"Schoolyard Bully" - LRRG original (zodiakironfist on all instruments with video animations)

[bojanks15]

Sounds kinda like a primus jam

[HatFortress2]

Rest in peace bro.

[theinfectiondrummer]

Good god man, if I had known you by the time this had been concieved I would have been honoured to play drums for you. Great song, sounds like Primus, but not, weird how that works. And the singing? I'll be honest I love singers who are different and you're up there, great song, Rust In Peace, say hi to Cliff and all the other musical talents who were taken too early.

[WalkerMacd393]

Les would be proud.

[omgsayavailable]

Epic

[robass5]

lol i never realized how epic this song was when i first heard it

[WolfpikaNetworks]

that riff at 2:17 reminds me of some kid saying "Ha ha ha HA ha ha!" That was awesome man!

[DEANVX93]

This is so....primus-y. It sounds really cool and pretty funny

[Deathxify]

2:17 , you my friend are sick!

[kc8ntp]

I definitely hear the Iron Maiden influence. There is no denying it! Helen Keller could hear it. It sounds like a cross between Iron Maiden and Primus. Your heavy bass lines come through for sure. Don't be hard on yourself as far as the guitar playing is concerned. I started playing guitar, but now when I pick up my Strat I know that I sound like a bass player, which I find that I can do some cool melodies that most guitarist would not have thought about.

[SongwriterEricJohn]

Wow...you have alot of talent. Great song and message you got going on here. I cant wait to here more. Saved to faves and I gave a sub.

[zodiakironfist]

Wow...thank you.  You know, I am not in the best of moods today, and someone complimenting this original video makes me feel better. Thanks again.

[snoopdoggirl8]

what band does this?

[zodiakironfist]

No band....just me. Although when I wrote the tune, the band was called Mojo Bobfoot.

[Apemopo]

Awesome song with an epic story

[3lt3ponz3r]

the yells are awesome but the song is good

[codyhinkle]

how do u do the nanny boo part on the bass i fucking love that hahaha

[ScampiniStudios09]

Lmao!!! That's hilarious, but you are an awesome musician, great bass and guitar parts dude. Keep this shit up!

[leadfootmf]

nice work keep it up.

[Thewalkindude22]

That's awesome, man. Keep it up.

[MTNMAN4]

That was awesome! Nice message! Dude you must be burning a lot of free time for this, we appreciate it!.

[zodiakironfist]

LOL. If you wanna know how I play, I simply do not care....that is my secret. I do not care what the chords are or the scale or the key signature. That stuff is for musical geniuses, not a slammer like me. All of my playing is sheer emotion and what I think sounds cool...that's it. I make some mistakes, but on balance I do it right more often than not. Knowing what you are doing often gets in the way of passionate playing. Better to not think, but feel.

[zodiakironfist]

Hobby. I do not believe in disseminating my music for cash (and who'd buy this stuff?...I record it on my laptop!). I have a video called "Download my crap" that tells you where to get my stuff for free. My myspace page has the most music, but you can't download it from there.

[zodiakironfist]

Yes, I did. Took forever.

[jpatt1000]

Awesome song! Sonded like a cross between Green Jello and the Dead Milkmen. Loved your message at the end as well. My two boys are having this very same problem with a new kid at school. Unfortunately he's finding that their circle of friends IS unbreakable.

[Dilutedfurquewall]

awesome vids

and great song! :D

[ghostjs]

cool song!

[geohoundzalbag]

your vocals sound wierd...

but somehow this reminds me of les claypool :P

[zodiakironfist]

I describe my voice as the sound of a flushing toilet, but that unfortunately insults toilets everywhere.

Seriously, I wish I did not have to play everything because frankly, I am no vocalist. I can do voices, and I'm not bad at the James Hetfield voice or death metal growls. But that still is a rather limited capability. I get by, but I'd rather get by with someone who knows what they are doing.

[axeshredstorm69]

Hetfield from the 80s, or Hetfield now?

[zodiakironfist]

Hetfield from the 80's. The Hetfield from now is dead to me.

[doubledragtap]

Nice song!

