Jason Becker rips

[jdarby0788]

EVH dnt have shit on this dude!.

[cantaxiia]

Maestro!

[mehtabb1]

I had no idea he used such a hard anchor :O

[nes313rd]

BRAVO! JASON PROVES THAT HE IS NOT HUMAN ONCE AGAIN...........I JUST LOVE THE RIFF AT 2:03 SOUNDS LIKE BEE;S STINGING.

[alfonsgoffin]

This is awsom! Jason is a real guitar god!!

[Carvin5150CFH]

Wow.131 dislikes, how would you like to be anywhere near a room filled with 131 morons that know nothing about real music. Jason is a genius.

[shredmaster100]

jason becker is the best guitarist ive ever heard and even in a wheelchair he still kicks hammetts ass and did u know jasons illness is the same as stephen hawking and hes had als for 30 years so hopefully jason will be cured in a few years scientists need to stop trying to find higgs boson and find out how to cure jason becker so we can worship his great music again and god got jealous of jason and stepehen hawkings talent so he hexed them bad god

[timoteijedi]

The Paganini of guitar - Jason Becker...

[vhfgtiuoiu]

Anybody who likes this and calls themselves a musician, probably likes playing the biscuit game.

[psyoptica]

Jason Becker: paralyzed

Kirk Hammett: fully agile

Proof God does not exist.

[KenMacMillan]

This is what I do before breakfast everyday.

[BrokenCapo]

my fav guitarist... RIP

[Morenumbers123456789]

@BrokenCapo

He's not dead. LOL

[Blaine465]

Pretty sloppy, but, then again, I'm crazy about being clean...

[TheDiegoandpaola]

RIP ???? jason Becker live, thanks this video, more change this title 

[jacksonbaker94]

@TheDiegoandpaola "Rips" lol. Like Rips the guitar.

[fr1nkly]

a good technician, but why play it on electric with distortion? maybe to hide mistakes? first and last time I will seek out this musician.

[EstoyEscribiendoAca]

@fr1nkly Lol, Have you ever tried shredding in clean tone? it just doesn't sound right.

Check his stuff like air,opus focus,eleven blue egiptians,angel eyes and altitudes.

[Morenumbers123456789]

@fr1nkly

Or because playing an electric guitar with distortion is his preference. I, as many other people, are very annoyed by people who seek out other musicians mistakes(in this case it's not even a mistake) because they're jealous, and makes it even more obvious by having to put their thoughs in the comment section. So please, reform your way of thinking or GTFO youtube. Anyways, if this is the last time you're seeking out this musician it's only your loss.

[Carvin5150CFH]

@Theguitarplayer007 -Dude,you are one of the sheep I was talking about .You don't count. Go away. Next...

[trutekmachining]

For this man to have his talent frozen within him must have been the most frustrating tragedy. His legacy is his music. His inspiration is a gift to the world.

[MrHoopla]

I've listened to TONS of Chris Broderick. TONS of Jeff Loomis. TONS of Paul Gilbert. TONS of Marty Friedman. And TONS of Joe Satriani. And this guy STILL makes me go "Holy fuck..." every time I watch him.

[kickalion]

RIP becker

[DZkmach1ne]

@kickalion Not dead.

[kungfudragon99]

can somebody please tell me what happened to him?

[jacksonbaker94]

@kungfudragon99 He got some kinda crazy neurological disease if I'm not mistaken. He's completely paralyzed. He still makes music through some kind of crazy system. You should check out the video that explains all of that.

[Carvin5150CFH]

All who posted anything negative about this video or Jason, just go ahead and realize you know nothing about real music. Neither you or I will ever be half as good as this man. ALS or not. You should go along with the rest of your kind(sheep) and listen to the radio. -True story.

[Theguitarplayer007]

@Carvin5150CFH I will be as good as this man. Go ahead you won't I will.

[IxMAKExUxGOxLOL]

@Carvin5150CFH Actually his playing in this video isn't really that good. I would call this the worst video of Jason Becker playing the guitar.

But it's still 100 billion times better than the best I've ever played.

[Vandraren514]

@IxMAKExUxGOxLOL this video was in the 80s, on shitty equipment not up to par with todays awesome thousand dollar axes.. I think the very fact that he did it so brilliantly in those times when it was more of an underground thing is what makes Jason Becker such a transcendental musician

[bickdiggins]

I like it!but He lack feeling until the end

[AhavaRabboh]

He would probably be the only guitarist in the world who could play all 24 caprices, if not because of his illness..

