Met him at a meet and greet years ago, he shook my hand as i said "dude, youre the man." he simply nodded and said, "well, yea." lol He also looks like hes lost a lot of weight, looks really healthy. good for him.
If Dave Lombardo is the Godfather of Double Bass, and Gene Hoglan taught Dave how to work with Double Bass, would that make Gene Hoglan the God of Double Bass?
drummed for death, testament, SYL and dethklok. one of the most busiest guys ever in the metal scene and yet he finds time to do this interview. All the while being chill as all hell. what is he, absolute legend. Seems like a genuinely nice guy
His drumming in Death's Symbolic is unreal and blows me away every time I listen to it. For someone with such ungodly talent Gene comes cross as a total down to earth guy. One of the greatest drummers out there.
Eli Simmons his only album with Fear Factory was Mechanize. I think the last 2 Testament albums were better because of him. What can you say for him being almost 50 years old and just recently releasing the album with his fastest blast he ever recorded?
And the first 6-7 minutes they were only talking about Slayer. I mean, people ask him about that stuff in every interview. We don't need to hear that again.
I love the fact that he told Chuck and the other Testament guys that he was committed to SYL. If only Dev could of continued his Strapping insanity. Love that band!
Very down-to-earth. Hoglan has played some epic tracks with some epic bands. Was a highlight for me meeting him with Testament in Hollywood, FL, a number of years ago.
Why do you care whether I say "cool" or "cool as fuck"?! It's my comment, I'll say whatever I want to say however want to say it. Go get you some business and stay up out of mines!
I got 10 seconds of Gene's time on 8/12/18 to say "Thank You and Thanks for coming to Nashville," He was very cordial and even put his hand out to shake mine.
One of my fav drummers ever! he is a beast on the kit but i have never listened a bad word from random people when they talk about this awesome human being :D
Woooow this was very cool!!!! I remember in my drumming days doing exactly the same and funny enough, also with the music from Dimmu. Thank Gene, Graham & Loudwire!
"How long have you been playing double bass?" "I don't know, like, three or four minutes?" :D :D Epic. Very entertaining to watch. I don't know how tall Graham is, but the other videos don't make him look overly small, so... that would explain why Gene seems to hardly move behind the kit, he's just enormous and can reach anything with hardly any motion.
Uncle Ram. right up there with Vinnie? I do like Vinnie. he is a good drummer and a huge personality but he's not in gene hoglan's league. not even close
Why create a discussion on who's the best? Gene is a beast behind the kit. He's by my opinion one of the fastest, tightest on either hand and one of the most technical drummers in history. But Gene has his place, I doubt that he could have contributed to the sound of Pantera, the same goes with Lars Ulrich, a lot of people says Lars is a shitty drummer, but i haven't heard a single drummer who has created a similar aggression or sound in their playing. I'm so lucky to be alive in a time of so much different inspirations! 🤘
I met Gene and his wife at a souplantion in SAN Diego,California.where I used to WORK at,him and his wife were real cool people. a real down to earth man. my RESPECT to them.
Imagine my surpise learning that after listening to Brotherhood of the Snake and then a few months later watching this video learning that Gene played the drums on that record. The drumming is phenomenally good. A lot of technique, amazing fills and intricate beats.
When I first heard Brotherhood of the Snake, I had no idea Gene was the drummer. I just remember being blown away by the drums, never actually researching who the drummer was. It all makes sense now
It's funny I always thought I was one of the only people who actually learned how to play the drums pretty well by literally air drumming and playing with sticks only on whatever I could hit! I literally taught myself literally maybe 50-100 songs before I ever played a kit. And surprisingly, once was at a kit was able to play the songs well in weeks bc my hands and feet already knew where to go and when! Awesome to hear GH started the same way!
I'd love to jam with Gene! Man, that would be fun!!! Seems like he'd have fun playing almost any kind of metal. I've been a fan for over 20 years! Someday haha...
This is one of those amazing guys that you just have to love. Crazy good drummer, he has done it all and also he seems really down to earth and friendly. Great!
My old hommie Per M. Jensen, former Invocator & 10 yrs in The Haunted, was support to Dark Angel, where Gene started drumming. After that tour, Hoglan was after that European Tour, his biggest inspiration & Drum "God", in the days.. Just a little anekdote..
railcamp09 Well Brendon is a really talented guy and if it has Dethklok elements it will probably be worth buying. If only I wasn't a poor finnish 16 year old...
Really if it wasn't for Adult Swim being total asshats by restricting Brendon to use the Dethklok name for music projects, then this album would be the 4th Dethklok album.
Met him once as the band I was in at the time played right before Pitch Black Forecast. I'm a long time drummer myself.So there I was, turned around, " Oh look it's Gene Hoglans kit" He was using ddrum at the time.
Hearing him talking about air drumming made me think about what my brother used for a drum kit before we had one, a metal fan for a high hat and a cardboard box for a snare. \m/
Nothing about the mighty Dark Angel? And Rush opened up for KISS more than any other band did. The double bass on Angel of Death - Dave and Rick used a digital delay to make it twice as fast.
Nice they been killin it lately with some of the people they've been getting on here haha. Was pretty fuckin pumped to open RU-vid on my phone to see this in my suggestions, and instantly clicked to watch lol. Between having Gene, and some of the other recent ones like Rex & Vin of Pantera they've been kicking ass lately with the Fact or Fiction guests..at least for me they have been haha, getting some of my all time biggest favorites from the metal music scene.
Do gotta say though that seeing when they did the ones with Vin and Rex, I couldn't help but think how awesome and hillarious one with Darrell would have been and get kinda depressed about it hahah. RIP Dime we miss you but your music certainly keeps your spirit alive here on earth, and will for a very long time to come...hopefully forever 😂
Not only is Gene Hoglan the ultimate Metal Drummer but he’s also the nicest and humblest guy in the business. I had the pleasure of meeting Gene during Testament’s Dark Roots of the Earth tour and he was super cool to talk to. Not pretentious at all! To this day I not only consider him the best drummer in the scene but I cherish the time I spent hanging out with him! Super cool guy! Also, Dark Roots of the Earth, Brotherhood of the Snake, And now Titans Of Creation are some of the best albums Testament has have ever produced! I think a huge part of that is because of Gene’s drumming and all around involvement! In my opinion Testament’s current lineup is the best it’s ever been! I can’t wait until this covid-19 scare is over so I can see Testament live again! I really want to hear some of their new songs live in all of there glory!
