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  • Well Paul gilbert singing jumping jack flash it's awesome too (and I'll risk to say it's better than kotzen's vocals IMO...)

  • Richie Kotzen is one of the biggest underrated talents of my generation

  • What a great assembly of players. Too bad there aren't any players since 1990 that can play this. The guitar as a solo instrument died when the Seattle 4 (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden) took over. It's nice to see these guys still got it. Paul Gilbert is probably the most technically accurate, guess that happens when you teach at the guitar institute of technology, but all three of these are great players with their own spot in rock music history

  • serious

  • richie kotzen was good but he didnt even hold a fucking candle to C.C. Deville. he is probly the most underated guitarist on the planet so fuck u i dont care wat your opions are your idiots, not including those who agree with me

  • @slaughterMr Can't tell if serious or just fucking with us...

  • @slaughterMr CC Deville? Are you on coke or crack? Man what a dipstick...crawl back to mummies breast and keep sucking till you grow up you dweeb... oh yeah I don't agree with your inane comment...

  • U listen to Ritcie u say: WOW!

    u listen to Gilbert u say: OMG GOD!

    u listen to Lynch u say WTF? was eric johnson availiable? or anyone else?

  • @Cra5hnatural o my god god?

  • NA THE BEST THERE IS GEORGE.

  • George Lynch rules! He is one of the ALL TIME greatests!

    Nuf said!

  • wow probably 3 of the 10 best guitarists together

  • Paul has the technique but George has the tone.

  • Kotzen brakes the golden rule... keep your hands off your bandmates girlfriends.. What a toad...

  • @Tnuk3 Then in that case, Keith Richard's broke the golden rule too? Dickhead, there is no golden rule.

  • @tompascoew ...I believe there is... PRAG...

  • @Tnuk3 Cool story bro.

  • @Tnuk3 no big deal, a talent like him doesn't belong in a garbage band like poison anyway...

  • stop bickering and enjoy the music.

  • Instrabation at its best. All hail Paul Gilbert...

  • the cat can sing

  • Richie Kotzen is the most complete, he was a shredder before, can play anything outside the circle. he plays blues jazz rock fusion and Rnb and can sing better... Paul plays the same harmonic minor pentatonic and blues scales and a good singer too. Lynch just stock with the metal styles he's good in Dokken though

  • @dpsd and yet, every one of them managed to get a high-octane career out of their playing, being paid truckloads of money while having fun on stage. unlike alot of pimple-faced, acne-ridden kids on the internet.

  • @peterstrohm Kids....What are ya gonna do???

  • close your eyes...still u can say who's playing the solo after one another. especially George Lynch. :)

  • Lynch is far behind, sorry i love them all but the other two are real technique MONSTERS...

  • I actually think this is a cooler g3...

  • 3 of my heroes awesome

  • I can't believe people actually argue this shit. All 3 are fookin' amazing players!

  • I wish i could play as well as any of those guys,lol

  • they are amazing players, but I think kotzen is the most complete; discussing about technique at their level is a waste of time.. just listen to their sound: Kotzen can play almost EVERYTHING (rock, blues, fusion ,jazz,) Lynch and PG have the skill to play everything too, but Kotzen does it, while they just stil can. Technique is important, but not so much at that level; differently the 90% or more asian players on youtube could be considered as good as them, and obviously it's not like this

  • @raulduke85 The only thing I think Kotzen is better than Paul Gilbert at is singing.

  • @Buttanick you obviously don't know how good kotzen is, you haven''t listen to his first 2 albums.."YOu want Sweep Picking Arpeggios, Speed Picking, mind boggling legatos, dive bombs?" try to research this 1989 Richie Kotzen, 1990 Fever Dream.. he's like 19 at that time.. all things you here on paul gilbert he done that on those first 2 albums.. let me know if you heard them.. and if you're not yet satisfied.. research this here on youtube as well.. Richie Kotzen - Reh Video"

  • @dpsd That's what I don't want. Sure, Paul can play über fast with super technical licks and riffs but he's more than just that. Listen to Mantra The Lawn, Count Juan Chutrifo or Bronx 1971. Those songs are amazing. Loads of genres, cool chords, complex soloing influenced by fusion, blues, jazz and God knows what. I don't think you know how good Paul is. : )

  • @raulduke85 How dare you deny the greatness that is Gilbert! lol

  • @MiracleMan9978 i don't deny anything, they are 3 great players, but IMAO from a technical point of view they are more or less at the same level, someone is better in alternate picking, someone else in legato, or tpping, ar sweep picking, but the difference almost doesn't exist.. But if we want to talk about how much they are complete as musicians, Kotzen is the best.. not my fault if gilbert plays everything almost the same way with the same than when he was 18 lol

  • @raulduke85 I don`t agree with you.. I love MR. Big where Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen had played and in my opinion Paul is real engine in that band. I think you shouldn`t tell that PG just only can because in the world of guitar players he is one of the biggest authority. I think they all are greatest player and everyone of them have his own style.

