U2 - Make Your Drums Sound Like Larry Mullen Jr. | Recreating Iconic Drum Sounds

[@victordelmondi]

One of my favorite drummers and one of my favorite bands. As a drummer in an U2 cover band, I couldn't be more greatful for this video. Thank you guys for this and congratulations to the amazing work you do, as always!

[@alexlifeson6917]

My neighbour is a great-grandmother, she's also the drummer in a U2 cover band. She's thinking about quitting and joining a Slayer cover band instead because the U2 thing is putting her to sleep.

[@jordangall794]

Would love to see you guy's tackle John Densmore's sound on the L.A. Woman album. These drum sound recreation videos have been a treat thus far, keep up the good work 👍

[@tommywatterson5276]

Man...changing up the drum and cymbal sounds plus he's right on with the U2 band. He sounds exactly like the drummer. wow.

[@wilberforce95]

You nailed the Sunday Bloody Sunday snare sound. Also you should definitely do a video about Jeff Porcaro if you haven't yet.

[@andriealinsangao613]

If I remember, they've already done Jeff Porcaro.

[@RodLawley-rj3rx]

A sort of homecoming is my personal favourite U2 drum line.

[@derekpink]

Incredible kick sound! Insanely accurate drum sounds as usual, but that kick sound is great in general. Gonna try to copy that sound for fun.

[@gadearamon]

Okay here me out, but I think a Third Eye Blind drum sound video would be amazing. Brad Hargreaves is mad underrated as a drummer (See - "Wounded" or "Losing A Whole Year") and the first 3 TEB records have INCREDIBLE rock drum sounds that are so integral to the sound of that band, records, and the time.

[@Dwaynerade]

Didn't he like a custom drum maker in San Jose or Santa Clara? I remember his drums being very unique.

[@mjm5081]

Great job guys! Love Larry and U2. To me, Larry is to U2 what Ringo is to The Beatles. While they primarily play for the song, they manage to create unique and interesting parts that are all their own!

[@derekpink]

Just coming from the Alex Van Halen video where I commented that his drum sound was probably my favourite rock drum sound… which made me think about Larry’s drum sound and I felt like you guys had already done it, but wasn’t sure. Great to rewatch it. I heard Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) today and the kick and snare are so powerful in that song. The man’s got a heavy foot.

[@irrsinnrainer]

Both snare drums sound fantastic!

[@bretabernstein9305]

I love Larry Mullen's drumming. Sometimes I can detect a little Zydeco. Drum on Larry ❤

[@lorenzoferrari2887]

U2 is one of my favourite bands! Congrats guys, you nailed it, as always!!!! I have a question: Which In-Ear monitor are you using?

[@ArthurDent33]

He was using yamaha recording customs that are stained black inside. Larry used Clear pinstripes

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Fantastic! Do Matt Halpern next!! He's known for using Pearl Drums as well as Meinl Cymbals, and here's a suggestion based on his current setup: Pearl Reference drums or Similar (P5 - Djent Is Not A Genre): - 22x16 kick - 13x9 rack tom - 16x16 and 18x16 floor toms - 6x14 Matt Halpern Signature Brass Snare Drum Remo Emperor Coated on top, Remo Ambassador Clear as resos on toms Remo Powerstroke 4 on Bass Drum Remo Emperor X/Ambassador Hazy on Snare Drum Cymbals: Zildjian (L-R based on P3: Select Difficulty) - 20" Oriental Crash of Doom - 18" A Thin Crash or similar - 15" New Beat Hi-Hats - 8" A Custom Splash - 22" K Constantinople Medium Thin Ride Over-hammered - K Custom Special Dry Stack (17" Trash Crash over 18" Trash China) - 19" K Custom Dark Crash or similar - 21" A Ultra Hammered China Some things to note is that Matt's engineer, Adam Nolly Getgood tries to use close mics on every part of the kit, including splashes, stack and so on. They have mentioned the use of sample reinforcement and trying their best to avoid it in order to produce the most natural sounding drum sound for what they do, since Matt plays a lot of ghost note based grooves. For the kick drum, at least for P4, they put a tent over the bass drum with a blanket to focus the sound of the kick and avoid bleed from the rest of the mics.

