ORIGIN - John Longstreth - Wrath of Vishnu July 17th, 2010

[Bozo2151]

wow that was on my birthday

[coloredCYANIDE]

So fast, accurate, seemingly effortless. No wonder he doesn't break a sweat getting off the stage after a full setlist of this stuff. I'm practically dead 2 minutes into attempting to play most origin. haha

[velas1985]

40000 views from me only!!

[HELLsmoG]

What drum module he uses? double strokes with both feets on one base drum is very heavy work for a module :P

[Baekmagoji]

@HELLsmoG I'm pretty sure it's Alesis but I could be totally wrong and would bet that I am.

[Silenoz1991]

does he have 3 hihats? one left, one right, and what is that cymbal in the middle between his toms? looks like a crash with another splash on top and sounds kind of like a hihat

[TheRealKim]

@Silenoz1991 Thats called a stack :)

[101metalfan2]

@Silenoz1991 yeah he would one opened one closed and i think i saw one that moved with a pedal :)

[DoomDriver]

This guy has superpowers! Did you notice the hair in the air? He's like a super saiyan when playing drums! He can even play with one hand and sound like he has one million arms! And all with little effort!

[DavidBordon]

3:18 "TOK"

[rolonpietron]

triggers, triggers, triggers!!!!

[DarkminiStoned]

No one can have that much speed in the feet its impossible hahaha he probably use those double stick pedal .. dont know how you call them lol Its seriously impossible to be that fast with that much power ... if im wrong ... then this guy is on cocaine xD

[neckface413]

@DarkminiStoned You are wrong, it's just John :P He is completely insane.

[KitFallapart]

@DarkminiStoned It's just a double stroke roll with the feet. I say "just" like it's easy. It's not ;)

[justchillton]

as much as i love john and truly believe that he's one of the best extreme technical drummers in the world today, i really wish he would ditch the tiny little clicky bass drum sound and go for something huge and punishing that would do his technique justice.

[BodomBlastBeats]

after the first seconds i thought, i never will reach thi skill for my feet!

[wtfIZgoinonYO]

This dude is a fucking BEAST!!!

[Painkiller1157]

This guy's so incredibly talented but I hate his style of drumming. All he does is fucking blast beats. Sure his feet and hands are like pistons but come on, show some feel.

[theshartmaster]

at 0:1 is he using the heel to toe technique? or is he using a triple bass pedal?

[BourbarianSammy]

@theshartmaster He does double strokes not heel toe, RRLLRRLLRRLLRRLL all heel up. So the first stroke he pushes the pedal down and hits the drum then controls the rebound for the second stroke, then does the same thing on the other foot, so on and so on....Acousticly the second stroke is barely audible, you can hear it clearly here because he is using triggers.

[MusicHead480]

His drum speed made his hair float!

[OnTheBlocksMedia]

Longstreth is absolutely sick. He is the reason sick drummer was created.

[UKrocketeer]

I love john but he needs to keep his damn pinky on the stick! it bothers me so much

[ArnoldVeeman]

1:24 picking mucus

[felixj401]

2:36 - 2:46 sounds sexy

[JollyRogerVF31]

did he use quadro pedal ? 0o ))

[RationalHaze]

@JollyRogerVF31 nope just the regular heel toe doubles technique.

[JollyRogerVF31]

@RationalHaze awesome

[XDarkStrikerX]

2:37 HOLY FUCKING SHIT! 

[HeavyMetalen666]

3:18 SONIC BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM­

[parkoanime]

i wish my hair could reject gravity...

[shreddmasterj]

@parkoanime Its all the air he is generating from his fucking alien feet

[Fuck1nMetal]

@parkoanime AHAHA only god can have hair gravity rejectable :O

[SeverDismemberCinner]

i love how he gets all jazzy at 2:37 :D yay JL!!!!11

[SeverDismemberCinner]

listen to his foot rhythm at 1:06 Holy fuck.

\m/

[Sk3tch22]

in longstreth we trust

[joshlundy78]

he's hitting the drum so hard it's making his hair fly in the opposite direction...

METAL!

[joshlundy78]

Drums*



[jesuslovesmetal666]

Has ANYONE noticed the one guy up front air drumming the whole song whatta guy

[whorewithachainsaw]

@jesuslovesmetal666 hahaha! hes amazing

[amusingisthedawn]

@jesuslovesmetal666 I thought he was doing the Butthead dance...

[blastbeatvn]

@jesuslovesmetal666 he plays guitar too ...