    P.S. I hadn`t used english language from collage and I hope you will be patient and charitable for me ;)

  • @poprostukrzaku ur english is ok; ur opinion is welcome even if different from mine^^; PG IS 1 of the greatest guitar player, as RK; what I said is just that PG always played "only" rock and metal, while RK in theese years choosed to explore more genres and this is a fact: and in my opinion when you listen to them you hear this difference, because is easier that you'll listen RK playing a metal lick than gilbert playing a jazzy one.. he can techincally do it but he doesn't, this is what i meant

  • @raulduke85 Any way :D Both of them are amazing ;)^^

  • @poprostukrzaku i totally agree with you :D

  • @raulduke85 You have ABSOLUTELY right my friend.We all are "students" of players of such class....

  • @EVEROSFP1 right man; unfortunatly I'm not a student as brilliant as I wish (lol). Maybe on next life haha

  • paul gilbert & richie kotzen FTW :)

  • George Lynch anyday anytime

  • @dxvolt Fucking A right

  • Lynch rocks it! Dave Meniketti & Dann Huff can WAY outsing Kotzen, & outshred him too.

  • Sweet!

  • "kotzen" literally means "to throw up" or "to puke" in german,

    think about it when you listen to this ^^

  • @BesaidAurochs if u can play better than him did, then u can start puke.

  • It's not a matter of "I like him or I don't"... It's a matter of how talented they are... Richie Kotzen sings, as a real singer MUST sing... Paul just doesn't.... he always tries... and on guitar issues, Paul and Richie are beasts on shredding techniques.... but Paul can not be THAT bluesy as Richie is... a good example: Listen to PG playin' Satch's Boggie....

  • Is it me or Kotzen wasn't soloing for the crowd? It seems that he was more interested in showing off for the other guitarists on stage.

  • @flayshon its you... asswipe...

  • Richie Kotzen is good most is not the height of George Lynch and Paul Gilbert.

  • @NFSUsnake you obviously don't know how good kotzen is, you haven''t listen to his first 2 albums.."YOu want Sweep Picking Arpeggios, Speed Picking, mind boggling legatos, dive bombs?" try to research this 1989 Richie Kotzen, 1990 Fever Dream.. he's like 19 at that time.. all things you here on paul gilbert he done that on those first 2 albums.. let me know if you heard them.. and if you're not yet satisfied.. research this here on youtube as well.. Richie Kotzen - Reh Video"

  • yes I have every album of Kotzen, Paul and Lynch. ok

    Paul is the most technically superior. \ o /

  • how cool to be there....

  • Paul Gilbert is the best, but I prefer Kotzen due to his incredible feeling, he's an amazing player and singer!!

  • @aryinc and buddaman1971: I'm a fan of both PG and RK, and I couldn't disagree with you guys more. I can't stand Richie's voice (except on the Forty Deuce album), but I really like PG's voice on all his solo stuff. I much prefer PG's solo stuff w/vox to the newer instrumental stuff.

    To each his own, I guess.

  • RK is one of the best rock/soul singers of his generation and he doesn't get nearly enough credit. He's also a stupidly incredible guitar/bass player.

    RK sings like a true lead singer.

    PG....well....um...not...

  • @buddaman1971

    paul never sang good at all,he always trys to imitate that cliche rock voice,incredible guitarist on the other side.

  • @buddaman1971 Exactly! I remember listening to the Peace Sign CD thinking, "Richie is like Robin Trower on steroids, with a voice at least as good as Jim Dewar's." Sucks that his talent is virtually unknown in the states.

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  • They are all killer players!

  • get richie kotzen out of there

  • Kotzen is dat Lycan from the Underworld movie! xD

  • @2Funky4me So he's some pale green shit growing on trees.

