Charlie Benante's video: YO Watch the beat 6 Charlie Benante ANTHRAX drummer HOT FOR TEACHER - Van Halen

Hot for teacher is by far Alex Van Halen’s most identifiable drum Beat. The first time I heard it I think My Head spun around...I kept repeating it over and over. The thing that makes it so cool is how he incorporates electronic and acoustic drums into a Shuffle. I think the Simmons SDSV pad was triggering that Motorcylce like sound. I remember seeing them a few years prior and he was using them in his Drum solo. I am doing my best re-creation here. It’s not exactly like the record because I wanted to have a little fun with it. The 2 Van Halen Brothers are such amazing Musicians and Play so Great off of each other...Gifted! The Double Bass Drum Shuffle enters, then a 3-beat phrase tom-tom pattern is repeated 6 times with the left hand. Simon Phillips played something similar on Space Boogie with Jeff Beck in 1980 on the album There and Back, One of my Favorite Records.