Tony Royster Jr- only 15 yrs old @ Grammy Awards 2000

[bonzo161]

this is amazing

[crist11101]

These guys...and Girl R the Future of Music!=D

[FotaE6]

those kids are amazing, i cant believe they're younger but greater than me already, magnificent

[pazzion4muzik]

HE PLAYED WITH ELDAR???!!!!!!!!!!

[9Hockey4]

tony is one of my inspirations for drumming

[ranzmesa]

damn that asian girl can shred the violin

[Jk1991metal]

i've got no words for it....:O

[BlackFastCigarets]

what name of guitarist?

[death1234321]

HOLY SHITTTTTTTT

[ChillinJam]

the violin was my favorite part

[lin2k4]

So much talent

[revofree]

That was a freak show, and i mean that in the nicest way possible! Jesus they were (and still are) talented! the guitarist was LOVIN his part! :)

[jacobcs]

the violinist was AMAZING.

[kibbler9]

MAN, the'yre all GREAT!!

[spugvayne]

awesome!!!!

[dankotomanic]

they are awsome...

[GivePraiseToTheOne]

they are all sick

[Drumz1989]

WTF was i doing at 11 13 and 15

[HendrixcommaMartin]

Why'd they switch out Eldar for the violin player? I'm sure he could have handled it.

[DesmondMyersvids]

This is awesome that guitar player is AWESOME I feel like alot of prodigies just dont feel the music this guy DOES he was AMAZING

[mamel59]

ooooh my!!!! amazing!

[pooper589]

dudebuddy on guitar sounded looked weird.

tony royster ftw!

[FlowJazz]

Straight No Chaser son !!

[SexyGoddess426]

how the fuck is it even possible that anyone would ever want to take away music in schools when there are so many kids out there with so much talent who often discover their passion for music for the first time in music class!?!

[MachuMcT]

violin is great!

[smashkx]

naaaaaaaa...!!

the violin was the best on this video man!!

:O !!

[skateordie777]

wow man, such young kids with so much soul!!! i wish i had started playing this young!

[superdertie]

oh my god that kid on the guitar killed it! i love when they express the notes on their face while they play!

[PrincessMinoes]

woah thats awesome

[DJTrancenergy]

they are all great

[DWdrums9l]

amazing

[swimbum156]

haha normal handshakes for everyone but tony gets the secret handshake

[Dimmuborgir6969]

im mostly into wat u would call death,black and symphonic extreme metal im not fan of sub genres but this is some major talent right here.

[ozello]

these kids are all freaks in the best way possible.

[nin456]

amazing

[DJTrancenergy]

they are all great

[DJTrancenergy]

they are all great! i'd really like to be like tony xD

[TiuArTTeK]

yesssssss

my god :)

[TiuArTTeK]

L0OLL

strike

respect

[elmatt03]

dude thats sick man

[sudheeinv]

Nice...

I suggest you to upload this video in dynamycdesi as well.this is a website to encourage talents like this.

Sudhir

[Pearldxpro]

the violin ruined the whole thing

[holyghostchick]

The guy with the guitar is just amazing!!! woe hes just got that look on his face of pure joy!! man these guys are just AMAZINGLY talented!!!!

[IMK110]

incredible. simply incredible.

[doublethumpbass89]

damn she tore that violin up!!!

[fowskate]

tony is good at showing off XD im 13 and i can almost do that :P

[fireballjig]

Everybody's awesome here!!

Ok i like tony royster a bit more 'cause i'm a drummer too!

Great piece!

[blinkcustom]

11years old on the violin...fuck

[foamysqueak11]

These kids play with alot of soul.... they fucking rock!

[spongedar1]

the china girl took it

[Trystaticus]

I love the violin, and have played it for 6 years. but it has ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS HERE. All the kids are absolutely stellar!

[LfunkeyA]

those kids were insane. all the 'stars' in the public were probably ashamed of themselves :)

[jimsnoskate12]

that was great damn especially the violin and tony on the drums

[Kuechenkraft]

indigo children, huh?;)

[emercito]

Oh my gosh,amazing

[Drumndoed]

the face of the guitar dude whaaaahahaha

[needles666x]

This is the New Generation of Musicians

[MagicXXMadness]

OMFG!! tats awesome! ITS TOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD! 500000000000*

[GLeone221]

straight no chsaer by t. monk. good tune,

[Danielmcdnld]

I agree with everything apart from the fact he says the arts aren't a cause for teen violence but if u class all that fifty pence bull shit or NWA and stuff like that, some of which is ok, as the arts then ofcourse it is. Tupac wasn't shot with a nerf gun and fifty cent doesn't talk about bunny rabbits a kittens. But these kids are amazing musicians. The guitarist was a bit cocky though eh lol?

[chutdigadut]

unreal. that's soo cool.

[tamadrummer5]

did any one else notice the half bald guy who had the microphone treated tony different? He shook all the white kids hands formally, but when he greeted tony he was like, "TOOOONY". and did some hand shake. I found it quite funny.

[megasanaii]

perfect positioning on the violin...

