Jack's Reaction to | Bandmaid - Without Holding Back (Instrumental) | 'NO WAY! DOUBLE BASS DRUM!?!?'

I have to say that I was not expecting a double bass drum in a rock song, from a rock band, BUT it is AMAZING!! I enjoyed every second of this song! The drums were out of this world, the riffs were awesome and the harmonics/octaves coming from the lead were excellent! The bass was doing to fancy stuff as well that I didn't expect either. Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed!!

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[leekebot]

Miku: How many genres do you want to mix in this song, Mincho?
Kanami: Yes!

[robwebnoid]

As many bands play their music over the decades, we tend to pigeonhole (Miku pun?) & slice them into subgenres. From classical & folk music, the sounds & rhythms evolve into jazz form, some towards rock, some towards "pop" (whatever becomes "pop"ular at the time), etc. Years later, new bands tend to take those & fuse them back together (fusion) or evolve them further (jazz/soul into hiphop & rock into metal ... alchemy pun?), etc. Band-Maid does a good job of becoming one of those bands that like to play with the alchemy & see where it goes, although of course as of right now they do tend to play in the rock/metal area of sound, although they can certainly go full pop, jazz, & classical (both Western & Eastern classical) if they wanted to. Maybe even hiphop & soul. Most of the gals have music schooling, so that is where their music fundamentals & discipline come from, not to mention born talent.

[rodrigoinostroza]

Nice reaction. What I can hear: drums are very metal, lead Guitar is more hard rock oriented, bass is very funky/groovy and rhythm guitar is very punkish. I think that makes this band great, because they appeal to a lot of rock genres into their songs. Vocals are legit too, BAND-MAID experience is not complete without Saiki.

[mnipp]

If you search youtube for "band maid herman li" you will find the two Guitarist jamming to this song with Herman Li of "DragonForce"

[joki]

Double Bass Drum in Rock Music since 1966 ( CREAM )

[Glenner]

Awesome, indeed. You should react to a song with vocals soon, though, since you're only seeing 80% of the awesomeness in these instrumentals. And the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts with Band-Maid!

[mkoose]

i thoroughly enjoyed you being puzzled by the different styles that are meshed to a song. One reason to love Band Maid is there amazing capability to fuse different styles.

[dennisbarot]

Look for the version of this song the 2 guitarists played with Herman Li from Dragonforce.

[fernandonovo]

Nice you can get your hands on the blueray disc...they have 5 versions of this song....one version per member playing the song and this video version....they also have 2 other songs done the same way....you can see each member play their

[tinyhato]

More double bass in their song Black Hole.

[sobabruddah]

Yep, they've been combining genres pretty much since the start. Check out "Alone", the 1st song written entirely by the band that was accepted by their record label (3rd album, "Brand New Maid"). The perfect fusion of pop punk, funk, and rock, plus a shredding metal over punk solo by Kanami! Add killer vocals by Saiki and Miku, 👍👍🤟🤟🤟

[GaryHolloway-]

Don't worry Jack, when you're listening to a band as awesome as BAND-MAID, it's not uncommon for people not to be able to finish their sentences when describing them :)

[saikisfang]

Anyone else getting a RUSH vibe from this song?

[tedtosterone]

all their instrumentals are great, but this would be my fave, seems to rock best. any rock song with a bit of blues or jazz (even a little funk) influence always makes it better providing they keep it LOUD! Misa (bass) Steve Harris fan, Kanami (guitar) Eddie (RIP) among others) Drummer Akane (various)

[RetiredInThailand]

Yeah, and then there are their songs!!!

Miku, the rhythm guitarist does most of the songwriting, and in Japan she is considered a guineas level poet ... the lead guitarist (Kanami does the majority of musical composition arrangements, and she's next level in that field.)

As you can see, Misa (Bass) and Akane (Drums) are two of the best rock musicians you're ever going to find.

Then there's Siaki, the lead singer .... beautiful strong talanted voice and a total command of an audience!

And that's just scratching the surface of all the surprising and awesome aspects of Band-Maid/Band-Maiko and the girls' personalities!

[edwardallen]

You young people and metal. Where do you think metal got the double bass inspiration from - that would be rock bands from the late 60's onwards. Ginger Baker of Cream was the first drummer I ever saw with a double bass drum kit, Keith Moon of The Who and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience also being notable DB users, and it became almost de rigueur for prog bands. I don't know why Ginger Baker decided to go with the double bass but as he was a jazz drummer I wonder if he got the inspiration from jazz drummers of the late forties ( Louis Belllson arguebly the most famous double bass drummer) and fifties only falling out if fashion because of the logistics of lugging two bass drums around.

[madsstavang]

YES! Akane definitely has a very metal oriented drumming. Most would recommend Black Hole, since it is their fastest song ever and Akane goes nuts in the end, but I personally would recommend "I still seek revenge" (also from their latest album) because it is so god damn HEAVY! Definitely my favorite Band-Maid song, drum wise. The bass is also massive there, which complements Akanes double kicking so incredible well.

[markdzima]

I too have frequently thought that MISA's bass playing often seems to show a jazz influence.

[bartyslattfast]

Someone told me Kanami is a polyphonic composer. Multiple seemingly unrelated lines come together in an unexpected harmony.

[davestafford]

Good analysis Jack. I’ve heard Kanami (lead guitar, green PRS) talk about being influenced by Carlos Santana and Eddie Van Halen. Drummer Akane has talked about being influenced by Maximum the Hormone’s drummer (Nao, I think is her name?). Akane didn’t use the double pedals until she joined Band-Maid - Kanami urged her to use them to be able to keep up with the pace of their music. Miku (rhythm guitar, silver Zemaitis) is mostly influenced by Kanami, who is her guitar teacher (Miku often calls her Kanami sensei). Miku didn’t even play when she started the band and has learned on the job. MISA’s influences are unclear to me but she was introduced to rock music as a child by her mother and has stated that she admires Paz Lenchantin and Smashing Pumpkins. She definitely has some jazz background, as you noticed.