Adrian Smith In The Recording Studio

[NicoEmma1]

I like the Spinal Tap moment at the end ! :)

[ttocsqwetrty]

Great interview, hey if you've got some time check out my you tube channe

[FazSaber]

...he bought a Gibson Les Paul for £235 -_-

[k03dnoob]

@FazSaber most likely in the 60's. equivalent to £4000-5000 today lol.

[mattallica464]

@k03dnoob

Its a 70's deluxe routed for a humbucker.

[k03dnoob]

@mattallica464 still, its a really nice guitar and probably worth about 3-5k today

[mattallica464]

@k03dnoob

for sure,I'd jam on it.

[666madmetalhead]

Adrian=God

[umid95]

my guitar hero!!he is the best living guitarist!!!

[CornSw]

I acually think it's wierd that Adrain is barrely mentioned in "best-guitarist lists" and stuff. Maybe I've red the wrong ones, but it's strange cause he's really good and original.

[andrewt248]

@CornSw - That's because "best guitarist" lists aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

[CornSw]

@andrewt248 :)

[BlackenedThunder]

He is the fucking best guitarist of all time ! What a legend.

[MaidenOfTheMaidens]

oh fuck...metallica,slayer,panter­a Yeah they're good but omfg they are so damn fucking overrated!!!!!! Maiden is the spirit

[lolzmaster33]

can anyone tell me what's the full name of that gibson

thx ;)

\m/ Maiden fan for ever \m/

[spudvader86]

@lolzmaster33 It looks like a gold top Les Paul Deluxe with mini humbuckers but it has been modified at the bridge position to fit a full sized humbucker. Hope this helps : )

[lolzmaster33]

@spudvader86 haha really thanks man :)

[CaptNemo100]

@spudvader86 Spot on....and he still plays it....saw him using it in Bristow, Va last year. If you go back to older Iron Maiden footage, you can see the guitar's original configuration with two mini-humbuckers before Adrian modified it.

[mpk3432]

spinal tap reference XD "the sustain on it.." :P

[Camelboy151]

Adrian is very important member of IRON MAIDEN! He's a fantastic guitar player,

singer and song-writer!

[xierotron]

Owns his 1st guitar still. Adrian hasnt sold out .legend

[iluvkochikame]

Huh? What the fuck is death on the road b sides?

This is A Matter Of Life and Death documentary and the other guy speaking is Kevin Shirley.

And I'm pretty sure Adrian was stoned in the black and white part, cos that's how I act when I'm stoned!

[raptorarequipa2010]

magia pura ADRIAN

[leco41]

this is from Death on the Road Bsides.

and UP THE IRONS !!! best band in history

[rufus566]

What were the B sides from this album? Did they ever release them?

[RoadWarrior2006]

Geeza

[FryskeRocker]

anyknow ever heard the lizzy song?

[avv3s0m3]

wait, his first guitar was a gibson?! wtf man! my firat guitar was a £60 pound accoustic :(

[TheSkipjack95]

@avv3s0m3 the Les Paul is the first guitar he bought, the one he learned to play on was one he had from Dave Murray, with a 2 inch high string action. So they both learned to play on a shitty guitar, then they bought better ones.

[avv3s0m3]

@TheSkipjack95 oh yeah i remember him talking about it in another vid

[weathergirl123]

@avv3s0m3 No, not his first guitar overall, the first guitar he bought himself with his own money. His first guitar ever was a Woolworth's Top 20 he got from Dave Murray when he was fifteen.

[TheMitchEyles]

@avv3s0m3 No.... His first guitar was a woolworths top twenty and he bought it off dave murray for £5 when he was fifteen

[MiamiSouthPaw]

LOL Nigel Tufnel would be proud!

[shiftyhaze]

Adrian - No! dont touch it

Camera man - Im not , im just looking at it, can i atleast look at it?

Adrian No You've seen enough of that one.

[meregistroporquesi]

obviously adrian loves SPINAL TAP!, and for sure his marshall amps volumen is up to 11!!!!

[InToNicTeLeViSion]

@meregistroporquesi

Your comment cheered me up, thx!

[remotenightowl]

Someone care to tell me how the fuck this has over 200,000 views, and yet the whole interview about the AMOLAD has only got a few thousand?

[guitardouche666]

love his axcent

[WeedVulva]

say hi to god

[PETEX100]

omg that guitar is now abt 2000

[ThizzUpThaNazal]

wtf did the cameraman say at 0:30 pls?

