Bireli Lagrene Live 91--Metal Earthquake

[Daionzrip]

Mostly a pretty generic showing, (especially from his band mates)... this isn't in any way ground breaking and doesn't "out shred" legions of other guitarists... posters who gush over this are just not well informed. Lagrene was a prodigy and is obviously a gifted player, he's not really a composer and he hasn't expanded the vocabulary of electric or acoustic guitar playing.

[marbleflat]

Bireli Lagrene is a guitar grandmaster. This stuff is playtime -- farting about. He can also work a fretless bass like Jaco if required.

[Back2Bass777]

Bireli lagrene gives me a freakin headache.

[VnzlanDude]

is that Jaco Pastorius?

[MrKartinas]

@VnzlanDude Yes he is

[danitaly]

@MrKartinas Pastorius died in 1986. I doubt he came back to play this song in 1991. :-)

[MrKartinas]

@danitaly The question is, if this video is from 1991.

Bireli and Jaco were big friends, have played together and Jaco even taught Bireli how to slap on bass. This guy on video looks like him.

[dumbletone]

Bireli est toujours aussi incroyable techniquement, mais alors cette musique.. au secour! c'est attroce, et le batteur et bassiste n'y sont pas pour rien.. Whoaaaa.. mon dieu.. On peut appeler ça une erreur de parcourt lol..

[nylonsteel]

Yngwie can never sound like Bireli and viseversa..nor would either really want too.. appreciate both cause both are the best in their craft.

[nemogre]

i want more of this! it rocks

[youbadcrazyman]

sounds like bireli is jamming on some sort of backing track instead of playing in a band. the bassist and drummer did not interact with each other.

[TheNeverendingfire]

some people shouldn't have the right to express their opinions

[BorisAtoTheK]

what about jason becker ? :)

[schmattarags]

Back when this was filmed I probably still thought Eddie Van Halen was the best rock guitarist ever. Man, I hate perspective; it makes me realize how much I missed.

I love to see all sides of Bireli. What a talent.

[headboy]

bass n drums :(((

[risingsorrow]

amazing,i didn t know he played electric guitar too

[loxiasneb]

Proud to be French, proud to be from Alsace, like Birelli, one of the best guitarist on earth !

[docoftheworld]

One of the best metal solos ever conceived by man

[bruce68]

Is it Jürgen Attig on bass?

[chinaski000]

i didn't know that he plays heavy rock too... god this guy is unbelievable!

[ymelfilm]

I think the groove is so boring on the bass and drums that Bireli could not play so much interesting stuff. There s some interesting at the beginning but later the whole stuff becomes boring all together with Master B.L.

[filtecuk]

@ymelfilm you're right it's a moronic accompaniment, sounds like euro-disco!

[nicolavaleriik6hiq]

Have you never listen Bireli Playing manouche jazz with tHE SAME Fender????? Please Listen it in Bireli and Christian Escoudè at Samois.....really IS NOT the instrument that make the player........the intrument is the 1% of an artist......

[Modes9]

You really have to hand it to the guy...he's extremely versatile. There are only two other guys I can think of who seem so comfortable in many idioms...Danny Gatton and Larry Coryell. That's good company.

[TheSparksfly21]

LMFAOROTFL!!!!! This is the first time I have seen this...and I can assuredly say that I KNOW EXACTLY why he did this hahahahahahahahahahaha This is AWESOME!!!!

[hypotheticaltheory]

@TheSparksfly21 Why he did this?

[jazzgargoyle]

Bireli faisant du métal, whoa! Merci de partager cette vidéo et bravo Biréli. Django aurait aimé le son de ta strat :-)

[atrikapa]

was he trying to mock malmsteen with the riff at 1:03 - 1:15 lol!

[markyyytaco]

not sure why people feel the need to compare every guitarist with speed to Malmsteen, even he's obviously playing an entirely different style. Bireli's jazz, Yngwie's classical. Neither would deny that, and they both have incredible technical skill and are well known in their respective genres for a reason.

as a metal fan, this never came off as.. real metal. maybe just some rock jamming, but not metal. but point is, there's no need for debate. both are incredible guitarists without a doubt.

[GuitarFitch]

Problem with Bireli is that although he is an incredible technician with a good feel, he never had his own style. It's like he can do anything that he hears other guitarists do and even do it "better" but so what? I saw him in the 80's and he was all over the place "look at me I can shred metal, I can do Django, I can play straight ahead, oh and I can play the bass (as he takes the bassist's axe)"

[MakeTeaNotWar0]

so wait. this is jaco in 91? although he died in 86?

[nenad1974]

Biréli is awesome, but he sounds much better without distortion.

[pabcq]

did i just see bireli lagrene playing metal with a strat? o.O

[dosenfutterpas]

funny :-) the nice guy from outerspace

[dosenfutterpas]

funny :-)

[photopicker]

he had the chops long before this sound made it's way to pop

[unrealbook]

fuck you bireli fuck you to be so good and that in any music style. fuck you

[Xcalith]

Woah is that Jaco Pastorius!?

[CuriousBox]

@Xcalith No.. guy on bass not Jaco...

[Scrumdilliisious]

@namtil Totally!

