@dresio666 Not including Metallica is rather silly. Same with Anthrax. Just because YOU might not personally like them, doesn't take away from what they accomplished. Bands like Testament, Exodus, etc., were influenced by the early work of these bands. And Metallica alone, their influence on Thrash is undeniable. They were THE thrash band. Just because they moved on to other styles doesn't mean they aren't still one of the "Big 4". And quite frankly, Death Magnetic was pretty Thrash.
I play lead guitar in the band Hatriot, featuring former Exodus and Legacy (Testament) vocalist Steve 'Zetro' Souza on lead vocals. Check us out! I've got a song on my profile. :)
My thrash elite is six bands and in this particular order: Testament, Anthrax, Megadeth, Overkill, Metallica and Dark Angel. I like Slayer also, but I think they're too repetitive, so I replace them with Dark Angel, which is even more brutal thrash anyway. I also don't put Metallica higher than fifth place because their albums after 1988 aren't too interesting to me and they simply are not the best band in the world.
Last year I saw Slayer for the 14th time, Testament for the 2nd (and I feel honored for this) and Megadeth for the 1st. THAT was EPIC!! Chuck Billy has the greatest voice in metal.
Ive always felt that testament was the most technical of the thrash bands. with Slayer being the heaviest, Megadeth being the fastest, and metallica being the greediest.
I'd put them in the big 4 instead of metallica.Metallica were pure thrash only in the "kill em all" period.Every other album of theirs was actually heavy metal with just some songs with thrash elements,such as fight fire with fire or battery
Testament kicks ass! Chuck may have had some pitch problems on this one but nobody is perfect all the time. He is still my most favorite metal vocalist and long time friend of mine. we got drunk at my wedding and played The ballad off of Paractice what you preach for my first dance! My grandpa was like WTF? back in 91, and my ex wife now!
see? this is proof of good existing in modern world... we might be the most egocentric beings in the universe and capable of doing the most twisted deeds throughout history but damn it we still make some hell of a music artists(with exceptions cough cough*)
I hear ya ULTRADREW1. Had to buy the cassette over and over and when they were sold out, had to open up the cassette and carefully cut and tape the damaged part. haha.. didnt have internet or itunes back in the day..
it was a profecy in the old testament for testament to be created... inevitable faith... you know so God can tune in and listen to them... he decided to give a pleasure of the gods to humans so they came on earth, they just dont know it
I rememer having to buy this cassette tape over and over again because it never left my tape deck and I just wore the damn things out. Souls of Black changed my life.
.. and I was there.. 92 monster of rock Reggio Emilia :) when megadeath performed anarchy in uk an hearthquake had that place as epicenter. I remember a billion of empty bottles of whater flyng contemporarely .. like a great choreography. testament was for me the first time I heared some of their music and I never stopped to do it. There where people like Iron maiden, pantera, black sabbath, megadeath. pratically all bands I've always been fan of.
@Scarecrow545 Its a good damn shame that everybody rides metallicas dicks when they only made a few good albums. I mean its time for slayer, testament, anthrax, hirax, megadeth, death angle, vio-lence, forbidden, heathen, exodus to have the time in the spot light.
If I had to choose I would get rid of Anthrax and put testament in their place. But it would even be better to take the big 4 and add Testament - Overkill - Metal Church and just have one big metal fest :) And you could even throw in Sacred Reich to open up the show :)
Sinceramente no hay algo más hetérico (con h) en el Metal que esto, las guitarras tienen sabor a cielo. Alex Skolnick me fascinas. Chuck cada vez está mejor en su voz. Gran banda.
You simply can NOT get more EPIC and AWESOME then this right here.. this band is the greatest of all time!!! The tallent is unmatched in my opinion. Forever a die hard Testament fan..
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I have to agree with mavzta...
The Legacy is my favorite Testament song and I also uploaded their videoclip, but this live version sucks big time... it's like a cover by some amateur band...
im glad that they were a part of the monsters of rock.... i thought forbidden should have had a set there
NaturalDeth 1 week ago
Testament trop bon pour être compris du commun des mortels...
