Alex Rudinger - Whitechapel - "THE SAW IS THE LAW"
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2023
- As mentioned in my last W.C. playthrough video description - I thought I was done with / had already posted all #Whitechapel playthrough's, but stumbled across a few more! I absolutely completely forgot that I even filmed this one (& the last one, which I'll post sometime in the next couple weeks, too).
This must've been around... 2017/2018, I think? I think I forgot about it b/c, technically, I wasn't playing with them yet. When I first started talking to them about coming on board as their live drummer, they asked me to record a video of a new / unreleased song from their upcoming album (which, at the time, was 'The Valley'). They sent me 'When A Demon Defiles A Witch" - my CZcams video for which was filmed the same week as this one. They already knew that I could play a lot of their material, as I'd done covers before, & played in other bands with similar drumming styles. But I think they just wanted to see something newer. Oh &, for the record: This was all way, waaaay before there was any talk of me becoming a full-time member. That was much later, & obviously didn't work out. Lol. Initially though, I was brought on strictly as a hired-gun. At ANY rate - me being me, & wanting to show them how serious I was about wanting the gig, I decided to take a bit more initiative & record 3 or 4 additional songs from older albums (in addition to the newer one, "W.A.D.D.A.W.", they'd sent me), & then send them ALL to them at once. & THIS cover, "The Saw Is The Law", was one of those videos!
Flash forward a bit, & I'm actually playing with them now. We decided to post up the W.A.D.D.A.W. video, simply b/c it was a much newer song, & this one for Saw (along with one other) kinda fell by the wayside, & I forgot about them completely. That is, until I stumbled upon it again a month-or-so back!
Honestly - I absolutely loved playing this live... I mean, I'm not originally from the deep south (LOL), but idk... I felt a lot of pride to be playing with W.C., & felt good about representing them. This being one of their (if not THE) biggest songs, & being kind of a nod to where they're from, it always made me proud to play it. Plus, it's a banger 😂🤘🏼. I miss a lot of aspects about playing with W.C. - stumbling across this video reminded me of that. But hey, that's life sometimes! Still thankful for the good experiences & times I had with em'! So, with THAT, I hope you enjoy it!
Oh &, last thing / funny side note: It was also weird for me to watch this again when I found it b/c when I actually started playing live with them, I ended up changing how I played certain parts for this song (kinda just happened naturally over time). So to see it played this way - the way I originally learned it, which was very close to the original / album version - was kinda cool.
Alrighty... KIT SPECS ! Let's see if I can remember everything I used for this...
#Tama Starclassic B/B
10x7
12x8
14x12
16x14
20x16
14x7 John Tempesta Signature
#Meinl Cymbals (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit)
18" Pure Alloy China
18" Byzance Brilliant Medium Crash
14" Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats
10" Byzance Brilliant Splash
10" MB20 Rock Splash
13" Byzance Brilliant Medium Hi-Hats
19" Byzance Brilliant Medium / Thin Crash
20" MB20 Heavy Bell Ride
18" Pure Alloy China
16"/13" Stack (which, if memory serves, was made up of a 16" Classics Custom Trash Crash on top, & the bottom part of a 13" Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hat on the bottom)
#EVANS Drumheads
Toms - Clear EC2's (batter), Clear G1's (reso)
Snare - Coated ST (batter)...(I think!), Snare Side 300 (reso)
Kick - Coated UV2-EQ4 (batter), not sure what I had on the reso... Lol!
& clearly, I was still playing my Trick Peadls back then!
& the mix was actually done by Anup Sastry (thx good buddy! 🤍). This was also before I got any album stems from the band, so the backing audio is actually just a filtered / EQ'ed version of the album file, that I then slip-edited a bit here & there so it wouldn't flam with my performance.
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As always, thanks for watching & stay tuned for more! Got one more of these older W.C. videos to post, & then I'll be posting some newer content (as well as some tooootally new stuff... a snare build video, perhaps! 😉). - Hudba
When I imagine how I wish I played drums.... this is it. Killer from every standpoint. Skill. Creativity. Production. Top notch. always wanted to comment.... Peace and keep it up.
ONE of the ALL TIME favourite songs ever written! 🖤🖤🤘
2:36 🤯🤯🤯 DAMN!
I have never clicked on a notification so fast before in my life like HOLY F**K also AMAZING COVER ALEX!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Same! Haha
Same
Dude for real! I been waiting for this shit!
his pocket is so goddam tight, every single fill lands perfectly and the grace and precision in his playing is absolutely otherworldly. so happy he's posted a cover of this song, its one of my fav deathcore songs atm :)
Good lord this is clean! Those fills and ghost notes were so consistent and smooth. Good job!
Amen!
Alex be clean asf for ages prolly one of the cleanist but hey theres plenty of skill out there however Alex is Realy Tight & love how he is few of that read while play
@@tank5183 sounds like his computer's tight tbh
If Alex plays, I click as fast as I can. What an absolute savage Beast.
This man is just so casually the GOAT
Nobody even bother posting another cover of this song on drums. This man absolutely killed it
One of the cleanest and heaviest hitting drummers out there
Holy shit this is so clean. It's insane.
This is listed in the dictionary under multiple names such as , mastery, perfecting your craft, badass, amazing as well as how to tell your drummer he needs to step it up!! Stellar play through!! Jesus dude is on another level!
Seriously, this may be an "old" video but the drum mix is incredible. The sounds coming from this kit are beautiful and complement each other perfectly. Combine that with the legendary Rudinger accuracy, and this is an absolutely sick production with near-infinite replay value.
