Luke Holland - CAFO - Animals As Leaders Drum Cover

[ProgressiveGuitarHQ]

you should make a progressive band with me and my bass player :D

[Janner04]

Wrigthdrums channel is much better

[srpjr3795]

How come whenever you hit the snare, it sounds like a flam?

[TheSkylie]

I don't know what everyone's so touchy about. Luke, I dig the way the snare sounds. One of those "happy accidents," because I feel it fits in with the song pretty dang well.

[rollrob24]

Vater Sticks is fkn awesome! The snare sound unmixed! uuuewww

[rudymdrummer]

I didn't know u use Vater sticks! :D

[guitarboy934]

He is using the trigger. It's just a bigger snare so it gives it a deeper sound

[Vromopoutanos01]

imagine if Tommy Lee went up to him and said "Luke, I am your father"

[Mech2tx]

Beastmode!!!

[foxxrider250r]

Ole Navene doesn't make his songs too easy to replicate that's for sure

[inimicalODDITY]

@foxxrider250r Navene didn't write any of the drums parts on AAL's debut album. They were all programmed by Misha Mansoor, lead guitarist of Periphery. 

[SyqLAWL]

@inimicalODDITY navene isn't fun to listen to!

[SuperRandomizer2000]

Or maybe it's triplets on the bass

[SuperRandomizer2000]

@2und2sind4 I think it's two snare hits with for bass hits then 2 snare hits alternating back and fourth but his kick is really fast.

[Progressive90]

Are you using trigger on the snare?

[DrumsZackDrums]

Luke! Respect \m/

[2und2sind4]

i really dont get how that drum fill at 5:53 works

would be awesome if you did a short tutorial on how to do it

[BlakeLovesdrums]

Whats this!? Something that isn't in 4/4 time!? it's definatly wrong and out of time! Ahaha just kidding I am not a dumbasss.

[0waggoner]

LUKE, YOU SHOULD QUIT DRUMMING! YOUR GONNA SPRAIN YOUR PUSSY

[guitarinkrys]

God man, when you put out a band... I will be a MASSIVE fan. hahaha

[chaotic291]

Luke, you should make a progressive metal band with Josh Kikta!

[kadaj0073]

This was really sick. I enjoyed every second of it.

Good job, Luke!

[Fuckityfuckify]

animals as leaders drummer is good and he has some FREAKY ASS RYTHMSSSSSMSMS so playing any song would be kind of challenging.NIGGAAAA i wanna see something else from weightless!!!

[2und2sind4]

@Fuckityfuckify NIGGAAAA? really?

[ebess2]

Thumbs up, If you want Luke Holland to make an Inamorata cover!!

[Inyourfaceish]

0:20 No, not again spinning with this stick!

Nice cover! \,,/

[is007naruto]

vc é muito bom lek

[rohanpogi]

watch?v=RARd_kIEm2g

[PandaMarius]

Dude....

Just...

Fuck....

[sk8nmetalpsycho]

you pretty nailed it

awesome!

[shredhammer777]

only time I've ever seen you struggle like this. it's interesting seeing the expert get his ass handed to him musically xD it's almost 100% spot on, i noticed a mis-timed kick or two but its awesome man.

[Pipegone93]

I can't believe we're the same age, we're both drummers and you kick my ass so hard, it disappoints me

[janken919]

Some captions on the time signatures would be nice!

[asheholeo3210]

luke and kikta should collab on a live recording sesh :D

[dimixdrum]

awesome but it would be could to have a camera to show the foot motion:)

[celluoiddify]

DAMN that snare is dry as fuck! sounds beautiful though <3

[JonnySalazar1194]

Every single time i see Luke Holland play i wanna go to my drumset and play and pray i play half as good as him.

[ViestursBalodis]

Navene Koperweis - Animals as Leaders (Pro Shot) - Wave of Babies Live in San Fransisco 11/2010

Check this for drumming with attitude :)

[ViestursBalodis]

Less show-off. More work on hit and rhythm. Weak hi-hat and snare.

[stickininmyeye93]

@ViestursBalodis Its just bad mixing thats making it sound like that.

[defsurf1154]

@ViestursBalodis he actually nailed it almost perfectly. The "show-off" u mention, most of the time keeps guys like this in time. All the little stick trick accents could really help you to overcome such a strange and challenging polyrythm if you already used to that flare. I say great job Luke, and most all of us enjoy your "flare"...otherwise i would just go watch chase.=)

[djblaizemusic]

Was he playing in 9/4? That's how I counted it.

[shredhammer777]

@djblaizemusic 9/4 indeed



[DrummingMexmetalcore]

Mike Malyan's cover of CAFO > Luke Holland's cover. this is still sick though!