Destronr 1 month ago
testament deberia estar en los BIG FOUR
HAMMET443 1 month ago
fuck you Alex. I love you so much. The best guitar hero and humble as well.
kanek1982 1 month ago
lol fuck Anthrax .. ? they are fuckin better than Metallica .. Anthrax is a part from the big four ...
MrWankata 1 month ago 2
big four: testament,slayer,metallica...and...destruction?
MrFrancox44 1 month ago
the one and only true american big four: Megadeth, Exodus, Slayer and Testament
dresio666 1 month ago 6
@dresio666 Not including Metallica is rather silly. Same with Anthrax. Just because YOU might not personally like them, doesn't take away from what they accomplished. Bands like Testament, Exodus, etc., were influenced by the early work of these bands. And Metallica alone, their influence on Thrash is undeniable. They were THE thrash band. Just because they moved on to other styles doesn't mean they aren't still one of the "Big 4". And quite frankly, Death Magnetic was pretty Thrash.
poopmaster13 1 week ago
I come back to watch this performance over and over. So good.
Mentalplix 1 month ago
What great music we have right there, real thrash coming freshly from the 80's and still alive today...
Please notice the difference between this performance and Metallica playing fuel.
Chemical244 1 month ago
Big 6 (Testament & Exodus)
Blasthrash13 2 months ago 2
I love the bass line
PsychoCrusher618 2 months ago
Sorry, it's THRASH and not Trash, thanks ;-)
Destronr 2 months ago
Excellent!
TheTriunfador69 3 months ago
Chuck Billy giant of Trash...
Destronr 3 months ago
@Destronr Thrash.
IlConformistaRibelle 2 months ago
fuck....
ICantDoShit 4 months ago
someones got a frog..............
theycalledmebob 4 months ago
19 dislikes
hard to believe
ninoacido 4 months ago
Jak można TAK GRAć na gitarze ?????
Rozumiem 20 lat wstecz,
Wraca mi wiara w niektóre wartości :)))
angee577 5 months ago
I play lead guitar in the band Hatriot, featuring former Exodus and Legacy (Testament) vocalist Steve 'Zetro' Souza on lead vocals. Check us out! I've got a song on my profile. :)
Eruption360 5 months ago
@Eruption360 Great song mate!!nice work!I'd like to see more... ;)
Manos2343 5 months ago
@Manos2343 Thanks man! :) Check us out on Facebook! It's facebook slash Hatriot.
Eruption360 5 months ago
@Eruption360 Hatriot is awesome ! Looking Forward for the album !
arnometallica 3 months ago
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@Eruption360 Hatriot is awesome ! Looking Forward for the album !
arnometallica 3 months ago
@1:26 someone hits the bowl in the crowd
ragalyisp 5 months ago
6:56 chuck headbanging=awe
gggordanus 5 months ago in playlist TESTAMENT PlayLIST
This is music. Real music.
GREEKNICK13 6 months ago
they sound like Metallica the singer
vestedredsox 6 months ago
@ kevinbiss so could see that like long lost cousins at least
JerkItWithJergens99 6 months ago
this is an exmaple of greatness of metal music
konheeed 6 months ago
This song always reminds me of my friend Brian who was killed in 1992 at 15yrs old. He gave me a taped copy of this before he died. RIP BRIAN
ebraski3 6 months ago 13
@ebraski3
Sorry for your loss =/ condolences
Scarecrow545 5 months ago
One of the most under rated videos on youtube...
sequeira1987 6 months ago
At 5:59 I came
gammelpapst 6 months ago
@gammelpapst I don't blame you! It's the best part!
soad11dude 6 months ago
mustaine just writes epic lyrics especially on the first 4 albums
p8ntballermike 6 months ago
My thrash elite is six bands and in this particular order: Testament, Anthrax, Megadeth, Overkill, Metallica and Dark Angel. I like Slayer also, but I think they're too repetitive, so I replace them with Dark Angel, which is even more brutal thrash anyway. I also don't put Metallica higher than fifth place because their albums after 1988 aren't too interesting to me and they simply are not the best band in the world.