[@andreysuslov138]

Thank you very much for the high quality of your work and reportoire ) just chef's kiss ))

[@Emi_Alvarez]

One of the aspects about Larry Mullen's playing that I think its mostly ovelooked it his use of the tambourine, he uses it in so many song but never feels overused, just the right amount.

[@gracegeek4678]

Larry said he used the left side floor tom to compensate for his inefficiency on the kick drum. He has been a life -long Yamaha user.

[@RodLawley-rj3rx]

Premier Olympic 76 to 80 then Tama , then Yamaha from end of 82.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

In the 80s Larry used a leather 16 inch leather drum for that sound you hear on so many songs, like a tongan its just a beautiful deep sound, I'm using a 18 inch floor..

[@rhythmista7707]

Actually, when Larry used Yamaha recording custom drums in the 80s, the Yamaha factory reso bass drum head already came with the center large port hole cut. Great job as usual gentlemen 💪💪

[@nikolaiplotnikov7243]

Do Bill ward of black Sabbath! Use the president deluxe kit for this drum sound of black Sabbath!

[@cillobillo1059]

Amazing! Hyped to see this in my notifications. Thanks and go raibh maith agat!

[@royalex21]

Here’s a couple requests I have: - Aaron Solowoniuk and Jordan Hastings of Billy Talent - Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. of The Killers - Sam Fogarino of Interpol - Matt Halpern of Periphery - Matt Garstka of Animals As Leaders - Gavin Harrison - Bill Bruford - Mike Portnoy - Ethan Torchio of Måneskin

[@bmac4]

Im down for Ronnie Vanucci's sound on Hot Fuss

[@michelheldrich2150]

Can you please do John Densmore? He is one of my favourite Drummers and I think he has a real nice drum sound.

[@mjm5081]

❤

[@christian5914]

You should do a KISS Peter Criss Eric carr drum sound

[@ZLDOYYdude]

Thank @ArtOfDrumming for shouting me out

[@tobias9802]

Please recreate the drums from Bloc Party, their first two albums are especially great!

[@norbertoburgosrosales1951]

Hey. I would eventually love to watch a video recreating the sound of Supertramp. Underrated.

[@JimDooley]

Sounds great, but I'm pretty sure he used Evans black hydraulic heads on the toms.

[@limlamthetimtam__1435]

I know you guys have already done Paramore but I’d love to see a video on the post Self Titled Album drum sounds (“after laughter”, and “this is why”)

[@lewismaclean-db8ye]

Anotherr awesome videos as always. Here's some of my reconmedations for future videos. Abe Cunningham from Deftones Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, Mike Portnoy, Arin Illajay, and Brooks Wackerman all from Avenged Sevenfold Dave Houghton, the drummer for Joe Jackson's hit Is She Really Going Out With Him? Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage And finally Travis Smith, Nick Augusto, and Alex Bent all the drummers from Trivium they played on my favourite albums and favourite songs from Trivium in particual the albums Shogun, In Waves, and The Sin And The Sentence.

[@TheKianator]

As a drummer, as well as a mix engineer, these sounds are fantastic. Would it be possible to let us all know the compression and EQ used on these recordings? I think I have an idea, but I would like to know if y’all use authentic gear from each time period of these videos?

[@LWDrumz]

I really wish you guys would do one about Scott Rockenfield or Tommy Aldridge drum sound!! Those were 2 of my favorite drummers when I was getting into drums so please do a video about one of those guys!!

[@incubrian]

so cool what you did w the toms! is there a way i can hear what they sounded like both in the room with no eq, and also what the processed sound is like without the gate? that's a whole new sound and technique i have never heard of or seen!

[@InzidenzPanik]

“This is a LP Timbal, but I use it as a crash”-Larry Mullen Jr.

[@thereal_jeremycraigbrown]

Can you guys do Jonathan moffett the drummer of Michael Jackson and other artists next?

[@benjaminprietop]

Yesss, Larry is awesome lml

[@TylerOath]

I gotta know! How did the toms sound in the room? I’m considering doing this method on my kit

[@HaloAdmiral]

I know I keep bringing it up, but I would LOVE a video on Stephen Morris of Joy Division and New Order.

[@ryannunes8309]

Share the tune bot settings please!

