The Fall of Troy Portugal the Man Solo Battle

[hipedhop12]

Title is so misleading. It should be entitled "history in the making."

[GhostAnimals93]

Still watching this in 2011.

[Unknownabe]

WHAT IS THIS?! BOTH OF MY FAVORITE BANDS!

[astenosebos]

@Unknownabe same here!

[Kekaiobrey]

eargasm



[Faoshao]

I wish nick showed his soloing skillz. and what the hell is tim doing lmao

[KamikazeFlim]

holy crap some many cool ass people on stage, tfot, tera melos, oldschool ptm

[Keo110]

The rhythm coming from their guitars is like a grandfather spanking a child

[dooshyfaka]

gourleys got ssoul, but thomas had some speed

tie

[wwally6973]

<333333My two favorite bands, on the same stage!!!!! :D = orgasm

[mario89420]

haha nick from tera melos doing those wacky head bobs, love all these guys

[73RULAS]

whats this song?!

[andyizfilming]

@73RULAS Tommy off of Waiter! You Vultures!

[MinorityofOneBAND]

And Nick Reinhart!!! Awesome.

[josephkiim]

look at time rocking out 1:53

so good

[dreid1955]

this very well maybe the most godly bit of video ever captured

[dreid1955]

Is that Andrew Forsman on percussion

[DaltonPaquette]

@dreid1955 Yep. You can tell by the mustache.

[SireShankALot]

Wow, those kids up front look way too apathetic to even be there. Fuck that, I would be too busy coming buckets if I saw such majestic euphony before me.

[No1karz220]

@SireShankALot Shut up.

[SireShankALot]

@No1karz220 Scratch that; eat two dicks, nigga.

[justinsanesaid12]

holy turtle bacon  @ 0:37 thats fuckin Nick Reinhart!!!

[kylepianoman]

I'm just amazed on how many musicians are up there and all that's going on at once.

[GrossBoyPornStar]

AWESOME, such great musicians

[ollie1504]

dude is this even a competiton john solos like my grandma

Game set match Erak. and if you don't agree with me fuck you my opinion is more important

[whatisinhibition]

Fucking NICK from Tera Melos, Thom from TFOT playing with Portugal? You're right Sir, this very well could be the most epic piece of video ever captured. I attended this tour on January 21st at Chain Reaction. To bad they didn't do something like this. A great show nonetheless.

[Kekaiobrey]

i wouldve came in my pants if i saw this live

[justinsanesaid12]

@Kekaiobrey i came in my pants and im just watching it in my room :D

[ThyBlob]

john gourley and thomas erak in one room!!! fuck i would kill for that shit!

i fucking cried when the fall of troy broke up. never got to see them live :(

[FollowersofDamu]

Fall Of Troy fucking sucks. No melody, no rhythm, no music. Just obnoxious screaming and bullshit. Music by little kids, for little kids. Fuck you.

[PhAtSn0wMan]

@FollowersofDamu

GO FUCKING CHOKE AND DIE YOU FAT FUCKER YOUR RETARDED YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO ONE SONG AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL, YOU PIECE OF SHIT.

GO SUCK A DICK.

[FollowersofDamu]

@PhAtSn0wMan Real mature man, real mature. You have been an awesome disappointment.

[klassikkougar]

@FollowersofDamu i bet your favorite band is creed you a-hole

[artcourtart]

@FollowersofDamu that has to be the most retarded comment ever.

[Captaintsaint]

Anyone who listens to fall of troy know thomas erak is the better guitarist. But guitar abilities does make any band better. You could have two chords throughout a whole song and it could be a hit. Both of these band are spectacular at what they do. All they need is anthony green and they woould be unstoppable hehe

[jonaismybro]

@Captaintsaint yeah tooo bad that little shit is loosing it and has always used auto tune. nobody needs that

[Captaintsaint]

@jonaismybro Go watch all of anthony green's lve vdeos and get back to me. thanks.

[TheStoryWeLive]

@Captaintsaint honestly, and i like anthony green, he does use a little auto tune on the records. he can sing really good but hes not consistent with it.

[jonaismybro]

@Captaintsaint i have seen him live on his solo tour and heard him. he can't get as high and clean as he does on juturna where he used pitch correction or else why would he need that software on cd. its a matter of fact bro, not an opinion.

[Satoshikuun]

Thomas Erak? The better guitarist.