Wacke666 6 months ago
The ONLY reason Testament isn't in the big 4 is that they kinda showed up too late.
gostillerz 6 months ago
I'm agree with Blackened1994, I don't like anthrax, testament will have been perfect for the big4
eapzorro52 6 months ago 2
Last year I saw Slayer for the 14th time, Testament for the 2nd (and I feel honored for this) and Megadeth for the 1st. THAT was EPIC!! Chuck Billy has the greatest voice in metal.
DrRockso419 6 months ago
fuck anthrax put testament in the big 4
Blackened1994 7 months ago 40
@Blackened1994 lol
nektarmegadeth 3 months ago
@Blackened1994 or just make it the big 5...
weirdalyankosin 1 month ago
@Blackened1994 anthrax fucking sucks
hkreal38 1 month ago
@Blackened1994 i'll say fuck metallica
sonnic1995 4 weeks ago 4
@sonnic1995 and I'll go with fuck you
bowbert23 2 weeks ago
@bowbert23 yeah dude, exodus, testament, overkill, sepultura ...one day damn it, one day
dickcheese663 1 week ago
this band is WAY too underrated :(
lorenzo152857 7 months ago
Skolnick rules!!!
JefferySchmitz 7 months ago
Excelente intro!!!! Testament ......
MrPurulent 7 months ago 2
Fucking Epic intro i almost cried when the song started at 1:28
thrash 4 life !!!
kosk3 7 months ago 2
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no mames q roloN!!!!!!!!! barbaro skolnick!! viva TestamenT. Larga vida al metaL!!!
Mega2388 7 months ago
no mames q roloN!!!!!!!!! barbaro skolnick!! viva TestamenT. Larga vida al metaL!!!
Mega2388 7 months ago
should be big 5
chainsaww51 7 months ago
Ive always felt that testament was the most technical of the thrash bands. with Slayer being the heaviest, Megadeth being the fastest, and metallica being the greediest.
2FaceVic 8 months ago
Why a Big Four? I'd say: make a Big Five.
Chuck Billy is a better vocalist than James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine
Jon Bostaph drums better than Lars and Drover
Alex Skolnick is the best guitarist in thrash metal
I mean come on :P Testament is just BEAST
Nightwishfann 8 months ago 3
@Nightwishfann Man... Mustaine is best guitarst in thrash metal.Thats sad but true.
lesiek666 8 months ago
@lesiek666 Dude, haven't you heard of Lee Altus of Heathen (and Exodus, recently)...he`s way better than Mustaine
Drokai13 8 months ago
@Drokai13 Lee isn't even the best guitarist in Exodus. And personally, though I like him, Mustaine is heads and shoulders above him.
Sjusovaren 6 months ago
@Sjusovaren Mustaine is a godlike songwriter, but all he plays rythm guitar (a damn complex rythm guitar). Lee is better than Holt and Mustaine.
Drokai13 6 months ago
@Nightwishfann Mustaine yes, Hetfield no. But Testament should be the 5th.
sixshooter500 8 months ago 2
I'd put them in the big 4 instead of metallica.Metallica were pure thrash only in the "kill em all" period.Every other album of theirs was actually heavy metal with just some songs with thrash elements,such as fight fire with fire or battery
lolamos93 8 months ago
@lolamos93 i would do that to¡¡¡
pandaoscarin 8 months ago
Hard to pick a favorite Testament song... \m/ \m/
Thanx for posting this!
CrazyBear65 8 months ago
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Mentalplix 8 months ago in playlist WritingPlaylist
gawd!! i love this band!!
CrystalRevel 9 months ago
I cannot stop listening to this... Been playing it back-to-back for days now. Even the neighbours know it off my heart by now lol \m/
highvoltagedreams 9 months ago 2
I LOVE this video. Two of the best songs ever! Check out my cover of musical death :)
Soulsofblack 9 months ago
Gah this is so full of awesome! MD goes so well with the legacy! \m/
highvoltagedreams 9 months ago
Testament kicks ass! Chuck may have had some pitch problems on this one but nobody is perfect all the time. He is still my most favorite metal vocalist and long time friend of mine. we got drunk at my wedding and played The ballad off of Paractice what you preach for my first dance! My grandpa was like WTF? back in 91, and my ex wife now!
twinncam 9 months ago
Testament (replaces Metallica musically), Anthrax, Megadeth, Dark Angel (replaces Slayer, which is baby food compared to DA) = my personal big-4
Wacke666 10 months ago
see? this is proof of good existing in modern world... we might be the most egocentric beings in the universe and capable of doing the most twisted deeds throughout history but damn it we still make some hell of a music artists(with exceptions cough cough*)
Panahs7 10 months ago
is this a cover of la guns? i kinda heard of this song before...
