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Here are some notes on the score for this one! But in case you missed it, here’s a timelapse of the scoring process from the previous episode, featuring the Zappa cue: https://youtube.com/shorts/qSa0cq6CNxc?si=HWKqdg0R1iMqAHvG
– 9:52 this is one of my favourite cues I’ve done, it’s been a minute since I’ve played in a metal band, there’s something so fun about playing really fast, stupid, sometimes atonal riffs that are way too rhythmically dense… Slayer was always a band on the fringes of my taste when I first got into metal, it was cool to find so much more to love revisiting them for inspiration for this cue.
– 10:50 In grade 6 I heard my first Satriani tune “Devil’s Slide” and that still the kinda tone that I associate with him, even though I realize he’s more well known for the Surfing era tone. Tried to combine the two a bit here, the playing is more in line with Devil’s Slide though.
– 13:45 this is Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850, which I played for my grade 10 RCM piano exam back in high school, lol. It was a nice excuse to bring this out, plop on it on a harpsichord, and double it with a shred tone. Nobody show this to my piano teacher… And then the sweeping section is heavily inspired by Limb from Limb by Protest the Hero
– 18:25 – man I’ve had to play this song at so many weddings, lol
– 20:38 – at first I was unsure of what to do for this section, particularly in trying to encapsulate Hair Metal as a genre, but as soon as I did the IV – iv chord progression cliche on acoustic guit, I knew EXACTLY what to do from there.
– 21:50 even though this cue is really just me transcribing the tune, it was fun to learn the bass intro solo, it’s sooo tasty, never appreciated that enough. Also thank you to the Fractal FM3 for the Sweet Child of Mine preset, lolol. That plus the neck pickup on my les Paul made approximating Slash’s tone easier than I thought it would be (the tory of the amp he used for this record is interesting, it was basically a one of a kind thing that got stolen after the record was done)
Thanks for watching! 🙂
20:58 "Hair Metal" – when thats clearly a picture of Cliff Burton and James Hetfield, that actually made me laugh so hard you slipped that little gag in there
Dark Star? Really? Come on Polyphonic!
The Yngwie song is Black Star, not Dark Star 😉
Nirvana wasn’t the only thing. Maybe for the uninformed masses but it was tipping with kings x and Janes addiction.
But Seattle was as much mother love bone, Pearl Jam, soundgarden, AIC, the Melvin’s etc then it was nirvana.
EVH changed history.
Everyone else had to catch up.
We are CURRENTLY in the most extreme guitar era. It's AWESOME.
Thrash metal was also 80s. I dig it. 🤘🏽
Credit must also be given to a little known but much loved guitarist and singer from Ireland called Gary Moore. Raised on the blues legends like Albert King, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Peter Green, Gary taught himself to become one with the guitar and cemented himself as one of the greatest, hardest working and most versatile guitarists to ever live!
Never heard of him? Do yourself a favor and watch some live performances
The media created the term grunge nirvana was definitely metal
How’d I never know Van Halen played on Beat It?!?!
What happened to this video? It disappeared from my feed for a few days
No thoughts on The Edge huh
The dark art of guitar playing has been smashed open by the online environment. Has it invented a new Van Halen or Jimmy Page? Nup, but we now have endless clones.
I noticed how YouTube has affected your channel. I know the feeling and it's not nice to see great videos just get dumped by the system. There's a tipping point that happened 4 to 5 years ago and being successful today is near impossible as just about every channel is choked to death now. It was not like this in the past.
Are you going to put all the videos in this series in a playlist?
A conspicuous “missing link” in your narrative linking the 70s to the 80s is jazz fusion. Guitarists like Holdsworth, McLaughlin, & Di Meola provide the direct inspiration for 80s “Shredders”
I love these videos, keep em coming! but I got a little reflection: when we talk about rock in a documentary way, we always pass through the hair-metal-era like it was something really corny and "thank god there was nirvana after that" but doing that we forget to mention a lot of great musicians of that movement. it is not my favorite genre by far, but lacks for me on those kind of point of views. but hey thats just my opinion! love the video series!
Didn't mention enough how much of an influence Dime and Jerry Cantrell were to modern music. Nirvana was a fucking joke to me at first. I remember when I first heard Nirvana. The bass and drummer are pretty awesome. But Cobain sucked. I did start to like Nirvana till after I listened to more a more of their stuff. They were a good band all that sound from a power. trio is unreal.
16:26 that's Jake E. Lee, not Rhoads or Blackmore
7:47 you zoomed in on Judas Priest bass player Ian Hill, Glenn Tipton is second from left in that photo
"The heaviest decade"
And here I was thinking that Meshuggah, Korn, and Neurosis changed the heaviness game in the 90s….
What's really cool is when your influenced by the guy that comes after you
When I think heavy guitar, I think ffdp, as a lay dying etc
This channel tells stories in such an amazing way.
and you can thank Dick Dale for it all
Dude, PLEASE, @diggingthegreats is a killer music chap and NEEDS to get on Nebula. It's invite only. Can you hook him up???
Good video. One quibble: if you want to mention Glenn Tipton, don't zoom in on Ian Hill.
dark star ? you do mean black star right
13:14 AC/DC is a blues band?
Each generation builds its own colossus that the next one will eventually tear down.
Thank you for your channel sir.
Glenn Tipton is to the left of Rob Halford in the center of the picture. the member you showed as Glenn Tipton is actually the Bass player, Ian Hill…
Waiting for Polyphonic to talk about Polyphia
No Poison ever again!!
Ok, ok but you missed Adam Jones.
Uh…Eddie Van Halen?!! Influenced everyone.I’m half way through so maybe there’s hope yet.
Not even a mention of Dimebag? Pantera??
BLACK SABBATH ACDC JUDAS PRIEST VanHalen Kiss All heavy metal…. Black Sabbath was way before any other band… Metal
The platinum age of the guitar solo. Wya bro i forgot al di meola last time
@6:16 i was never into Iron Maiden don't forget Slayer … oh, wait, you kind of didn't @10:10 – Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King – these two traded off technical solos on almost every album by Slayer; if i remember correctly
Guys, Dark Star is an 80's NWOBHM band, too. They're quite good.
8:45 ouhhh im surprised there's no influx of Mustaine fan boys coming after this since the solo's on the album are his
So sad that CC DeVille was highlighted in this series. He has no business being here. Neal Schon’s absence, but CC’s inclusion just makes no sense at all.