I read more than half of the comments to this video before I actually watched/listened to it and with all these haters bad mouthing kirk I thought it was going to be a "messy" solo. For all those who say that he isn't a great guitarist because he likes using the wah effect and also doesn't always play as clean as Melodic Death Metal bands solo's are played, well all I have to say is kirk knows what he's doing and he knows what he's playing.
I agree with Mr. Ibanez....Kirk's a good guitar player...usually when he's not drunk....but I'd have to say Mustaine is the better guitarist due to a compilation of creativity and technical skill. But i like both bands....
but it is possible to overuse an effect and hide your mistakes
There isn't a "right" way. But there is a wrong way. If you take a look at the solo, he plays a run and then open and closes the wah erratically
Work on your logic. Just because its an "effect" doesn't mean its good. You can do whatever you want to the wah and make some horrible noises. Doesn't mean its good
he's not covering up his mistakes. He uses the effect because he likes the way it sounds, he'll do the same thing with his tremelo. just because you don't like the way he uses it doesn't mean he's using it wrong.
good i hate this guy, how someone ever could put him on a list over the wordls greatest guitarplayers is a mystery, read some list where he was number 9(or so) while som of the realy good players like steve vai and satriani was on places like 85+.. i guess people think he's such a great player cause metallica is so known, if he was playing in a less known band he would'nt even been on any list.. He's not all crap, but just not THAT good;)
Ha im so tired of people putting this down as bad playing... hes an incredible guitarist. and inkspinner, i hope for your sake you dont play guitar. If you dont think there was any feeling in that i think you need to reconsider what you think 'feeling' is.
metallica are awsome but hammett just hs no finnese, he can pick, but its not clean, he can can bend, but its not in tune and with vibrato sounding like a cat thats just been trod on, he doesnt hath james' right hand technqiue either, rant over!
Hey Beetlejuice, please play a better solo for me and you have my full respect, but before you can't proof that you are better: SHUT THE FUCK UP! It is ridicoulus to call the student of The World's greatest guitar player (Joe Satriani) "shit"! That's ridicoulus!
Beetlejuice... you're an idiot. Seriously. Yeah, Metallica sucks... but Kirk was one hell of a good player... And thought I did hear a few messy bits, it was still a pretty decent solo.
mustaine sucks at guitar, he was writing complete shit for metallica because he didnt think they would go anywhere..he lsot out, he was a dick and its his fault he was kicked form the band
no, he wrote shit for metallica, he didnt deserve to be in the band, kirk hammet redid almost everything mustaine made...mustaine is a good guitar player, but he didnt take metallica serious, and he's gone for that mistake
yeah i agree so much friedman has an awesome style and the wah kills kirk,i have to say that mustaine isnt near kirk in soloing but its true kirk copied the stuff mustaine wrote in kill em all but took it tons higher kirk owns mustaine and maybe friedman owns kirk friedman has a awesome style,normally kirk does have to but this is far from serious.
kirks good and metallicas my favourite band but if youre gonna be honest the following people would beat him in a battle 1) zakk wylde 2) dimebag at age 16 3)yngwie and 4) michael angelo batio 5) and his instructor joe satriani but i think its fair to say he is still an awsome player and i like the way he pulls it all together
herman lee from dragonforce can kick kirks ass upside down
i play guitar and dont pull this post your self up because cz i dont have to and i dont have a camera
they sucks after they use up all of dave riffs and these faggets talks shit about power metal and death metal,i think he cant play that good because he plays the same scale for every solo
testement is better then fagllica because they never change and make there own music un like some bands
Herman Lee?? you mean that little chinese Fag.. Oh yeah lame ass dragonforce... they fucking suck thats like really fast lame guitar playing at its finest. those two characters have NO Feeling to guitar at all
Not to mention they fuck up ALOT!!
Not even sure you could consider that chink on the same level of kirk. kirk gets messy but not dragonforce messy
kirk cant SHRED as well as herman can in speaking of shred kirk cant at all and if he does again its the same scale dude are u like 14-18? or just fucking one tracked mined and been playing the guitar for 3 months? and and if you dont like lee i guess u can say that fast playing lame guitar crap to yngwie's face
all bullshit aside kirk is not that good and skilled like steve vai,that guy to me is the best-from shred to melodic shit to fucking crazy ass noise's
Do you play guitar kid? with 2,700 videos watched it looks like you watch you tube more than you do anything!quite possibly! I've been playing guitar for 15 years. Fast is great but If I'm gonna listen to shred it's gonna be some Paul gilbert and not any shit dragonforce or yngvie who both are just plain arrogant guitarist! Fuck do you even know what scale he plays in all the time as you say...Does your mother Know you spend so much time on this Damn computer?
