Animals As Leaders - On Impulse

[kalmahthebest]

This is a real musician folks. A dying breed.

[GetTheJojDone]

successful black man 

[skunkt4]

Always helps to have 8 inch fingers. Awesome hands!

[Tviruskillu]

2:16 the hand cam froze up from the pure amounts of awesome.

[gbfpottery]

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" a wise man once said.

"A listening of On Impulse every day makes me fuckin happy" a wiser man once said.

[Guaguadeath]

current day Jimi Hendrix

[dontfigtthepower7]

love the way he says arpeggio

[ned2one]

Tosin has to be my fave guitarist... and I'm a drummer :D

[Frontdoor777]

0:25 achieved super saiyan mode

[DimebagDisciple]

omg 0:38 .. his fingers are not human!! they're friggin bendy as hell !! what is this ?!?! thats cheating!!

[26271892]

foda\o/

[ilovecloudythegiant]

damn is he well dressed! it's refreshing to see a wicked good metal guitarist that isn't some sweaty fat dude with combat boots and a greasy pony tail lol

[luke666808g]

@ilovecloudythegiant Yeah but Dino Cazares is a good guitarist too.

[2blocks4nothin]

i fucking love this song.

[ownregent]

strange :p not often do guitarist refer to their guitar out of standard, like if you tune to D like him, normally you still consider it to be in standard, that takes alot of effort :p

[ElijahJohnCirricione]

Most people buy 8 stringed guitars for the Djenty open notes and breakdowns..Tosin Abasi..nah

[TheRedlah]

He's a brilliant guitarist and artist!

[qtaswefdsadfq]

2:14 - 2:20 watch all of his hands)

[juniormick13]

@qtaswefdsadfq LOLOLOLL

[qtaswefdsadfq]

2.14 - 2.20

[krusher1974]

first 30 secs is like a horrible version of air by jason becker

[aingoia1]

@krusher1974 yeah, 'cept it's impossible to play "air" on one guitar.

[froemoe]

he said g string hehe

[delthafunk]

what's his tuning??

[SorryArchitect]

@delthafunk Standard with the low string tuned to an E. So E B E A G D B E.

[sigiF1]

sometimes i like to oil an entire pickle, then eat a lot of rice while im watching porn, then i eat the pickle... alive

[spoon149]

thumbs up if you've ever masturbated on 4chan

[Tylerbtn]

2:04 "on the.. on the .... fuck, there's so many strings.... A STRING" :D

[ahdeeeedit]

oh look, Jimi Hendrix got reincarnated

[MultiDenise36]

@ahdeeeedit You took the words right out of my mouth ;- )

[capturethelife]

@ahdeeeedit more like Wes Montgomery got reincarnated. Both Tosin and Wes are innovative jazz-minded guitarist. Wes influenced many countless guitarists including Jimi Hendrix itself. It's a shame that he's not popular enough compared to Jimi.

[planescapeshock]

@capturethelife SO TRUE MATE, peoples like Wes Montgomery & Charlie Christian are the TRUE predecessor to Tosin Abasi, they're all are afro/american jazz guitarist, and i can hear a lot of Montgomery's influences in Tosin's playing instead of bluesy pentatonic-stuff like Hendrix does. The reason why people here keep saying Tosin is a reincarnation of Hendrix is because Hendrix is wayy more popular and wellknown.

also look up Charlie Parker & Miles Davis, these peoples are LEGEND

[xXMRH3ATXx]

WOOOO! He is a genius.

[fightingnate]

is he picking with his pinky?

[ferociouspokemachine]

@fightingnate Yeah. It's called chicken picking and can be insanely useful.

[chop9suey]

I got to meet him at the NAMM show. Such an honor.

[amithabajan2]

@dahmer09 haha save perhaps for the 8 string guitar and the axe-fx. He's incredible though and breaks out of the djent mould with jazz, which is why I think he's brilliant.

[dahmer09]

Lol. for some strange reason, the first 30 seconds made me think "what a talented young negro"

The video FX and his clothing make it seem like he is from the 1800's

I am a racist, jealous, white douche, I guess D:

[rockskaterdudeperson]

Nice 8 string.

[redhotkido]

I wanna meet Tosin one day, that'll be a great great day.

[SeanAsheOfficial]

Kirk Hammet + Blackface = Even BETTER guitar playing! Kirk did a great job on this song!

[badelaja]

hmm looks like based god finally finished college

[Thisguy1240]

Some say he sold his soul to the devil...