[jingtroc23]

@ThizzUpThaNazal you might already know by now, but he says "and i think a ZZ top song"

[rottenmisfit]

omg les paul gold top for 235 pounds... haha.. best band of all time.. tied with zeppelin.

[Louisthefish23]

the one thing that makes me proud to be british, metal isnt full of pomposs retards just wanting to make money, these guys have passion and modesty which i respect

[MetalGuruSvk]

0:45 Subliminal message o.O

[Blackdragon52k]

Damn I wish I could still buy a Gibson goldtop LP for only 250 pounds. Too bad its 2500 now :(

[IZanmaruI]

lol spinal tap reference at the end

[asitinormaln]

wats with that sustain on the end? :D

[SanctuaryShred]

@asitinormaln A "sustainer" is a device which can be fitted to a guitar to indefinatly sustain a note or notes

[ozzvaldito]

@asitinormaln He's making a reference to the movie "Spinal Tap" (a classic, go see it!).

[diazpepe]

Sustain ahahah

[MrVictor555]

Is he drunk ?

[IronMaidenDoD]

Of course he wouldnt sell it... He already has money.. Lol..

[FrozenSparky]

damn man!!! original les paul for a first guitar im jelous

[lvo1306]

Spinal Tap reference WIN

[GiveMeATaco100]

holy crap,that guitar was $235? thats cheap.man no wonder musicians in the old days where able to get there hands on valuable guitars so quickly.

[TheArtificer]

@GiveMeATaco100

£235, not dollars, and it was a long time ago!

[arrestedshrimp]

@TheArtificer 40 years or so wouldnt make that much a difference with money, its not like were talking like in the 1800's or something when a dollar was like 20 bucks

[jmzhorne]

@arrestedshrimp when he was 17 you could buy a loaf of bread with a penny and get change...

[ARAGORN41]

@arrestedshrimp It makes a huge difference. 40 years ago people would have only earned £100 a MONTH in a regular office job.

[tonee127]

@GiveMeATaco100 OMG £235 in the seventies was a fortune! I was getting 10p pocket money back then lol.

[Fafarona94]

@tonee127 what was average sallary ?

[rockingrugger]

@GiveMeATaco100 it was a lot of money back then though

[ARAGORN41]

@GiveMeATaco100 Moron.

[ae09ful]

hi you sparkalyangelic host adrian smithand you glassy true gentle man adrian smith classy mr barry vinger thinks you should jam with him and do a viedo on you tube i can wear maybe solid gold crowns and ancient jewles like you or have a star light shinning face your video are all great get back to mr barry vinger brasm wiseberg will talk to nick mcbrians mr vinger want to play there and also the the dog track near holly wood dog trackfreethinker vingerthaxn clssy metal head lord of englan

[vanfullofretards666]

The guys are gods!!!

Iron Maiden must be a religion

[IronMaidenDoD]

@vanfullofretards666 It is...

[TheGreatGuitarist1]

where is this from :D

[PEDROCLASSIC]

@TheGreatGuitarist1 i think this was during the recording of matter of life death album somewhere around 2006 2007

[TheGreatGuitarist1]

@PEDROCLASSIC okay :) but is there some kind of DVD with it :D

[PEDROCLASSIC]

@TheGreatGuitarist1 YES. if you buy the album there's a free dvd with it that shows the band recording the album. steve harris is the boss

[TheGreatGuitarist1]

@PEDROCLASSIC

arghhhh i have the CD and there is no DVD with is :( and there is only the tracks on the CD :( 

[RattleheadAnthony]

@TheGreatGuitarist1 I bought that CD when it came out and it also came with a DVD. =] I think it only came with the DVD when the album was first released, but I'm not sure.

[vidman520]

@TheGreatGuitarist1 it was a limited edition, there are some on ebay.

[TheGreatGuitarist1]

@vidman520

okay thanks :D

[TheGreatGuitarist1]

@PEDROCLASSIC i am from denmark can that have any influence on it ?

[patton303]

The only think that kept this from being Spinal Tap was he didn't hold it up to listen to the sustain after he talked about it.....

[1clockworkorange]

@patton303 He knows that. He was making a Spinal Tap joke.

[patton303]

@1clockworkorange

@1clockworkorange

no wait... I know that.......you see Nigel .............. ah never mind....

[forsoabba]

Adrian looks like a hero taken from an old fairytale. Damn Iron Maiden rules!

[OzzyKingofRock]

guitar GOD

[vernus85]

its amazing how him and steve harris still have and play with their childhood guitars !

[guitarpick678]

haha nice spinal tap reference

[MrGheddaffi]

les paul is a beautiful guitar!!