[superdanlewis]

check out my cover of this piece!

[skater7744]

@superdanlewis checked it out. i'm sure it would have seemed a little better if i didn't watch it immediately after seeing becker perform it. you got the speed and everything, but i think it sounds kind of sloppy. i know part of it is because of the quality of the video, but you seem a little.... rushed. you still played it a hell of a lot better than i can though.

[superdanlewis]

@skater7744 ok, but if you listen to the violin version it is actually even faster than that, and i was trying to match it. Thanks for watching it though

[Morenumbers123456789]

@superdanlewis

No!

[superdanlewis]

@Morenumbers123456789 ok!

[PurpleDragonEggs]

how..is that guitar..still alive?

[TheSphinxy69]

1 off the most influencial...........keepiing it real still today

[SuperDbZ01]

/watch?v=wGFDWTC8B8g&feature=r­elated

Jason Becker documentary trailer

[winslowj]

Still trying to figure out how his guitar didn't catch on fire during that. lol

[astcommando]

when does the music start?

[Morenumbers123456789]

@astcommando  <------Tard

[krischrissirkris]

Jason's the modern day paganini! minus the syphillis n'all

[torogami2]

@krischrissirkris replace syphillis with als

[bionicfingerz]

JASON BECKER = AMAZING !!!

If you are into Vai Becker Friedman Macalpine Yngwie Gilbert Satriani etc ....

Download SHREDWORX at  Itunes

[J120D]

legend

[ubershredder1989]

i am the 127th dislike!!!! :)

[CarebearRapist]

Read an article about Jason Becker the other day. Dude has ALS. Sad story.

[ScottNicholasSimpson]

I have a lot of practice to do... XD

[shizzlinphil]

@widemovie It doesn't make someone ignorant or an idiot to state their own personal opinion. I just personally believe that Jason's songs are far more deep, melodic and complex than Malsteen's. I respect your opinion and even though I don't necessarily agree I'm not going to start ridiculing you,,,

[mfitzster]

Show me something that's soulful.

[coolmega33]

@mfitzster This is one of the first videos I saw him live. I was impressed, but like you I didn't quite feel move by his playing in this this piece. Check out Black Stallion Jam, Becker-Ola, Blue, Altitudes ( I highly recommend this one!), or his instrumental stuff he composed while completely paralyzed like end of the beginning, empire, higher, rain, life and death. When I first heard him I thought he was interesting, but after listening to more of his playing he is now my personal favorite!

[jarkanciofan]

@mfitzster faggot...

[mfitzster]

@jarkanciofan ....that's real mature.

[jarkanciofan]

@mfitzster so mature xD

[mfitzster]

Cool.....but can he play the blues with soul? I like players that play from the heart.

[MetalliNick1993]

@mfitzster Jason Becker is a verryyyy soulful player.

[superdanlewis]

how old is jason here?

[jhinson411]

@superdanlewis This was recorded in 1986 so he must've been 16 possibly just turned 17

[Mret1]

Me Gusta

[x85DogsOfWar85x]

anyone got a towel?dude just blew the brains out the back of my head and i dont want it messing up my sheets.

[jboydlaw]

Do you know why none of the other big shredders recording Caprice No. 5 by Paganini? Because none of them could ever live up to this!

[TrappedunderIcE7]

chuck norris can do this on the ukelele....

[megadethzeppelin]

i can do this, but i prefer not too

[ToneDeafPalmMute]

Does this guy eat his FKN Wheaties, or what? =D

[chukejaja]

a 125 idiotas no les gusta esto... .!.

[BrokenCapo]

Jst incredible.

[bebeard17]

ALS is a bitch

[Brainthrasher]

Damn if Jason Becker would play with another Becker-like guitar genius Josh Chritistian -this wouldbe a best shred metal band.

[BrianJLeong]

@Brainthrasher It's called Cacophony. He played with the great Marty Friedman.

[theclaw195]

@Brainthrasher He's in the advanced stages of ALS... He can't play anything anymore..

[Brainthrasher]

@theclaw195 I know and that's a huge tragedy, but his music is immortal and will never be forgotten. Just Josh Chrisitian from Toxik is the only shred virtuoso who plays like Becker. Check out Toxik album Think This - one of the best prog albums ever made, i think the solos will impress you.