[TravelingKidJoshua]

talent.

[Destructerator]

Is he actually good or is he just hitting random chords? I never really got into Animals As Leaders. He's got chops but idk...

[EddieEdge777]

@Destructerator Hes fucking great. 

[MetalxXxMayhem]

@Destructerator Oh he's good. It's certainly not easy to digest sometimes, but there's a lot of interesting, different sounding styles that sounds good, and some not so much. It all depends on what you like. If you aren't diggin' it, then move along. Not so hard is it??

[ReyCarmesi97]

@Destructerator he is really good. dig into AAL, you will love it.

[CapnPuff69]

This is the most musical thing I've ever heard. If anyone on earth (or beyond) could put this much feeling, and produce nearly this much atmosphere in their playing, then by god I salute you.

[59fiftydeep]

to much theory for me. drumming so much easier

[mikenice182]

@himynameisdavid7 fuck off

[Discreetarcher3]

@himynameisdavid7 racist motherfucker

[ReyCarmesi97]

@himynameisdavid7 lol, but he is better than you, in everything .

[spoon149]

@himynameisdavid7 There's alot of truth to that, how do you think the blues developed?

[mitchellminami]

I dunno... I think Mike Portnoy is MUCH better than this guy.

[JaketheSnakeESP]

every time MikePorntoy's name shows up on a video, I have to laugh at his name. Regardless, he's a dumbass.

[aidanpouncy]

@JaketheSnakeESP That dude shows up friggin' everywhere in these sorts of videos

[skapunk365]

Dear Mr. Abasi,

Are you even human? Or were you sent by god to tickle our earholes with your riffage?

[corey0007]

This dude is awesome. Its refreshing to hear him play, he's truly progressing music.

[RossAnderson48]

ahhh its so simple now all i have to do is buy an 8 string lock myself in a room for at least 20 years practice non stop without sleeping and i might be able to play it.....

[2GreenBlue]

ill be sure to do that when i get an 8 string, thanks

[daleincisions]

he makes use to play the guitar like he's actually playing it like a kid toy while using it like really toy! almost! =)

[bleifingerT]

he must have the weirdest right hand thumb I have ever seen :D

[brotherhoodofsteel75]

@bleifingerT It looks like a foot! lol. i've seen alot of those though.

[j0gan673]

He's just so fucking cool.

[MlKEPORNTOY]

Check out MIKE ORLANDO. He utterly annihilates this pug.

[greenbeaner69]

@MlKEPORNTOY you must be a complete dumbass

[realitysyndicate]

@MlKEPORNTOY Orlando actually is my favorite guitarist, but you need to shut the hell up and appreciate different styles. Tosin destroys in his own utterly unique way. It sounds like you don't even play a guitar, so how the hell would you know?

[AcidSh33tz]

@MlKEPORNTOY fuck you your a good drummer but are a sell out and have a douchy ego

[FakeMessiah94]

@AcidSh33tz You realise thats not actually Mike Portnoy, just a clearly hardcore fan?

[AcidSh33tz]

@FakeMessiah94 then the insult should be taken just as effective then.

[masterjp93]

@AcidSh33tz That's not the real mike portnoy...:| hes just a retard.

[AcidSh33tz]

@MlKEPORNTOY and i checked him out, what a waste of my time.

[7StringSeven]

@MlKEPORNTOY No he doesn't you fucknut!

[brotherhoodofsteel75]

@MlKEPORNTOY Speed isn't annihilaation, I like Tosins writing better than Mike's... You shouldn't compare the two.

[LoerdNoerd]

He even looks like a perfect Djentleman ...

[k5lta]

Gotta get to Tosin's Beast level!! must practice MOAR!!!!!

[f4llens]

He's perfect!

[doublebass08]

He can out-play and out-dress everybody -__-

Oh, and the recording DOES NOT do him justice starting at like 2:50. Da fuq?

[FantasiaP]

clearly i know nothing about guitar

[ihaveallseeingeyes]

Is this guy Robert Johnson? 

[GDawg148]

HIs hands make an 8 string guitar look like a 6 string.

[maggotpulse15]

he deserves a grammy for best everyting

[doublebass08]

@maggotpulse15 Or a Nobel Prize.

[dragonshitreyna]

my dog died. i wrote a song. its tosin abasi favorite lullaby.

[SandisRozuleja]

Pathetic!, earn you place black kind!...

