I think it's pretty wild that there's this crazy 400-year-old lineage of cymbal-makers who all come from the either the Zildijan family or their factories and are still a significant part of the modern cymbal market to this day. It feels like a sacred trade that's been passed down through generations.
It's so refreshing to learn about an industry where it's "then this company was bought by that company specifically for their patents and was immediately shut down".
And the fact that they've survived that long making ONLY cymbals (and the odd stick/mallet) is truly impressive. Most companies would have restructured, been acquired or whatever and put their name on all sorts of other shit by now.
Really though, this isn't a Wade-only thing. Even the most random, inane shit can be suddenly the most fascinating topic you _want_ to learn about, if and _only if_ it has the right kind of presenter, the kind that makes you excited to learn about it. If you find that something doesn't hold your interest, it may not be the topic but the presentation that you take issue with.
I just found garbage time a week ago and I cannot get enough of you. I am only vaguely interested in cars but I love the Tony series. I am a total Apple hater but I have watched an unhealthy amount of Dankpods since finding that. I'm not a drummer or musician of any kind but I *absolutely love this (and all) Drum Thing vids!* Your enthusiasm for the things that interest you is enthralling. It's so pure and unforced, it is addicting. You have destroyed my algorithm but it's absolutely worth it. Except all the Apple products videos I've been getting in my suggestions, eeew. Send my love to Frankie! She is the best part. She's carrying this business all on her beautiful slender long back. Keep it up bro.
i know you were calling the history part "boring" because you want to focus on making the video entertaining, but the historical stuff was way more interesting to me than looking at the actual pamphlets! it would be cool if you did some more drum history videos!
Words cannot describe the happiness I felt when you name-dropped Casiopea. They’re my all-time favorite band and they’re so severely underrated as musicians and as songwriters.
@@MATCHLESS789 T-Square has enjoyed some mainstream exposure outside of Japan in the past 8 years as they composed and performed the soundtrack for Mario Kart 8 (and its ongoing DLC) but they're not credited so few people realize who did those amazing tracks.
As a Turkish,I just learned that Zildijan is a Turkish brand and Turks popularized modern bells.It's so strange cause i really love searching about old Turkish brands and i never saw Zildijan. It might be because Turkish peoples doesnt likes drums that much
@@claudiobizama5603 yeah probably but i have a better theory. Drums are indispensable in Turkish weddings. But the drums at the wedding are just one big ol drum and it carried by the drummer by the strings around his neck. And next to this drum, there are usually wind instruments such as clarinet or zurna. Zurna is a turkish instruntment which is very smilar to clarinet. And because of these drums,peoples doesnt really knows this big drum sets with cymballs
As a design graduate I seriously enjoyed the evolution of those pamphlets together with the background history. It really puts everything into perspective as they adapt their marketing to the trends of each period. As usual, thank you so much man,
Wade, I know nothing of drums and will never play one, but honestly please make more "Boring Time" history videos. I would devour those in the style you make videos in.
The "boring" parts are anything but, I was so amazed and entertained with everything you explained. I wish I had a teacher like you during my college years.
My dad tried getting me to play drums as a kid. He plays drums. There were drums everywhere growing up. This video is the most interested I've been in drums.
My favorite drum manufacturer story is the evolution of TAMA. They gave us so much in little time! From creating some of the best pedals and hardwares, to being one of the first companies to not drill holes into their toms for mounting, and giving us octobans 😊 not bad for 50 years of existing. I sure would love to own a STAR one day!
9:13 I like how the first one pearl gives you a fancy rack module with a fancy branded rack and by the next page they just have it put on a stick clamped to the rack.
I love that the Sabian plant is just down the road from one of the major border crossings from the US to Canada- middle of nowhere rural New Brunswick, full on potato country, but also the source of some of the best cymbals on the planet. Plus the name is the cutest thing ever now that I know what it means.
seeing a Benny Goodman ANYTHING as a clarinetist who also does jazz (sadly on alto sax tho) gives me this incredible feeling of actually being seen and recognized. so thank you Dank, or Wade, however you prefer to be addressed, for allowing me to finally pinpoint this feeling.
