Nick Pierce-Tribal Solo

[nudehemp420]

too fucking sick.

[DerFuhrer23]

this guy and Jon Rice, best drummers in the world.

[Johnyevil]

He looks like Dave Lombardo, ...illegitimate son perhaps?

[boyondrums]

good job bro, keep up the good work.

[Incurable1488]

Fookin' excellent, my good man.

[LonelySpycrab]

Kinda sounds like L4D2... awesome.

[xdyex]

0:48 awesome

[MichaelBrogannn]

I've only been playing drums for a year but when I've been playing as long as you have I pray that I will be as good! Amazing!

[Eradicateify]

Dude...... this guy is on level with jazz/western african drummers... holy shit!

[drumdw69sk8ordie]

damn that was good really liked the hat effect, ima go practice that in some grooves. thx

[smartarted]

That... Was... Amazing...

[liklik125]

don't listen to these dumbfucks, you're talented man, very.

[tripleguy031]

trufax beast

[philip21786]

This guy is good, but I laugh at people who hold the left drumstick like that.

[Sorrowisyourdemon]

@philip21786 That's traditional grip...

[philip21786]

@Sorrowisyourdemon Well it still looks funny.

[HEAVYD2012]

"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh his name is buddy or something" what a freak

[dbgthimo]

0:55 is very similar to 13 steps to nowhere- pantera

[ggmsfdg]

Sinistro

[DragonKnightDrazil]

Fast and Awesome..i give you thumbs up man ^^

[jeremypfrost]

You are frickin killer dude.. This totally blows my mind.

[ciaranw520]

This is awesome.

[namejimmy]

... how the hell are you not famous ?

[alsbloedzwartwordt]

Ur really amazing :) No further comment needed.

[wannabeKeithMoon]

coo

[2drumit]

Congrats, this just blew my mind.

[w00x360]

0:46 - 1:40 is INSANE!!!!

[Gdilse]

Was Jason Costa a big influence on using traditional grip for you? He's the only metal drummer I know of besides you that uses traditional, and he's amazing.

[ABC262524]

dude this guy is truly impressive im glad he left the faceless they are great but he could do something ground breaking

[serpentsXlamb123]

this guy is truly amazing

[inmyglassprison]

one of the sickest drummers EVER! Its too bad you didnt stay with the faceless:(

[soadind]

HOLY SHIT

[Nikki0417]

Sweet holy dear shit you're good.

[skylineian]

holy smokes!

[kssael]

WTF @ 2:15

[GMANGP16]

I got a boner from watchin' this.

[randomfatguy1]

WAD A FAWK!

[knarzente]

i like the part at 1:50 :)

[AHillFL]

wow you are good man. do you like coated or clear heads more?

[aeDBalls]

On the really fast parts it looks like someone puts the video on fast forward. That's incredible!!! Nicely done

[tringeling88]

freaking mental !!! damn nice

[Domrox96]

SOOOO GOOD!

[vermilliondaysthrash]

absolutely great ,nice grooving

[lnhsfootball55]

freakin awesome dude

Drum on!!!

:)

[sco460]

so cool

[PsychoticSuperStar]

DAMN THAT WAS AWESOME

[RoGuExXxAsSaSiN]

Damn! that was coool man...

[bigthene5er6ish]

Multi pedal :D

[MrEpicPants]

:( i don't like fall out boy, even though i do admit their drummer is way out of their league... he should be playing for a better band than those guys

[xalyxchaosx]

hahaha ur on crackkk this guy is 1000x better than gay fall out boy

like WAY better watch his other video's

puts the shit head from fallout boy in sham

[HammandClov]

Yeah and it looks like he is just making it up as he goes along. Cannot beat that.

[SICKSxNINE]

@xalyxchaosx sham? Like sham-wow? Did you just not feel like putting an 'e' on the end of sham?

[xalyxchaosx]

@SICKSxNINE yeah i forgot the 'e' chill

[SICKSxNINE]

@xalyxchaosx I was just joking around :P

[WhenxChristxReturnsx]

@BrettG987 Fall Out Boy's drummer sucks.

[batucadaz]

Replica of Mike Portnoy!

[SvenNysvenn4]

sweet ?

[Abslein]

some of it reminds me of derek roddy .. great drumming btw

[dylanallendexter]

i think i just had an orgasm watching this

[guttedwithbrokenglss]

I am in shock and awe,papapappaparadiddles

[slipintoanightgown]

Wicked snare sound.