[zergl1ng]

Adrian Smith rocks!!!! A living guitar legend will ever be!

[Sparshq]

i wonder how he isn't in the 100 greatest guitarists list..

[gustavoamo]

@Sparshq Cause that list was made by a stupid guy.

[simco3000]

@Sparshq The nobs that compile these lists havn't got a clue. AS' solo on The Tower is not a mega fast or full of technical wizardry but you only have to hear it once to know that Adrian Smith is a genius !

[MartyFriedmanRulez66]

@Sparshq cuz the list is bogus and gayy

[Xyienced]

@Sparshq

simply messed up...



[jeleopard]

@Sparshq

Yes he is, he's with Dave Murray at number 11

[MadridNFRoses]

@Sparshq, he should be at leats in top 50!!! people prefer guys that are sellouts or commercial ones, but Adrian is one of the best composers and technical guitar players I',ve ever seen.

[Isilhin]

Was that a spinal tap joke at the end? lol

[007Mechanix]

@Isilhin

Yeah, I think it was a spinal tap joke lol.

[Sjusovaren]

@Isilhin Yup. Actually, if you've seen the documentary thing that's on Death on the Road about making the DoD-album, Adrian pulls a very similar joke/reference, and I guess he's "mirroring" it here. :D

[cathy8frame]

@Sjusovaren Yeah, brilliant Spinal Tap "Nigel Tufnell" reference.  Adrian Smith is a god.

[krajnovic10]

a gibson les paul for £235.....FUCK ME!!!! nowerdays the cheapest les paul would be around £800

[JosephTheRocker]

235 pounds is like 1500 dollers! not bad for a goldtop

[batterup000]

Haha spinal tap joke about the sustain at the end lol

[pilotoatomico]

@batterup000 yea lol haha

[drappoc08]

£235.00?? Would love to pick up a Gibson les paul for that!!! mine cost me £2600

[simplesloth]

yeh but he was 17, so that must have been about... ooo 80 years ago? =D you could probably buy a spaceship for that much back then

[ChrisONGuitar1]

Shut up A**hole adrian is a better guitarest than you will ever bee

[simplesloth]

@ChrisONGuitar1

lol! of course he is, i dont even play guitar!

i was obviously just exagerating the fact that 235£ was a lot more back then than it is now.

[ChrisONGuitar1]

sorry just lost my temper at someone before you and got carried away with what you said sorry

[novemberrain1994]

I got mine for £3200...

[RickyboyH]

@drappoc08

remember that it's 275 quid in 1975 money. A 59 Les Paul "only" cost about 300 dollars back in 59, but i guess that would be equal to about 2500 dollars today or something :)

[WeaselHalfbreed]

@RickyboyH Wow! But do you know if he got it from a pawnshop? I think I remember hearing him from some video, saying he picked it up at one. Just wondering...

[mihirmaiden18]

today's h's birthday!!! happy 53rd birthday!!!! UP THE IRONS!!!

[TheLine0fFire]

cant you hear the sustain hahahahah spinal tap

[iamheadbanger]

@TheLine0fFire

Brilliant :) You would, though, if I were playing it xd

[adrianlazlow2352]

Can you see the Randall amp head over the marshall cab? Somehow I thought that he was using marshalls for a lifetime

[bigfish0804]

Live he uses a Peavey Preamp through a Marshall Power amp.

[paulonapolion]

iron maiden is the best band of all the music history

[shitonMOHAMMAD]

@paulonapolion

UP THE IRONS!

[franklouuu]

@paulonapolion Amazing! You've noticed it too!

[bassboy93alen]

@paulonapolion

you´re 100 % wright

[bainelaker]

He did the Nigel (spinal tap) sustain bit at the end! haha

[keldk]

Where is this from? I mean, is it some DVD or what?

[Braddurs]

I THINK and I'd have to check that but this is from a bonus DVD that came with a certain edition of 'A Matter of Life and Death' as I do remember seeing this somewhere before.

[gibsonsg1423]

@Braddurs yeah you are correct

[back2theoldskool]

How could he not like ZZ?

[fernanties]

yea I know. Out of everyone in Maiden, I would have thought Adrian would be the ZZ fan. His solo's are very bluesy like ZZ Top.

[IRONMAIDENrockinrio]

what randall is it at 1:03 in the upper left corner?

[BlackieLawless1992]

he said that it's his best guitar.

[svartegraabein]

I've been trying to find out what year Adrians Les Paul goldtop was produced, but I haven't managed to find the answer yet. Does anyone know?

