Crooked X - Nightmare

[MrVandM]

Iron Maiden Wasted Years

[10ACandSTEVIE]

Does sound a shit ton like Wasted Years

[brady874ryan]

just learned this on guitar =)

[AriochStarr]

The riff sounds NOTHING like Iron Maiden's Wasted Years. And if it is, let's just be thankful that they're fans of Iron Maiden, and not some other group (Not naming names, but you know who you are *Wink*)

[ReiAnimator]

you ripp off an iron maiden songs you fags

[xombsqaudgaming]

@ReiAnimator lets put it this way they ripped off? no they put to use, if anything they used a famous riff and are therfore giving it more"hype", also to add its showing the world good music is out there this is a good song the bands good. i enjoy and the people who came here enjoy so pls go bitch some where else no one cares troll. least this is better than that beiber fag or fucking gaga or niki mingebag fugly skank.......catch my drift?

[shredurguitar]

Hey guys. Check out Wasted Years by Iron Maiden..... Classic eh... Hmmmmm

[xDarkAnimationx]

wasted years?

[therandomsk8erben]

Is the kid on the far left the one who played young JB in The Pick Of Destiny? XD

[therandomsk8erben]

The guy in the background is even wearing a Maiden T-Shirt! XD

Did they have to acquire rights for the riff, d'you reckon...?

[MpchermidafilhoA]

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas...ops wrong song.

[MichiganMan06]

@MpchermidafilhoA hahahahahaha well done

[AriochStarr]

I always cry when I hear this song, the intro is just so powerful, it's unreal. I love this song, it's always the first song I play on RockBand.

I would like to thank Harmonix, for including this fantastic song in their game, and I'd like to thank the members of Crooked X for making such a beauty of a song!

[nri222]

@AriochStarr You know the intro is a blatant rip off of Iron Maiden's 'Wasted Years', right?

[AriochStarr]

@nri222 I do now. I'm not exactly a proper fan of Maiden. Some songs are alright, RttH, FotD, NotB, y'know?

[mario1136]

Awesome! Crooked X is from my state :D

[InsanityIncludedTv]

oh god.. st anger snare

[MpchermidafilhoA]

@InsanityIncludedTv St Anger snare + Wasted Years intro = This.

[JerrySantiago506]

@InsanityIncludedTv LMAO.. i cant stop laughing at the fact that you called it St. Anger snare and i totally knew what you were talking about before it even came on lol

[AesirSRW]

I consider that riff a sort of tribute, but people are gonna complain all they want regardless of what anyone says

[lawlatussociety26]

funny how everyone that watches this video is ripping on these kids even though this song was written and preformed on a tape before most of this band was at their 18th birthday at a time when most famous musicians arent even half as talented as these kids

[dbzdezz1]

too all the people complaining the song is awsome ok can u do better no stop hateing these kids doin something at there age u couldnt and u mad

[Dahnahnahnah]

Certainly doesn't look like that voice fits him! ...but he's phenomenal! hahaha

[xxkillercicadaxx]

Sadly, I am older than these guys.... Yet I feel the need to play RB everytime I hear it or at least headbang xD

[jadegallegos333]

Thumbs up if you came here before rockband....

[DiegoJulioDJ]

In 0.37 Bruce Says WASTED YEARS !

[TheLucarioman88]

OMG this actually sounds like a7x versinon.they brought me here.....R.I.P. 'The Rev'

[tommydaxboxgamer]

nice music man rock on.................

[TheHeartguzzeler]

HOLY HELL!!!!!!! HOW OLD ARE THESE GUYS?!?!?!? They look like babies. Lol.

[xXMcMuffinXx1]

@TheHeartguzzeler Early teens im guessing! Drummer looks about 5 and he kills it!!

