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  • started great but then went a bit off course. Andy Ferg's version on You Tube is still the best...

  • Nice job! You went beyond the usual "cover" and gave it your own signature.

  • once again a brawl on the fastest guitar player.

    Fuck You! but i did like this version

  • its not how play it, losers

  • i like how u made it into more of a cover. not just playing the song but making it ur own

  • good!!!!!!

  • this is living proof that most bands should be bigger than gay singers like lady gaga/man lady

  • your a good guitarist, but i didnt really like this version, sorry. the whole time some dumb cocks head was blocking the view of ur pickhand

  • suonare una canzone così vomitando le note dal buco del culo? ma per piacere!

  • el loco este les pinta la cara a todos los caras de pija ke escriben ke es una verga, genial!!!

    si no ven navos se nota ke es metal lean el titulo antes :O

  • sick cover dude, you destroyed it.

  • well played

    but... I didn't like it...

    but really good played

  • good version!

  • Sick intro.

    Rest of the song was great too.

    5/5

  • genial...

  • It shows promise.

  • Your insane!

  • I dig the Black Star intro..

  • you messed up the song.

  • it sounds like shit... no offence but definatly moonchild...

  • Good call bweezy.....moonchild does do it sooo much better.

  • i actualy like it alot THE SCALES ARE AWSOME!!!

  • Nice! Neat version of the tune...good job peeps!

  • not bad :D

  • heavy metal version of cliffs of dover great job!

  • moonchild kicks the the shit out of u play it on tempo next time godd dam it

    FUCK U. U BUTCHERD THAT SONG

  • its a cover you stupid fuck, COVER.

    its his rendition of the song.

  • @bweezysuperfast he was fucking 16 at the time give him a break! He's better than 99.9% of players that age. Just because he maybe didn't have the EXACT tone and style that E.J. does that gives you grounds to say he "butcherd" it? (spelling mishap on your part right there by the way) How about recognizing that at 16, he was well on his way to something really amazing? You are judging him as if he is 40. I happen to know the guy and now, 5 years later, he's gotten 10 times better. So piss off.

  • ick, whole song is wrong...

  • as you can see he oviously has his own sound i mean if he played it just like EJ then he wouldnt have his own sound dumbass that was a good impro....nice speed and creativity...so imo selsun you have no idea what your talking about...and i bet you dont even fucking play guitar...L0osEr

  • that did not sound good.. dont take on such a hard song if u cant play it right yet!

  • cool, but i think moonchild89 sounded more like the real thing,and only 1 mistake

  • nice:)

  • o nvm it is ephiphone !! so i have the exact guitar as him xD

  • i have the same guitar as him but mines ephiphone

  • sounds like a hard polka version

  • To all the bitter failed musicians out there attempting to bring him down, remember what it's like to be up on stage playing and enjoying the music! He's having fun and playing well even if he is using too much gain, so fucking relax and enjoy.

  • redlupus1 has the best cover of cliffs of dover, by far.  check it out

  • I lik the way this was played Very well done

  • Gregory 49,you hit it on the nail!

  • Anoether thing i wanted to say about this. You see this stuff every day! fucking shredding. What's original about it? They're still playing the same damn three notes per string. ... it's a pissing contest about who can play faster... do something original. It's about phrasing and note choice. How can you choose the notes when all your thoughts are on playing as quickly as possible. Thats what's happening here. It's just sloppy... Do something original. Check out "SSVR" that guy nails EJ best..

  • There are some guys that can play fast that actually know what they're doing to. I mean i have to give it to guys like vai , andy timmons, and espechially Eric Johnson, they're doing something different while remaining true to the music. Yngwie and petrucci man I really dislike if you take yngwie's live performance stuff slow it down to about 50% and listen to how sloppy it is. they learn a half doozen patterns and then blaze them.

  • lol they arent even playing the right notes. This could be the worst cover of this song ive ever seen. And jimi hendrix and slash are some other guys who can do both play awesome music and have some rockin speed in there.

  • heas

  • HA that little riff he played was a Randy Rhoad's spotlight solo

  • the main shiffle riff is played wrong.. and that fast shredding stuff really sounds lame.