[cky3mullen]

that just amazes me

[RamboHEATHEY]

i love you

hahahaha

[slayer564]

that was amazing holy shit ive never seen anything like it tell the truth

jesus idk it just sounded so cool

[travisboy1es]

he plays faster with 1 hand then i do with 2

[meancrabs]

great drummer!

[xhaos950]

I liked the scrapes near the end.

The groove at :50 was the best, IMO.

[ingramsmarius]

DAMN!

That was F'n good... nice job

[WarDrummer2008]

hey man ur really good.... can u give me sme tips how to play tribal like dat

[ziggysanderson]

Great playing... wicked traditional grip slaying that kit!

[j0nd0e47]

I like it!

[morke]

FUCk dude how do peole play with that grip ov the sticks shits hard

[Symmetry44]

I'm telling you if you learn that grip it's actually way easier and you can do way more with it for real dude. I changed and I'll never go back! Why do you think the best drummers on earth (jazz drummers) like Weckl and Rich have used it? lol

[morke]

yeah im gona try shits a trip tho cuz my left hand is all fucken weird and shit like i cant bend down my pinky with out bending down the one next to it

[seanshallperish]

very nice!!!!!!!

[fireitup101]

he's got his own style thats the most impressive attribute and necessity to any great drummer

[OtherWorld]

Nick, You went to a music school?

[wagggggg]

look in de profile he say he taught him self nigga

[OtherWorld]

Tribal drum solo, traditional grip and such execution and self taught? Nice.

[wagggggg]

ya and hes a metal drummer

[strata88]

reminds me a lot of gavin harrison's style

[inthefrisco]

this inspires me to play drums right now

[whatnotnsuch]

haha this makes me want to give up.

ill never be this good

[inthefrisco]

maybe not but its still awesome to see somebody play this style of drums so well. to me its way more impressive than most of the other drum solos on this site

[mvcfitz33]

dude this should make u wanna practice more, so u could be that good, cuz i guarantee thats the only way he got that good

[inthefrisco]

oh and that shit he does on the high hat at the end- so sick. makes it ring without the use of his hands

[UpTheIronsForever07]

Wow Im in love, this guy is better than any drummer ive heard...Better han Joey Jordison!

Love his Kit

[ComputerDestruction]

Joey Jordison isnt shit.

[weenersaurus]

I agree... Joey Jordison plays quads with a good sounding kit.. thats about all he has going for him. His lack of creativity in Slipknots music says that as well.

[3van1993]

Joey Jordinson Really Isn't Too Bad Playing Improv. But I Do Agree In Slipknot He's Not Very Good

[Necro666Fire]

Damn...

Awesome!

[Acid4Blood]

Excellent man,beauty of a job!!!

[Takashi17315]

nice double hi hat 'tu

[toolrocks22]

i still miss the faceless days. speaking of which they REALLY need to come out with some new, akeldama is quite old now.

[DuNordavind]

this is a very impressive solo! sounds abolutely amasing!!! one of the best sounding and most original drum solos i have heard. well done...

[slippingbackagain1]

goratory666 you are truly an idiot....a guy named buddy or something....you obviously know shit about drumming so save your criticism for when you can play half as good as this guy

[Goratory666]

this is alright but hes no darren cesa or derek roddy

[redbull90]

why always compare? you dont have to be the best too be good.

[Goratory666]

considering its not that good in the first place

[dakche1]

stupid fuckers like this guy ^ have no appreciation for real drumming, pay attention to the foot work with how he changes between pedals from his bass drum pedals to his hi hat and Xhats....you know just cuz he's not playing blast beats at 290bpm and running his feet doesn't mean he sucks....lets see you play for the faceless you grindcore faggot

[Goratory666]

first of all you fucking bitch i hate grindcore and i dont think blast beats are the best drumming your cunt, truthfully you need to get to know someone before you start talking shit about what you think you know.

[Laurenan69]

so if speed doesnt matter to you that much ( which is in strong contrast to mentioning drummers like roddey who are known for spped as examples) what are the things you appreciate in drumming ?

[Goratory666]

well that one dude from killswitch engage is a good drummer, not so much the band but he is great, the shit he does with such a small kit, and plus i like the older drummers, like theres a guy, named buddy or something like im talkin that shit from way back ,if i find the link ill post it, but this is not good compared to those older men

[turano400]

His names Buddy Rich and he is most certainly one of the greatest drummers of all time

[blastbeatshaman]

I'm just gonna come out and say you're a tool shed. that is all.

