The fact that Travis got 2/8 slots is an accurate representation of how influential he has been/is as a drummer.

@nogrecords

Жыл бұрын

📠

@designhacker1556

Жыл бұрын

I'm probably just reading too much into it, but I feel like Alex can't contain his smiles as much when he's playing like Travis.

@twiztinupblunts4031

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think Alex might just be a big fan. Considering the amount of "Blink 182 versions" of songs and stuff

@christianadams6949

Жыл бұрын

FACTS!!!

You should absolutely keep Relient K in your repertoire. I went back and listened to that portion 5 or 6 times before finishing the rest of the song. So accurate, yet subtle enough that it wasn't over-the-top. Well done.

@ohalistair

Жыл бұрын

S tier pop punk band.

@nofacebeastmodecurbstomphu2591

Жыл бұрын

Gahhh I miss relient k! I was doing a bunch of their covers when the pandemic first hit just never dropped them along with everything else I covered haha 🤷🏽

@haydenshortley

Жыл бұрын

I also agree! Dave Douglas is a highly underrated drummer. Relient k covers would be great!

@Sgtcat190

Жыл бұрын

Would love to see some relient k covers! Definitely one of my favorites. Dunno why but I thought "country cover" and my first thought was the song "Therapy" from Forget And Not Slow Down.

@trevorharmon9506

Жыл бұрын

RK was also my favorite section. Countrifying one of their songs seems so fitting to me, since they have some stuff that leans alt-country!

Was happy to see Relient K represented and it’s especially fitting as Matt Thiessen provided backing vocals on Fireflies

@TayMcKenzieNZ

Жыл бұрын

😯 I never knew that! Thanks

@mendoza2489

Жыл бұрын

Dang that’s cool didn’t know that.

@revoltin85

Жыл бұрын

whattt? I didn't know that!

@Iloveblink182

Жыл бұрын

Matt co-wrote is as well!

@calebsimons4288

Жыл бұрын

He provided vocals, co-wrote it, and co-produced it! I think he produced the whole album.

Can we just appreciate the fact that the entire instrumental writing, production, mixing, and vocal performance changed with each band change???? Mate there’s so much background work that’s clearly gone into this beyond the drumming in the foreground - this is incredible!

@issyv

Жыл бұрын

100%

We need a Relient K cover! Loved the piano, drums and guitar parts for Dave Douglas. Totally wasn’t expecting that

@bp2888

10 ай бұрын

Alex, hear the guys. We would love that.

Am I the only one who thinks yellow card might have one of the most underrated drummers? That dude was always going hard and really gave them extra staying power

@tylerj8613

Жыл бұрын

YC got dramatically worse without him in the band. He’s absolutely intrinsic to their classic sound

@TigerDrumline42

Жыл бұрын

Lp3 is an amazing dude. When he dropped off, Yellowcard went to absolute hell.

@adamlgiroux

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that guy was insane. They had cool guitars and stuff but to me the heart of yellowcard was the voice, violin and drums

@erikcamacho1338

Жыл бұрын

LP3 was insane! Totally agree that the band lost some quality when he left

@nmbr1ctrman

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he was pretty important to the band and their vibe. They fell off big time when he moved on.

It always makes me so happy when people know who Relient K is.

Reliant K. By far. I’ve listened to them since grade school, and hearing that little section lit me up like a candle. Couldn’t have wiped the smile off my face, even if I tried (or wanted) to. One of my favorite songs with paired with many of my favorite bands would’ve been a banger no matter what, but that little tidbit made it for me. Like so many people are saying, please PLEASE do some covers in their style. Would make my day (not that your videos don’t already lol)

@benjaminstewart4051

Жыл бұрын

It works so well because Matt Thiessen was a coproducer on ocean eyes.

The palm-mutes on the guitar gave Yellowcard away, sounded just like OceanAve.

@coffeeandtrance

Жыл бұрын

it really does sound exactly like that

@samig9032

Жыл бұрын

The arrangements/vocals all give them away. Intro fill for Fall Out Boy, palm muted rhythm for Yellowcard, synth and bass for The Killers, breakdown for underoath… only one where I think I could have genuinely ID’d the drummer’s style without the references was Travis

@meangreen99

Жыл бұрын

dude that yellowcard drumming was spot on if so many of us knew it instantly, that was so great

@ohalistair

Жыл бұрын

Same with deep throating the mic gave away Aaron Gillespie. 😂

@mikehurt3290

Жыл бұрын

@@samig9032 also him singing as the drummer gave away underoath

A rk reference!!! Favorite band of all time, is the band that got me started on guitar. Just saw them on their un yeah tour. So glad to see it when they get recognition.

