The 11-year-old music sensation Nandi Bushell has teamed up with Tom Morello’s 10-year-old guitar-playing son Roman for the new song 'The Children Will Rise Up'. The two deliver an ecological message, with Jack Black, activist Greta Thunberg, and Roman’s dad making cameos in the music video.
11-year-old music prodigy Nandi Bushell made a surprise appearance during Foo Fighters' sold-out concert at the Forum in Los Angeles, sitting in for their closing performance of 'Everlong'. Their lovely relationship started when Bushell dared Grohl for a drum battle. After the show Bushell wrote on Instagram “It Happened!!! It was #EPIC!!! Tonight I jammed with the @foofighters live @theforum!!! Wow!!! What an INCREDIBLE night!".
11-year-old phenomenon Nandi Bushell ripped through a drum cover of Slipknot’s 'Duality', attracting the attention of Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg who tweeted “You’re the best, Nandi!!”. Bushell masters the intense double-kick pedal and controlled chaos of the song’s drum part, Consequence emphasizes. Bushell even sports a mask of Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson to look appropriately spooky as she plays along.
10-year-old multi-instrumentalist Nandi Bushell had earned kudos from the Pixies for her loop version of the band’s classic song 'Where Is My Mind?'. YouTube sensation, who’s a skilled guitarist, bassist, and drummer, plays various guitar portions, and shifts over to drums, combining them all together into one cohesive version of the Pixies tune. The pre-teen also sings the song and listens to the finished song at the video's end, although she seems much more comfortable playing. Pixies tweeted "great work".
10-year-old music wonderkid Nandi Bushell published a video of herself opening up a gift from Muse's Matt Bellamy - a signature guitar model. Bushell has covered 'Plug in Baby' witch caught the attention of Muse's frontman, who sent her the model, and the polite and nice girl was really happy with the gift. Previously, Bushell has covered Muse's 'Hysteria'.
The 10-year-old wunderkind Nandi Bushell shared her version of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 1991 hit 'Under The Bridge'. This time, she played the guitar, drum, bass, and vocal parts. Bushell operates a looping machine for her instrumentals while simultaneously putting on her Anthony Kiedis impersonation.
10-year-old sensation Nandi Bushell released s drum cover of The Who classic 'My Generation' describing it as - "one of the most difficult covers I have ever made. I think this song really suits my style. Fast, Fun and Rocking with a Punk edge!”. Apart from showing talent and plenty of practice in the video, she’s a bundle of energy and joy behind the kit.
"My daddy said I am starting to go through an emo phase as I discovered My Chemical Romance this week" - drum wonder-girl Nandi Bushell said about her latest video where she covers dark-emo band's 'Welcome to the Black Parade'. The 10-year old says she loves "being able to let out all my energy after a stressful week of home learning and online exams".
Nandi Bushell has shared a cover of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Immigrant Song’ to mark Jimmy Page‘s 77th birthday. The 10-year-old drumming sensation played the solo song by looping her drum, bass and guitar parts, to finish before she would have to start singing; seams Robert Plant's vocals are too much for her, for now...
The 10-year-old drum-prodigy Nani Bushell declared herself a “total metal head” in her latest video. To prove it, she rocked an impressive drum cover of Slipknot’s 'Unsainted'. She played a double kick pedal on the bass drum for the first time, all while barefoot, and she also rocked a Slipknot-style red jumpsuit.
Lenny Kravitz and legendary drummer Nate Smith gifted the 10-year-old drum wonder-girl Nandi Bushell a custom Ludwig Legacy Mahogany drum kit, Spin reports. Bushell posted a reaction video with her being really enthusiastic, with Kravitz saying "keep doing what you’re doing. I love watching all of your progress”, and Smith telling the young musician to have fun.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl met "a rock star" - a 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell from England. The two had a drum-off battle online this fall, so during this Monday's 40-minute meeting organized by the New York Times, Grohl told Nandi "I feel like I'm meeting a Beatle". During the chat, Dave Grohl invited Bushell to play with the Foo Fighters when they come to England, they exchanged stories of how they first started playing the drums, agreed to write a song together, and had a "jam".
