Richie Kotzen Rock Chops video Outro

[proliant666]

Guitar Masters use Ibanez!!!

[alkleiza1995]

Makes me wanna burn my guitar

[aryinc]

fuck,how many pick ups can you fit into a guitar:p.

[FreddyVanHalen5150]

@aryinc Thats the standard HSH format

[blackblurable]

I want that guitar, and awesome playing I guess.... pfft! Jk this guy is amazing

[juswannawatchthings]

actually want those jeans....

[tabotabojayar]

beautiful tone...

[PlayfieldOfChristina]

Damn! Everyone can shred except for me! :o( !!!

[ralfcs56]

@PlayfieldOfChristina he's not everyone he's richie kotzen :)

[AlonzoMartinez11]

bloody awesome

[mazingguitar]

this ibanez is just busty!

[atticusmalmo]

He was cool back then saw him last night it was boring kinnda like and old Eric Clapton.

[ianmustang18]

@atticusmalmo hahahaha thank God someone else thinks old Eric Clapton is boring!

[cjr2580]

This is a fucking joke!!!!!! He's blisteringly good. Probably one of the most underrated musicians of today. His music is incredible. Long live Kotzen

[TheJuanisimo]

este tipo se parece a lamsteen, solo en el fisico

[acosebede]

cool pants

[Bonkymonk]

He's matured into a helluva guitarist. He's like a puppy dog who always wants to go fetch the ball here!!!

[FuckYouVeryNice]

Too good that he switched to tele/strat , his tone improved a lot since this!

[AtanasovPeter]

@FuckYouVeryNice Ibanez is more of a hot metal tone...i personally prefer more soft and pure tone of the Fender

[kibijit]

@AtanasovPeter With all due respect, you can either tone from either guitar, just takes a little tweaking. My Ibanez can get the same twang as my Strat, and my Strat can get the same bit as my Ibanez. :3

[AtanasovPeter]

@kibijit maybe you can make it sound alike but you can't make it exact.

[D1vid3By0]

@FuckYouVeryNice

Really? i liked this tone much more! oh well, he is still an amazing player.

[neazahmed]

@FuckYouVeryNice : but also stop him legattoing :(

[JohnAngusFTW]

He definately got more tasteful with age. Skillz here though.

[poprostudaniel]

He was 18 then?! Ohh I will work on that.

[Rain593]

Why did he switch from Ibanez to Fender?

[killguns95]

@Rain593 he should keep the ibanez

[15yngwie15]

@killguns95 yeah dude..

[killguns95]

i love his guitar

[artartart]

while i was still learning how to walk.. richie was already doing this kind of stuff on the guitar

[GLK30]

Awesome guitarist but he'll always be known as the dude that got kicked out of Poison for boning Rikki Rocket's wife! ha

[planck23]

@GLK30 Hahaha I wasn't aware that he did that. That's funny shit.

[nam19771]

lol yeah!

[GuysSeriously]

He grew out of shredding and starting making real music

[eziocauda]

Number one!!!

[WashburnN4ist]

Everyone has their own "used to be able to." Give the guy a break, he's done some awesome stuff, and he's still badass.

[delandreese]

To the ones with negative comments like no wonder he doesnt shred any more and had that stuff down in 2 years.. just ask yourself how many guitar or music vids have YOU made.. I went to see him other night and I can say in my 30 odd years of going to see shows.. Richie took them all for sheer enjoyment musicianship singing talent everything!! Only 3 guys onstage but a wall of magic sound!!!

[j2112c]

I like the finish on the guitar. you could add my ex's face to the horror show themed front for extra effect.

[jesusjerkoffisgod]

wank

[LukeInside]

yeah, he does got bored or run out of ideas with this kind of playing...but most of us can't play so clean like him...

[trevskiw2008]

pretty basic shred licks here much more out there believe me no wonder he doesn't shred anymore he probably ran out of ideas. i had this stuff down in the 2 year of playing guitar phrasing is the key.

[haubsen]

allrighty

u had this down in 2 years

ahahahah

lol dude wake up

this technique is 10+ years

[Darrell1977]

@haubsen

is that including eating and sleeping or just pure practice time? :-)

[Vinniemoore89]

hes 19 in this video

Ridiculous

[cannibalburger]

he looks like playing with something in the hands...

[thegenius92]

insane

[801332]

Really good, but I just noticed how much he hammers-on nd pulls-off.