[ATXDrummer92]

Lol ur getting mad because the ripped off a "Riff". You are pathetic. As a musician these guys are pretty great considering I bet most of the people here only can play Guitar Hero and not the actual Instrument. This isb a good song for a small time garage band and I give them respect, especially cause Im sure they made good $ off this song being in Rock band so regardless of what u say,you bought the game and contributed to them being that much richer XD

[lol335353]

@ATXDrummer92 ...i really hate to bash on a good band...but they really did rip off alot of thier song from iron miaden...just listen to Wasted Years...its the exact same riff..and notes

...sorry

[TheFenderplayer15]

@lol335353 dude relly it the same rythme thats it comply differnt chords its not like they stole the lyrics and rest of song

[Kthrok]

@ATXDrummer92 I agree with you man....besides who is to say that the begining riff isn't to pay tribute to Iron Maiden. I say for their ages this kids have great talent and potential.

[samf56]

@ATXDrummer92 Im here and im in a band....so i can my play my instrument....i can play this song without a messup

[nubex101]

Does anyone else remember a time when YouTube wasn't a bunch of 10 year old losers?

[youlikeguys1]

@nubex101 amen 

[Unagi010]

So... you're gay? 

[Kumpfh41]

these guys look gay

[Skarecrow127]

...O.O I see the Slipknot shirt it's no fair it should be fully showing Slipknot is the best band EVER my opinion \m/, (>_<) ,\m/

[thesexidani]

@Skarecrow127 ...i see the pink floyd shirt i think thats the one that should of been fully shown

[willalwaysloveOHIO]

@Skarecrow127 Lame

[Skarecrow127]

@willalwaysloveOHIO no u

[willalwaysloveOHIO]

@Skarecrow127 Meh. I just don't like Slipknot. lol

[Skarecrow127]

@willalwaysloveOHIO Everyone has their own choice of music its understandable hmhm

[RichMaxwell]

The only thing I don't like about this... (despite the Wasted Years rip, and all that hater crap)... is the drummer's Snare... I hate that "St. Anger" snare sound. What's the point of having a Snare if you're not going to use the 'snares', heh

[Unagi010]

up* lol

[Unagi010]

Jesus, I am so utterly sick of all you fags and your whining and your faggy little terms like "troll" and "flame" and this ridiculous "u mad bro?" shit. Shut the fuck you, you all sound like a bunch of little panzies.

[Helldog6]

@Unagi010 u mad bro?

[Unagi010]

@Helldog6 No, you're just gay. And I'm not your bro. Get aids and die.

[Helldog6]

@Unagi010 so.... your mad?

[MissJoanJett]

so what if they took a couple of riffs, black veil brides' song knives and pens has pretty uch the same riff at the beginning of the song as avenged sevenfold's song unholy confessions.

it all adds up to make epic music right?

[008BMX]

If you looked up this song because of rock band then you need to get a f***ing life and learn how to play a real instrument

[008BMX]

If you looked up this song because of rock band then you need to get a f***ing life and learn how to play a real instument

[Hahaminotti]

this band should switch name to +

[master3183]

Crooked x = +

[dmxco]

how LAME this sh*t is. unbelievable. shame. pity this "musicians".

[TheJetman968]

@dmxco Go back to English class and learn some grammar, noob. Then you come back and troll without looking like a retard.

[insaneman001]

@dmxco These kids were 11 when they made this song. More skill at the age of 11 then you ever had. Learn how to make complete sentences you troll

[dmxco]

@insaneman001 u mad bro?

[Thephantom95]

I just played this song on Rock Band. it's amazing!

[ZGippe40GK]

sick song. Sounds a little like wasted years from iron maiden at the beginning but how is that a bad thing that iron maiden has some influence on them?? sounds badass.

[ultimatenecris]

Iron Maiden-wasted years- >> crooked x cheap song.

[Metalheads122]

WASTED YEARS RIP OFF

[Zerost]

@Metalheads122 Your life is full of them.

[Metalheads122]

@Zerost Excuse me? You don't know me at all.

[checkman601]

20 trolls

[Tigerbeetweenie]

@checkman601 Omg! 20 people with different opinions! ITS THE END OF DAYS.

[emobaby2394]

hehe love this song<3

[Hogbeast100]

wasted years cover

[odawg114]

rock band brought me here!

[FairlessSWE]

@odawg114 Same here!