[MrDysiast]

why must people act like if your good at guitar then you cant use youtube. i would say i could out solo them but it would be an never ending argument bout how i dont have videos. when not having videos obviously means you dont own a camera not that your lying on youtube comments. you people make me sick.

[ivoryline13]

what is this name of the FOT song in the beginning

[monso11]

@ivoryline13 its actually the song "Tommy" by Portugal. The Man

[acheong87]

yeah pretty sure this was not at first unitarian at philly or whatever someone said... it was at revolution hall in troy, ny... i was there

[Gunther4204]

i love how they just give tim a little maraca lmao

[nick038]

damn i bet this was so bad ass to see.

[MalDeMer34]

@systemofa20 I would orgasm if it could ever have a little better quality, but it's wonderful nonetheless.

[FollowersofDamu]

@systemofa20 May be true, but you still listen to terrible music.

[BeBot93]

even though Thomas is amazing at guitar, i feel like i gotta give it up to John because his solo was more fit with this song.

[ReelBigTommy16]

fucking unreal show

[7hrice]

tera melos was up there too

[Greenpizza132]

i would too dude

[Christofisgood]

I'd give my right nut to build a time machine and go see this.

[sign0up0]

why erak looks like a loooooser on this video?

[daza182]

this is fucking awesome

[avengedandres]

I've never seen Thomas with his guitar so low lmao

[OutlawJoseyWales44]

me neither...it was at his knees =P

[AKCA49]

wow, my dream show. i woud kill to be there

[rhinoceros9]

i WAS there!

it was amazing

[7hrice]

me too wasnt this in NY or NJ?

[SitBackAndDream]

it was at first unitarian in philly. amazing show

[systemofa20]

wow, i would die to be there...seriously....fuck.

[BurningTheseEyes]

Dude, T-erak is the shitttt.

[Orphen01]

Dude, what a fucking great jam!

TFoT, Portugal and Tera Melos jammin' around. Epic.

[handboi303]

i wouldnt call it solo battle i would call it jamming

[realhewdshug]

haha tom destroyed that fucking boring ass dude from portugal.

[epochcoda2]

toms gay

[brookeECHELON]

lordy almighty!! looks funn

[johnisaman]

omg i would suck a dick to see that show.

[0517bogota]

AHAHAHAHAHA

[alocaltragedyx]

is that nick reinheart in the back? he looks so left out. haha.

[anthonysjb]

i thinks so.

but isnt that him playing the first solo.

[alocaltragedyx]

yeah i think he is playing the first solo.

[brimike3]

Can he solo? It looked like at 1:03 the Portugal dude looked at him and hopped in to save him...Thomas even pointed Nick's way, but no Nick solo...suspicion

[anthonysjb]

woah.

ur askng if nick can solo?

he wuld destroy both of thm if he did.

and plus didnt he play tht litl prt at like 0:49

[punxdownunder]

This would be the best show ever.

EVER!

[epochcoda2]

john

[StratRat9]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT where was this and WHY WASN'T I THERE?!?!

[KBITheCrowing]

Damn I wish I could have been there for that

This reminds me of the time I saw Thomas and Andrew have a drum battle, wish i had footage of that

[n3ster]

john's riff at 1:27 sounds so simple yet so badass

[musmusmusmus1]

i think both thom and john have different type of guitar playing...thom have more power in his fingering and effects while john is more elegant with his own riffs...

[thexsilas]

Both of these guys can fucking rip it better than anybody who will ever leave a comment on this video, so its not worth arguing over.

[Thatfatguyfrommars]

true

[prokoptom]

that was cool as hell i wish i was there

[L1amX]

Gould should ofcourse be Gourley. bad typo.

[L1amX]

Well... the leadguitarists/singers of probably my 2 favorite bands. Altho I love John Goulds way of playing, Erak outdid him in the improv. Erak is a fantastic guitarplayer so it's not really a surprise.

[Cmills92xx]

Synyster fucking Gates and Thomas Erak..

wow..

[pepisretro]

synyster is gay and so aven-gay sevenfuck

[Cmills92xx]

stfu fagget.. erak is nothing compare to gates

[vfactor2]

Gourley > Erak

Just my opinion, both sounded good.

[bamfdced]

ya i agree with SireShankALot,

and even though they were just jamming,

i would have say that thomas won

[SireShankALot]

That is, I'd be afraid to battle Erak at his style of playing. He's hands-down the best at his style.

