Raymond Herrera vs John Otto — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory / Arkaea / Brujeria) vs John Otto (Limp Bizkit). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Raymond Herrera use?
Raymond Herrera uses Tama Starclassic with Zildjian A Custom & Z Custom Series (14" A Custom Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" A Custom Crashes, 21" Z Custom Mega Bell Ride, 18" A Custom China). Herrera's kit was a Tama Starclassic set (with triggering) — 22"x18" double bass drums and a full tom spread, every single piece fitted with ddrum and Roland triggers — driven by a DW 5000 Series Double Pedal, cut through the mix with Zildjian Z Custom cymbals, and struck with heavier Vater Power 5B sticks built for high-impact touring durability. Otto's setup centered on custom Orange County Drum and Percussion (OCDP) shells built to his specification, including on "Significant Other" itself, where he played his newly adopted OCDP kit with a single 22"x18" kick, paired with Zildjian A and A Custom cymbals for their bright, cutting projection through Limp Bizkit's dense turntable-and-guitar mix and Gibraltar hardware for his ongoing OCDP setup.
What drum kit does John Otto use?
John Otto uses Orange County Drum & Percussion (OCDP) Custom Type 5 Acrylic with Zildjian (13" A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats, 16" & 17" A Custom Projection Crashes, 20" A Custom EFX, 20" FX Oriental Crash of Doom). Herrera's kit was a Tama Starclassic set (with triggering) — 22"x18" double bass drums and a full tom spread, every single piece fitted with ddrum and Roland triggers — driven by a DW 5000 Series Double Pedal, cut through the mix with Zildjian Z Custom cymbals, and struck with heavier Vater Power 5B sticks built for high-impact touring durability. Otto's setup centered on custom Orange County Drum and Percussion (OCDP) shells built to his specification, including on "Significant Other" itself, where he played his newly adopted OCDP kit with a single 22"x18" kick, paired with Zildjian A and A Custom cymbals for their bright, cutting projection through Limp Bizkit's dense turntable-and-guitar mix and Gibraltar hardware for his ongoing OCDP setup.
Which is better, Raymond Herrera or John Otto?
Raymond Herrera and John Otto both emerged in the early-to-mid 1990s building drum setups for genres adjacent to nu-metal, and arrived at nearly opposite philosophies. Herrera fused acoustic drums with full-kit electronic triggering to make Fear Factory's machine-gun double-kick feel genuinely mechanical; Otto leaned on jazz training and hip-hop micro-timing to make Limp Bizkit's single-kick grooves feel genuinely human. One drummer chased consistency through electronics, the other chased feel through restraint — and both approaches sold millions of records and shaped a decade of heavy music.