THOMAS PRIDGEN SMASHING AUGUST 16 2000

[ZakTaylor23]

3:24 metallica's lost bongo player!

[ZakTaylor23]

3:24 metallicas lost bongo player!

[King7191]

5:40 I threw all my sticks away!!

[specialness16]

Thomas is destroying - that singer is destroying too!

[Codey507]

Yo does anybody know the song if this get at me asap

[niadupri]

@Codey507 "Good to me" off of GMWA Youth Mass choir live in New Orleans 2000. You can get it on Amazon

[niadupri]

Respond to this video... OMG this brings back memories! GMWA used to be so much fun back then. Much respect to Becky White who wrote this song. We killed it that night for like 20 minutes until they set us down. LOL.

[Moog167]

3:20 is the reason why Thomas isn't probily playing for a lot of Gospel/R&B now lolol

Y'all see how the guy on the Rhodes try to make him calm down? lolol jkjk

[2MUCHCHICKEN]

black people church looks so much fun (no racist) id go every sunday, serious

[superjam18]

i wonder if he still stays in contact with his church band?

[braithwaite23]

whats the name of that song they singin? and who is it by

[StudioD101]

Bongo player at 2:26 he be Goin in!!!!!

[Codey507]

Yo seriously what's the name of this song

[uhopboydaddy23]

dude on congos going crazy

[winnerbaby44]

so.. 5.41.. anyone has any clue about what was that?

[gobluteam]

Wait so Thomas wore shirts to church when he played?

[TheFlight999]

Thomas at 4:08 is like lord forgive me for im about to sin because.... IM RAPING THIS KIT!!!! lol

[musicmankeyz]

@TheFlight999 he is RAPING the kit with no compassion..its like his jus sayin jus sit there and take it..Damnnn..

[TheFlight999]

@musicmankeyz he's a beast man

[musicmankeyz]

@TheFlight999 he sure is..been a beast from the day he was born...

[BdonB]

Is this really Thomas pridgen 10years ago??? I don't see it man lol

[drummingtothesky]

@BdonB He's 17 here.

[ImaFez]

@drummingtothesky wait man forreals. this is mr p back when he was 17?

[drummingtothesky]

@ImaFez I think so!!!!

[ThaMac33]

Whats the name of this song? Whose choir sang it? I need to find it.

[java360]

saw this vid late last yr and have been lookin for it...and now ive finally stumbled across it from watchin another vid..lol lol...thomas evolved from jus plain crazy to has really lost it and there's no return..he plays really well...

[cwilkeslee]

he really starts tearing it up at 3:55!!

[HARON08]

2:59 That kid gets the chill of his life.

[Moog167]

@HARON08 That's Mike Moore he plays drums for Diddy now lol

[HARON08]

@Moog167 Oh, shit! lol Apparently I'm not that familiar with faces.

[byLivio]

Hes playing is so tight.Thats amazing!

[AronMurillo]

He's wearing a shirt!!!!@!!!!!!! hahah

[bestdrummaalive87]

wowowowowowow can we say throback

[bakedflakes]

Im actually loling at how gud he is.

Hes one of those musicians that just cause you to forget the rest of the band is even there.

He is a MONSTA

[ZachSessoms]

lol its hard to realize its him with out the dreads

[cdrumz]

DANG HE WUZ BAD ..NOT DAT HE AINT NOW BUT HES ON SOME OTHER STUFF...

[DavidChoiDrumz]

what is thomas pridgen doing these days?!

[guerillafilmproduct]

@DavidChoiDrumz

well um cedric is a prima donna..so he left the mars volta.

hes gotta new project..I wish him the best of luck.

but mostly hes just bashin drums and smokin lots of blunts

[kwtrmln]

@DavidChoiDrumz

he started an oakland based band called "th ememorials" check out their song called "west coast"

[albanpig3]

I wonder if he goes back to his church and plays sometimes hmmm...

[essjkid05]

holy shit! it is thimas pridgen!

[pk3206]

Are those Zildijan K cymbals?