[namtil]

This is obviously a tune for jamming on. There's decent guitar playing over a predictable chord progression and limited rhythm section. From the sounds of it, I doubt if there was any preparation for this particular performance.

[zappfripp87]

I don´t care Ynqwie, this is incredible...Bireli...after to see this.... now and always you are one of the most versatil and coolest guitar players in the universe as well as Scott Henderson, F Zappa, Brett Garsed, Gary Moore and a very very Few more....

[EcheiTwoubadouw]

It seems a lot of people here don't get it.. malmsteen plays classical metal, he has his own style and he's amazing yeah ( big fan here)..but bireli started to play gypsy jazz when he was young, and then played EVERY STYLE he could with differents artists, and he is just amazing in all of them... thats the difference. Bireli doesn't play in the same yard than 99.99% of the guitarists. If you don't understand me , just try to check all malmsteens videos on internet, then bireli's. You'll realize.

[SleepyGypsy86]

Bireli was 18 or so when he did this and back then he was still the best jazz guitarist on the face of the entire earth 2nd only to Django. What did Malmsteen have on Bireli back then? Nothing...and that remains truth into today :)

[Pastorius16]

Who is the bassist?



[ritchiemike]

MAlmsteen foreverrrrrrrr. Birelli is very good but Yngwie is super over stratosferic.

[deepfriedpankakes]

@ritchiemike i must say that in every aspect of guitar playing and musicality Yngwie cannot even compare to Bireli. sorry to drop that on you

[thelawnmowertapes]

20 years looking for this! THANKS!

Is the rest of the show to be found?

[acakici]

he is amazing, but this video also shows how unique malmsteen is

[smuffjules]

@acakici ? Malmsteen couldn't carry Bireli's strap

[hamajuggle]

Damn didn't know he was a great metal player too

[eysherry]

I hate the drums. They suck. WTF IS WRONG WITH HIM!:S:S:S

[chetzl]

Avec cette coupe, il me fait un peu penser à Leslie West lorsqu'il avait les cheveux longs.

[chetzl]

il joue tout, la classe!!!

de Birelli esch de bescht!!!

[oyecarnal]

FOR ALL YOU METAL JERKS: forget what you just saw, stop wondering who Bireli is, go back to Yngwie Malmsteen videos, and keep being fans of guitarists of that level. please...

[PetroASR]

@oyecarnal what do you mean?

[danitaly]

@oyecarnal Don't take offense, bu that's a small minded comment, pal. I love Yngwie, and nevertheless I think that Bireli is a Guitar God.

[Neogothicmetal666]

He´s not better than Yngwie, but he´s very awesome

[SevenCircles]

@Neogothicmetal666

Yes he is, but not when it comes to this music.

He is almost alone in his greatness when it comes to gypsyjazz and even bebop though

[TheTranslator100]

@Neogothicmetal666 "He´s not better than Yngwie, but he´s very awesome"

In this style of music, it's debatable, but I'm impressed, as well as surprised that Birelli did what he just did. He could certainly hold his own against Malmsteen in terms of pure speed and technique in the Metal genre of playing. However, Malmsteen hardly comes close to Birelli when it comes to Jazz, so therefore, Birelli is no doubt the superior and more versatile player overall...

[docoftheworld]

Simply mesmerizing

[1Stratt]

anyone know what the exact model that uses Bireli stratt? The pickguard is completely white with no black line

[Hucho]

yngwie malmsteen suck on this piece of shit! throw your guitar away and die !!

Bireli is the best !!

[yngwiemalmsteen8]

who is bireli?

[JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@yngwiemalmsteen8 who is yngwie?

[b0b1919]

@yngwiemalmsteen8 HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, you seriously jest. Probably time to start broadening your horizons listening to more genres of music. I promise you you will find some new guitarists out their who will blow your mind even more than the first time you listened to Yngwie

[yngwiemalmsteen8]

beacause it is from 1991, and in the actuality ........where is bireli?

[rallyivan1234]

@yngwiemalmsteen8 Who's Yngwie?



[IsolatedDimension]

hahaha what was bireli thinking? funny none the less but horrendous. He would probably laugh to see this clip now.

[nylonsteel]

umm I LOVE birelies playing but hes out of his element here, highgain shred isnt his bag...sorry Yngwie ,Vai does this stuff much better

[sluxguitar]

Between 01:14 and 01:29 that's really impressive how fast he is

[rlholo]

Daddy can shred!! 3:56

[Scrumdilliisious]

I totally forgot how people like to force their opinions on others on youtube. Come on, where have you seen this clip on youtube? You are welcome.

[chrisbrooksmusic]

@Scrumdilliisious Like in your description? ;) Where have I seen it? It's already up.

[Scrumdilliisious]

I did not know it was up. LOL Anyway, Bireli is great. This clip is pretty funny considering he really does not play like this much. If the other clip is better quality, I will delete this one. But check out the Shawn Lane clips I put up. They are from the original tape.

[rallyivan1234]

@Scrumdilliisious Jaco was not dead, watch was still playing with Bireli

[chrisbrooksmusic]

Bireli is a legend but your call that he puts to shame all the electric shred and fusion players, in this clip at least, is a big one. I don't think I'd have the grounds to state such a thing. I think you need to give Yngwie and players like Vinnie Moore their due as they've certainly earned the kudos for their stylistic and technical prowess.