Everything on "Songs for the Deaf" is just incredible. An amazing album, glad this wasn't all Nirvana too. Seeing Them Crooked Vultures reminds me how much I want them to make a 2nd album and tour. Hopefully while JPJ is still rockin
Everything Dave comes up with on drums is always memorable and super fun to play. Great video and choice of grooves. My favorite Grohl beat is from “The Collector” by Nine Inch Nails which is in 13/4 time.
@@BrandonToews No thank you, for these wonderful Grohl appreciation videos. There’s a reason why everyone from Paul McCartney to Tom Petty have wanted to work with him. Dave’s just a solid guy and your playing was on point too.
In Bloom was mostly Chad Channing, Dave added a kick and fill here and there but didn’t change it drastically. He acknowledges Chads contributions to Nirvana
Yeah, Dave even used In Bloom as the specific example as to why Channing should have been added to the Rock Hall of Fame as well, if I recall correctly.
Heart shaped box will always be my favorite dave drum beat. It’s not an original drum beat but the power and driving emotion of the beat can’t be denied.
As always Brandon, I greatly appreciate your skills and straight forward no BS approach to covering drum material. You already have both my favorites, "My Hero" and "Everlong". The fills in the later were always killer.
All of his parts on Songs For The Deaf, Them Crooked Vultures and the few songs on Like Clockwork are absolutely incredibly and masterfully orchestrated, best drummer of the last 30 years.
I Appear Missing is a masterclass introduction to playful approach to triplets in beats as opposed to just as fills. Dave is great to learn triplets from in general. He's entry level, and Mitch Mitchell is the master class lol
Wow great! I saw a video where he mentioned some of his beats were influenced by disco music, I always enjoy stuff where people talk about origins of their creations.
My two favorite drum licks from Dave are his opening on Songs for the Dead, from Songs for the Deaf; and also his fun drum fill he plays in the Fresh Pots video!
Fantastic episode and nice inclusion of the lesser known Killing Joke material. And well played sir! Only thing that could have made this any better would have been including the Probot intro to Shake Your Blood
Dave actually credits Chad with writing the drum part. And even though it's the same on paper, Dave brought his own style to it and made it sound different.
@@dustyhills8911 I saw the Nirvana Rock Hall 2014 induction too...Kurt wrote the drums for In Bloom...Dave added double kick on the bass drum during the verse, instead of just one.
@@startervisions he doesn't have to be there to credit him. Tell me, where does Kurt ever get credited with writing it? Just curious, because everyone else involved says Chad created that drum part.
Brandon you are an awesome drummer. Is there anything in the rock genre you have trouble playing? I mean all of the Rush songs in like 40 minutes to Dave Grohl. Then you add in your jazz prowess. Wow. And the way you slow things down first and then up to speed is so nice. Of course the Drumeo follow along transcription is so nice for seeing the notes you are playing. I know everyone just about wants you to analyze and play their favorite drummer's iconic songs but if I might would love to see you do this for selected Bill Bruford songs. Keep up the great work Brandon. One final question: are you in a band? If not some band is missing a great drummer. Hope Drumeo offers a VIP week again. Cheers.
Thank you, Bill! Appreciate it. I love so many different kinds of music and I it's always a fun challenging switching gears and trying something new. A Bill Bruford feature is definitely on the list. And no bands currently - starting to play with a few artists this Spring though!
The guy he “hired” was William goldsmith and he was actually a member, played on a few songs on soundtracks and live, he left during the second album because Dave was re recording the tracks including the drums
Love this. Not sure I’d say much of Nevermind is attributed to Dave though. Chad Channing had a lot of those parts already worked out before Dave got there and learned them.
I honestly think that the nevermind album is some of Dave's most stock drumming. Very plain and straight forward for the most part to me. I believe the reason for this is that those were mostly Chad channings parts. Even though Dave added his own power and flavor which I feel improved Chad's parts, to me dave was held back as a drummer with nirvana. There was only so much shining a drummer could do with that particular band and set list. Don't mistake...I love nirvana. One of the greats imo, however, dave wasn't able to display his musical skill like he shouldve with them. He has actually mentioned being somewhat apprehensive to assert himself or disagree with kurt. Not out of intimidation but out of the admiration and faith he had for Kurt as an artist and his talent for writing. If my memory is right...he was even scared for Kurt to hear his format solo demos that he had recorded for fear of Kurt's disapproval in them. That says alot to me. Rant over. Dave rocks and so does Brandon!!! 🤘
Thanks for yet another great video! I think the groove I like most is in "Everlong". Question: What _can't_ you play? :) I've watched you play a number of drum parts from a wide variety of different songs and I'm always amazed at your proficiency! Thanks for posting!