Yo you serious you only 13 or 14!how long you been playing!Man get a video if you playing that shit i wanna see it for meself!iu beleive you but put that video on man!
yeah jimmy's right u a-holes..i think u can't even play like it even if u think it sucks like that.. kirk's contribution 2 metallica is a legacy a-holes!!! kirk rules!!!
hammetts ruthless u guys dont no what ur talkin about yo, u fuckin play that then if you think he sucks so bad, or make something up thats sick like that
wow you're a faggot it's better than you're stupid ass that's probably never picked up a fucking guitar. go play warcraft with your homosexual friends.
I agree with you. He has so much saturation (sounds buzzy)that anything he does will kind of fit in even if he's striking bad notes. Pretty good on some levels. Seems to have the shred thing going on. Ironic that he would do Hendrix which he doesn't have a true feel for.
fuckin' Jimi right in the middle of the solo, man! Respect.
awl555 4 years ago
I read more than half of the comments to this video before I actually watched/listened to it and with all these haters bad mouthing kirk I thought it was going to be a "messy" solo. For all those who say that he isn't a great guitarist because he likes using the wah effect and also doesn't always play as clean as Melodic Death Metal bands solo's are played, well all I have to say is kirk knows what he's doing and he knows what he's playing.
4438231 4 years ago
He knows exactly how he wants to sound and when he wants to play slow he does...haha after all they aren't called "Melodica"
4438231 4 years ago
heres how it works
you stand up infront of twenty thousand people
and play your best solo
im thinking your gonna get schooled
thats why hes fuckin famous
rabcity01 4 years ago
shut the fuck up bitches.
this solo really kicks ass as much as every kirk hammet's solo...so behold in front of the guitar god ;)
DinValuriArd 4 years ago
Watch my metallica video. I bet you will like it! :P
jusander666 4 years ago
metal aint for bitches so quit arguing. and by the way its herman li with an i and he is better than any of you will everbe
bryansvideo 4 years ago
this sucks. play a song already.
juanjj1 5 years ago
Love the band but soooooo boring..
snackysnake 5 years ago
PS. His redition of Little Wing Sucks Balls!
CommBreakDown 5 years ago
he played that good but the guitar was not tuned after he played that solo in the begining!
kirkanhammet 5 years ago
I agree with Mr. Ibanez....Kirk's a good guitar player...usually when he's not drunk....but I'd have to say Mustaine is the better guitarist due to a compilation of creativity and technical skill. But i like both bands....
CommBreakDown 5 years ago
Very Good.
Look at my video:
Franco Rossi - Pole Position.
Thank you.
francescorossi 5 years ago
hes really good overrated but great none the less
mrcat1990 5 years ago
Decent guitar player. But his solos are repetitive and really have no creativity. He also needs to learn to use his wah pedal right!
MrIbanez87 5 years ago
your stupid, a wah pedal is an EFFECT, wich means he can use it to make any effect he wants, there is no right way to use it.
bcjacksonv 4 years ago
but it is possible to overuse an effect and hide your mistakes
There isn't a "right" way. But there is a wrong way. If you take a look at the solo, he plays a run and then open and closes the wah erratically
Work on your logic. Just because its an "effect" doesn't mean its good. You can do whatever you want to the wah and make some horrible noises. Doesn't mean its good
MrIbanez87 4 years ago
he's not covering up his mistakes. He uses the effect because he likes the way it sounds, he'll do the same thing with his tremelo. just because you don't like the way he uses it doesn't mean he's using it wrong.
bcjacksonv 4 years ago
whatever man, then its difference in musical taste
MrIbanez87 4 years ago
then he shouldn't be allowed to use a good guitar because it's easier to play, so you make less mistakes...and distortion should be forbidden
ToastedChewie 4 years ago
good i hate this guy, how someone ever could put him on a list over the wordls greatest guitarplayers is a mystery, read some list where he was number 9(or so) while som of the realy good players like steve vai and satriani was on places like 85+.. i guess people think he's such a great player cause metallica is so known, if he was playing in a less known band he would'nt even been on any list.. He's not all crap, but just not THAT good;)
t0aby 5 years ago
this guy suck
progressivelife 5 years ago
Ha im so tired of people putting this down as bad playing... hes an incredible guitarist. and inkspinner, i hope for your sake you dont play guitar. If you dont think there was any feeling in that i think you need to reconsider what you think 'feeling' is.
