Dennis Chambers solo with Niacin

[Frisbieinstein]

He seems to have lost weight.

[zifarro]

Chambers is not human!

[andrewt248]

2:07 - The 3 over 4 stuff kills me.

[sarid18]

1:55 orgasm

[eqsmooth]

I said it before i will say it again. I was at this gig at the Bottom Line and after seeing Buddy Rich twice and meeting him twice decided that Buddy and Dennis were my favorites so far. What he did here was pure dengue fever. SICKNESS.

[corsomike1]

saw then live at the regatta bar in Boston . Infuckingcredible

[roccovaselino]

The 17 dislikes are from elderly people who logged on by accident, looking for vitamin supplements.

[Reaper2k]

@roccovaselino My doctor told me to increase my B3 intake- how is this video supposed help with that!?

[gilafunk]

Bad ass bad ass bad ass...

[alkhami1]

17 people are vitamin deficient.

[thickpooxbox360]

HAHA im studying nutirtional science so i search for the vitamin niacin and THIS video comes up first :P study time is over when u come across a chambers video will and billy on bass!

[SlikOZZY93]

what is the name of this song :D???

[kissband100]

Denise is a beast !!!

[Tiago2384]

who didn't like this video? Are you crazy?

[ckit4u]

Now This is what i'm talking about, this gentelman professes and Posseses.

he does not bragg he excecutes, he dwells in earth times span unlike the Space Cadet keyboard players i have encountered?!?! Dennis Chambers and this keyboard player knows that they have to convey what is in their hearts Because they worked it out! form the beginning! Outstanding thanks for posting

[jonathantc08]

so where does the banging stop and the drumming begin?

[TheDutchcocaine1]

@jonathantc08 im just gonna act like i didnt read that

[JCDrummingSchool]

@jonathantc08 lets see you groove then?

[Moog168]

@jonathantc08 When you learn how to count and try to replicate what he just did....then you'll notice the drumming has started since the beginning of the video.

[jonathantc08]

@Moog168 lol I can count and i would not try and replicate this

[Lehmann108]

@jonathantc08 Ha ha! I know the feeling, bro!



[Lehmann108]

@jonathantc08 Either you're a jokester, a douche bag or a great fan of Travis Barker!

[c0d3x001]

@jonathantc08 i don't know what your definition of drumming is... but this has so much groove it's crazy ... dennis chambers is possibly one of the grooviest drummers out there and everything you say against that is wrong and will be downvoted anyway :D

[Rafalova]

So smooth and deep, like you never know when he was gonna bust out a can of whoop ass on that kit! Class act...deepest groove of ALL!

[Godoygui]

fuckingggggggggggg amazing

[SinToniya]

интересно, кто эти 14 человек, кому не понравилось видео?? Стив Гадд, наверное, какой-нить ))

[RMORMN6322]

good man!!! yeah

[yawekalb]

Played drums for over forty years, got feel of things I guess, but Dennis Chambers does it for me... this is the best solo I have seen... but there have been many great ones I know. Love to all drummers, keep the spirit alive.

[FluorEnzo]

absolutely stunning!!!

[voltototo]

14 users are bigger than Chambers ;P

[jonnyg123ful]

wow!

[WAMcfarlane]

wats this song called?

[JBLgangsta]

Got the funk?

[drumkrazy1984]

This is really really good.

[c0d3x001]

is it possible, that keyboard players, piano players etc. are never mentioned in video descriptions or tags?...

[drummakid101]

Oh my gosh, I thought that was Tommy Igoe on the Organ/ Keys. I was just about to throw my drum set out and chop my fingers off if that actually was him.

[playinpearls]

13 People lost the beat during the drum solo.

[frixlm]

It's funny because we now realize that we all suck...

[dmelv]

I am speechless

[dharmaseed]

That cat has so much groove that it's not even FUNNY.

[Maxarcc]

This guy is playing beyond belief.

[somethingorotherism]

................. damn.

[wgermany21]

one of the greatest if not the greatest to ever pick up the sticks. he's a freak of nature!! my favorite drummer

[Germanalejandro21]

es un mostruoo taocandoo.. hdppp!!!

[kryshen2]

He moves like a man in a stop frame animation... it looks like someone just randomly hits fastforward on him when he wants to move faster than any human being should be able to move. WHAT THE HELL!!!

[TheMASDrummer]

that bassist looks pretty straight 

[airon50]

my favorite part is 0:01-3:41

[airon50]

1:55 niiiiiiiiiiice

[DCussen]

That was insane.

[kmike626]

Alot of folk dont go back to the years Dennis Chambers played on tour with George Clinton Parlement. they had 2 drummers. Dennis was 17 yrs old, plaing live sets of funky beats for up to 4 hours each concert set. That was his foundation. P FUNK!

