How to Play Drums Like The Ramones

***UPDATE- The "Finger Technique" is actually called the "French Technique"
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Rocky The Ramone teaches you how to play drums like The Ramones
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[deadrituals]

People always underestimate how hard it is to play the Ramones and do it justice - not only on drums but also on guitar and bass!

[felipilima]

Hi there! I'm a 37 yo Brazilian guy learning to play the drums and also a Ramones fan. Your video helped me a lot! Thanks so much! Keep up the good work

[ollikaarnisto]

Great and thorough video! I'm a guitar player, but also a producer and it is always interesting to study how different things work. Extra points for not saying "Hi guys!" in the beginning.

[basb]

The "Loco Live speed". Nice phrase, and nice shirt btw.

[ES-zbng]

Thank you, this is a great tutorial for (ahem..) older self-learners who did some things along the way but want to focus on technique. It's easy to get lost with all the online drumming studs that just show off and I can't do anything with it because I'm not or ever going to be at that level. Good stuff, thanks!

[TheGetty]

Great video I got a lot out of it thanks for sharing👍👍

[jennimadden]

Very interesting! As a kid, I knew some very adept drummers; friends of my musically gifted brothers who seemed to naturally be able to play drums very well, without lessons. Obviously Tommy was that sort of drummer who had an innate ability to play, yet beyond that, invented the Ramones style. I think this is a great tutorial for anyone who plays or is learning to play drums, whether a Ramones fan or not.

[bellfire]

I just played blitzkrieg bop in battle of the bands before the whole corona thing we only got second lol wish I saw this a little sooner

[petercdowney]

I was introduced to the Ramones by my Dad. Dad was born in 1964. As a result, he's very familiar with 1970s punk.

[vendettaviolence]

i just got my drums today
im damn excited to start playing, and i thought the ramones style would be the best to start with
i thought itd be really easy but damn

[Adje]

Very well explained. I taped my ride cymbal too to diminish the wash and get more ping. If you watch old Tommy footage you'll see he didn't really use the ride as a ping ride. Only when he hit the bell like in Beat on the Brat.
Marky started to use that finger technique when he started touring with his own band. Nowadays when his hihat is open he doesn't even do the 8th notes anymore. Very lame.
I'm too old now to play the drums and gave my kit to my son 😊
Keep it up!

[sm_]

Thanks man I never even realized tommy had such a great style!

[sword-and-shield]

This is a great vid. A little late for me. No internet or vids had me eventually breaking through the pain barrier, but I was a hard hitter and stiff on top of it. Every song of an hour set..non stop as well..always came close to lock up near or on last tune. A few gigs on the last tune, when I started lockin up, drove me to a solution, I picked up my bass drum over head and tossed it...at least the show ended well instead of bad....Thx for the vid brother.

[leedavila]

Great job!! It’s interesting that when I watch Tommy play the high hats he seems to hit the edges of the hats with the barrel of the stick. His hi hats are so tall that there is no contact (I think) from the tip of the stick to the surface of the top Hi hat.

[faith]

This is great, thanks! Would love you to do a tutorial on how to play "I Want You Around" on the drums!

[terrygreen]

great vid., Thank you keep it up please !

[EGregorio]

Marky once said military drums sticks make it easier

[coldstar]

Very, very cool video and extremely informative!!

[chickenbonenowison]

Great video mate, informative and interesting. Have you had much luck since with the finger technique? It caught my interest a few month back.

[ASM]

I always thought the keys to the RAMONES style was eighth notes on the hi-hat.