Maybe I can add some things. Here is a comment on Reddit from someone from Japan: "Please know that Nyango star is a yuru-chara mascot from Japan representing Aomori prefecture that's part of the Tohoku-region which was devastated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 11th, 2011. So, anytime Nyango star makes public appearances it is to promote the region and help it recover from the tragedy. It isn't drumming for its personal gain but for its beloved home." You got to love Nyango Star, nobody knows who is in the suit, such mascots do not speak in Japan, because they are unofficial mascots (official mascots also exist). Out of respect you also do not ask who they are or reveal the name of the person. Nyango is an amazing drummer, Nyango Star backstory is that Nyango is a cat that died and was burried in a apple orchard and Nyango was reborn in an apple. The Nyango apple fell from the tree that is why Nyango has a scar on it's face. The region Nyango is playing for has many apple orchards, it's their biggest export product to the rest of Japan. This cover is a song from a very popular animated series for children, which actually has some kind of dark lyrics for a children's song. Nyango is very skilled, seems to have very no issues playing songs like Akatsuki or Road of Resistance by Babymetal or Kurenai by X-Japan. A band of mascots exists that is called CHARAMEL and Nyango is the drummer. Nyango Star name came from coming a couple of things: nyan means cat's meow in Japanese, Star because of Beatles's drummer Ringo Star and ringo means apple in Japanese.
I used to think that it was the drummer of a band called Uchikubi Gokumon Dôkôkai, but i'm not sure now. Even the drummer, she plays in the same style. Check videos of this band. They are amazing.
@@yvidiot the first thing I look for other than drumming style is where the drummer comes from and the drummer is from a completely other side of Japan. So I think it would be unlikely.
"Can you play a children's concert this weekend?" "If you have a double bass pedal." "Why do you need a double bass pedal for a children's concert?" " Just bring the f#!%ing pedal."
Nyangosan Star keeps good time in this otherwise wake-me-when-it's-over snoozer: He's just stuffin' 10 times as many strokes on that thang before the ride's over, if you know what I mean.
A lot of Japanese towns or areas have similar characters or mascots and they raise money for charities, promote the local area, local produce and so on. The area Nyango Star represents is best known for producing apples, so his character is apparently an apple possessed by the spirit of a dead cat. I don't think anybody knows who is in the costume. He gets the name from the sound a cat makes (here we might think meow, in Japan that might be nyan) and he is a drummer, so Nyango Star isn't so far off Ringo Star of The Beatles. There are videos of Nyango Star playing in a band with other mascots on guitar and bass. There are more of him covering well known rock and metal songs ... I have seen one of him dressed as Su-metal of BABYMETAL (wearing a wig similar to her hair style and a cloak similar to one she would wear for a couple of songs) covering her solo song 'Akatsuki'.
@@Wombatmetal The local mascot thing is so big in Japan that there's an entire sub-genre dedicated to super heroes. They even got all of them together to make a movie "Local Heroes Great Battle."
sry but ive never heard any of our cats over 20 yrs make a sound that sounded like it was saying "nyango" maybe meooww, no g's or y's lol... maybe that's what Japanese cats sound like or something... ninja cats saying "neeooon" I doubt it. I thought it was a play on ringo star from the beatles. prob more likely. but, I wish barney had this drummer when I was 3 yrs old, that would have been cool
I love how Nyango Star starts off normal, then can't hold back anymore and just lets loose and goes nuts on the drums. And to do that in a costume that results in short arms. Amazing and fantastic. Thanks for the reaction to this.
The story of nyango star is so awesome, just a regular person with mad skills who wanted to help their prefecture prosper. I highly suggest looking into this character and support this talented souls homeland.
Nyango Star's power is blocked by the costume he wears. Had he played without the costume, the children's ears would be bleeding, eyes melting, and heads exploding from his awesomeness at drumming!! Some say he almost destroyed the world from his drumming as a kid, so he wears the costume to keep his powers at 15%.. He is Nyango Star!!