I played drums for over 25 years and as a drummer, I can say that this is the cleanest that I’ve seen in a long time for this song. This is amazing. You are very, very talented Alex and I really enjoyed watching this video. You actually gave me some tips that I’m going to use in my drumming.
Covers this good make you appreciate the ingenuity it takes to track a song like this and play it live when touring. What a beast
I can only pray that this guy is on the new Intronaut record whenever that day comes.
one of my favorite shows i ever went to was seeing whitechapel, faceless, black dahlia murder, oceano and fleshgod apocalypse
Swore that said The Slaw Is The Law.
Dude really loves his coleslaw 😆
Bro, this guy never disappoints.
Fantastic as always Alex! And man, what a track, I love coming back to older Whitechapel, and you make it sound so gooood
I am a long time follower of yours, since long before The Faceless. Seen you live many times in many different bands and am always impressed by the sheer POWER and PERFECTION that comes from you.
I love everything you have ever done from Good Tiger to The Faceless to your covers and everything in between.
I’m hesitant to even tell you that I’ve been a drummer as well for over twenty years… but I can’t do THAT!
You are the best, dude. Truly phenomenal.
Absolutely out of this world. Because of course it was.
These archive videos are making my year
Absolutely incredible as always! ❤
It's been a while thinking about quitting drums...Thanks to this, now I'm sure what i want.
I've just decided to stop.
😅
Been following for awhile now, this is my favorite vid. Amazing, such a joy to watch.
Loved your playing for years. Thank you Alex
I always enjoy reading your video descriptions for the extra insight. Just throwing it out there.
Throwback to a classic I’ve listened to a thousand times. Great cover 🤘
That song looks and sounds difficult as fuck. Sick one man!
God bless u man. You show that nothing is not real. Hail from RF.
Clean as always. Keep up the inspiration! Hope to see you guys soon.
WADDAW playthrough was how I found your channel. I never understood Whitechapel drums fills until I saw you playing them and i just clicked in my head. Great playing.
You are the best at making flows feel so fresh (drumming accents).
WAITED FOR THIS PLAYTHROUGH FOR THE LONGEST TIME
Xcellent as usual. Love those base drums patterns.
Killing it as usual! Great work AR
Great song and amazing playing! 🙌🏼🥁
So clean and precise brother 💪🏼💪🏼
Great job Alex as always 💪🏼💯🥁🔥 universal blesssing ☄️❤️
I love that kick tone! Killer drumming! 🤘🏻
Such a bop. Made it look effortless 🤘
Excellent as always! Looking forward to each new upload but especially Whitechapel stuff :)
Fantastic as always Alex! 👌
Spewing I never got to see you live with Whitechapel... such a good fit.
That's the version i always want to hear.... Thx for that alex. Very nice 🤘
That was great as always!
Finally got an Alex playthrough! Always loved this track.
amazing as always
Was
Listening to this today! Smasher!!!
World-class drumming dude! 🔥🔥
Looking healthy man, you've definitely been doing some shredding when you're not blasting 💪💪
Imagine all yhe calories burnt while playing like that
one of my favorite WC tracks! Badass!
God deym just pure masterclass keep it coming!!
Alex the kind of guy to stare down his cymbal when he’s not happy with the sound it produced. “Do better next time”.
Fantastic drumming as always, but something that also needs mentioning is how great the sound quality is and how perfect the balance between the drums and the song in the background is.
Ridiculous. So clean. Those fills were just ... ugh. Also could tell you were feeling this one 😂
Crispy sound as always! 🤘
That groovy writing is so awesome !!
Jeesaz Christ, that snare drum. So massive and elegant at the same time.
Yahhhh!!! Love the videos 🤠
Very nice work, master!
I like drum covers with vocals!
Absolutely filthy! Hope you're well!
Amazing!
Definition of a talented man
Always a pleasure to watch! So full of technique and power, comparable to Eloy Casagrande. Both of you play incredibly well and by your face I can see you're feeling what you play, just amazing.
Stunning work
He looks in great shape now too. And, as always, amazing skill and a pleasure to watch.
This video was recorded 6yrs ago man.
Pure excellence! I don't listen to Whitechapel so this is my first time hearing the song at all. I love the drums on it... the parts are so cool. I especially like the ride cymbal part that comes after the guitar solo section. It's a really nice use of the drum set and very different from what I'm used to hearing in standard metal tunes.
Those dynamics.
My Favorit drummers
another SHOT video as always
Flawless
0:50 is crazy that the flavor is added
Really impressive
you never cease to amaze my guy
You never let us down. Keep this shit comin!
very creative. I hope your feeling good about this one. its a level up. gave me Big Dumb Face vibes. amazing stuff man.
So good 😍
Loving the natural mix sound
PERFECT!
Finally bro!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is unbelievable crazy
Killed it dude
Jeeeeeeeeze Louise this is incredible
clean eargasm 😍
Unreal.
So effing clean!
nailed it.
I dont know why you have just 110k subs when you did the most professional drumming and full viedo songs on youtube.
Clean ASF! 🧹🚿
what a heavy groove this dude is the real deal.
Insane
daym groove so fire
beast again
Outstanding technique
Sick brother
Breath taking! Any teasers for upcoming projects?
OMFG!! Soooo Sick!!!
Dude. Whoa.
Bro has more limb independence than an octopus 🔥
CRISPY!