Long time no see Kubiac...

hahah

[malepanda666]

Excellent video man! Got four of your songs on my ipod, only ones I could find ^^ - All rated 5 star!

Didn't know you did guitar. Do you play any other instruments? Do they help you with your bass playing?

[zodiakironfist]

I play a smattering of keyboards and I do a smattering of drum programming, but only what I need to accompany the bass when I record. I freely admit to being a bass-centric musician.

I do not consider myself to be a guitar player by any stretch of the word. I sound like a bass player trying to play guitar... too few hammers/pulls. Guitar playing provides ideas for bass chords, though,and it helps with developing pick technique. The physics between the instruments are very different, though.

[malepanda666]

Well thats interesting, I started a little bit of keyboard just last night in the hope I could incorporate it into bass. As a musician that does a little bit of keyboard would you say it could work?

[zodiakironfist]

Sure, as long as you understand that what you write in keyboard may not be very easy to play on a fretboard because of spatial considerations.

[malepanda666]

Of course, but after a bit of pandering about I should be able to make things work, maybe not as much as I would like but still...

Thanks for the advice ^^ Keep at the videos!

[zodiakironfist]

Its always worth giving things a shot, and perhaps since you are transferring your tunes to bass, you would probably have a style all your own precisely because of transpositional difficulties.

[malepanda666]

Of course. I didn't think of that, I knew they'd be difficulties, but whos to say thats a bad thing? Also after doing something after facing difficulties the feeling of acomplishment is immence!

[zodiakironfist]

Absolutely. And best of luck on that.

[malepanda666]

Many Thanks

[Krankster666]

Great song Rob, kinda sounds like early Iron Maiden in parts.

[zodiakironfist]

Its the dry guitar style. I still have not figured out how you guitar players get that bigger, thicker sound. But it suffices for cheezy tunes like my old Mojo Bobfoot diddies.

[MattBodossian]

hey u should do a cover of life in the fast lane by the eagles

[justAlex666]

you fixed the RICK!! nice one zodiak! this is a rape video...you gotta lot of time on your hands LOL...i like the guitar playing, first time i've seen it! and duuude Ibanez? AGH why does everyone have one of those?

[XxSconeManxX]

Um, because they kick ass?

[Maorint]

pure awesomeness :D

[becomepostal]

Yes, it's quite in the style of Primus. Love Primus.

[thebassman6880]

hahaha Zodiak man you should totally hit Les up with this tune man, im sure he'd play it ;)

its awesome

[zodiakironfist]

Not a problem, Adje. If I wrote tunes everyone liked, I'd be the Bee Gees.

[xxxlxt]

I play drums...you and me need to play together

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks, Nate. Its always good to see you, and there is no requirement that you hang out and say something for every vid I post. We all have lives...lol.

[alpal5]

This reminds me of les claypool for some reason

[zodiakironfist]

When we wrote the song, I was very heavily into Primus. We all were. Pork Soda had just come out, if I recall.

[Punkforbrains]

Oh man what a great tune! You have some ingeniusly well done original stuff.

Each and everytime you post a vid I freak hahaha

I just love the "nah nah nah nah" beat you have in there. Great thinking man, made the song work perfectly.

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks a bunch for the compliments. I am proud of this one.

[Trevmeister671]

sounds like Primus!

[JunacCRO]

lool i laughed so hard when i saw the picture that said: mr bully ( the guy from karate kid) ^^

nice work man keep it up...i already have ur songs on my mp3,now i can laugh with the video aswell ^^

[zodiakironfist]

There was a brief period in time when that Karate Kid guy was playing the bully in all kinds of movies. I managed to get a shot of him about to "table-lift" in "One of the Guys".....classic.

If there were an oscar for Bully, he would have won it.

[darrenandsarah123]

This is really awsome man. If you get a minute you could check out my new original song "Charcoal". Thanks!

[zodiakironfist]

Will do!

[aJazzcat]

you could have used some backing guitar to make the song sound more full, but sounds great nonetheless! props to you for making a good song by yourself =)

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks. You are right, of course. The only problem is that I promised I'd make these songs as true to the original Mojo Bobfoot version as possible, and we only had one guitar player.