[babiapril5]

hello luke, I love you forever and always

[Ursugarspice]

AWESOME!

[PapaJobin]

I like the snare sound....

[ThePurpleDrumStick]

still my favorite drum cover on youtube!

[GodlessalexAV]

No fuckin way



[socc3rman101]

im a rap fan, but damn man you got skills! really like this!

[HalfWhiteHalfAsian]

It looks like you're about to barf lol

[TheGrimBassist]

Very well played, but God. The fucking look on your face shits the fuck out of me, god you look annoying hahahah

[TourettesUnicorn]

am i the only one that legit diggs the snare? :/

[ftaguitarist]

@TourettesUnicorn i think the snare sounds awesome itself. the production makes it a little muddy but when there is a song behind a drum track with a drum track theres a battle for frequency. but that snare has a bad ass sound. especially in the Composure cover. i vote "digg the snare" not to mention he's a badass drummer regaurdless.

[waiyouhatin]

hit all the notes but really off beat

[Hecatom]

i just came here to say, awesome work you are truly amazing, cafo its one of my favorite songs, specially for the drums, and you pulled it extraordinarily

also ignore the sad trolls, sadly youtube its plagued with a lot of them that dont have anything good to add

[Singsongpong]

The snare isn't even that bad, still sick to listen to

[fishoutawatr7]

you are fucking amazing any one who hates on this video cant do better

[stexnookie]

nice playing, shitty recording!

[PipoBones]

I see ignorance everywhere. If anyone here knew ANYTHING about recording youd figure out pretty easily that this might have been a delay issue between the mic and the console to the recording. And i see a lot of shit being sprayed around about playing better than him. Well fuck, i dont see you endorsed by a a mainstream cymbal company, a growing drum company, and a clothing line getting more popular but the second. Easy on the lips but im sure none of you posers can pull this off.

[CameronADD]

... What a horrible way of playing double stroke rolls. He's alright, but maybe he should learn to stop doing stick tricks and actually play PERFECTLY in time and learn a bit of 'proper' technique. There is quite a lot of flamming in his playing against the backing...

[ottispunkmeyer]

@CameronADD someone is jealous... i know i am

[coolhandman]

Such a hard beat to master, and you have done it my friend!

[potman66]

@coolhandman Except he didn't master it. He flams and is off beat all over the place in this cover. In most of his cover. I think Luke is a good drummer, but as I've always said, he needs to work on timing and being on beat.

[LukeHollandDrums]

@potman66 For the 98749582745th time, the snare being off like that was the mix. I know how to play in time, promise. The snare head was popped when we recorded this as well. If I was to upload the raw audio, you'd understand.

[potman66]

@LukeHollandDrums It's not like I'm saying your a bad percussionist. It's off in all your videos though. If it's a mix thing, fix it bro! I tend to troll your videos a lot on accident, and I do apologize. Maybe take it as constructive criticism? I don't know, take it as you will, but that's what I hear, and probably what others do too.

[slaveofthemaster777]

@potman66 I feel like maybe you don't know what you're talking about.. he is directly on with the original recording by animals as leaders. for as much of it as he does follow the original. I think. you're maybe hearing little adds the original drummer did.

[potman66]

@slaveofthemaster777 I feel like I do know what I'm talking about? It's on other videos. I'm not saying Luke is bad in any way at all, I'm just saying that mix always sounds off, now that Luke has explained it to me. Calm yourself.

[meccaman]

wow dude.... ur like....... amazing

[waltermcbobom]

this is actually fucking ridiculous

[Brianholmesyo]

and snare every once in a while.

[Brianholmesyo]

sloppy bass though

[sabiandrummer4life]

I know this isn't your Seven Drumworks kit, but what kind of kit is it?

[Jamsessionroom1337]

No room for flashy shit in this one who luke? Also navene plays the verse bass parts with one foot. :P

[paynebabes123]

flam flam flam

[Eatcakeandnicetreats]

lol nice circus tricks

[weiszydude]

sick looking garage lol

[Syngates6962]

timing is terrible...

[osnad]

@Syngates6962 you got two choices to pick: a) do it better b) shut the hell up!!

[KjetilRG]

@Syngates6962 what'ya meen? Luke's killing it. Spot FUCKING on. The song goes this way.

[overcomewithplagues]

@Syngates6962 how about you listen to an animals as leaders song and see if you can even hit the snare on the right beat

[Damien333]

St.Anger called,its laughing at your snare.

[jessemitten]

@Damien333 probably the best comment ever

[MetalCamelChannel]

@Damien333 That comment made my day.