[ThrashMetal969]

BEST GUITAR PLAYER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!

[sonicslaughter]

@FiddlerAdam There are thousands of music performance competitions around the world...and I laugh at them. Besides, those are good for promoting and spreading music and getting listeners excited about it. I guess music is competitive as far as money and consumers go.

[museman91]

damn, not even the audio could keep up with his playing

[EmotionalShredd]

poor jason these days. I think his disease came from musical- burn-out- syndrome or someething. there is scientific evidencs that you can overtrain your brain causing your brain to stagnate in different things. i think there is some link between jason's disease and his superhuman skills on guitar because of over motivation and practising the brain to overload......

[INTOtheVOID11]

He's obviously an amazing guitarist, but I've never really liked his tone. 

[geragna]

@INTOtheVOID11 I just blame it on the amps he was using int he 80's

[MRTNZZPaBLoXZK]

this is yngwie malmsteen's inspiration

[SuperrPatJackson]

Anyone know what year this is from?

[flesheatingvirus70]

wish i didnt have to work and could fk my guitars all day ....wee  look at me mommy

[silverarrowslk]

I spoke to some kids today that haven't heard of Jason!! Let them here some stuff from Cacophony which blew their minds : -). For me Jason was influenced by Yngwie which is obvious but his tone and expression eventually became far better then Yngwies. Not to mention that his melody range is far broader.

[MuhammadSweepmez]

Looks like he was a visiting a preschool for guitarists. haha "first lets DRAW a guitar kids"

[matyasd88]

amazing

[luisreyes917]

damn..............



[goodygoody23]

Thumbs up if Jason Becker is better than you at guitar...if I don't get 1,098,487 thumbs up then you're all liars

[FlackVendetta]

@goodygoody23 Unfortunately nowadays he's not better than me at guitar =/ call me a douche and all that stuff I dont care I have much respect for him but I think that he was betrayed that beast that some call god.....

[goodygoody23]

@FlackVendetta 1. God didn't give him ALS, don't blame God. 2. He's probably still better than you and me at guitar due to just composing skills.

[FlackVendetta]

@goodygoody23 he's a better composer for sure....of course god didn't, god is dead like someone said one day...

[goodygoody23]

@FlackVendetta "God is dead" - Nietzche, 1882. "Nietzsche is dead" - God, 1900.

[FlackVendetta]

@goodygoody23 LOL that was funny...but if it took 18 years to god kill him it reveals that god is not that powerful...someone like him would kill Nietzsche right on the spot (and dont come with that bulshit that god isnt a killer)... so god doesnt exist, at least for me and what I was refering to in the first comment was actually fate...genetic of course...

[goodygoody23]

@FlackVendetta I'm not going to get into an Internet fight over religion. I came here for Jason's music and I will leave here with only Jason's music in my head.

[FlackVendetta]

@goodygoody23 Yeah I think you're right we're here cuz of the music and thats all that matters.

Have a nice day,

Cheers

[Davefury67]

@goodygoody23 Thumbs up if you think goodygoody23 is an attention-whore who thinks that a few "Likes" on an extremely stupid and half-baked comment will make him popular on the internet.

[goodygoody23]

@Davefury67 I'm sorry your parents were mean to you.

[thomykosta]

@tomsey6 what who is better ???????????????????

[metalslash100]

ey ey ey what h plays at 0:08(more less) is in the crossroads solo(in the final guitrr battle) and i thought it was from steve vai....(someone cn explain me please lol)

[sdmfforever]

@metalslash100 It's from Paganini's 5th caprice, which Steve Vai borrowed pretty heavily for the Crossroads sequence.

[metalslash100]

@sdmfforever ok thanks a lot!!! =)

[LydianHarmony]

@sdmfforever Durrrrp it's speed metal symphony! which borrows heavily from the caprice.

[sdmfforever]

@LydianHarmony No, I'm pretty sure it's Paganini's 5th Caprice. It -does- say at the start the video before he starts playing. I'm sure he would've had a hand in correcting it if it were wrong.

[LydianHarmony]

@sdmfforever I was talking about the piece on crossroads...

