Drum Solo - Randy Van Patten - 1991

[JAEDDRUMMER]

sick solo Randy! that's one to be proud of for sure!! G'day from Melbourne Australia!! Hope you're recovering well mate!! Cheers, James : )

[shadowvic]

W T H.......

O____________O...

[DoubleBassNikko]

holy crap ur awwwweeeeeessssoommmeeee

[Hammerhead786]

Those were the days... money for nothing and your chicks for free...

[johno9921XC]

Best drum solo I've ever seen in my life!!!!!! Mind=Blown!!!! Wooooooow!!!!!!

[Phillk66]

Maybe you can do a modern version of this and post with a break down of what your doing .

[drumsishot]

Needs more cowbell

[Dennizzz119]

Camera couldnt handle the Speeeeeeed

[cuetip1212]

wow

[SriDys]

Your best video in my opinion =]

80's metal is just cool. Shame the rest of the band didnt match your talent!

[JoeJacari]

Friggen' wow!

You're bad a**!



[ShankDrums]

nice drumming man and holy hair lol

[EvilHippy38]

This is phenomenal. It's a shame RVP downplays the awesomeness of his past drum solos, they're amazing.

[gabosesy]

snare start always eh? :D

[JacqueShredo]

The CS dots sound great

The ultimate rock head

[Aldociello1]

I watch this and think how much of a better solo this is than any solo ive seen from Alex Van Halen or Tommy Lee or so many other big names of that era and wonder how it is that youre not as famous but then realise what you do today and how many people benefit from your videos including myself and how much ive learned from you and say thank god he isnt as big . Thanks for what you do . Aldo

[vansdrumming]

@Aldociello1 That's really cool. Thank you for the support. RVP

[chaidamz]

@Aldociello1 well said bro!! Thanks RVP for the lessons!! your vids never fail to inspire me and my drummere friends!

[shaffalo]

@Aldociello1 i couldn't agree with you more.

[12AW13erry]

Wicked hair.

[WhiteBait7]

that was HUGE!!!!!!!!

[elber449]

wow about 20 years ago... nice work

[alewis18]

I've been watching the lessons, love 'em...stumbled across this video, love it.

You are a badass Mr.Patten, thanks for the videos and inspiration.

[drummer4life54]

thumbs up for his awesome hair!!!!!!!!!

[drummer4life54]

when is saws your videos from today i didn't expect you to look like a metal drum at all.

[Billnipp1]

the 80's called, they want their hair back har har...

[magicbuskey]

I do not understand why you didn't end up in a famous rock band. You had ALL the ingredients.

[e4g1e1]

Rather epic :)

[sbowman128675]

Good stuff man.

[pnkflod]

lol gotta love the hair

[rubynl]

whats that crazy fill @ 1:00?

[vansdrumming]

Tom Swipe. Just slide off your top tom onto your snare as a double with your right hand and a single with your left on the snare. Keep doing it really fast and you have the mess I did. RVP

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[rubynl]

@vansdrumming thanks man! Nice solo btw. Funny to notice that I wasnt even bourn back then

[MrMike3865]

@vansdrumming I tried it and it really works!

[vansdrumming]

@MrMike3865 Great, what did ya try?  RVP

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[MrMike3865]

@vansdrumming Tom swipe. It works and sounds cool

[daddywhetz]

He looked like pretty much to Steven Adler :O

[prrr79]

wonderful...

[CommittedMusic]

You in your hay-day, i love it dude! & you still have the same look in your eyes; that you're doing what you love. It's something that i know the haters hate deep down inside, in themselves - They hate that they haven't put forth great effort like you have. You have a gift & implimented that in your life thru due diligence. Moreover, you've sought out techiniques & new ways to improve other's lives through the art of teaching, muscianship & drumming. I look forward to talking with you personally

[ucla420]

Awsome

[systemofadownowns123]

holy !~$!@ thats awsome

[imturtle66]

Um, Can i call you dad? lol " U ROCK!!! "

[radicalblast]

Best. Drumming. Video.. Ever!

This was incredible!!!!

this is now my favourite video with drums in x]

Nice Work !

[zellofhell]

LONG HAIR!

[lifesadrumkit]

Mr van patten sir u shred!! VERY NICE chops BRAVO

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[danilokillo93]

damn!! u look like steven addler haha :)thats awesome!!!