Thats not a bad thing, but I just thought shredders picked more. :/

[stavsantis]

they do, hes not really a shredder, hes got good sweeps though

[Vinniemoore89]

????

it depends on how they want to play

Both are very difficult when played at the highest levels

[IvanBaphomet]

Ritchie es un grande!! Escuchen los discos y van a encontrar el sentimiento y melodia que tiene su musica

[rockismyfaith]

he seems a videogame

[killguns95]

r u emo

[ensil100]

No Feel, No Heart and No Soul.

[mimpilagi]

hmm in holland the same price but eirmor tiles better sound better everyting

[gistring]

i think he got bored of technical stuffs over the years,i mean i don't have any kotzen's cd but and i have seen his instructional videos and seems that he changed a lot...here he is just a monster on sweeping legato and picking....in other dvd's he still show's great technic but here he is better in my opinion...speed wise obliviously..cause he still have awesome vibrato and overall touch

[apollominor]

i want that pinball machine

[johanlr]

borring!!!

[apollominor]

for something so technical, it sure makes a cool tune.

[joekoop]

k grande kotzen..desde argentina mirando al rey.

[ledguerra]

Digo lo mismo loco!

[mimpilagi]

D DARIO? USE EARNIE BALL

[ibanezbloke]

To each his own. I love d'addario's myself, but if you have the money get elixir long life strings!

[trashedlostandhungry]

yeah ernieballs(€4.5) are tons cheaper than d'addarios(€10!) and they're way better and they last long

[cnmaster01]

d'darrios are cheaper in the us esp. in bulk. IMO they are better though i do wish they lasted as long as EBs

[joesperlingusa]

those are some of the coolest pants ever (CHECK OUT VIDS)

[BrianMorrison71]

Yes and now he looks and talks like Jack Sparrow...He's not british is he? I mean, he doesn't have an accent here...

[superseyirci]

he got everything technically down by he was 17 and now he evolved musically

[Ubervlad]

cool jeans!

[encguitarist]

those legato licks are crazy!

[cglcon]

yea man i love string skipping involved as well, gives you that crazy computer sound !

[killguns95]

welcome to boomers thats all i could say

[DoubleIntruder]

He really has evolved into a very tasteful guitar player, an impressive songwriter & an awesome singer with a voice that puts many standalone singers in rock to shame..

Sadly a lot of guitar players never grow out of making widdly-diddly-divebomb noises & actually start to craft any music with these skills..

[gunthypunthy]

hes so tallented

[Pillnut]

I want those jeans!

[Dablolance]

yeah!! and me too.... and his guitar!!!

[thrasher1991]

LOL

[Blingchasty]

as tends to be for every shredders first album...but richie for 19 here is sick!

[planck23]

Richie is a fantastic player. But his whole 1st album just seems to be a collection of licks not actual songs.

[Phrygian12]

yeah it was more of a technical porno for guitarist then actual music(though there was alot of neat moments in the songs)

Kotzen even stated that he only made that album so he could get his foot in the door of label and hopefully and just as it happend get thrown in to a well known band anyway yeah his 3rd album should of been his first geez B Funk is amazing song and every thing after his 1st album is great if hes ever on G3 he will dominate each show

[planck23]

I dont know about him dominating G3 man. with the likes of Vai, Satch, Petrucci, etc. It would be a sick bill though. I would pay good money to see that.

[versierterXXL]

man he is one of the bests in the world

[rafikimetalperu]

he is like 20 o.O

he make shit on my pants o.O

[versierterXXL]

he was born in 3. Februar 1970, but when this movie was made he was 19 years old, this movie got finally finished in the biginnings of 1990, kotzen was still 19.

[RONDOC68]

I wonder how old he is in this vid?

[versierterXXL]

he is 20 here

[dtddim]

I hate sweep pickings

[pooritech]

He's as awesome as the end of the vid is ridiculous... GOD IT IS RIDICULOUS!!!

fan

[reallifeprodigy]

om g

amazing

[Hebi5159]

O.O oh my lol

[tlabel7]

Awesome guitar playing. What's he doing these days.

[krelbar]

Are you fucking kidding me?

[tlabel7]

All due respect krelbar, what kind of comment is that back to me. I've seen and been around a lot of guitar players in the past. Tell me...who are you? What have you accomplished on guitar that I could listen to. Or, are you a burn out loser who likes to complain. Play some stuff and let me listen. Or keep your foul language to yourself.

[krelbar]

When I said that, it was an expression of disbelief that you didn't know what Kotzen was doing these days. It wasn't meant as hateful. And I don't see where my ability to play guitar should come into question when I made no reference to playing technique directed at you or Kotzen. At no time did I complain, either.

