Testament - Practice What you Preach - 2008, LIVE ALCATRAZ

[chandley1976]

Chuck Billy should be lead guitarist!



[donSparda]

I want Skolnick`s hair :(

[rockstar12120]

Ese solo de guitarra siempre me pone la piel de gallina!

[MParseface38]

it's live, look how alex plays the solo which does NOT sound as on the record. many phrases are definitely different!

[TachoSJ]

Skolnick is a fuckin beast!! One of the cleanest players out there

[JayGun76]

There are two of the best metal guitarists of a generation in this band who have known Chuck for the best part of 30 years. In all that time couldn't one of them have pulled him to the side and politely told him to put down the microphone stand and teach him rhythm guitar?

[poyoyoko2]

4 Bastards & dislikes xD

[SGguy0425]

Wow!!! A good song on MTV!

[Soulfly1134]

FUCKIN TESTAMENT FTW ALL DAMN DAY!!!!!  \M/

[JPM100P3]

i love this video! anyone know where i can find the full version? is available?

[J03SA]

This is too good to be MTV :S

[Benno828282]

Skolnick's solo is god like, such a good song.

[skolnick14]

ALEX SKOLNICK IS THE BEST METAL LEAD PLAYER OF ALL TIME!!

[TheJmac1989]

Alex Skolnick is Sick, I agree one of the very few thrash metal style guitarists that I can totally dig, he plays SO clean and composes insane solo's that lack NOTHING he all over the fretboard,definately his jazz backround makes him one of the best metal guitartist EVER

[skolnick14]

1:08-1:10 godly sweeping.

[skolnick14]

1:08 godly sweeping.

[Marcus666Sund]

I like testament, but i hate this tv version of "Practice." for some reason. I think its like Blourings said, its kinda playback or edited as fuck. 0.11 Bostaph hits a cymbal wich is no sound, 0.20 - Cameraman fail because of Greg Christian growls and not Chuck?

but anyways, The version only in sound, is awesome!

[MrAndy24deth]

Those 4 that disliked this video can go and kill themselves 

[matmcghee]

@MrAndy24deth No let me do it for them

[MrAndy24deth]

@matmcghee xD

[MParseface38]

alex skolnick is sick...

[truemusicmeaning]

thats it im done playing guitar. ha ha just jokin. but seriously oh my fucking god. alex is so powerful. u can tell he has a jazz background his playing is way to clean to be pure thrash. he is doin shit that i still struggle with. he is my #1 guitar player.

[truemusicmeaning]

do my eyes decieve me or is that the same paul bostaph from slayer.

[Otit712]

This is awesome. One of my fav metal bands back in the 80's and 90's. Glad to see they're still thrashing!

[wsaer56]

Bostaph is such an intense drummer !!

[ecsrvjh]

theres only one alex. that muther fucker never ceases to amaze me after all there years. back in high school everyone harping on kirk this and kirk that. i'd tell them fuck that dude check out the guy from testament.

[skolnick14]

@ecsrvjh yeah all my friends love kirk, i just laugh at them and make them listen to the new order solo. alex is the BEST thrash lead player of ALL time. period. end of story.

[MrDAVID94536]

always hand crafted in the U.S.A.

[joh2049]

CHAVEZ :O

[localvandals]

Classic solo, pwns noobs all day.

[sergdeth]

Brutal, Thrashmeisters. That is why they have the big four, because they all fall under one Master of Thrash. \m/ TESTAMENT \m/

[Blourings]

This is not live.....it si a playback!

The proof is in 0:11 where bostaph hits a crash cymbal and there is no sound of it...

[cegofloripa]

@Blourings Playback maybe not. MTV Edit many times video. Because is a promo and a peace off music and video. This full music is out in deluxe edition in The Formation of Damnation album. I believe the final video have music, more pieces of guys play. Testament dont need Playback, MTV need good images.

[dirtywhore4c]

@cegofloripa

Nope it was live... I was there!

[UncleCthulhu]

@Blourings MTV always do weird edits with videos, that bit of footage is probably from somewhere else in the song but they put it there instead.

[uofm97]

@UncleCthulhu This is also only 2 minutes long, so a few bits of sound and video might not always match up if they did a shitty editing job.

[777meat]

@Blourings HAHAHAH oh well they still kick ass.

[gunsproof]

@Blourings

might be playback but i think they played live

[thrasherize]

@Blourings i guess you've never heard the studio version , what about the solo , sounds way different from studio version

[luiselmonster]

@Blourings that´s an editing mistake... no playback whatsoever

[osalbaro]

I like chuck's guitar =D

[guitarplayeral08]

does anyone know if they have a cd out with this version of practice what you preach I love this solo I could listen to 100times

[papyrico1]

I CNA LISTEN TO THE SOLO ALL DAY LONG

[MRANARCHYTV]

the reason that alex was holding his guitar that way was to hide his huge boner that solo gave him!!then he looks the camera in the eye and stares into the souls of all who are watching and says "YEAH BITCH, IM ALEX SKOLNICK. SHOW ME YOUR TITTYS!!!!"