[djdaniels00]

looks like heel toe foot technique, not sure though, and i love how his pinky finger goes off his drumstick when he plays fast, mine does that too.

[09thmsteam]

@djdaniels00 He did say that he is playing double strokes in an interview, but didn't make too clear about playing heel toe or not

[maniacmex7711]

watching John everytime just amazes me.

[velas1985]

can somebody tell me why doesn't he use a second bass drum??

does it have to do with his technique?

[BenBezzle]

@velas1985 well he's touring, so might not be using his own kit, and when you're only going to be using triggers, it doesn't matter too much. If you can play well enough with a double pedal (over two singles) and the sound is going to be identical, why not?

[2802200512102008]

soooooooo fkn fast and precise

[MyShadowLegacy]

He use heal-toe technique right?

[EdgeStormcrow]

@MyShadowLegacy Double strokes..

[LewisJewis]

i love how simple, yet boss, his set up is

[aperezcustodio]

Brutal they played in Puerto Rico in August 6 2011 at La Respuesta San Juan

[HPLovethrash]

wt fuck, there's always something in the way of his feet in every video -.-

...gotta see that technique somehow

[DissYraiN]

I think my face just melted.

[CryMyName100]

which pedals he using?

[BurnThePope0514]

It is doubles, but either way its nuts lol

[fatalkill101]

@BurnThePope0514 no hes using heel toe. he breaks it down in his forum

[Gospel969]

this is the sickest drummer

[MrGziss]

@Gospel969 rite??? lotta people need to recognize

[Depraved12345]

what does he play with the snare at 2:35 -----> ??

does he play that shit with one hand ??

[abacacus]

Right when I feel good about my drumming, I see this. If it wasn't 5:45 AM I'd go jam.

[velas1985]

i think John's blasting faster than Chuck Norris...!!!

[Maitzeth]

double stroker in pedal... amazing \m/

Respect!

[ThexteraDrummer]

does he use quadruple pedals?

[Steve128967]

@ThexteraDrummer Nope, just regular Axis longboards. I can only think of one drummer that actually uses a quad pedal. In terms of John's actual technique it's singles up to 220 and then past that he switches to heel toe double strokes.

[ThexteraDrummer]

@Steve128967 oh cool! :D

[thehellblast]

every drummer who think that he is good, should see this video-John is simply complete drummer

[UFCNFLjunkie]

Holy shit, he makes the doublebass drumming look easy as fuck.

[MASSRCOR]

I hate people that say" oh, but there's triggers"... obviously you don't know about speed drumming. At tempos that fast an untriggered kick drum, well, all the notes would sound like they're running together. If anything, triggering just makes it easier to detect off tempo notes.... ehh, who cares if i make sense, METAL DRUMMING!!!

[Cannibal660]

@MASSRCOR No, you do make sense. If his drums wouldn't be triggered it would be extremely hard to distinguish the notes and it would sound really noisy just because he is drumming so fast. Those assholes who think using triggers is cheating obviously don't know shit about drumming and extreme metal in general. Cheers dude.

[MrPowerBlast]

john longstreth is winning!

[casper92c]

I think its a gorguts shirt because of the font of the 'g'

[hyde2042]

Anybody know what his shirt says? For some reason it's bothering me.

[CapenCyber]

@hyde2042 It is a Gorguts one, the top says "gorguts" then "XX" below it for 20 years since they started. They are the new shirts since they got back together. I know because I have one from MDF!

[hyde2042]

@CapenCyber Thanks. I thought it might have been an Elder Scrolls shirt

[psychoticcaterpillar]

okay... how th FUCK is he doin that wit his feet...please tell me im scared...

[asxetos666]

@psychoticcaterpillar triggers... the only thing worth watching on him is his arms, his feet are not useful at all ..

[Mazter0fMuppetz]

@asxetos666 i lol'd, what a terrible reply...

[pisswizzard]

@psychoticcaterpillar To give you a slightly more useful answer.....the down stroke with the knee generates the first stroke, he then flicks his toe down to generate a second stroke for each motion of the leg. hence double strokes...RRLLRRLLRRLL etc. At speeds that make metalheads flinch and mere mortals dive for cover.

Thats why his legs appear to be doing the same tempos throughout but the speed doubles and halves at will.

[psychoticcaterpillar]

@pisswizzard ...woah lol thanks that actually helps XD

[ashleyluvspat]

anyone know the name of that thing he hits at 3:19?

