# Jazz-Funk Drummer Plays Queens of the Stone Age Song as He Hears It for First Time: Watch

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jazz-funk-drummer-plays-queens-of-the-stone-age-song-as-he-hears-it-for-first-time-watch/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:37:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T18:07:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Consequence
- Original article: https://consequence.net/2026/11/funk-drummer-stanton-moore-queens-of-the-stone-age-drumeo/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Stanton Moore played a QOTSA song after one listen.
- His arrangement gave it a swinging, big-band feel.
- QOTSA plan a US tour in spring 2027.

## Summary

New Orleans jazz-funk drummer Stanton Moore performed Queens of the Stone Age’s “The Way You Used to Do” after hearing it for the first time in a Drumeo video series. The format challenges drummers to create and play an arrangement without hearing the original drum track, highlighting how musicians interpret unfamiliar songs.

Moore chose a high-energy, swinging approach that emphasised the groove in Josh Homme’s writing and gave the song a big-band jazz feel. The article contrasts his arrangement with Jon Theodore’s more minimal, modern drums on the original recording. Moore has also worked with Tom Morello and Corrosion of Conformity; Queens of the Stone Age are due to tour the US in spring 2027 in support of their new album, “Perfecth”.

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