[volscho]

Peterson and Skolnick together are lethal

[0115939141]

AaAAAaAaaaaAAaAaaaaaAaAAaaaaAA­!!!!!!

[suzuki15]

Anyone who plays like that with 13 size guage strings and a jazz style neck is a god.

[juandemalva2010]

TETAMENT QUE CHIMBA PARCE



[KutViZ]

If I wouldn't know that this song is from 1989 and it's live I'd say easily it's the original videoclip of the song!

[mymusicworld1964]

I´ve been listening to this song for the last three days... I just love it. What a great band!

[paraglidermx]

Dave is THE KING OF THRASH!!

But Alex is THE KING OF THRASH SOLOS!!!!

[ZAKKWYLDOZZY]

STOCKHOM 2009- JUDAS PRIEST/ MEGADETH/TESTAMENT- SO F... NICE

[xramcam]

Alex is awesome, but Eric plays one kick ass rhythm guitar.

[blasphemer667]

!!! does anyone know if theres a full version of this version of practice? !!!

[dburn42]

if i play three hours a day...i wonder how many times i have to die and be reborn to play like Alex.

[DEANVX93]

@dburn42 probably like 3 more lives. sorry bro not saying that your bad its just that Alex is so gaddamn good it puts jesus to shame

[dburn42]

@DEANVX93 haha i know i suck. i've only been playing for a year. i cover metallica, slayer, exodus, and others similar pretty easily and then i play alex skolnick and i'm just like....fuck

[DEANVX93]

@dburn42 yeah he does a lot of...legato runs and then some sweeping in this particular solo. plus a bunch of other shit. this solo is probably one of his semi-hardest. IT is difficult but you just got to break it down into sections

[dburn42]

@DEANVX93 see ive never even heard of a legato run but i guess i have something to work at

[DEANVX93]

@dburn42 yeah don't worry keep practicing and selling your soul for eternal life and eventually you'll be able to play like Alex.....maybe

[dburn42]

@DEANVX93 next life

[DEANVX93]

@dburn42 @dburn42 probably like 3 more lives. sorry bro not saying that your bad its just that Alex is so goddamn good it puts jesus to shame

[Deaththrash94]

@dburn42 it's taken me 4 years to play one start to finish. and that's over the wall and it's probably their easiest song. i still don't touch anything else.

[dburn42]

@Deaththrash94 damn

[Nightwalkershalo]

Dont forget about Eric Peterson aswell folks, thats some truly awesome rhythm playing right there! And the rest of the band! they all have mastery on their own instruments!

[hellraiser6502]

It just doesn't get any better than this. Skolnick is the MASTER of Heavy/Thrash Metal lead playing. Rarely do you see someone in this genre so thoroughly dominate their instrument and fill the music with so much FEELING. You get the sense that as great as his playing IS here...it's not even as good as he truly is...he's holding back. Amazing

[hellraiser6502]

It just doesn't get any better than this. Skolnick is the MASTER of Heavy/Thrash Metal lead playing. Rarely do you see someone in this genre so thoroughly dominate their instrument and fill the music with so much FEELING. You get the sense that as great as his playing IS here...it's not even as good as he truly is. Amazing.

[TheEusys]

알렉스의 초간지 솔로......이만한 솔로 동영상이 과연 얼마나 있을까...

[d0r1705]

Hmmm...me it would be

1) Slayer/Megadeth

2) Slayer/Megadeth

3) Testament

4) Overkill

5) Exodus

6) Other awesome bands

7) Metallifag

[d0r1705]

fuck yeah, fucking Paul Bostaph is such an awesome drummer! :)

[BellmeisterGeneral]

@metalpride15

you cant put pantera in front of Megadeth....no way in hell.....or on earth...they just dont have the songbook

[drinkyourblood666]

Exodus

Sodom

Destruction

Kreator

Testament

Slayer

[MParseface38]

alex skolnick really rips it up here.

[6je6re6]

I think

1.Megadeth

2.Kreator

3.Stone

4.Annihilator

5.Testament

[gitariff]

STONE :D

[makke94]

@gitariff hellyeah

[pushead94]

Slayer

Metallica

Pantera

Exodus

Anthtrax

[crovian1985]

i say

1.kreator

2.Slayer

3.Testament

4.Megadeth

5.Metallica(who are total bollocks these days)and crap live

[BloodyKing13]

talking about recent works.. it should be like this

Testament

Megadeth

Overkill

Metallica

Kreator - Slayer

[BloodyKing13]

Megadeth

Testament

Overkill

Kreator

Metallica

Slayer

[BellmeisterGeneral]

@BloodyKing13

Ya...Testament was King to me...we used to cover Over the Wall, Practice what you preach, The haunting....BUT, you rate Overkill and Kreator over Metallica and Slayer?? Are you tryin to make us laugh??

