Deen Castronovo - Solo

[pacwest1000]

I remember back in 1980-81 getting to watch Deen in his garage and in a local Salem Oregon band. Back then he was Neil Peart Jr. and f*cking fantastic but since then he has truly gone his own way. Great work Deen!

[SergeyChupyrin]

The best drummer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jango5201]

inspiraçao de aquiles priester minha ed todos

[check6ii]

HOLY CRAP!!!! DEEN RULES!!!!! I love the cymbal chokes on a layer of 24th double bass notes. Brilliant. He has such a fantastic technique thats unique to him.

[check6ii]

HOLY CRAP!!!! DEEN RULES

[killyou45]

Look at those shoes at 4:23!

[killyou45]

Deen isn't very technical, but DAMN he's got style that almost no one else has. Great solo

[SDupe44]

I don't care who you are this was utterly brilliant.

[gabrielkolias]

foda^^ total

[nomeolbidet]

0:00 butt?

[hiqwertyhi]

the whole snare thing with the cross sticking and rim shots is fucking pure fucking genius. and he's currently playing for my favourite band, journey, and he's a fucking awesome singer too.

[lykenthejeeb]

What an absolute rapist!

[boredomisexciting]

went to scope out a bar where im playing in a few days, saw a guy i knew, he had heads that had been used by this guy the night before, gave 'em to me....EPIC SAUCE.

[randylikesdrums]

ridiculously perfect.

[KrisztianSoos]

My childhood idol: Deen Castronovo, I could not stop watching this whole drum video as a child, Deen was funny as hell on this video also amazing with incredible drumming, this is my favorite drum solo ever ! Where are you Deen nowadays ? Someone post some up to date Deen Castronovo drum video, please. Thanx.

[onlyfredfox]

ke grande deen castronovo ,esto solo se puede esperar de un super bateria ,dela banda bad english,simplemente genial ,para akellosk creen k hay otros buenos ,con esta demostracion deen te dejara atonito ....yeahh

[maaaguz]

when was this? according to deen hairstyle this must be the 80ties....

[RozzWilliams69]

frost from satyricon is an amazing black metal drummer, by the way yeah travis barker does suck,

[zmorris1414]

Cocaine is one hell of a drug!!!!!!!

[kellynkarr]

AWESOME

[ecakc]

heya all people deen actually has another band named JTM or journey to music at the boys and girls club. if you all could type in dont stop believing boys and girls club look at it cause hes really a great singer and with very good band members!

[ricb9]

...Uhh i didnt see or hear anything impressive... this dude isnt very good...

[FunkmasterF18]

@ricb9 haha, are you joking?

[32411862]

algumas partes aquiles priester copiou desse cara

[allahgoatlover]

travis barker is a douchebag!

[bballdmer1]

deen is my best friends uncle. he's one of the coolest guys you will ever meet

[DeathDVC]

Marty Friedman's Saturation Point??? xD

[budweiser1961]

Fucking Awesome.!!!!!!!!!

[Knuckles669]

Fuck, man. When i read the first comment, i thought people were talkin' about Scott Travis. Thank goodness, it was Travis Barker...

[DimeZakkSlash]

Oh shit... who said Travis Baker here??? Kill yourself.

[blacklee25]

wonderful...is a beast! 10 stars!

[McMinnManiac]

Usually drummers lack a cool beat when they do a solo ...not this guy !

[joshluvscookies]

this guy is amazing!!!

[donmiles109]

every drummer in Detroit who has ever seen a copy of this wanted a copy no matter what style they played. Some say he is to linear but I dig his style and am big portnoy, peart fan.

[donmiles109]

every drummer in Detroit who has ever seen a copy of this wanted a copy no matter what style they played. Some say he is to linear but I dig his style and am big portnoy, peart fan

[verostrato]

ANIMAL!!!!!!!!!

[sssudra]

Umm Travis Barker aint got shit on Deen. TB is good drummer but lacks skiils !