Thank you very much! Appreciate it. Haha I love so many different kinds of music and I really enjoy switching gears and jumping into different styles of music. Keeps things fresh and I love the challenging of diving into new stuff!
Song for the Dead was the reason I wanted to play drums. An absolute monstrous track. I learned Bonham triplets from that song and not even from Zeppelin tunes! Hahah. Also shout out to these damn Gretsch drums - THUNDER. LORDT. I’m a Gretsch man for life
@@BrandonToews Thank you so much. Brandon! Really appreciate it. I've had my eye on the Mantra 20" Crash for a while now, so it's definitely time to pick one up. Will be my first Istanbul, but I'm liking them more and more every time I hear them. Thanks again!
I would’ve put the Elephants intro instead of the verse. And Gunman rather than Reptiles. I would’ve put the chorus for First It Giveth instead of the verse/intro. Take out SFTD and put in No One Knows’ break down or Song For The Dead intro. And the intro for In Bloom instead of the verse.
IMHO he is a genius He has something like Travis Barker, they always play interesting and authentic parts, and you always know it's them behind the kit
He wasn't always with them. U can tell the difference In the overall feel that dave added to the band when u compare the work that he was with them on and the work he wasn't part of.
In the song "Smells like teen spirit" here in the video is one extra kick ot the bass drum before hitting the crash cymbals. The original version is without it.
Dive deeper and check out the sheet music for all of these groove in our latest Beat article: www.drumeo.com/beat/the-12-best-dave-grohl-grooves/
That scentless apprentice intro is so awesome. Love the combination of the off beat flam, open close hats, and lots of kick.
So good!
Iconic beat, at least in my head 😂
Everything on "Songs for the Deaf" is just incredible. An amazing album, glad this wasn't all Nirvana too. Seeing Them Crooked Vultures reminds me how much I want them to make a 2nd album and tour. Hopefully while JPJ is still rockin
Agreed. Probably the best overall QOTSA album and Grohl's drumming literally drives it forward. Amazing stuff.
Song for the deaf is probably the greatest rock drumming album of this century if not all time.
Josh Homme is in trouble for abusing his kids. I don’t think we’re going to see any new Them Crooked Vultures.
Hope you got to see TCV play Gunman the other day
Everything Dave comes up with on drums is always memorable and super fun to play. Great video and choice of grooves. My favorite Grohl beat is from “The Collector” by Nine Inch Nails which is in 13/4 time.
I was hoping to see Collector on here too.
Thanks, Cobb! Some great NIN tracks with Dave.
@@BrandonToews No thank you, for these wonderful Grohl appreciation videos. There’s a reason why everyone from Paul McCartney to Tom Petty have wanted to work with him. Dave’s just a solid guy and your playing was on point too.
Love his contributions on With Teeth!
I really love the intro of "Song for the dead". All of his drum beats are so powerful and pretty badass too :)
So good! I break that one down here: th-cam.com/video/g5czBl-4qXE/w-d-xo.html
I cant BELIEVE IT DIDNT MAKE THE LIST!!!
one if the best intros/drum intros EVER!!!
@@xx7secondsxx - Check out my Genius Of Dave Grohl lesson, it’s included there!
That intro is a tribute to Black Flag’s Slip it in
My favorite groove of Dave’s has to be from his instrumental Play. The beginning is just so powerful.
Mine too!
Love that track.
Amazing!
Love the fact that you covered some Them Crooked Vultures! I love that album
Agreed - such a great record!
"No one loves me, & neither do I," is a killer groove as well! Probably my personal fav off the Vultures album!
Great track!
Nice that you got some deep cuts in there but I was waiting for at least one of the track from With Teeth (NIN) :) Killer drums on that one !
LOVE the inclusion of Scentless Apprentice. Such an underrated track. The whole song is a tour de force of drumming and rock in general.