@@robhuanout5443 I LOVE musician jokes, and this is the first time I have heard that one. Brilliant, sir. Here's one I saw Chrissie Hynde tell at a Pretenders concert: "A bass player walks by a bar..." "...It could happen!!"
Love this! and love your reaction! Lol! It's a big deal in Japan that the DO NOT try to find out who's in costume. It's kind of taboo for them to even think there's a real person in there. It's a character, that's it.
Alas, Alan realized, after all his efforts, his wood shedding, playing every gig that came along. Now, at 37, Alan is playing drums at a children's carnival dressed in a cartoon character/mascot outfit. He just snapped, ...midsong. The children will be in therapy for years. :)
When you’re sitting at work and bust out laughing uncontrollably. I lost it when he starting breaking it down. Hell he rocked out and still went along with the song. The costume just makes it so much better 😂😂
It's been around for a little while already l, but I just discovered it about a month ago. Was kinda surprised to see it appear on your channel, but I love this video. Watched it quite a few times.
The thing that gets me about the title of the video is that the mascot was almost definitely hired simply for his drumming ability making him literally perfectly qualified considering this mascots thing is drumming!
TH-cam recced this to me a few weeks ago, & my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. "What the h*ll?!" #lol Made doubly funny by the lady offside bobbing mildly along to the music like there's nothing unusual going on. Outsized ridiculousness. 😂
Man....You are the King of the reactors!!...I've watched you respond to everything from Abba and the Carpenters to Van Halen and Rush....Your openess to, and appreciation of so many musical genres is truly inspiring!!.....Please stay safe!!.....
Haha - this reminded me of one time at a college basketball game's halftime show they did a basketball game between costumed mascots. Now, depending on how elaborate the costume was, some of those mascots didn't even have use of their arms or could barely walk without falling over. Meanwhile, others were able to run, jump and use their arms no problem. Can you imagine that basketball game? It was hilarious!
Your smile says it all. Music can bring you to tears. Music can make you angry. Music can make you think about things. But best of all. Music can do something so simple. Smile😄
You should check out the vid where Nyango plays drums for Maximum the Hormone - it's so meta that it's hard not to fall in love with them just that little bit more.
Nyango Starr is a heavy metal drummer that reprisents a small city in japan. He is a cat spirit who manifested in an apple, apple farming is the main thing peiple associate with the city.
Now you gotta watch the whole saga...where the drummer is joined by a bass playing character, and the two of them are joined by a guitar player character and "singer"...
Ayyy broseph, please make a reaction video for the band Sleep, they're a really good band from San Jose, CA. A couple good songs by them are: Sleep - Dragonaut Sleep - Holy Mountain Sleep - Aquarian
I definitely second this. Dragonaut, Holy Mountain, or Dopesmoker. But it's gotta be the longer mix of Dopesmoker. I listened to them both, and just liked the longer one better. There may have been weed involved.
Wow! I have no clue. Whomever he is, he is very, very, good! Great reaction, Jamel! You just never know who is behind the talent in the costume. Thank you for reacting to this, it was fun and interesting.
I know I'm late to this, but what you're seeing here is the opening of a Japanese Metal show, he's the drummer of Mascot metal band Charamel, a hard core japanese heavy metal band that always dress as mascots onstage, and start with little kids songs before switching it up to full metal.. I absolutely love this band.
Nyango Star. A Japanese regional mascot for apples. Also a kick ass drummer.
Maybe I can add some things. Here is a comment on Reddit from someone from Japan:
"Please know that Nyango star is a yuru-chara mascot from Japan representing Aomori prefecture that's part of the Tohoku-region which was devastated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 11th, 2011. So, anytime Nyango star makes public appearances it is to promote the region and help it recover from the tragedy. It isn't drumming for its personal gain but for its beloved home."
You got to love Nyango Star, nobody knows who is in the suit, such mascots do not speak in Japan, because they are unofficial mascots (official mascots also exist).
