Blinded - by Hawk featuring Scott Travis drum solo

[MrLeon4646]

whats wrong with this crowd i would fuckin headbang 

[dmarks1]

@MrLeon4646 They were stunned and... there wasn't a microphone on the crowd. It was definitely noisier than it appears. All of the crowd noise comes through the vocal mics.

[weg95]

Scott Travis pre Racer X obviously, shredder himself, double bass master has slowed down with age and time understandable so have we all. This guy made his mark in the hard rock/metal drumming scene no doubt. Wonder what his plans are after Priest.......keep rocking Scott!

[shaolin770]

Scott is one of my all time fave drummers and hella under rated but you can hear the heavy Tommy Aldridge influence in this solo. Then again, what american drummer hasn't been influences by T.A.?

[dmarks1]

@SHAWNDUDEROCK Tell the Truth was written after this lineup broke up.

[vincentvoortwijs]

Anybody notice that you can actually hear the painkiller intro in this solo?

[ehamady6]

Scott has been a perfect fit in Judas Priest. He isn't talked about nearly enough for his talent.

[JTJUDAS]

Scott has been my main inspiration on drums for years now, I think his double bass playing is as good as it gets. He may not be a constant 16th note at 220 player or whatever but I believe Scott was the first drummer to use these types of double bass patterns. I'd give anything to meet the guy. This is a great video and great music, good stuff man.

[jason724x]

Doug i wanna thank you for putting these hawk videos up, everything about your band was great, its a shame you guys don't play together anymore. i really think you should call them and see if they would wanna do a reunion again, i think you guys would have fun

[TheMarkWTaylor]

Agreed on the drum solo Doug... he beat the hell out of those drums, perfectly! LOL Awesome stuff. The 80's music was so much "happier" sounding than today's music. It was rockin for sure. And the MetalMethod cassette tapes, I think I got some of the first batches you made, was some killer instruction that wasn't being taught anywhere else. You helped to make a good number of rockin guitarists what they are today. Kudos!

[dmarks1]

@TheMarkWTaylor Thanks Mark. Great hearing from you.

[ehamady6]

I'm still a huge fan of the 80s hair metal days. The look was uber glam and the playing was stellar. Unfortunately, I never made it to LA to experience the scene firsthand. Was it common for bands to play their own material for entire gigs on the Strip or did they have to mix it in with covers?

[dmarks1]

@ehamady6 It was "pay to play" to showcase your original music. We were expected to sell a certain number of tickets. If we sold more than that number we would make a very small profit. If we sold less than the set number of tickets the money came out of our pocket. This particular gig was sold out so we did okay but after advertising it was probably a financial loss.

[madpioneer]

I think that would be great! I still rank Hawk's album in my top 10 all time greats!

[freakmybutt]

I see what you mean by the drums.

[xevious626]

Doug, thank you for continuing to share the Hawk videos. I still have my original Metal Method cassettes too! Are those Carvin X100B stacks in your backline?

[EddySwass]

This is hair metal @ its best/worst. LOL! I remember those days all to well in Hollywoood. But it was a lotta fun thats for sure. Pearl Jam fucking sucks shit! I hated the early 90's. Nirvana was dog shit!~

[dmarks1]

@EddySwass Yes, we went too far. lol

[redwolf28386]

The audio for this is great! What did you guys use to record the audio for this? BTW, I still have my Metal Method cassettes from the '80's!

[redwolf28386]

The audio for this is great! What did you guys use to record the audio for this?

[dmarks1]

@redwolf28386 The audio was recorded right out of the mixing console directly into the camera. That's why it was so clean. It's also why you can't hear the audience very well. They were recorded through the instrument and vocal mics.

[gdgeo]

1985, It's all blurrrr,Here in Detroit, we were Rockin ,steady job, plenty of money to party with no cares, go from bar to bar and see great bands rockin there tails off, I want them back!!!!

Right on Doug !!!!

[madpioneer]

Doug do you offer any DVD's of this or any other Hawk show?

[dmarks1]

@madpioneer I may make this show available in the future. We'll see.

[otm2782]

Yeah this guy is a lot better than that other hack drummer you had...Matt something. I bet that dude never went anywhere (LOL.)

[dmarks1]

@otm2782 Actually, Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) was never in Hawk. He helped compose some of the drum parts and played on the studio sessions. Matt was totally a hired gun.

[CCCowboy]

cool :D

[dmarks1]

@xboxdragondude I used a Ronco Bush Whacker

[mirabify]

Theres' Nothing like watching a freakin good drummer!! I don't know if I ever heard a double bass kick that fast..

