Watch nine-year-old drummer slay Queens Of The Stone Age classic No One Knows

By Scott Munro
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Josh Homme and co. call Nandi Bushell’s drum cover of their 2002 track “incredible” as clip of nine-year-old’s performance goes viral

Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme
Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme (Image credit: Jim Dyson - Getty)

Over the weekend, nine-year-old drumming sensation Nandi Bushell uploaded a clip to Instagram showing her playing along to Queens Of The Stone Age (opens in new tab) classic No One Knows.

The clip of Nandi battering her kit has since gone viral, racking up an impressive 177,000 views in just three days – with the video even shared by Queens Of The Stone Age themselves (opens in new tab), who called Nandi’s cover “incredible.”

Foo Fighters (opens in new tab)' leader Dave Grohl famously played drums on the original 2002 song, but he has yet to comment. No doubt his jaw is still on the floor in awe having watched Nandi's amazing performance!

And as if that wasn’t enough, Nandi also took to the stage at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire at the weekend as part of The David Bowie Alumni Tour, where she performed several tracks.

A message on the tour’s Instagram account said: “London was amazing and having Nandi Bushell with us on drums last night was very special. She’s the real deal."

Check out the clips below.

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! ‘No one knows’ by @queensofthestoneage. I had so much fun rocking out! #davegrohl @josh.homme @mister_theodore @theejoeyc #queensofthestoneage #qotsa #davegrohl @ludwigdrumshq @zildjiancompany @vicfirth #ludwig #zildjian #vicfirth #questlove #thepocketkit Nandi Bushell 🥁🎸🎤👧🏽❤️ (opens in new tab)

A photo posted by @nandi_bushell on Jan 25, 2020 at 1:33am PST

Wow wow wow! Last night I rocked out at 02 Shepherds Bush Empire in London with the @bowietour. Thank you @mikegarson for inviting me to jam. It was Incredible!!!! Thank you @leisastylediva for the hookup. Thank you @coreyglover for looking after us! @davidbowie #davidbowie #shepherdsbushempire #o2shepherdsbushempire #9yearsold #letsdance #5years Nandi Bushell 🥁🎸🎤👧🏽❤️ (opens in new tab)

A photo posted by @nandi_bushell on Jan 26, 2020 at 12:38am PST

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.