  • @infinidominion

    i don't know, i met him 4 months ago and he doesn't look green at all xD

  • kotzen is a far better player... but there are still pros

  • @Guitarwannabee It's not a competition smalldick.

  • @musiccalgary haha.... Whatever............

  • get george lynch out of there

  • @dchisey Get YOU out of here.

  • @dchisey you mean get richie out of there fuck face

  • @tricksshomagic1 You're overreacting, child.

  • Kotzen is The Talent in human form!

  • @wwwena that couldnt've been said better

  • anyone have a full video of this show?

  • put these guys in their real context, and they all rule !!!

  • You will all be on the wrong side of 40 one day beotch

  • love kotzen and gilbert. for all you haters.. lynch is awesome. he has great sound. its his tone his feel that makes him great.

  • love kotzen and gilbert.. for all you haters.. lynch is an amazing guitar player and has great sound. its his tone and his feel that makes him great.

  • Richie, Paul, Gorge 3 kids in Disney World? What do you all think?

  • Look from 0:25 to 0: 40 How Lynch is Smokin and Ritchie is Like WTF,and Lynch walks up to Both of them and then they all com in together.LYNCH FUCKING RULES!!!!!!

  • Kotzen and Gilbert are such amazing performers. Too bad Lynch decided that the Esquire was the way to go, when the honest truth is that he was born for humbuckers.

  • @WashburnN4ist your a fuckin dick kotzen dont even come close to LYNCH can i take a shit on your ugly face

  • @tricksshomagic1 george lynch is the fucking shit he can outshred all of those classically trained fags!!!!

  • @tricksshomagic1 you obviously don't know how good kotzen is, you haven''t listen to his first 2 albums.."YOu want Sweep Picking Arpeggios, Speed Picking, mind boggling legatos, dive bombs?" try to research this 1989 Richie Kotzen, 1990 Fever Dream.. he's like 19 at that time.. all things you here on paul gilbert he done that on those first 2 albums.. let me know if you heard them.. and if you're not yet satisfied.. research this here on youtube as well.. Richie Kotzen - Reh Video"

  • @dpsd i did research and you are right his is the shit in thought lynch was good Richie is a lot better than lynch but Gilbert thats hard to say

  • @tricksshomagic1 It's hard to understand exactly what you mean when you type without punctuation. Give it a try.

  • Lynch - wrong side of 40's??? The dude's 55!

  • @effsixteenblock50 exactly. The wrong side of the 40's i.e in his 50's.

  • @effsixteenblock50 AND a grandfather.

  • ...wish I could have been there...

  • my 3 heroes!!!!!!!! !

  • QUAK!!!

    0:25 epic fail!!

    gilbert: WTF richie i thought that was my turn and then yours!!

    kotzen: thats right sorry both, i think i pass till next one...

    Lynch: umm, anyway!! now im gonna finnish this bar, its my turn again :)!!

  • @kolordude

    I think it was really Richie's turn. 00:13 it was Paul then followed by George at 00:16. :)

  • Is it just me or does Lynch look unhealthy / homeless? He still jams but too much booze or drugs have definitely taken there toll on him.

  • @googxmsr it's not exactly that, he is very into bodybuilding and has a tanned complexion from all that makeup he had to wear in Dokken. Plus he's on the wrong side of the 40s

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  • @googxmsr you're crazy man, Lynch looks great regardless of his age - maybe it's his distressed clothing?

  • 6 HUGE BALLS ON STAGE!!!!

  • too bad Lynch can't play with other guitarist.

  • Is it me or richie kotzen is almost becoming like zakk wylde in built? a few more creatine,no2 and dianabol shall do the trick lolz....awesome guitarist 'em all....paul needs to buff up man hehehehe

  • nah dude. cause then i'll have to buff up. stay where you are mr.gilbert! he's a beast as he is

  • @mikoalfonso Zakk? nahh more like John Petrucci... boy is gettin big.

  • @Aurelius27x haha yeah I saw a promo for his new Mesa Boogie and was like wtf?

  • Hahahah! Paul Gilbert raped them all at the end!

  • I have to agree with you man!

  • wow! gilbert and kotzen together,guitarist's for mr.big

  • I saw this show in Anaheim, CA. That Esquire that Lynch is playing totally took the balls out of his tone. Sad.

  • wooooooooooooooooow!!

  • I guess Gillan5 has never heard any of the solo albums. Like Steve Hubbard say's check out Richies solo stuff he is an awsome song writer and great lyrics too. He has more soul than any great player.