10-year-old drummer phenomenon Nandi Bushell has penned a theme song for her rival-idol Dave Grohl called 'Rock and Grohl, the Epic Battle', following a theme song Grohl wrote for Bushell last month, Louder reports. Sharing her original song on YouTube, Bushell wrote - “Mr Grohl. The song you wrote for me was truly, truly EPIC! You really are LEGENDARY! I wrote a song for you to say THANK YOU! I made up and played all the instrument parts myself, just like you! It’s called ‘ROCK and GROHL, The EPIC Battle’... Whoever wins this round, it’s been an HONOUR to battle you. The Rock Gods of old are happy!".
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has shared a video of a new theme song he wrote for the 19-year-old drummer-wunderkind Nandi Bushell. Grohl plays guitar, drums, and bass on the track, while his daughters (The Grohlettes) provide backing vocals - “She got the power/ She got the soul/ Gonna save the world with her rock and roll!”. Bushell reacted to the video saying “I can't believe Mr. Grohl wrote a song about me!?!".Tweet Fighters
Well, this is just really sweet: 10-year-old drum-sensation Nandi Bushell accepted Dave Grohl's challenge for a drum-off, and - matched the Foo Fighters' leader performance of Them Crooked Vultures’ 'Dead End Friends'. In her YouTube description, Bushell said - "Thank you for giving me this incredible opportunity. I am extremely grateful. The Rock Gods of old are happy!”. It all started when Bushell invited Grohl for a match-off by playing Foo Fighters' 'Everlong'. He accepted, played 'Dead End Friends' himself, and has now acknowledged defeat, but teased there’s more to come from the two - “Ok, @Nandi_Bushell ……you win round one….but it ain’t over yet! Buckle up, cuz I have something special in mind…”.
10-year-old drum sensation Nandi Bushell challenged the Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl to a drum-off. She released a video of herself playing Foo Fighters' 'Everlong' and invited him to a drum-off challenge. He then released a video saying he was flattered by her choice and complimented her playing. However, he challenged her to a drum-off and offered her a song 'Dead End Friends' from his other band Them Crooked Vultures (Grohl + QOTSA's Josh Homme + Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones).
Ten-year-old Nandi Bushell performed Audioslave hit 'Cochise' on a guitar Tom Morello has gifted her. She also rocks the drums and bass in the impressive new YouTube clip. Audioslave/Rage Against the Machine guitarist gave her the Fender Soul Power Stratocaster after he saw her play Rage Against the Machine’s 'Guerrilla Radio'.
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello surprised 10-year-old Nandi Bushell with his signature Fender Stratocaster guitar following her viral performance of 'Guerrilla Radio' - she performed guitar, bass and drums in the clip, supporting Black Lives Matter following the death of George Floyd. “I’d like you to have this guitar as a gift from me to you because you rock so great, and to see someone rocking so great who is so young, it really gives me hope for the future” - Morello told her. “Wow, from the actual Tom Morello!” she reacted. “Thank you so, so, so much for this beautiful guitar. I can’t wait to jam with you!”.
10-year old Nandi Bushell has offered her support of Black Lives Matter with her cover of 'Guerrilla Radio' by the Rage Against the Machine. Bushell played the drums, bass, and guitar for the 1-minute activist performance. A description of the performance on her YouTube channel and social media pages reads, “Solidarity in the Fight to End Racism! #fightracism #blacklivesmatter #enoughisenough".
“Incredible!!!” - Queens Of The Stone Age wrote reposting a video of remarkable drum cover of their track ‘No One Knows’ by nine-year-old girl Nandi Bushell. Last year she went viral for a cover of Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’, and for playing with Lenny Kravitz. She has also covered The Prodigy, Billie Eilish, Rage Against The Machine, Prince, The Police and System of a Down.
Famous guitarist first saw Nandi Bushell's videos, and then invited her to come jam with him in London O2 Arena where he was about to play. They're quite sweet playing together, and he seems much more excited than her. Bushell has a YouTube channel with her drum covers of rock, metal and pop songs.
