Showing my age here - favorite is "Did You No Wrong" - Sex Pistols Close seconds: "Public Image" - Public Image, "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" - Ramones, "Ever Fallen In Love" - Buzzcocks, "Give Me Everything" - Magazine.
32 y/o drummer since middle school; this video cleaned up SO many issues for me. I have been wrecking my wrists, elbows, and forearms between drumming and chasing my two toddler boys. My dad arms are super grateful for the awesome tweaks and techniques. Subbed!
it was really interesting to see you blasting the drumset like this. Always thought you had the magical touch of groove and tasty licks, but not this. Fantastically done!
Thanks for this, Stephen. I am guilty of muscling the stick instead of letting it do the work. Nice clear instruction on the fundamental difference between Moler and Gladstone. Don't understand how anyone can hit the thumbs down on this.
Anything by F.E.A.R. I didn't realize it when I was listening to this band as a teenager, but these guys could play. Especially the drummer on Camarillo.
I highly recommend listening to the album Trashed by Lagwagon with their first drummer Derrick Plourde (RIP). My favorite track off that album is Stokin' The Neighbors. I think an amazing and unknown modern punk drummer is Oded Cohen from Not On Tour. Super fast and technical punk drumming.
Stephen Taylor hey thanks for the quick reply! Definitely check out Not On Tour... sorta like a female-fronted Lagwagon. Propagandhi's Jordy Samolesky is also amazing. You might also like Night Fever from Denmark. Lemme know what you think! I love punk/drum talk.
My favorite punk songs drum wise are a tie between _"Dirt by The Stooges"_ (Proto-Punk), _"Mr. Spooky by Mr. Epp"_ (Grunge/Punk Rock), _"Let it all be by The Melvins"_ (Grunge/Punk Rock), _"Yukon Fang/Enjoy The View by Fang"_ (Grunge/Punk), _"Dead Billy by Big Black"_ (Grunge/noise punk rock), _"Human Fly by The Cramps"_ (Punk), _" Eucalyptus by Scratch Acid/The Jesus Lizard"_ (Grunge) and _"If You Must by Nirvana"_ (Grunge) if you listen to them you'll notice the drumming is simple but it sounds *awesome!*.
I love videos like this - videos that go deeper than "here's how you play this groove," and go down to "here's the technique that will help you play ALL OF THESE GROOVES." Great vid, Stephen! Thanks!
Oh man! My favorite genre :) lotta good techniques my own drum teacher emphasizes in our lessons. "Think down, throw down" As for your question, most stuff on Fat Wreck Chords is gold. Especially been digging Bad Cop/ Bad Cop lately. Also been jamming to the Menzingers, the Muffs, Jeff Rosenstock (more alternative-y), the Flatliners and Against Me!, to name a few more (but believe me I could go on for daaaaays lol).
My favorite pop punk song is "me for me" by a band called Quit, some of my favorite drummers from the old 90's punk era were Derrick Plourde from Lagwagon,Mark Moreno from Fifteen,Aaron Cometbus from Crimpshrine and Pinhead Gunpowder,Dan Panic from Screeching Weasel, and Bill Stevenson from The Descendents and ALL just to name a few. I am 42 yrs old and punk music is still my first choice in music and that's all I practice to especially melodic hardcore !
New old guy to drumming and punk is the favorite to try to play... Thanks for the lesson... And also thank you for that incredibly deep V t-shirt.... Favorite song is Hope by the descendants
Thanks for this, I've been playing 14yrs now and was doing this unconsciously, but having recognised it I'm going to try focus on it and get it even more relaxed because occasionally at a gig I've had it where my arm goes stiff and it's a feat to get through the rest of the song like that!
dude, your lessons are amazing. thank you so much... i'm back playing drums after 8 years and its really helping me get back on track. keep it uppppp!!!! well its almost 2years late but 2 of my favorite punk albums are fresh fruit for rotten vegetable and milo goes to college. the one and only germs album also have a place in my heart
thanks for taking the time to break this down. it's important to show how being loose allows one to keep speed up. I use 2 songs as a quick test during practices to play along to in order to gauge whether or not I'm properly warmed up. NOFX - Punk Rock Elite Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blowin' in the Wind They're both short enough to check my speed and not too long to endure for a warm up.