  • gregorg49 hear probly a fuck lot better that u im just past biggner this guys like 19 or somethin jimi hendrix probly wasent this good the he was this guys age

  • define "better"? Hendrix was a different type of guitarist who played from his soul and heart. THIS IS NOT PLAYED WITH TRUE HEART ITS PLAYED TO FUCKING IMPRESS LITTLE TEENIE BOPPERS! This fast shred shit should be wipped from the fuckin face of the earth its nothing but a bunch of flash...Heartless garbage! Eric Johnson is the only one that stands out with any originality. Andy timmons isn't bad either. Satch is a better teacher then artist. Vai isn't worth talking about. Petrucci is the worst.

  • People get more opinionated by the day. What makes you so sure this kid didn't play with heart or soul? What dubbed you the know-all of what people feel and give to others? Just because you are unable to feel something out of this doesn't mean others can't. Perhaps you are the one with no heart or soul.

  • Because I didn't feel it. People are supposed to feel music, ushually in this case they arn't feeling it it's just impressive. no one dubbed me anything I'm just stating an opinion, which i have every right to do. The only thing i was stating was that not only is the shuffle riff played wrong but that three note per string thing doesn't work for this song. Then I started getting attacked. Shred is ushually preatty terrible. People crank the gain and play as fast as they can, NOT MUSIC.

  • You can't please everybody. I've seen many people play guitar just to impress. That's not what this kid is doing. Look at the way he plays. There's maturity in that. Look at another video of his half a year later. Music is an expression, just like words. Words can be altered by an accent, just like music by effects.

  • i'm thinking he's playing for the wrong reasons. I'm not saying he cant be great because hes got the chops i just think opening up a beautiful song with some tweedily weedily BS is wrong. Would you shred the shit out of a song like like a rolling stone or stairway to heaven? Not only are they not getting the original message but they're ruining the song in the process. exactly what was done here. Fucking Ruined. This isn't expression its a performance. With a blank face. Read his body language.

  • k i geuss i no wht u mean and i guess ur right he dosent look like heas really trying 2 do eneything but even if someone does play a song its just a cover right

  • and so whut its still takes more skill to do whut this guy is doing lol i play with soul all day/ blues and still its easy but this type of shit is way harder and i can feel the soul in this cus to me this speaks lol ur just and old fuck looking up shit on youtube that dosent know shit sbout shit lol ur sad i pittey u.........

  • I'm 21. Let me know when you hit puberty youngster... When i was your age and playing i might of thought this was cool to. But thats just it, it's cool, not heart. You'll learn one of these days. and according to the videos you have on your profile/youtube page... you still don't get it...

  • lol youngster im 13 teen and im 6 foot u dumb ass lol and its takes a lot of talent / soul to do this shit and i like any thing from beethoven to children of bodom lol iv seen bb king in concert and iv also seen bob seger in concert lol two great classic's in concert lol u tard go fuck ur self kk have a three way with ur thumb and index fingers douchbag lol hahaha suck this 10" dick lol not go suck ur moms lol sorry im fucking with u dont take any offence lol but ya realy i know kk..............

  • It's nice that all you can do is insult me as a response. Instead of arguing go work on your chops, you need it. I'm 6'2 by the way, what height has to do with this i don't know. Oh, and learn to spell... with an education like yours I wouldn't expect you to get it.

  • do you even know this Alex irl? don't think so.

    you have no idea

  • hes 15 in this video

  • that was awsome... fuck all this fucking haters

  • i like how u sped it up and i liked the stuff at the begining

  • you fucked up the song i know what you were tryin to do keep it original but in the beginin the drummer said that it WAS cliffs of dover.

  • dude what do you mean this is how eric johnson playes it excpt eric is more well known and this guy obviously changed it a bit to fit his life

  • This is really good...I like that you started out like Eric Johnson does live with some lead ins and some originality but the whole song was more about the speed...it sounded abit forced...like if you make it your own thats cool but then change some drums too..and make a remix type deal...don't change some parts and not others cause it seems as though you couldn't play them...while its is still really good its not a complete songs it comes off amateur like and if you didn't win that might be why

  • Dude, he made it his own... That's what guitarist's do... I would advise you to keep your mouth shut, get back to Guitar Hero, a Learn Before you Speak

  • original...i like it man! you made it your own AND kept with the spirit of the original song. very nice!