[willussgfeind]

@svartegraabein i tihnk it is a 1972 les paul delux goldtop as at the time they were produced with mini humbuckers he has also removed the white pickgaurd but has modified it with a dimarzio high distortion

[RickyboyH]

@svartegraabein Unless you have the serial number, it could be quite difficult to find out, but i guess the first LP deluxe's with mini HB's were made in 69 or something?

[666ironmaidenq]

the white guitar is now being mass produced as signature model.

[Xception2Rule]

lol the spinal tap joke at the end xD

the sustain!!

[torcidakstari1995]

it was white jackson

[elmetalico99]

aaaaaaaaaaadrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiii­iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[CrankThatPropaganda]

ROFL, ilu.

[888erkan888]

I know one of hes dearest guitars got sadly stolen on some tour some year ago, was that one of these ones?

[DioandMaiden]

nah it's his all white Jackson signature guitar.

[karlb1]

It was his signiture Jackson model, but it was the prototype so they hadn't started producing them yet so it was extremely valuable and unique.

[888erkan888]

So I guess the thing he really lost with that guitar was the fact that he had to design it again? I mean he can just buy a new one, but maybe he was emotional attached to it too, just like Steve and hes bass.

[karlb1]

Maybe, but Jackson had already designed it for him but he was testing it on tour so he can give feedback to Jackson on how they can improve it, the only reason it was a big deal is because that was the only version of the guitar at the time before they started production, they sell them on a production line now.

[pighappiness]

yes, a Gibson Les Paul.

[MASTERKINGU]

A fantastic guitar player....

[xXrapperxXTHXx]

i love this guitar!!

[Tettuli]

Adrian 4ever

[GeetarApprentice]

Listen... sssssh... the sustain xD

[TheMRmaiden1]

best guitarist ever<33

[z4c5t4]

living legend :)

[ironkiller525]

the best

[YarpenZirgi]

my favorite guitarist on Iron Maiden

[JUBEast]

yea this is not interview but... :P

[JUBEast]

The interview man sounds like Bruce :D btw very good interview, Adrian, top 3 best guitarist in the World!

[junito52]

is Kevin Shirley the one that is talking

[BlackPanteraSociety]

Up the Adrian Smithies

[ljukyguitar]

LoL

[sbrowning153]

loved the Spinal Tap reference from adrian...

[corpsegrider666]

Yeah, that was funny...

[noobaxe]

B-sides are the songs that they made that they chose not to have on their primary albums.

[MaiDeNrock11]

or covers that go along with singles releases. In fact, all B-sides are on singles releases.

[brunohoffma]

MANNNNN...i fall in love with this gold les paul when i saw Live After Death, today, i have one gold les paul, not gibson! He's my guitar hero

[asdoreno]

what is the name of the hat at the second part?

[NoOida]

Man....Adrian is such a Cool Guy....love him

[GOHI11101995]

what is b-sides ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ?

[Tumaaax]

other side of the CD lol or the cassette

[MaidenFreak26]

HAHA Adrian is so awesome man!! haha

UP THE BLOODY IRONS!!!

[m1che1]

A great guy,an awesome guitarist and an awesome songwriter...and he can sing too!

[olqueencole]

Love Adrian, not just for his guitar playing..

seems to have great sense of humor..

Just watched Spinal Tab with my son...hilarious...lol

[norwayrzr]

Can somebody please explain the sustain joke to me? Thanks

[icarus666]

it's from the spinal tap movie.. a guitar that could sustain a silent note forever.. :D

[metallicatriviumPwN]

type these go to eleven on youtibe and you see its very funny

[ellisakanormannj]

why dont make 10 the highest?

- well, these goes to eleven:D

so damn good.. but to this video, ive always wanted a gold top, and i would do enything for that one:D long live Smith and Maiden, the best heavy metal band ever..

[metallicatriviumPwN]

lol yeah his guitar is sick i wish he played it in this video

[VirgoSky81]

lol I love hearing him laugh! He's a really nice person with great personality! And humour!

[Stratocaster900]

yeah, it seems he really likes Spinal tap! On one video where he's fishing he said "Guitarist breaks neck in a fishing accident"!

[morepiepleaseTV]

I wonder how many people really understood the "sustain" joke, lol

[brucekirk89]

Listen to the sustain...I dont hear anything....well you woud you could go get a bite to eat and it still would be going AAAAA.

[mesa401]

The spinaltap quote at the end is funny... "listen to that sustain"

[verylowiq]

why EVERYone shoudn't have a fender ? :P

IDK am