Out of respect you also do not ask who they are or reveal the name of the person.
Nyango is an amazing drummer, Nyango Star backstory is that Nyango is a cat that died and was burried in a apple orchard and Nyango was reborn in an apple. The Nyango apple fell from the tree that is why Nyango has a scar on it's face. The region Nyango is playing for has many apple orchards, it's their biggest export product to the rest of Japan. This cover is a song from a very popular animated series for children, which actually has some kind of dark lyrics for a children's song.
Nyango is very skilled, seems to have very no issues playing songs like Akatsuki or Road of Resistance by Babymetal or Kurenai by X-Japan.
A band of mascots exists that is called CHARAMEL and Nyango is the drummer.
Nyango Star name came from coming a couple of things: nyan means cat's meow in Japanese, Star because of Beatles's drummer Ringo Star and ringo means apple in Japanese.
I used to think that it was the drummer of a band called Uchikubi Gokumon Dôkôkai, but i'm not sure now. Even the drummer, she plays in the same style. Check videos of this band. They are amazing.
Mandoad1982 ohhhhhh.. jerry from rick and morty campaign is awsome
@@yvidiot the first thing I look for other than drumming style is where the drummer comes from and the drummer is from a completely other side of Japan. So I think it would be unlikely.
@@autohmae yes. You're maybe right. But it's a good crazy rock band, isn't it ?!
This is what it look likes when a metal drummer lie on their resume.
"Can you play a children's concert this weekend?"
"If you have a double bass pedal."
"Why do you need a double bass pedal for a children's concert?"
" Just bring the f#!%ing pedal."
Why did I read through this and get to the end and just busy out laughing. 😂 jus bring the damn pedal.
this is the most underrated comment in internet history. THat should have more upvotes than the original video
Looks like the drummer was frustrated with the pace of the music.
Nyangosan Star keeps good time in this otherwise wake-me-when-it's-over snoozer: He's just stuffin' 10 times as many strokes on that thang before the ride's over, if you know what I mean.
He managed to maintain rhythm while amping the temp up by 16x.
A lot of Japanese towns or areas have similar characters or mascots and they raise money for charities, promote the local area, local produce and so on. The area Nyango Star represents is best known for producing apples, so his character is apparently an apple possessed by the spirit of a dead cat. I don't think anybody knows who is in the costume.
He gets the name from the sound a cat makes (here we might think meow, in Japan that might be nyan) and he is a drummer, so Nyango Star isn't so far off Ringo Star of The Beatles.
There are videos of Nyango Star playing in a band with other mascots on guitar and bass. There are more of him covering well known rock and metal songs ... I have seen one of him dressed as Su-metal of BABYMETAL (wearing a wig similar to her hair style and a cloak similar to one she would wear for a couple of songs) covering her solo song 'Akatsuki'.
Not to mention everything has a mascot. Towns, Cities, Prefectures, Convenience Stores, Police Stations. Companies, schools. It's a thing there.
Only in Japan. I love Japan.
Also, "ringo" is the Japanese word for apple.
@@Wombatmetal The local mascot thing is so big in Japan that there's an entire sub-genre dedicated to super heroes. They even got all of them together to make a movie "Local Heroes Great Battle."
sry but ive never heard any of our cats over 20 yrs make a sound that sounded like it was saying "nyango" maybe meooww, no g's or y's lol... maybe that's what Japanese cats sound like or something... ninja cats saying "neeooon" I doubt it. I thought it was a play on ringo star from the beatles. prob more likely. but, I wish barney had this drummer when I was 3 yrs old, that would have been cool
I haven't seen that video in awhile but it never gets old 😂. I couldn't have picked a better costume for this either lol.
My thoughts exactly. I was like, "oh yeah, this!"
Ron
😂😂😂😂😂
As a drummer myself, I am in awe that they were able to move like that on the kit.
Really?and not the fact he's doing it in a fully over covered costume he could probably not even breathe in
When you time the dosage wrong and the drugs kick in in the middle of a performance.