I play in a thrash metal band and I love to incorporate drums from other genres into heavier music so learning that classic bass snare, bass bass snare groove is very refreshing
I knew I had it the first time when my body felt weightless playing at that speed. The music starts to sound much better when you're no longer straining
Been playing skate and hard-core punk for 27 years. Every once in a while I still cramp up in my thumb meat at the hand when we have a few 200+ bpm songs back to back. I dont always have great stick control when that happens.
+Harrison Myers First wave of punk. Can't beat it. It really set the groundwork for many of the changes we've seen in rock over the past 35 years. Holidays in the Sun is a fav of mine off that album.
+Stephen Taylor the original punk movement also inspired to a looser extent a lot of NWOBHM bands like Saxon and Motörhead. The only difference is that NWOBHM bands got rid of the "naff-naff bits" such as "having quiffed-back hair and looking like a pirate", as Biff Byford of Saxon put it.
first off, favorite punk song is watershed with foo fighters (Dave Grohl). these techniques are so important, you just can't emphasize it enough. When I finally got my technical side to a quite above average level, so many things fell into place. The chops, my overall strokes, and my stamina! Now this video was very basic for me, and this is things I've known for a long time, but its crucial for anyone who's playing, and it doesn't hurt to be reminded or just re-informed. Thanks for your videos Stephen. I'm a senior year at a music-ed and this summer after my graduation this will be my goto inspiration place, as I'll nolonger have drumlessons in school. I'm applying the best music schools in Sweden (that's where I live), small country but if Abba could I can! right? only I can stop myself. Thanks for the inspiration once again, bless you man!
Wait.... Christian punk? Update: I was considering to delete this comment, because I no longer feel like I need to share my surprise about the existence of the genre. Yes, I was surprised, but whatever, I do not want to implicitly express any sort of contempt towards people playing this type of music, if anything I am sure the people playing do it with great passion and enthusiasm, and I am not saying that to kiss ass (and I am aware that it very much sounds like the opposite of that). Anyway, I noted a lot of positive reactions to the comment, and I want that to stay, so instead of deleting I want to add to my comment that the coolest thing on the planet is being respectful towards EVERYONE. And playing the drums is fun!
Hey guys...lets keep it friendly. Love for everyone to express their opinions but we can do that in a way that is respectful to all involved in the conversation. Drum on!
"Lipstick" by The Buzzcocks, "The Card Cheat" or "Complete Control" by the Clash, "History's Stranglers" by The Bronx, "All This and More" by The Dead Boys. A handful of favorites that I can think of.
+Christian Barrell In my book, he's the most underrated drummer in rock. His drumming on their albums was absolutely ground breaking in my book. And it shows...the band started to achieve success when he joined and saw their decline when he left. He was one of the key components to their success. Such a phenomenal talent.
I'm currently learning a French song called "L'Aventurier" by Indochine, and the hi-hat is giving me hell. It's just like you said, I try to use my fingers but my arm still tenses up pretty quickly (especially since the snare has double strokes every bar and my right arm unconsciously imitates my left). I didn't really think about mixing several techniques though… I'll try that!
88 Fingers Louie "Back On The Streets" prolly one of the best/funnest albums to plug in the headphones and drum along to. John Carroll is an amazing/inspirational drummer and a cool guy. Got to have a beer with him after one of they're shows and let him know that.
Green day is not garbage. How dare u hate on a band that made so many great songs with power cords. I grew up on green day watching TRE cool. I had green day posters all over my room. Not the hardest music to play but the songs are some of the most catchy and I'm my opinion some of the best punk. But when it comes to one of the best punk drummers u can't leave out Travis barker
I'm 4 years late to this, but: The Flatliners - Dead Language A Wilhelm Scream - Party Crasher PEARS - (Self-Titled) (or honestly any of their releases) These punk records are top notch!
Showing my age here - favorite is "Did You No Wrong" - Sex Pistols
Close seconds: "Public Image" - Public Image, "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" - Ramones, "Ever Fallen In Love" - Buzzcocks, "Give Me Everything" - Magazine.
Where's the Bad Brains love? I'm surprised no ones mentioned them here.