Codsrock 10 months ago
@Codsrock You've got to be shitting me...
NHL6138 10 months ago
@NHL6138 nah really mate i've heard this before....from LA Gunz greatest hits....i just lost the fcking cd
Codsrock 10 months ago
My soul is off my body
is flying over the sea
next to the cluds,wind, birds ETC.
i cant not feel more free
i cant feel more good
more calm, relax
i dont need nothing to be happy
just music
THIS music
Sk8Nature 10 months ago
Chuck Billy + Tom Araya = Long lost brothers....lol
kevinbiss 10 months ago 43
@kevinbiss hjahaha its true
d4rkscourge 5 months ago
Then I guess they don't manufacture them anymore. At least they don't have this model on their website.
HavelP 10 months ago
Does anyone know what's this ESP Xplorer copy called (the one Eric's playing)?
HavelP 10 months ago
@HavelP
An ESP EXP.
themodernguitarist 10 months ago
@HavelP esp exp i do not think they make it like that anymore butt you can custom make one and have it like erics
arabianmetalhead99 10 months ago
Cool, Chuck's got a CoC Shirt!
Stillqvist 11 months ago
Alex underated guitarist should be up there with dave mustanie and kirk the ones that everybody nows
Eli12332145 11 months ago
chuck billy rules
BULLDOCERXXX 11 months ago
if i saw this live i would just be ready to die. life lived to the fullest lol
fuckinthrasher666 11 months ago
I hear ya ULTRADREW1. Had to buy the cassette over and over and when they were sold out, had to open up the cassette and carefully cut and tape the damaged part. haha.. didnt have internet or itunes back in the day..
letzbreel1 1 year ago
amazing
Kickassmetal90 1 year ago
it was a profecy in the old testament for testament to be created... inevitable faith... you know so God can tune in and listen to them... he decided to give a pleasure of the gods to humans so they came on earth, they just dont know it
ProblemCausedByMe 1 year ago
I rememer having to buy this cassette tape over and over again because it never left my tape deck and I just wore the damn things out. Souls of Black changed my life.
ULTRADREW1 1 year ago
It's so quiet because Alex is such a master at plauing, you can hear him clap.
jfkdjfd 1 year ago
The most beautiful thrash ballad ever. Testament are awesome, along with Megadeth and Anthrax.
Wacke666 1 year ago 3
.. and I was there.. 92 monster of rock Reggio Emilia :) when megadeath performed anarchy in uk an hearthquake had that place as epicenter. I remember a billion of empty bottles of whater flyng contemporarely .. like a great choreography. testament was for me the first time I heared some of their music and I never stopped to do it. There where people like Iron maiden, pantera, black sabbath, megadeath. pratically all bands I've always been fan of.
seborinmetal 1 year ago
they're one of my favorites bands , they should belong to the big four :P
roberto84396 1 year ago 3
@roberto84396 I'd put them in instead of Anthrax.
Vergiliusz666 1 year ago 31
@Vergiliusz666
I agree they're better than Anthrax, but the Big 4 were chosen off record sales at that time, of which no other 4 were more deserving.
Scarecrow545 11 months ago
@Scarecrow545 :O
asgardiangod23 10 months ago
@Scarecrow545 Testament got extremly populer around 86 Hirax is still underground and they soooo goood.
arabianmetalhead99 10 months ago
@arabianmetalhead99
I know.
And yeh, lol.
Scarecrow545 10 months ago
@Scarecrow545 Its a good damn shame that everybody rides metallicas dicks when they only made a few good albums. I mean its time for slayer, testament, anthrax, hirax, megadeth, death angle, vio-lence, forbidden, heathen, exodus to have the time in the spot light.
arabianmetalhead99 10 months ago
@arabianmetalhead99
Fuck no. Metallica deserves what they have just as much. People just shit on them because they see everyone else doing so.