[@CloseUpLover]

Please do the sound of Will Champion - Coldplay

[@angelamatos3308]

Can you do a custom drums sound kit Gretsch Bass drum low tuning toms medium low tuning snare 14x8 snare high tuning cymbals dark collecton cowbell

[@kovalfetterer2218]

Please do Scott Rockenfield!

[@haydenelder1365]

Nice how about make a drum kit sound like Eric Singer from Kiss

[@PappaTiempo]

Tim-ball-ay

[@wj2music]

Can you do Jen Ledger’s current live drum sound?

[@Eurodrummer666]

Please do a video about Deep Purple´s Ian Paice sound! And Santana´s Mike Schrieve too!

[@carlostamang3827]

Can you jimmy the rev sulivan??

[@DistractedGenius]

Would love to hear a sound recreation of Jon Theodore!

[@eyesoftheworld73]

we NEED the Boston drum tones

[@Fsalusso]

El video que todos estábamos necesitando

[@Black_berry894]

Next recreation video. How to recreat Bang ( Song) drum sound with Tama drums & paiste cymbals that used in this video also without samples. Gorky Park is a Soviet Band from the Soviet Union ( USSR). The Song Bang drumsound is challenging because it's tricky , the bass drumsound sounds like hitting a steel / Metal which means the Song starts ( intro) with Kicks drums sounds like hitting a metal.

[@theevil_Dem0n]

You should do The Rev next

[@rafaelgonzalez7230]

I’m feeling great I hope U2 I’m sorry I’ll see myself out now 😂😂😂

[@jaleelthaprince4785]

Y’all should Jimmy The Rev A7X

[@henriquegaspar7392]

If I'm not wrong, Larry played pride without the tom overdubs. At least, is what I see in the R&R tour videos

[@TC2290-wh5cb]

You can't overdub live....

[@samhemphill]

Not sure what the Tom overdubs you're talking about are. He's using the left floor for the bits you skipped in the bridge. They are not overdubs.

[@mississau]

I hate to say this but Larry always used Paiste cymbals !!

[@jonathancant2031]

Yes always Paiste

[@petebuotte2811]

He used Evans Hydrallic heads around this time.

[@clusterfsck]

Exactly right. His toms were the Evans heads and the timbale had a classic Remo Ambassador on it. He sometimes used the clear Black Dot head on his snare. The Evans heads are what gives his toms that unique sound on Under a Blood Red Sky (you can hear that effect on 11 O’Clock Tick Tock)

[@AHerklotz]

You should do Todd sucherman next

[@mjm5081]

❤

[@matteogrosso4471]

As always, make SUPER Top videos and content. Pascal is now a myth of mine. But sooner or later a video on the drums and sound of the legendary Mike Bordin? Why not?

[@Fresh_I.S.C.]

Need an episode on The Melvins Dale Crover

[@TT22YTK-z6g]

Could you recreate the drum set sound from Nickelback.

[@ZLDOYYdude]

Hey AOD since that you shouted me out I'll give you another drum configuration for Peter Criss Of KISS Kit: Dw Era: 1990's 22" kick 12"and 13" rack 14'' floor (beside the hi hat) 16" floor 18" Floor 14" snare Concert Tom's going from one side of the kit to the other side of the kit Cymbals :zildian 18 crash 18 crash 14 hi hats 18 crash 10 splash 22 ride 18 crash 18 crash 19 crash 18 crash 18 China Percussion : just one cowbell Note: hey AOD even though peter criss used pearl before he is now endorsed by Dw And also in his setup there are bells on top of all of the crashes and I know you only have 2 bells namely the volcano cup and zil bell PS. Make paschal wear peter criss's makeup while playing on the drums Songs: shout it out loud and rock and roll all nite

[@keithlambson]

Maybe not a super popular one, but I would love to see Steve Judd from Karnivool. Also Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree.

[@bmac4]

God the sound of the drums on Change is absurdly good

[@Graystaff]

I made a “you guys should cover Larry Muller Jr” comment a couple of years ago, so, thanks! What took you so long?

[@DerHerrMitR]

They didn't know who "Larry Muller" was.

[@benpowelldrummer]

Where’s Royalllllllll Blooooodddddddd????