  • I wouldn't agree with their songwriting abilities... Paul Gilbert wrote a lot of good songs - you should check out his work with MR.BIG.

  • u might want to check out some of kotzen's solo albums...

  • What a very silly thing to say. I was shocked to find out your age, I would have expected such nonsense from a 12 year old.

  • What is the name of the song???

  • jumping jack flash! its in the description

  • I would have loved to see this. Three great guitarists. And yes, Richie does have a great voice. That boy can sing and play. Funny, I thought Native Tounge by Poison was one of there best releases, yet it ended up in the cutout bin.

  • ritchie kotzen can sing his ass off.

  • name a singer better than kotzen that you in rock today. maybe eric martin maybe. even paul is definitely beyond the vast majority of rock "singers" today

  • well, we all know how good a singer Kotzen is, but... Cornell, Kennedy, Hagar, Tyler, Rodgers

  • cornell's good but he's very limited kennedy i'll give you but i tend to think of him as a good singer in a rock band rather than i rock singer. as for your other listings i specified "today" they may be alive and giging but except for hagar they were pretty much as big as they're gonna be yesteryear. chickenfoot is not a band but the most epic jam session ever caught on tape

  • MMMMM, despite your very valid opinion about Chickenfoot, Sammy Hagar is still a great rock singer. Steven Tyler and Paul Rodgers were still giging at least 6 months ago, so they still count. About Kennedy, I think he's awesome, and I've never heard him singing something that isn't rock. Kotzen is an awesome singer, and his performance in "You can't save me" (and a whole lotta other songs) is just jaw dropping. But... Cornell limited????? He can't sing as well as he did 7 years ago, but limited?

  • i was reffering more to radio rock than your totally awesome examples so my argument is weakened, but i was still mainly reffering to recording projects. as for cornell, despite his undeniable talent at what he does he'll never have the versatility that other greats such as plant and tyler which was made apparent painfully on "screams"(plus to me he'll always be a greater guitarist so your argument is invalid) and i simply meant kennedy's vocal technique is more classical than most rock singers

  • I hated "Scream" but listen to "Audioslave" and "Superunknown" if you already haven't, he sings awesome!! One question: who are you referring to as a "greater guitarist"? I didn't get that. About Kennedy's technique, he still sings rock, and to me that's enough to be a rock singer. It would be like saying Yngwie Malmsteen isn't a rock guitarist, or Michael Angelo, or that Hendrix was a blues player and Morello is whatever except rock. Rock doesn't care about technique like classical or jazz, IMO

  • i was reffering to cornell. and yngie baito and hendrix practically invented rock technique. morello is a fold guitarist now 0.o

  • yeah, Cornell is an awesome guitarist, but an awesome 2nd guitarist. He doesn't play solos. He plays rhythm guitar awesome, though. But he is a far better singer, with a powerful voice, a wide range, and an original style. And he is an awesome overall musician, too. Maybe Hendrix practically invented rock technique, but there were some other players who played like that way before Yngwie and MAB, like Eddie VH, Randy Rhoads, Jeff Beck, and some others. And why is Morello fold?

  • folk is what i meant to say. anywho this debate has gone way farther than it should cornell is amazing but that i mean is he's pretty much limited to doing his own stuff. he couldn't jump in just anywhere and still sound good and screams proved that. his style was at one point unique there are now far too many soundalikes also pete townsend played rhythm but he is worshiped as a god

  • And Keith Richards is another one

  • shut up!stupid Troll

  • As a lead guitarist, I am a frustrated bass player, but like most guitarists, have terrible timing, so would be a lousy bassist. If I screw up the timing, I just say it's a 'feel' thing... or Jazz, even... ;-) Bass is so cool: We need you guys!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Well there is the Bx3 tour. But that hasn't happened in years and years. I'd love to see it come around again.

  • Why do we never see bass players have a jam out...has this to do with guitar players being natural attention seekers and ego-trippers or is it musis technically not possible to have fun with four bass players getting out of their skull?

  • why, there's a lot of bass players jammin' around, like victor wooten and steve bayley, alain caron, jean baudin, and alot more

  • I mean , let's say 4 bass players jamming in one band..

  • I agree 100%. It IS an ego thing, I am a guitar player and as reluctant as I am to say this, it is true. I crave attention and have a big ego, but I sure do love jammin. Bass players to me are Very comfortable with themselves and do not seem to need the attention that guitar players do. They are GREAT supportive people and musicians and God love them. I need you!!!