LOL
Lmao
You mean the cat nip?
😂😂😂
@@mgunter That cat TRANSCENDED physical, mental and legal limits in about a second flat.
*Plot twist: The costume was just protection to seal his immeasurable power*
Hell yeah it was.
copied
Theres so much it puffed out his suit
@@taijuoi yea
Glad they did cause he can destroy the entirity of the observable universe and its too dangerous to let that happen😂
I love how Nyango Star starts off normal, then can't hold back anymore and just lets loose and goes nuts on the drums. And to do that in a costume that results in short arms. Amazing and fantastic. Thanks for the reaction to this.
When you’re overqualified for the job
Sherlock.
No shit Sherlock thats the name of the video lol
The story of nyango star is so awesome, just a regular person with mad skills who wanted to help their prefecture prosper. I highly suggest looking into this character and support this talented souls homeland.
When you still dream of being a rock star but have to pay the bills somehow in the meantime.
Well it is a drumer of Kamiband who play for Babymetal band
It's more like: When you are a professional drummer in a metal band already, got into this gig to promote Aomori apples, create a new meme and own it.
"This drummer is at the wrong gig" next!
Um they're exactly where they need to be
Nyango Star's power is blocked by the costume he wears. Had he played without the costume, the children's ears would be bleeding, eyes melting, and heads exploding from his awesomeness at drumming!! Some say he almost destroyed the world from his drumming as a kid, so he wears the costume to keep his powers at 15%.. He is Nyango Star!!
I love this. I play drums and have a hard enough time not chucking sticks at the bass player.
bloody drummers... You literally have one friend in the band and you still throw shit at them.
@@robhuanout5443 Haha...as a drummer myself I know there's a lot of truth in this statement. Lol
Having been a bass player in a hard rock band in LA in the '80s, I know whereof you speak!
@@robhuanout5443 I LOVE musician jokes, and this is the first time I have heard that one. Brilliant, sir. Here's one I saw Chrissie Hynde tell at a Pretenders concert:
"A bass player walks by a bar..."
"...It could happen!!"
@@robhuanout5443 right?! As a bass player I felt this 😂
Dude he played so many different drumming styles is crazy! My favorite part is when he goes full on Hardcore Punk mode at 4:01 That man is a beast!
Love this! and love your reaction! Lol! It's a big deal in Japan that the DO NOT try to find out who's in costume. It's kind of taboo for them to even think there's a real person in there. It's a character, that's it.
Alas, Alan realized, after all his efforts, his wood shedding, playing every gig that came along. Now, at 37, Alan is playing drums at a children's carnival dressed in a cartoon character/mascot outfit. He just snapped, ...midsong. The children will be in therapy for years. :)
Awesome! This vid is captioned "when your metal af but have bills to pay" on a lot of metal pages on FB 😂
Every time I forget Facebook memes are still a thing, somebody reminds me. Thanks, I want to die now
When you’re sitting at work and bust out laughing uncontrollably. I lost it when he starting breaking it down. Hell he rocked out and still went along with the song. The costume just makes it so much better 😂😂
This is the drum equivalent of someone who has a PhD working at McDonald's. Love this!
Jamel you had me laughing out loud with your reaction . Thanks for the videos . Stay safe everyone.
I like how the woman in the background is just moving her hands along with the drumbeat and getting into it
Digging the sweater
🙏🏾
Yes, great sweater.
Indeed
may the force be with you all.
Lol, such a good thing, apple cat that has been inhabited by spirits. He plays in a band with other creatures.
Still here for Zappa.
Yeah, the serious version of Dr. Yankovic. Same level of genius though.
Yes! Zappa!!!
Tan3l6 YES with SRV and Hendrix level guitar playing and an unbelievable band!
Your laugh is seriously infectious. Love your videos man
That was entertaining for sure! Thanks for uploading all these videos to help keep the sanity in this uncertain time.