[Bentoss612]

@pk3206 sabians bro. not sure of the type

[dajazzdrumma]

what song is that?

[rhettcprice]

Dude that vocal line at 1:35....oh yes

[uhopboydaddy23]

dude on da congos losing it

[nathanbossoh]

was dis actually done it 2000. dat means tim had only been playin for like 5 years den. but dat cnt b tru it does not look like hes 17 here

[Nasute]

Whats the name of this song?

[Moog167]

LOL at the end The choir members try to tell him to tone it down and then.....he stops but he's still goin....lol

[JasonTrikakis]

Damn. So jealous. He speaks the truth. For realz.

[chud89]

playing gospel music thomas had the right inspiration nothing better to have God feeding you inspiration through music.

[paulalexanderjohnson]

LOL .... Mike Moore (One of Diddy's Drummers) just looking at Pridgen ... 5:40 . That's when you know someone has been inspired .

[Spacecowboyy]

@paulalexanderjohnson LOL.

[Guerilla4554]

Do my eyes decieve me, is that really thomas pridgen, with glasses and no dreads? =O

[kentjae]

yes it is window panes 4 style n a nice processed fade. hey it is 2000 here!

[highlightmaterial]

hand f00t,hand f00t, d0uble time!!!

[Jmozee]

TRUE BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrzak81]

That chop at 5:41 was SOOOOOOO sick!

[funkymuz]

16!!!!! WTF!!!!!

[tcslick420]

Crazy fill, was it RRK triplets? (using right-handed doubles?

[2468DDT]

Sounds like the whole band was lost to me!

[from93till]

LOL at the kid in the white after the 5:40 fill. "OOO DAT WAS TIIIIIIIIIGGGHTTTTT OOOOOO!!"

[shaowte07]

percussionist lost the 1 at 4:00. LMSO!!

[Moog168]

@shaowte07 He ain't no percussionist though he just play congas and bongos lol

[pathemus]

@shaowte07 haha yeah!

[MAckyT5]

what song is this

[scatron3000]

This Is how you play In Church! If all church's had music like this the whole world would be standin out side the doors

[hduece78]

How old was Thomas on this video

[kentjae]

this was 2000 so he was 16!!

[therealsuffolksoul]

man that 5:41 fill caught me so off guard. that was a,azing.

[ericamcelveen]

@therealsuffolksoul I agree!!!!!!!

[chud89]

thomas is to crazy loved him in gospel music

[paulysci925]

big ups rawrbiz

[Abgulu]

its hard to believe this is thomas incomparison to what he looks today. hes definently less prog rock wit it in this vid and way more gospel.

[JojoRichards2005]

Thomas been a beast

[musicallytoned1]

look at him in the back ground wen thomas does that lick at 5 :41

[musicallytoned1]

mike moore went crazy at 5:41

[gaurgle]

Why is it fastforward?

[TMV4Life]

What he did at 2:58 was like "that was dope" then 5:41 came around and I damn near cried...TP is the shit!!!!

[musicallytoned1]

this aint thomas pridgen man!!

[musicallytoned1]

oh iite ma fault lol

[Moog167]

@musicallytoned1 This is a very young Thomas Pridgen.....

[jckeyz]

It's kinda cool to see this. This is the 16-year-old Thomas I remember with the glasses and the s-curl *lol*

[specialness16]

is this the thomas pridgen that certain viewers here might know and love from the mars volta?

[ksterlingw]

yea that was nice and i like the fact that he is clean

[Rawbiznes]

Man we had fun on this vid.... Thanks for posting it, I needed this one.....

[THEFARSEER2]

dude hes gottan so much better :)!!

[AfroDrumChild]

5:41, DAMN!!!

[Antom1234]

Holy motherfucker!! Where did that fill come from? ahaha holy hell.

[edumacation101]

I love how everyone starts to gravitate towards Thomas, the only reason I went to church is to see the musicians go off

[paps8]

this is tight haha after that fill at 5:41 that dude has to pick his jaw up.

[jobencore]

lol yea that was funny as hell