[zodiakironfist]

My newer songs have layering, but the layering is in the basses. I'm weird like that.

[aJazzcat]

good show! lol you've got some great integrity, man =)

[BitchinnShoes07]

The basswork is like a combination of Al Cisneros and the great Les Claypool.

[zodiakironfist]

Thank you.  That is quite a compliment!

[BitchinnShoes07]

np.

SLEEP4LYFE

[samlovemetal]

Guitar was ok. But the bass really shines in this song. nice job. Ive played guitar for a long time.. about 8 years and im pretty good.First time i tryed it, I assumed playing bass would just be an easier guitar. But nah, it takes a long time to get a feel for a bass.

[zodiakironfist]

That's funny....I feel exactly the same way about the guitar. I suck at guitar, frankly, but I have to play some of it in order to get the song done. Because of it, I tend to take a minimalist approach to guitar work.

But yeah, in reality, I am all about the bass.

[personman48]

no i am no his boyfriend you fucking dumb cunt i am just a fan of his bass playing. he is happily married as he has stated in many of his vids i have watched, unlike you probably because you're such a fucking douche. your the epitome of the internet tough guy.

[ASeeleypro]

You got the ric fixed?!?!?!?!

[zodiakironfist]

Not yet, but she works pretty well when I am only pantomiming.

[ManifestPanda]

rofl, love it zodiak.

music, well, and life is all about fun. and none of these haters can hold a candle to you as a musician ^_^ 5/5

[zodiakironfist]

It's just one hater. He came in here, said the wrong thing, and got his feelings hurt by my retort. He has now made another account and is trying to get the last word in. Typical of those that think they can just bully anyone.

Pay no attention to him...because attention is what he wants. He's got a lot of growing up to do.

[krazyzark]

nice vid zodiak... quirky tune... very primusy vocals.... one of the girls at the end (the b&w pic) looks like a girl from my high school who committed suicide because of bullying...

[zodiakironfist]

The girl in black and white was bullied in Great Britain, I believe.  They picked on her simply because she was an "ugly-duckling", if I recall the story correctly.

Suicide is the #3 killer of teens, and most cases involve some form of bullying. It's an untold epidemic that needs to be spoken of openly.

[zodiakironfist]

And one more thing, asshole....just so you know. About half of the people featured at the end of the video who killed themselves because of bullies did so because they were called "gay" constantly.

Makes you feel so cool calling things "gay", doesn't it? Well, from where I stand that makes you a fucktard.

[simonejp91]

coming from someone with two daddy's your comment is really meaningless

[zodiakironfist]

And you are fucking banned for being a homophobic twit. Take your slurs somewhere else, because that kind of bullshit language has no place in my channel. I will not tolerate it.

[6leavem6einhell6]

and another thing who r u to talk shit when ur like 50 years old playing covers at ur house why dont u do something with ur life and stop making gay fucking covers of people who have done something amkes u a loser to now go kill ur self u pathetic piece of shit

[zodiakironfist]

LOL.....so you decide to come back here and stalk me eh? Nice. Well, by doing so you have shown me that you actually give a crap about how you look on this video and are trying to save face. Just take the lesson as it is intended. Cool people do not use homophobic slurs, and you are not one of the cool kids. Bye now.

[zodiakironfist]

By the way, I am typing this from my workplace. I am a research scientist with a Ph.D. in entomology. Nice try with the "no life" attack, but it hardly fits. And I'm 38, not 50....I know it is hard for homophobic pre-teens to age adults, but them is the facts.

[simonejp91]

yo zodiac... are you playing your parts live or recording the music then video taping you playing like music video style

[zodiakironfist]

The recording was done months ago, and so what you see here is me pantomiming playing the tune for the purposes of the video.

[WakeUpDead777]

South Park rules, funny song btw!

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks. SP makes for great, easy animations.

[Allmanfan456]

Hahaha! Nice I loved the lyrics! "Give me your lunch money so I can by a 12 pack or whiskey and steal a snow plow!" As always great job on the instrumentals.

