Johny Rabb

[guillermodelnoche]

I like the little Bonzo sounding reference right at the end while you are twirling... I swear I hear "Rock & Roll" in the last bit of licks...

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[custardmonger]

I dont like the way this video has been edited , I wanted to see the rest of that groove section, so compelling:)

[SabianAHX]

lmao 2:28

[Draper354]

i want more of the 0:42 groove! that was sweet!

[MikePostDrums]

Gravity blast.

[kmbop34]

that beat at 42 seconds and at 55 are unreal. so solid.

[amrika5]

rabb like

[Daarkinitup]

The boy

[matheuspolaor]

Melhor batera do mundo...Johny Rabb, esse é o cara!!!

[Garrison64]

I can get commenting positively about a drummer you really like. But to use that to somehow put down Johnny Rabb is just ignorant. Johnny is an incredible drummer on his own merit and dedicates himself to improvement and teaching others. He also has a super great personality and is very fun to watch play. I have other drummers that I also enjoy very much but I would never use them to speak poorly of Johnny.

[DeuceDeuce0331]

im drooling over his flying fingers

[happy30yrs]

He's definitely one of my fav's too!

Thanks for the upload N3maN!!

[hrssmntpanda]

I think Jojo Mayer is a considerably better player. He understands more about music, technique, and grooves. he's more coordinated and precise. he timing is a lot better, too.

[jp60476]

You can damn near say that about JoJo compared to anyone

[FeeLtheHertZ]

I wouldn't say "considerably better", but slightly better.

They're both excellent and EXTREMELY groovy and in love with percussion, and they purely show it; I would say they're about equal, with Jojo have an overall slight edge.

[NoDw1cK]

i used to be obsessed by jonny rabb but now i can do all his stuff i realise hes abit of a one trick pony. if he didnt use the free hand method he wouldnt hav much.

[upbeatmantis86]

would like to see ur video then... u have?

[nimajnebenneb]

pics or it did not happen

[slickrick0055]

what els would you use those super skills on tiki?

[tiki2133]

He's using the freehand technique on the drums, that's for sure...

[couldhaveseenit]

woah great bass sound in this vid

[maniaximus]

Rabb....DRUM-GOD

Also check JoJo Mayer....sick

[Etan666]

fucking awesome

[Zekkmez]

Awesome

[RESURSMAN]

like 1hand roll-play both halfs of stick.

like up/dwn

[8DarkestOfShadows8]

its caled gravity blast in my opinion i call it gravity roll or go for short its really easy there or tutorials on youtube for it just look up gravity blast ^_^ have fun!!!

[RESURSMAN]

Thanks.

I talkin english awful.

Im a drummer too and realy like to use this thing-but didn't know how it calls till now.

In the first time i saw this in the Ian Paice solo. That was incredible.

[dragonboy269]

i just figured out how to do 1 handed rolls, i was playing a technique i learned from watching shannon lucas, and all i did was just move my hand up to the middle of the stick, so both the front and the back hit the drum, its like 2 sticks in 1 hand

[bij013]

does anybody know how he does it on his hi-hat?? argh..

[ShooBdoo22]

he uses the push pull technique. its really har to learn..and he does it perfect with both hands. like zomfg

[axewarrior]

I remember 1st seeing that technique done by Mike Mangini, but teacher thought i was crazy when I was pulling off insane speeds with it.

[Hansesc2]

It's actually not the push pull - it's using the rim as the fulcrum. The stick rocks on the rim after the first stroke creating a second stroke on the way back up. It's easy to do, it's very difficult to do it like Rabb

[Sublimenate94]

It actually is push pull. He does it on the hats...there's no rim on those to use as a fulcrum lol

[Hansesc2]

It's not push pull. He explains this technique on some other clinic videos. He does this technique on the cow bell too. He rocks the stick and gets a stroke on the way up and the way down. The push pull is a completely different technique.

[ransisua]

so, which one is better?

Gravity blast or push pull?