[canadiannuke1]

@odawg114 music brought me here

[multibigman123]

@odawg114 :D same here :D

[darknecroshaman]

needs more cowbell !!!!1!!!!

[WaSNation]

the intro sounds like war macine by acdc -_-

[Dragons1589]

what are riffs??

[oddieboi]

@Dragons1589 *facepalm*

[Dragons1589]

@oddieboi wth??? dont mess with me i asked a question so back the f off

[oddieboi]

@Dragons1589 Aha! Your pretty funny, someone as young as you shouldn't be listening to this music, its a bad influence ;)

[Dragons1589]

@oddieboi if your a guy ewwww and if your a girl double ewwwww and i can listen to what i want and this was on my rock band so dont go there so have a nice day bon joiv style

[wardaddy73]

@Dragons1589 riffs are the parts. like the high notes in the intro is the intro riff. then when the song gets heavy thats the main riff. so on so on

[MyMetalmann]

People want to complain about Crooked X stealing riffs but every band has at least stolen one riff

[TheShredtube]

20 people are in a nightmare

[ultimateguitarist999]

sick song! one of my favorite songs, and these are kids!!

[firecracker2231]

So much better than a7x

[TheHilander1982]

bad ass song fun to play on rock band

[gpwildcats1995]

@woodyburns actually fade to black isn't a rip off of children of the damned because the similarity you hear is iron maidens remastered children of the damned and that was released in 2001 while fade to black was released in 1984 and the original children of the damned sounds nothing alike so yeah metallica didn't rip off this song it was iron maiden who did!

[DCxRocker]

all you haters are mad cause this kid sounds manlier than you

[zacktheking918]

lol i know the drummer lol i smoked with him in my garage:)

[zenzymeez]

@zacktheking918 Cool story, bro.

[zacktheking918]

@zenzymeez dude like no shit lol i knows him!!! and his uncle is married to my friends mom! ao yea dont hate off me swagger!

[zenzymeez]

@zacktheking918 There is no swagger to hate on, good sir. Your argument is invalid.

[zacktheking918]

@zenzymeez haha dude u funny ur my new bestfriend ok?

[zenzymeez]

@zacktheking918 LOLWUT

[nolikax]

"ripped off" and "inspired by" seem to be seperated by a very fine line. Am I the only one who just think it sounds awesome and doesn't give a damn where it came from?

[sharkbone6]

these guys were 14 when they made this song jeez...

[Forresttree16]

from this angle the lead singer looks like Heath Ledger

[ZombieHunter2619]

Dude, they are young and making what they like, obviously they listen to all those bands and they want to play like them and it sound fucking good. Let them be.

[SupComRaiden2]

Keep in mind that whenever someone says they ripped off so and so they could have been Justin beiber.

[TropianTV]

whats ironic is that the guy in the back left is wearing an Iron Maiden T Shirt lol

[woodyburns]

@analternatending yeah except fade to black was metallicas rip off of iron maidens "children of the damned"

[metallmilitia1]

I love the druming in this song!

[AriochStarr]

I must admit, it does sound... Metallica-ish, you know?

Like Metallica would be great to perform this, but (tbh) I'm glad they didn't, because it would sound nothing like this

This is the good stuff

[danielc1464]

they paid a great ode to the greats that they obviously love, cut them a break. Metallica for one would tell you they tried their best to imitate scorpion so? STFU these kids are metal and i love em.

[iLikeMusic23]

This is a great song. Everybody should leave them alone. I agree completely with DEATHARMY101. They're kids. They probably wanted to show some respect to the greats of the genre that made music what it is today.

[yaminashispartan]

is that a pic of them in the begging

[DarkTragedyLife]

0:37-0:57 That guitar Solo sounded really fucking sick.

[Blackaljackal]

I think the riff at 0:37 was added into the Rock Band version; it wasn't part of the original song.

