most honest down to earth drummer .. no ego .. no BS.. I want to have a beer with him

"Learn how to read contracts." That's a sound advice you could give to anybody who played in Slayer, at any time.

Fun fact : When he says he had a job in the 80's hes talking about working for slayer as a roadie. ( lights tech something ). :) Back when slayer recorded Haunting the chapel, The studio did not have any carpetting in to so Dave lombardo's kit would eventually start to move as the kicks start going so Gene hoglan had to be there to hold Lombardo's drumkit together. The very first double bass kit that Gene played was Lombardo's :D

One of the reasons Gene is so good is because he loves all music and brings those other styles into his metal drumming. The best way to sound generic is to only listen to the kind of music you play.

I don`t know if it is this pandemic or his Lemmy-Shirt, but halfway through the interview i suddenly realized that i am actually afraid of the day that Gene won`t be with us anymore. I don`t want this man to die.

To this day, his drumming on Death's Symbolic is, to me, the best drumming ever recorded in metal. The last Testament record is pretty awesome, but Symbolic is on another level completely. Such an amazing, humble, down-to-earth musician. A true gentle giant.

Great guy, great drummer!

Glorious and humble guy. His level is proportional to his kindness.

One day ,one of my best friend at a concert in Seattle told me ,pay attention to the drummer at the time was strapping ,and since then one of my favorite drummers thank you very much mr gene

Gene 'Atomic Clock' Hoglan. Love his FF / SYL work.

Gene is an amazing guy very a genuine and he's drumming is awesome too. You know he taught Dave Lombardo double back in the day.

I've always admired your drumming, your ethics and your killer personality, great interview Drumtalk and thank you Gene Hoglan.

I met Gene at a drum clinic 14 years ago and I can say he’s the nicest most down to earth guy I’ve ever met. An absolute legend in the music industry

Gene makes it sound so easy,just hit things LOL. Ok Gene.

The friendliest and hardest working man in metal. Great video.

Gene you are an amazing classic guitarist..

Awesome video.. So down to earth and bright! This dude is an inspiration!

4:01 "pretty decent", are you kidding me?! you're a fucking beast

LEARNING THROUGH OSMOSIS! VERY GENUINE, HUMBLE GUY AND A GREAT TALKER! THE MASTER GENE 'THE MACHINE' HOGLAN!🤘

I adore this man!! He’s one of the NICEST guys to chat with!! He has a Twitch stream now and is fun to chat with!! But he’s so humble and magnetic! Just very unassuming.

Hoglan is one of the best in the industry

Saw him drum with Dark Angel ('89?) Been a fan ever since . His most impressive work , for me , is with Strapping young lad , but let's check out the new Dark Angel album coming out in 2020 !

"Gene Rocks!!! Cheers & Peace"

Thank you for this one! Gene is my Nr:1 Drummer all-time. Overactive Imagination is still my all-time favorit metal song. His cymbal work is totally unique. If he would be born black into a gospel type setting/community, he would be the god, together with Moore and Coleman for sure.

I love you GENE.

that's the way to feel and play the music

I had one 9 to 5 job....what a ‘blessed’ guy, both in personality, talent and creativity. At my 38y I really enjoy metal-minded music again. As a drummer, I listened and listen to several styles. Went through a dpressive period, working (Too) much and therefore lost Some of my interest, creativity and skills in drumming. Still a struggle, but the postive mental attitude of guys like Gene Hoglan do me Well. Dressed in a suit when going to the Office, I need to listen Some metal on the cd player in my old but beloved Saab :). Keep up Gene and the overall metal community!

Gene says he's "pretty decent" in fast double bass stuff. Great guy! :)

Gene,your an inspiration to us all.

got to meet gene when my wife suprised me with a testament VIP package. They were all amazing but he just seemed even more down to earth. Both alex and chuck also filmed a stay in school message for a fans kid. just an awesome guy.

GENE< your brain functions so much higher than most of us folks.... luv u!!!

My inspiration. In once heard a CD by a band Dark Angel. many years ago .......and holy shit. HE was so ahead of the pack

He mentioned Sean Reinert from Cynic :D!

I love this man

Most respect for Gene

Respect!!! Hoglan rules!

This Man Is awesome!!!! Gene Hoglan Is so down to earth, a very Great drummer in all Sense!!!!!

Gene is such a great drummer, one of the best! I never knew how open his personality is! I love how he's influenced by all this awesome fusion music, I discovered fusion the same time I got into Death, Strapping and Gene's contributions to both bands. This video really really makes me happy. :D

..this guy and his drumming - awesome !!!

What a great guy. I'm not super familiar with what he's played but the death stuff in the 90s is still insane

Gene is an awesome drummer one of the best respect dude!!!! :-)

I really enjoyed this interview, thanks for this guys.