  • Thanks for your comment izzy. I just noticed I got 3 tumbsdown and just cannot figure out why that is. Do people not understand my perfect normal question or are these tumbs from snobish guitarists who are afraid to look in the mirror. I must add that I am a guitarist myself for about 30 years now and it is just something I noticed with always to be guitar players who are having fun with the more guitars the marrier the past time.

  • haha u got thumbs down frm meee :D bahahahahahahahahahahahhaha...­i play guitar too :D :P

  • maybe cause 4 basses basically sound like shit ? get a grip man

  • spinal tap

  • What a voice Richie has, and a great guitarist also..But P.G is THE GUITAR GOD!!!!

  • yeah, stunning voice, fantastic. rk&pg go together really great vocally

  • All three are BEASTS, but my fave is Lynch. His style is incredible.

  • Quite honestly, all of you ought to just shut up and enjoy the damn music.

    My gosh.

  • I loved how they did 3 different endings.

  • this was the gig and one of the reasons why mr. big got together!!!

  • two of the best guitar players in the same show! My dream is to watch a show like guitar wars but with Richie Kotzen (guitar & vocals) along with Nuno Bettencourt (guitar and vocals) and Paul Gilbert (also guitar and vocals), Sheeman (bass), and keyboards and drums I don't really know who I'd choose, but I love a good bad "crossover" and "especial featurings"... If you think I dream too much, I haven't even started talking about playing with them live and learning directly from them.... :P

  • when it comes to blues..Richie is the man!, and also advantage sings like Chris Cornell, plays like PG + SRV

  • true....

    He's one of the best guitarists and what makes him great is that the man can really sing!!!

    I 've never really heard too many people singin' live the way he does...

    He's not from planet Earth....

  • well here in argentina i met paul and richie and talk with they of rock...guitars and other guitars players...two nice guys...

    and well george is a legend.

  • George use his new telecaster fucks!!!!!!!!!

  • these guys really enjoy at what they do. i admire them all!

  • I got to jam with Paul Gilbert for an hour last year at one of his private tutorials and I can tell you, a souless speed tapper he is not! He plays with real emotion and can break into the most stunning blues style when he wants too. He is also extremely humble about his ability. Some of us should be so humble!

  • I agree with you paul is such a nice guy...I also meet richie couple years back in LA and he is such a diva ...but a really great player as well

  • Really i have to say thats no surprise to me... but well... heard of Andy Timmons? great player, great dude...

  • Paul Gilbert is a good player but the guy is a nerd...

  • All "shredders" are nerds....Have to be to sit and practice for 6-8 hours a day.

  • if u love playing so much u would to...i bet hendrix did aswell

  • you don't have to but if you love guitar playing much it comes automatic.

  • Man, Lynch's tone doesn't cut at all...

  • Dude Ritchie Rocked the house. His voice is amazing.. i wish i had his voice...or got vocal lessons from him. haha. Paul was amazing that night too. He didnt mess up at all.. The only thing i was thinking when i was listening to his effects was, Damn his new pedals cost a shitload..

  • You are naive if you honestly believe Paul Gilbert is "souless" in style. Maybe if you have tried listening to anything by him that wasn't just a jam on youtube, you'd know that he is an amazingly talented musician who can play a wide range of styles. Listen to the album "Get Out of my Yard" and then tell me if you think he's still a "souless tapper" or not.

  • Kotzen is shredding like that just because Paul Gilbert is leading the improvisation and Gilbert is all about speed and tecnique.... Kotzen is a blues man now and is way over that shred masturbation speed playing...

    Lynch should update his licks.....

  • very right dude,,i dont know why everybody gets mad when someone says that the better shredder is paul,,and kotzen is more blues and fusion i think

  • Yeah, I was thinking MI and music tech in mpls. got confused for a sec

  • They're talented as hell not saying they suck or anything, just saying those old shrapnel label guys were all the same..." uhh Macalpine plays a diordianphygirianwhatchamacall­icer in 64th notes... I'll do it faster and with more sweeping." IT just turns into a couple of guys beating off for 3 hours and blowing notes everywhere. Lynch is guilty at times too but he's a rock guy, put's a lil more feel into his playing than just " I worked on this fretting for 26 hours at MIT".

  • You must mean MI ? MIT is something completly different :p