Merce Death plays "Thunder Struck(AC/DC)" with the tesla coils

[IMadeADookie]

I guess this inspired Metallica's "Ride the Lightning"

[mrmerino101]

Now, if he could make his guitar so that it shoots out lightning bolts when he plays, he could be the most ass-kickingest superhero ever, amirite?

[iamtheonug]

Not exactly sure the concept behind this? But he's playin an instrument and he's makin music, that makes him a musician, so he has 10 times the talent and obviously far more intellegence than 90% of the rappers out there have. And if a rapper can win a grammy...., lol, then this type of audio visual music should get in easy. ;o\

[kenmabie]

cant see the stuff with the lame ass red letter on the screen

[Pujc]

5* nem rossz

[felixq78]

A nice little party trick but it loses interest after about 30 seconds.

The tone is absolutely awful so what's the friggin point of it?

Tesla's ideas were and still are monumentally important but their application here is hardly ground breaking are they?

New electronics are supposed to IMPROVE TONE not degrade it.

Is this another means of making Tesla look bad?

[Konraden]

Your mother owes you an apology for obliterating your sense of wonder.

This man hooked up an electric guitar to a Tesla coil, and the best you can say is that it is worthless? Shame.

[TheOmega11]

I agree with Konraden.

[grimchain]

@felixq78

Hes shooting fucking lightning out of his guitar. If you could improve the tone on this imagine how fucking awesome this could be at concerts.

[Gcnico]

wait where was this done? it say GGC wheres that?

[juliasb]

Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo. Google "ginza graphic gallery map" for the location.

[susitube]

Hello, thanks for watching the video.

I totally agree I couldn't play well the song. If I can excuse a bit, I just had few hours for practice the song, but even that my skill was not enough.

So, please don't argue about the point : )

[nuzuk]

Any man that has Tesla coils need not make an Excuse. DEATH RAY POWERED GUITAR BEAMS OF DOOM.

[SirDakkalot]

@susitube You are a rock god, you ain't gotta explain shit.

[KaisDragonBlade]

FUCKING EPIC.

I like the fact its thunderstruck...ah the irony.

[akamires]

im not saying the sound is shit yeah its no the best but he didnt even learn the fuckin song its just random bits played

[jsung8070]

Lightning. He is playing lightning.

Heres something. Why dont you record a video of yourself playing lightning.

You expect him to control the elements while also providing electric guitar mozart to our ears? Not everyone can be Dante from DMC 3 you know. In fact, he could have played it with his nose and it remains awesome because he is just providing a snippet of what an entire electric orcestra could be like.

If you lack imagination, google some volcanic thunder... thats what it looks like.

[akamires]

dude ur fuckin missin my point! he coudlnt play the song itself well jeez i know its fuckin litghtnin im not fucking retarded, but u look like u are

[akamires]

oh and i checked ur own video... u lack some ringing in your acoustic sound man, let the strings ring a bit, u play too choppy if u kno wat i mean, nah u dont ur gonna come back raging at me with ur long comments....

[jsung8070]

what the fuck you fucking mother fuck fuck and balls fuck rage.

and my guitar is actually fine. its the shitty asian camera i recorded it on. and the song i played was averagely done in the first place.

you crazy fucking grammer abusive dog cat something fucking swear shit crap ragefest fuck something metope.

LONGCOMMENT....

... and RAGE

o_O <--- look retarded.

[akamires]

dude shut ur fuckin asian ass up, i fuckin play guitar and i clearly know more than u because what u said made no refference to wat i was sayin.i didnt say ur acoustic was bad and secon DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT LET THE STRINGS MEAN!!! YOU DUMB ASIAN FUCK!!!

[jsung8070]

rawr! you noob . youre a noob meister! Im asian. rawr fucking rage rage - you dont know what youre talking about you crazy insane hat family fucking crap!

my strings are ring! ring so hard your eyes fall out.

my shitty camera doesnt pick up any ringing - and when it does it sounds like scratchy noise.

clearly you know more than me because i dont know how to read oooo

but - i was grade 6~7 back then. I'm doing d-1 going for d-2 now -.^

hrrrm? what is your response to that now?

[akamires]

you have to be the most retarded cunt ive ever talked to... callin me a noob?! and puttin words to try and slag me? LEARN ENGLISH!! and ur pickin is no the best because wen u play wat u play the notes meant to come one after another no stops no slip ups and you clearly pick single strings which make it sounds not as good than if u tried playing with hammer ons and pullofs so shut ur mouth and dont gimme any of that noob mester, seriously are you fuckin 10 to be using words like that?

