I remember seeing silverchair in Boston playing with Local H it was sept.3 1995 Ben, you threw out your drumstick and I caught it and shoved it down my pants. That way no one would get it. I remember seeing how hard you hit your drums the stick looked banged up to the core... What a sweet bday present. This was at the "Paradise" my gf through her bra on stage, now that was not so necessary 😅

Saw you guys in Jindabyne mid 90's whilst working down there. Man i miss those days. Smashing Pumpkins and Green day were all the rage, and then we had this young Aussie band that just killed it. Should be so proud of the music you guys pumped out.❤

Not gonna lie Silverchair were so much better than Nirvana

Always listen to this song on Far Away Stables. Love the hat groove. Wish I could have seen Silverchair play with a full Orchestra. Big shout out from Hobart

Amazing to hear the commentary on how a pro drummer thinks/creates beats for a song. I wish more popular drummers would do something like this. Until then I’ll just have to listen to one of my favorite drummers from one of my favorite bands instead 😜

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I always loved this song since it came out, and didn't realize how technical the drumming actually was until I watched this video. Good stuff Ben.

Were there any tracks on Silverchair's albums recorded with a metronome?

I can't believe I'm only just hearing of your music now mate, this song sounds amazing too!

Not playing the skippy kick pedal part. Parts hard lol

Thank you Ben for this channel! Being a drummer and Silverchair fan, I never realized how articulate you are about not only your drumming but the understanding how the drums complement a song, whether that may be fast, slow, waltz, swing, ect. Nice job!!

Easily one of my favorite drummers among the other grunge bands.

Beautiful! ❤

Awesome Ben! ❤

Amazing Ben! ❤

Hi Ben. I've been playing this song on guitar recently, the drop B tuning kills! Can you post the isolated drum video playalong please? Cheers

Gillies.. uns dos melhores bateristas que vi dos últimos tempos 👏👏👏👏

U a legemd man, sick drummer

This is really cool. Nice breakdown ❤

Awesome 😎

Love these videos. As a non drummer I have no idea what you're talking about most of the time 😂 but definitely love hearing how you and the bands music evolved. Crazy how you had to kind of re learn from the original. Always loved the bands variations on certain songs.

Drums such a big part of this song. The tempo changes are a part of the story. My favourite Silverchair song. Tuna in the brine a close second.

That's an awesome insight Ben, thanks.

Can you please make jam videos for the Behind the Beat S2 videos?

Nice sound 😎

I'm always thinking the tempo of this song, was it got a change the metronome? or live recording. Amazing

Will you be providing the Heaps Normal prizes to those you tagged? At this point I'm not fussed if I don't get mine but I would like to see the others receive it. Albeit belated.

Epic song! 👏👏

Please !Too much of not enough"""!!!!!!

Where are these prizes? Did anyone actually receive anything?

The slingshot effect is a great description for this musical masterpiece. Thank you!

I can hear the bass in my mind😂

i was 15 when Freak Show was released and this is still my favorite beat from silverchair's discography.

Thanks for this Ben!

Thanks for doing this. I enjoyed it very much.

Please do Anthem of the year 2000. Imo it's Silverchair's best song and I'm just a beginner drummer who hasn't tried playing a full song yet. I'd love for it to be my first song played. Drum notations would be awesome too, please 😉

It has to be emotional for Ben to replay these songs

kick pattern on the verse is so mean

Man, the drums are always what I notice on this track. Awesome breakdown, Ben. Also: make Darkwater a 10 minute song :)

Tenho orgulho de dizer que ouvi muitas bandas fodásticas minha adolescência \m/

A band is only as good as it's drummer. Great breakdown!

Hope you're doing well. Good to see you!

Enjoyed your book but man that ending was corny 😂

Ben you are one of the best few best drummers in the world !! you are a great inspiration to me !! we love ya PAL !!!

what hi hat and Ride are these?

This song is🔥 all my friends like this song and they don't like Rock😊 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

I'm from Brazil and "Without You" always sounded totally tribal to me, almost like some Sepultura groove and I really love it! Many friends who visited Australia say it is a first-world Brazil, so I guess, drumming runs in the bloodstreams of both countries!

Hell of a drummer 🤘

Drop an album Ben, these songs are brilliant.