You did, and that's good enough. Bad Brains are one of the greatest punk bands of all time.
arre1908 I got that P.M.A.!
Bad Brains are also sexist homophobic people..
sam is not a pear that was 40 years ago, get over it
Nobodys perfect Sam E.
My favourite punk rock song is Ticket to ride by The Beatles. I mosh everytime I ear it.
Lmao
same 😂 lmao
Solid punk track indeed brother ... nice choice...
Lol
The Beatles arnt punk
32 y/o drummer since middle school; this video cleaned up SO many issues for me. I have been wrecking my wrists, elbows, and forearms between drumming and chasing my two toddler boys. My dad arms are super grateful for the awesome tweaks and techniques. Subbed!
So glad to hear it Michael!
No way - Adolescents
Depression - Black Flag
I'm not a loser - Decendants
it was really interesting to see you blasting the drumset like this. Always thought you had the magical touch of groove and tasty licks, but not this. Fantastically done!
Nofx- linoleum or Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb :3 and great lesson, helps alot!!!
j
NOFX- the decline! It’s a dbeat symphony haha.
Thanks for this, Stephen. I am guilty of muscling the stick instead of letting it do the work. Nice clear instruction on the fundamental difference between Moler and Gladstone. Don't understand how anyone can hit the thumbs down on this.
Anything by F.E.A.R. I didn't realize it when I was listening to this band as a teenager, but these guys could play. Especially the drummer on Camarillo.
Yeah....bad day bad day bad day bad day bad day.......
I want a full length video on this one, or 100 videos on all the techniques :)! You rock, man!
I highly recommend listening to the album Trashed by Lagwagon with their first drummer Derrick Plourde (RIP). My favorite track off that album is Stokin' The Neighbors. I think an amazing and unknown modern punk drummer is Oded Cohen from Not On Tour. Super fast and technical punk drumming.
I love Lagwagon. Such a tight band
Stephen Taylor hey thanks for the quick reply! Definitely check out Not On Tour... sorta like a female-fronted Lagwagon. Propagandhi's Jordy Samolesky is also amazing. You might also like Night Fever from Denmark. Lemme know what you think! I love punk/drum talk.
By the way, have you ever seen how Erik Sandin plays fast? He does some sort of 3 over 2 pattern with his hi-hat/kick drum.
Two of my fav bands! Saw both in one gig in Holland, Not on Tour opening for Lagwagon. It was such a great performance by both, as always!
Rise Against - Survive is definitely my favorite, it just blows my mind
when it comes to drumming i think my favorite songs to play are: bad religion - who we are, the flatliners - here comes the treble
41 and been playing punk for years, had to figure this stuff out on my own, you young kids these days are lucky.
Да..тапереча не тот, что давеча☝️
Nofx "the decline " hands down the most epic best song ever written
My favorite punk songs drum wise are a tie between _"Dirt by The Stooges"_ (Proto-Punk), _"Mr. Spooky by Mr. Epp"_ (Grunge/Punk Rock), _"Let it all be by The Melvins"_ (Grunge/Punk Rock), _"Yukon Fang/Enjoy The View by Fang"_ (Grunge/Punk), _"Dead Billy by Big Black"_ (Grunge/noise punk rock), _"Human Fly by The Cramps"_ (Punk), _" Eucalyptus by Scratch Acid/The Jesus Lizard"_ (Grunge) and _"If You Must by Nirvana"_ (Grunge) if you listen to them you'll notice the drumming is simple but it sounds *awesome!*.
I always lock up on dammit.....
I start to die during the 2 no verse
Scott raynor one of the best punk drummers
Scott raynor one of the best punk drummers
try dumpweed...
Nowadays i still lock up on Dammit man
I love videos like this - videos that go deeper than "here's how you play this groove," and go down to "here's the technique that will help you play ALL OF THESE GROOVES." Great vid, Stephen! Thanks!
+imkopaka Yea, technique vids aren't popular here on YT but they're where the magic happens. Glad it helped!