In Bloom was mostly Chad Channing, Dave added a kick and fill here and there but didn’t change it drastically. He acknowledges Chads contributions to Nirvana
Yeah, Dave even used In Bloom as the specific example as to why Channing should have been added to the Rock Hall of Fame as well, if I recall correctly.
Turns out Chad has more swing than Dave
Heart shaped box will always be my favorite dave drum beat. It’s not an original drum beat but the power and driving emotion of the beat can’t be denied.
Such a great track.
I could listen to Dave’s beats all day long. Great job!
Thanks, Brad! Same here!
I had never heard that clearly the influence of John Bonham on Dave Grohl. Makes it event tastier. Thanks for that awesome video
These drums sound amazing! Kudos to the person they mic’d and mixed that kit.
Thanks!
Thanks J D!
And the playing is Next Level!
Is this a renown? Or usa custom? Sounds killer!
As always Brandon, I greatly appreciate your skills and straight forward no BS approach to covering drum material. You already have both my favorites, "My Hero" and "Everlong". The fills in the later were always killer.
Thanks, Scott - appreciate it! Great tracks for sure!
I love the instrumental song "Watch This" with Slash. You get a very good dose of Dave's style.
Brandon, that's some precise and strong beat making there, my broski. Bravo, very nice to listen to!!!
Dude, Song for the Dead is what got me into drumming, it's just so insane!
So good! I break that one down here too: th-cam.com/video/g5czBl-4qXE/w-d-xo.html
All of his parts on Songs For The Deaf, Them Crooked Vultures and the few songs on Like Clockwork are absolutely incredibly and masterfully orchestrated, best drummer of the last 30 years.
I Appear Missing is a masterclass introduction to playful approach to triplets in beats as opposed to just as fills. Dave is great to learn triplets from in general. He's entry level, and Mitch Mitchell is the master class lol
Wow great! I saw a video where he mentioned some of his beats were influenced by disco music, I always enjoy stuff where people talk about origins of their creations.
Thanks!
"Red War" with Max Cavalera from the PROBOT album is a monster of a beat
And it’s a prime example of playing double bass drum patterns with only one pedal and toms.
@@RMHendrickson As well as First It Giveth, on that note
My two favorite drum licks from Dave are his opening on Songs for the Dead, from Songs for the Deaf; and also his fun drum fill he plays in the Fresh Pots video!
Dave is a genius at creating in your face drum patern. no one knows should be in that vidéo. Awesome job
Agreed. I cover that one in this Drumeo video: th-cam.com/video/g5czBl-4qXE/w-d-xo.html
Elephants is SOOOO good! My 2 year old loves this song too! Tells you a lot about Dave’s drumming
Fantastic episode and nice inclusion of the lesser known Killing Joke material. And well played sir! Only thing that could have made this any better would have been including the Probot intro to Shake Your Blood
Thank you for this in-depth analysis! Always useful to study Dave Grohl
Another of my favorite DG beats is "Gunman" from Them Crooked Vultures. That song is a blast to play!!
one my faves❤
I would also add Them Crooked Vultures' Dead end friends and No one loves me. Amzing and so fun to play
Getting smaller from NIN is a good one too. Not that complicated but a lot of energy. Also, The drumming on the killing joke album is awesome.
Absolutely superb video, love the groove choices - great tutorial and break down too. Keep up the great work
Thanks for "Song For The Deaf"!
Good drummin, man and a great song!
Thanks, Johnny!
Drain You. That groove SLAMS
YESSSS you did Everlong! When I get my kit set up it's one of the first I'm going to start on.
Kurt wrote the drum parts for "In Bloom" which explains why Chad also played the same riff on the Sub Pop version of the song recorded in 1990.
Dave actually credits Chad with writing the drum part. And even though it's the same on paper, Dave brought his own style to it and made it sound different.
@@dustyhills8911 Dave can't exactly credit someone, with doing something, if he wasn't there for it lol
@@dustyhills8911 I saw the Nirvana Rock Hall 2014 induction too...Kurt wrote the drums for In Bloom...Dave added double kick on the bass drum during the verse, instead of just one.
@@startervisions he doesn't have to be there to credit him. Tell me, where does Kurt ever get credited with writing it? Just curious, because everyone else involved says Chad created that drum part.