[JimmersThomas]

ahh.. tight white jeans, blonde highlighted mullet, cut-off lumberjack shirt, 15" rack tom.. all timeless classics. Love it.

Great playing, dude - and the drums sound ace, especially considering the date.. I seem to remember most kits sounding like muffled and buttered ass back then.

[Cruxvatic]

wow, one of the best solo's i've seen for sure.

[hopeandpride]

thats awesome

very musical

[nzmetallicanz]

lol u look meanest back then :P nice solo too its the meanest...

[blackmilo2]

haha I'd like to see you with that much hair again :P.

[DeathByGravityBlast]

so sick!!! haha you had the illest style back in the day...i bet its awesome being able to show this to your friends and family..."i was the shit kids!" haha

[dongjin121]

wow!, I wonder if he was as funny as he is today~ ha ha  that'd be pretty funny

[themancable]

Nice work. Quite a deep pocket you have there.

This is much funkier than the haircut would imply!

Cool psychedelic FX too.

[MaDrummmer]

U WERE SICK

[69drummerdan]

This is back when Randy got laid all the time.

[Amnesiam]

He still would if he didn't have wife and kids. ;)

[vansdrumming]

Actually I met my wife right about the time I shot this in '91. RVP

[Amnesiam]

Awesome! Rock on man.

[Tgatwg]

Haaa!

[ZoDeRoN]

@69drummerdan ha. :-P

[xalevedi]

@69drummerdan From there the speed !

[aneeqster]

OMG THIS IS SEWWEEETTT!

Totally digg the hair :P and shirt lol

[vansdrumming]

The website is back up and running for DVD and Download purchases.

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Thanks for your patients. RVP

[JUANREVI]

Hey, you're good drummer since....forever? nice vid, you're a great teacher now, besides great drummer.

[GarbageDrummer]

You look like an 80s metal drummer, except that you're very good XD.

[Joah1991]

That's exactly what I thought!

[JackassPogo]

are these remo cs's? sounds nice. Great solo of course btw

[brownbeardrummer]

yea sic vid. 5 stars

[cos]

In 1991 you probably would have been my Idol.. Now ur a drum teaching hero... and im a lazy bastard.. damn how time flies :)

[SpeedFreed431]

I give this video an A+ for the drumming and the haircut.

[xAce9009x]

that was awesome! Great Job 18 years ago man.

[mesdeftool]

Grunge!

Well, some day, I'll look at my younger self and say...well, dear lord.

[12ealDeal]

What you see in this video is traditional thrash (VP's look, anyway), this was probably right during the advent of grunge but before it caught on everywhere.

[xBadOmen]

haha Polyrythm in an improv...nice

[midwesttex]

wow! in 1991 we both had more hair!  good stuff

[midyrvette]

What exactly happened at 1:00? If you blink your eyes you miss it. Give us a lesson on what happened??

[vansdrumming]

Tom swipe. Check out my Tom Swipe video on my channel. RVP

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[midyrvette]

I checked out the Tom Swipe vid. That is so cool looking,,,,,,,I haven't tried it yet but it is really impressive looking thanks for sharing that with us....

[BerkayBB]

old times ago huh, randy :']

[vansdrumming]

Oh yeah. 18 yrs ago!!! RVP

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[dcairol]

Me encanta su estilo!!! QUÉ BUENO!

[ZoDeRoN]

very cool vid...

weird and funny comments.

And the effects,

very Led Zeppelin-ish..? lol

it was great. 5/5

[bigslayer14]

5:40 onwards : MADNESS

[xRockDrummer94]

what hairspray did he use :P

[Hartez1]

Fuckin cheezy-azz double bassers! He teaches Bonham but Bonham never had a double bass because His triplets are unparrelleled!

[Thrashvel]

Man, I think you deserved to find a band that had the skill to make it big, cause you sure did, but oh well. You seem content with where you are today.

How long did it take you to grow that awesome hair, 3-4 years?

[aassyr1111]

fucking 0some

[OblivionTeacher]

im likeing the 80's metal hair XP

[playswithpassion]

Dave Weckl style!

[OblivionTeacher]

fuck yeah haha

[MrAlexanderJohnson]

Van ur a genius of drums lol Really.

[shiadak]

wow \m/

[thekingship]

The hair. All about the hair. XD

Van is the man!

[Drumsolo169]

DAMN! there very few solos i actually enjoy without getting bored, as well as a few rudiments and fills and so on. yours is definatly up there man! great sounding kit! sounds as if you were on stage!!