Besides all that, you really need to get a fucking thicker skin.

The internet: Serious Business.

[tlabel7]

Oh my...I guess you told me. Do you feel better now? You have a real attitude problem. But, you already know that.

[krelbar]

You have a problem with comprehension.

[guitarthroat]

you kill me...I laughed my ass off about your serious business comment...People on here are fucking sissies...everyone is entitled to their opinion..

[stavsantis]

i think he meant are you kidding about not having heard of him

[cr3w1n]

I love it when you repeat the same thing then change it to different key's, So Angelican

[mistakenprophet123]

Dude is that fretboard scalloped?

I think it is ..

[BoogerBoyMeisterUK]

Just at the last four frets its scalloped, like Steve Vai's guitars.

[Phrygian12]

i think at one point alot of ibanez 24 frets were made like that.

a friend of mine "Had" a 85 model RG and last 4 frets were scalloped

[planck23]

that was awesome what he did with the whammy bar

[Devilbat]

Check michael Lee firkins on youtube and how he uses the whammy bar. you might like it

[planck23]

he has amazing hair lol

[Metalmasterxxx]

Fuck!...no words....He is the ebst. No one can top this guy!...

Look and realize he is the ebst. NO one can do it better

[planck23]

Holy shit this is all kinds of epic and awesome!!! What a fucking monster!! GREAT VIDEO

[JayBird018]

look how thin richies hands are here. if you look at the hands now they are completly different!

[Drew927]

richie is very good but i dont like the sweep picking he uses alot. sweep picking rarely sounds good no matter who plays it

[Finn081104]

he uses it less and much more tastefully nowadays - then it sounds great. spices up things.

[luvisacigarette8]

yea. this is why i think he's the best legato guitarist on the planet. and this was him in his early days. electric joy album is one of the best albums out there!

[JohnGallagherRaven]

He wasn't at all a guitarist for Poison,man.He should have played for a metal band

[bubbleabee]

how old is he in this ?????????

[16610]

About 20 or 21. He was born in 1970.

[BeyondTheGates87]

From what I've heard him play, I think he was the most technically advanced 80's shredder. It's cool how versatile he is as well.

[Fabio9x]

jason becker dude. Jason fucking becker.

[paulf1986]

he jammed with becker when he produced beckers solo album. by jasons account, richie completely smoked him.

[debarranco]

jason produced richies albums

[Devilbat]

he also has some songs with Greg Howe

[racerx3065]

paul gilbert dude. paul fucking gilbert.

[oifernando]

Por que ele nao usa a guitarra pra fazer Musica em vez de macaquices e palhaçadas, tambem com essa roupa e essa guitarra melhor mesmo e ir para o circo. liquidificador fritador.

[haraldtheman]

He's a much more modest player now, and a great allrounder. He also sings like a god!

[rmsolympic1]

Astonishing player, but, lol, it looks like he was attacked by a box of crayolas. Must've been filmed in the 80's.

[fede567]

1990

[budubum]

thas what made 80s so nioce. all about colours, fasion, rock n roll and ladies

[guitarjoe12345]

man these are unbelievable chops, and just consider how young this guy was in this video, 18 or something. what a big telent, I would never be able to do that, no matter how much I would practise. I finally put up with that, although my skills are not bad on guitar, but kotzen's level is to high for me

[Bananas1973]

Worst camera work ever!

[element1988]

anyone know what pups hes using?

[MStigter]

I'm not sure, but I guess Dimarzio ToneZone and PAF Pro. I don't know what kind of single coil he's using.

M.

[Bananas1973]

yerh 3 pink ones and 2 green ones.

sorry i couldnt resist. hehehehehe

[Lossaavedra]

hahahahhahaha

[FenderJaguar213]

Gotta love those 80's Jeans with Vixen on it! Kotzen is amazing, songwriting or shredding he is brilliant.

[shredlord0815]

Thanks for adding this video, it's quality is slightly better than ExtremeBogom's.

Man, these chops are unbelievable... together with Jason Becker and Michael Lee Firkins one of the most capable sweepers around... and my all-time favourite! :D

[livewire886]

LOL!!!! This is a good joke Richie said about one of the boogeymen on his guitar coming to get you if you don't practice your guitar lesson right! Sometimes, you need humor in order to make get things going right instead of just taking shit to serious. Thanks for posting this video up fellas!

[ExtremeBogom]

I added this already :S

[MStigter]

Yeah I saw it too late, sorry.