I wasn't expecting a Casiopea mention! God I love their stuff so much! It makes sense you'd know them, other than being a nerd for stuff like this, you're in Auz, and I believe that they've played there before because it's close to Japan and what not. (That's the only thing I'm jealous of Australians for.) What I would give to have seen them live.
I was really hoping he would find some late 70's/80's Japanese catalogs, some crazy players there. Or just more electric drums in general. Yukihiro Takahashi from YMO used to play a weird mashup of two different electric sets on top of an acoustic one, and still managed to make it sound tasteful imo.
Thank you for this comment! I had never heard of Casiopea until this video, and seeing your comment too I decided to check them out. I'm having a great time now to say the least haha, immense drumming.
I love how his style of video is so iconic now and unique (to me) that even though this is his new channel, instantly new it was him from the thumbnail and first 3 secs
I have absolutely 0 interest in the history of drums, I had no idea what to expect or why I even decided to click on this video, but I was thoroughly invested almost instantly and I feel like I've been taken on a 400 year journey through the eyes of someone else, I absolutely loved every second of the video!! keep up the great work, you clearly have an amazing passion for this and your knowledge is beyond anything I could have expected
I learned so much about drums and cymbals from this video. The Zildjian history with their cymbals, how they came to the US and everything else...amazing! Thanks for the education! 😮
A welcome surprise to hear that you listen to Casiopea. I've really fallen into to Masayoshi Takanaka & Casiopea style Japanese fusion bands. Absolute legends, really pioneering what was to come and never a mention of them anymore, like they've all but been lost to history even though they both still play and tour!
I used to play in a couple bands with someone who loved to use vintage/antique drums in his setup. We would play americana/folk/vintage pop/theatrical music. His bass drum was this HUGE thing from the 1920's, and he would attach a row of those "Temple Blocks" to the top of it. He also had a replica of a 1940's metal ration snare drum that had wooden hoops. I wish I knew more about his setup, but I know it sounded amazing. He has such a great unique feel.
It's always crazy to me knowing I'm 30 minutes away from the Sabian headquarters outside of my small town of like 70,000 and seeing people halfway across the world talking about them! Just blows me away.
My grandfather sold his 1962 Ludwig drum set a couple years back to pay for medical bills Pulled in almost 20,000 American Eagles . I meant to ask him more about it before he passed back in April. But He used to play in a jazz band here in Cincinnati Ohio. Nobody in my family knows anything about it other than he used to play in a Jazz band in the 60s. I just remember it being Black. He used to play for me when I was little. Its what got me into drums in school. Joined the band class. Turned out i had no Rhythm but i still tried. Ultimately became a Trumpet player some how. Much better at that than drums.
Find something that makes you as enthusiastic as Dank is about drummy history and as happy with childlike wonder as this guy is about hearing that absolute beast of a gong at 10:19
I've got a Pearl kit from about that era you were peeking at. (5:00). 18" bass drum, 12" and 16" tom. Love that little thing. Sounds much bigger than it is. The shells were garbage when I got it so I took em off, cleaned up everything, re shaped some of the beat up edges on the shells, gave it a hit of some cherry stain and a couple very light coats to seal it. It's not a gorgeous kit, but it is a fun kit to play. Sadly a lot of that mounting hardware you were talking about was beyond repair/replacement so I did have to modernize a few things.
i dunno diddly squat about drum history but you know i'm gonna sit here and watch an australian man geek out about it for 12 minutes and i'll have a dumb smile on my face the whole time
I like the old style kits with just one rack tom, one cloud tom, snare, hi-hats, crash and ride. It's crazy because when I was a kid I dreamed of growing up and playing a kit that would make Alex Van Halen feel inadequate.
