MARIO DUPLANTIER: Gojira , Drumming, Practice and Inspiration

My guest this week is none other than Mario Duplantier of French metal titans GOJIRA. One of my favourite bands and drummers of all time, he spilled insane and humble knowledge about everything it takes to get to his level as a musician. We caught up before their INSANE show in support of their latest album Fortitude to talk about everything from drums and practicing to jamming with James Hetfield and stage fright. It was an inspirational chat and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Grab 27% - 37% off GOJIRA displates (and more) with code DOWNBEAT at displate: https://displate.com/licensed/gojira GOJIRA play the Mystic Festival in Gdansk Poland on June 10th alongside GHOST, DANZIG and MESHUGGAH and you can grab tickets at https://bit.ly/Mystic-Festival-2023-G... WAYS 2 SUPPORT YA BOY: ✔ the downbeat clothing available at: https://www.thedownbe.at ✔ grab 27% off ANY displate metal poster with code DOWNBEAT at displate: https://displate.com/thedownbeat?art=... ✔ patreon:   / thedownbeat   ✔ twitch:   / reynlord   ✔ twitter:   / reynlord   ✔ instagram:   / reynlord   ✔ discord:   / discord