Immediately recognized and loved the Aaron Gillespie and Dave Douglas sections. I'd love to see some Underoath and Relient K style covers!

@NathanPhelpsMcPhelpsius

Жыл бұрын

Youth kid catnip. Can't get enough

@sirnatanielson

10 ай бұрын

Old school UO for sure!

holy eff dude, that was a trip down memory lane

I didn't know you were a Relient K fan! I'd love to see some covers of their songs from you!

@gabedavis3294

Жыл бұрын

Also, love the Owl City cover. He's among my favorite artists.

@megshep

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, Matt Thiessen produced the original Fireflies song with Owl City, and wrote on a bunch of his early stuff :D And yes, pleeeeeeeease drop some "If Relient K covered..." Or do some other arrangements of Relient K songs! (If Blink-182 covered Pressing On?)

@Doradexplora

Жыл бұрын

He strikes me as someone who listens to a lot of different genres, not necessarily the ones he plays.

@Purpleporkypine

Жыл бұрын

I agree with this

@CollideWithTheSlope

Жыл бұрын

Iirc in one of his past videos he was wearing a Relient K tee

I think my favorite part about this one was realizing just how much more I notice drums in songs by some of my favorite bands then I realized. Being able to recognize the Relient K, Underoath, and Josh Dun arrangements was pretty cool.

I agree with everyone else: MORE RELIENT K! But the Aaron Gillespie part was my favorite. Super cool!

1. You’re an incredible drummer 2. I can’t believe how good those electric drums sound!

Really dig the Yellowcard version! You're the man.

@ryismazin

Жыл бұрын

Every comment is about Reliant K, but like, Yellow card, guys. Yellowcard. ♥️

Fantastic job! I love that you included Dave Douglas from Relient K. One of the more underrated drummers of our youth. I also loved how you mimicked his performance in “I So Hate Consequences.” Also great band choice given Matt Thiessen’s role in creating the original “Fireflies” by Owl City.

The Yellowcard and Relient K sections had me grinning ear to ear -- absolutely nailed it. The others were amazing, too, but I'm more familiar with those two bands and caught on right away. Love your videos! Keep it up!

The synth at 2:08 - 2:29 was absolutely DIVINE

@gundamofspitara7583

Жыл бұрын

Very Killers

Another absolute banger. Definitely really enjoyed the Aaron Gillespie portion. As I saw the mic, I figured it was him. Thanks for the stellar content!

@m0narch969

Жыл бұрын

came to say this. The Aaron Gillespie part was my favorite. I immediately started banging my head to that. I loved that groove!

Dave Douglas. Met this guy when RK played in Jacksonville, FL years ago. I'm also a drummer and he was so nice when I asked him 20 questions about his kit. Great video man!

The Relient K one was awesome and you nailed their sound. Please do more in their style!

Owl City, Underoath, & Relient K! Your Christian library is well above the KZread standard of 90s/2000s shout outs!

the first blink182 version needs to become a full song!!

@Memorh19

Жыл бұрын

Also the Yellowcard one!! 🤘🏼

@ShaneSur23

Жыл бұрын

It is. It’s called Feeling This.

@addmoreninjas

Жыл бұрын

agreed! I suggested this a few videos ago and am still hoping it happens

Love it! Relient K was sooo good. Would like to see more in the style of them and more of that ccm mix up. It could use the shake up! Keep up the good work buddy.

Immediately recognized quite a few, but *especially* Aaron, and Dave! Aaron was sooo spot on, and I was so pleasantly surprised to see Relient K included!! 🖤

The Relient K version was BRILLIIANT! Would love to hear some more in their style. Highly underrated band.

Loved the relient k section! … and everything else too lol

All I could think was "That sounds like a Matt Thiessen arrangement" and then when you dropped Dave Douglas my jaw dropped and stayed there for the rest of the video. I love all of your stuff man, but this hit me in a really special nostalgic way. I saw Relient K play at Darian Lake in 2002 and my dad whipped out his binoculars so I could watch Dave on the drums...that cemented me as pop punk kid for life. Again, absolutely obsessed with this one Alex!!

@Yorie1234

Жыл бұрын

The actual song was co-written and co-produced by Matthew Thiessen, so a pop punk version will probably always sound reminiscent off Relient K

@megshep

Жыл бұрын

@@Yorie1234 Correct!! But when the RK arrangement came up, it was clear to me haha.