I agree, the others deserve it too though.
Scarecrow545 10 months ago
@Scarecrow545 That's what i saying but i mean give the others a chance.
arabianmetalhead99 10 months ago
@arabianmetalhead99
I have, love just about SOMETHING from all of em. Overkill's Ironbound in particular was a very nice surprise.
Scarecrow545 10 months ago
@Scarecrow545 That was great.
arabianmetalhead99 10 months ago
@Vergiliusz666 lol i think they should just be a big 5 anthrax is awesome :D
PlayMetallica15 10 months ago
@Vergiliusz666 anthrax is amazing, id switch them with metallicash
Nick232362 5 months ago
These guys are so amazing and the fact that they could always pull it off live only reiterates that!
metalkev00 1 year ago
If I had to choose I would get rid of Anthrax and put testament in their place. But it would even be better to take the big 4 and add Testament - Overkill - Metal Church and just have one big metal fest :) And you could even throw in Sacred Reich to open up the show :)
Sacred Reich
Metal Church
Over Kill
Testament
Anthrax
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
It's all about old school
OldSchoolMetalHead1 1 year ago
metal is law !
19 shits have problem
or are homosexuals, 19 son of bitch !
negoblk 1 year ago
i just dont know how alex skolnick does it
fatbastard112 1 year ago
@fatbastard112 U have To practice and practice
subzero6191 1 year ago
@Preini76
it's in italy. 3:55
xminator 1 year ago
@xminator No its in poop
lebronjamesisgayish 1 year ago
testament belongs in the big 4 sitting in #1
halfdeadjp 1 year ago
@halfdeadjp over slayer i went to their show in september i wanted to go home during their set lol
megadeth9000 1 year ago
@halfdeadjp This should be it
1.Megadeth
2.Testament
3.Metallica
4.Anthrax
MrAndy24deth 1 year ago 2
anyone know the model/year of the IBANEZ RG Alex is playing??
manicmig666 1 year ago
where can i get this in DVD form
goreHorde 1 year ago
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metalonly456 1 year ago
If I lived in Italy... And was alive then, I would have been there, no doubt. Fuck, I wish I grew up in the 80's. )x
ThrashTillYouCrash 1 year ago
damn s0 go0d men!!!!
testament is my idol!!!!
death0w666 1 year ago
Shit can't wait until they release their New album nxt year
Testamentslayer 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing and magical sound. Two best metal ballads in one - that's more that orgasm.
EricCartmansFan 1 year ago
Beautiful
saulogargiulo 1 year ago
yes!!!!FUCK YEA CARNAGEE TOUR!!!
DarleneGraveDoll 1 year ago
TESTAMENT/SLAYER/MEGADETH MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!! 6 DAYS!!! BEST CONCERT IN LAST 20 YEARS
slayr666 1 year ago
@slayr666 They Fuckin kicked ass at SACRAMENTO!!!!!!!
havickch1ld 1 year ago
I was there!!
ryoma74 1 year ago 2
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ryoma74 1 year ago
Thrash metal instrumentals are the best. Musical Death, Into the Lungs of Hell, and of Coarse the Call of Ktulu.
megaMrMOOMOO 1 year ago 4
fucking awesome.
pantalaemon 1 year ago
is this chuck billy or zetro?
Godsmack0Believe 1 year ago
@Godsmack0Believe chuck
Naildownrock 1 year ago
@Godsmack0Believe this is chuck billy zetro left testament before they put out there first record
metalhealth19 1 year ago
Sinceramente no hay algo más hetérico (con h) en el Metal que esto, las guitarras tienen sabor a cielo. Alex Skolnick me fascinas. Chuck cada vez está mejor en su voz. Gran banda.
ishtarum 1 year ago
I'd point them as the fourth band for Big 4 Thrash instead of Anthrax.