Castronovo's work on Marty Friedmans Dragons Kiss record is amazing !

[check6ii]

Deen is cool fo sho!

[MrPUNKLOSER]

damn~that was sick:)

[metalanger271089]

simply brutal!!!!!!!!! (1:45-2:35)

[flyinryan92]

he lives right next to me!

[tlstark96]

@flyinryan92 hes one of my favorite drummers.... TELL HIM I TERROL SAID THAT PLEASE!!!!!! :D

[JonP1961]

Sweet TomTom work around 5:00-5:20

[ItsMikeHia]

@johnpie2 he was the Drummer for JOURNEY. One of the biggest bands of all time. Neal Schon only got the best people for the band, and Castronovo was the best that wasn't already in a band. Neal Peart of Rush is the best drummer of all time, though.

[postigaceltic]

WOW The fat lady can drum!

[johnpie2]

Okay he can play the drums fast...

[chugginhemlock]

travis barker does have talent. that goes without saying. is he the best? probably not. the man you are comparing him to has a great deal more experience and mileage than travis does. that's all. if you asked them both, deen and travis would probably both tell you the same thing.

[jimburnz]

oh shit if been a drummer most of my life and i just found u 44 years later. i feell like a dick

[headshop]

One thing to keep in mind----it is flowing directly from his head, to his hands and feet.

This is ad-lib.

The brain-hand connection is amazing. (I love Neil, but his solos are planned)

This is on a completely different level.

[houseofwalden]

he career with Jouney

[cappellifiore]

@RockitsWay I'll give you Neal Peart. As for any of the Kiss drummers, please they can't hold his sticks. I don't even think they can play what he's playing right here. Which isn't that tough.

[ultimatefighter187]

@cappellifiore um...eric singer?

[idrum4jrny]

drumjesus much? oh my god yeah deen!

[Fender7983]

holy fuck !!!!!!

[mikecohn4000]

travis barker sucks deen rules! anyone who thinks travis barker is sooooo great must be deaf!

[MrSnorreke]

I love his playing with Dr Mastermind. Was amazingggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krokant666]

My favourite drummer beast. He is better than galactus :)

[StevenSupernatural]

BEAST Drummer. Definitely my fav

[Drummerwithagroove]

That kit sounds amazing

[mindfreak990]

@RockitsWay Too bad Travis Barker sucks dick.

[idrum4jrny]

@BeauPlaysDrums haha wow you are so luckky :) cool for you :)

[BGAguy]

Eric Carr, Tommy Lee, Phil Rudd, and especially the idiot Travis Baker would be blessed to take lessons from Deen. I respect Eric, Tommy and Phil and have loved their bands but come on....that statment was made by someone who either is not or dreams of being a musician. Spend the time boy, and not in magazines, then you will some day see the difference between fads and artists.

[idrum4jrny]

Deen Castronovo is the reason I play drums, he is the biggest inspiration I could ever have and I'm like 14 haha. I would do anything to meet this guy in personn and I hope journey keeps rockin:)!

[BeauPlaysDrums]

@idrum4jrny well, not to make you envious but i'm best-friends with his (step) nephew and him and I both play drums and i get to play the Journey drum set (the original of the two that were ever made) every week lol... Deen is a pretty cool guy though!

[MrSnareplaya]

my band teacher played baseball with this dude in 5th grade!!!

[dhorvat93]

awesome. =D

[MYNAMETAYLA]

I like his matching splash cymblas

[Lobones0066]

Dean Portnoy n Bozzio r sooo fun 2 watch

[sydtull]

Phenominal!

[TutorialClarity]

Deen is my dad's cousin :P

My name's Graham Castronovo

[Shawn72Chu]

He's up there with Neil Peart, Rod Morgenstein, Joe Franco, and Steve Smith.

[Shawn72Chu]

He's a smokin' drummer!!!!!!!!!!