[@willpiche4340]

Alex Van Halen combined decades of kits through the DLR years the suggested drum set configuration era from Fair Warning to a different kind of truth. All though he’s a Ludwig/ Paiste endorse for decades for the basic set for drums Ludwig vista lite and for classic photos the right bass drum would 26x14 and left would be a 24x14. Snare would be Ludwig superphonic 14x6.5 Tom’s 12x8, 13x9 Floor Tom’s 16x16 ,18x18 Now onto the accessories that aren’t Ludwig, Concert Toms 8 and 10 inches set above the 12x8 Tom Steve Weiss 12 and 14 roto toms set about the floor Tom’s Tama low pitch 4 octobans set left of the hi hat for a combination of the decades kit. Timbales 12 and 13 set below the octobans right beside the hi hat. Onto Paiste cymbals Paiste and Alex had a box set which I don’t know if it’s available anymore and second hand would cost a lot. The set includes 15 2002 master sound hi hats 19 2002 Crash 20 2002 Crash 20 2002 Medium Crash 22 2002 Crash 24 2002 Al Signature Big Ride 20 2002 China Type Here’s a transcription with Zildjian cymbals if you can’t get your hands on it. 15 A Custom Mastersound bottom with A 15 K sweet hi hat top 18 A Custom Crash 19 A Medium thin Crash 20 K Sweet Crash Ride 20 K Sweet Crash 24 A medium Ride 21 A ultra hammered China 20 A custom crash

[@michaeljoey1able]

No need to overdub the toms on Pride. Plenty of live versions during Joshua Tree tour and elsewhere to see Larry play the same live.

[@ALLforROME]

4:18….Your beater looks like a nail hitting the skin…weird

[@fristiloverke1226]

Still waiting for motörhead

[@af7119]

Prayers to Paul Harrell.

[@SmilefortheJudge]

Thimbles? Ohhhh timbales… rhymes with that Mexican dish.

[@slightlybelowaveragedrummer]

Deutz luftgekühlt!

[@theraise5243]

Larry uses a 14 not a 12 for the up tomorrow

[@PhilValdovinos]

You guys are the shit. There are some other niche unique drum sounds you haven't covered yet. One, would be 311, Chad Sexton. The open vent snare was a big deal in the 90's. Not a sicka fan, just saying. You guys do awesome work.

[@gnrdp]

Ginger baker

[@drummerdaveh]

It’s pronounced “timbahlees”, rhymes with tamales, not cymbals.

[@charlzthedrummer]

You’re pronunciation is even worse lmaoooooooooo

[@charlzthedrummer]

“Tim-bahl-aes” not “Tim-bahl-ees”

[@kaedenceneedsfrogs]

Gotta do pat wilson from weezer

[@davidturner4610]

What I respect about theU2s drummer is that he stepped of of that terrible 80s beat and created a 90s beat in my take !

[@someonewhowatch]

I can play U2 eyes closed in drums, without help...if you want to invitate me ;)

[@wyrlismike]

am i the only one who thought larry cant really play? i mean just me and henry rollins i guess.

[@victorpierro]

Ok, so how many drummers do you know who are recognized by an intro that they left their signature? Larry has at least 2, that my friend can be counted on the fingers of one hand and it has more merit than playing 100 beats per second

[@wyrlismike]

@@victorpierro I'm not saying the guy hasn't done anything good ever in his life. I'm saying he doesn't have a great sense of time. His rhythm is shaky. Arguably the worst out of any really successful band in the last 75 years

[@victorpierro]

@@wyrlismike It's funny that you say that, because if there's something that Larry has, it's a very good tempo, given that they use backing tracks from the Unforgettable Fire tour. In any case, I am clear that Larry is not a conventional drummer, but that is what differentiates him from the rest, drum lines like "A sort of home coming" are from another planet. Larry is basic but powerful.

[@TC2290-wh5cb]

Of course he can play, lmao. He's not shaky, where on earth are you getting that from, give me an example, he's a human metronome. He plays to a click for virtually all tracks to keep in time with backing loops and Edge's delay. Are you thinking of Lars?

[@wyrlismike]

@@TC2290-wh5cb its just been said that u2 has the worst rhythm section out of any platinum band in history.