[jvee5]

why didnt nick melos partake in this!? he is amazing and was there. he was the one in the very beginning with the greenish guitar

[arcticpew]

to be honest, i prefer gourley's style to erak's stuff

though erak is incredibly tech

[LacesOutRenato]

Best show Ive ever been to...

Its been to years and it still gives me butterflies.

[Spiffa0]

if i ever got in a solo battle with thomas i'd turn the other direction and get the hell out of there

[epv1]

you could take him

[arcticpew]

try nick reinhart mate

[SireShankALot]

Haha, I'd be way more afraid of Erak. Far too tech to be reckoned with.

[iwazused]

1:50 LMAO tim

[phillylele]

fuck i wish i was there!

[brainfart2000]

what song is this?

[bunkrd12]

tommy by portugal. the man

[believes2]

cool, u know who won? the fans getting to watch both these muther fucker s on stage.

[fatcat363]

why didn't they let andrew play bass he is playing this little shitty instrument

[davidcarreiro17]

y would andrew play the bass???? he plays the drums.

[fatcat363]

no no no no i meant tim lol hahahahaha wat a dumbass (me)

i want to do this one day get with som other band and jammmm out as a big ass band

[SireShankALot]

Thomas Erak = pro.

[fatcat363]

devilxxxscum u suck dick piece of shit

[devilxxxscum]

absoulty sucks

[SLLAHrocks]

i love how you can see tim from the fall of troy at the very end rockin out

[BALLSrich]

im pretty sure the guitar player in the red shirt is the guitarist of Tera Melos

[GhostAnimals93]

He is.

[PentatonicScales]

haha. he's probably sitting back there saying, "well I could fuck them both up."

[p2psux5]

yeah like the tera melos guitarist could fuck anything but his mother

[PentatonicScales]

well, regardless, he's a pretty good player.

[p2psux5]

haha that was a really good reply. I personally dont like Tera Melos, but its really a matter of opinion.

[JumboJoe00]

Ya Johns playing is deffinantly a lot cleaner.

[mattyclownshoes]

it def was cleaner but way less technical. this would have blown my mind.

[thexsilas]

I saw this tour in Richmond and it was sick nasty.

[IDRcky96]

Amazing...

They are very good live.

I suggest everyone to check em out.

[7hrice]

Ya should have seen it live, in NJ, everyone knew it was goin to be a sick show.

[chiodos40]

The dude from tera melos was the first one to play something.

[seneyy]

Wait. The tera melos guy isnt playing at all. Its john from portugal. I see theres some confusion here. Thomas definitely had the better solo, but the soul out of johns guitar was just nasty, i think it sounded better.

[pandasnakeman]

john's did sound better, therefore it was better. thomas sucks. playing for technicality, you might as well be an athelete.

[mexicanhitmen21]

this comes for a guy that can't spell athlete.

[epochcoda2]

true

[nanaskyler07]

Haha look at Tim over in the back bending over with the egg shaker (0:41), Portugal. The Man are the most alive band live, they're amazing!!

[21irv21]

whats the name of this song? anyone?

[TOCaneoja]

the name of the song is Tommy and it was on Waiter: "You Vultures!"

[themayflowa]

besides the fact that this video destroys, it gave birth to the funniest, most idiotic, redundant comment battle i've ever seen.

if any of you comment battlers had a single brain cell between all of your little whiny asses, you might be able to conjure a thought along the lines of: "holy shit, i'm in an epic comment battle on youtube. YOUTUBE. i have no friends. (90% of you would ALSO have the tagline of:) i have no job. hmmm. maybe i should actually go DO something with my life."

peace

[snoopgawg]

hey isnt that tera melos way over there on the right hand side?

[yeaarrghh]

indeed it is.

[Nateytracks]

Both of you shut the fuck up. Heavensfence can have whatever opinion he likes. He should not be criticized by a stranger.

[pandasnakeman]

never said he couldn't.

[tmvfan]

I agree with the fact that Thomas Erak is one of the greatest guitarists in our generation. So is Omar Rodriguez-Lopez but you have to take the fact that he knows little theory into effect. Theory isn't everything though. Thomas's riffs do sounds Omaresque, but the guy is in his early 20's and shreds like a bad ass motherfucker. Just lay off about who's the better of the two. Music isn't played to show who's better but it's played to appeal to other people's ears.

[pandasnakeman]

i realize that, and thomas erak is shit to my ears. shredding doesn't mean anything, go chill with some heavy metal for that shit.

