He’ll somehow do it with no hands while baking bread.

@@TheArtofGuitar 😆😆

He doesn’t use his feet?

@@TheArtofGuitar He’ll bake a soufflé, take it out, and it won’t deflate.

​@@TheArtofGuitarhahaha

Same here. I love Shonen Knife as well.

Yes, I think the song was basically a technical exercise to see how fast the rhythm section could play - hence the lack of chord changes and the like! One of the things about this band is that their early material (which is also great by the way!) was written conventionally on guitar by the singer, Accorinrin. However she says she gave up playing guitar and now writes exclusively using vocal lines and melodies which are then arranged by the band as a whole. This explains some of the unusual rhythms they play, so if you listen to a lot of their songs the rhythm is mapped almost phonetically to the vocal. Therefore you get strange effects like the song "Dirty Old Fart..." starting with what sounds like half a beat or something. No count in of course because they never do count ins,live they rely on visual cues or, and I've seen this with my own eyes, the sound of the singer's breath before she starts singing

Or they always make the same mistakes ;)

@@CyberChrist No, seen them live 50+ times. They don't make mistakes.

Starting the songs with no count was crazy to watch live. They are superb and super fun.

guys?! ayo

Saw them last February. Absolutely insane. I almost skipped the show and I'm so glad that I didn't. Definitely one of my top shows that I've seen.

My favorite band after discovering them early last year.. Got to see them in LA last September.. Absolute masterclass in punk and precision.. Just mouth on the floor the whole time.. Like seeing Domi & JD.. These kids are on a whole new level and I'm here for it

I got a bit obsessed with figuring out how they come in so quickly - if you notice the singer, she does something with her hands & head movement just before they come in. They're all watching the singer at all times to know exactly when to come in, and I guess they rehearse the absolute living shit out of their songs. Even still, they are so impressive live. It's pure chaos but it's also rehearsed to an inch of its life

I was looking for a comment saying something like this. I know pretty much nothing about playing drums, but it looked to me like Mike is making himself move his hand/arm in two planes, back and forward as well as side to side, and in the reference video it looks to me like the snare drum and high hat are aligned so that the young lady only has to go back and forward to alternate. Now I don't mean to minimize the skill and endurance required to be able to do this for an entire song at all, but it seems to me that optimizing the placement of kit components and seating position to make everything as efficient as possible by minimizing stick and arm travel and especially cutting the planes in which the stick and arm have to travel and reverse directions at such breakneck speed in half may well play a role in taking it from impossible to only nearly impossible. Now this is purely speculation on my part and regardless of what all might be optimized the ability to not only do this but to maintain it for an entire song is nearly incomprehensible to me, but if you're going to challenge yourself by attempting this madness it seems only fair to look for any ways to economize movement that might help. Does anyone make carbon fiber or some other super lightweight drum sticks that might help? If so, attempting this seems like a good excuse to avail oneself of some. ;)

gravity blast

Good observation, but still doesn't look like blast beat. Although, left hand may bounce and right hand may possess gravity bounce to it.

I came here to say this ^^^

Yeah. Her setup has the snare as close to in line with her body and the hihat as as possible.

Bands like Fk on the Beach, Catasexual Urge Motivation, SOB, Go-Zen, Maggut are all killer JP bands

@@sigmaramen I think Maximum the Hormone deserves a spot too.

I'm an old-skool punk rocker, but seeing Otoboke Beaver live made me realise that I never want to see bands full of old men with receding mohawks singing songs about Thatcher and Reagan ever again. In 2023, the best punk rock is being played by the young, mostly by women and largely by the Japanese.

Yes. ..Just look a thier tour schedule. They've been playing practically non stop all year

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@@MrRelaxedanderson Bet you weren't there in 77 tho judging by Mohawks and Reagan so if that's the case you're not old skool you're a 2nd waver 👍👍

​@@gmantramp404Anarcho-punk originally but, being born in '78, I was very late to the party. I didn't see Conflict back when the show ended with a burning police van outside. I saw them when you weren't allowed to smoke inside.

The bassist is absolutely insane too. She looks so chill while following Yoshie's riffing with lots of walking patterns and fills.

The guitar is a 'G.Suparna ROBIN Otoboke Beaver Yoyoyoshie model', apparently

I was thinking melt banana as well. They have to be fans. I would think of course

Exactly! I’m gonna keep practicing and will follow up next week or so.

@@TheArtofGuitar It's called gravity blast, many death metal drummers are using this technique...

​@@Cycopacethat's not a gravity blast.

@@TheArtofGuitar I don't know, something is not clear to me here. This is not a blast beat, this is one of her beats that she performs, unusual but not a blast beat. If this is a blast beat, then Lombardo beat it in 1986 and Charlie Benante beat a nuclear blast beat with SOD in the early '80s. (In fact, he probably played the first blast beat then, he and Sandoval in Terroriser). Blast beat today has a million bands, and in the past Napalm Death, Nile, Lock Up etc...

Great observation

Glad i’m not the only one who noticed this

You’re right! Like they have a high level across a lot of bands! If you like metal Dir en Grey is a fantastic one to check out. All of them are superb musicians too, but especially their drummer, bassist and vocalist!

You keep seeing those eastern European girls playing drums too? Lol

Wrong..... Black Midi and just as advanced in prowess 👍👍

Btw Stray Cats want a word as well 😂😂😂😂

Saw them back in march and man were they good, absolutely blew my ears off in the tiny venue they played in. Already bought tickets to see them again next year I love how they interact with the crowd and genuinely look like they're having fun.

They were just here in MN. I blew it! :(