Watch Stewart Copeland drum to Limp Bizkit's Rollin' as he hears it for the first time
Drumeo's latest 'For the First Time' episode
Last updated 2nd Jan 2025
The Police’s Stewart Copeland has nailed drumming along to Limp Bizkit’s nu metal hit ‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)’ despite the fact he’s never heard the song before.
Over the past three years, online drumming education platform Drumeo has been running a massively popular YouTube series called ‘For the First Time’.
The concept is simple – an eminent drummer listens to a track they’ve never heard before (with the drums removed from the audio) and they have to play along to the track freestyle.
Several of the videos have gone viral, including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith’s take on Thirty Seconds to Mars’ track ‘The Kill’, Nandi Bushell playing along to Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, and Megadeth’s Dirk Verbeuren tackling The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside.’
In the latest episode, Stewart Copeland listens to Limp Bizkit’s 2000 track ‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)’ and is challenged with filling in Bizkit drummer John Otto’s parts.
The clip starts with Copeland - or 'Uncle Stu' as he calls himself - stirring his cup of coffee with a drumstick, before he tells producers, “Okay, hit me with your mystery song!”
When questioned about whether he might have heard the upcoming song, Copeland quips “Luckily for you, I don’t know s---!”
As ‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)’ starts playing, Copeland showcases his prowess behind the kit as he effortlessly drums along.
Watch Stewart Copeland play along to Limp Bizkit's 'Rollin' (Warning: contains swear words):"
As always with Drumeo’s ‘For The First Time’ series, the video ends with Copeland listening to the original Limp Bizkit track and he lavishes John Otto with praise.
Viewers on YouTube have been quick to praise Copeland’s attempt at ‘Rollin’, with one enthusing: ‘Stewart is singular. His understanding and intuition of rhythm is so spectacular. He’s also just a crazy dude in the best of ways.’
Another said: ‘I can't get it into my head how this guy is 72 years old. His energy and charisma is amazing.’
A similarly impressed viewer wrote: “It feels like he catches the vocal melody and plays to that, which is wild in itself, when doing that to a rap style it's ordered chaos and brilliant.”
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