"be there at 12" Lol a drummer showing up an hour earlier than needed? Not in this universe.
🤣🤣🤣
This is literally the best thing I have seen. Fuck, I never knew I needed this in my life
It's been around for a little while already l, but I just discovered it about a month ago. Was kinda surprised to see it appear on your channel, but I love this video. Watched it quite a few times.
2:30 death metal blast beat LMAO 😂😂😂 What a legend
Bro this drummer is a savage,love your channel brother,Subbed from New Zealand 🤘🏻🇳🇿
I love when he does those wide exaggerated taps at 1:20. Somehow taunting with drums.
Im glad you found this! I laughed hard when I first watched it. You picked a winner again Jamal 👏
This always cracks me up. it's impressive that they have that kind of dexterity in that costume, but just the visual of it makes me laugh.
The thing that gets me about the title of the video is that the mascot was almost definitely hired simply for his drumming ability making him literally perfectly qualified considering this mascots thing is drumming!
He is Japanese mascot who covered Metallica, Slipknot, and Babymetal.
He covers dragonforce as well
@@powerviolence29 isnt it a she?
@@jiorts not sure on that
@@jiorts it's a theory, but nobody seems to know for sure
Legend has it that if it wasn't for the costume, many drum sets would be needed during the event because they couldn't possibly hold up to hits.
He also drums to slayer. Truly amazing skill to be doing that in the suit
TH-cam recced this to me a few weeks ago, & my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. "What the h*ll?!" #lol Made doubly funny by the lady offside bobbing mildly along to the music like there's nothing unusual going on. Outsized ridiculousness. 😂
Man....You are the King of the reactors!!...I've watched you respond to everything from Abba and the Carpenters to Van Halen and Rush....Your openess to, and appreciation of so many musical genres is truly inspiring!!.....Please stay safe!!.....
Junna! Another Japanese drummer....she will blow your mind!!!
The first time I saw this I about died laughing when he unleashed the blastbeats
my brain said tilt, when he played invertet blast beats in baby metal song
Legend say if he removes just a part of the costume he will be able to play 10 drum sets at the speed of light
This reaction is the best way to wake up this morning before I head to work. Thanks.
oh hey Nyango Star, didnt expect that.
for more japanese stuff, i think you'd enjoy Maximum The Hormone - Yoshu Fukushu, or Merzbow - Promotion Man
THIS is actually Maximum the Hormone’s drummer playing in that costume and yes SHE kicks ass !!!
Coolest video EVER! I can die happy now! It’s JAPAN Jamal, just enjoy, don’t question it. It will reverse your mind. Peace ✌️ Phil
Haha - this reminded me of one time at a college basketball game's halftime show they did a basketball game between costumed mascots. Now, depending on how elaborate the costume was, some of those mascots didn't even have use of their arms or could barely walk without falling over. Meanwhile, others were able to run, jump and use their arms no problem. Can you imagine that basketball game? It was hilarious!
In the immortal words of Tommy Callahan “ I’ve seen a lot of things,,, but that was AWESOME “
This dude is just BONKERS! LOVE IT! Seen this a while back. The lady's funny as hell too
I can just imagine an aspiring drummer getting a phone call for this gig like "Why the hell not" 😂😂
This never gets tired...brilliant!
This is funny as hell man
Sensory overload... Can't tell if Nyango Star or that sweater rules more!! 🤙🏾🍻
I think that dude was just pissed off that he had to play the drums at that place in a costume and he decided to go HAM.
If the Japanese won the war. This is how all concerts would be.
Dammit, now I'm a Japanese nationalist
Got to love these Japanese artists. This was great.😊😊😊😊
This is what it is like to be overqualified for a job. This is like a professional rock band drummer doing a kid's concert.
It makes me so happy you found this.
Your smile says it all.
Music can bring you to tears.
Music can make you angry.
Music can make you think about things.
But best of all. Music can do something so simple.
Smile😄
👍🏾😃
LOL That was so much fun. Thank you for reacting and sharing.