[seasondrummer]

i can watch this all day..never get tired ....awsome

[HarmPoy]

0:20 - 0:32

Fucking YES!!!

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

omg 

[JuJuHouse24]

does double stroke rolls he does on the snare...

Dennis is so dynamic, explosive, purely ferocious.

[jigebooboo]

whats the name of this song??

[yoyotony28]

win

[TheWilbersMx]

no maames!!! alto pedo.

[SequinedSkies254]

How does this not have like, 4 million views? This is kick ass

[drumrnva]

@SequinedSkies254 I've probably watched it fifty times by myself.

[kikme778]

@SequinedSkies254 how does it not have 400 million?

[bigdaddyricc]

Love it when a great drummer smiles during his playing....Go Dennis!!!!

[baronofhell08]

how the hell does he get suck a click from his bass drum?

[drumrnva]

Amazing. Besides his amazing ability, I always love the sound he gets with tom-toms.

[RAMBR0]

Almost certain that was The Bottom Line gig that I went to...Niaci were the openers believe it or not...well, maybe it was a double bill...the other group that night...also a trio was Will Calhoun Doug Wimbish and Vernon Reid...not a shabby gig for the heads to attend, no?

[dekkerable]

Like that lick at:1:52

[MegaANDYGH]

I KINDA DON'T LIKE THAT OFF TIME STUFF DENNIS DOES.

[SuperHighGloss]

awesome tight, tasty, groovy, awesome solo with the music, after that some classic dc-lunacy, which you gotta love anyway.

i think niacin suits him really well. energy, power, rawness...

[SolubleSound]

This song made me want to be better at drums.

Dennis' toms sound better than usual in this video imo

[syvyvai]

his facial expression is impressive, the way he closes his eyes to feel everything. fucking god.

[GiovaniB52]

Dennis never ceases to amaze me

[KrummyBear]

:D The best!

[knate79]

I love how every solo he plays is with his eyes closed...LOVE IT!!!

[CrazyDave313]

What does race have to do with drumming? I'm soooo confused on this one...

[Skankmaster90]

haha that bitch plays the piano like the guy from charlie brown XD

[DrewDrums76]

This is refreshing. A lot of love and very little hate. But then again, it IS hard to hate someone who just handed all of you your asses. Have a good day bitches !!

Dennis Chambers FTW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[x2bnex2me]

He's so good it's frightening.

[Sabian0204]

Oh to play half as fast ! :)

[drumrnva]

Scary drummer. And his toms always sound so good!

[brendentaylor12345]

I like to use gum as a metronome. I think that's what dennis does

[Lobones0066]

Dennis Chambers is the fucking man

[coreymilne]

Fuckin' hell, that was insane!

[SlashBastard63]

He ain't good. Hell no! Good wishes we'd call it Dennis Chambers!

He's mad bad ass!!!

[57bigjoe]

A drummer in total control is a drummer in control but not over controlling. just the right amount of control!

[bfr74vz]

Now if we can just get Dennis paired up with Steve Vai, that would be awesome

[alexlocurto]

@bfr74vz and then we can put Dennis & Steve w/ Billy and have Paul Gilbert as rythm guitar

[ExtremeBogom]

@alexlocurto

That just wouldn't work.

Gilbert just can't do fusion, or jazz.

[nolaeast]

It is funny how Dennis Chambers and Carter Beauford look alike, and both are outstanding drummers.

[ExtremeBogom]

I wanna be black because of Dennis.

[blacksurvival4ever]

@ExtremeBogom TOO FUNNY!!!!!

[bcordova1234chivas]

@ExtremeBogom lawl

man whenever i watch him i wanna just practice the drums even more!

[user259169]

@ExtremeBogom so effing funny

[Skankmaster90]

@ExtremeBogom he's great but i don't think any white person ever truly wants to be black.

[ExtremeBogom]

@Skankmaster90

How could you possibly know that for sure?

[Skankmaster90]

@ExtremeBogom i don't. i said "i don't think".

[CanyonProg]

@Skankmaster90 Are you a KKK's member???

[Skankmaster90]

@CanyonProg because i don't think white people want to be black? so chris rock can go on and on about how it sucks to be black and he wishes he was white. and i quote "i'm worth 30.7 million dollars, and i'll bet not one of you white motherfuckers would ever trade spots with me" but the minute i say something im rascist? for shame...

[CanyonProg]

@Skankmaster90 Sorry,friend you're right.

[fleeleelee]

@Skankmaster90 dip shit

[Skankmaster90]

@fleeleelee lick a window you ear biting, drooling waste of space.

