In the early 90's, I got to see Primus open for Rush. Man, what a phenomenal show that was. Three hours of mind blowing musical talent. R.I.P. Neil Peart

@nsfw6110

3 жыл бұрын

Man, Neil died on my Birthday.

@Folktalesanpedro

3 жыл бұрын

WTF i am jealous of you lol two of the best 3 pieces to ever exist in one night?

@retroxify

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, the Bones tour was my introduction to Primus. My friends and I arrived a little bit late and Primus had already started their set. Tim was doing the cymbal intro for Too Many Puppies as we made our way to our seats, and we sat down just as Les and Larry roared in. I just remember thinking to myself "Ok THIS is different and I LIKE IT." As I'm also a bass player, you can probably imagine why. To think now that I saw two of history's most iconic bassists on the same stage back then...

@matthewfmontgomery7678

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that same tour! Epic show!

@nq1313

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best drummers of my generation aside from Carey.

I always loved the sound of the bass drums on the album - they sound like an idling RACE CAR

Tim and Danny Carey are just so natural at feeling/playing difficult beats/timing and then making it look so effortless. Love this dude!

@Al-oq7zk

2 ай бұрын

2 of my faves! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

One of the most unrecognized and under appreciated drummer! Keep rocking Tim!

@larrytate1657

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!

@BobRadu

Жыл бұрын

Literally my favorite drummer (even more than Neil Peart, who is second for me). Copeland 3rd if anybody cared.

@raunchy1313

Жыл бұрын

For sure my favorite drummer

I swear I've never heard a tighter drum sound. Impecable.

Solid, no clown antics, no juggling, just doing business--my kind of drummer. A great teacher, too.

One of the great drummers in major influence on my life as a drummer and I don't think there is a better ormore important drummer from the 90s, then Tim Alexander. some people would beg to differ but that's just my opinion. His style has rubbed off on me in more ways than one.

@Schaz42

2 жыл бұрын

I’d add Carter Beauford and Danny Carey for ‘97 and back for me, I still have those albums on rotation. Pure geniuse

@runshittoplay

2 жыл бұрын

Sean Kinney I think is killer too and important to mention from the 90’s.

@jorgenroed6213

2 жыл бұрын

Tim is definitely one of the greatest; he made Primus Primus… just like Stewart Copeland made The Police The Police…!

@hassaface5204

Жыл бұрын

im gay

@mopheaded728

11 ай бұрын

What about Lars Ulrich from 90s era? @@Schaz42

Thats what I always appreciated about Tim and Primus. They're all SUPER talented and play in such an unorthodox way. Super innovative musicians

Most underrated drummer of all time 🙌

@mikemercer5808

10 ай бұрын

No doubt!

The pop of his snare is so good

Herb is my favorite drummer since 1990

Seriously some of the least conventional rock drumming on first few Primus albums. And it meshes with the Bass riffs so well, all his drumming has a tribal, swinging rhythm to it. Love this guy’s playing.

Best drummer for PRIMUS

@tbone6924

3 жыл бұрын

@Rollin' Stoned you mean one of seven...but I would agree he is by far the best Primus drummer.

@tbone6924

3 жыл бұрын

@Rollin' Stoned Agreed

@fredericofellini8672

3 жыл бұрын

Brain is betta

So effortless changed the way I think about drumming since I heard pork soda

I haven't heard this in at least ten years, and I still remember all of the fills. And I'm a guitarist lol

@rogue-like4life

Жыл бұрын

I just had the same experience

Would kill to have seen a clinic with this guy.....

One of the tightest drummers ever. Although his replacement Brian was no slouch either...

@paisteuser06

4 жыл бұрын

The Antipop album was no disappointment. Brain brought an entirely different style to the band that really complimented the sound that les and larry revealed for that short stint in 97-99.

@MST3Killa

4 жыл бұрын

@@paisteuser06 It was different for sure, which is kind of what Primus does best in general... but I will say, as personal preference, I liked Tim's style better. Just felt like it tied so much of what Larry and Les did together in a much more complete kind of way.

@iksnivils

3 жыл бұрын

He was a terrific slouch

@gordonchen9510

Жыл бұрын

What he lacks in finesse he makes up with energy

One of the top influences on my drumming growing up....

Bloody excellent drummer

Cool video. Tim Alexander & Stewart Copeland are my 2 fave drummers. ✌🏾

Incredible. Precision and power and flow and ideas. Genius.

One of the best to ever sit behind the kit 🔥

Tim is so awesome! I love his drumming so much!