[jsung8070]

haha, ok sorry man - ive been playing you the whole time. I just found it funny at the complete outrage that you displayed in your replying comments i just had to build up my retardness to see what youd come up with next.

Aw man - this last one was brilliant - full of hillariously over proportional anger. Oh and my english i would like to think is pretty good - better than most (I was all but born in New Zealand after all).

Haha man i dont even think someone can be a meister of noobness.

[akamires]

dude u have to be the biggest asshole ever lol

[jsung8070]

yea definately haha - oh and btw yea i agree with what you said on... pretty much everythign lol. Although i am on diploma 1 going to diploma 2 level guitar now. that part was real.

[rythmXandXbalance]

Are you really the one to say that? ;)

[Domura]

Way to be a massive retarded faggot, akamires. Congratulations, you set a precedent for subhuman worthlessness.

[DJPhrased]

akamires, you know this guy is a really famous japanese guitar player right? doubt he needs advice from some dude on the internet.. and dude, of course it sounds off, thats not a real magnet driven speaker. thats fucking static electricity vibrating the air!!! next t

[akamires]

i dont care if he is a famous japanese guitarist and i know its electricity im not that stupid but u have to admit he didnt play the song well

[kriegsdorff]

FUCK YEEAAAARRRRRR

[akamires]

dude u suck on guitar no offence.. like wen u do a gig at least learn how to play properly?

[jsung8070]

dude he is playing lightning. when you play lightning - you don't need to be able to play well when you are playing lightning. No one ever said to Zeus "Hmm, the complete control of lightning is nice, but your thunder doesnt really sound 'nice' ".

Because Zeus would then smite them with stomry fury - presumably from his lightning producing electric guitar made of clouds and ambrosia...

But, to your defence his playing is pretty average.

(And im aware its just an elec attached to tesla coils)

[3rdKrypton]

...uttter comedy.

[Behemoth2334]

I prefer amps :/

[CharlesMans0m]

I wonder how you'd mic these for proper recording...

[ZanderJSketch]

You just read my freaking mind

[Oldage429]

I think that the standard practice is to use a MIDI converter.

[fakespotter]

i think these coils are a waste of time.

[deomis]

and I think you are a waste of carbon. please recycle yourself.

[fakespotter]

lol tell me then whats so good about this

[deomis]

a new, extremely creative outlet to make music, just cause this guy blows on guitar doesn't mean the entire concept is a waste of time. the dude that pioneered this tech plays symphony music and it really does sound decent. Imagine going to a metal concert and seeing a massive tesla coil ramming sound out, along with the rest of the band.

[fakespotter]

sorry i prefer good ol' distortion. i like to hear roar talent than seeing a band make fake lightning. metal you say? i wouldnt know any metal bands that would want to use this shit when they perform.

[BrianWilliamGreen]

its experimental man, its sound art why does it really matter, go listen to some rock if you dont like it.

[BrianWilliamGreen]

who are you to say something is legit or not, i mean really you have no right.

[slutbunwallah]

fakespotter ..i'm sorry but u really need to broaden ur mind ...

[nopootTink]

ITS FUCKING LIGHTNING, BADASSSS

[fakespotter]

sounds shit though

[oliridon]

Altough the amp sound strange?

[tkudelj1]

please ,ake some tones from that guitar! this was lame... tesla coils are great by the way...

[7000Bullets]

The lightning goes perfectly with AC/DC style.

[christenme]

Some actually sound pretty good. Better than some bands who mask shitty talent with uber distortion. This chap however... just seems to be unable to play guitar lol.

[Serph113]

Sounds good to me.

[MrButtzo]

Tesla Coils don't necessarily have to sound like shit. Look up ArcAttack.

[GirlsGamesGunsGuitar]

i have now watched several of these tesla coil music vids and they all seem to be rated highly and for some reason I can't see why. Whoopee friggin do....it still all sounds like shit.

[illegalusername]

They make music by shooting out goddamn lightning, that's why

[GirlsGamesGunsGuitar]

Are you easily fascinated by shiny objects?

[illegalusername]

No, but i have had this weird affection to high voltage after i was hit by lightning while i was masturbating.

[justinb93]

such an appropriate song

[vcoborn]

FAKE!

At 0:46 you can see the lit up PS button.

[zvodd]

F-F-FAIL!

[vcoborn]

it was a joke lmao.

hahahaha people think I was serious!?

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

This has been done before, I just find it funny how people call it their "experiment" like they are breaking some real ground here. I've seen this done years ago, and many times over the web...cool trick, something nice to do in a concert. I myself have just fallen into the new trend of playing music with tesla coils via midi sound files.

[Freshjonng]

I wish he'd stop raising his hand up like he's so cool, Okay- he's just embarresing himself

"...Sunder.....Sunder...<_<...­sunder..."