[1Drummer88]

decide yourself fool

[CheezeyWeezey]

Gravity blast is not the name of a technique. Its a weird term that metal players use to describe certain types of blast beats.

[ransisua]

OK, thanks

[mptdrums]

its the "one-handed roll" according to jojo mayer. he used another term that it goes by but i dont remember what it is.

[morrron5]

freehand technic !

[Poelewoele]

@mptdrums It's the freehand-technique. Jojo used push-pull, as buddy rich does

[mptdrums]

yeah. i was making a reference to Jojo's secret weapons dvd, where he explains it and mentions Johnny Rabb.

[xZBATCHx]

gravity blast?

[dannyboy000]

It's not a push pull. It's the freehand technique. He uses a different technique on this hats.

[truespin2003]

its not push pull on the hats.... he is bringing the back of the sick down to get the extra notes.

[rumo0]

Look at jojo mayer... he explains the technik on his DVD. but he uses also the thumb to make it more powerfull. so its an other version.

[drummerkid27]

its Johnny not Johny

[Daarkinitup]

Johnny Rabb is the best - no doubt yo!

[Tochudin]

wow! This guy is awesome! There aren't many people as imaginative and innovative as Rabb, he's sure a genius

[mini19992]

This was awesome :D

[joshabc]

why does everyone talk shit about drummers saying that the stuff they play is simple obviously it's not that simple or you would be sitting down giving clinics to thousands of people everyday all drumming is, is small simple patterns played at varied speeds and displaced around a drum set so yes in fact there easy patterns but can you do them i think not

[XIxPxGX]

yea drummers need to stop ragging on other drummers

[adgeorgescu]

he's great. :)

[Penisn3id]

THis guy actually plays faster than jojo mayer ....

[Madhadderall]

what's that in his mouth?

[Penisn3id]

a mike

[InuYashatheGreat]

Ya, single handed rolls would be Mangini style if it weren't for the fact the Mangini came after Rabb, and the fact that Buddy Rich did if before they were even born.

& Blu, i don't know wheather I agree that he has better musicality then Thomas Lang. They are both rivals with one another, although they act like friends.

[GenocideJunkies]

He's a little boring to watch but the guy can certainly groove!

[alpyre]

The single handed rolls are Mangini style, but he plays relaxed, shuffly, easy, lineer stuff... However, he is a great drummer anyway...

[bigblack579]

while he might actually be able to do one handed rolls this fast all the one handed rolls he is doing in this video are cheats off the rim not cheating would be using buddy rich's push pull technique im not hating in fact i do it all the time off the rim for the simple fact that its sweet but i just thought maybe someone would want to know in case they wanted to try themselves

[drumheadseb]

how much did he inject to play that fast i wonderr???/

[iwillmaceyou]

the man is a living, breathing drum machine on crack

[blu129]

he doesnt play like a grandad..unless your grandads the fastest in the world at drumming. loser. Better sence of music than Thomas Lang

[luistr3x]

he's the best i've seen (i hate urlich)

[StoneinFocus]

AARRGGHHH!!!! this guy fucking owns. Jesus christ!

[bjthepumpkinguy]

smells like almost mike mangini to me..

[buzzworkers]

woooo0000000WWWW!!!!

[Littek]

he´s the fastest in the world in single strokes :D

[Birchmonarch]

nope... watch mike mangini man... 1247strokes in 1min. That's fastest today

[Littek]

ok, im a bit after :)

[ricthetapir]

now that's a hip-hop beat for ya

[sathomaso]

cool stuff. but nothing compared to danny carey ;)

[Duckenheimer]

Tehcnically better though. No question.

[Jackrophagist]

yeah this guy is fucking good, but he plays like a grandad? anyone else notice that. Not that it makes him any worse, its just funny for your.

[Hopf]

grandad ??? thats his awesome freaky style. very very cool ;) !!!

[haputanlas]

I saw this guy at NAMM in Anaheim showing off the Roland V-Drums. He is absolutely amazing.

[theavenue]

thats hot!

[lesternstuff]

ONE WORD-WOW!