One of my favourite drummers

Killer performance but he should explain how he locks in Rhythmically with the bass line with his left hand ghost notes and the patterns on the bass drum(s)

Top 3 favorite drummers for me (along with Neil and John). I got to hang with Tim when he was playing with the Blue Man Group - early 2000s. Participated in the warm up drum circle with him before the show and sat right next to him during the show! One of the best nights of my life!

Definitely a huge influence. You'd think Les would be the one, but the brain did it for me. Often over looked, the drums in Primus are sic. Also look up Kenneth Shaulk from Candiria....holy hell...

My favorite drummer.

so effortless

Tim has a simple approach to his role in Primus. Touring with Primus was a great time. I have supported 2 US tours. Whole band is super fun and great to work with.

Back in the 90's I always thought Primus sucked, now that I get it, and can see through curtains I can't get enough of them... There are some good things about getting older, my grandkids think I'm nuts but whatever..... killer drummer..all of them super talented...

@NotSkeletor

2 жыл бұрын

primus sucks!

@mitch5699

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotSkeletor now you get it !!!! Les Claypool don't give a fk if you don't like it !!! nor do I !!!

Thanks for posting

Phenomenal drummer. Makes it look effortless.

Herb: We try not to be predictable. Me: SO HE DOES NOTICE!

@mitch5699

3 жыл бұрын

me back in the 90's : Primus sucks !! you : oh you get it !!!

My favorite drummer for Primus, I love the first albums in which he was playing!

That's the oddest drum arrangement I've seen...but a great drummer nonetheless

@rickardsanchez4602

4 жыл бұрын

He can place the toms lower inbetween the bass drums that way.

@whiskeyandfeet

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickardsanchez4602 That makes sense. Economy of motion and all that. I thought it might be to let the clinic attendees see his feet.

@carpepesci

3 жыл бұрын

Frank Beard did this in the late 90s. He was trying these new toms that were toms, but had the length of otobans. I can still remember the pictures in Modern Drummer and couldn't help but think how weird it looked. Years later, I kind of did the same thing by getting a left-hand double pedal so I could move the kick to my left and move everything lower. Gotta say, it save a lot of movement and made moving around the kit a lot easier.

@rhysevans7903

3 жыл бұрын

He has really long legs

@Klippstein41

3 жыл бұрын

I love that Herb uses a lot of toys and always experimented w super weird setups...I chalk that up to the Rush influence. I don't envy his drum techs but he is a no-nonsense monster on the drums. Underappreciated bc he isn't super flashy but he gets the job done and he's solid af. Same reason I love Chad Smith. Both are extremely dependable gorillas back there.

SOOOO awesome

Does he have any instructional dvds?

Great drummer!

My band performed in Mesa, AZ at Hollywood Alley where Tim hung out with his Fata Motgana band mates that play in a local band called Fred Green. I also saw him perform at Big Fish Pub in Tempe with his old band Laundry when they toured to support Black Tongue. :)

Just occurred to me his bass drums are set up like that so people can see his feet? Very considerate, or is that standard practice at clinics?

How many other Drummers has Primus had now ?? Four or five ? 🤔 🥁 🎶

Legendary

Please tell me I’m not the only one whose confused about his drum set up.

@twobirdsstonedatonce

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like he's playing the outside pedal on two double bass pedals... seems like an awful waste of space

@Riddim4

3 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing it lets him get his toms lower.

@chickdrummer88

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's so you can see his feet during the clinic as well.

@Matticus289

3 жыл бұрын

Tim has freakishly long legs

@waveoflight

3 жыл бұрын

@@chickdrummer88 figured it out.

Awesome percussionist. Love it . Plus I need to learn how to play that’s song..bitchn beat.

Tim is an amazing drummer. And the way Primus records, he has to build his parts AFTER Les has already recorded bass… Which is not the traditional way or easy to do. I think him and Ler end up living in the shadows quiet a bit, which is sad because they are both phenomenal and innovative players in their own right.

@gringochucha

2 жыл бұрын

Les on his own is great, but it's the sum of these three musical eccentrics that makes Primus truly amazing.

He said grace notes!! That what they were called when I started drumming. Blessed be Saint Haskell Harr

That pop of the snare.

So clean.

love the drum sound the guy,s got??