@dcunitedmts

Жыл бұрын

I haven't thought about Relient K in at least a decade, going through the hits again. That arrangement felt so familiar but I never would've guessed RK given a thousand options.

@klenk1am

Жыл бұрын

Relient K has one of the most memorable concerts! They have a lot of fun. I can still vividly picture Matt walking out on stage with a toy Keytar to open with "In Love with the 80s"

@megshep

Жыл бұрын

@@klenk1am I had the pleasure of seeing them on tour with Switchfoot about 5 years ago and it was absolutely incredible!

We need full versions of each! The Ocean Avenue one was probably my favourite if I had to pick, but they’re honestly all killer!🤘

At first I was impressed that I was able to guess most of these, but then realized I was only able to do so because of how brilliant of a songwriter and musician you are. This was a fun one!

Really want an actual Angels and Airwaves cover of this now

@westside1912

Жыл бұрын

I'll second this one -- great idea

@obi-kenkenobi4346

Жыл бұрын

Dude. Yes.

@westside1912

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Emmons He did an AVA -inspired cover of "Ocean Avenue" a while back and it would be incredible to see "Fireflies" get a similar treatment.

That was great! Longineu Parsons III is easily my favorite drummer of all time! Biggest influence on my own drumming next to Travis and Aaron.

I couldn't stop laughing and smiling this whole time. Not only could I guess most of the bands but I knew the exact track that you pulled a majority of the sound from (Yellowcard especially). LOVE that you included Relient K too, that's my most listened band my whole life by a wide margin.

As someone who grew up listening to all these bands, I think you've really managed to capture the essence of each one's style! It was so immediately recognizable!!! RelientK and Yellowcard were definitely my favourites! Love to see more of this stuff from you!

Dude!! That was awesome!! I didn’t expect Reliant K or TØP!! Keep it up! Also you nailed the vocals. And guitar especially with Yellowcard. I knew who it was immediately.

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@geniosityfilms

Жыл бұрын

I love how you didn't just change the drum styles but also added some band-specific arrangements and adjusted your vocals. You're an incredible talent, never stop doing what you do!!!!!

@drummerbatak

Жыл бұрын

this video make me sure that you are really a drummer LOL

@joeyteenspirit

Жыл бұрын

Alex, what kind of electronic drum kit are you playing on here? It sounds amazing! You’re one talented guy. God bless you

@christianmino4073

Жыл бұрын

I love how for yellowcard you just changed the song to ocean avenue XD Love ya bro, seriously a like on this comment would make my homies so jealous XD

@TheLionsDen

Жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, totally unrelated, but i got a reply to my earlier comment saying I was selected for a giveaway, is that a scam, or was that legit?

Loved all these drum covers, but you absolutely cracked me up with your MGK impression at the end! Completely dead on.

I loved this!! 1. Iconic song that I loved when I was younger and haven’t heard for ages. Yum! 2. Loved the format/concept of this video-it was fun to see you play different flavors/personalities 3. The design element of this video really shone through for me-the font/band logo combo was great plus the transitions between sections was cool. What a level up! So awesome!

You definitely deserve more subs man. I really enjoy your renditions. All the best ❤️

More Relient K and Owl City covers, plz!! Great work! Really impressive!

This is almost just a video of you playing as all my Favorite Drummers! So happy to see Dave Douglas in there 🔥

I love that you not only got the sound and style of the drummers, but also their mannerisms. The way you played the Josh Dun section was so physically distinctive that I could have recognized it without even hearing it. He has a very particular set of mannerisms when he's playing and it stood out right away

This was amazing. My favorite drum part was Ronnie Vannucci's. God, I love his drumming. So simple and so powerful!

These covers rip dude. And it's funny how recognizable Aaron is. Immediately you know.

This is incredible 💕 every one of your videos are amazing and always makes me smile because of the nostalgia. You're so creative and it's greatly appreciated.

That was awesome! I loved all the different styles, and you nailed the fills throughout the song.

Perfect Relient K arrangement with all those syncopated beats....and UnderOath just hit the spot! Thanks for bringing my back to the early 2000s. What a time.

Love this, absolutely wrecking it as usual!

I keep coming back to this video. So awesome man!

Love these man, all the details that made me love this stuff growing up is spot on. Keep up the great work!