[JulianP0SADAS]

Can you make a lesson on the kind of snare work you put in this solo?

[blackmilo2]

dangit, respect!

[ratedr31483]

You suck take some lessons lol jk freakin sweet man!

[Ubben1999]

Love the hair :p

[PortableCurtis]

Dude, you remind me of me

[elliotttiki]

Not only great playing but great sound too. Your kit sounded SWEET!

EC

[thrashmetal1029]

that was freakin amazing!

[nerfboy09]

is he using the heel toe method????????/

[andrewpoophead]

on the hi hat, yes

[polock2112]

snare solo...and thats really all that was good, really not a big fan of solos, but atleast make them musical isstead of just throwing chops everywhere

[TuxBoNic]

Dude u pwn!

[OldSteamer]

that is you coolest,man!

[offthetop0]

incredible

[quadkicker]

The fact that as a kid you were 100 times better than I am now makes me want to put up my sticks and sit in front of the TV with a bag of chips.... great stuff.

[EBFTW]

sweet 90's clothes :D

I would happily wear that today.

[TheScarletDragoon]

same here bro xD

[triboo77]

awesome

[trentiepoo]

Woo its randy a little younger

[ivankris8888]

Yeah¡¡¡¡¡

[afesca]

That's unreal...but...I couldn't keep my eyes off your hair!

Snare sound is lovely...

[midyrvette]

Awesome drum solo, wow...Were you using a double bass pedal? Noticed you started off with the traditional grip, then switched to match grip. The video effect at 4:43 and 4:50 was cool. Anyway, great drumming I enjoyed it and hope to pick up some tips to make my playing better. Thanks

[BlasphKa]

Nice, lovin the hair. how long had you been playing in this video?

[vansdrumming]

14 yrs. RVP

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[tobosharu01]

i love your snare solo

[capntrauma]

Absolutely amazing! and a mullet to boot!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!

[luniticboofer666]

dude that was absolutley insane my man. i was i knew some of this stuff at least so i can start off slow and hopefully be as close to being as rediculously fast and dead on those chops. you have a gift.

[paintsplatta99]

what the fuck did he do at 1:00??????

[vansdrumming]

Tom Swipe. Check out my video on my channel

[paintsplatta99]

dude that is bad ass

[braino2000]

Dude how are you not world famous!??! This easily competes with some of tony royster jrs stuff when he was a teenager!! Wow absolutely insane, your chops, technique, independence, perfect. You have a gift. You should post one of you soloing TODAY!

[Phoenix1323]

It was an impressive solo, and I'm not trying to take away from it. But, it was in no way anywhere close to Tony Royster Jr.

[braino2000]

I said when he was a TEENAGER. Tony Royster is in his early 20s now. This guy could compete with Royster when he was 13. Not now.

[Giontafann14]

hey do you know a guy named George Stritter?? He's my guitar teacher.

[vansdrumming]

Heck yes. George and I spent many years jammin' in Jersey. I am from Newton. Very cool. Please tell him I said hello. He rocks. One amazing guitarist and teacher. Feel blessed to have such a good teacher. RVP

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[funkrock94]

énorrrme

[62Psycho]

Dude! I see you hooked up with Davy Knowles recently. Anything in the works?? He's in need of your skills, bro. You anywhere near SoCal? Good luck, don't let the bastards get ya down!!

[only1boneman]

Great stuff. Love the foot work on the hi hat. Thanks for sharing.

[sticksbass]

hey man didnt you turn this video in as an audition demo to pro bands?

[vansdrumming]

Oh yeah. Back in '91 Ozzy was looking for a drummer. I actually got a nice letter back from Sharon I suppose. That was pretty cool. RVP

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[sticksbass]

wow, i think this is better than any blk sab drummer and theyve always had good drummers.

[sickstix182]

love the sound of that snare

[vonloerich]

Bring the SHIRT back out of RETIREMENT!! Very cool stuff and THANKS for sharing your knowledge and skills!!!

[mirzamarco]

Holy shoe, dude! You play like a devil!

A M A Z I N G S K I L L S !!!

Are you in the business?

I don't understand why you're not hired by say Chick Corea or Gino Vannelli..! Are you??

[vansdrumming]

Nope.  RVP

[baloons4satanists]

awesome!

and ps. grow back that hair lol

[TangoAlphaNiner]

dang, too legit to quit.