[zodiakironfist]

Much appreciated. Yes, our lyrics were always thick with humor and inanity.

[ilovetool420]

hahahah wtf your lyrics r fuckin jokes

[zodiakironfist]

Yes, they are. When I played in Mojo Bobfoot, all of our music was comedy-based.

[ZombieNixon3000]

Haha, very nice. What animation program did you use?

[zodiakironfist]

I use JASC animation shop.

[PookLowEnd]

Sweet video, man! It turned out awesome; great job! I love the geek's voice, lol.

[peskozoid31]

its awesome how u made the na,na,na,na thing into a riff...nice stuff

[canvoodoo]

ace pmsl loved it

[PaulSaysThings]

its like iron maiden with a bit of primus in it. and then something else that I cant really put my finger on.

pretty good!

[zodiakironfist]

That something else is probably Dr. Demento or Mr. Bungle. At least that is what I have been told.

Thanks for dropping by!

[PDXguitarlegend]

Hey Rob, that was AWESOME - .You really did work your ass off on this one - wow. Like the phaser on the clean guitar parts too.

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks, Dave. I am afraid I will not be making a video like this again for some time. It took about 10 hours to collect all of the characters and an additional 100 hours or so to animate and edit it all. Whew!

[12matty31]

that's so great! great playing, nice ibanez guitar!

the animations look cool and all together, it's one of the best cover videos on youtube! never stop that shit, okey? made me happy :-)

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks a bunch. I'm proud of it.

[Fischer667]

Bass reminds me in some parts on Dragon Attack from Queen... Great :D

[zodiakironfist]

Hmmm....can't say I have ever heard that comparison before.

[CypherStudios]

dang this is freaking awesome

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks. I worked very hard on it.

[KissMeImPunk]

Fucking awesome, AND you busted out the good ol' Rickenbacker one last time (hopefully not the last time).

[zodiakironfist]

Yes, I recorded this tune on Priscilla, and so there was no way I was not going to use her for the video.

[KissMeImPunk]

And you're not a bad headbanger. Call me nuts, but I'd like to see you create your own metal "masterpiece".

[tomwilliams1983]

that was good

[zodiakironfist]

Thanks.

[personman48]

The song comes from 1994, and was originally written in a horse barn in Seabrook,

mind telling that stry?

[zodiakironfist]

Oh...not much of a story to tell. Our band practiced in an abanaonded room of a horse barn. The smell wasn't the best, and you had to watch out for poop...but in the end it was a great creative environment to write in.

[personman48]

rofl were there horses in it still? mind explaining how u got stuck practicing in  a horse barn XD. you say it like its commonplace for a band to practice in a barn.

[zodiakironfist]

It was Texas. You mean in other states bands don't play in horse barns? LOL.

And yes, there were two horses in the barn, although they were free to roam, as well, and so they were rarely in the barn when we were.

[personman48]

was that like a last resort or were u liek I KNOW A GREAT PLACE 2 PRACTICE!!

[zodiakironfist]

It was the drummer's house. But yeah, it was a great place to practice. At first we were a little weirded out about it, but we soon discovered that the horses made excellent guard dogs. No one would crash our practices for fear of gettign trampled waiting for us to open the door.

[personman48]

thats pretty weird but cool

[zodiakironfist]

sorry about that personman, I accidentally deleted your comment to leavemeinhell.

[personman48]

itst cool i could understand if you didnt want that kind of language on your videos. a lot of kids probably watch them. long as he got the message.

[zodiakironfist]

I think he more than got the message. He's now trying to troll all the rest of my videos and get his friends to help him. Looks like I hit a nerve. Good...it'll give him something to think about and perhaps spare the next person from his immaturity and antagonism. If you read his comment history, he used racial slurs constantly in addition to the "gay" one.

I really do not want viewers like that, anyways.

[elementer67]

awsome

[zodiakironfist]

It's late, y'all, so I am going to bed. Sorry to post and then abandon my video, but I won't get much sleep as-is. Hope y'all like this...I worked my butt off on it (about 2 months total to make).

[Ironclaw666]

after close examination of this video, ive actually learnt it on bass :)