chumbles 5 years ago
metallica are awsome but hammett just hs no finnese, he can pick, but its not clean, he can can bend, but its not in tune and with vibrato sounding like a cat thats just been trod on, he doesnt hath james' right hand technqiue either, rant over!
starscapemusic 5 years ago
your a dumbass
slaaaayer 5 years ago
thats just mindless playing...no feeling..friedman owns hammett 100X
inkspinner 5 years ago
mindsless hey? thats why its all formed in set scales and patterns is it?
trivium666R 5 years ago
my sisters loves him
A1S2N3 5 years ago
Hey Beetlejuice, please play a better solo for me and you have my full respect, but before you can't proof that you are better: SHUT THE FUCK UP! It is ridicoulus to call the student of The World's greatest guitar player (Joe Satriani) "shit"! That's ridicoulus!
Dommak89 5 years ago
Beetlejuice... you're an idiot. Seriously. Yeah, Metallica sucks... but Kirk was one hell of a good player... And thought I did hear a few messy bits, it was still a pretty decent solo.
StitchesOFire 5 years ago
beetle juic listen to your joan jette mother fucker
slaaaayer 5 years ago
This shit sucks. Nothing original but the same shit over and over and using a wah-pedal just like he does in every stupid metallicrap song there is.
Beetlejuice1988 5 years ago
Beetlejuice...You do kind of suck. Come on. I have alot of guys I like better but I'm glad I got to hear this.
RADD13 5 years ago
Messy? that was an amazing solo, Kirk kicks ass. but eh to each their own.
yamahababe 5 years ago
kirk is amazing... great guitar player
MoshPit420 5 years ago
there is nothing to hear ... the messiest solo i have ever listened ...
ArbreCtreBi1 5 years ago
you do better!
dead2thewind 5 years ago
k kirk hammet is amazing... but we all know that Dave Mustain was better
ClockworkOrange 5 years ago
Dave Mustaine wasn't better, but his other guitarist always was! Friedman was great.
AnalCrumb 5 years ago
mustaine sucks at guitar, he was writing complete shit for metallica because he didnt think they would go anywhere..he lsot out, he was a dick and its his fault he was kicked form the band
SuperColossal33 5 years ago
you're so wrong
vinta9e 5 years ago
no, he wrote shit for metallica, he didnt deserve to be in the band, kirk hammet redid almost everything mustaine made...mustaine is a good guitar player, but he didnt take metallica serious, and he's gone for that mistake
SuperColossal33 5 years ago
yeah i agree so much friedman has an awesome style and the wah kills kirk,i have to say that mustaine isnt near kirk in soloing but its true kirk copied the stuff mustaine wrote in kill em all but took it tons higher kirk owns mustaine and maybe friedman owns kirk friedman has a awesome style,normally kirk does have to but this is far from serious.
aryinc 5 years ago
woot on the satch thing! vais good too, my favorite
jemplayer 5 years ago
IF it had been Satriani playing this solo u all faggots would have thought it was great.. Kirk is a very good player
andersdahlen 5 years ago
WORD
MetalOnslaught 5 years ago
omg look at ur name..thehornypuppy
apefuck 5 years ago
hahahah
cockworms 5 years ago
He abuses wah a litlle bit, but he is still good guitarist. Especially now when only few groups make solos.
ElrosMetalBlade 5 years ago
Kirk's one of the best, shit he's awesome!