[SteelyDug]

W O W

[kallfil]

tony is the man I want to be

[TubeGuest5178]

OMG these are kids (now grown but still!!!) back in the day to play like that sic really sic! OMG!!!

[kallfil]

awsome

[Rigerdaby]

LOL at Lou Bega (mambo Number .....SHIT!) Tony is too good

[nateguitarsoccer]

what about the pianist

[keithphelpsmusic]

y bother playing any more lol

[bhebrews1214]

please eldar can play anything he was classical trained first

[vincentmre]

man this is an awesome collage of kids.

[blackl1steddrums]

damn that girl killed her violin

[splashy44]

when royster did this grammy thing there was fuckin no1 that was as talented as him at his age(drums) on the whole of gods earth!!...kinda scary eh!?

[drumsFR]

nice nice

[bac0178]

That violenist was wicked amazing!!

[homergonenuts]

ah that is so cool to watch almost rejuvenating hehe 5 stars :))))))))

[xA7Xxgatesx]

imaine whats going to happen when they grow up. =.= this is sick man!!!

[KW911]

go search them up on YOu tube.

Julian Lage

Eldar

Tony Royster Jr.

[stevoooo81]

well the drummer is check him out .. his name's tony royster jr.

[Magicstticks]

They already have, look them up!!

[playswithpassion]

dude, they are all grown up now, lol!

[jgood94]

tony royster is the man

sick at drumming

[djloudon]

dude! you're right!! haha he turned into an old black guy!!!

[deimos2k]

Yep the music changed when the violin got it's part. No longer improvisational jazz that's why the pianist changed.

[malik324]

damn they're mad nice

[drumfreak12345]

i laughed when they zoomed on marc anthony's face

[trtargkss]

great !!!!

[frenchdup]

i fuckin love these kids

[xillonz]

Is it just me or did the pianist turn into an old black guy when the violinist was playing?!?!?!

[Alukart117]

omg!

looks like it!XD

lol

[1r34kh4v0k]

Haha your right, at the 2 minute mark you see the old guy on the piano, when the kid shoulda played! HaaHaa

Tony is the best in there..Although that violinst is pretty sick!

[skeetwad2007]

funny it's normaly the jazzers can play straight and not the other way around. I bet the kid can do it now though!

[Sebbe8910]

They probably switched because the kid couldn't play classic piano

[bhebrews1214]

eldar started off playing classical piano

[SlayermanGR]

Freakin' amazing!

I am so jealous right now! :D

[FAdumskillz]

tony's solo shoulda been longer =]

[dungbeetle31]

cool

[playerbru]

good band!

[armanireza]

tony royster is the best

[DIBeats]

yes sir

[stagedoortom]

this is crazy...one of my fav vids, thanks for sharing

[WhiskeyOktober]

great stuff, but Bass Solo plz!!!

[sololarc]

the bass player don't even got a chance to play solo...

not fair....

[RLRRsilentcoreLRLL]

lol and now, incredibly famous people in the audience, please sit back and watch this mashup of kids who are truly more talented than you are!

[20sanfoe]

Impressive

[sevenoctave]

Wow! All of the kids were amazing,but Tony was just mind-blowing!The grammy host couldn't help but greet him and shake his hand!lol Thank you for the video sir!

[zaxataxx]

omfg man

the girl on the violin is soo random but talented, if you have fingures like that you must be an alien:P

[Crod17]

They where so young but so dam talented, great vid.

[dusteroo]

...I'll be very honest, and I vent this out often and people typically agree; it seems all those years in the making and Tony's drum skills doesn't really contribute anything revolutionary to the arts. And no, some new hot drum grooves don't count. The bands I often see him with, they suck. mediocre. Weather Channel music.

Why do these "brilliant" musicians often become part of these corporate-sponsored default bands?

[spacitydrummer4JC]

WOW!

[BeastModeMello]

man! that was groovin till that chick came in... lol awsome

[dtegg91]

The bass player didn't even get a solo! He's definately like "Wtf mate?" when he looks back at it.

The violin solo good, but completely random. As is the sudden change in pianists specifically for her solo.

[ctejadaro]

what about the faces of the guitar player..

[FlashPac17]

Yeah...totally agree with you, lol!

[erdalea20]

aliens, that's all just blessed!

[ciminif]

Allucinante!!!!

[bertoestra]

damn i wish i started so early,,,,,i was 20 that i started drumming

[edjmontp34]

those kids almost freak me out, awsome...!

[snoutbeer]

this is a circus, you don't measure talent by age!!

[yurtboy]

omg

[obeyurnapster]

freaks

[Abekatteprut]

Teen violence ... gah

[nellyfolly]

Violin player killed it. The bass has more skill than her

[CHRISTIAN6182]

nahh the violin player didn't kill it she's just obviously not gonna be able to play what she plays to that style of music so she had to play her own little bit at the end, and for her age...she is an AMAZING violin player absolutely loved it

[worm628]

she's an amazing violin player for ANY age

[chompsbh]

haha. check out the handshake he gives tony royster and the different handshake to the white kid. ahahahaha. hilarious!

