexeiivanovic]

Fucking master!

[@MikeRoePhonicsMusic]

7-18-2014 -- Important Tim news!!! Copied From Puscifer's FB page: "Calling All Cars! Rough news.@timalexander suffered a heart attack. Open Heart Surgery on Mon/Tues. Global Positive Thoughts, Por favor.@Puscifer We need our Herb the Ginseng Drummer aka Peter Merkin alive and thieving."

[@DrumHouseProject]

Can you please give us correct information about Tim then please? We are just sharing FOR FREE what a lot of other companies make you pay and we just want to do our best to expose our guests so all the correction are more than welcome...thank you for your kindness.

[@gangiskhan8528]

and I heard that Tim got sick had a heart attack but I didn't think it was in 2014 is how I saw him in 2015 with Primus and he looked good I thought he had the heart attack back in like 2006

[@charlene3572]

Freese an brain

[@ronshawnolds]

Your info is so fucking wrong and calling him Herb is def offensive.

[@1035pm]

Shawn Reynolds what???

[@thomasedmundrichards]

Chill out sweetheart. Why the stress darling?

[@AJGschwind]

man this interview went no where.. ugh

[@markscountlessbarks]

Snooze!

[@sleepymartyr]

Really awesome guy. Has great insight on drums that really reflects the way he plays.