[smoukondeuoter]

@ExtremeBogom ahah yeah man u're absolutely right!!

[noizenconfusion]

@ExtremeBogom - you ARE black.

[daonpa]

@ExtremeBogom

I want to be black becuase of Dennis and Aaron (SPears) :D

[jesselondon72]

@daonpa yeah me too..tony royster aaron spears and the gospel gang make me wanna be black and religious. unfortunately...I'm neither.lol

[daonpa]

@jesselondon72 :D

I dont like Tony so much....

[jesselondon72]

@daonpa all good bro. for me these cats are such a source of inspiration. As long as your taking something from each of these cats and applying it in your own way to the kit then its all good. Tony has been Dennis' project for some time. They're all amazing...but yeah...I still aint goin to church.

[Kenteman]

@ExtremeBogom I was lucky enough to see Dennis at a clinic back in 2000. Technically what he does is almost unreal. The music store had a nice video setup where you could see every limb as he was playing. His feet alone are faster than most drummers' hands.

I am black, not because of Dennis Chambers. However, I want to become a better drummer because of people like Dennis Chambers. :)

[Revampt67]

@ExtremeBogom

Saw Denis play a clinic quite some years back now and was totaly sold on his ungainly technical abilitys....superb grove and....Well" what els is there to say about the man?

[Revampt67]

@ExtremeBogom

You should be yourself because of Dennis!!

Iv got this peice licked now D...Funk and Heavey metal riff,or am I getting nealy as old as you??

G Husband

[ExtremeBogom]

@Revampt67

Yeah this is a cool groove! Dennis is brilliant.

Are you Gary Husband by any chance?

If you are, I gotta tell you, your one of the best out there mate!

[Revampt67]

@ExtremeBogom

Hi E B...Yup!!.. and thankyou for the kind comments freind..

Dennis is realy in a world of his own...its ok being able to copy his style and technical abilitys,but in the end of the day thats all your doing as an admirer of his playing...all you then have to do is nick peices off this and that and find your own style ext,,

All musicans have been doing it since time and memorial freinds.

Even me!! he! he!.

[ExtremeBogom]

@Revampt67

Yes very true Gary, I've have been picking up stuff for years now. I play guitar and luckily I was young enough to get the advantages of the internet in my early days.

I notice you play both the drums and keyboard superbly, and I've seen plenty of videos of you and Holdsworth jamming out.

You're like two peas in a pod, bouncing off each others rhythms.

What was that Frankfurt 86 gig like? I've heard stories the bands gear didn't show or something? Must of been naff!

[abebass90]

Billy Sheehan is the master, but the bass sounds awful!

Chamber is the best!

[warplanes1]

Theres one point to where my mind cant wrap around the actual beat. I knew there was a beat in it. I could feel it, but I couldn't place it.....I dont make sense do I?

Whatever he is doing feels correct.

[mailderrick]

@warplanes1 yes..makes sense..watch more chambers..sometimes he throws odd time signatures...with different extremities. he likes to play around with rhymic tensions so to speak as no other does.but yea..he can keep a beat too..lol

[mailderrick]

@mailderrick or should i say...different off-time beats,lag beats,tempo,poly rhythms with different extremities at the same time....does that make sense?

[BCDPRODUCTIONS1234]

Y'anno how Chambers is ALWAYS chewing gum?..

Do you think that subconsciously its his way of keeping in time?.. Hmm..

[Led757]

i`m pretty sure it is, my old music teacher told me something about some drummers doing just so

[TripodOfFury]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 You might be on to something. Chicklets and triplets also have a rhyming quality to them!! lol

[michaelcurtisjr]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 I'm not sure but I actually think time looks to Dennis to check itself :)

[jamie30drums]

@michaelcurtisjr ha ha, i think your right

[specialness16]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 I think he has a metronome maybe

[anayaedgar]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 ppl say there are no stupid questions, well sir you win, this is a stupid question gaaawd

[zzzeeerrrooo000000]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 yep,metronome LOL

[joeisdrumming92]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 i think its to keep his mouth busy while hes playing. if i dont chew gum when i play, i end up biting my lip. which makes my lip hurt when im done, and i look like an idiot. and it kinda helps me keep time a little i suppose.

[audiophile55]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 I thought that maybe he did because of maybe gritting his teeth when he plays. I have that habit when I play, and, I taped myself while practicing one day, and was afraid I looked stupid while playing and chewing gum.

Maybe I should post a video of myself with the gum in my mouth, and see what others think? LOL?

[Funkover1]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234

I´ve tried the chewinggum..it was during a jail gig. men, I bite myself in the tongue several times..... I´ll never try it out again!