[drag445]

@SandisRozuleja

dude who are you to say such ignorant pathetic comments? You're just upset and and jealous for the fact that you can't play guitar yourself like that. it is funny how you are the only person that seems to think that. Eminem and yelawolf are white and rap so what makes it wrong that black people can't be in a metal band?

[michaelfajardo28]

@SandisRozuleja dumbass piece of shit, no one wants to read your racist comments

[mrnaruto123]

@SandisRozuleja Fucking kill yourself racist cunt.

[Jadeaja80]

@SandisRozuleja I hope you die a slow, painful death and your soul is tourmented in the depths of hell while you are butt raped by s8n. Black people started rock n roll, which led to metal you CUNT. 

[Jadeaja80]

@SandisRozuleja I hope your soul lives in hell and is s8ns whore when you die.

[JakeBPlaysMusic]

@SandisRozuleja congrats to the best troll ever

[setra23]

@SandisRozuleja The only thing pathetic is you.

[prunefeatures]

The alphabet has never sounded so awesome

[unediteable]

My mother died one week after I was born.

I wrote this instrumental for her.

Please, give it one view.

/watch?v=A0K6T5QpSfo

It's Tosin Abasi inspired..

[rccar]

.. is still don't get it

[EclipsfulGates]

0:39 - 0:41 omg at the finger cracking

[musicluuva]

When he glows at 00:27 - 00:29, that's not a digital effect, he really does that.

[driverdevil86]

@musicluuva Is he a vampire?:D

[TallestFiddle]

@musicluuva i lol'ed

[1SickZX]

Thats all fine and dandy if you own an 8 string guitar

[SkwisgaarScampini]

@1SickZX 7 string...he doesn't even use the 8th string

[ElectricTurkey1]

Tosin is the Classiest BAMF ever.

[ShiceIceDice]

watch?v=NXUFn6TxITA AAL with vocals! :O

Both are bands are just genius in my eyes °-°

[scissorsinabox]

Great Cover!

[falconpunch92]

Fuck, tosin is dress sharp.

[chaindInsanity]

@480borat how am i an elitist? im very open to anything, but when someone saying "0 i cans plays better than that guy. i liek deathcore. lolololol" it's total bullshit. i dont even listen to Animals as Leaders much but i still can see Tosin shreds like a fucking machine. if i was an elitist dude, id say something like "AaL is nothing to Sybreed" but thats just not true. the two bands are on completely different levels, and comparing them would be impossible. so how am i an elitist again?

[parish1994]

Tosin is one of the most disciplined guitarists I've ever heard. and why are people calling him nerdy? if its nerdy to know what you're talking about and doing what you are truly good at then I wish i could be as nerdy as him

[SpecialColector]

Soooo eassy!!!!

[chaindInsanity]

@bmthfansable can you also blow dick that well? because Deathcore sucks. i bet you wear skinny jeans. do you also skate and wear hipster clothes? did you like deathcore before it was popular? oh wait, it was never popular. except in Hot Topic. Hot Topic: where the scene and emo kids roam free.....until they meet me.

[480borat]

@chaindInsanity calm the fuck down bro, he likes what he likes, your not going to be able to snuff out every deathcore fan you find by superimposing your useless opinion on them. and not all deathcore is bad, its all about variety, you cant be an elitist 24/7

[GuitarBoyEvan]

nerdy kinda guy but i bow down to everything he does

[Jamsessionroom1337]

@GuitarBoyEvan Nerdy? I think he's just structured and disciplined, but if that's nerdy...

[ChiProd23]

He has dapper

[managainstcatfish]

Robert Johnson sits dumbfounded & pooping himself in his grave at the sight of his alien doppelganger....

[steffren]

19 people that watched this are too retarded to understand a musical mastermind when they see one. Probably deathcore fans.

[vikykarthik]

@steffren dude,19 people probably just gave up :p

[bmthfansable]

@steffren Ehhhh Im a deathcore fan....and I can almost play this. Dick

[steffren]

@bmthfansable Shut up and go rim Oli Sykes you musically retarded asshole.

[ColombnRokstr]

how is his guitar tuned?

[31natcha]

@ColombnRokstr For electrics (Like the Ibenez 8, the Schecter hellbabe and blackjacks) F#/B/E/A/D/G/B/E

[2005ttr125]

@31natcha thats not true tosin actually strings his 8 string E/B/E/A/D/G/B/E

[improfessoradam]

i feel like i should just quite guitar now...