Oh man! My favorite genre :) lotta good techniques my own drum teacher emphasizes in our lessons. "Think down, throw down"
As for your question, most stuff on Fat Wreck Chords is gold. Especially been digging Bad Cop/ Bad Cop lately. Also been jamming to the Menzingers, the Muffs, Jeff Rosenstock (more alternative-y), the Flatliners and Against Me!, to name a few more (but believe me I could go on for daaaaays lol).
My favorite pop punk song is "me for me" by a band called Quit, some of my favorite drummers from the old 90's punk era were Derrick Plourde from Lagwagon,Mark Moreno from Fifteen,Aaron Cometbus from Crimpshrine and Pinhead Gunpowder,Dan Panic from Screeching Weasel, and Bill Stevenson from The Descendents and ALL just to name a few. I am 42 yrs old and punk music is still my first choice in music and that's all I practice to especially melodic hardcore !
NOFX - Everything from Punk in Drublic
Or the decline in it’s entirety.
anything from the Bad Religion Brooks Wackerman era. Brooks is the man.
romjab oh ya now he's with avenged sevenfold and he's so sweet
I just recently found your channel, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Many thanks for your work, sir!
+Waqqiz Glad to have you hangin around
Now thats a exquisite cymbalsetup for Punkrock, that Kerope does a great job for it
Nervous Breakdown by Black Flag
best punk song ever
+Angel Barron Ha, I knew BF would be one of the first bands mentioned
YES
Just picked the drums back up I have been practicing my Latin and hip hop beats. Going to try this tmrw.
Stickin' in my eye by NOFX
Amazing lesson. Not sure how I missed this. Love that ride cymbal.
Turbonegro - Get it on!
Awesome videos. Been playing ten months and just been invited to play my third band doing Punk covers. Thank's for all the great tips dude.
probably has to be holiday in Cambodia by the DK's. also much love to bad brains and agent orange's first album!
New old guy to drumming and punk is the favorite to try to play... Thanks for the lesson... And also thank you for that incredibly deep V t-shirt.... Favorite song is Hope by the descendants
Tre Cool had no problems with locking up. That dude is a monster
tingkagol truth
Same with Matt Kelly; that guy can just play so many different rhythms at once.
Pretty sure he has severe ADHD (not making fun, I believe I read that somewhere). I wonder if that helped him play the way he does.
Same with Marky Ramone
@@rackaid14 That Marky Right hand technique
Solid lesson!
baptists - bushcraft
nicest punk beats out damn near.
"Bloodstains" by Agent Orange
Caden Pardo you cant make things worse for me!!! sometimes id rather dieee
A punk rock band called Rebellion Rose is a real deal ! Though many people don't really know about that band. I love 'em
Seeing Red or In My Eyes by Minor Threat
Great picks!!
Thanks for this, I've been playing 14yrs now and was doing this unconsciously, but having recognised it I'm going to try focus on it and get it even more relaxed because occasionally at a gig I've had it where my arm goes stiff and it's a feat to get through the rest of the song like that!
I know the feeling. This should fix that for ya
Any Operation Ivy fans??
NickBeanDrums oh hell yesss
YES!!!! I love The Crowd, Sound System, Knowledge, The entire album dude!!!!
Fuck yeah!
I have hand drawn fliers from 88-89 just found in my file cab, crazy
The greatest creation of the Bay Area, hands down!
dude, your lessons are amazing. thank you so much... i'm back playing drums after 8 years and its really helping me get back on track. keep it uppppp!!!! well its almost 2years late but 2 of my favorite punk albums are fresh fruit for rotten vegetable and milo goes to college. the one and only germs album also have a place in my heart
freakin' out by Death is probably my favorite Punk song ever. everyone needs to check out Death
Death is thrash not punk
franky danko He's talking about A Band Named Death, man.
Yes the original death band was punk
Death was metal
The metal band Death is killer too though
thanks for taking the time to break this down. it's important to show how being loose allows one to keep speed up.
I use 2 songs as a quick test during practices to play along to in order to gauge whether or not I'm properly warmed up.
NOFX - Punk Rock Elite
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blowin' in the Wind
They're both short enough to check my speed and not too long to endure for a warm up.