[circleslammer]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 often times i will catch myself grinding my teeth when i play and gum can help with cutting down on that kind of bad habit tremendously. not sure why i do it, but gum is great as long as u dont choke on it while playing!

[mrthundaboots]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 they have proven that chewing gum helps you concentrate.It's the oral fixation,like smoking.Plus it eliminates the dreaded cottonmouth!

[Kenteman]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 The time is ingrained in his brain. Chambers could keep time firing a rapid machine gun.

[ExtremeBogom]

@Kenteman

hahahaha

[three9s]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234

Eric Clapton said it best

Cocaine!

[jtc95]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 so if it is thats an awesome idea!

[gergenfonchen]

@jtc95

I wonder how much gum he's swallowed...

*playing playing playing* swallows gum *FUCK* and goes out of time :P

[gwaltzgs]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 HAHAHA, yeah it could be that, or it could be that he is the baddest musician on the globe, or it could be the earphone in his right ear going CLICK click click click...just sayin. million dollars says he keeps time just as well without the gum.

[jsog1]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234

Just like Carter Beauford!

[manguse]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 i chew gum when am really into the music, it helps relax ur mind...kina like a stress reliever...to me atleast...

[Cannon40oz]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 It actually does help you keep a steady tempo. ; )

Love ya Dennis!

[StaticVShock]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 I think it's more of a relaxer or like a comfort thing. You know?

[drumz47]

@StaticVShock You are absolutly correct . Playing drums is never about speed its all about being totally comfortable and just enjoying the groove in the moment. Thats all that Dennis does beside groove the shit out of these grooves. I really like this trio.. Very underestimated but they have a bunch of great grooves and solos.

Great ears bro.

[Jaythedrummerman]

@BCDPRODUCTIONS1234 probably not. i know when i play if can have something to distract me a little and get my mind out of the way i tend to play better and looser. Maybe thats why he does it.

[paice95]

hey who is the guy on bass? i've seen him with steve vai but i can't remember his name.

[bzaban]

Billy Sheehan, former Mr. Big...

[cwphunky68]

@paice95 - Greg Bissionette, Steve Vai, and Billy Sheehan were David Lee Roth's band when he went solo in '85.

[brantan84]

the lick at 1.42 is very very catchy

[mrbigs279]

esmooth....are you saying that that solo is a farce?

i dint think u know anything about drumming!

[spamtree]

i think he was joking you know.

[eqsmooth]

I swear that behind the black curtains there are like 8 other drummers. This is sick. What is kinda odd is that I was at this show and watched it go down. Effortless. Sheehan and Chambers were smirking at each other the whole time.

[3939allen]

I think this is his best solo. cuz i can understand better than his other complex solos

[skatergoodz]

I have his drumsticks (zildjian signature). When I tryed, i was playing 2x faster than with mine older ones. Was so surprised.

(sorry, suck at Eng)

[HotShotGringo]

the one and only ... The Master himself

[athox]

this is just about as cool as it gets

[grserm]

i was at this gig on telegraph avenue in oakland...me & my friend Xandor, second row center-right.

signed, berkeley boy.

[ozman21]

haha you must be kidding right??

[jetsterx]

sarcasm detector fail..

[martianshoes]

I love the musicality of Chambers playing, the speed and chops just make you watch in rapt attention...but he does lose me a bit between 2:10 and 2:40...

[mattday86]

don't worry i think he loses himself as well. 2:11

[littlemanskaterj]

if you stare at him the way he moves makkes him look like a robot. . . mad amazing

[icelemoncoffee]

i got a fren, who is a drummer, saying the most difficult part in playing drums was the snare...

[ikmachov]

how does he make it sound like he's rolling on the snare drum thhe whole time????

[Moog167]

ikmachov-Double strokes,single strokes various rudiments and Great technique

[lileulileu]

Great answer!! :)

[drumsticksinhand]

he probably keeps a constants double stroke beat going with his left then plays everything else with his right and bass

[Fattydrums910]

ghost notes, and dribbles.

[gabr55]

dennis you´re the best drum player in the world!!

[zfreak1981]

amazing

[boonehawks]

Dennis Chambers can be so quick the camera frames can't keep up with him!!!

[MetalCode]

so professional!

[SirJamestheIII]

billy sheehan ftw

[mmjaljs]

He is in the pocket and solid on the one!

[rrdrums110]

To maniscopic.What is there to teavh chambers? he's perfect ....just ask you. Tony williams tried Billy Cobham tried Buddy rich was there. did chambers listen? But I got to tell you after being in the metal drummers trenches of youtube DC is a breath of fresh air in comparison. But is he all that you say? Not in a pig eye.

[jtrevor93]

He is AMAZINGG.. he basically has his eyes closed the whole solo