[doodyxdaniels]

@improfessoradam

nah man... just keep practicing. and enjoy the process. concentrate on YOU getting better than YOU were. Learn and have fun. You'd be surprised by how much energy we waste trying to "catch" up to people and impress people when truly learning and loving guitar has nothing to do with that shit. That's for arrogant people and haters. and whoever upped that comment. go fuck yourselves.

[improfessoradam]

@doodyxdaniels haha it was just a joke but thanks very inspirational

[doodyxdaniels]

@improfessoradam

oh ok....I was actually reassuring myself.

man..my hands still hurt from punching the wall. :/

[hammy311]

Well I still can't play this. Sort it out, Tosin. :)

[ajili777]

Soon.



[aculturemind]

There's no countrepoint there. It's basic homophony. But it doesn't sound like the typical neo-baroque/classical shit most of the kiddies (let alone Ingwie) have done.

[271189a]

I bet these 'djent' 8 string guys think the're bad ass, with there off timings and poly riffs but Tosin can actually play his guitar, also my favourite AAL song.

[MuzikJunkeeoftheYear]

Sir, permission to give up, because my hands lit on fire trying to play this?

Permission granted.

Also sir, permission to scream mindlessly in frustration, because life no longer has meaning, except to listen to AAL?

Of course.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUuuuuuuUUUUUuuuUUUUuuUuuUUUU­UuUUUu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[BannanaOfDoom]

@MuzikJunkeeoftheYear Slow down pal! Abasi played slow and sloppy in the beginning too, just like us two.

Got an 8 string?

[ltgreatsocks1]

Idk man, you would need a pretty bitching vest.

[DrMasaaki]

He looks good with short hair also.

[Enemyofreali7y]

What a cool ass motherfucker. Goddamn.

[JOEtheHOTTIE]

isn't he supposed to bring some hip hop element into their songs?

[Dream2112]

@JOEtheHOTTIE Let's just hope he DOESN'T do that. It would be to literally take a crap on his excellent skills.

[l337dr]

Muddy Waters -look

[HammarHeart]

ar-PAY-jee-oh

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

Swag

[cortx2lh]

Someone knows Abasi's influences?

[6ZYX6]

@cortx2lh God? haha

[chrispysthename323]

@cortx2lh I heard he was taught by Steve Vai.

[tjbay13]

@chrispysthename323 funny you should say that. steve vai actually called tosin the future of guitar. pretty cool.

[godlymoose]

@tjbay13 Abasi and Thal would make awesome music together me thinks

[Fluffypopcicle]

@cortx2lh

I know Victor Wooten has been a big influence on Tosin's slapping stuff. He says that his favorite guitar player right now is Kurt Rosinwinkel.

[Yarsh52]

Tosin Abasi is seriously up there with the great guitar masters Allan Holdsworth and Robert Fripp in terms of skill. I am so grateful that we have musicians like him in this otherwise desolate wasteland of modern music.

[VideoMask93]

@Yarsh52 John Petrucci is also up there as an oasis of incredible talent.

[VincentX202]

@VideoMask93 of course John Petrucci is also a god!

[Schuytown]

He should advertise for Banana Republic lmao

[AgentSpiral]

He dresses like he's in a guitar mafia lol.

[xTheBeserkerx]

@AgentSpiral He dresses like it's the Blues maannnnnn

[TheBerzek]

@AgentSpiral blues school men!!

[abelgasyanz]

is he even human?

[Petrasilchen]

in wich tuning is this guitar ? drop E ?

[espibanez1]

@Petrasilchen i think he tunes his 8th string down to e, but it's not used in this song. this song is played on 7 string standard tuning.

[primusdude87]

I like that he's dressed similar to Robert Johnson.

[4iamu]

He looks like a young Wes Montgomery.

[METALdude1195]

@4iamu the great

[METALdude1195]

@4iamu but you honestly can not compare Wes to Tosin. both are musical geniuses, but you cannot compare them.

[4iamu]

I'm talking about their physical appearances dude, not their talents, abilities, or styles!! I think his face resembles Wes's face. The short hair cut really highlights those physical similarities between the two of them.

[Aist3rG4teS]

17 people is racists.

[DamageIncM]

I lost track after a half minute of explanation. lal

Cause I suk...

[hightopsmcglops]

Okay I love Tosin and all, but everything he says up until :46 makes no sense. Haha.

17 people were blinded and deafened by his shirt