[KOSGTR]

Good drummer in the 80's? you think he lost his stuff or something? I'll tell him you said that. Deen is not only one of the thee greatest drummers of our time but who else can sing a whole Journey set just like if not better than Steve Perry while drumming? Check out his son's band Still Dead. I played with his son when he was 11 and he would smoke any of you in his whitey tighties. I love you Ta.

[jgemer]

@KOSGTR dude kyle is like the most kickass drummer ever. he's like up there with his dad he's gonna make it places

[27adry]

cacophony imprescindible

[purplepick100]

Kick ass dude !

[ymad29]

good drummer in the 80's now ???

[cassa2608]

he is fucking good !!!! ive seen him with journey in the Hmh in the Netherlands

[poopchutesally]

this guy could play for dimmu borgir or behemoth if he wanted to

[GetSaved31446]

@poopchutesally this is the drummer for Journey....

[iamcraiger]

odd tom choices.. they all sound the same

[kyle7666]

Come on lame asses with this hes not as good as shit??dean is fuckin awsom! In his own way !!! he fucken blew me away with marty and jasons work all thoes years ago!

[rylldeal1]

Sweet but best drummer ever.... I dont know bout that, were all pretty sweet in pour own way. Everything is the same just how you put it together. Its fair to have a fav but to say the best ever... youll never find him/her.

[mcufre]

Hell fucking yeaaah!!!

[jpeche12]

Deeno top 5 ever no doubt fucking rocks!!!!!!!!

[TIBNFJ]

2:33-2:36. The most outstanding part!!

Although Deen is always said to be the master of double bass, I think the most outstanding skill he has is his incredible hand speed. Please check!

[dodzuriel830]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dieseldust27]

Deen is a very powerful drummer. Awesome!

[randylikesdrums]

Are you kidding? Deen is basically a Kid here and his flams sound as soulful as Tony Williams. Fucking Awesome.

[mediblue9]

I have nothing against TB, but their really is no comparison. TB is a rock drummer and DC is a skilled session drummer.

[mediblue9]

It sounds like you are agreeing with me? What do you mean whatever? Unless Braker toured with those same bands.

[raptercollins555]

when people say travis is god, i wish a drumstick would go go up there ass and enter out there mouth, because HE SUCKS, look at some better drums for christ sake

[tiki2188]

@raptercollins555

Eh dont let it get to you. It used annoy the hell out of me. If not travis fucking joey from slipknot.

Let them think they're mediocre (being polite) drummers are gods. More good drummers for us!

[5150BALANCE]

@raptercollins555 Blink 182 sucks, so does traviz but his ex wife is pretty hot

I must say! He sucks as a drummer and wasn't even good enough to hold on to his

ex hot wife what a dumb ass!

[synystergates2011]

@raptercollins555 jimmy the rev sullivan beats this guys ass.

[metallikuh520]

@synystergates2011 not anymore!

[synystergates2011]

@metallikuh520  hey fuck u bitch

[metallikuh520]

@synystergates2011 fuck you! You're just mad because you got owned.

[KrisztianSoos]

@raptercollins555 You are absolutely right and very well said, for example : who&where is Cobus Potgieter compare to this drum solo,well: the Cobus guy is simply a big fat nobody & absolutely nowhere compare to Deen Castronovo & other truly magnificent and great drummers,but still the Cobus guy gets millions of views, it is such a shame, who on earth would watch the Cobus boy drumming, young teenage chicks I guess not drummers.Watch this drum solo and learn from the master, Deen is the best!

[JunThailand]

I remember him from the Dragon kiss album, Forbidden City and Thunder March.

[VittorioPetrina]

Fuck Travis Barker. Long life to the real drummers like Catronovo!!!

[shootmytears]

fuck you travus is god

[misantropo09]

mmm no

[shootmytears]

travis is god

[megatallicadeth]

watch this dude... makes me want to quit guitar and learn drums... but... guitar is my instrument! Deen is awesome!!!!

[WARLOCK70]

I used to have this video. It was AWESOME!!! I swear it looked like he was on something. Especially when he was tilting his head from side to side. Explaining his patterns. LMAO!!! I think he was getting high on an adrenaline rush from being in a video.