  • that was pretty awesome.

    i like how you changed it up a little too.

    kewlz.

  • i hope eric johnson doesnt watch this video

  • i hope you learn that you suck.

  • tooooooooooooooo fastttttttttttttttttt he star to fasttttttttttttttttttt

  • i hope you band lost caus you suck

  • this is a different version it works though

  • omg dude that rocked!

    it was awsome how u changed it a bit.

    that totally rocked!

  • ya no kidding he is a guitar beast

  • a little fast, but still really damn good.

  • exactly what i thought

  • nice i like how u made it just a bit in your own way very nice

  • NO...

  • well not the greatest guitar playing. i love how you added the jam in the beiguining

  • some mistakes,but...ok

    4/5

    nice dude!

  • why did you start out with Black Star with Yngwie Malsmsteen??

    Interesting improvision

  • You mean improvisation? Lol, improvision...

  • any old shred could be Yngwie tbh, he's shit

  • wicked awesome

  • THAT WAS FREAKIN' AWSOME! It's hard rock Cliffs of Dover lmao niiiice!

  • hey he's doin a song at battle of the bands as long as its good and it sounds good its good!

  • Better than anyone else could do it 5*

  • o my god wtf. the bridge is the wrong set of notes guitar out of tune or a fret too low idk but fix that 3/5

  • i donno...eric johnson plays a fairly fast version.. lil cleaner.. but i guess he composed the song haha nice job though.

  • fastest version I have ever heard... nicely played though.. how did you do in the BotB?

  • is that an ibanez he's playin with? anyone know?

  • It's an Epiphone.

  • The song usually makes people feel good but here I can't help but feel this guy tried to rape it in it's entirety.

  • You may think the song was ruined but that was a pro performance :O

  • i agree that was a very pro performance

  • both of you clearly have no idea what a pro performance is. I've only seen one decent cover of the song on youtube and thats the most recent one by a guy with the handle moonchild89

  • Did they win?

  • too fast. but otherwise kinda good.

  • tolo fast and u add alot of stuff

  • ya this was wrong he should have slowed it down. but i do give him some credit hes a pretty great guitarist.

  • the beginning sounded wrong, but its still way better than wat i can do

  • WTF

  • it was a good song and good playing, but the bridge was entirely incorrect, i dunno if u meant to do that on purpose, great talent, the tone was mediocre

  • way to ruin a song.

    Other then that it was ok, but never do it again.

  • too much distortion

  • mmm wasnt taht intro from a song by yngwie malmsteen...? yeah...it was from vengeance...then u did a solo thing

  • Great guitarist but.... the whole improvisation just killed the whole song. Never over do ERIC JOHNSON cuz its impossible. and i think you guys took it too fast.

  • intro was all half-cocked...don't try to turn johnson's excellent tone into some half-ass metal, thrash shit.

  • HAHAHAHA "Half-ass metal,trash shit"....couldn't of said that shit better!!!

  • half-cocked ;)

  • first person ive seen who can manage brilliant soloing at the beggining along with the song itself!

    5 star

  • god but the tempo ent wrong in bits, v good tho, better than i could do!

  • lol blackstar

  • its amazing but the real version is alot better

    but keep it up your amazing

  • battle of the bands? i thought that was only in school of rock =o

  • this version sucks

  • this version sucks

  • this version sucks

  • It's not too bad, but it's about a 3 out of five. I think it's just that a piece of this caliber really takes a lot more patience and dedication, you know?

    It wasn't horrible, though. I liked it well enough.

  • he plays it wrong. but still good

  • Eric johsnon is easily one of the all time best guitarist they dont call him the master of tone beacouse he cant keep a slow tempo and yes i know i cant spell i liked it a lot maybe tune down the distortion a lil

    but playing fast like johnson makes u good beacouse i cant play that and ive been playin 5 years

  • big fucking fail

  • Very skillful display! Fast is good, at least, in my opinion. I really liked this cover a lot.

    The only con is that it, while VERY well played, some of the riffs were changed up quite noticably from the original. But, either way, very nice!

  • going that fast just shows they have alot of skill nice job

  • rofl don't mind the idiots saying you played it too fast, i saw a comment like that on a video of EJ playing it live. some people are just damn ignorant, good job.