[DuNordavind]

well said blastbeatshaman

[druminallday]

@Goratory666 his name is buddy rich and is a legend. And how do u think old drummers are made? by guys like this (guess what comes next) AGE!!!!!!!!!

[MrEpicPants]

@Goratory666 Buddy Rich

[TheHolyWizard]

@Goratory666 son, you best be trollin'

[BucketPool]

@Goratory666 Muhahahaha you were told by NICK

[SunChipsINC]

@Goratory666 Buddy Rich... Nick Pierce is just so far from "not good"... this is an improv groove and he is still sounding like tight and creative as fuck. You obviously know little about music and nothing about drums to say that he isn't good and even less about english with the amount of grammatical errors that sentence was running.

[LiftYourSkinnyFist]

@Goratory666 >.> I call trollin'.

[redbull90]

dude,that was great.

period

[jeffbarnesphoto]

Good beat.

[Wingblaze17]

That was Epic!!! Very very nice! -dances- haha

[wrath77]

LOl damn.

[C4n1n3]

no one is better

[Hoss4Life]

OMG Sickist drummer in metal or any type of music! Fucking INSANE

[ledsabbath165]

Thats insane

[egopaiste690]

Wow, you are absolutely amazing, one of the best drummers I have ever seen.

[clockwerkkilla420]

you are fucking amazing at tribal drumming

[ISAWHERDIE]

you need to go back into the faceless and fast!

[loicplayer]

WAOW! OO Awesome! i'll try to play rythmes like this!

[DEATHB4DISHONOR6989]

nice!!!!

[inhardrockitrust]

i like your drum style! i like this fuckin' rhythm !1

[warmerwagen]

What tribe? Good vibes!

[caleb89]

you need to go back into the faceless

[animaldamian]

my bad, i fucked up lol. should be feeling

[animaldamian]

this guy is fucking good. i am really filling this groove bro.RESPECT

[zooglah]

holy fuck

[elmenudo]

he sucks

[dolphin2ex]

i hope thats sarcasm

[bones333]

you are sooo sick !!!

[bobwhang]

now that was badass. I enjoyed this much more than your other vids.

[eviltopher]

good shit man. I've seen your other vids too, pretty kick ass stuff. Mad props for playing "trad" grip, don't see that too much in metal...

[drumMMX]

nick i have watched all three of your vidoes and this is by far my favourite one, very unique and not to mention incredible. you are a phenominal talent.

[drummr4life]

this is the first time ive heard tribal drumming on a drumset, and i have to admit, it sounds pretty sweet, if you know what your doing i guess. by the way, your stick marks, perfecto!

[30drummer]

what exactly is tribal drumming anybody?

[blastbeatshaman]

My assumption of what tribal is, is a style of drumming with the feel of African or South American influence which comes from tribes in those areas. Alot of Terry Bozzio's stuff directly emulates tribal material from actual tribes themselves. This videos material does not, but its close enough for me to call it tribal.

[30drummer]

what advice can u give to an intermediate drummer on soloing? You hav inspired me

[xxxBenightedxxx]

I'm no drummer ... but anyone who says this guy is crap is an absolute knob

[3d3a3n3]

Man i have watched all ur videos, and ur amazing.....the BOMB !!

[rastafreddy]

you use the symbols hust a little too much in the begging and you know very well that that is exactly what you dont want to do in a tribal drum piece

[blastbeatshaman]

have you ever seen terry bozzio play, take some advice on cymbal usage in tribal material from him. since when were cymbals supposed to be limited in a tribal piece?

[scottplaysdrums]

yeah look at those stick marks!! its like a tiny dot!! ur amazing my friend... i really like how ur solid especialy when u clap the hi hat and still manage to keep up the crazy shit ur doing with ur hands!!

perfect...

[T3hT4ng3r]

holy crap look at those stick markings

[dimebaghimself]

who does this guy play for?

[tragim71]

the faceless but he quit playing for them a while ago

[ZexxFable]

Holy shit my friend, you make me look like an idiot wanna be drummer. You're amazing, great solo's and demo's for the Faceless. Thanks for posting!!!

[MetalWorks]

What heads are you using? they sound well nice!

[cdewd]

nice drumming! i love the toms, what drums do u use?

[punkrockeur13]

you are became my drulmer reference!!

[musicalcem]

awesome!

