NAMM 2016: Devin Townsend is hilarious 

"I'm a pacifist." *raises fist* "Passive fist!" This man is a treasure.

Devin is the Deadpool of metal musicians

Devin is my spirit alien

So incredibly multi talented and highly intelligent. Dev is in a league of his own.

fuck. his screams haven't let up a bit. love this guy. *kingdom*

Devin T came to our little city of Salisbury near Stonehenge in England and played in the arts centre which is a de-concecrated medieval church and played a solo acoustic show where he played some acoustic songs and acoustic re-arrangements of his songs from his back catalogue. It as amazing to hear acoustic guitar in his peculiar tunings like open C and open B so sounded very different than usual e-tuned acoustic guitar performances. He also characterised three or four different singing voices both male and female. It was one of the most impressive performances I've ever seen and he was so appreciative that we were sitting respectfully in silence and whooping and clapping and cheering after every song and every bit of guitar wizardry he produced almost like a jazz or lounge gig. He stayed at the end and spoke to everyone that queued up to meet him. His music was ethereal and playing is so unusual and captivating - it was just amazing and the hundred or so people that were there, me among them, witnessed something truly unique and remarkable from an artist at the Zappa level of excellence at the top of his powers. Just superb in every way - and a true genuinely friendly and likable gentleman. You'll always be welcome in the UK Mr Townsend and a credit to Canada and rock/metal.

Devin could do a stand up comedy and be very successful

Seen DTP 4 times,he can sing like a motherf**ker,plays guitar like a beast,and is one of the funniest dudes out there. Brilliance on so many levels it's almost unfair.

how can he play and talk without fuckin up the playing man, like I cant barely sing playing 3 chords...

*Pauses* -"You're arms are crossed, it's very disconcerting" :o)

I always knew about this guy, but I didn’t hear a strapping young lad song until a couple weeks ago. I’ve been crawling my way down this rabbit hole of batshit insanity, and we need to protect this man at all costs 🧡🥰

16:30 "Oh, that's a selfie stick, that's really cool!" xD

Devin Townsend Project: Monotasker, the upcoming single a lifetime in the making.

....The best artist of the best artists....

Hearing Deadhead is great anytime, hearing Devin rap...always fun

Lol his banter is second to none! Oh and he’s also the greatest musical talent of our generation, literally a musical genius

Lord, can I listen to this song once without tearing up?!

This is epic! I love Devin's solo performances like this one, he's always so funny!

Just Incredible !! love this man so much. The Royal Albert show is so moving.

This dude wins in all aspects of..... I don't really know what but he's awesome

Hilarious indeed and so entertaining and fun to watch!

Man, talk about a boring crowd, I'd be having a blast sitting through this. Devin rules! \m/

To be that close to a God. I hope those people appreciate being in the presence of greatness.

Incredible, how he can play 'love' aloneee! THANKUDEVIN

The Brian Wilson of the Metal Realm! We love you Devin & keep up the Good Vibrations! Where's "Far Beyond Metallllllll?" 😉 😆 🤘🌝🤘

God, i love this guy. He is an awesome musician and funny as hell! :D

Dev's bad voice day is your good voice day.

Half these guys probably don't realize what a treat they just got. DT is funny as shit and can scream like no other on demand.

Genius

what a great man

I'm back to thinking Devin is just a crazy person who's really good at music.

this man is amazing

Devin is beyond talented!

This is one of my favorite performances of anything ever. I love Devin.

A god amongst men.

6:55 i don't know why dat face reminds me "In the Court of the Crimson King" album cover

Dude Devin is fucking hilarious!!!Oh btw,he's a fucking GENIUS!!!!

Devin is fucking awesome lol

Such a tough thing to do. Gotta love devy

What a supreme fuckin genius! Dev rules

Smart guy there. That's not usual when live performances completely outstands the album recordings of modern music artists.

Always ask for "save our now", lol. Devin loves that. ;)

Great upload!

Pure pmsl at 6:22, Dev should definitely do stand up some time 🤣😭🤣

10:24 Devin is so awesome so the cursor behind him started to beachball

Hés a genuis ☺️

That KSR Ares sounds incredible

Dev is obviously struggling with the higher notes here,not his best vocal day but he still sounds so good.

I love this man, wth.

:, ) my favorite bald person ever!(?) . You just can´t not love Dev.. I need to see him here in Argentina, DEV RULES!

Haha...Haven't listened to that in 15yrs, than in 9yrs, than 7 string.

Devy is the absolute best!!

This dude is so awesome musically. I’m going to go and burn my guitar.

He so talented!

10:16 LOOL damnit

funny how he remembers older songs more than the newer ones :)

He is very good something new here

"Do you? PUNK!" (I felt that missing)

Ahhhh it's been to damn long since I've seen you back to pa damnit lol

Haha omg best way to start my morning

😂😂 Bingo 😅😅 I'm sorry Devin but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to steal that joke.

Funny, exceptionally talented and where I got the name for my youngest Strapping young lad.

Being awesome causes baldness.

Dev shits gold.

Fucking love it!

Devin is God. Devin is awesome.

aahhmazing

god damn, god among men

Dev: you're being too meta-cognitive. Just enjoy then moment, as absurd as any moment may be. Or are you? We'll never know!

Hahaha how much more random can a person get

He always reminds me of a heavy metal billy corgan

Rick Sanchez of Metal

I wonder if anybody can play as well while they talk.

Hey washed up media you can add nerd alert to 5:29 in the description.

💖

If Dev wasn't so damn funny, this wouldn't be watchable. Lol his music is so multi layered, it's hard to make it translate to just him and the guitar. I've seen him do it, but it's usually with the more mellow stuff.

We don’t deserve hevy devy.

What a guy lol

😍

IIIII'm nooooot the maaaan.... youinparticularrrr knowwwwww

yee!

Devin and Corey Taylor. HANDS DOWN!!!

His scream style is like Chuck.

How are those 2 voices coming out of the same guy?

He's my weird soul twin.

did he just say "Cunt"? :D

His facial Expressions or so intense.

He actually sounds like Louis C.K. when he speaks HaHa

missing SYL

Am I the only one who noticed that while he was playing someone was doing some shit on his computer?

What song is he playing

Dev fans can be so obnoxious, comparing him to a God look at this man - he is just a weirdo with a guitar who happens to be a dece vocalist. We all love him but he's still just a man. Be careful with your idol worship because it could prevent you from seeing your own talent and potentiality.

It's entertaining. But he needs to keep the nervous chatter to in between songs and let his gift speak for itself. It's like having small talk during sex. Just stop, and let that EPIC song do the talking.