"There's a rumor that Danny made a deal with the devil. No one knows what Danny got but the Devil got drum lessons." - I first read that quote on KZfaq. I forget who wrote it but it struck me funny.

At a seminar Danny said he doesn’t count when playing with Tool. He’s reacting to whatever craziness Adam and Justin bring and fills in the spaces, using cues to know when to switch patterns. Dude is above just a drummer, he is one with the musical universe.

"What time signature is this song in?" Danny Carey: "yes."

What a great demonstration for non drummers to get some idea of the independence required of all four limbs to play polyrhythms. Danny is a beast of a player and master of composition.

First! Finally a Tool reaction! Also Danny is 60 years old he's my favorite drummer ever.

Danny is a level above everyone. Thanks and watching more TOOL 🤟

Easily one of the top 10 drummers to ever live. Great reaction

Danny Carry (aka the Octopus) is top of the list of the all time greatest drummers🤘🏻🖤

dude, don't feel bad, dave. I've been drumming for over twenty years, and watching danny still makes me sit down and think about my life choices.

When you find out that Danny’s good friend and inspiration was Neil Peart it all makes sense

Not bad for a 60 year old guy! It never gets old watching Danny Carey perform this track. The isolated drum cam is a great way of showing what kinda of skill is required to not only be the time keeper but the key element in accenting the music all while being the one element that does not have luxury of stopping or making any catastrophic mistakes. And with Danny Carey he is in a class of his own. Since drummers are situated at the back of the stage practically out of sight they are often overlooked. After years of praising the greatness of Danny Carey to everyone I know, I'm glad they put this out there to validate that claim.

Tool is one of the biggest musical rabbit-holes you would ever experience.

Tool is music designed to be Actively listened to rather than Passively listened to.

Don't know it myself, but heard another reactor claiming the time signature in the beginning is something like 6/8 6/8 5/8 to 6/8 5/8 5/8. Which is funny, because when you add the fives and sixes in this time signature formula, you get 33. Which is the number on his shirt 😎

Danny is a MONSTER ! The drum you talked about is a KORG Wave drum using the Tabla (India drums) setting. The other electronic pads he has 8 Mandala electronic pads. He is my favorite drummer of all time next to John Bonham (Led Zeppelin). He is a master of polyrythms and the middle section in the song he is playing 4 different drum at 4 differing time signatures . He's 58 when the video was filmed and he always wears basketball uniforms for each different city.

Amateurs practice it until they get it right. Professionals practice it until they can't get it wrong. Once Neil Peart passed away, I really felt like Danny Carey moved up into the #1 slot. His playing is just on a different level musically. I'd be willing to bet if you counted every single beat he plays in one show, it would be more than most drummers play in 2 or 3 shows.

How have I never thought about you watching tool. Holy shit. This is a gateway drug.

I don't know if these guys really understood or appreciated how amazing that drum performance really was.

I recommend listening to more tool songs personally each one is a journey and life lesson lol real talk.

danny “the octopus” carey.. best drummer in the world since he supassed neil peart 2005 or so.. i been a tool fan for 28 years and counting

Danny is on a whole different level. Polyrhythms!!

Greatest band OF. ALL. TIME. But Danny Carey is. I have no words

Danny Carey is using his drumkit on every level and dimension... Simply facinating

I am a drummer and a line cook. When I was trained to hold my chef's knfe properly I was just like - oh - it's like holding a drumstick - the same callus and everything. Also we are crazy. Chefs and drummers are a special breed.

My dad introduced me to Tool when i was 4 Im 19 now Tool is hands down my favorite group and always will be

I've been binging Tool lately...The Pot is still my spirit animal song. 46 and 2 and Pneuma are right up there.

The guy in the middle shaking his head at the amazement before him!! LoL. Love it!!!!!

Awesome video. Great request, great reaction

His exemplary posture on the drum throne and wielding those 16.25" drum sticks, shows what good shape he is in. Core baby!!

