Badlands 'Hard Driver' Drum Cover - Trey B

A ways back, I covered a track from this #Badlands album and wanted to try another one. I'm a rather big #JakeELee enthusiast. To this day, I think the dude is a phenomenal creator of melody but his timing is next level in terms of rock guitarists. Then, when you throw in #EricSinger - I'll always think that pairing was straight money in terms of blues based rock and roll. Years after they released this album and YEARS before YouTube, people found ways to get pro shot bootleg footage. My dear friend Huston Barger, Jr was SO plugged into that scene at the time. Somewhere around 1994 (I'm guessing), he dubbed me two VHS tapes of Eric Singer. The first was with Paul Stanley's solo band in Connecticut and the second was with Badlands in Moutainview California at the Shoreline Amphitheater. After Huston gave me those tapes, I devoured them both but really was drawn to the Badlands performance. By that point in time, I was juggling influences of Tommy Lee, Vinny Paul, Randy Castillo, Sean Kinney and just starting to appreciate the eras that influenced all of them. Now, back to just good ol' everyday rock drumming - I find this song MASSIVELY interesting to this day. I went with double bass because that's how I learned it but the BPM is around 90 bpm. A fair number of current cats I watch on here could do this with a single pedal (not me 🤣🤣). BUT - if you were to try this and use both feet, to me it's interesting simply because it's a very deliberate pace. While the tempo is volatile in the sense that this was created before things were put to a grid or polished into oblivion, it stays relatively steady. I have always had a natural tendency to want to rush it so from that standpoint, it's really neat to sit down with the awareness of that. Anyways, I hope you all are great and have a great weekend ahead! Thanks so, SO much for watching. It means the absolute world to me to have an outlet to perform. Again (if you read all this), sorry for blabbing on and on.

Good LORD I don't need to put anything else so I'll copy and paste one social media link. How about that HAHAHA!!!

[ElDarren]

That bridge before the guitar solo totally makes the song. Hey, love the third floor tom too! This was a thunderous assault of double kick and growling toms 😆😆😆😂😂😂 Nice work buddy. You always bring it!! 🔥🔥🔥

[charlenemack]

And I thought I ‘blabbed’ a lol.
Trey, once again, fantastic drumming and song!
And, a Happy and Healthy weekend 2 U 2.
😉 ☺️ 🍀

[rockingvader]

Dude, your double kicks are steady as a freaking metronome! 😮 Super powerful drumming with highly sophisticated cymbal work. Absolutely loving this! This is the right kind of song to kickstart my day. - Your timing is absolutely flawless, even in stick breaking… 😄🤘Killer job, my friend! I really enjoyed this one!!!

[earldrum]

Killing it Trey! Solid and rocking … the double kick is just driving it home! Super tight playing while feel flowing and loose! 👍🏻🥁

[bentol]

Damn! Phenomenal playing as always Trey B. Your drum kit sounds amazing. Like 👍 6.

[MikeConwayDrums]

Killer cover Trey! It's cool to see you tearing up this straight old school rock & roll vibe. That power thumping kick pattern is so heavy and perfect with the timing and feel -- you definitely nailed it. Impressive and dope, as always! 🤘🤘

[andreaboglio]

This is the great old hard rock music that I grew up listening to.. wonderful drumming with a great continuos double kick pattern!!

[cherigem]

El Darren said it all!! This was a rockn cover! Totally agree with the comments. Great job just pure awesomeness! 👍💜🎼🥁🔥🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤘keep rockn n stay safe🤘

[RedGearMusic]

Man, doing straight 8th notes on the kick drum at 90bpm for almost 5 minutes....no thank you! Double kicks all the way. Love the nostalgic feel of this groove, you just don't hear this any more with today's music. Nice work Trey.

[AigorProductionsS]

I can't get enough of praising your work! Excellent performance my friend, and awesome sound. You are a very great companion, and your editions sound like pure Rock! CONGRATULATIONS Trey B !!!

[MartinBellamy.MBDrums]

Love how much the drums just drive this songs energy! Killer work Trey!🤘

[justinsayne]

Killer job brah!...What a great band, and epic voice and legendary guitar work by Jake. Jake always speaks HIGHLY of Ray. RIP Ray, we miss your spirit and voice! 💔 VID!!! 🎥🥁🎶

[RichRawDawgdrums]

This a cool song! I dig the chugging beat and everything you threw in there! Sounds awesome Trey! Video production is top notch! 🤘

[paco_drums]

So good song, Trey... This sounds great... Super powerful drumming and awesome timing, dude !!! 😎🙋🏻‍♂🥁
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[DocRaunchy]

Badlands was simply amazing. So is your cover. Great job, Trey.

[Jakelyn]

What a nice job !!!
I love Randy Castillo style also.
💥🔥🍺❤️🤘🤘

[JaxDrummer]

Always enjoy watching you play. This was a rocking tune 🤟🤟🤟

[TJCombo]

Dude this was sick! The cymbal work during the bridge was awesome and again with the one hand chokes-harder than it looks!

[ColourfulEnergy]

You are craazzyyy rock star!🌟😎✌️I never saw anything like that.😮 Excellent

[wheelchairdrummer]

This is super wicked Trey! Great band especially Jake been a fan since his Ozzy days. You are the best Trey I love every video you make, you should be the one on MTV! Cheers brother!