Nick D'Virgilio au Drums Addict Festival 2008 

One of my favorite drummers. He plays so clean and effortless, always having a good time behind the kit and musical expressions are top notch.

Wow. He has the technical and complexity but without loosing the Great groove and feeling.

Nicky D’ can shred with the best of them. Love watching him play he’s entertaining and always having a great time behind the kit.

like this guy way more than mangini

AND..he sings pretty well

Together with Gavin Harrison the most elegant and tasteful drummer these days! Not a lot of technical brilliance only but also an artistic sentiment shining through in everything he does! Go check out the wonderful band Big Big Train where he's a fulltime member! Best music since Moses wore shorts! :D

hi i am wilbert .i know a little bit from drummer.nick you are the best drummer that i have hear in my entire live!!!

..simply brilliant

he's a drummer with capital D... amazing!! and what a natural sound!! his double strokes (both hands and feet) are perfect!! This guy really knows how to play drums!! And most importantly, WHITOUT DRUM TRIGGERS!

Clean and in control!

I'm off to listen to more Spock's Beard! Nick is amazing!

And he sings :)

With all the brands you advertise and demonstrate, is Mapex here, your drums of choice, or is it an endorsement thing. Great drummer. Brilliant to watch.

This is the guy that played on the Genesis album after Phil Collins quit the band. You know they wouldn't pick a slouch. He makes it look effortless when he plays.

sooo underrated! you don't have to be a metal drummer or peart to roll out chops like this!

Nick is a great musician, drummer, singer and compositer. I hope that he will come back to Spock Beard!

Grandiose ! Genial ... Fine!

Mr. Big it is!!

Have you heard Big Big Train? He seems to play well with them.

hell of a drummer, no doubt

Eleven Eight.......COOOOOOOOL

Nick has his rack toms inverted, a la Kenny Aronoff. What's up with that? Opinions?

@fixxxer152000 He'd be a great addition to the vocal harmonies as well.

A lot of people in the drum forums I've been reading seem to be rooting for Mike Mangini for the spot in Dream Theater. Personally, I think Nick would be a better candidate. grrrrrrrr I hate waiting!!!

Some please tell me what that is at 1:04. I see mike mangini do it a lot

@mattjarl I don't know if you're just trying to get reactions but they're actually really good, not just the older albums. Sometimes they go overboard on the wankfests (I felt it was like that mostly on train of thought and systematic chaos) but it was pretty shortlived compared to what people draw it out to be :s

@oneluvgangsta187 thats a steve gadd lick

Skeletons at the feast!

@fixxxer152000 yes, Simon Phillips could bring something new to dreamtheater too. Sorry for my english ;S

@fixxxer152000 I think peter wildoer would be best with his ties to james labrie and very technical drummer he is the busiest drummer i know shit thomas lang would also be a great one there are so many out there i cant wait to hear the replacement Mike portnoy is one of my heroes its really upsetting and disapointing to know he is leaving but i cant wait to hear new material

@fixxxer152000 I think peter wildoer would be best with his ties to james labrie and very technical drummer he is the busiest drummer i know

Fuck! this guy is better than Mangini!

musically nick's one of the best out there. and a great multi-instrumentalist as well. but he's too subtle for DT...i'm quite sure he's not interested in playing train of thought or so...

so much better than macaluso

...Hmmm. A good candidate for Dream Theater's empty drum throne.

Isn't this the dude from Sweetwater?! Ha!

Why should a great drummer like Nick wanna join a shitty band like Dream theater? Dream Theater just needs a technical monster without feeling.

Who cares, Spock's Beard is better than Dream Theater anyways haha.

not for the love of god! xd

HORRIBLE IM BETTER