[BloodyKing13]

@BellmeisterGeneral yes i mean, slayer is good but they are so repetitive, so im not a huge fan of slayer, and metallica was a true giant.. back in the 80s.. since 90 'tallica is a joke, kreator and overkill are reaaaally underrated.. they are as good as testament and megadeth

[toetagsworld]

@BloodyKing13 don't forget Exodus Impact is Imminent is epic!

[TheJadeMachine]

very impressive

[ramones354]

metallica

testament

pantera

slayer

the best...!!

[ToaJoe]

No it should be more like this:

Metallica

Megadeth

Testament

Slayer

Pantera aren't really thrash. Testament should replace Anthrax in the big four I think- both bands are great but Testament own Anthrax

[AgentOrange92666]

Alex Skolnick = god

[ITheTrooperI]

FUCKING SICK SOLO !!!! That's all

[myxmissingx]

fuuuuuck!! AWESOME DRUMMER! awesome song!!

[Cropse666]

I really don't think anybody could play that better then alex

[Metalmasterxxx]

Alex is so damn fuckin great...hell yeah!

[daveymurrayrules]

eric is the best rythm guitar player ever!!!

[4everRock666]

hes fucking sick in soloing too :P

[pickelopa14]

ALEX is so fuckin UNDERRATED!!!

[lukekasten]

one of my favorite guitar solos ever!

[tmthy1012]

2:13 is my fav. metal breakdown of all fucking time!!

[dlz124]

alex, i bow down to you!!!

[ericmhanks]

OH MY GOD!!! Alex is fuckin amazing. He has gotten so much cleaner over the years. I'm sure it has everything to do with his jazz guitar background.

[ymiappf]

too bad the whole song wasnt there.

well what was there was absolutely flawless, very good.

and alex with his 13s lol - how does he do it!?

[toneconsultant]

Hamer dude. Eric was endorsed by them, at the time. It doesn't matter what he plays, when it comes to rhythm, there's Scott Ian and Eric Peterson. Nobody else can touch those two. Skonick? He's good, but if you see him practice and talk to him about music, then he's really good.

[TodayAt420]

guitar freaks like me like to knowwhat thier favorite artists use... and its abviously a dean.. imo peterson and dave mustaine, more so dave are the best metal rhythm players of all time, marty friedman and skolnick, best metal lead players of all time, skolnick my favorite guitarist period

[Zazimuth]

Not dissing Peterson or Mustiane... but Hetfield is the king of rhythm playing ;-)

[666theshred]

get the fuck off this video

[DarthNader11]

Scott Ian isn't all that great, I personaly think Anthrax is over hyped as being one of the big four. Testament should have been the fourth, not Assthrax. Feels to me as if Scott Ian was only good at kissing ass to other musicans on VH1. Then again I wasn't there in the 80's so I guess I wouldn't understand.

[CHICKMAGNET66666]

and after becomeing what they are now definatly testament or exodus should be in that spot

[masters1990mj]

@DarthNader11 you're absolutely right

i think testament should be among the big four ,

here is how i look at thrash bands

Slayer

Megadeth

Testament

Exodus

Metallica

[ITheTrooperI]

@masters1990mj The big four

Slayer

Metallica

Pantera (dimebag darrel RIP)

Megadeth (no Anthrax)

Testament

[calesutton]

Alex's solo is just over a minute long....there are very few guitarists in the world that can pull off a full minute of solo and not bore me with it. HE IS THE TRUE MASTER OF THRASH METAL LEAD PLAYING

[ahvaimusicom]

im trying to learn the solo, key word, trying, man he is killer,and so melodic!

[orimabu]

@calesutton Jimi hendrix did solo's that were like 10 minutes in heaven

[TYLERBECKER94]

@calesutton This is my favorite guitar solo of all time, just so much emotion, fits the song so well!

[EArockerful]

@calesutton Couldn't say it better. You jusr overread my mind!!!

[devilcj666]

Does anyone know the Specific Model guitar Eric Peterson is playing here, Because I know its not his Old Skull V

[TodayAt420]

i believe its a time capsule v

[johnnylgr11]

its a shenker v

[basssungwoo]

nahh...this is just a normal USA dean V. BUt however pretty much similar to the skull.

[orange20fan]

I believe it is the prototype of what is to become the Old Skull V (with out the graphics).

[anden85]

@eyeswideopen48

" This special album re-release with bonus material will be in stores on February 23, 2010 in North America."

[anden85]

Can´t wait for the re-release of FOD, with this footage on dvd.