[D1vid3By0]

@sdmfforever @lydianharmony

Lydian you must be trolling. The easiest way to clear this up would be to just look Paganini's 5th caprice up. There is a comparison between Jason and a violinist playing it in the suggestion box. Steve vai pretty much just played his version of the caprice in the Crossroads battle.

[gregogr]

@LydianHarmony Go read who was paganini and then listen to it, thenn u come back here

[MrDiggertron5000]

@metalslash100 d00d are you a complete fucking n00b? It was a composition many, many years before Vai played it in crossroads. do your research.

[metalslash100]

@MrDiggertron5000 ey you dont need to talk like that...i only made a question!!

[kickalion]

@metalslash100 you are a musical moron

[metalslash100]

@kickalion ni puta ida de ke es eso...pero supongo que algo malo

and if im right....i only made a question ok?ypu dont need to insult me!

[kickalion]

@metalslash100 you are musical handicapped

[toejam498]

gambale is better

[thomykosta]

@toejam498 what the fuck you talking nobody is better then jason idiot

[KingOfShadows1500]

@thomykosta wtf are YOU talking about? Jason Becker is not the best guitar player in the world! Of course there are people better than him! I mean, he is sure one of the best, but not the best! Steve Vai and Paul Gilbert are way better than him, for example!

[MaxvergaxS]

@KingOfShadows1500 lololol u funny

[KingOfShadows1500]

@MaxvergaxS lolololol... stfu!

[MaxvergaxS]

@KingOfShadows1500 lololololol serrana!

[KingOfShadows1500]

@MaxvergaxS serrana? wtf is that?

[MaxvergaxS]

@KingOfShadows1500 e_e

[toejam498]

@thomykosta he's ok - go home you krout

[thomykosta]

@toejam498 you cahn go home

[dienacktewahrheit]

ja jason ich hab dich lieb aber hör endlich auf

[TheConnord12]

in soviet russia, becker plays you.

[kikarias79]

Jason didn´t learned to play guitar...guitar learned to express those WOUNDERFUL melodies JASON had inside him! There´s NO ONE like him......NO ONE!!!!!

[NeilFraudstrong]

I can hardly watch this or listen to it. Every time I do, I just go, "God damn. What a shame... a total shame..."

It's very sad.

[SomeDude0nline]

jesus



[karakatua1]

@SomeDude0nline it doesn't is jesus, is god

[catapei]

i didnt enjoy this tone =/

[D1vid3By0]

Nope, comparing Jason to Lane is not even a good match. Two entirely different playing styles. The best song ever written is probably Altitudes, and no one will match Jason if you gave them an eternity. Jason has.Your comparing Neo-classical shred to Jazz fusion. It's like comparing a banjo to a violin...

[elyricc]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeee

[osiris8605]

I've seen this so many times but watching it just now... I'm blown away.

[MultiSkyscrapers]

fantastic!

[JaoquinQ]

I prefer the violin on this piece.

[XxAneurismAxX]

OMFG, have no words to describe this!!

[dhisisarya]

>.< AWESOME...!!

[Geoffzx3]

crossroads

[sonicslaughter]

Jason Becker's guitar playing is great. He isn't "better" than Malmsteen or Vai; music isn't a contest. It's an art, not a sport. All the guitarists mentioned in comparisons here are unique and talented in their own right. It's sad that ALS took away Jason's ability to play guitar, but I think it's extremely fortunate that he made the contributions to guitar music that he did in the short time he had to do it.

[Coops931]

@sonicslaughter do you think malmsteen and vai were as good as him back in the late 80s, its a tough call. Anyway, its hard to say that they are better than jason becker because that implies that your comparing malmsteen and vai to jason becker. There is a major difference between them which explains why you might say they are better than jason becker. Steve Vai and malmsteen were able reach their full potential, whereas jason becker never had the chance to because of his disease.

[TAK808]

@sonicslaughter That didn't stop him he's still writing. He just has his friends record it.

[sonicslaughter]

@TAK808 That's right, he's still contributing to guitar music. My mistake!

[TAK808]

@sonicslaughter Don't worry about it. Rock on JASON!!!!!!

[shizzlinphil]

@sonicslaughter Jason Becker destroys Malmsteen speed wise and in his compositions.

[zoso4563]

10 seconds before the video was rolling, you know he was like "hey steve vai, kiss my ass, this is how you do it."

