Totally Friggin Kick-Axe

[PiiP]

I never looked much into their history or anything like that, but I want to know why Darrel was shot.... I mean wtf? Why go ruin one of the best and one of the most inspiring heavy metal bands.

From Wikipedia:

Early theories of motive suggested that Gale might have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Abbott and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators. Another theory was that Gale believed Abbott had stolen a song that he had written. In the book, A Vulgar Display Of Power, several of Gale's personal writings, given to the author by his mother, suggest that the gunman was not angry about Pantera's breakup or a belief that Pantera had "stolen songs;" instead, the documents suggest that Gale's paranoid schizophrenia caused delusions that the band could read his mind, and that they were "stealing" his thoughts and laughing at him.

In other words, we have no idea why the whack-job did it, and never will after Officer James D. Niggemeyer planted eight out of 9 pellets from a 12 gauge Remington 870 shotgun into Gale's face to free a hostage and put an end to the shooting that ultimately killed five and wounded seven others.

I'm curious to learn more about this, considering they are my favourite band of all time. I just bought the book off Amazon.

[Mr Pwnage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRbP4skILio

[Scotty]

I'll draw outside the lines for minute and show a glimmer of open-minded taste towards music.  I may have spoken of these two in the other topic, but I doubt I linked to live performance of them.  This acoustic guitar duo go by their first names: Rodrigo y Gabriela.  They hail from Mexico City, and are the most talented acoustic guitarists I think I've ever listened to.  Seriously, bluegrass doesn't hold a candle in the wind to these two as far as raw talent goes.  The great and really appreciative aspect towards acoustic guitar playing, or any instrument that doesn't involve more than a microphone for technology is that you hear every mistake clear as day.  The only difference with these two is that there are none.  If they ever come around your town, I HIGHLY recommend that you go pay them a visit.  I saw them last year up in B-More, and it was one of the best concerts I've attended that didn't involve mosh-pitting or "Ninja Kids".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QjxTpXh1g

[Mr Pwnage]

I'll draw outside the lines for minute and show a glimmer of open-minded taste towards music.  I may have spoken of these two in the other topic, but I doubt I linked to live performance of them.  This acoustic guitar duo go by their first names: Rodrigo y Gabriela.  They hail from Mexico City, and are the most talented acoustic guitarists I think I've ever listened to.  Seriously, bluegrass doesn't hold a candle in the wind to these two as far as raw talent goes.  The great and really appreciative aspect towards acoustic guitar playing, or any instrument that doesn't involve more than a microphone for technology is that you hear every mistake clear as day.  The only difference with these two is that there are none.  If they ever come around your town, I HIGHLY recommend that you go pay them a visit.  I saw them last year up in B-More, and it was one of the best concerts I've attended that didn't involve mosh-pitting or "Ninja Kids".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QjxTpXh1g

Wow that's awesome. Their hand movements honestly don't make any sense to me...like at all. Sounds great though so they must be doing something right?

[Scotty]

I'll draw outside the lines for minute and show a glimmer of open-minded taste towards music.  I may have spoken of these two in the other topic, but I doubt I linked to live performance of them.  This acoustic guitar duo go by their first names: Rodrigo y Gabriela.  They hail from Mexico City, and are the most talented acoustic guitarists I think I've ever listened to.  Seriously, bluegrass doesn't hold a candle in the wind to these two as far as raw talent goes.  The great and really appreciative aspect towards acoustic guitar playing, or any instrument that doesn't involve more than a microphone for technology is that you hear every mistake clear as day.  The only difference with these two is that there are none.  If they ever come around your town, I HIGHLY recommend that you go pay them a visit.  I saw them last year up in B-More, and it was one of the best concerts I've attended that didn't involve mosh-pitting or "Ninja Kids".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QjxTpXh1g

Wow that's awesome. Their hand movements honestly don't make any sense to me...like at all. Sounds great though so they must be doing something right?

