One day ,one of my best friend at a concert in Seattle told me ,pay attention to the drummer at the time was strapping ,and since then one of my favorite drummers thank you very much mr gene
Fun fact : When he says he had a job in the 80's hes talking about working for slayer as a roadie. ( lights tech something ). :) Back when slayer recorded Haunting the chapel, The studio did not have any carpetting in to so Dave lombardo's kit would eventually start to move as the kicks start going so Gene hoglan had to be there to hold Lombardo's drumkit together. The very first double bass kit that Gene played was Lombardo's :D
+Sgt.James Doakes Lovely guy, Gene. I met him outside City Gardens in Trenton NJ when he was with Dark Angel. This must have been around 1988. I was a sophomore in High School. Very accessible. Came off as a nice goofy type of dude. Glad to see he's doing well. He is pulled a Neil Peart and wrote lyrics for Darkness Descends.
That sounds doubtful that he was talking about that because he said 9 to 5 job, slayer would def need him rougher hours than that. Unless he meant 9pm to 5am haha
To this day, his drumming on Death's Symbolic is, to me, the best drumming ever recorded in metal. The last Testament record is pretty awesome, but Symbolic is on another level completely. Such an amazing, humble, down-to-earth musician. A true gentle giant.
Then listen to leave scares with Dark Angel. There he write lyrics and riffs combine with the most amazing drumming ever. It was his music. A bit shitty sound. But who the fuck cares? It was the 80‘s
One of the reasons Gene is so good is because he loves all music and brings those other styles into his metal drumming. The best way to sound generic is to only listen to the kind of music you play.
Actually it is, he just been playing for some many years, It you practice 16 notes at different bpms and slow incorperate some toms are cymbals in bewteen, as you progressive start adding licks you hear for bands (NOTE:to start at really slow speeds on complex moves and increase BPM over a few to week). he been around since the 80s
drumtalk Gene is how we all should be. Life is rhythm. Be humble in all things. My turn signal in my car is broken, wow, that's a great shuffle! 😂 My teachers were the guys in my favourite bands. He gets is. Great interview.
I don`t know if it is this pandemic or his Lemmy-Shirt, but halfway through the interview i suddenly realized that i am actually afraid of the day that Gene won`t be with us anymore. I don`t want this man to die.
I adore this man!! He’s one of the NICEST guys to chat with!! He has a Twitch stream now and is fun to chat with!! But he’s so humble and magnetic! Just very unassuming.
got to meet gene when my wife suprised me with a testament VIP package. They were all amazing but he just seemed even more down to earth. Both alex and chuck also filmed a stay in school message for a fans kid. just an awesome guy.
Saw him drum with Dark Angel ('89?) Been a fan ever since . His most impressive work , for me , is with Strapping young lad , but let's check out the new Dark Angel album coming out in 2020 !
Thank you for this one! Gene is my Nr:1 Drummer all-time. Overactive Imagination is still my all-time favorit metal song. His cymbal work is totally unique. If he would be born black into a gospel type setting/community, he would be the god, together with Moore and Coleman for sure.
I had one 9 to 5 job....what a ‘blessed’ guy, both in personality, talent and creativity. At my 38y I really enjoy metal-minded music again. As a drummer, I listened and listen to several styles. Went through a dpressive period, working (Too) much and therefore lost Some of my interest, creativity and skills in drumming. Still a struggle, but the postive mental attitude of guys like Gene Hoglan do me Well. Dressed in a suit when going to the Office, I need to listen Some metal on the cd player in my old but beloved Saab :). Keep up Gene and the overall metal community!
Gene is such a great drummer, one of the best! I never knew how open his personality is! I love how he's influenced by all this awesome fusion music, I discovered fusion the same time I got into Death, Strapping and Gene's contributions to both bands. This video really really makes me happy. :D
well, it doesn't happen often but there are more! check out Marco Minnemann, Flo Mounier, Ryan van Poederooyen, Dirk Verbeuren & George Kollias' first appearances or Chris Pennie. All have pads and show you different things from rudiments to posture etc,
Gene is the man...Doesn't matter how many interviews/excerpts/wtf ever I hear from him, lol, he is definitely the most down to earth guy ALWAYS, with NO bs! GREAT drummer and human being "ta boot." Lol
It's hard to really pick favorites with so many amazing drummers but Gene is definitely in my top five. It's so interesting to hear the story of the boat propeller. For years I could never understand the quotations "propeller" or prop in between his name sometimes in album credits. Now it all makes sense. Lol.
GREAT drummer & down to earth. Funny watching this because 2 weeks later? I think, we played w Testament in Estonia of all places in the woods. Luckily, we both share being Cowboys fans. He had on a Cowboys shirt, so I was able to approach him & only look like half a tool smoking a cig as they finished sound checking. Anyway, I have such a huge respect for the guy.
Drumtalk!!! Wonderfull channel!! Gene is AWESOME! Really... really nice person! It would be fantastic if you can talk to/with Martin Lopez... another AWESOME drummer!
What an awesome guy! And he is AMAZING at what he does and HOW he explains what he thinks when he plays! And I don't want to hate or get hate, but I have a question... Does any of you guys know what is going on with his belly? Did he had a hernia or just a plain ol' stomach, like some of us :D
He used to be like 400 lbs back in the day. He’s lost a gob of weight at this point. This might have been around when he was starting to lose his weight. The gut’s usually the hardest to get rid of.
Gene is a class act, , met him at a gig South Gate Park California, Halloween night , was the mid 80s, sorry about the riot Gene, you know the cops provoked it. Keep hitting them skins man, was a pleasure meeting
If I had to sum Gene up it would be. He’s the all around go to drummer, any band that’s needing another dude and a last minute dude. Takes him nothing to learn your shit. He’s that good.
Been a fan since Dark Angels second album came out. Don't know how Slayer did not hire him after Lombardo left the first (or was it second) time. They actually tried him out.
Dark Angel is probably one of the 5 best thrash bands of all time. Is the band Gene Hogan has poured most of his heart in. But kids today know nothing. Ooh. Did he play in fear factory. lol
I just can't see it as" stealing" from anyone when it comes to inspiration from other drummers. To me it's paying tribute to someone that enlightened me to another tool for the drum box. I can't honestly say I've done anything on the drum kit that someone else hasn't done before. What do we call our music when we strip away the lyrics? I know you've experienced hearing a song that was so bad ,you wanted to pull your eardrums out.but you persevered and musically got something out of it. I once heard a drummer say..." there are two types of drummers, those of you that have to take formal training and those of us that can learn by watching others." 👀..... I have seen and met both types and both were absolutely amazing. Two new ............" teachers by example" .....in my book. I've heard some speed metal songs that I hated so much that I'm like, okay.... drop the other musicians and let me hear what the drummer has to say on this piece of music. I love what they're doing.
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