@2:51 he actually has 8 arms being an octopus and all. Seriously though the guy is such a great drummer. He flashes great power and speed in quick sudden burst before sliding right back into the pocket of these odd time signatures. The best quote I heard that really sums up Danny was from a drum teacher reacting to this video was “Danny Carey making extremely difficult things look easy.”

He is amazing! Thank you for watching this, nice slayer shirt by the way.

Danny Carry (aka the Octopus) is 60 years old btw, and still killing it!

Danny Carey was something like 58 years old when this was shot.

One of the most understated (not underrated) drummers of all time. How truly good he is is just so subtle that it almost flies under the radar. It's almost like some of it is too easy for him. It's just a purely natural talent for him. He's definitely one of the greatest drummers of all time.

Danny is a Beast Mode version of Bill Bruford, who was one of Danny's influences. Carey's kit would be at home on the King Crimson stage.

Love Danny!

Watch an interview with him, he’s very down to earth and always seems to be smiling too. Very content person👍

And that's just the beginning track of this live set. He slays for the next 2 hours as well.

i love this one...and danny is playin it without klicks...unbelieveable

Danny Carey is a freaking Octopus Wizard! His time signatures are outrageous and to have literally four different things going on with each limb at the same time sends me into a seizure just watching it and trying to comprehend how it's possible

Yes! Best drummer alive is 60 years old and getting better. DC is a Legend! Great job mates. To quote from GOT, "We shall never see his like again"

That kit sounds so good. The snare and crash are satisfying.

He also uses a lot of electronic drums to get different sounds and textures.

good reaction choice

Best drummer for sure

That chorus riff is fucking sick with the drum solo in the background

Keeping a different rhythm and time with every limb is impossible for me. That’s one reason this video amazes me so much

So glad you reacted to this! Danny Carey is quite easily one of the greatest drummers the rock world has ever seen. He does it so effortlessly and makes it look so easy that it just racks your brain how anyone could be that good! And on Daz's statement that "all drummers are crazy", no statement could be truer lol. My best friend for over 20 years is the best drummer I've ever worked with, and the dude is just batshit insane. When I was in our band, we used to call him "Trip", because that's how we saw him. He was just a trip to be around, and he still is today. I swear I have so many stories about him I could write volumes! Cheers, Blokes, from Oklahoma!

33/8 is the time signature, I believe. This was a great show, I’m in the 4th row.

As an old drummer who loves Danny, I love this reaction. Cheers!

you can't rely on the count when it comes to Tool. Danny doesn't follow traditional time signatures. it's one of the things that make Tool so one of a kind and great, in my opinion.

The GOAT! Seen him live 5+....at the top of his game.

There's a reason he's nicknamed the octopus. Absolutely a legend on the drums.

Now you know why they call him the Octopus! Also look how big his arms are

I feel like if you're a drummer, you never have to go to the gym. I challenge anyone to find me a fat drummer who is good. My wrists and arms are tired just from watching this!

He's 58 in this video, by the way his drumsticks a the carved forearm bones of his fallen competition

Wow. I’ve watched hundreds of your videos. I can’t believe I’ve only just realized you’ve reacted to my favorite band!!!

My daughter has played drums in a punk band for 17 years, and you're right...she's nuts!! Love you guys, keep up the good work!

Damn I even have my tool shirt on today!

I've probably watched this video 50 times, and reactions another 50 times. Listened to the album version in the car 50 times. Finally saw them play it live in STL back in March. It is equally impressive every time. It's unbelievable, and I've been playing drums for 37 years.

That drum is an electronic drum emulating the sound of a tabla. Which is the drum you mostly hear with Indian or Sitar based music. It's probably familiar to guys.

Let's not forget this man is worth forty million dollars.

You guys are at the ripe old age to appreciate TOOL for their experience. Cheers friends! 🤘🇨🇦✌️

The vocal lead is leading the drum and Danny is playing to it without the click.

That's the baddest man alive on drums ....

He has another live video with decent quality of the song Triad. It's pretty badass as well.