[pandasnakeman]

thomas erak ain't got no soul power

[harlinshoe]

That's Nick from Tera Melos. Update your info

[edudcixlsyd]

Great quality

[xmwolfex]

THIS IS NOT A FUCKING GUITAR BATTLE!!!!!

IT is infact a song that Portugal the man had the fall of troy and tera mellos join in on at a show in troy ny in spring 07! The Full version is on Portugal the mans myspace

[Poxneo]

lol andrews at andrew on the drums

[lynninator30]

lol tim ward had a tamberine

[munrot1]

hahahaha

[imbleachigo]

hm.

so is this a improv off of a solo of a song?

or just improv?

[immyourhuckleberry]

fall out troy copies the shit ouf portugal the man, they even have the same art work.sure fall of troy has more "complex" guitar, but in all honesty, whos jacking off to the other at night, that bastard playing "complex" guitar.count that shit.

[boomboombassify]

hey douche bag your just jealous cuz you cant play as well as tom and guess whos jacking off at night you buddy

[immyourhuckleberry]

im not your buddy dicknose haha:)

and i love jacking off!!:D

and if you dont, well..that means you have a vagina:)

[outlawman3000]

ignorant

[naak45]

dude the fall of troy and portugal. have completely different styles.......not even close, and the artwork isn't even close

[xheavensfencex]

....you have to be ignorant or just dumb to say Fall of Troy copies portugal the man...

[xheavensfencex]

tom erak won....for sure

[pandasnakeman]

.....not exactly

[xheavensfencex]

how u figure? thomas erak is just the greatest guitarist of this generation

[pandasnakeman]

greatest guitarist of this generation my ass. he's a piece of shit wanker with no original style. go listen to the mars volta, guess which one is the "greatest guitarist of this gerneration". plus, the fact that you have "x"'s in your screename automatically invalidates your opinion.

[bumzors]

No original style? Uhhhh...I could let you get away with saying that he isn't the greatest guitarist of this generation (because there isn't a single best and if there is then its John Mayer), but not original? Seriously? I don't think theres a SINGLE person out there with Thomas' style. Really, what a blatantly ignorant statement.

[pandasnakeman]

the majority of his riffs are gay little pull-offs and hammer-on riffs that sound like an at the drive-in riff sped up. and if you don't think that spastic pentatonic pull-off shit hadn't been done before them you're listening to too much rap-metal. there's nothing original about his tapping, the effects he uses, his piece of shit solos or his general songwriting. he's a fake fucking wanker. his shit is weak.

[xheavensfencex]

wow way to be cliche and say something about my user name. Pentatonic? you im guessing you havent played a fall of troy song or know your scales. or maybe you havent listend to a song of fall of troys beside fcpremix

[pandasnakeman]

i used to be able to play almost all of doppelganger and a few of the ghostship songs. i'm very familiar with their work, my opinions are backed up so don't give me shit about em and i'll do the same for you.

[xheavensfencex]

so if you have played their songs then you should know.....

[pandasnakeman]

you obviously don't understand..

[xheavensfencex]

wont dont i understand? that my taste in music is diffrent? that to my ears mars volta and the man portugal are great but to me the fall of troy out does them i dont care what you think about them cuz i know they're better....i guess...just get over it

[pandasnakeman]

it was a response to "you should know" as if it is indisputable fact that he is the best thing since sliced bread. i don't care if you love the fall of troy, that's all good, just don't be trying to tell me how great thomas erak is. my original comment was a joke, get outta here with that.

[p2psux5]

dude i totally agree... the mars volta and portugal the man are good musical writers overall, but when it comes down to just the guitar, erak is probably one of the most original of our time hes a muthafuckin genius baby!

[antenora1009]

too bad his style borrows heavily from Dave Knudson

[p2psux5]

yeah... whoever taht is

[antenora1009]

do a little research...educate yourself

[themayflowa]

Mr. Knudson is the present "lead" guitar in Minus the Bear. He previously was in Botch, but they split in 2002 I believe. From what I've been hearing lately, a tooon of bands are heavily Knudson-influenced these days.

[bumzors]

Please give me more shit that sounds like that. It's win-win for me because if you don't then you look like an idiot, and if you do, I have more music to listen to.

And where do you make the rap-metal connection? Has ICP been doing this for years or something? Come on, you gotta try harder than that.