It’s unfair that he’s insanely talented at every instrument and can sing. What a legend

That MGK impression was solid

What a great song selection to go with the awesome idea & execution. Thanks dude. 👊🏼

The Aaron Gillespie and Relient K bits were so perfect. Recognized them both right away.

Loved seeing Relient K in one of your videos! Would love to see you cover one of their songs! Shout out to House of Heroes, the band Josh Dun was in before Twenty One Pilots. They put out a ton of good music back in the day!

@psychlops924

Жыл бұрын

Wait, what??? Josh was in House of Heroes?? How did I not know this

Absolutely incredible how much fun that was! Got the styles spot on across all the bands.

Amazing stuff once again... Keep it up Alex!

If you're up for another interesting challenge, would love to hear you try Alex Rodriquez's (Saosin) drumming style on something.

How long do you have to listen to a drummer to prep for something like this or does it come pretty quickly from knowing the bands and being a drummer?

@AlexMelton

Жыл бұрын

I think I had touchstone techniques in mind for about half of them going in, and the other half is basically ripping off drum parts from specific songs of the bands they are in while accommodating for the new song structure on top of it. A healthy mix of general style observations vs specific transposed grooves, basically. Great question!

Amazzzzzzzing job, Alex!!! Loved it!

Love it man! And I really like the sound of your drums.

Got Travis down man. Your a great artist

@ShaneSur23

Жыл бұрын

The first Barker one sounded like Feeling This.

The only one I didn’t guess correctly was Twenty One Pilots. You’re amazing at everything you do so it’s hard to pick a favorite. They were all perfect but Relient K just hit a little more for me, it was so beautiful.

@kingpin08918

Жыл бұрын

for some reason idk why i guessed panic at the disco for that one myself! XD

@RacheWithTheFace

Жыл бұрын

@@kingpin08918 I can kinda hear that lol.

The way you perfectly captured, not only the drummers, but the bands was incredible! so freaking good

So well done as always!!!

I watch a lot of your videos when I have to drive through the night. Nostalgic sounds remixing lots of things I love. Always impresses me.

alex...you fucking rock dude. it is inspiring to watch you videos over the years! keep it up dude!

Soooo awesome man! Really enjoy every single video of yours! You’re pretty fucking great man!

Alex you just keep getting better on every video. This is my favourite song. And you covered it flawless. Keep them coming. Stay safe.

I’d say the killers was spot on. Wasn’t too sure about the others. I love how your guitar and everything matched the band too. Name that drummer would an amazing series

Love it, awesome work man!

Amazing man! Great Job! Waiting for more drum covers

i enjoy the fact that the Relient K section was at the part of the song that Matthew Thiessen had vocals in. :)

Saw you working on these on IG and was wondering what it was for. Worth the wait!

This is great! I’d love to see more videos like this.

Funnest video I've watched in awhile. Well done my man. Well done

That was so enjoyable!! And I loved the Ronny Vanucci section!!

This is so fucking awesome. You nailed every single style! It was fun trying to guess who it was before it came up on screen. So here for this content. Well, all of your content really. Keep up the killer work dude 👌🏻👌🏻

Highly appreciate the vocals and instrumentation changing with each drummer as well.

Duuuude this was so much fun to watch. You used all my favorite pop-punk drummers! I would love to see more multi-drummer covers like this.

Phenomenal as always!

dope Alex! Keep em coming!

this is genuinely very good please do this style of thing with more songs

so impressive! keep it up man, love it!!

You’re just incredible man, one of my favorite musicians on KZread.

I can't believe it took me this long to find this one in your bag of trucks! LOVE the owl city cover in all its forms.

Wow this is wonderful and so on point!

That was soooo AMAZING BRO!!!!! I would listen to this song over and over and never get sick of it!! Great job well done bro!!!

You even got the posture down for the different drummers. Attention to detail is a big part of going from good to great. Travis' left, right, left on the symbols... chefs kiss!

Amazing!! More of these please

It’s amazing how fucking amazingly you nailed the feel of all of these different groups/drummers

This had me grinning the whole time and I couldn't wait to see who was next. Loved it!

Great concept and fantastic execution! I love that you included Relient K!

This was such a creative idea!!! And it sounds so good!!!

Bro, Alex, you are insanely talented. I could straight hear the changes like they were as clear as vocals. Really well done.

Thank you Alex for bringing us back into this era!

Dude. This was the most entertaining and interactive drum video I’ve watched. I was literally sitting on my couch getting excited trying to figure out the drummers before the names popped up. Amazing job man!

So cool mate. Bloody love your music. Very talented.