[batboy62]

Very cool! :D

[themetalgod21]

Can say Tommy Aldridge!!!!!!!!! Tommy has influenced thousands!!!!!!!!!!

[dmarks1]

@themetalgod21 Yes, Scott was a fan of Tommy Aldridge. At that time, 1985, he was very much into Tommy Lee.

[violentcontrast]

O MY GODD. I'm always up for some Scott Travis, this was mind blowing as always!

The songs good too - why is the crowd just standing around? Somebody stage dive or something!

[71stormrider]

This is awesome Doug! Thanks for sharing it with us! Was that Lonnie playing bass? I love that Jackson RR your playing

[dmarks1]

@71stormrider Yes, that was Lonnie playing my Precision Bass.

[nbdysfool3]

If you gus are missing the old days and wanna hear some great new stuff that sounds like the old days.....Check out Accepts new alboom blood of the nation, YOU WILL LOVE IT! Rock on Guys....DOUG You need to put the band back together, Scott hates being in priest anyway!

[oldskoolbanger]

@nbdysfool3 u gotta be kidding!??!

Far as i know Scott dreamed of playing in PRIEST since he was a teenager

[DALE97DSM]

wow, I had know idea you were glam back then, you and Scott travis where in the same band. Thats, cool. You both were way ahead in your instrutments.

Can tell you and scott were the backbone your glam, Back you had to have one good guitarplayer and a kickass drummer, to make it. You guys had some big hair, lol.

Could hear in scott's solo the beginning of Judas Preist , PainKiller just abit.

[dmarks1]

@DALE97DSM There's a lot of stuff on PainKiller that he played with us. I watched the Judas is Rising video last night. That song would be nothing without Scott.

[pulgabros]

Oh my God!! How I miss these days. I love it Doug! Love Scott's hair!! I wish there were more bands like this today musician-wise. Thanks so much..

[EvaSlash]

i like ur lead work. sounds very heartfelt and random. i like to try to incorporate a little what you sound like in my guitar playing

[Megadavee66]

Doug, where do you knew about Scott ? and can you share a funny story of him in Hawk ?

Thank You

md66

[dmarks1]

@Megadavee66 Scott was a chronic complainer. He was always a little grumpy. When we would go out to eat for example, he would complain that there was too much food. Is that really possible?

[dmarks1]

Respond to this video...Scott lived in Virginia and must have seen an ad from us looking for a drummer. By the time we received Scott's tape we already had a drummer. My ex wife convinced the band to audition Scott anyway. We did. I still remember it. It sounded like there was a monster in my basement. We hired him.

[GearBoxTy]

Doug Marks is one of the best guitar teachers I've had!

[dmarks1]

@GearBoxTy Thanks GearBox

[OmarBhoo]

Great song. Makes me pissed I lost my Hawk CD.

[dmarks1]

@OmarBhoo $9.95 we've got more of dem CDs.

[framus1badamp]

wow doug you guys were ahead of your time great stuff

[dmarks1]

@framus1badamp Thanks. It was fun.

[Bundy1]

Badass video! HAWK takes an already killer tune and kicks it into uber-kickass mode by letting Scott show off. BIG thumbs up!

Hey Doug, are those 1988 Carvin X100B stacks ya got back there? It's OK to let logos fly; very few people know those amps were Marshall-killers back in the day. I had one. ;)

[Domspun]

@Bundy1

The vid is from 1985 so could not be a 1988! hehe

[Bundy1]

@Domspun Whoops, my bad! Thanks for the tip!

The '88 and '85 X100B's were cosmetically the same except the '88 was the first year with a square logo; the previous model years had the 'curly' Carvin logo.

[dmarks1]

@Bundy1 Actually, I convinced them to let me use the '88 models in '85. Not really. heh heh

[Cosmicalex13]

Thanks for uploading more Hawk material. Truly a great band

[dmarks1]

@Cosmicalex13 Thanks very much. I'm glad everybody appreciates it. It obviously was a very special time in my life.

[kai223noa]

Judas Priest's drummer.

[dmarks1]

@kai223noa Yes, he played with us before Judas Priest.

[zippityzzz]

HAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \m/

[Takiado]

Awesome! :D

[metalmickage]

AWESOME!!! Doug

[dmarks1]

@metalmickage Thanks.

[blind082008]

Scott Travis is one of the greatest drummers of all time

[dmarks1]

@blind082008 I agree.

[lildude234]

How long did it take you to do your hair back then bro?

[dmarks1]

@lildude234 My wife did that to me. So, zero.