[RunTyRun5]

lol These guys suck sooooooooo bad

[PierreRocheRousse]

lol turds its kinda normal to have a riff close to another one when there are thousands of bands and songs out there...and like we cared ifs from maiden they're a band like any other they probably started the same as crooked X

[XxawshumnessxX]

ppl stop geting pissed it souind like wasted years! maybe thay like iron madien ever tink of that? and this is more kickass then wasted years!

[Chrisalopalopolous]

@XxawshumnessxX

....

You have shamed every Iron Maiden fan with that comment.

[XxawshumnessxX]

o.o the singer is only like 15 wen he sang this...... O.O and this band is kick ass

[MetalorGTFO]

AHH!!! the guitar sounds soooo bad!!! GAHH!!

[fgsfds121]

@MetalorGTFO Sounds better than 90% Screamo/Death/Black Metal

[MetalorGTFO]

@fgsfds121 to you

[MisterFallout]

These guys suck giant cock hhaaha

[cccred15]

@MisterFallout and yet they still made it on rockband at age 13. quit hating. dont like it leave. They repen the OK!

[MisterFallout]

@cccred15 Who gives a fuck if they were on rockband lol! Doesn't change the fact that they suck dick.

[MattallicaOriginal]

@MisterFallout Exactly. same goes for greenday, but thats just my opinion.

[jeremiahb25]

give these kids credit there young and have alot of talent

[DEATHARMY101]

everybody needs to calm down, so these guys took a few riffs, so fking what, it's music get the f*** over it, if you don't like it don't listen to it!

[SgtEaglefort]

@DEATHARMY101 - Took a few riffs from what?

[DEATHARMY101]

@SgtEaglefort idk, people were complaining about how they "stole" riffs from maiden and metallica and shit like that

[SnipeShot314]

@DEATHARMY101 i think its pronouced "get the Fuck over it"

[Tigerbeetweenie]

@DEATHARMY101 Dude, if your going to cuss, at least grow some balls and spell it out. We all know what you're trying to say, so stop with that asterisk bull shit.

[DESTROYER68483]

im rick james.....bitch

[fgsfds121]

So today, I misheard jackhammers for gunshots, a plane flying really goddamn low for a bomb falling, and my mom drove me to my aunts place going 80 miles an hour on a mountain highway.

SCARIEST EASTER EVER.

[333alakazam]

i love how people with negative comments dont take into account the fact that, although they may think they "suck", they got a record deal at age 12. What have you done?

[TheSoonerfan444]

Yeah they from oklahoma Good job boys

[gabriel28781]

they are just kids!

[BeastieboyJOSH]

@gabriel28781 just kids with music talent unlike justin bieber

[BeastieboyJOSH]

the name should "im in a nightmare"

[Asguardia]

Great this sounds like wasted years, for whom the bell tolls, am i evil and vocalized by the son of james hetfield, very original

[Zebanamana]

@Asguardia Too bad their album version of this song sounds like ass and the band is a bunch of Nickleback wannabes

[Asguardia]

@Zebanamana agreed, and how old are these guys? fucking 12?

[Zebanamana]

@Asguardia At present? They are around 17. I wouldn't be mad at their album version if they were twelve when they released it. But they made this version when they were like 13 and ruined it when they were 15/16. Most likely cause their record label told them to. This song was ruined, but the real awful thing is Rock and Roll Dream

[abboy7474]

17 people mad cause they didn't think of it before they did

[19cjman96]

@abboy7474 now its 18

[greenishblob1]

yeh they stole a gd amount of this song but their 16 like who cares loool

[xpendabletroop]

ok first of all i would like to see all u people flaming this band do better then them... o wait u can't cuz i never heard of any of u dumbasses before ur just jelous cuz they r better then u and also they aren't ripping off shit u just keep comparing them to every old band so u don't have to like the new stuff. so just get over urself and enjoy the music ;)

[just4joebob]

Yeah it maybe similar to a lot of other metal songs, but compared to the screamo alternative mixed bands at my highschool, I would rather take this ANY DAY.