This is likely in reference to Gabriela, and I agree, she's ridiculous.  The thing is that there is no percussion, no bass guitar, nothing.  She covers down on the percussion parts while also performing the rhythm guitar parts.  That's why you see her smacking the body of her guitar with her right hand while her left hand rests predominantly still on the neck of the guitar.  Rodrigo on the other hand is the one that's right and left hands move ridiculously fast to the point where it's a wonder that he doesn't ignite into a friction-induced bonfire.  When they perform live, he tends to throw in a few special effect like you may have heard half way through where he'll apply a Wah affect to his tone, but other than that, it is all raw talent that doesn't include any sort of electrical manipulation or distortion to the sound.

Here's them performing on David Letterman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VFWA2YKdo

EDIT: I love how their talent alone can get any crowd member involved like that.  I'd venture to guess every person in that crowd was involved in the clapping or cheering.  Off sheer talent alone, to be able to insight such a reaction from the crowd is a worthy accomplishment.

EDIT 2: The other big difference you'll notice between the two is that Gabriela plays a classical acoustic while Rodrigo plays with steel strings.  The main difference in this is that classical style typically involves not using a guitar pick (plastic piece to strum the strings, using fingers instead).  It generates a much different tone, which when you have the two styles working in such harmony as these two do, you definitely see a true form of raw talent being expressed in ways few are privileged to experience.

[Scotty]

Now I'm gonna step so far out of the box most are gonna question whether or not this is really Scotty posting this.

It's no mystery I am a fan of superior guitar playing.  There are a select few whom I rate as the most talented guitarists of all time.  Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimi Hendrix, John Petrucci to name a few.  I could post examples from every one of the above that would leave any guitar fan speechless, but I'll concentrate on another guitarist for the sake of brevity, in the hopes that if readers are moved by him, they'll explore the rest (seriously, they're all Gods of their instruments).  I'll focus on Steve Vai.  This man reigns supreme in guitar legatos and never made them sound so fantastic.  Case in point the following song:

Steve Vai - Lotus Feet

Just watching him, you see concentration and passion.  The facial expressions alone express nothing short of sheer love for the music.  Every guitarist worth his weight knows Steve Vai and aspires to achieve that level of skill and passion for guitar playing.  This song is a true testament to beautiful music.  Love it, every second of it.  I encourage users to go and youtube other songs that he's performed, but I will also link a few more here for those who take interest:

I'm the Hell Outta Here
For The Love Of God
The Big Three covering the most revolutionary guitarist's song: "Voodoo Child"

[Bread]

These are a few live songs by one of my favorite bands, August Burns Red. I appreciate this band moreso for the instrumentals in their live shows, rather than the vocals. Unfortunately, the singer does not sound as good live. But nonetheless, I love this band. An it's crazy that all of them but the singer are teenagers. And yes they are a christian metal band if you can't tell from the lyrics, but that is not why I listen to them.

Back Burner Live (skip to 2:00 if you're impatient)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3cAJckhOyg

This one isn't exactly the band playing live, it is their drummer Matt Greiner playing his part (drums) of the song Thirty and Seven in studio along with the song. I know it's not live, but I take a lot of interest in the drum area of metal, and I think this video counts as talent footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlNR4zLU78

Last but not least, on of my favorites, Meridian. This one is mostly instrumental, which I love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgbaHPSBvY

If you wanna watch more live videos, there are plenty of them in the "Suggestions" area next to the other live video's a posted.


ANNNNDDDD because this will always be my favorite song, and favorite band, Redneck Live by Lamb of God.
Best !@#$ing song ever, and they are AMAZING live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6bnGH8J-I

[Scotty]

Needs no explanation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_fxYhlpwk&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpt7W56KBIw

[Hikarikuen]

I don't really care about the Foo Fighters (although those were some pretty good Plant-style "OHHHHHH"s), but Jimmy Page is the man. Epic videos.

[Lingus]

Needs no explanation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_fxYhlpwk&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpt7W56KBIw

Them Crooked Vultures - Josh Homme + Jimmy Page  + Foo Fighters drummer = That

Heh, no but yea. This is on Paladia. Love that channel. It's all HD and what not. This whole show is a great performance by Foo Fighters et al.