[SECONER1]

DEEN OF CACOPHONY , TRUE LEGENDS! :D

[grungyracer]

john bonham is better!!!!

[vorkanz]

why the fuck woud you mention John on a clip about deen? John were a great drummer but so is deen,. so screw off.

[satanax616]

intro - cacophony song

[Pollero20]

actually, that intro is from a song called saturation point from dragon's kiss (marty friedman's solo album)

[minorthreat141]

awesome tune by the way. the drums make that album rock so much harder

[SirJamestheIII]

deen is why i like dragon's kiss more than perpetual flame

[margix]

he's amazing and he looks younger and fitter nowadays than at the time of this video!

add that he can also sing like an angel and you will have one of the best drummers around

[18rabrfc73]

journey's best drummer!!

[monkeypenios]

I feel Steve smith is better, not that this guy is not good or anything.

[METALkid614]

18rabrfc73

if anything he's actually the least talented out of the 3 major drummers of Journey.

[RaisedOnRadio92]

You really think Aynsley Dunbar is better? Sure, Aynsley is a legend, but Deen is better than him. Of course, Steve Smith still reigns supreme, but Deen is NOT the least talented of the 3.

[METALkid614]

In my opinion Ansley is much better than Deen. From this video it really looks like Deen relies way too much on double bass. Ansley is a much more versatile drummer. Unless you have a video of Deen playing Jazz or Fusion

[Kihar2]

and now i can see castronovo's influence in aquiles priester :D

[blindmansgoat]

holy CRAP!!! IF I COULD DO THAT, I'D BE AN THE FLOOR GASPING BY THE FIRST 11 SECONDS!

[camarofan101]

He has spikey hair now instead of his big hair then

[pianodudessbc13]

Yeah. I saw him live and that was the first thing that I noticed.

[pyphus]

Lots of Terry Bozzio influence. Watch the Baby Snakes drum solo.

[BigTimeSchonFan]

Why doesn`t Deen do drum solos at Journey concerts! He`s a great singer as well I agree, but I would much rather see this on stage!!!

BTSF

[camarofan101]

Actually on wheel in the sky, he as a solo at the end. And at the end of the concerts.

[mattboyd7]

sick hi-tops!

[GRAND412]

Deen Castronovo vs Traviz Barker, who is better?

[igolden]

How can you compare Deen to Traviz Barker? Pick someone with more talent to compare with Deen.

[ter50]

Travis is a great drummer, don't be superficial. He is underrated because he played with Blink 182. The comparison between them is impossible, two different styles

[80sNMusic]

Correction: He's overrated. Too many Blink 182 fans, (in which there are also too many) think that Travis Barker is the best drummer in the world. On the other hand, he's pretty technical, but they fail to realize that there are far more better drummers in the world.

[bikeitup14]

Travis is not comparable.

[Charactereyes]

Deen is a rad singer too. Castronovo for the win!

[breakdowngod]

lovin the shoes

[Thetruthinall]

The intro fill is it not Saturation Point??

This guy is seriously a monster on the kit!

[BlazingTomas]

yes from friedman first solo album

[ufcfytr]

Yes. Fucking GODZILLA!

[xKISSfan4lifex]

Speed does not make the drummer...but this is a reeeeally good solo!

[RANDYMEERS333]

Deen,baby-your comment spot here is more like a register, for the who's-who in Drumland.....lining up-to let YOU know...

that WE know. !!Rightly so-so say we all! and to all me droomin brothers

out there----------what the fuxup dudes!!

ran

[DrShrinker]

I still have this VHS.

Those flams are vicious.

[sweetlysour121]

Jesus he's a monster!

For similar drummers with similar resumes,check out Eric Singer, Jimmy DeGrasso, Pat Torpey, etc.

[pupicek12]

Yes

[ufcfytr]

Holy shit. Deen is the shit.