Vergiliusz666 1 year ago 4
alex played the greatest ibanez ever
dburn42 1 year ago
Fucking incredible!
ashotforchels 1 year ago
como se llama el guitarro lider y el otro
ANDROMEDARK13 1 year ago
@ANDROMEDARK13 Alex Skolnick es el de la Ibanez y Eric Peterson el de la Explorer
nahirutoSP 1 year ago
You simply can NOT get more EPIC and AWESOME then this right here.. this band is the greatest of all time!!! The tallent is unmatched in my opinion. Forever a die hard Testament fan..
tscotty32 1 year ago 29
@tscotty32 couldnt say it better myself my friend!!
blackmagick455 1 year ago
@tscotty32
As a fellow die hard fan, would you be willing to share any Testament live bootlegs you have with me? I've been trying to expand my collection of em.
Scarecrow545 10 months ago
4:40 Ritual! Right?
Arinator74 1 year ago
What a great live sound......would have loved to have been there too. Skolnick is god.
hellraiser6502 1 year ago
great fuckn song!!!
29katinthehat 1 year ago
I don't like the singer. But the guitars are so fucking good
Devilakos96 1 year ago
a classic
overlillthomas 1 year ago
its not musical death to me. its musical sadness or musical orgasm
aykutminiklii 1 year ago
I like Eric's solo.....I like the line: "Just another lonely boy"....gives me goosebumps like Dime's Floods' solo.
somps33 1 year ago
I just seen them live, unreal!!
somps33 1 year ago
loooove this song....Testament was my alltime fave band in high school...it's still awesome to study microbiology to, lol.
H2OFaery 1 year ago
alex is still the man even doing jazz he rips shit
lookingatcrap 1 year ago
and then theres eric peterson.... still in testament
aswesee 1 year ago
mis dos canciones favoritas de Testament juntas :D
metalera6maniaca 1 year ago
este año se viene pa colombiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
WILMERKRAKEN 1 year ago
amazing...!!
deberian de darle el credito que se merece a esta banda
como a metallica o megadeth y darle mas propaganda
ramones354 1 year ago
testament are real thrashers no bullshit
for 321NaMIaTeM
i found this testament concert in ares search it as monsters of rock italy 1992 testament , or you can google it too
elkachorrojosh 1 year ago 3
Great performance. One of the kind.
iceparaglider 1 year ago
alex's guitar is fucking hip man
risethelightning 1 year ago
Is this a DVD? If anyone knows where to get it let me know!
321NaMlaTeM 1 year ago
How the fuck could your dumb ass ever give this song a negative rating???????????????????
nate1248 1 year ago
The Number One Best Song Ever!!!!! Nate, Tampa..
nate1248 1 year ago 2
Dude, I've never seen Alex Skolnick with his hair so long! Awesome!!!
And so is this fuckin' song.
CleanseTheSoul 1 year ago
Watch @ 4:08..OOOPS
skinsfan0084 2 years ago
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it's sooo weird to see an indian standing upright. Here where I live, the only time you see indians is face down, drunk out of their freakin' minds.
soloist93 2 years ago
badass jam
lol @ o boy hittin the herb ...... alrdy
up1nsm0ke420 2 years ago
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up1nsm0ke420 2 years ago
watch for the fat toke at 1:27.. hell yeah!
stangster86 2 years ago
i wa so excited to see them with megadeth and slayer but of coarse their show had to be postponed!!!
NaturalBornThrasher1 2 years ago
There's going to be a new tour: Megadeth Rust in Peace 20th Anniversary/Testament The Legacy. Each band is going to play their whole album.
It will be in March. Got it right from the Megadeth fan club.
Unless you are a huge Slayer fan, perhaps that would make up for it?
yzetta 2 years ago
good ballad!!
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I have to agree with mavzta...
The Legacy is my favorite Testament song and I also uploaded their videoclip, but this live version sucks big time... it's like a cover by some amateur band...
ChrisEddie1401 2 years ago
megadeth,slayer and testament february 22!!!!!!!!!!!!
marcelthecrow 2 years ago 9
wheredude...
nameerwahsh 2 years ago
in moncton but they postponed it cause tom araya's goin for back surgery
marcelthecrow 2 years ago
@marcelthecrow, not anymore unfortunately, I'm sure everybody has heard by now but they cancelled that show.
DimeWyldeBilly 2 years ago
yup
marcelthecrow 2 years ago
SUBLIME!
6mike6nahui6 2 years ago