Battles: Live from the Roxy!

[paintingbbal]

SZ2, 2nd part !

[simonsieverts]

:-)

[crabfaced]

yes.

[vernc05]

Stanier and Danny Carey...legends.

[lanivag]

He's a great drummer. Why does everyone have to be compared on a good bad scale to everyone else. You've been brainwashed. Its not sport its expressing yrself.

[lanivag]

He's a great drummer. Why does everyone have to be compared on a good bad scale to everyone else. You've been brainwashed. Its not sport its expressing yrself.

[BrandtCooley]

Stainer is king

[indegruv]

blah blah blah best drummers blah blah blah who cares what you think

[lustmord01]

S Z 2 is one of my fave songs

[kazoospasm]

Love how John eyes off the ride for a second before he hits it.

[MochaBlendedFun]

I wonder how many people understand this. Is this even math rock?

[manicamadeus]

it's post math.

[swjl587]

Simply put, Stanier is the best drummer in the world. No one else can touch him.

[AnewKINDofFEELIN]

Neil Peart

Gavin Harrison

Dino Campanello

Zach Hill

Damon Che

Morgan Agren

Look them up. They can touch him.

[VasherBH]

Sorry, but i need to add one more...

Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt. He's kind of like a Zach Hill but less crazy, and less...uhm...clean?

[PornoPlaylist]

not saying that this drummer isn't bad ass because he most def. is but these drummers can also give him a run for his money.

deantoni parks

thomas pridgen

jon thoedore

[nin456]

I've touched him.

[DrPoon]

danny carey, billy cobham.

[smokelakes]

tony williams

steve gadd

....theres so many other beasts out there. these two are some of the top of the top though...

[Colenelly]

@swjl587 Zach Hill, Brian Chippendale, Thomas Pridgeon, the drummer of Daytes, Damon Che, and a bunch of jazz drummers can completely touch him. And walk directly past him.

[NamelessTurtle]

I want this band to get bigger so that your average person realises drummers are fucking important too.

[BRANSCOMBEx]

drummer is nuts. I seen crazier, still amazing

[meuse64]

I'm sure he could do more crazy shit then that but he is just playing whats best for the song.

[smokelakes]

EXACTLY

[limeyamos]

john stanier <3

[tamadrummer21]

haaa his crash is ridiculously high

as well am i

[thepanther01]

Stanier is a beast.

[BarbaroiAxe]

What song is this??

[catchthepigeons]

SZ2 off of their EP C/B !!!

cld be their best song to date !!!

[red3chilli]

This isn SZ2

[red3chilli]

oh wait sorry it is, but its the one off B EP not EP C/B

[pigeonfeatures]

saw em last thurs with redneck manifesto..ridiculously magic!

[howlinjojo]

Battles at Glastonbury this year... Can't wait!

[Hellomynamesolly]

great show, shame it was cut short

[cyberpaki]

Battles rock.

I can't wait to see them at Bonnaroo this year.

[debonairgoat]

I'll see you there! I'll be the naked guy rocking out.

[Elite376]

HORAAY FOR NAKED

[Questpeace]

Such a sick drummerr! Jesus!

[edsugar]

Oh man, just watching I had to hit pause in the middle to hydrate and stretch.

[ThrillaQ]

john is a freakin monster... must be something wrong with his head to be able to come up with that and play it live

[blackbirdwives]

john sure loves to give himself easy stuff to play

[mrjoecool]

why negative commments? He was joking, he knows its hard. Dumbasses.

[blackbirdwives]

its alright were on youtube, what do you expect?.. intelligence? :)

[mrjoecool]

Ha, your right. I was niave to think that people on Youtube would be able to comprehend humour. Anyway, Battles are just awesome, and if you like Battles you would probably like Black Dice; I think they're quite similar.

[edgardscandurra]

germs???

[nissanguy87]

oh hell yes...

[Fighting44]

stanier is a machine

[blk59]

You Go boys! you Go!

[jimisru]

The drummer needs to find a better band. He's awesome, but the rest of them can not keep up with his creativity.

[darnallt]

You'd have to hear the whole song - it's nine minutes long, very complicated (multiple time signatures at once), and has a lot of shifts in the mood and intensity. They are all EXTREMELY creative.

[pocketisagreatword]

what a dumb statement. obviously you know jack about how bands work jimisru. leave the comments about musicology to ppl who know what thier talking about.

[iand93]

what's this song called?

[iand93]

nvm i figured it out

[darnallt]

SZ2 from EP B. It's a whole nine minutes long.

[mosthated123]

A selection from the top ten dumbass insults of all time:

6. Your mom is an idiot

7. You suck Satans dick!

8. Take that mask off, Halloweens over

[shuto700000]

coooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!

[lengthwise11]

the drummer is pretty good, the rest of the band sucks

[Lightbulbsocks]

you are such a fucking idiot go to hell and suck satans dick

[lengthwise11]

someone needs to get lightbulbsucks a tissue, he's crying like bitches do...and I don't think I can suck Satan's dick when the rest of this band is already gobbling up all that cock...

[redshaftedflicker]

Nice!

[Gcondor22]

thats good drumming lads

[timthetortoise]

I get to see these guys play tonight. Fuck yeah!

[aagnew]

Thanks for posting - John is a fucking machine. And it's Stanier, not Stainer. :)

[almac4]

John Stanier is legend. I loved him in Helmet

[michaelg74]

I give this band credit for making some truly original music....not sure if it grooves enough for me though

[JoshyRotton]

haha john is a badass human drum machine. he's on fast forward on this vid. IT'S CRAZY!!

[navra]

i LLLLLOOOOOVVVVVE their drummer!

[UrsaMirror]

I think I would like this better if john stainers crash was another 15 feet in the air.

[tracerrrsss]

hahaha

[bibowski]

sweeeeeeet

[chiccoturbo]

dude thank you soooo much for this

[mountainash]

that drummer is dedicated

[toadyalfred]

thanks for posting :D