Purbred 5 years ago
lol well i was just basing that off of what i normaly hear from him but now next to dime at 16 without the head crushing squeels hes better
buttheadhuhhuhhuh 5 years ago
kirks good and metallicas my favourite band but if youre gonna be honest the following people would beat him in a battle 1) zakk wylde 2) dimebag at age 16 3)yngwie and 4) michael angelo batio 5) and his instructor joe satriani but i think its fair to say he is still an awsome player and i like the way he pulls it all together
buttheadhuhhuhhuh 5 years ago
all of you that said Kirk sucks or is retarted you need to go fuck ur selvs. He owns all of you
apefuck 5 years ago
At least you name suits you...Ape Fuck...
thehornypuppy 5 years ago
simply retarded :)
Lucretia63 5 years ago
hmm
hes like... a retarded paul gilbert
Guitarman1234 5 years ago
KIRK IS GOD OF EVERY FUCKIN GUITAR PLAYER, IF U INSULT HIM, GO SCREW YER MOTHER WHEN SHE COMES BACK FROM MY HOUSE, ps she sucks ass, ( mine lmao:p )
otuydog 5 years ago
herman lee from dragonforce can kick kirks ass upside down
i play guitar and dont pull this post your self up because cz i dont have to and i dont have a camera
they sucks after they use up all of dave riffs and these faggets talks shit about power metal and death metal,i think he cant play that good because he plays the same scale for every solo
testement is better then fagllica because they never change and make there own music un like some bands
Mitsuteru 5 years ago
Herman Lee?? you mean that little chinese Fag.. Oh yeah lame ass dragonforce... they fucking suck thats like really fast lame guitar playing at its finest. those two characters have NO Feeling to guitar at all
Not to mention they fuck up ALOT!!
Not even sure you could consider that chink on the same level of kirk. kirk gets messy but not dragonforce messy
DRAGTHINEWATER 5 years ago
kirk cant SHRED as well as herman can in speaking of shred kirk cant at all and if he does again its the same scale dude are u like 14-18? or just fucking one tracked mined and been playing the guitar for 3 months? and and if you dont like lee i guess u can say that fast playing lame guitar crap to yngwie's face
all bullshit aside kirk is not that good and skilled like steve vai,that guy to me is the best-from shred to melodic shit to fucking crazy ass noise's
Mitsuteru 5 years ago
Do you play guitar kid? with 2,700 videos watched it looks like you watch you tube more than you do anything!quite possibly! I've been playing guitar for 15 years. Fast is great but If I'm gonna listen to shred it's gonna be some Paul gilbert and not any shit dragonforce or yngvie who both are just plain arrogant guitarist! Fuck do you even know what scale he plays in all the time as you say...Does your mother Know you spend so much time on this Damn computer?
DRAGTHINEWATER 5 years ago
Ok
1.) he's playing in front of thousands of SCREAMING people of course you won't be able to hear anything.
2.) The quality of this video sucks ass.
3.) Metallica is better than Megadeth
4.) No one beats Cliff.
BlackGoat1337 5 years ago
kirk is god.
epepep 5 years ago
yeah of course you cant hear it its a solo on live stage
bloodskall7 5 years ago
Upload your vid to prove what u said kid 8-|
I blame the sound quality of the clip. Go Kirk! Go Metallica!
Balabum 5 years ago
This Metallica video footage of Kirk's guitar solo was from "Binge & Purge" DVD, by the way. I don't think he ever messed up his guitar solo thing.
alan1963 6 years ago
i can play that solo:O im only 13 soon 14 ... lol its not that bad... i really like the solo:P
paatito 6 years ago
Yo you serious you only 13 or 14!how long you been playing!Man get a video if you playing that shit i wanna see it for meself!iu beleive you but put that video on man!
Guitarmax 5 years ago
yeah jimmy's right u a-holes..i think u can't even play like it even if u think it sucks like that.. kirk's contribution 2 metallica is a legacy a-holes!!! kirk rules!!!
Codsrock 6 years ago
hammetts ruthless u guys dont no what ur talkin about yo, u fuckin play that then if you think he sucks so bad, or make something up thats sick like that
JimmyThompson 6 years ago
its a terrible solo, he doesnt allow for the sound to come out. he is just screeching it. not very good
nuit 6 years ago
wow you're a faggot it's better than you're stupid ass that's probably never picked up a fucking guitar. go play warcraft with your homosexual friends.
oldpunker182 6 years ago
I agree with you. He has so much saturation (sounds buzzy)that anything he does will kind of fit in even if he's striking bad notes. Pretty good on some levels. Seems to have the shred thing going on. Ironic that he would do Hendrix which he doesn't have a true feel for.
RADD13 5 years ago
he definitely had an adrenaline rush.. heh, he still kicks ass though! rock on!
metalhead423 6 years ago
kirk is just fukin shit
dimesatch 6 years ago
crappy ass solo
xaceofspadesx 6 years ago
Cool video. Badass solo.
MexicanMetlAC 6 years ago