[badsponge]

He probably has a shark with a laser on it's head for a pet.

[blursst]

might be good if he could play guitar

[halfmanhalfmetal]

Now, if he could somehow figure out how to make the lightning shoot out of the guitar he could pretty much rule the world.

[dvelazquez]

HAHAHA  YES!

[Paradox244]

Who cares what it sounds like? The man has hooked up a guitar to a motherfucking tesla coil. If that isn't awesome enough for you, you need to reconsider your definition of awesome.

[speeps84]

I consider music to be awesome

maybe is he hooks his guitar up to an amp and the electricity?

[DJszymon]

My definition of awesome is not just a tesla coil but a musical tesla coil. Big difference.

[Gh0sTlyD3th]

I wanna see him play AC/DC - Thunderstruck wile in a faraday cage!

[spudone]

You, sir, are a god among men. Please continue to shoot epic metal LIGHTNING(!!) songs for me, so I can come see this live!!

[Dallasdeckard]

Totally awesome! Who give a rat's ass how to "make electricity sound better"?! The guy is rocking with fucking bolts of electricity shooting through the AIR!!! How fucking cool is that?!

Damn, I swear, some people aren't happy no matter how good it gets.

A dude belting out AC/DC (get it?) with ELECTRICITY!!! That ROCKS!

[blursst]

"AC/DC (get it?)"

the ac/dc reference is too subtle - can you elaborate?

[bfap]

ThunderStruck is the name of the song.

AC/DC is Alternating current, and Direct current.

[LeixVonStewart]

Electricity!

Thunderstruck! AC/DC!

He's playing tesla coils that produce plasma, essentially lightning!

Lightning is electricity!

[blursst]

ghey

[metaldude33]

wow thats neat

[GlassofAIDS]

Okay, you have any other idea how to make electricity sound better?

[sknight8621]

1:15 looks kewl

[RomanBlyshchyk]

the only cool thing is tesla .. but that guy have to learn how to play 8-) , or do somethign with that sound , its horrible , IMHO

[viehi]

zero points, absolutely dogs turd

[msqtube]

hard to tell if hes any good.

[Fretslayer]

Sounds like Godzilla is stomping around outside! They better run out into the street and scream!

[steves2kool]

GOOOOODDZILLLAAAAA :O !!!!

[EdwoodCA]

Actually, it's...

Gojira!!!

/seriously

[SammySteele]

Oh no, there goes Tokyo!

[Fretslayer]

History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men...

[t1984t]

ten points for the blue oyster cult reference

[Davinchea]

Sounds like shit and looks average as... I don't get it?

[kmart20711]

SUNDER SUNDER SUNDERSTRUCK ~ gotta love asian accents man

[Davelopper]

cool but sound is crap

[OMFGWTFBBQLEET]

Agreed.

[bobthenormal]

Kore ga sukoshii hen nihongo demo are wa sugoi da! (Sukoshii nihongo no renshuu ga iru.)

[dudeguy707]

Maybe it sounds better live than recorded.

[HeadDrauma]

Yo should augment it with a subwoofer or something because the tesla coils seem to reproduce the high frequencies.

[Loco801]

This is kinda cool but it sounds like shit

[dracorider]

Who the hell cares about the sound quality? It's a guitar hooked up to a tesla coil. That is enough for me.

New meaning to electric guitar right there.

[epilectrik]

Actually, people have been doing this for years. You guys should check out ArcAttack. They have been doing tesla music since 2005, *and* their music is good too.

[dracorider]

Oh? Well I live in a hole so I wouldn't know. :P

[Loco801]

Me, because you cant even tell if hes good. he could be messing up or playing wrong notes.

[Mordain607]

I don't think it sounds too good, I don't think it's that he's playing it bad, it's just that the lighting sound weird.

Still badass.

[alkaiser142]

I'm tripping balls! This is awesome!

[Apotheosis323]

i dont know about the whole balls thing but tripping is cool

[Rithis]

This dude can't play for shit. Awesome fucking concept though.

[iamthebyron]

This is how Metallica should have recorded "Ride the Lightning"....

[donuteyes]

iiiiiiiii don't want tooo ddiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[xxLextalionesxx]

Sounds like shit though.

[moonknight87]

i'd like to see dragon force play through the fre and the flames with Tesla coils

[Alexrose12345678910]

I'd like to see dragonforce play through the fire and the flames live and not sound like shite.

[schteve420]

that's nuts man

[RaidenTheAlmighty]

Wow, thats pretty crazy.

[giraz]

Shingooooooooooooooo!

[susitube]

grazieeeeeeeeeeee!