[danielstevan26]

At The End, he is :) and we are like O.O

[MegaCockization]

@tomsey6 Jason Becker's compositions are masterpieces in and of themselves. Jason Becker has inspired thousands of people to pick up the guitar and learn to play. And I don't believe that Neo-Classical Metal is the genre you want to be listening to if you want smoothness. It's sharp, heavy and distorted, it's the nature of the genre. His sound isn't clean in this video, that's true, but not every guitarist always has the greatest sound. Jason Becker is one of the most talented guitarists ever.

[powerman5000ca]

Rip Roaringly Kicks Ass .

I knew he's Good but Damn he's Good

Thanks for sharing

[TerrorizerGrindspeed]

yngwie isnt cleaner than jason....this is on a practice amp with a portalble home video camera made in the 80s......lmao listen to jasons stuff in the studio and live, more technical, unique than yngwie and cleaner

[kranen1]

@TerrorizerGrindspeed Becker maybe was a better sweep picker than Yngwie, but nothing more, sry man.

[goodygoody23]

@kranen1 Better composer...

[kranen1]

@goodygoody23 Have you heard Far beyond the sun and Black star? I mean, Air is a cool song. But it's not that big of an accomplishment. Not like it's the best song ever written xD

[goodygoody23]

@kranen1 Both are decent songs but don't hold a candle to Altitudes or Concerto.

[kranen1]

@goodygoody23 He's so influenced by Yngwie in the sound. Best Yngwie Rip-off of all time. Great songs both =) But Yngwie is the original :) Funny thing is, Yngwie gets alot of shit because he plays fast most of the time. This is the same. Too much sweepings.

[goodygoody23]

@kranen1 Well this is someone else's piece. Yngwie just plays minor arpeggios. Becker has played about every scale I've ever heard. Listen to Perpetual Burn all the way through, he covers everything.

[kranen1]

@goodygoody23 Yeah, Perpetual Burn is a great album. I think Yngwie wants to play like he does, and doesn't care to much about other genres or what people think of him.

[jew25624]

@kranen1

yngwie is better then the best guitarist ever alive? ehhh that doesnt make that much sense i dont believe

[kranen1]

@jew25624 Are you serious? Becker was not the best player ever, there's no such thing. I would rank Yngwie, Vai, Gilbert and the best of them all, Shawn Lane higher. Becker had a great technique and great speed, but he was surpassed in every way by Lane. In composition aswell. Then we have Govan and other players. It's about taste. But one thing is for sure. If you practise your ass off you could be as good as Yngwie, Gilbert or Becker. But nobody will ever match what Lane did. He was unique.

[konsza]

@kranen1 Yngwie is a machine, Jason's a true musician, genius I say.

[kranen1]

@konsza I would not call Yngwie a machine. But players like MAB could fall under that category ^^

[yngwieaiko]

凄い。かっこいい！！！

[BLAGBLUMBLAGBORM]

I'm sure this was eazy for him.

[proteoid]

@tomsey6 To be fair, here he is playing in his bedroom at 17 years of age, on a shitty practice amp with no effects apart from crude distortion. If you hear the original violin version of this Caprice, you'll hear that its pretty much a note for note transcription that he has worked out. Not easy.

I agree about Yngwie being cleaner, but composition wise, Becker is the man. Tracks like Altitudes, Air, End of The Beginning are simply incredible, and show great musical maturity at a young age.

[cowboyfrmhell14]

iTS better THn 0riginal :D

[xxlveritaslxx]

If he never had get so good in his playing, I could bet he never had get ALS ... (sorry my english)

[JgHaverty]

@MrSpinaterer sorry for the long ass wait on a response. Steve Vai was arranging classical music for guitar around the same age, if not earlier then jason becker. He was transcribing Zappa's music at 18 dude.

[beanerlove44]

Way too much talent..that is now gone. God bless you Jason

[GiulioRossiOfficial]

Grandissimo! Bravo Jason

[PWhiteyBojanglez]

Put up a vid response :) check my speed out

[MojoLukasKlaus]

it's a demonstration and no composition of him.

[GiantRobot197]

@tomsey6 Dude he is like 17 here.. And he never got to really play over the age of 21.. We will never know what he could've done.

[Nevigo]

Malmsteen go home..:)

[andbnr]

fucking awesome !

[Metalmuscian1]

Whats up with his left thumb nail