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

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”.