@@dustyhills8911 th-cam.com/play/PLzg0Oi9scRSuSJKOIt4yfvIEtfRsWPIin.html
Brandon you are an awesome drummer. Is there anything in the rock genre you have trouble playing? I mean all of the Rush songs in like 40 minutes to Dave Grohl. Then you add in your jazz prowess. Wow. And the way you slow things down first and then up to speed is so nice. Of course the Drumeo follow along transcription is so nice for seeing the notes you are playing. I know everyone just about wants you to analyze and play their favorite drummer's iconic songs but if I might would love to see you do this for selected Bill Bruford songs. Keep up the great work Brandon. One final question: are you in a band? If not some band is missing a great drummer. Hope Drumeo offers a VIP week again. Cheers.
Thank you, Bill! Appreciate it. I love so many different kinds of music and I it's always a fun challenging switching gears and trying something new. A Bill Bruford feature is definitely on the list. And no bands currently - starting to play with a few artists this Spring though!
@@BrandonToews thanks for your reply. As I said keep up the great work. Bill.
Amazing video master !!
Thank you!
The bass drum sounds amazing!!!
Thanks!
Never knew I needed to study some more Dave Grohl. Very cool jams.
Dave Grohl is amazing!
❤️
Fave is "Avon" from Queens of the Stone Age!!
Nirvanas Dave Grohl tought me to play drums. So Thank you Dave !!!!
I am not a Drummer and not a Musician... But seriously impressive mate..
Also thank you for this video.reminded me I remembwr how to read music..tour a beast also man thanks
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Eine sehr coole praxisbezogene Stunde. Super!!! :-)
The guy he “hired” was William goldsmith and he was actually a member, played on a few songs on soundtracks and live, he left during the second album because Dave was re recording the tracks including the drums
Love this. Not sure I’d say much of Nevermind is attributed to Dave though. Chad Channing had a lot of those parts already worked out before Dave got there and learned them.
Some say that although Channing wrote them, Grohl’s energy while playing them made them famous and memorable.
I honestly think that the nevermind album is some of Dave's most stock drumming. Very plain and straight forward for the most part to me. I believe the reason for this is that those were mostly Chad channings parts. Even though Dave added his own power and flavor which I feel improved Chad's parts, to me dave was held back as a drummer with nirvana. There was only so much shining a drummer could do with that particular band and set list. Don't mistake...I love nirvana. One of the greats imo, however, dave wasn't able to display his musical skill like he shouldve with them. He has actually mentioned being somewhat apprehensive to assert himself or disagree with kurt. Not out of intimidation but out of the admiration and faith he had for Kurt as an artist and his talent for writing. If my memory is right...he was even scared for Kurt to hear his format solo demos that he had recorded for fear of Kurt's disapproval in them. That says alot to me. Rant over. Dave rocks and so does Brandon!!! 🤘
I love it ! Thank bro ! Nice 👍 👏 🥁
Thanks for yet another great video! I think the groove I like most is in "Everlong". Question: What _can't_ you play? :) I've watched you play a number of drum parts from a wide variety of different songs and I'm always amazed at your proficiency! Thanks for posting!
Thank you very much! Appreciate it. Haha I love so many different kinds of music and I really enjoy switching gears and jumping into different styles of music. Keeps things fresh and I love the challenging of diving into new stuff!
I'm not sure if Dave made all the drum beats of Foo Fighters or if Taylor made some too but i love the drums on "Low" and "Erase/Replace"
What are those crashes and HH’s? Istanbul’s obviously, but any particular line? They sound FANTASTIC!
FANTASTIC #drumbeat #davegrohl #drumeo
So many good drummers out there...
"Implant" is amazing!!! 👏
My all time favorite Grohl groove is No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age 🤘🏼🤘🏼
dave's work on ghost's cover of i'm a marionette is pretty good
Song for the Dead was the reason I wanted to play drums. An absolute monstrous track. I learned Bonham triplets from that song and not even from Zeppelin tunes! Hahah. Also shout out to these damn Gretsch drums - THUNDER. LORDT. I’m a Gretsch man for life
I did enjoy this!
Glad to hear!
Dave grohl is awesome
Thanks for watching!
nine inch nails - the idea of you (dave on drums) good drum parts & good song really 🤘🏻
R.I.P Taylor Hawkins
Tribute video coming soon.