[runtifish]

someting else...why did you not make it onto the world stage...you wipe the floor with some so called named drummers!

[dreemer777]

Wow ! Fantastic playing ! I like it...

[kennyrivett]

that was superb

[TripleAce5191]

Randy, i think you should grow that hair back.

[bigboyjapan17]

Definitely! reminds me of my idol Steven Adler lol

[YouSpamTard]

Does anybody know why it sounds like his hi is being hit, or being accented so to speak. I can clearly see he is not hitting it? Its got a swing sound to it. Is this because of the spring mechanism or some what he has it set up?

[YouSpamTard]

I was not clear in my previous post. Let me try again, please. At 1:39, you can hear the high hat and its sound is that of am accented swing rhythm. It sounds like it is being hit, but it is not. How does he do this? Is it the spring in the hi hat? Thank you.

[Hunderflute]

I think I know what you mean. I may be wrong, but I think he's closing the high hat, and then opening it back up quickly to make that sound.

[SuperChuck3]

Not sure if this was ever answered, but he's splashing the hi-hats there. On every beat he's kicking the edge of the hi-hat pedal with the heel of his foot to splash the hats. Then he closes them together on the off-beat and repeats again on the next beat and so forth. You can see his feet doing it well at around 5:22. Cheers!

[vansdrumming]

Check out my Hi-Hat stomp video on my channel. RVP

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[vansdrumming]

Check out my Hi-Hat stomp video on my YouTube channel. RVP

[falcon147]

RVP,

When I first clicked on this video I thought it was Dave Weckl then noticed his left stick technique. Very Nice... Even more seasoned now... Thanks for sharing. I guess I need to buy your cds If your giving away this much can only imagine whats on your dvds

With much appreciation

Falcon147

[ariesram74]

wow this is awesome - what great did you get on the project? I have seen some of your videos and was just wondering what your main influences are as far as bands and drummers. I've seen you "Hot for Teacher" video and your Bonham triptel vid - ur solo reminds me of this Terry Bozzio solo on YouTube.

[apujols2194]

is ur snare a supraphonic? and nice hair haha u look like u could of been in a hair metal band in the 80s.... nice playing!

[vansdrumming]

Yes it is. Thanks, RVP

[gigglefartplop]

Great man, Good to see that you looked like a girl in the early 90s, Like the rest of us ol,Farts.

[vansdrumming]

Ha Ha. Too funny, but true.  Randy

[bd1956]

Holy crap!!!!!! Wow!!!! Randy you rocked back then to.Awesome work.I am Blown away Dude !!! Thank You !!!

[Rainbowtroutman]

I dream of playing 1 quarter as well as that! Fantasic!

[tubagirl93]

sweet doo

[SayJanosz]

ahah such the rvp style.

very nice solo

[marcsimac]

TIIIIGHT!!!!

[archetypesweden3]

Randy, that china sounds awesome, what kind of china? I guess it's one of the K Zildjians?

[real1acer]

faved. Ipod'ed.

[bummybum66]

you totally had whats it takes to be in a good band, especially the look, that sucks it, seems like your playing a big concert in the vid. its totally sick keep drumming

[0235681956]

Hmmm that set.... Bozzio fan??? :))

Very good solo. Try getting the hair grown back again :P

[felixfelixfelix123]

CLASSIC

honestly one of the greatest solos i've heard in awhile,

particularly liked the hair :D

[vansdrumming]

Wow... that was 17 years ago. Thanks Man. RVP

[felixfelixfelix123]

any time,

i've learned at least 10 cool new grooves just from your preview videos, really generous of you.

Looking forward to purchasing the full video tomorrow !

[bradgemmill]

yeah for real. nice hair.

[mikeportnoyfan]

hahah nice hair man lol and insane drumming

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[freedetheman]

The drums sound pretty good. What are they for drums?

[vansdrumming]

This was from about 17 yrs ago. They were Ludwig Classics. Thanks, RVP

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[freedetheman]

Ok, cool. I've been playing for 4 years now on a crappy pearl kit from the 70's, but i'm gonna buy a mapex m birch, really good kit for the money.

[archonrot]

could you tell me how 3/16 5/16 9/16 group warming ups are being played????????

[phoenixrising2012]

Were u in a band??

[vansdrumming]

Yes, Split Image in Fort Lauderdale. RVP