What time signature do you play in Danny? Danny Carey - “Yes”

9:25 amazing. Every word he just said is wrong🤣 The drums with the pentagram on them are called Mandala drums. Danny helped design them. They have 128 rings on them that can each be programmed with a different sound, and each of THOSE can have up to 128 tones depending on how hard they are hit. The bank of computers next to him are his audio processing kit for them. Bear in mind he has a rack of four of those drums on his right, and 3more on his left so that is 128x128x7 possible combinations JUST WITH THOSE. The small white drum beat plays the polyrhythm on is a roto tom drum, another electronic drum, but that has one sound (plus a rimshot sound) that can only vary on hit strength. He also has two true toms above his snare, 3 floor drums to his right, a bank of 3 other electronic toms to his left past the mandalas, 4/5 electric china cymbals, normal crash, splash, ride and hi hat, and another 3 or 4 cymbals of various types to his right, a giant gong behind him, an arched xylophone behind and above him, and the bass drums and snare. And he will use every single one at least once during a concert, or he gets rid of it. The man is a mad genius with a drum kit that’s possibly worth upwards of £20k, BEFORE all the electric audio computers and processors. He also switches audio presets between songs as he personally programs each drum to his tastes.

"It's an all-day festival so I think I'm just gonna lay down here for a minute." Wakes up robbed, nude and painted like the cover of Molly Hatchet's "Flirtin' With Disaster" album. ;-)

I've seen this quite a few times and I've never noticed/appreciated the amount of Tonal drums he uses. Like the beginning he's playing a melody on the drums and about halfway through he plays a different tonal drum in the verse too.

Tool is very well known for being "off time" yet still meet in a proper pattern. It seems like the challenge they wanted for themselves

The absence of commentary is a testament to the skill of all of the musicians of Tool.

9:00 - That's .. tabla? And those electronic pads with seven pointed stars are Mandala pads that Danny Carey has been developing. They have some 127 programmable zones that you can program to different sound. You can see at the beginning of this video him changing the tones from that control panel behind him that says "Mandala V3" on it. :)

You just witnessed percussion perfection. Greetings from a fellow county man living in the states. Love the reaction guys.

“All drummers are crazy” I’ve always loved being the “different” member lol once my music appreciation teacher called us “mechanics more than musicians” because every limb can do something different than the other three and it’s just how we think. Most of us are high form adhd so that helps😂

Please react to more Tool.

Wake up, child Release the light Wake up now, child ...

Ya Been waiting for this one.

Definitely need more reactions like this

Love the fact that he hits the drums so damn hard in that regular section

I love these dudes.. Great channel

They call him The Octopus because he can do with 4 limbs what 98% of drummers couldn't do with 8.

Dave is 100%talking about 2006 Download, same experience

He owes it all to your own John Bonham and Ginger Baker lads!

Aw how did I miss this!

I’ve watched prolly like 100 of these reaction videos to this drum cam and it still amuses me to see these guys get a look on their face like “he’s about to break the high score!”

Been to a few all day festivals, a nap is key, don't feel too bad.

Finally Larry legend on drums

Quality video fellas.

More Tool please guys! You won't regret it!

Tool is a band that plays alot of misdirection timed music i call it lol..literally try to catch the beat..but its genius at the same time. Kinda like this sentence.

Now they are TOOL fans forever!

12:52 each limb is doing a different time signature and is fully independent from the others ..I have a hard time patting my head and rubbing my tummy....this man is known as the octopus 🐙🐙 for a reason !

daney cary is a beast

09:00 That sound is of a tabla. It's a classical Indian percussion instrument

This man is 59 yrs old when he made this vid.... AMAZING

I hope to be as bad ass as Danny Carey when I turn 60.

The quiet and focus by the reviewers says it all

Tool is great music to fall asleep to. Used to play it to go to sleep to all the time. But, in all fairness, you can even fall asleep to Slayer. Just depends on how loud you have the music

YESSS! 🐙