My legs are what get tight haha
I play in a thrash metal band and I love to incorporate drums from other genres into heavier music so learning that classic bass snare, bass bass snare groove is very refreshing
New direction-Gorilla biscuits
I against I-Bad Brains
Good Good Things-Descendants
Descendants silly girl was my jam in my high school years. Brings back memories
I knew I had it the first time when my body felt weightless playing at that speed. The music starts to sound much better when you're no longer straining
Bruh why your v so deep?? Lol
ikr
to show upper chest bruh
V for ventilation
*matt halpern has entered the group chat*
Bc he's a phenomenal drummer you ungrateful Fuk!
Fav punk song, I'm split on suburban home by The Descendents or Seeing Double at the Triple Rock by NOFX
Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
I really liked how you emphasised that drumming isn't just about the use of individual techniques but the combination! Keep up the good work!
My favourite punk song is Reservoir by PUP
Johnson Lorenzo hell yeah dude
I can't believe I only found this video now... man, thank you!
can you talk about ear care for drummers?
I'll see what I can do. Really important subject
"until then" by ALL... super fun song to play.
Anti manifesto by Propghandi is one of my all time favorites
Bro, LOVE that song
Been playing skate and hard-core punk for 27 years. Every once in a while I still cramp up in my thumb meat at the hand when we have a few 200+ bpm songs back to back. I dont always have great stick control when that happens.
Platfus (I Hate You) - Green Day
My favorite punk rock song from my favourite punk rock band is 800° by the swedish band "Ebba Grön".
Favorite punk rock song is definitely Basket Case by Green Day
Laclan Copeer :/
Great song
Gross
Yes, its good song for beginners but how about Recklesd Abandoned by Travis 🌚 its absolutely amazing parts😍
I love how you caught the hats on the underside and then your face was like "you too, hats?"
To answer your question, Stephen, I've always been a fan of English '70s punk so I really like "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols.
+Harrison Myers First wave of punk. Can't beat it. It really set the groundwork for many of the changes we've seen in rock over the past 35 years. Holidays in the Sun is a fav of mine off that album.
+Stephen Taylor the original punk movement also inspired to a looser extent a lot of NWOBHM bands like Saxon and Motörhead. The only difference is that NWOBHM bands got rid of the "naff-naff bits" such as "having quiffed-back hair and looking like a pirate", as Biff Byford of Saxon put it.
+Stephen Taylor Dude, wicked chops, also i love the Halpern epic V tee ;)
This is the video i was looking for! 👍🏽
my favorite song is im not a looser descendants
It's not your favorite bc you cant spell it right... It's descendents
My punk favourites have to be either Six Pack by Black Flag or Surf Combat by Naked Raygun
For some reason the intro sounded like 80’s lars ulrich
Bro I just died when I read that!😂
My favorite punk song would have to be "I wanna be Sedated" by the Ramones. Lots of Bad Brains stuff, and Black Flag stuff after that.
"The Eco-Terrorist in Me" by Rise Against
WOW! This song is great!!!! Thank you so much
Favorite punk song: right brigade-bad brains
May 16 by lagwagon
Yes
Fav punk songs...Indestructible, Maxwell Murder, What I can't describe and Killafornia
"Pretense" Knuckle Puck
Pyromaniac 619 HOW DARE YOU GUILT ME
Pyromaniac 619 YES
Ryley Redman consider this a repercussion of the actions you were never properly punished for
My favorite Punk Rock band Green day also I like Sublime
most of the old green day stuff,but if I really really had to narrow it down to one song it would be burnout on the dookie album
such an amazing song but I lock up a lot on it
+jay kelly just keep practicing single and double strokes
3 of my newer all time favorites: Turbonegro - Boys From Nowhere, Radical Operations - Beer Me, Pissing Match - Piss Test
Nofx - Green Corn
ZappaPowered yes!!
first off, favorite punk song is watershed with foo fighters (Dave Grohl).
these techniques are so important, you just can't emphasize it enough. When I finally got my technical side to a quite above average level, so many things fell into place. The chops, my overall strokes, and my stamina!
Now this video was very basic for me, and this is things I've known for a long time, but its crucial for anyone who's playing, and it doesn't hurt to be reminded or just re-informed.