[deathalizer420]

@Damien333 that was one of the better comments ive seen on here, lol

[Paul4474]

@Damien333 Jajajajaja!!! XD

[joshzirkle]

The reason the snare sounds the way it does is because he's recording in a garage, in the summer, in Arizona. Temperature and weather conditions always effect drums.

[THEMOSHMAN1]

@joshzirkle really? i didnt know weather affected that. how so?

[joshzirkle]

@THEMOSHMAN1 It messes with the wood of the drums, and if the wood stretches or shrinks then the head gets messed up and the sound is messed up too. It happens a lot with humidity, too.

[axacingdude]

Dude amazing cover 

[b0d0mB3acht3rr0r]

Good stuff man. Solid!

[dazeinband]

MAD PROPS BRO, CHECK OUR SHIT OUT FOR REAL GROOVES AND ODD METERS!!!

[chgotbanned]

good cover but that snare sounds horrible

[punkdude0044]

You should do a cover on this with Josh, that'd be really badass

[seriftheband]

Fucking awesome cover but fuck that snare was recorded like crap

[jordankonedrum]

You and Navene K. should do some writing together. Awesome cover!!

[sprawl99999]

Cover "Wave of Babies" by AAL!!!!! such an intense song.

[calebandrewmichael]

A meshugga cover would be cool. His limb impendence and speed are just insane.

[RandomHiMfan]

Now.... can you play Bleed by meshuggah ? :P or perhaps Pineal Gland optics? D:

[RandomHiMfan]

wasnt sure how you would handle a song like this cause its hard as balls :P But you did really well! good job bro

[GrabcuGrabcu]

Dude, you didn't know that drums for this song was programmed and they're impossible to play by human, right? Ja pierdolę... Me gusta.

[6crimson6]

@GrabcuGrabcu Not really. Navene joined Animals as Leaders soon after and nails it at every show.

[mawacaca1]

@j0gan673 It annoyed me too. Glad that he actually drummed on the album weightless

[j0gan673]

Doesn't it annoy you a little that these intense drum tracks were programmed by a guitarist?

[espibanez1]

@j0gan673 misha does know how to play drums, though :P

[nagmalitongyawa]

@espibanez1 no. he doesn't.

[espibanez1]

@nagmalitongyawa well there's a video of him playing on youtube, and he seems okay......

[nagmalitongyawa]

That weird sound is not by the snaredrum. It sounds like that because there is a disparity between his hit and the actual record.

[nagmalitongyawa]

@nagmalitongyawa very very slight difference.

[REACHifPOSSIBLE]

Some Protest the Hero would be awesome, but now tha i have seen this i dont think it would really challenge you o.o im very jealous! But it would still be epic ifyou covered Blindfolds aside or Tapestry by PtH (just some examples)

[KangaEmpire]

Sounds like a Marching Snare.. ... Lovely crack you've got there. lol

[triforceguitarist]

my goodness...i..i cant even comprehend how amazing that was.

[socc3rman101]

thats some sick drumming there bro! keep that shit up! earned a new sub.

[roughmittens]

man, you have some insane talent, but you need to fix your snare. it sounds terrible :)

[MrWalshmannn]

Absolutley no disrespect at all but the sound of your snare started to annoy me a little.

[liondeag]

Okay THIS IS WHAT'S UP man fuck skrillex. damn near perfect cover man great chops!

[liondeag]

@liondeag btw i like the fill you stuck in there, and the stick tricks! Keep working on those double-bass chops man you're gonna be a MEEEEEEAN drummer someday soon

[bortier]

Luke, nice job man. But I worry, you look pretty tired in this video. You don't sleep and play drums all night? :D

[oazao666]

You are a very telented drummer. Do you have a band?

[Nadan0302]

nice work man......

[izzletalk]

i can't believe that you know this fuckin band so awesome that a guy like you know this song , i mean , people don't know about AAL but they know about you , so may be people will now know about AAL ; THANK YOU !

[iPhoneSAccount]

@izzletalk Yeah, i have literally only just found out about this band through luke haha. insane cover and great music, i havnt listened to technical music in a long time and i really miss it tbh. well done luke mate, making bands even more famous than they already are hahaha

[RabidKlauseHD]

@izzletalk yesssss i knowwww im so glad he covered aal

[TruthTheSpeaker]

props for sweating a lot while playing!

[madococo]

FOCUS. FOCUS !

Damn it hurts me so much.

Insane cover btw



[VictoryOTP]

I haven't heard the original yet, but I couldn't really wrap my head around the time signature, etc. It almost sounds like you play some parts at a slightly different time signature... It seems off and/or sounds complicated... Then it resolves again. Is that correct?

