Big Drum Thump

Game haters, prepare to get that stick out of your bum. Three genuine drum heroes—Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Travis Barker—think GH’s new kit is pretty slick shit, and there’s even a video to prove it. We experienced some server hang trying to watch it (every 14-year-old drummer on at least four continents is clicking that link right now), but be patient: it’s worth the wait.

Drumming quote of the day: Commenting on the kit’s durability, Chad says in the video, “If it holds up to me beatin’ on it, it should do pretty good.”

[via Engadget]

But alas it’s not our Q&A (which certainly would have been a Pulitzer piece of brilliance). Instead, it’s a run-of-the-mill affair saved by flashes of Copeland’s wit. A highlight:

Q: How would you rate the band’s more recent performances?

A: We’re way slicker now. But the point of that story . . . is that even if you are the living god, even if you have been playing the same material for 1,000 years, even if you are rehearsed up to the teeth, you still (mess) up. The punters watching it are imagining that it’s perfect, but of course it’s never perfect. It’s visceral, very human, it’s very fallible, and we are not gods. We are just three jerks who came together and got lucky.

For, oh, $15,500. Stewart’s Tama signature set is a 14-piece Starclassic maple kit in a “Police Blue Sparkle” finish. Only 50 kits will be made available worldwide…and Stewart’s grandmother is buying 49 of them, so get in line.