The Birthday Massacre’s Philip Elliott - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 625 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Philip Elliott, drummer of the darkwave band, The Birthday Massacre, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the Dark Winter Tour with Lord of the Lost and Wednesday 13. The Birthday Massacre is currently supporting their newest album, Pathways.  PLAY THE SAME GEAR: ddrum Dominion Series Birch Drum Kit - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/oNy4Do Pearl Joey Jordison Signature 13" Snare Drum - https://guitar-center.pxf.io/E0ZE1W Evans G2 Coated Drumheads - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/bkmOJg Evans EMAD Bass Drumhead - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OYme0Z Evans Genera Dry Snare Drumhead - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vDZPk3 RTOM Moongel Damper Pads - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/yZmqAN Sabian AAX Stage Hi-Hats 14" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/YVyRPe Sabian AAX X-Plosion Splash 11" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/L0ZKBV Sabian AAX Medium Crash 16" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qW2z9b Sabian AAX X-Plosion Crash 18" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VJLD4 Sabian AAX Metal Ride 20" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jROe0M Sabian Holy China Cymbal 18" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5k75db Sabian AAX X-Plosion Crash 18" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VJLD4 Sabian Stratus Crash Cymbal 18" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B52n3J Sabian Radia Cup Chime 7" - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/WOGyee Los Cabos Red Hickory Drumsticks (5A) - https://amzn.to/3OQM3He Los Cabos Red Hickory Drumsticks (7A) - https://amzn.to/3OMXRdB Pearl Hi-Hat Stand - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Pz6ODR Tama Speed Cobra Double Bass Drum Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/aNWOXY Pearl PowerShifter Bass Drum Beaters - https://amzn.to/4mVUOMA Mapex Drum Throne - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/gRWOEX ART USB Mix 4 Compact Mixer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zz2xVG Shure SE215 In-Ear Monitors - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/E0ZEND  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - January 31, 2026 Location - Concord Music Hall in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE: Facebook - https://facebook.com/TheBirthdayMassacre Instagram - https://instagram.com/thebirthdaymassacre Twitter - https://twitter.com/TBMassacre  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Skip Intro 01:08 Drum Kit 03:51 Cymbals 04:53 Drumsticks 05:48 Hardware  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twe

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00:00Every sound guy is always just like, I want the Jordison, I want the Jordison.

00:03I've actually had this skin on for almost a year and a half.

00:06Recorded an album with it and toured it and just, you know, takes a lick and keeps on kicking.

00:1035 shows and I broke one stick.

00:39Hey there, it's Phil from The Birthday Massacre.

00:42We're out on the Dark Winter Tour, co-headlining with Lord of the Lost from Germany and support

00:48from Wednesday 13.

00:49We're currently playing Chicago tonight, I think it's show 9.

00:54We've got about 5 or 6 more, then we're headlining our way back up to Canada.

00:58The tour's been great so far.

01:00You know, it's winter so you're going to get some, you know, bad weather along the way.

01:05Let's say we've had to, you know, move a couple shows and stuff.

01:07Everything's been good other than that and we're happy to be out here.

01:09This is a dark, transparent, black D-Drum kit, Dominion Series, Birch.

01:16I've got a sponsorship with D-Drum the last couple of years.

01:19We've recorded our last two records on this kit, both Fascinations and Pathways,

01:25which is the album we're currently out touring right now.

01:27So, 12-inch, 13-inch rat toms, 16-inch floor tom, and we have a 22-inch kick drum.

01:35For the snare, I actually have used this for about a decade now.

01:38It's the Joey Jordison Signature Pearl Snare.

01:43Had that for a lot of years and brought a bunch of different snares on tour

01:47and every sound guy is always just like, I want the Jordison, I want the Jordison.

01:50So, that's kind of been the one staple we've used for that.

01:52So, the Joey Jordison Snare is 13-inch, which is a little bit different than most snares,

01:58which are typically 14.

02:00For the heads, we have Evans G2 coated.

02:03I have a couple moon gels on there.

02:06And for the kick drum, we have EMAD, which is a phenomenal, phenomenal skin.

02:12And I've actually had this skin on for almost a year and a half, recorded an album with it

02:17and toured it and just, you know, takes a lick and it keeps on kicking.

02:21I'm not, like, super particular about, like, you know, what brands and stuff like that,

02:26you know, but Evans has been kind of cool the last couple tours.

02:29I did use Remo for a while, but I find the thing with the Birthday Massacre sound,

02:34when we record, there's not only acoustic drums, but it's blended in with electronic drums.

02:39So, I find, you know, these skins are a little bit thudier and they kind of meet,

02:42you know, more of what's happening on the record.

02:45And then on the snare drum, we have a Genera Dry skin.

02:51And that's kind of a, this one I just put on yesterday because I snapped one in soundcheck.

02:57We're only going to do one song in soundcheck.

02:59We're like, no, let's do another one.

03:00Thankfully, we did because about five seconds in, that one broke.

03:03So, this one's been in my case for a while.

03:05And I don't really change my skins a ton.

03:09You know, they start sounding terrible.