And Kurt as well
And kurt
Favorite Dave Grohl drum groove? Song for the Dead demo for sure, he does way more fills that in the final track and they are freakin' awesome!
Yes! I cover that one here in this Drumeo video: th-cam.com/video/g5czBl-4qXE/w-d-xo.html
Fun fact: disco band the "gap band" inspired dave grohl to make flam fills and intro of smells like teen are famous example of it.
It should be mentioned that the 1 in the Teen Spirit chorus is always slightly delayed, giving it that extra "ooomph"
That opening for "Song for the Dead"..🤘
Shake your blood by Probot is a favourite of mine
Great song!!
Which tom heads? Those (and the drums) sound GREAT.
First it giveth getting the appreciation it deserves
Great video. Thanks! Can you give some info on the cymbal setup? Those Istanbul's sound fantastic.
Thanks Martin! Here I'm using 15" Mantra Hats, 20" Mantra Crash, 24" Joey Waronker Ride, 20" Xist Crash, 19" Xist Crash, 20" Xist China.
@@BrandonToews Thank you so much. Brandon! Really appreciate it. I've had my eye on the Mantra 20" Crash for a while now, so it's definitely time to pick one up. Will be my first Istanbul, but I'm liking them more and more every time I hear them. Thanks again!
I love the intro on "Get Up" by Juliette & the Licks !!!
The Song for the Deaf drum pattern demonstration reminds me of the song Crow by Shellac
According to the Rock Band drum charts, there’s a some kicks being played along with the toms in “My Hero”
Flam master flex... Uncle Dave has been a huge influence for me.
I would’ve put the Elephants intro instead of the verse. And Gunman rather than Reptiles. I would’ve put the chorus for First It Giveth instead of the verse/intro. Take out SFTD and put in No One Knows’ break down or Song For The Dead intro. And the intro for In Bloom instead of the verse.
Great 🥁👍
Thanks!
Niceeee 🔥 🥁
Cant BELIEVE!! "Song for the dead" wasn't on here!?!?!
That's one of the greatest song/drum intros of ALL TIME!!!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻
I included this one in the “Genius Of Dave Grohl” lesson (also on the Drumeo TH-cam channel)
Always loved Dave grohl fill
How could you not do no one knows with that crazy chorus part
Love the cymbals! what model are those Istanbuls?
Your playing has gotten a lot more natural-looking. Visually, you seem more comfortable
Good observation. I concur
Go with the flow should've been on here!
The chorus groove with the toms and quarter notes on the crash in First It Giveth is even better than the verse groove
I feared you might leave out Killing Joke. Didn't let me down!
That groove is killer!
Where’s some of his monster beats from Probot? Shake Your Blood w/ Lemmy kills!
rico sonido de platillos!! No es un sonido nirvanero pero suena muy bien.
delightful cymbals sound.. not quite Nirvana's sound but so nice to hear!
How about get Dave on the show!!
could u guys do a video on Levon Helm???
The Reptiles groove is particularily challenging when you factor in the single pedal playing up to speed. Not a beginner's track!
Agreed! That one is tough!
I was hoping to see X-Static on the list!
The Metal is almost an identical beat to Chad Channing's version of School by Nirvana.
IMHO he is a genius
He has something like Travis Barker, they always play interesting and authentic parts, and you always know it's them behind the kit
Always loved Dave’s FAT flam technique!
I dare say he’s the master. He said he never had lessons. That’s probably why he comes up with all these different beats
I’d say that the opening Tom groove from “In Bloom” is more iconic…
Agreed - included that part in the “Genius Of Dave Grohl” video which is also on the Drumeo channel.
interesting...i did not know he was the drummer for QOTSA. love that band
He was for a little while, he recorded Songs for the Dead
@@eduardotrejo6981 and also about half of "Like Clockwork"!
He wasn't always with them. U can tell the difference In the overall feel that dave added to the band when u compare the work that he was with them on and the work he wasn't part of.
13:35 man I’ve been trying this like for 4 months, and I still cannot maintain that fuckin’ speed!!!
Tough one for sure!!
I love my hero! But why do in bloom but not the Tom intro?
Tom intro is covered here: th-cam.com/video/g5czBl-4qXE/w-d-xo.html
In the song "Smells like teen spirit" here in the video is one extra kick ot the bass drum before hitting the crash cymbals. The original version is without it.
Good hearing, buddy!