Thanks for your videos Stephen. I'm a senior year at a music-ed and this summer after my graduation this will be my goto inspiration place, as I'll nolonger have drumlessons in school. I'm applying the best music schools in Sweden (that's where I live), small country but if Abba could I can! right? only I can stop myself. Thanks for the inspiration once again, bless you man!
+Johan Söderlund Best of luck to you with the studies! Proud of you for making the commitment and putting in the work.
Wait.... Christian punk?
Update: I was considering to delete this comment, because I no longer feel like I need to share my surprise about the existence of the genre. Yes, I was surprised, but whatever, I do not want to implicitly express any sort of contempt towards people playing this type of music, if anything I am sure the people playing do it with great passion and enthusiasm, and I am not saying that to kiss ass (and I am aware that it very much sounds like the opposite of that).
Anyway, I noted a lot of positive reactions to the comment, and I want that to stay, so instead of deleting I want to add to my comment that the coolest thing on the planet is being respectful towards EVERYONE. And playing the drums is fun!
Yeah, screamin bout how jesus got fked up on all that wine...
Watch and Wash your mouth young man!
Lol, keep your religious bullshit to yourself
Hey guys...lets keep it friendly. Love for everyone to express their opinions but we can do that in a way that is respectful to all involved in the conversation. Drum on!
Paweł Morrison I don't believe in religion, but I do believe in GOD. (There is no reason to curse) Peace!
Lost in Space - Misfits, the end is so gorgeous.
Bang Bang by Green Day! Or Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard! Or basically anything by Blink-182!
"Lipstick" by The Buzzcocks, "The Card Cheat" or "Complete Control" by the Clash, "History's Stranglers" by The Bronx, "All This and More" by The Dead Boys. A handful of favorites that I can think of.
Definitely Ben Wah Balls by Blink -182
I really love the drum track in The Clash's "Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad". Topper Headon is soliiid.
+Christian Barrell In my book, he's the most underrated drummer in rock. His drumming on their albums was absolutely ground breaking in my book. And it shows...the band started to achieve success when he joined and saw their decline when he left. He was one of the key components to their success. Such a phenomenal talent.
Favorite punk rock song? NOFX - The Decline ! :)
hcpunk91 love NoFx
the story so far - the glass
love the drums on that one
mikal keep this up is also dope
Dead Kennedys holiday in cambodia :)
I enjoy your channel man. Subbed. I used to play. But I play guitar and sing now. Been wanting to get my drumming back up to par.
Rise Against!
Punk186 Brandon is a TIGHT punk drummer.
Yapo -full of heart
Misfits Helena and scream
I'm currently learning a French song called "L'Aventurier" by Indochine, and the hi-hat is giving me hell. It's just like you said, I try to use my fingers but my arm still tenses up pretty quickly (especially since the snare has double strokes every bar and my right arm unconsciously imitates my left). I didn't really think about mixing several techniques though… I'll try that!
Anthem part 2- blink 182
Tim McIlrath not punk
CalvinDeeDrums boi
My favorite punk song is "I fought the law" the cover by the Clash
:0 I got a heart! Senpoo noticed
Any mcr or green day folks?
And now we dance - The Vandals!
NOFX, Lori Meyers
88 Fingers Louie "Back On The Streets" prolly one of the best/funnest albums to plug in the headphones and drum along to. John Carroll is an amazing/inspirational drummer and a cool guy. Got to have a beer with him after one of they're shows and let him know that.
Burnout by Green day
Good song
Evan Tate Great song for classic punk drumming
Lamborghini Diablo SV Sex Pistols are garbage. The Clash is the best
Leo Mendez Clash is good but Sex Pistols is not garbage. green day is garbage
Green day is not garbage. How dare u hate on a band that made so many great songs with power cords. I grew up on green day watching TRE cool. I had green day posters all over my room. Not the hardest music to play but the songs are some of the most catchy and I'm my opinion some of the best punk. But when it comes to one of the best punk drummers u can't leave out Travis barker
For the best punk drumming I love Cigar. Their drummer Big Jon is unbelievably good.
nofx- don't call me white
I'm 4 years late to this, but:
The Flatliners - Dead Language
A Wilhelm Scream - Party Crasher
PEARS - (Self-Titled) (or honestly any of their releases)
These punk records are top notch!
Pears is so fucking gooddd