[MattallicaOriginal]

fucking shit man.these guys ripped off Maiden (wasted years), Sabbath(N.I.B), and fucking metallica(fade to black)...fucking shit man

[TheCapsyah]

@MattallicaOriginal ik and alot of people like them for this song

[rundotbat]

@MattallicaOriginal "ripped off". mhm. good artists borrow, great artists steal. i like the way you faggots are always like "beiber sucks, real metal will prevail" on everything, then we get a new, young group of artists producing non-screamo metal, and you bitch about that too. No wonder metal is slowly dying, you fuckers are retarded.

[MattallicaOriginal]

Really? hmm..no where in my comment did i even mention beiber. and the intro to this song sooo doesnt sound like wasted years.dude shut the fuck up and think about what you are gonna comment on and bitch to me about how metal is slowly dying becuase of us fuckers. This is definately going to bring back metal right? A bunch of generic "metal" bands like this..fuck off..as stated by you, " No wonder metal is slowly dying, you fuckers are retarded."-stay metal

[rundotbat]

@MattallicaOriginal <-- trololol

[MattallicaOriginal]

@rundotbat why are you still messaging me man?

[sexuallobster134679]

@MattallicaOriginal I guess I see the Fade to Black, and Wasted Years (very vaguely) but where's the N.I.B. ? :S

[sexuallobster134679]

@MattallicaOriginal I guess I see the Fade to Black, and Wasted Years (very vaguely) but where's the N.I.B. ? :S

Never mind I listened to the whole thing D;

YOU'RE RIGHT!

[MattallicaOriginal]

@sexuallobster134679 yeah i know. such originality haha

[ravenstrike710]

@MattallicaOriginal duh who do think are their major inspirations at least their into good music and not bieber or some shit

[MattallicaOriginal]

@ravenstrike710 yes very true but inspiration is different from copying shit.yeah ill give them that.

[bradboy1307]

@MattallicaOriginal ok, they took riffs, and drumlines, but added their own lyrics to it, making it their own, shove off dude, i wish i was playing with them, im 16 still looking for a band

[MattallicaOriginal]

@bradboy1307 oh of course.how about i take the intro to master of puppets then follow it by the trooper and then finish off with the solos to hangar 18 then just change the lyrics.so original man.. and i would rather be playing shit that i like than be playing some generic shit like this man.and good luck to u finding a band.i finally joined a band about 2 years ago..and im 16 too..whatever that has to do with the conversation haha..

[analternatending]

@MattallicaOriginal boo fucking hoo... theyr also really young

[MattallicaOriginal]

@analternatending boo fucking hoo... i went over this bullshit already with other people so dont fucking start this shit again.

[analternatending]

@MattallicaOriginal im sorry but i find no resemblance to nib at all. it does sound similar to wasted years, but its a different picking style. fade to black is also ther, the difference being the notes used, and the fact that metallica wasnt using chords for it

[TheShredtube]

17 people are in a nightmare

[TheCapsyah]

@TheShredtube FUck u this whole song is stolen from fade to black and wasted years

[hanley888]

over 200 gigs, when they were only 16.

suck on that shit haters

[aglaiaqueen17]

teh guitar does sound similar but the beginning isnt completely the same... and to me the guitar here is wayyyyyy better

[12243211020]

Iron Maiden made Wasted Years 15 years before these guys. They need to come up with their own stuff.

[kautro700]

apesta no ay link

[exvade]

yeah i love the drums

[TheAmericanVendetta]

does sound a lot like wasted years...not exactly the same tho...

[gotnoskillzz]

i will say that the drums are good. but i am more than likely the one damn person that knows this band in my town. its a ''ok'' song but the rest of them fuck Shit!

[Gman55UK]

Wasted Years intro!

[shahanphoenix]

WTF?! its a TOTAL ripoff of Wasted Years!! if anyone thinks otherwise he seriously needs to get his ears checked!

[bullas056]

so much fun to play.

[nunchukr]

u guys are fuckin stupid if u do not notice this intro is a TOTAL rip off of waster years by iron maiden.. only difference is that wasted years riff has more open string palm muting than this one

[PityOnThePawn]

@nunchukr Dude, you're right. I didn't even notice it before. Suddenly I don't like this song so much.