Japanese Drum Prodigy YOYOKA Celebrates 12th Birthday With Full Band Performance Of DEEP PURPLE Classic "Burn"
October 16, 2021, 3 years ago
Japanese drum prodigy Yoyoka Soma, who has become a YouTube sensation and attracted the attention of KISS icon Gene Simmons, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice, celebrated her 12th birthday (October 12th) with a one-take band performance of the Deep Purple classic "Burn". Check it out below.
Band:
Drums - Yoyoka
Guitar - Satsuma3042
Bass - Kouichi Terasawa
Keys - Takanobu Masuda
Vocal - NoB
Chorus - Wakasa
Yoyoka recently uploaded her solo playthrough of "Burn". Many fans wrote to Deep Purple druzmmer Ian Paice suggesting he check out the clip, which he did, and his reaction is below.
Watch to the end, as the last four minutes feature Paice offering his thoughts on Yoyoka's skills, saying "You see something like that and it makes you smile. It just makes you happy. It's what it's all about. There's a young persom there, she found something that she loves, and she's going for it 100%."