Worried about my Son Chevy Lloyd as I'm a Single Father hoping he's allowed to safely & rightfully return to me. I want to get him a drum set. I also hope to someday after he's freed from his abductors/abusers be able to get a new place for us where we're not burgerlurised poisoned stalked framed/entrapped hacked spoofed gaslighted & unable to get help preventing crimes against us & where he's able to practice as much & as loudly as he wants!

anyone knows Wich hi hats is he using?

@mcdude0192

3 жыл бұрын

He mainly uses Zildjan K custom dark 13s or 14s

damn I wish I could do that

Sick dude. 🤘🏻

Im not a drummer. Is there 2 Hi Hats there? One next to snare and one between other cymbals?

I heard the hands beat the whole time he was talking, even before he started playing.

Interesting set up. I guess everything comes back through the sound system so it doesn't matter that the base drums are so far apart and away from the drummer. Didn't care at all for the trash can lid cymbal to his right but I was wondering what the curly cue on his left would sound like.

The cam on that car 🏎️

anyone feel like some Tony Hawks pro skater?

@JasonRyanWilson

Жыл бұрын

Primus was all I ever listened to when skateboarding

Kerupuk Pabrik?

Damn this guy’s good. Must be from all that ginseng.

He didn't explain if there are any ghosts notes between the S T E A M and Y.

Why do his bass drums look so far away from each other? Are they tiny?

Jesus that snare sounds incredible...

That snare sound🔥 I think the ride is from the Zildjian Impulse line, but if anyone knows what China this was please share!

Using 2 slave side pedals? Now that's unpredictable

HERB!!

Cleannnnnnnnnnn.

What was Jerry again??

@johangambleputty7658

3 жыл бұрын

Well, rumor has it, and I'm not 100% positive about this, but enough people seem to agree with me, well, that is to say they agree with the people who believe the rumor to be true, of which I am one, that Jerry's occupation, or maybe his hobby, as we dont know if he was a professional or not, at least at the time this song was composed, is, or shall I saw was, believed to be a fireman. As for Captain Pierce, well we all know he was a racecar driver, drove a 442 with a Bocephus sticker on it.

@waveoflight

3 жыл бұрын

dog will hunt!!

Ice bell master

Herb the Ginseng drummer!

Damn I always thought he did that bass triplet on a single pedal.

I can't stop imagining how wide his hips are 😂

The kicks seem to be in a strange place, never seen that before.

@iTeachMyToast

3 жыл бұрын

I just imagine him doing the splits in order to reach the pedals😂

That's Herb.........Herb the ginseng drummer.

Are those 20x16 bass drums?

@mcdude0192

3 жыл бұрын

His main right kick is a 20 and the other is an 18 so extremely small kicks

The Djinn-Cing drummer

The best Drummer in 90's decada jejejeje PRIMUS

Herbs a gensing drummer.

Sólido!!!

Jerry's bass drum and fills are so nasty

What the FUCK kind of set up is THAT! WOW

Dog will hunt

@mrdrprof99

3 жыл бұрын

Chop Top

Just play the damn song!!!! Lol

@ScratchDeez11

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a clinic. Stfu

@francisjames1377

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!!!! Clinics are for people getting Free STD shots in the @SS! Lol

@jaybles0999

3 жыл бұрын

@@francisjames1377 then why are you here? Stfu

TIM=GOD

Man you could park a car between his bass drums lol. Such an odd placement.

@klegdixal3529

3 жыл бұрын

apparently he's got a medical recommendation to not rise hands too high during an effort. note that toms are really low where bass drums should be.

@CrowT

3 жыл бұрын

@@klegdixal3529 Interesting

So underrated

DOg will hunt!!

DOG WILL HUNT! Herb kicks ass!

@5:37 what in the actual fuck

Les can never keep up with Tim.

martijn mocht zn pas niet bij hebben.. :/

Tu tum.....tu tum

That China tho.

Duuuuuude

El Sobrante stoners! 🤣

Tim looks like the Joe Rogan of drums.

Primus sucks

typical high school drummer

Wanna know an unanswerable question? "Who does Primus sound like?" I'm a fairly eclectic listener -- I love the Beastie Boys, the Doors, Devo, Metallica, and The Eagles with equal intensity... but there's something SO unique about Primus, and other posters have said it here.... it's the blend of virtuoso musicianship and the absolute disdain for traditional melodies and rhythms... they are ALONE in their own genre. They're infinitely smarter than any other band out there, with the possible exception of Tool... but Tool is a bit too didactic and intellectual. There's no sense of humor in Tool's music. Primus knows it's a genius and says "Let's do jello shots!" Truly unique, truly mind-bending, and above all, ENTERTAINING.