Kicking a cymbal... it just makes me giggle every time. I love it. This guy rules! I never knew he existed until today, but... I'm entertained. That's the point. Job well done, sir.
@@stephenmoore3035 A lot of fantastic drummers have no gigs because they are to perfect. I see them on RU-vid looking as stiff and non-emotional as can be. Translation....Boring. Fans pay for music and entertainment.
I truly envy the guy, in a good way. Not only because of the talent required to do this, but also because while he´s meant to play what every drummer would call "straight forward / easy" drumparts; at the same he´s allowed to do these great tricks and stuff to keep things entertaining (for him and the public as well). In the last band that I got to play drums (which was kinda hard rock to be honest) I tried to do some of this stuff on a few shows (of course A LOT of less tricks compared with the constant crazyness that Zoltan shows) and I was told more than once to avoid them by other band members, so I know how important is to have a musical context where this crazyness fits well.
@@billmint8122 Absolutely no, they were specifically against the "showboating" element of the tricks, as they said so verbally, no need for me to assume it wasn´t other thing.
I saw him perform with Blandini in 2019, I was amazed with the entertainment and stunts not to mention "perfect timing"...........He was also very humble at the meet and greet afterwards with George Lynch.
Best part is dude is grooving. If you only heard him, and didn't see the mastery of his visual entertainment, you'd be hearing a solid rocking drummer.
zolt i always knew!!!!! you were gonna be totaly awsome.... thats why i tried to be around you when i was young!!!1 you taught me alot brother. and for that i love ya!!!! god bless you and your wife!!!!! take care!!
Anyone else notice that his left bass drum is there for show? He's got a double pedal hooked up to his right. Zoltan is fun to watch and hits like a madman. That's rock n roll.
A lot of drummers do this, it's just for the aesthetics, just like the Marshall Wall, the guitar player is only using one. What's wrong with that? he is still using double bass, but with a double pedal.
he uses it. he has 2 pedals on the left. on for the hi-hat and the other for the bass. the right side is directly on the right bass drum. he uses the right just as you would a single and then when he wants the doubles strokes he uses the left. look at it again.
Absolutely one of the best drummers I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. I go to a concert to see a show, and this dude puts on one hell of a show while drumming his ass off! I go to concerts to be entertained, and Zoltan brings it in spades. Keeps good time all while putting on the show. If this dude had been drumming back in the day he would be EVERYONE'S hero on the scale of Tommy Aldridge or Neil Peart. 10 people are butthurt ex-drummers that couldn't hack it.
RazorzBurn I so agree ...people slamming him for being out of the box entertaining are so wrong...I see him live an he has skills an talent that are on another level... An yes concerts/music from what ive always know as is for entertainment .....an he brings it! So all who say hes show boating too much..... Haha are hating of his talent..an butt hurt they have nothing close too his level ,of his drumming abilities.. Or entertainment while doing his job..
@@stephenmoore3035 Nope, his meter is fine. He often has to play with backing tracks, while doing all this crazy shit, never an issue. You're jealous, we get it.
@@drumtravelfun you're entitled to your opinion... He's sloppy and can't copy the songs if his life depended on it. I'm not one of those guys that gets a boner because he can kick his cymbals and twirl his sticks. Ask some pros...they'll be on my side of this argument
@@stephenmoore3035 I'm been playing music for 23 years and pro level guitarist who plays some drums, I don't have any issues with timing. Where is the sloppy timing here, I don't hear it?
I think this drummer is amazing. To put him down , is a slap against Mark Slaughter, he's the one that hired him and keeps him in the band. This guy has amazing energy , and kicks it up a notch to any up and coming drummers just how good the talent is out there to be in a band.
Remember Animal from the Muppets....Zotran is the real life Animal! ... Nothing but show boating drumming skilsl an talent on a whole different level..! He definitely loves what he does an bad ass at it !
one of the most bad ass drummers EVER! I only discovered him saturday. never heard of him before that day! Tommy WHO??? Keith WHO???? John Henry WHO???? NEIL WHO?????
My husband's grandfather showed him a kid Called Traps the wonder kid. He as playing like this in the 1925. Nothing New Here. That kid grew up to be Buddy Rich. Still we both dig The New Generations. Chiraq. Skin's And Metal's Forever
Every angle is a drummer cam when Zoltan's playing. Even the set is pretty low down for his acrobatics. I'm surprised he doesn't have another set behind him and a third one to beat the first two with.
And a damn good circus act. His meter is amazing despite all the calisthenics he employs for the show. If the rest of the band feel he's stealing the show then I'd suggest they step up their own program! lol
Ron Williams or what about this, hire a new drummer, i mean, i dont see Vince Neil or Slaughter stepping up their act, theyre older fellows u know, so mr Zoltan should tone it down quite a bit, some of these moves are ok, once ir twice during a show, or join a circus type act. Period.
Robert Bates he's doing what he wants, Slaughter and Vince Neil are happy with him, he's probably paying his bills, so, tell us what your point is again.
Rather than compare Zoltan to Tommy Lee.. it would be incredibly cool if they toured together in a band.. either one could bring the roof down (prob not room for 2 cooks in the kitchen :). That would give rock 'n roll a shot in the arm though!
Food for thought to any other drummer hating on this guy!!!! Imagine!!..for an instant!! You as drummer were called to audition for this band's chair & had to go up against this guy to get the gig!!!! You would have maybe..!a 50% chance in being hired by Slaughter!!!!!! Fucking 0 % chance!!!!!!! after he plays and does the audition!!!!Think about that for a moment!!!!!!! People should really get off their high horse!! This guy was hired for a reason!!! You can have great technique and a metronome shoved up your ass!!!!!....that still wouldn't guarantee you the gig!!!! This guy plays well & is entertaining!! did i strike a nerve!!!!!
truthbtold not at all, it would totally depend on the band i was auditioning for, i would stand a far better chance, than this guy, in most serious bands, he was hired by a couple of older musicians that probably need a gimik to sell seats, it certainly doesn't hurt them. U see, in all seriousness, nobody wants to be upstaged by the drummer, nor should they be, so mr Zoltan should join a circus act reminiscent of the Blue Man Group or something if that ilk, or tone it down a lot. Nice try.