The weather report is amazing my dad has played bass since he was a kid and he introduced me to jaco pastorius and the weather report and it blew my mind
I'd heard about Zyn cymbals for the first time only recently, when my Son told me that one of the cymbals on his school's two drum kits was a Zyn; Made in the 60's by Premier, apparently. And I had that 1980 Zildjian brochure myself! Nice blast from the past! 😀👍 I've always liked pAisTe best, though 😊
I just watched all these videos in one sitting and i dont even play drums, i play guitar. im now going to go watch all of garbage times videos, i know nothing about cars. why this man so entertaining
They definitely had the Sabían AAs with those stamps in drum city Sydney and we had some at the Sydney Con around 1989. So they are out there somewhere in Aus
When I was in high school, I would obsessively go through the online catalogs and CZcams demos, listening to all the drums, and especially the cymbals. I liked this a lot
Sabian was the best thing to happen to cymbals. They took the old recipes and techniques and modernized them a bit but not too much. The crash and hihat cymbals were just awesome. And they forced everyone else to up their game.
8:53 I think the one player who really rocked toms like this was the late great Vinnie Paul. His toms were 14", 15", and 18" floor tom. Absolute Units.
I think it's pretty wild that there's this crazy 400-year-old lineage of cymbal-makers who all come from the either the Zildijan family or their factories and are still a significant part of the modern cymbal market to this day. It feels like a sacred trade that's been passed down through generations.
It's so refreshing to learn about an industry where it's "then this company was bought by that company specifically for their patents and was immediately shut down".
There are a few others that exist across different fields, with Beretta springing to mind. All are fascinating.
And the fact that they've survived that long making ONLY cymbals (and the odd stick/mallet) is truly impressive. Most companies would have restructured, been acquired or whatever and put their name on all sorts of other shit by now.
It reads like an IRL anime backstory, minus the enchanted heirloom.
@@blakksheep736 you think theyre public about the enchanted heirloom?
A good teacher lets genuine passion for a subject shine through. Even people that didn't think they cared are suddenly interested in learning.
This is Wade's style in a nutshell. Just the most captivating enthusiasm in everything they do and I'll watch every video
Really though, this isn't a Wade-only thing.
Even the most random, inane shit can be suddenly the most fascinating topic you _want_ to learn about, if and _only if_ it has the right kind of presenter, the kind that makes you excited to learn about it. If you find that something doesn't hold your interest, it may not be the topic but the presentation that you take issue with.
I know right I was highkey disappointed to not hear the history of Paiste
400 years of history summed up in one amazing video! Thank you, you dank!
Ok so this is dank pods? I thought so lol
@@barstow_ it is
@@barstow_ he has another channel dedicated to cars called garbage time aswell
@@KristianNowak Carbage Time
@@KristianNowak wow had no idea lol thanks
Cannot BELIEVE the modern drum kit is that young and that yet cymbals have been made by the same company for 400 years! That is WILD, man. So cool!
I just found garbage time a week ago and I cannot get enough of you. I am only vaguely interested in cars but I love the Tony series.
I am a total Apple hater but I have watched an unhealthy amount of Dankpods since finding that.
I'm not a drummer or musician of any kind but I *absolutely love this (and all) Drum Thing vids!*
Your enthusiasm for the things that interest you is enthralling. It's so pure and unforced, it is addicting.
You have destroyed my algorithm but it's absolutely worth it. Except all the Apple products videos I've been getting in my suggestions, eeew.
Send my love to Frankie! She is the best part. She's carrying this business all on her beautiful slender long back.
Keep it up bro.
come join us over on Garbage Time on Floatplane, Wade does drum streams twice a day, 3 days a week
Clearly you are simply a Wade fan.
These are my exact thoughts too, and I'm not very good at finding words to express them. Love all of this content.
i know you were calling the history part "boring" because you want to focus on making the video entertaining, but the historical stuff was way more interesting to me than looking at the actual pamphlets! it would be cool if you did some more drum history videos!
totally. I haven't finished the video yet but calling this "boring time" is maybe the worst thing I've seen all year (/s kind off)
I third this.
Tbh it sounds like one of his microphone stories; just needed a "so like this one time"
If we're gonna convince Wade to become a drum teacher again, I'm 100% in
No story that starts with an alchemist can be boring.
Words cannot describe the happiness I felt when you name-dropped Casiopea. They’re my all-time favorite band and they’re so severely underrated as musicians and as songwriters.
@@MATCHLESS789 T-Square has enjoyed some mainstream exposure outside of Japan in the past 8 years as they composed and performed the soundtrack for Mario Kart 8 (and its ongoing DLC) but they're not credited so few people realize who did those amazing tracks.