Gene is the man...Doesn't matter how many interviews/excerpts/wtf ever I hear from him, lol, he is definitely the most down to earth guy ALWAYS, with NO bs! GREAT drummer and human being "ta boot." Lol

Just hit stuff hard, and a lot. Love it Gene. One of my favourite drummers

So glad that Drumtalk finally had a drummer play at least on pads during the interview.. That was cool!

He speaks so much sense. Just amazing

If I had to sum Gene up it would be. He’s the all around go to drummer, any band that’s needing another dude and a last minute dude. Takes him nothing to learn your shit. He’s that good.

Not only is he amazing on drums, but he's good at telling you how to get there!

so good to hear from this legend.

I love how Hoglan's reason for picking drums is the exact same as mine

Super tasty drumming....love it! Love Gene!

One of the greatest of all times!

I was lucky enough to see The Almighty Punchdrunk live 3 times. Crazy good!

It's hard to really pick favorites with so many amazing drummers but Gene is definitely in my top five. It's so interesting to hear the story of the boat propeller. For years I could never understand the quotations "propeller" or prop in between his name sometimes in album credits. Now it all makes sense. Lol.

I think the most impressive thing about Gene is that he uses weights on his ankles when he plays. His calves are strong enough to crush concrete.

Your playing with Death...will Stay Forever

The young Gene was the BEST!

one of the best thrash drummers of all time.

GREAT drummer & down to earth. Funny watching this because 2 weeks later? I think, we played w Testament in Estonia of all places in the woods. Luckily, we both share being Cowboys fans. He had on a Cowboys shirt, so I was able to approach him & only look like half a tool smoking a cig as they finished sound checking. Anyway, I have such a huge respect for the guy.

Fucking love me some Gene Hoglan

9:25 smoking while drumming, the most 80's thing to do.

04:02 "i'm pretty decent at that" - says a guy who's nickname is the Atomic Clock. made me chuckle there for a second..

Spectacular drummer!

To me, Gene is the Steve Gadd of metal drumming, the most sought after session metal drummer. Love him 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

Have seen this legend live playing in four my favourite bands :D Hope SYL will come back.

Really amazing drummer, great interview!

Drumtalk!!! Wonderfull channel!! Gene is AWESOME! Really... really nice person! It would be fantastic if you can talk to/with Martin Lopez... another AWESOME drummer!

He is a real guy!Love him!

Love Gene! He is só humble!

Awsome Interview.... thanks

This guy's a genius!

Love ya gene, was awesome that you went to my buddies house and played WCW wrestling on N64 lol

a refreshingly honest Interview :)

Peter Griffin singing at 12:34 Love Gene Hoglan!

Rewarding lessons took that in thanks

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hoglan rocks. Good stuff

What a fucking champion !!

Gene is a class act, , met him at a gig South Gate Park California, Halloween night , was the mid 80s, sorry about the riot Gene, you know the cops provoked it. Keep hitting them skins man, was a pleasure meeting

Dark Angel is probably one of the 5 best thrash bands of all time. Is the band Gene Hogan has poured most of his heart in. But kids today know nothing. Ooh. Did he play in fear factory. lol

Esempio per i ragazzi di oggi che vogliono imparare"veramente"a suonare la batteria 🤘great gene yeah

Great guy!

Great Man Great Drummer 🤟😆👍

I just saw Gene with Testament 2 times in the last month and a half, on the Slayer final tour. He f@ckin' killed it both nights! Gene's a bad ass!

awesome dude

Gene Holgan...... l new method to study.

I do the same exact thing as a drummer, play along tot the turn signal!! hahahaha! Awesome.

Gene: King of the tasty lick

What an awesome guy! And he is AMAZING at what he does and HOW he explains what he thinks when he plays! And I don't want to hate or get hate, but I have a question... Does any of you guys know what is going on with his belly? Did he had a hernia or just a plain ol' stomach, like some of us :D

I get to play a drum beat at the stop light when Im turning left,,, LMFAO

Been a fan since Dark Angels second album came out. Don't know how Slayer did not hire him after Lombardo left the first (or was it second) time. They actually tried him out.

¡Dark Angel come to Uruguay!

Must be cool to have him as a teacher!

käng käng käng... Gene Hoglan 2014!!

this drummer can really groove

My Master Drums.....arggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Wow!

He’s our mechanic lol

I just can't see it as" stealing" from anyone when it comes to inspiration from other drummers. To me it's paying tribute to someone that enlightened me to another tool for the drum box. I can't honestly say I've done anything on the drum kit that someone else hasn't done before. What do we call our music when we strip away the lyrics? I know you've experienced hearing a song that was so bad ,you wanted to pull your eardrums out.but you persevered and musically got something out of it. I once heard a drummer say..." there are two types of drummers, those of you that have to take formal training and those of us that can learn by watching others." 👀..... I have seen and met both types and both were absolutely amazing. Two new ............" teachers by example" .....in my book. I've heard some speed metal songs that I hated so much that I'm like, okay.... drop the other musicians and let me hear what the drummer has to say on this piece of music. I love what they're doing.