Animals as Leaders' Matt Garstka

[Phil T.]

Wow. That will be an intense night of drumming. Meshuggah is the heaviest music I can listen to. They're great.

Yeah, same here re Meshuggah. Looking forward to it. Get some music geek time in with the son since it'll be a 90 minute or so drive from the S.F. Bay. Was hoping my copy of the new Steven Wilson disc would show up, but it hasn't. I may buy another for the trip and give it to my son after.

[John Blackburn]

Great VID!

[Gaddabout]

That's the Berklee kid from the Gospel Chops vids.

[Phil T.]

Matt was pretty amazing last night. The whole AAL set is tightly arranged but he got several solo spots and, yes, there was quite a bit of gospel chops influence, now that you mention it. Tosin Abasi is quite the guitar god, too.

Meshuggah was crushing. A brutal, pummeling set - as you'd expect. I hadn't seen that kind of apocalyptic intensity in many years. Crimson '74 comes to mind. They're playing L.A. tonight at the Wiltern and Sunday at House of Blues in Las Vegas. I see there are still some mezzanine tickets for L.A. - last night in Sac sold out.

[Rudy_Ment]

This is great. 50bpm. Matt is a truly gifted player.

[youtube_https]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtDstKaLnn8[/youtube_https]

[Pocketplayer]

That was AWESOME! Mad drum sound here...
50bpm at a drum clinic...love it! Fresh energy,
tasty, dynamic!

[Morgenthaler]

The fill from 2:19-2:23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429CnpmOSBk