[misdrummer]

@ashleyluvspat

I just recently discovered this guy, but it looks like an electronic drum, i could be wrong but it looks like one. Hope this helps.

[msizums]

@ashleyluvspat

It's a Remo TSS snare.

[Hillextreme]

so amazing!

[Gospel969]

Kollias a strong competence

[slavemachines]

look at 1:35 .... dude is ROCKING OUT!!!

[ifeelhatetowardU]

quadruple pedal ?

[awsskateboards]

@snorkpork

He's using heal toe technique

He uses it alot

[mehtabb1]

John Longstreth, "Remember bitches I can do this all day!"

[snorkpork]

Does he have some weird trigger on the bass drum? Some times it looks like he's going one speed but it sounds like he's going twice as fast. OR is that some crazy technique where's he's hitting the bass drum twice when it looks like once (and I'm not being a smart ass)? Someone please clue me in.

[HabAnagarek]

@snorkpork double strokes.

[thispagesux]

i liked the fast bit

[ExecuteCommand]

ShiPshapeD00d are you serious? Doubles on the hands and feet, triplet accent patterns, variations in blasts. This is creative metal at its best. If you think Luke Holland is better than John; it's likely you think Matt Greiner and Adam Gray are the greatest drummers ever and have no respect for real talent like Derek Roddy, Gavin Harrison, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bobby Jarzombeck etc etc. If you're going to tell people to look up a drummer on this site you should be telling people about Travis Orbin,

[ShiPshapeD00d]

@ExecuteCommand Well Matt and Adam are fucking amazing and at leats not boring as shit like this guy >.>

ABR and TIJ are sick as hell live.

[Steve128967]

@ShiPshapeD00d Do you play drums? I'm curious.

[metalnuts420]

If you don't like origin go listen to something else, use your brain if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all, either say something nice or go smoke a Jeffery and fuck off

[asdrummer2008]

I like how at 1:30 he is able to blast really with his right hand and double on his feet while comfortably and smoothly taking care of an itch on his face...

[yourmomisayeti]

What's up with all this bullshit about John not being talented, this guy is one of the best drummers in music these days, if you think he's not talented because he only plays fast, try to play as fast as him for about the lenght of a whole gig, like 1 hour. Jesus christ you guys are ignorant

[grindstix1]

man ShiPshapeD00d you have no idea wtf you are talking about

there is like a cult following of you tards on here saying oh man i didn't see any talent here,fast does not make you a good drummer WTF kind of shit is that

man Drink the Punch already

[gigijohny]

beast

[vwe1102]

Is it the camera angle or does this guy have a very compact kit, cuz even though he got a LOT of stuff, his kit looks kind of small! It's like a baby deathmetal kit!

[monolith295]

That kick drum sounds like shit.

[ShiPshapeD00d]

This guy is fucking terrible. All it is double bass spam. No diversity in his playing at all. God, whatta fail.

[DeathClouts]

@ShiPshapeD00d then post a video reply and do better then him

[ShiPshapeD00d]

@DeathClouts Im just saying...look up Luke Hollan. The kid is a teenager and 100x better than this joke of a drummer. Origin sucks anyways,

[gxcpompon]

@ShiPshapeD00d when you're provoking people, make it a little less obvious ;) no one will ever take you seriously if you'll call drummer as creative, fast and tight as John a joke, especially if you throw in Luke Hollan (who's cool, but average) for comparison. i mean, come on ;)

[ShiPshapeD00d]

@gxcpompon I dont see alot of talent here, and I too am a drummer. Hes just fast, speed doesnt equal talent. Then again, most metal like Origin is boring, so Im just gonna go back to listening to good music :)

[Steve128967]

@ShiPshapeD00d 1) there is much more to just playing fast here, notice his amazing heel toe, how his cymbal hand is more or less entirely independent from the rest of the blast (and thus used for dynamic effect). Granted, this is not John's best playing, I'd encourage you to look up the video of him rehearsing with Gorguts.

[gigijohny]

@ShiPshapeD00d that opinion as drummer .. shame ^.^

[SlavesOfNil]

@ShiPshapeD00d haha

wow

[ShiPshapeD00d]

@SlavesOfNil They really do. Failmetal xD

[TheHopelessDrummer]

4:15 - 4:40

didn't expect something like that... wo

[DemonX99]

@TheHopelessDrummer If you listen really closely to the studio version you can hear him doing those short little tom fills, if that's what you were referring to. :]

[captaincadavor]

did they replace the singer or did he loose a lot of weight?

