Pedal talk aside, the rest of the interview was so valuable. Wonderful and honest conversation. Thank you for this!

Loved this... And i am not even a drummer... Remembering george kollias moving out of greece and going to Nile was such huge news to all of us early teenage metalheads... And seeing him where he is now... Wow..

Love the extensive interview and all the details it's filled with, appreciate guys it's always a pleasure to listen to George and I'd personally enjoy these talkings for hours and hours this has been really insightful and informative 👌

Pure beast of a drummer. This pedal is really beautiful, looks like a really simple technology but must be a pure pleasure to play and with work may push our own musical boundaries

George---I love you --my brother!!!!! The heart and soul some of us old school drummers---it’s like we listened to STEVE and Pete for the very first time every time we get behind the kit!!!!! 38 years now and our enthusiasm will never ever falter or stop---we love it because that’s who we are and I love how you describe every little intricate detail about what it really takes to play this hard and this fast and to go for this long!!!!!😊❤

Just treated myself to one. I love it and I'm having a blast learning to play around with it. I really dig the purity and minimal moving parts. I was a little worried coming from a DW 9000 chain drive, but this is something else! Couldn't be happier. From the moment I hit the drum the first time, that was it, I just knew this was gonna be it for me. @ Pearl - a very modest/minimalist mechanism to adjust the angle of the beater head surface that hits the drumhead would be super helpful. Because of the angle of the beater head, it is striking the drumhead using only top part first, and as such is prematurely wearing my drumhead out. It's barely been a few days and already I have a dent. I have installed the Remo Impact Patch, so hopefully, this will prevent any further denting. Doesn't change anything how much I love it! Cheers to you, George, and your Pearl colleagues, for putting this out there.

Pearl are pushing hard on the promotion of the XRs, damn! I won't complain though more George is always nice, he seems like a cool cat

This interview is AMAZING. I love detailed stuff and this is so interesting, and George's the man. Thanks for this.

Nice looking pedal indeed! Would love to try it. Kollias is one of the absolute top drummers around.

The best pedal ever!! It's incredibly light and smooth!!! I'm in love with that beater!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

I just bought this pedal a week ago. I'm still getting used to it but it's the best money i've ever spent

I kinda like the pedal but I really expected it would be cheaper, considering how many parts come from DemonDrives that did not need to be developed.

you have convinced me, Im buying this

Everything about this was pure gold!

Great interview

excellent! merci pour ce bon moment

I'm a Pearl drummer as well and been saving up to buy a pair of ACD Limited pedals. I have the all Carbon fiber Axis pedals, Trick pedals, and the demon drive pedals. After playing my friends ACD pedals I needed them! The great thing about those pedals you can switch from a double pedals to singles, multiple settings, the conversions are unlimited! I like my springs really tight very similar to George's set up. Now I'm gonna just wait on the ACD limited and grab these guys and would really love my kit to be entirely Pearl. I really wonder how easy they are to set up and play heel toe. The boards look long enough. All my pedals are set to my comfort. Things I love about each one of my pedals is they have a lot you can add like heel risers. I really need to check these out and see what they are all about!

Ah finally! THE pedal we were all waiting for, since years from Pearl. And, at least on Earth, George is the most legitimate competent person for the design. Same, I wasn't happy with any pedal on the market. So, it is a dream coming true. And George is such a nice person. And provides interesting informative material. Obviously Greek Gods are legend, even in drumming...

This is the video I needed! :D

Always a genuine guy, regardless of him trying to promote a product.

Killer interview!

31:08 Ahhhhhh, I love you, George! ^_^

So many insight in here 📖🥁🎶

Like his passion

yeahhhh!

32:21 On getting old and classic "Their first albums were the best" quote. I am like that also, and started questioning the real reason behind the statement. And I considered the possibility of me getting old and tired, and no new music sounds exciting any more because of my saturation, the music being great. But then, I listened to the latest Flotsam and Jetsam albums. To me , they are the BEST of their career. Same thing with latest Overkill. So UNFORTUNATELY it's sad, but true. It's the bands that run out of fuel, not our thirst and excitement for music.

I bought new doubles 3 or 4 years back ( after 20 plus years 😂 ); I should've bought direct drive.

mega gutes video phillip!

I see many people complain about the XR bashing it on forums and comments sections for various reasons including the price. Ask yourself, how much money did it take to develop this pedal over 2 years? How many wages had to be paid? Demo models created and flown around the world, people flown around the world to demo/test? Marketing? Then the actual cost to machine all those precision engineered parts? Then a lifetime warranty? And people want to complain that something cost less than $1000, an item that will last them an entire drumming carer? The passion George clearly shows in this great interview is not just marketing hype you cant fake what he showed here, some great questions from the interviewer I loved this video it seemed very sincere and honest. I just don't get the negative comments all over, I cannot see the Demon XR not being a great investment that brings a lifetime of happy playing.

When I switched ho axis it's easy more complicated settings and way more different Allen wrench sizes. It's harder to play and it breaks. I like my iron cobras chain drives.

And Zildjian!

stay tuned drummers, the next pedal will be called Satan’s Extra Evil XXX. You know you’re gonna need that one.

My fellow Greek God 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

Let’s be honest, George can play any pedal at any bpm he wants because of his ability that came with years of practice. This pedal is not going to teach discipline and dedication. Not hating. I’m a huge fan.

Only thing its missing is his name on the pedal!

Love this drummer ...top of his game ..speed beyond belief ...

Best looking AXIS copy yet!!!

In the name geroge I'm gonna bye this demon bcoz he is the drummer i learn so many things like sweivl tech. N all love from india 🤘🤘🤘🤘

hmm, these pedals look quite good. I miss my Yamaha direct drive pedals from 2009...

WolfieColada!

Funny to see Georege playing jazz

I see Kollias, i stop and watch. Whatever he says.

The price is bullshit. The price is not fair. It's twice the price of Axis Longboards. George played Axis for decades. It's not like he got faster or more technical after switching. But the new Nile album is currently being mixed right now. So we'll see ...

At this point you may aswell just go Trick or Axis or whatever.

Drumnetics > Pearl [insert pedal model here].

And why is the cause of calling it "Demon"? Couldn't Pearl come up with something more original?

Hardly showed the damn pedal ! Lol. Fail

Looks like a TRICK Ripoff

Interesting review of the pedal. I think I'll try one out soon. George is a great drummer/musician and a decent human. 🤘🤘