@@LieseFury
Wait FR??? So that sax solo on dolphin shoals…
Same
@@LieseFury yup
I always love these drum things
I am all for the history of the drums
As a Turkish,I just learned that Zildijan is a Turkish brand and Turks popularized modern bells.It's so strange cause i really love searching about old Turkish brands and i never saw Zildijan. It might be because Turkish peoples doesnt likes drums that much
Probably all of their production went for export, and they were expensive
@@claudiobizama5603 yeah probably but i have a better theory. Drums are indispensable in Turkish weddings. But the drums at the wedding are just one big ol drum and it carried by the drummer by the strings around his neck. And next to this drum, there are usually wind instruments such as clarinet or zurna. Zurna is a turkish instruntment which is very smilar to clarinet. And because of these drums,peoples doesnt really knows this big drum sets with cymballs
there is still old workshops that make symbals in turkey ı was suprised to hear it as well
same, never would've thought that our nation would be involved in this.
They were armenians tho.
As a design graduate I seriously enjoyed the evolution of those pamphlets together with the background history. It really puts everything into perspective as they adapt their marketing to the trends of each period. As usual, thank you so much man,
Wade, I know nothing of drums and will never play one, but honestly please make more "Boring Time" history videos. I would devour those in the style you make videos in.
Same!
Seems like I’m not the only person to think of Boring Time as a potential channel name.
As a musician and a 20 century history nerd this is absolutely my shit.
The "boring" parts are anything but, I was so amazed and entertained with everything you explained. I wish I had a teacher like you during my college years.
It’s an editing trick. The fast cuts keep your attention for longer. Your teachers are telling you the same thing but can’t do fast cuts IRL.
My dad tried getting me to play drums as a kid. He plays drums. There were drums everywhere growing up.
This video is the most interested I've been in drums.
My dad plays drums and I love them. I am much more interested in learning how to play hand drums than a kit, though.
My favorite drum manufacturer story is the evolution of TAMA. They gave us so much in little time! From creating some of the best pedals and hardwares, to being one of the first companies to not drill holes into their toms for mounting, and giving us octobans 😊 not bad for 50 years of existing. I sure would love to own a STAR one day!
I LOVE MANKY OLD THINGS GRAHHHH
Have fun with the weird shit tool companies made 20 years ago.
*where's my dewalt snake light with batteries the size of yo mom*
wait until you see his patreon, trust me you'll LOVE it
that’s a radical name
good gremlin energy mate
@@bab00shka48 i try my best
9:13 I like how the first one pearl gives you a fancy rack module with a fancy branded rack and by the next page they just have it put on a stick clamped to the rack.
I love that the Sabian plant is just down the road from one of the major border crossings from the US to Canada- middle of nowhere rural New Brunswick, full on potato country, but also the source of some of the best cymbals on the planet.
Plus the name is the cutest thing ever now that I know what it means.
seeing a Benny Goodman ANYTHING as a clarinetist who also does jazz (sadly on alto sax tho) gives me this incredible feeling of actually being seen and recognized. so thank you Dank, or Wade, however you prefer to be addressed, for allowing me to finally pinpoint this feeling.
As an Estonian I'm so proud to know that a company as big as Paiste originated from our little country.
Great Drummer, Great Drummer, Great drummer, Lars.
Oof, but also true, but also OOF.
Kind of amazing that the major players in cymbal production all came from the same spot and merely spread out.
I wasn't expecting a Casiopea mention! God I love their stuff so much!
It makes sense you'd know them, other than being a nerd for stuff like this, you're in Auz, and I believe that they've played there before because it's close to Japan and what not. (That's the only thing I'm jealous of Australians for.)
What I would give to have seen them live.
I was really hoping he would find some late 70's/80's Japanese catalogs, some crazy players there. Or just more electric drums in general. Yukihiro Takahashi from YMO used to play a weird mashup of two different electric sets on top of an acoustic one, and still managed to make it sound tasteful imo.
Thank you for this comment! I had never heard of Casiopea until this video, and seeing your comment too I decided to check them out. I'm having a great time now to say the least haha, immense drumming.