You should check out the vid where Nyango plays drums for Maximum the Hormone - it's so meta that it's hard not to fall in love with them just that little bit more.
I had the theme stuck in my head for days! Thanks Nyango Star 😓
Nyango Starr is a heavy metal drummer that reprisents a small city in japan. He is a cat spirit who manifested in an apple, apple farming is the main thing peiple associate with the city.
Subscribed you 👍 👍 👍 Nice/Great/Humble reaction bro.
Thank You🙏🏾
Thanks for the link bro 😎
And just like that, Nyango gave millions of children around the world glorious dreams and a spark in their eyes and hearts.
Your reaction was fantastic!
Now you gotta watch the whole saga...where the drummer is joined by a bass playing character, and the two of them are joined by a guitar player character and "singer"...
That costume it was made to seal his true power. You are witnessing the 1% of his power!
LMFAO...He has a ******SCAR****** on the left side of his cheek...HAHAHAHA Bad ass Cat.
He's amazing I saw the video and now I'm watching all the reaction videos crazy
I'm so happy that this vid showed up haha it had me laughing pretty hard the first time I saw it and it's great every time
🤯
That costume is to hide his power.
What you see is him using only 0.00001%of it.
Ayyy broseph, please make a reaction video for the band Sleep, they're a really good band from San Jose, CA.
A couple good songs by them are:
Sleep - Dragonaut
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Sleep - Aquarian
Wabi Sabi perhaps Dopesmoker as well
I definitely second this. Dragonaut, Holy Mountain, or Dopesmoker. But it's gotta be the longer mix of Dopesmoker. I listened to them both, and just liked the longer one better. There may have been weed involved.
Clearly, this drummer completely lost it and was like “screw it, I will do what I want. I’m sick of this bs!!!!!!!”
He’s good, too!
I was going to comment about Nyango Star on your Mad Drummer video, then I saw this.
Employee of the month right there
Wow! I have no clue. Whomever he is, he is very, very, good! Great reaction, Jamel! You just never know who is behind the talent in the costume. Thank you for reacting to this, it was fun and interesting.
*The only Pokemon that cannot be contained nor summoned.*
How did I miss 2 of my favorite youtube stars mashing it up? Awesome!!! Nyangostar rules!
I know I'm late to this, but what you're seeing here is the opening of a Japanese Metal show, he's the drummer of Mascot metal band Charamel, a hard core japanese heavy metal band that always dress as mascots onstage, and start with little kids songs before switching it up to full metal.. I absolutely love this band.
Thanks for laughs. I'm still laughing I can't stop.
There's another one featuring this drummer as part of a duo titled, Mt Last Two Brain Cells at 2AM, but I can't seem to find it anymore
I saw some of these drumming vids a ways back, I dug deep & found several vids, pretty crazy!
Without that costume they’d generate such powerful vibrations it’d shake the whole planet apart.
Christmas jumper? I must have self isolated too long!
I love nyango star , the mascot metal band hes in is also awesome 😂😂😂😂
Neil Peart’s day job before Rush took off
Great minds think alike.
This vid never ceases to make me smile and laugh.
@3:54 "I wish they would show the crowd!"
...they're all dead.
When my favorite TH-camr watches my favorite youtube video ....
Would love more reactions to different things like this! Maybe some stand-up comedy reactions too?
I have some stand up 👍🏾
Word!
Laughing so hard. Thank you!
It's really nice to see chris Adler finally getting some work
Imagine her drumming without a silly mascot suit inhibiting her movement and eyesight. It's probably to protect us mere mortals.
Can we get confirmation that Dave Grohl isn't wearing that suit? This seems like something he'd do.
Dave Grohl is not on Nyango Stars level, not even close.
Joey Jordison after he was let go from Slipknot.
Blimey. Normally watching yourself on the ps4 where you can't comment, but. But. The Jamster, you are the man. Different class!
That woman with the clipboard 😂