03:11I'm going to do a shout out to Mike, who is a phenomenal drummer on Wednesday 13.

03:17And yesterday, we had a tight stage in, where were we, Mike?

03:20Detroit?

03:20Oh, that was Detroit.

03:21So, we had to do a kit share.

03:22And so, Mike played on my kit.

03:24There just wasn't room for three kits, as we see here.

03:27So, I go to Mike, I'm like, tune him up.

03:29And he did a phenomenal job.

03:30So, I will admit that's never been my strength, you know, the last 30 years, is tuning, you know.

03:36But anyway, so that's it on there.

03:38So, I've been playing Sabian exclusively for about 28 years.

03:43It's a Canadian company.

03:45It's just, I don't know, it's a sound I love.

03:47I'm basically doing mainly all AAX.

03:50I have 14-inch AAX stage hats.

03:53We have a 12, or sorry, 11-inch AAX explosion splash.

03:5916-inch medium crash AAX.

04:02We have an 18-inch AAX explosion crash.

04:07We have, I've had this symbol for probably 20 years.

04:10This is an AAX metal ride, 20 inches.

04:14And I don't even want to even make that anymore.

04:16I've had that forever.

04:17This is kind of just a dirty stack.

04:19This is an old, I think, 18-inch Holy China by Saban that got cracked.

04:23And under it, I have an 18-inch explosion crash.

04:27And it's just kind of a little bit more percussive sounding.

04:29And then this one was a new one I got for the last series.

04:33Yeah, Stratus 18-inch.

04:35Yeah, so that's pretty much it for the cymbals.

04:38Oh, one more.

04:38I forgot.

04:39So, this is kind of a random one.

04:40This is a 7-inch Radia by Terry Bosio.

04:44Phenomenal drummer.

04:45And, yeah, he's got a whole line of those.

04:47I don't think they make them anymore.

04:48But I've had this for probably 20, 25 years, too.

04:51So, it's just, you know, kicking around in the cymbal bag.

04:53Just pull her out, you know.

04:54Sticks and Musings.

04:55I have an endorsement from an amazing Canadian company called Los Cabos.

05:00Out in Eastern Canada, New Brunswick.

05:03I was lucky to visit the facilities this year on tour.

05:06And, you know, number one, being Canadian, I like, you know, supporting Canada.

05:09It's a home-run business.

05:12We talk hockey, me and Phil, the main guy there.

05:14So, you know, and it's just, I love the sticks, number one.

05:18Like, the durability with these red hickories are unbelievable.

05:21I did a European tour a couple years ago, 35 shows, and I broke one stick.

05:27So, like, you know, it's pretty durable.

05:30Sometimes I use 7-A's depending on the venue.

05:32I bring both on tour.

05:33I find some of the smaller stages, so I'm not getting a lot of cymbal bleed in Chibi's ears or

05:38in-ears.

05:39I use the 7-A's.

05:41But usually I'll do the 5-A's, which are a little bit heavier.

05:44And both are usually the red hickory, which are a bit of a heavier wood, too.

05:47In terms of the hardware, it's kind of a mixed bag.

05:50Before I got my e-drum endorsement, I had Tamastar Classics for about 25 years.

05:55So these boom arms are from Tama.

05:57I think mainly all my cymbal stands are Yamaha, which I find they just, you know,

06:03fold up nicely and fit in the hardware bags, and they're fairly durable for the price point.

06:08I'm using a Pearl hi-hat stand.

06:12And then, you know, the most important thing I would say on the kit would be the double pedal.

06:16This one is a very, very old one.

06:18I've had probably about 12 years.

06:20Speed Cobra.

06:20And if you notice, the one thing about it, the beaters are different.

06:23I had a session in Toronto, and the engineer was saying, like,

06:28you can get a bit more attack on the beaters.

06:29So I've switched, and I've just used these power shifter beaters by Pearl for the last,

06:34you know, 10 years or so.

06:35So in terms of the throne, we have a lovely Mapex throne.

06:40And I actually just got this mixer by Art recently a couple tours ago.

06:45And in terms of my in-ears, I'm using just pretty standard SE215s, nothing too crazy.

06:53Yeah, that's it for that side of things.

06:56But yeah, we'll be running it all through Pro Tools, our sets.

06:59So one side is my tracks, one side is my click.

07:02And yeah.

07:03Once again, thanks for hanging out.

07:04Phil from The Birthday Massacre, we're out on the Dark Winter Tour,

07:08playing in Chicago tonight, co-headlining with Lord of the Lost,

07:12and support from the amazing Wednesday 13.

07:15We have about another six or seven shows,

07:17and then we're headlining our way back to Canada.

07:19And we're supporting our newest record, which came out last year, Pathways.

07:23If you want to check it out, it's on all streaming platforms.

07:27And if you want to check out more on the band, thebirthdaymasacre.com.

07:30And of course, we're on Instagram and Facebook.

07:33And yeah.

07:33Thanks for watching.

07:34Cheers.

08:03Cheers.

08:05Cheers.

08:06Cheers.

08:08Cheers.

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