I love how his style of video is so iconic now and unique (to me) that even though this is his new channel, instantly new it was him from the thumbnail and first 3 secs
wade: "boring time"
me: fucking glued to his words
I’ll take “The Drum Thing” version retelling the history of any major drum manufacturer. That would be a series worth watching every week. 👌🏻
I have absolutely 0 interest in the history of drums, I had no idea what to expect or why I even decided to click on this video, but I was thoroughly invested almost instantly and I feel like I've been taken on a 400 year journey through the eyes of someone else, I absolutely loved every second of the video!! keep up the great work, you clearly have an amazing passion for this and your knowledge is beyond anything I could have expected
This was brilliant. I love hearing about the histories of things, and nothing is better than hearing it from someone who’s passionate about it.
I am happy that you are uploading that often. Keep going, NEVER STOP
I learned so much about drums and cymbals from this video. The Zildjian history with their cymbals, how they came to the US and everything else...amazing! Thanks for the education! 😮
As a Canadian I love the quick FLASH of
Tim Hortons before it disappears @ 8:33
Thank you for the history lesson, some I knew, now I know new things, and I was around for the 1979 onward catalogs and lived for them!!!!!!!
Yes Drum Daddy please tell us a Drum story
I love the histories of just about anything.
This is why we love your channel, we just watched a 12 minute video about drums and their history and wasn't bored.
Rest in Peace Jeff, we miss you.
I am not tolerating Boring Time. I am thoroughly enjoying it. Thank you
A welcome surprise to hear that you listen to Casiopea. I've really fallen into to Masayoshi Takanaka & Casiopea style Japanese fusion bands. Absolute legends, really pioneering what was to come and never a mention of them anymore, like they've all but been lost to history even though they both still play and tour!
It may have been geeking out but it was absolutely fascinating!
Roy Haynes in 99 now, and the fact that he is still playing is awesome as hell
I used to play in a couple bands with someone who loved to use vintage/antique drums in his setup. We would play americana/folk/vintage pop/theatrical music. His bass drum was this HUGE thing from the 1920's, and he would attach a row of those "Temple Blocks" to the top of it. He also had a replica of a 1940's metal ration snare drum that had wooden hoops. I wish I knew more about his setup, but I know it sounded amazing. He has such a great unique feel.
Every time he said "Boring time warning", I just got more interested.
this is exactly what I was expecting from this channel lol
thank you great content
It's always crazy to me knowing I'm 30 minutes away from the Sabian headquarters outside of my small town of like 70,000 and seeing people halfway across the world talking about them! Just blows me away.
My grandfather sold his 1962 Ludwig drum set a couple years back to pay for medical bills Pulled in almost 20,000 American Eagles . I meant to ask him more about it before he passed back in April. But He used to play in a jazz band here in Cincinnati Ohio. Nobody in my family knows anything about it other than he used to play in a Jazz band in the 60s. I just remember it being Black. He used to play for me when I was little. Its what got me into drums in school. Joined the band class. Turned out i had no Rhythm but i still tried. Ultimately became a Trumpet player some how. Much better at that than drums.
I don't know much about drums but I love the passion and I love to hear these ramblings.
Find something that makes you as enthusiastic as Dank is about drummy history and as happy with childlike wonder as this guy is about hearing that absolute beast of a gong at 10:19
I could spend hours looking through bronchures with Dank.
Mate there ain’t no boring time in this video only pure knowledge and passion
I could watch days worth of this stuff.
I think the drums have the coolest history out of any instrument. Fight me on it
I would love to see more in depth drum videos like these. Hearing someone so passionate about this craft talk is always so fascinating.
As a Canadian currently freezing my ass off, I approve of this video.
as a young drummer you've kinda inspired me to learn more about drum history -- this stuff is really interesting!
I've got a Pearl kit from about that era you were peeking at. (5:00). 18" bass drum, 12" and 16" tom. Love that little thing. Sounds much bigger than it is.
The shells were garbage when I got it so I took em off, cleaned up everything, re shaped some of the beat up edges on the shells, gave it a hit of some cherry stain and a couple very light coats to seal it. It's not a gorgeous kit, but it is a fun kit to play. Sadly a lot of that mounting hardware you were talking about was beyond repair/replacement so I did have to modernize a few things.