[999dod999]

@captaincadavor james is out ;`(

[captaincadavor]

@999dod999 how come?

[999dod999]

@captaincadavor i dont know, but the singer is now Maniac or something like that

its been a while

[Deadlyfreak06]

Look at that bassdrum technique! absolutely flawless, it's just holy fucking amazing!

[HabAnagarek]

@Deadlyfreak06 For me it's not only the insane double strokes on the bass drums but his hands. The whole section from 2:06 to 3:00 just blows my mind. Hyper double strokes in the feet and a jazzy feel on top. Art.

[sickdrummerdotcom]

@HabAnagarek Awesome way to describe it ART!!

[DrumBrazilDeath]

Then it's appeal.

[bloodshotneo]

Hey everyone i figured out John's secret...look at his back just to the right of the 'X' on his shirt.... A PULL STRING...he's a robot i say!!!!! :))))

[proguitargamer]

@bloodshotneo His pull-string makes him blastbeat into Oblivion...

[bloodshotneo]

@bloodshotneo at myself...weird anyways ppl i've tried this song and i get out of breath toward the end. so when i dont look like a fat kit trying to run up the stairs i'll make a video. im 140lbs :p

[PuppiloveBunni]

@bloodshotneo lol, this was an awesome comment made by you, brilliant too

[bloodshotneo]

@PuppiloveBunni all we need now is to see him make a video of the song " Antithesis " :p im trying to learn it and get it down on my kit.

[tobisturme]

@bloodshotneo haha, i talked to him on last year's Summer Breeze Festival in Germany and i can definitly say: He's not a robot xD ....but when i watch this video, i am not sure about that :D

[bloodshotneo]

@tobisturme I would love to see them live :p lets figure out his phone number so i can text him and tell him to come to tennessee somewhere around bowling green kentucky im right at the tennessee border / kentucky border but anyways ROBOT lol

[Drummer95186]

i feel like shooting myself XP fuckin sick!!!!!!

[HabAnagarek]

As much as I love the record I wish it had as much groove as it does here.

[HabAnagarek]

Jesus fucking Christ this guy

[HaRrYRaMoNe90]

a million times better than sex! no one can top john..period!

[FallenGrace2905]

John, what a guy. Not only is he one of the best/creative DM drummers there is, he makes a live performance looks so smooth and effortless. Truely a proffesional drummer.

[DummerUserName]

rimshot for accents while blasting, ohhh john :)

[thecheat3224]

holy shit. i've always listened to origin but watching this drum cam really helps me appreciate how good this guy's drumming is.

[Schloo]

What happened to the original video?

[sickdrummerdotcom]

@Schloo We were Hacked and a bunch of video was deleted....lol lots of fun re-uploading too :)

[DragonOrderDrawing]

@sickdrummerdotcom That's why it just disappeared from my favourites lol, I just watch this video very often

[TomWolfDrum]

2:38 looks like a six stroke roll.. nobody else plays so many double strokes in metal john has such a unique style

Anyone know his tom sizes?

[scooter9023]

@TomWolfDrum I think they go 13", 8", 10", and 16" floor. something like that.

[MisterWilly]

WOW

[schnurgeldirken]

Longstreth= Best Death Metal drummer, period. 

[mapb1223]

men this guy love doubles my god

[Chuloloc]

Hail Origin.

[Ensiferumftw]

@a54635 Hell no dude, this is heel toe obviously

[dtportnoyrox50]

@Ensiferumftw its all doubles man

[Ensiferumftw]

@dtportnoyrox50 Yep, still amazing how he manages to get something off his nose... see 1:25 lol

[dtportnoyrox50]

@Ensiferumftw because he is amazing

[DreamTheater4life]

@Ensiferumftw no heel toe. regular doubles

[DescentOfTheDead]

@DreamTheater4life are you sure? i didn't think there could be any way to have that much control over non-heel toe doubles at these tempos. i'm a heel toe player myself but i'm surely no longstreth haha

[DreamTheater4life]

@DescentOfTheDead i'm very sure. he's discussed it himself on the Derek Roddy forums. him and derek both do regular doubles

[corrob]

@DreamTheater4life on the reciprocal feet cam vid, it looks like he uses heel toe in parts. saw these guys for the fourth time last week, blew my head off as usual, longstreth is a really cool guy, the whole band are cool guys, \m/ ORIGIN

[Rejoice0In0Fire]

When hitting the higher tempos, does he use heel toe?

[MrGziss]

@Rejoice0In0Fire YEP.. "DOUBLES"



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