[lebensraum]

Man I just love this video, fucking hell.

I don't think Nick and Marco are comparable, all that I've ever seen Marco do is blast which he does well and all that. And don't get me wrong, I'm all for blasting but for now that's all that I've seen out of him. Lame.

Nick on the other hand PWNS with rudiments.

[ocslayerthrasher11]

Nick and Marco are both insane.

[ventsintheedge]

Dude you kick ass,and you sound unique...Nice tom work.

[travmanx]

You don't dis Marco!!! lol j/k I don't even know who your talking about....

But whoever he is he better be god because your gonna be extremely hard to beat.

Good Job, keep it up, good luck

[toolrocks22]

rejoin the faceless... haha i mean... marco, what a fucking crazy drummer with vital remains and such. but he doesn't have the "feel" like you do. the show i saw when you were with them was better 10 fold then the one with marco.

[blastbeatshaman]

Thanks dude I appreciate it. Theres alot of Marco fans out there but I personally have never seen the dude live. Guaranteed though someone will start some shit about the statement you just made. lol

[toolrocks22]

haha, well.. to each his own i guess. anyways keep up the good work, i'll definitely be looking at whatever project you take up next.

[UnearthUK]

you are definatly the most inspiring drummer on this planet. what plans you got now youve left the faceless man?? whatever u do get ur arse to the uk and show us sum real drumming.

[cjk10000]

You are god.

[pedals8]

what kind of kit do u have man

[blastbeatshaman]

The one in this video is a Sonor 2005 all birch with a satin blue to black fade. My other all natural finish kit that I used when I toured and recorded was an Ayotte with two additional toms I built added on.

[sultryassassin]

Nick i wouldnt lose any sleep over these dipshits. Even if he was right and it wasnt difficult to play, why does that matter? if it sounds good then its good. people that only like shit thats hard to play are what we know as "snobs". To be a dipshit music snob is the most un-metal thing on the planet. Keep up the drumming man.

[Aaronm115]

nick you are my hero no joke

[CabbagePatch515]

These faggots are stupid. I've seen The Faceless live many times and yes he did warm up while the other bands played but so what(That's generally what smart drummers do to prepare for their sets). I've talked to him and he's a fucking nice guy. If you think this is intermediate then you are a dumbass because his technique is badass. Fuck you guys who have nothing better to do then sit on the internet and try to talk shit about something that you can't touch. You rule Nick.

[zeesupahgerman]

yeah well my name isn't cabbage patch.  yours is. i win.

[JustcallmeDrago]

not the best. larry wright is way better and he uses paint buckets.

[TheBubbanaterlolz]

Nick i hope you make it with BDM.

[z9099]

nick u are an amzing drummmer

what kindof cymbols do u us???

sabians?

aax?

[kliffster]

did u try out for dahlia couse thats what i heard?

[cannibalcorpseowns]

actually, derek roddy can play alot of technical stuff too. anyways great job nick, you are a major influence in my playing. keep up the good work.

[jojobutbut]

roddy is fast as shit, but he's not technical at all. he plays simple beats and then rolls into and out of blast beats the rest of the time. at least that is what i have seen on his videos. i'll give him credit for being fast. nick pierce is a solid drummer. good solid use of flams and i like how you stick with traditional grip the majority of your playing.

[plonkahccc]

(sic)! thats absolute carnage!! u rock man!!

[titdirtmania]

i like how that guy didnt reply about what bands he's in and his only video is of that overated fucker Roddy

[zeesupahgerman]

Actually the fact that you'd say stuff in regards to my credibility as to what's "good death metal drumming" or "not" after seeing that I have an "overrated" death metal drummer on my favorites makes me realize you're a classic moron. And my opinion is not as overrated as the music you call "metal". If you actually used your ears, there's nothing in any of these solos the LEAST bit inspiring to anyone but intermediate players at best.

[blastbeatshaman]

intermediates like you who don't even know what a fucking paradiddle is. really brilliant statement there dip shit.

[zeesupahgerman]

welp...if i were intermediate, "dipshit", then I would've enjoyed your solo. if those weren't paradiddles, they had the exact same effect AND sound as them...and to me, that's not the least bit impressive. if i wanted to watch the world's best "i'm really doing alot though i sound like absolute overrated shit solo", then i could just go to anyone else's posted videos who've attempted to ridicule what i'm saying. :-\

I obviously have never seen you drumming so the only credibility you have i