Article #37875

Slick and energetic videos of plastic bucket percussion have notched up more than 100m views and a huge online following

Five teenagers sit shoulder to shoulder dressed in hoodies, T-shirts and sneakers. Behind them in the video is a farm shed, sometimes a street corner or a hardware store. Each cradles a large orange plastic bucket between their knees. The scenes are laid-back but there is nothing casual about what comes next.

The group launch into a tightly choreographed drumming routine – sticks move at break-neck speed, flicking between the surfaces of their own bucket to that of their neighbours’, producing a slick, energetic and flawless sound.