None of this was boring. Your enthusiasm and enchanting cadence makes this fun! Love you 🤟
The awkward bye at the end really ties the entire video together.
I think it’s great to see you open a brochure and not immediately tear it to shreds. Character development ❤
So far as i can tell, we get told to prepare for "boring time" and then are blessed with some extremely interesting content
97 and still drumming, what an absolute chad.
I love that Zildjian brochure amazing piece of history
I know nothing about drums and yet your enthusiasm is infectious. Very interesting to watch.
So much content lately man, i love it.
i dunno diddly squat about drum history but you know i'm gonna sit here and watch an australian man geek out about it for 12 minutes and i'll have a dumb smile on my face the whole time
Boring time was far from boring. Loved this nerd-out video!
Those old timey kits with a set of temple blocks are instant old cartoon music.
Man, somehow a channel that's got almost all the stuff i like geeking out about!
The Drum Thing is My Sort of Thing. Keep on thinging!
My old drum teacher had a gretch kit with Istanbul cymbals and they were beautiful.
Absolute nuggets for hands...
This was also way more interesting than I expected.
These videos are DANGEROUS for my drum geek mind
OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AS A LONGTIME DANKPODS VIEWER I LOVE SEEING THIS POP UP ON MY FEED.
I know I'm out of the loop and a hundred years late but thanks for introducing me to Roy Haynes.
I could sense the “…-and I don’t feel my legs anymore.” At the end.
I like the old style kits with just one rack tom, one cloud tom, snare, hi-hats, crash and ride. It's crazy because when I was a kid I dreamed of growing up and playing a kit that would make Alex Van Halen feel inadequate.
The weather report is amazing my dad has played bass since he was a kid and he introduced me to jaco pastorius and the weather report and it blew my mind
I fucking love old traps kits so much, this is incredible
dawg please more history, I've never touched a drum kit but lord almighty i need more
I'd heard about Zyn cymbals for the first time only recently, when my Son told me that one of the cymbals on his school's two drum kits was a Zyn; Made in the 60's by Premier, apparently. And I had that 1980 Zildjian brochure myself! Nice blast from the past! 😀👍 I've always liked pAisTe best, though 😊
I really appreciate the oddly abrupt ending to your videos. I takes me by surprise every time.
Man, you got to stop calling this stuff boring, this was the most fascinating thing of my week.
"Zyns is gone, Marge. Long gone. You're Zyns!"
Zyn is not dead, I’ve got one in my lip right now.
I just watched all these videos in one sitting and i dont even play drums, i play guitar. im now going to go watch all of garbage times videos, i know nothing about cars. why this man so entertaining
They definitely had the Sabían AAs with those stamps in drum city Sydney and we had some at the Sydney Con around 1989. So they are out there somewhere in Aus
dude i can listen to you wax poetic about your passions all day
I have Pearl BLX from 1989, and I love this drums.
When I was in high school, I would obsessively go through the online catalogs and CZcams demos, listening to all the drums, and especially the cymbals. I liked this a lot
Gotta stop doubting yourself man. This is real fun stuff.
Love the channel split, not because I dislike any of your content but because I can now sub to you multiple times.
Sabian was the best thing to happen to cymbals. They took the old recipes and techniques and modernized them a bit but not too much. The crash and hihat cymbals were just awesome. And they forced everyone else to up their game.
this feel more like a cymbal history than a drum history
I actually love hearing history like that
Thank you. Enjoyed the knowledge
The Paiste Symphonic brochure had me, as I own a 22" Symphonic Medium/Heavy. Use it as a Ride. True story. 👍😁
Casiopea! Love the sound they make. Genuinely rare that someone listens to them.
8:53 I think the one player who really rocked toms like this was the late great Vinnie Paul. His toms were 14", 15", and 18" floor tom. Absolute Units.
i just looked up Roy Haynes and am absolutely blown away
I hope these make your drum museum!
imagine having mr Wade as your music teacher. its like a 45 minute dank video every week. 🙂
thats not boring at all, i loved that history lesson