Man makes appearance as drummer in punk band and jaws drop as people realise who it is
Concertgoers were stunned to spot a well-known actor drumming at the back of the stage, sparking a flurry of double-takes in the audience. While most punk rock fans kept their eyes glued to the frontmen's on-stage antics, some observant people clocked the familiar face who was sitting behind the drumkit.
Baffled TikTok users feverishly debated the unexpected cameo of the A-list celeb mixing it with the musicians. The band, Capital Punishment, boasts the Hollywood heavyweight in their ranks and has staged a comeback with a handful of gigs. The group was played songs from their album, which released over 35 years ago. significant throwback to their heyday.
An appearance that left fans and film buffs alike astounded; few realised the star of Dodgeball and Tropic Thunder was also a punk percussionist.
A clip circulated on TikTok, accompanied by the text: "Wait... is that...? Surely not?" showcasing Capital Punishment's latest gig, where fans detected the unmistakable figure of Ben Stiller hammering at the drums.
One particularly shocked observer needed confirmation amidst the jaw-dropping discovery. One stunned user asked: "Is that for real Ben Stiller?" To their amazement, it was the Night at the Museum lead and Severance mastermind reviving his rhythm section role from decades past.
Capital Punishment rocked the stage with Ben Stiller on drums, having first released their album 'Roadkill' back in 1982. They followed it up decades later with an EP called 'This is Capital Punishment' in 2018.
Fans were stunned to discover Stiller was the man on drums. Social media remarks included one fan's surprise: "I didn't know Ben knew how to play drums."
Another shared a bit of trivia, adding: "Ben Stiller played drums in a post punk band called Capital Punishment in the 80s. [I] think it was in the beginning like 1982 or something."
The r/punk Reddit page saw equally puzzled reactions about Stiller's antics with Capital Punishment. A user confessed: "I actually enjoyed their album. It's zany weirdo s**t, more Devo than Dead Kennedys."
Someone else recounted a past exchange: "I weirdly remember someone telling me this a while ago and I told them to stop lying to me, I guess they were right."
A passage from the Captured Tracks website gives more insight: "If you learned they went to the lengths of recording an album while in high school without a label or distribution and actually pressed a couple hundred copies, even weirder.
"And now those albums fetch between $200-$500 each, which might not strike as odd for such a rare record. One might reckon the bizarre tale of Capital Punishment's Roadkill would there end - and that'd be quite the story. But that's not all there is to it.
"You then find out the band consisted of a future Supreme Court Justice for Arizona, a Professor of Slavic Studies, an Musician/Documentarian whose family built the Brooklyn Bridge and an A-list world-famous actor.
"The story goes from being about another rare, privately pressed recording that's been re-discovered, into something that's pretty incredible."
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