  • hey all chill maybe they only had 5 mins to play the song before getting kicked off stage for disorderly conduct.

  • Too fucking fast!! easy man!!, Eric johnson is most like a cool man, watch her videos first!!!. The main riff is not right! good luck for the next!.

    Ps.- Whats wrong with the drums?

  • awfulll cover

  • im not worthy!

  • SLOW DOWN! but u r awesome

  • too fast ! you ruins the song!!

  • why was the intro black star?

  • SLOW IT DOWN IT SUCKS! nice playing though

  • ruins the song....thats what happens when you try to make something better of a song thats already great.

  • ruins the song....thats what happens when you try to make something better of a song thats already great.

  • black start to cliffs over dover wtf... o_o

    the guitarist has to work on being precise instead of working on his speed

  • your critique almost makes u sound like u can actually play guitar... he made the song his own... thast what ur supposed to do with a COVER

  • yut they blow

  • guitarist def has chops but no point in playing a punk/metal version of dover, credit for making it his own.

  • yeah..

    You can play with my dick too stupid fuck.. so as your mom.. freeskier99's mom is a bitch..

  • i dont have a clue what happend @ the beginning but when you got to the song its pretty good.

  • Why ruin a classic? this is NOT a shredding song. Slow it down, and appreciate each and every note put into that masterpiece. Don't add your own, you're not Eric Johnson and by that performance, you're not up to editing his stuff.

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  • i bet 90% of the people bitchin can't even play any of this song at all, let alone make it their own

  • wow, at the beginning i thought: wow the guys at the comments are exagerating a bit. then i really saw it: this guy ruined the song.

  • guy has alot of talent. a little yngwie at the beginning but it sounds kinda sloppy like hes either stoned, drunk, or just doesnt give a shit. if u wanna hear a cleaner version check out moonchild89 he tore this song up.

  • Sounds Great But I'd Slow It Down A Little Bit.

  • dude that was ausowme dunno wot happened @ the very start but after that it owned

  • intro sounds like poor cover Yngwie Malmsteen 00:00-00:51

  • Omg like is suxx....

  • Like how you made it your own. Dont worry about these people who are complaining. They cant appreciate creativity. Even Eric never did it the same way twice.

  • wtf? yeah ok this guy can play.. the drummer should have said "The song was cliffs of dover, dunno wtf we turned it into"..

  • I have a few pointers.

    #1-Go watch an EJ video to learn his style, tone and pace becuase you've disgraced an awesome song.

    #2-Kill the distortion, man. What makes this song is the way the tone reverbs

    #3-Stop trying to fucking shred becuase you can't. You want shredding? go watch Micheal Angelo Batio.

    These things being said; you ruined this song.

    Die in hell. ^_^

  • nope dude! your opinion is well welcomed, but ur criticism isn't fit to his skills. actually, IMO, he plays very well and very artistic. it's his way of deploying the music with his own like. he likes the music, but he makes his own art derived from it, and i call it a great talent!music is a way of impression and expression, not mimicry all the time!

  • I thin khe was right on the mark outside of the shred part. To me all shred sounds like shit but thats my opinion. Eric Johnson isn't shred he did something completely different , that's what makes him so great.

  • stop complaining let see you do any better

    i fuckin hate people woh sit there on thier comp whineing about how bad someone does.

    if you think he sucks do a videop response

  • turn off the distortion its this song isnt good without that clean reverb tone and too much extra shred in it

    good yngwie malmsteen at the beginning though

  • completely fucked up the song, this version is an insult to Eric Johnson

  • i agree if eric jhonson seen this he wouuld flip a bitch

  • Idk what you guys are bitching about feeling, eric johnson just stands there and plays the song.

  • awesome guitar player

    but to much for this song.

    Walter Giardino and Eric Johnson not a good combination

  • This was the guitarist's third time playing live. Later on in the summer he played it again with the Maiden Austin band.

  • You guys are right, the guy didn't get vibe of the song. I think dude was just trying to show off his chops. Technically sound but lacks soul.

  • Metalheads...can't play to save his soul. This version is a trainwreck.

  • haha anyone who plays guitar and or listens to and knows eric johnson knows this is terrible.

  • nothing special, all the notes sounded pretty much right, but this completely missed the feeling the song was written for.