Stanton Moore Reimagines Queens of the Stone Age Track
The New Orleans drummer played "The Way You Used to Do" for Drumeo's "For the First Time" series.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Rock
Drummer Stanton Moore performed Queens of the Stone Age's "The Way You Used to Do" for Drumeo's "For the First Time" series, which plays drummers a song without its drum track. The series asks drummers to create and perform a drum arrangement on the spot.
Why it matters
The performance shows how the series challenges drummers to build an arrangement in real time from a song's underlying parts. It also highlights Moore's versatility, as the New Orleans jazz-funk drummer brings a jazz-influenced approach to a rock track.
The performance was an unrehearsed arrangement built without the original drum track, with Moore producing a high-energy swinging tempo that made the track feel less loose and dirty. No audience or viewership figures were reported.
The players
Stanton Moore
Stanton Moore is a New Orleans jazz-funk drummer who has performed with Tom Morello and done session work for Corrosion of Conformity.
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band known for its desert rock sound, and the group released the album Perfecth.
Drumeo
Drumeo is an online drumming education platform that produces instructional and performance content for drummers.
The details
Moore played the track with a drum arrangement that leaned into a jazz-influenced style, shifting the song's feel away from its original looseness. The series format requires drummers to create and perform their parts on the spot, without any prior preparation of the drum line.
Timeline
October 2026: Consequence named Queens of the Stone Age's album Perfecth among the best albums of the month.
November 6, 2026: Article published on Moore's Drumeo performance.
Spring 2027: Queens of the Stone Age are scheduled to tour the United States in support of Perfecth.
Roadmap
Drumeo's "For the First Time" series is an ongoing feature in which drummers perform songs they have never played, without the original drum track. Moore's performance of Queens of the Stone Age's track continues that format, applying it to a rock song from a band now touring the United States.
Fans interested in seeing Queens of the Stone Age can watch for tour dates when the Spring 2027 United States run is announced. The extraction does not specify ticket prices or on-sale dates for the tour.
The takeaway
The performance demonstrates how a drummer can reshape a familiar rock track through improvisation and a different stylistic approach. For drummers, the series offers a practical example of building an arrangement from the song's underlying parts.
What happens next
Queens of the Stone Age will tour the United States in Spring 2027 in support of Perfecth.
Further reading
Explore more rock coverage for context on the genre behind this performance.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Consequence of Sound.
