NAMM 2010 - Thomas Pridgen @ Roland Booth

[aMimicDrone]

you know he likes 'em, by how hard hes hittin

[t3hgir]

2:08 onwards, Thomas learning some Meshuggah? lol

[chernamin]

am I hearing the drum sounds or the sound of him hitting the pads realy hard?

[RJPass]

@chernamin You're hearing both but more so him smacking the shit outa the v-drums. It was amazing to stand there and film him going nuts on it because i'd never heard them be hit that hard.

[Sidsix5555]

that set at that pace, will last him...about hmmmm 3 weeks before the triggers start dying

[roki92]

2:20 AAAAAAAHHH LOOOOOL

[QotsaFoo]

after that performance you can throw this drums away haha

[loho174]

thomas is animal in real life...as in that muppet character that drums.hahaha

[Spunjo1221]

@loho174 I was thinking the same thing man

[MrMrkfuk]

he should relax sometimes

[sheebypanda]

This drums will die soon O_o

[theninjadrummer123]

pridgen destroys all others

[drummakid101]

Oh no! He's playing double pedals now.

Thomas Pridgen is officially going to destroy the Earth. It was great knowing you all.

[MetalHead420100]

awesome. love his style

[LukeMurd]

How biohead said, he's wearing a shirt.

Moreover, we could not even see his drum's heads and his cymbals getting scaried by his strokes

[bzdrummer410]

electric is waaaay easier to play, but I still love jamming on them when I get the chance. Esepcially kits like the Roland td-9 kits. I just love how he doesn't ever try to show off and show that hes better than anyone else. He just jams, and that's what its aLL ABOUT! Love it!

[Cuchufletonsky]

jajajaja wildest thomas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hobo198430]

He is wildest drummer i have ever seen!!!

[Maxtraffic]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh........

[ediot6969]

It's harder to play electric cuz it sucks acoustic all the way.

[b10buzz]

I like the sound at 0-41 mark :)

[dm6testa777]

its harder to play a eletric set trust me i know check out mt videos

[Pracktice]

@dm6testa777 TO ME ITS EASIER ON ELECTRIC AND MAD HARDER ON ACOUSTIC

[dm6testa777]

@Pracktice the eletric pads are alot smaller u can get that extra bounce for shure but u cant get as wild with such small pads that is y its harder

[crittinger]

you can almost hear the acoustics of the synthetic membranes louder than the programmed, amplified sounds haha

[Spacecowboyy]

@crittinger hahahaha i noticed that too.

[inimicalODDITY]

@crittinger Dude, no shit, that's wild. Only dude that will need a replacement head on a electric set :p

[crittinger]

@inimicalODDITY hahaha, yeah

[laydeezman217]

@2:40 is the moment where pridgen is fed up with playing on an electric kit lol

[dubbe186]

his ghost notes are harder than my accented hits. DAYUM, Thomas is mindblowing

[biohead66]

that's not thomas. he's wearing a shirt.

[MrDROPSHOT9]

@biohead66 haha i was just going to say the same thing.

[WillTocaJr]

Animal from the Muppets...

[Dan070]

Pridgen is an awesome drummer, even Roland kits can stand up to him :D

I think anyone who has played a Roland TD-20 know they can be loads of fun, but for the money, you're much better off getting a top end acoustic kit. The feel just isn't the same. I've got a TD-6 myself.

[YouthDrummer]

LOL 2:21 = Wookie

[FalcoPR91]

doble pedals? :O! niceee... first time I've seen Him using d.p.

[BADBOY131]

i think now any time electric drums are made, to prove they are durable they should go through a Thomas Pridgen test.

[pathemus]

why would change how hard you hit an electric kit? theyre trying to replicate an acoustic kit so why make it uncomfortable and hit lighter than you would usually?

[AfroDrumChild]

di5 makez meh want to play!!

[b10buzz]

haha, he hits the drums that hard that the actual acoustic sound of v drums is louder than the sound from the speakers :)

[bdrums777]

holy crap! did nobody tell him that they are vdrums and you dont have to hit them that hard? haha

[highlightmaterial]

he try t0 make possible all the impossible stuff t0 make it c0mmon!!Really a beast!!!!

[highlightmaterial]

best drummer!!!!!

[Lamaureen]

thomas looks like a wild monkey......Mad ugly but he's killin tho

[drumsetkiller365]

i wish i could beat the shit out of a roland kit 2 bad i care 2 much lol

[spacitydrummer4JC]

Exactly, haha, same here. I would be too afraid to play like that on a kit like that.

[EugeneTheDancer]

having fun!

[byLivio]

Dude,his hand technique is fking flawless

[caragliocool2]

haha there's me.....

[RollingStone000]

Well you know those things can put up with a beating.

[pnutskater96]

@RollingStone000 the drummer for my church beat the crap outta one of these things for about a year and it was done

[theLearner]

too bad couldn't hear the drums too well

[shasaki2]

I wish I was Thomas Pridgen :( ...

[PortalRealm]

good stuff, he's really enjoying this