[bartholemeww]

Animals as Leaders is awesome, try Thoroughly at Home or Song of Solomon? :)

[IsaacSelenecro]

and PLAEASSEEEEE!!! if you want... can you cover a song from the band The Contorionist, you choose the song n_n you are a good drummer and you´ll do perfect ;D

[JohnOrrTheArsonist]

@IsaacSelenecro that'd be fucking amazing if he did one from them... amazing band choice btw :D

[IsaacSelenecro]

this kind of music changes, more to persons that like play music

I LOVE DRUMS you are good men!

[narrox95]

skip to 5:51 for epicness

[graymer1313]

@narrox95 What the fuck are you talking about!? This whole goddamn cover is epic.

[PROtheJOHNis]

Nothing like them odd time signatures :)

[TheSmokeypops]

how are you better than every band you cover?! i think you're an alien.

[classicROCKR15]

Haha 1:05 you're finally like "Ugh, finally a fuggin break from these cymbals, okay I got this"

[Burningeordie]

That's some serious work you've put in and I'll bet you're still not happy with it completely, are you? Must be about 6 different time signatures and polyrhythms galore in every one!!

[keksgsiecht]

You must cover songs from Evanesence!

Maybe: Goining under or Haunted or Bring me to life ;)

[willjessel2]

snare sounds well tight and ye weird?? sick cover though

[pasteymofo69]

dude I live in Chandler AZ we should jam some time, I played in bands for like 8 years back in Cali but I don't know any musicians out here haha

[sushantv94]

looks very difficult, good job



[eazyb33zy]

Did you get any advice from Halpern on this cover at all.

[LukeHollandDrums]

@eazyb33zy Nope. All by my lonesome

[eazyb33zy]

@LukeHollandDrums Cool beans great job.

[liondeag]

@eazyb33zy No reason to consult Matt Halpern just to cover a difficult song lol

[rightwraith]

@eazyb33zy You know Halpern had nothing to do with this song right...? Originally it programmed by Misha Mansoor and now Navene Koperweis plays it with AAL.

[eazyb33zy]

@rightwraith You know Matt was the drummer before NK was right...?

[rightwraith]

@eazyb33zy yeah but just saying he didn't write anything on the album. I've never seen him play CAFO

[eazyb33zy]

@rightwraith Neither did NK. Look it up on the youtubes he plays thoroughly at home and CAFO track 3 and 6

[rightwraith]

@eazyb33zy I know Navene didn't write it, but he performs it with them. I can't find any footage of Matt playing it

[eazyb33zy]

@rightwraith "cafo matt halpern aal runs" first video.

[eazyb33zy]

@rightwraith 3 and 8*

[basty182ify]

The snare sounds like when I make my books crash each other

[thacentje]

i want to see luke cover thy art is murder

[georgesanchezpage]

Wax Simulacra by the Mars Volta !!!!!!!!!

[pearldrummer23456789]

Are all the mics in a mixer or an interface?

[JohnOrrTheArsonist]

Amazing job. Just out of opinion though, you should've tried either Soraya or The Price of Everything.

Also, you should do some covers from The Fall of Troy and War From A Harlot's Mouth. :D

[ghilburt]

best one i've seen yet!

[incu300]

I give u thousands sons ahahhaa. nice work my friend

[bnyoungblood1]

honestly luke you made me watch this video about six time listening to all the polyrythems going on you are a really versital drummer to be able to play this and then turn around and play ABR please attempt Bleed by mussuguh i really wanna see if you can do it.

[Montosify]

love the hi-hats, disgusting snare  !!!

[jimAYYE1]

DUDE. If you could do a cover of anything by Here comes the Kraken. I would worship you.

[lolh4x]

Your snare sounds really weird. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but something doesn't sound right.

[JWalkersAnonomous]

Cover Berzerker by After The Burial

[DrummingKid101]

Arent those your cymbals, but a studio kit right?

[sniperfather08]

@DrummingKid101 yes if you go in the description and click on the meinl link you can see the sizes of all of them its the studios kit not his he uses his kit in some of the newer stuff i recommend the commanded by memphis may fire:)

[rodkimble365]

do devastator by for today lol

[ethanbarham]

fucking amazing. besides the horrible sounding snare. D:

[12yearsafter12]

Hey Luke!.....could you tell me when you practice in what things you are focusing on?

[Unrated48]

Animals as Leaders with Dr. Dre?.... Meh

[browntigaz]

your snare sounds like beautiful fireworks

[samandshaneyo]

anyone got a rag? theres a little red spot in the like bar...

[gummiedux]

superb!