[RockFaerie555]

Ha! That's what I was thinking!

[Nicshooter]

omg....dream band.....@_@

[zaxataxx]

from 1:21- 1:32 is the funniest and cool playing from tony

[iandotcom]

tony is the only one who played and intro-ed himself at the same time.

[CHRISTIAN6182]

that's cause tony is one skilled mofo ;)

[tyronethecracky]

realise u suck and go home

[MadmanMoon]

haha tony owns em all the god damn way.

[omc410]

damn and they were only kids?!? pure beasts at their skills!! shorty on violin killed it!!! Tony is most def a beast

[boomtastic67]

I feel sorry for Royster and that chick for having to play with those goobers on the piano and guitar.

[GZuraman]

All about those guys is wonderful... They all are great talented boys, not only Tony Royster Jr. He is just the most reknowned... Nobody there is bad musician, but, there are diferent playing styles...

[yoshikinto]

lou bega. ahah

[stixflix06]

hahaha they are all sick as.. check that girl man! rapin the violin

[M0E360]

Man she sucked she messed the beat all up

[madtom69]

Come on man,it's a showcase of their technical ability. Did you see who's in the crowd blown away by their talent?

[torbenb1]

The girl is a machine, the guitarre player a damn piece of shit with a damn fuck face and tony kicks ass!

[isthatacareer]

OH

MY

GOD

[hurtigsphilen]

WOW!

[Maseria666]

...Holy... SHIT!! Amazing, they sure kicked my ass! :P

[Hustler57]

Wow!!!!!

[benjaminhenningson]

tony is just awesome :) that was really cool ! start practice everyone...

[quzieskywalker]

"in this time of prosperity" oh the pre 9-11 world...

[EmEeArCee]

Dope that they all had their solos.

Teen Violence FTL!

[Drbambataa]

tony kills it

[al4986]

surreal....in a good way...haha

[awwsnapson]

The violinist was so out of place there. but still incredible nonetheless.

[superchanneljim]

musicians look out! those kids are on the prowl. and we're all fucked! LOL

[TheDanceOfMaternity]

Ha! Julien Lage's voice has dropped just barely since then. He was on the faculty for the Stanford Jazz Workshop at age 15 (where kids up to age 18 go as students).

Apparently he was homeschooled and practiced 8-10 hours a day throughout his childhood.

[Phaticus]

Speachless... Sooooooo much talent.  That Pianist is amazing!

[jbass2007]

50 Cent and Britney Spears should watch this video to see what real musicians sound like. These kids should be making the millions, not a bunch of hack rappers and r&b singers.

[pwnsenburg]

true, the music industry is beat

[Tehdudemonster]

the thing is, everyone cheers when the asain chick plays the violin...the amazing thing is that she really isnt that good for her age, and i have seen better from my public school, but the rest of the doods got it going on.

[tuttskifruttski]

Of course everyone cheer after she's played - then, it's over! The "song" or whatever you wanna call it is over so of course they cheer. They cheer for everyone's performance, not just her.

[califakid13]

yup!

but the world doesn't give a crap about art. it makes them think. it sucks i know. look who open the grammy's 7 years later. it is up to real musicians to give/share there gift with the kids.

[thomasloyens]

crazy stuff!

[Nasute]

These kids were awesome.

[Ives3789]

FREEEAKS!

[Musicaman12]

I know Matt Brewer I use to be in Jazz Camps with him, in Pueblo Colorado.

[MaxJaeger]

you watch these small guys, that fuck most of the drummer musicians today. it is amazing to watch these kids

[undertalgo]

the violinist is amazing...tony, amazing as ever

[ResilientGravity]

this is what you get, when pure talent gets together....

[BorderlineOD]

tony royster didnt stand out as much as the others because a drummer is not meant to be the star of a group such as an orchestra....but F****N oath dus tony kick ass

[1Drummer88]

Besides that he does ... he gets the most probs cause he is the drummer , and of course the drummer gets the most probs :D

[lindquisator]

well, all i know is if you "youtube" eldgar the pianist, you'll see that he is perhaps one of the best young pianist out there.... you should hear his album "ELDGAR" it has michael brecker and john patitucci on it.... he's about 21 now...quite amazing...

[M0E360]

Man I agree whole heartedly Man do U know his name I want to see what he is like today

[coolcalmcollective]

tony is from hinesville?!

[avantbre15]

Eldar

[hopenfaith]

lol . tony didnt get to show his full potential . anyway . the girl was the best . see how fast she sweep her violin. she's amazing

[Dust4Vomit]

Really fun to see.

[Dust4Vomit]

"you can tell that tony is the most skilled performer out of them (along with the bass player) because they can keep going while talking to the host"

no...that doesn't prove anything

[indajust]

well my friend it does nah just playin lol tony is real nice he's on my myspace

[MuzykMastr]

CRAZY

[MyChoiceZildjian]

you can tell that tony is the most skilled performer out of them (along with the bass player) because they can keep going while talking to the host

[skotwhelm]

that girl was fucking insane on that violin!!

[M0E360]

No she wasnt