And Skolnick, damn you´re go(o)d

[Hammersmashed68]

skolnick owns that solo!!

[iluvmetal100]

look at chuck billy go wat a fukn beast at AIR GUITAR!! lol

[dayuhanspace]

just like the old days,theyre my favorite next to metallica!

[zajagr2]

Great band, new album is masterful.

[fearghalgill]

that solo holy fuck..............

[Spghlax9]

Alex Skolnick. The most underappriciated guitarist of all time. Easily one of the best.

[peyoteugly]

seriously. dude has amazingly melodic solos without coming off as wanky or show-offy. i'm not even generally a fan of solos in metal, but you just can't deny this shit.

[Spghlax9]

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of all solos, with talent. Shred melodic etc. And he pretty much could be playing with the virtuosos if he wanted to

[mayonaden]

he played with the trans sibiric orchestra. that's gotta count for something :)

[shred5]

Oh easily.  He plays a lot more than metal too, he's a well rounded musician...

[Spghlax9]

Oh yes his Jazz band (Alex Skolnick Trio) is absolutely wonderful. And it just pushed his talent further. I wouldn't be surprised if he became a Classical god soon.

[smellycats9]

fuck that solo fucking shreds

[dalqorian]

after all these years, these guys can still put it out like its the fucking washing.....bang that fucking head!!!!!!!!!

[shone75pa]

Everything rock (solo) guitarist needs to know about killer pimpin' is nicely fitted in these 2 minutes of outstanding performance, imo.

Long live Alex, true diamond of heavy-metal-jazzy guitar, hope to hear many good vibes from you in future :)

[erichTrivium]

FUCK YEAH MAN!!!

[ericwylde]

ok, I'm quitting playing guitar :(

[razorslice17]

Hail to the solo god

ALEX SKOLNICK!

[gauchohat]

I saw these guys open for Slayer in '90.

[fuck602]

FUCKIN ALEX SKOLNICK IS A FUCKIN BEAST

[davidank]

YES! One of my favorites!

[fuck602]

fuck yeah, TESTAMENT!!!!

[joesalas24]

TestAmenT kicks ass!!!!

[TheTodd1977]

Flawless.

[slantyrock]

cool, i think they recorded over the wall vid on alxatrazz too

[zajagr2]

the guitar sound is amazing

[VMP666]

best goddamn guitar solo EVER.

[EkDp666]

amo la manera de tocar la guitarra de eric peterson

[Biby256]

Chuck Billy... a vocalist with no limits...

Long live Testament!

[tazzmachazz]

Alex is so FUCKIN' BADASS..it's ridiculous.

[jellydrummer123]

Don't forget Paul, He Kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thommy98]

awesome!!

[AMartins92]

Alex Skolnick, somehow, looks like a Dad haha, is he a Dad?

[tazzmachazz]

according to his myspace...no

[dotd113]

haha i dont think so he's got that look though.. he actually looks like my former coworker... i thought the same about the lead singer of napalm death when i saw them this year

[thailow117]

yeah, so calm and 'adult', haha, must be the jazz.... which is a good thing btw

testament rule so hard.

[AMartins92]

Haha hell yeah \m/\m/

[suBwaH]

well he is over 40 so im pretty sure that he have wife and kids. whats so funny about it?

[tty6ujrn]

Is it normal to climax from non-sexual stimuli? Because I think I just orgasmed watching Skolnick play that solo.

[woodchuk123]

LOL - I hear you, man...Alex is so good it's ridiculous. This version is even better than the studio version, which I didn't think was possible. The sweeping part makes Yngwie Malmsteen look like a chump by comparison.

[tty6ujrn]

Hah, well said. Very well said. If we look at guitar players as doctors, Skolnick's approach is that of a microscopic surgeon: meticulous down to the tiniest detail.

[kareemb0]

Amen, brother of metal.

[filthywalrus]

god damn you MTV stop showing chuck billy playing fucking air guitar while the actual guitar solo is being played a foot to the left

[GunwallsJoBailey]

Alex is my favoriteThrash shredder along with Kreator's Sami Yly Sirniö

[yoeasypunk]

Damn. Alex's fingers look like they hurt when you hear the solo and look at his face.

[rockmandantyrrell]

i met him and he played this for me. he told me his strings are .13s. thats crazy for the bends he does!

[woodchuk123]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did hurt after that solo - plus the dude is using fucking 13 gauge strings now. Might as well be bridge cables! Just reiterates the fact that Alex is incapable of doing anything that doesn't kick ass in one way or another!

[verticalcinema87]

Hell fuckin yeah. cant beat testament.

[ezzwhitezombie666]

FUCK YEAH !!! TESTAMENT FOREVER !!!

[senser2010]

TESTAMENT OLD SCHOOL RULSZ

[Spacca189]

\m/

the best skolnick solo ever

[fuck602]

FUCKIN ALEX