[porcelaincougar]

Wow, looking at recent Journey shows, Dean has lost an incredible amount of pounds!

Dean ya look great!

Holy mother are you talented!

[sextenica]

ñeeeee.......weckl

[pstewartdrum]

his interplay between his feet and hands is scary even. Been a huge fan for years The ' go off ' record is a drumming masterpiece. Any chance of someone posting the actual instructional parts of this vid, pretty please?

[trap0001]

You should have spliced the 'gotta go mow them corn fields now' bit on the end so people would know how crazy he is!!

[Haggardfan123]

my! how he's changed

[Haggardfan123]

this must be Dave doesn't look like deen to me

[Jesse4ManBob]

deen all the way brother, i got this vid

[maxroach89]

yea man one of the first drum vids i ever boughgt dean canstronovo high preformance drumming amazing lol

[tulsatony666]

ONE BAD ASS DEMONSTRATION

[org1n]

i love the sextuplets!

[davepebworth]

killer solo.what a monster player.

[obukyahab]

This guy is a demon with drums

[joeymcnew]

Amazing Solo!

[KamiMetal]

Yep, I know his brother Dave, Deen is from my homey town. Has a 'stache and goatee, Dave doesn't but you can see resemblance, SO Italian! He really is amazing isn't he. And sorry Dave, you can't play I've seen you try hun lol

[tomodrum]

He's oot most influencial drummers yet so underrated. The opening fills he used in "saturation point" are now used a lot by Portnoy like his. The patterns around 4:00 are B.Jarzombek's favorite during his solo. All those great drummers today or even his time use his techs. Deen is the man!

[b7160]

I was obsessed with his playing back in the 80's when he was doing the stuff with Friedman, MacAlpine, etc. and I couldn't believe it when he surfaced with Bad English and then Journey. I'm glad to see him having some mainstream success, although I do wish he got to open up a little bit more. His playing today is like having a Ferrari but never being allowed to take it above 80.

[tomodrum]

Your ferrari analogy is a killer! I hope he'll do a lot more session works like "Dragon's kiss". He's just too good for the things he does today. I hope he'll do works that remind us he's one-and-only.

[lvc15978]

he doesn't look like Deen to me,is he really?

[mackys101]

hes soo good i wanna learn that!!

[bgsdfhugvufbgv]

DEEN IS AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE JOURNEY!

[algalord]

Bravo!!!!

[markdabear]

I used to go Deen Play in a local band in Las Vegas way back in the very early 80's.

The band was called The Enemy.

They covered Rush tunes and did original compositions,

They had to change their name to Moving Pictures for legal reasons.

They broke up shortly after that.

We knew back then the guy would go very far in music.

[Haohmaru27]

Deen Is great, so Is Alex Van Halen. both are awesome

[rpgalindo]

maestro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BrucePowerMetal]

yes he plays well!! far to be my favorite one, but he really kicks some butzzz !!!

he got some speed rush perfectly, but I really think he lacks in his bass drum ... when he is doing same thing with hand than feet is the worst, but he's far to be non skilld !! :P

metal rullz!

[krustymark]

Without a doubt,Deen is the BIZZZZ.Only foun out last month that he plays most of the drumming on Tony Macalpine's Maximum Security album which I learned to play along with in the 80's.Awesome Album-Awesome Drummer.Say no more.....

[guitarfreakstyle2]

I love Dean's playing don't get me wrong but theres is more great drummers than Alex, Jojo. Steve Smith, Ian Paice, Terry Bozio, Vinnie Caliuta.

[ZeroVirus619]

F&^#$%g awesome.

[drumming08]

Deen Castronovo, Alex Van Halen, and Jojo Mayer are the best drummers out there. I think those three could school anybody.

[deencast]

He is not from this planet :)

Extremely powerful !!!!!

My nick name says everything ..

[laddieola101]

he should DEFFINATELY be in the top 50 drummers ever!!!!!!

[joaopaulo333]

hashua

nao nega ser o idolo de aquilis e tambem de eloy casagrande