Korn - Munky Guitar Solo (Live At Seoul Korea 22 Apr 2006)

[babal1ty]

i can easily say a 12 years old boy can play this solo easily dude

[judeappetite]

@babal1ty but not with nearly as much style.

[gummoboy333]

@babal1ty korn have always admitted to pretty much not being a "technical" band and are exactly right that a 12 yr old could play a solo this good...they come from more of a spontaneous riff type place with there music what created KORN is NOTHING technical in fact it's the furthest thing from that, the thing that korn got lucky with is that they created there own sound of guitar playing with the 2 Seven string guitar players mixing sounds no one really heard before...

[kornjubi]

:) Ah, I can see his Steve Vai influence.

[HornForKoRn]

@diesel2310 stfu its awsome !

[ClaudioHomme69]

I don't think he is very technically skilled, but he does fit Korn very well with his dissosant rhythm playing. I like him as a rhythm guitarist, I just don't think he's much of a lead player.

[LouTheMetalhead]

majestic. I must say this is aweosme! I LOVE KORN! 

[zattendrummer]

I'm a korn fan for over 10 years now and I allways was amazed by the way they made their songs sound so awesome with such easy riffs.. I think that's a skill too

[diesel2310]

That´s not a good solo.

[awesome15]

he has lots of melody

[bigduey69]

This proves that Munky is much more talented then what most say, a lot of the "haters" say that Munky is only rhythm guitar and that he cant play and leads or solo, this proves different.

[runningwild107]

I dont like the band and he is definitly not the best guitar player but this guy got some talent !

[magrog94]

go Munky! go Munky! 

[PinkEyeForTheStr8Guy]

It's OK. Flashy in the most basic way possible.

[TheFlexlite]

nice solo but fuck i wont solo and in a songs

[AtlantaStyle13]

@TheFlexlite haha wat the hell i hate it when people write comments in gibberish and it makes no sense together

[Donttalkshiz]

It's cause their style of music really doesn't call for guitar solos

[sschiavello]

How come they don't do guitar solos? Hope some fan can give me an answer. Don't want here to here "cuz they suck" from haters.

[mintar387]

i never knew how good he is at soloing, hes amazing!

[skaterdouche4]

if only they had solos in their songs thn theyd metalheads would have more respect for them

[TheBluntedman1]

he does not have very much skill

[mangosnake]

Skill isn't everything son. Expression, feeling, emotion matters even more than skills and I think that one was full of expression.

[TheBluntedman1]

fuck yourself

[mangosnake]

Youtube hostility. When you know you're wrong but you don't want to admit it ! :)

[TheBluntedman1]

now you isten to me sure the only hostility here is when i realease my dog coco on you . then you'll understand hostility!

[Seiku]

Nah I think he's just a bad troll.

[dakoide]

sorry but Fredrik Thordendal pwns his ass. So does Doug Steele, Dime, Zakk, and the list goes on.

[beingjoshmc]

@dakoide Don't forget Loomis, Petrucci, OBrien, random guys at Guitar Center, and most every other major label guitarist... I'm a Korn fan so nobody can say I'm hating, but I can still like Korn knowing that Munky is pretty damn talentless....

[colosalguitarist]

@beingjoshmc nah man thats unfair...no way is he talentless...if you play guitar or any musical instrument then youd know it takes talent...hes not as technical..but

[Lupi2]

@beingjoshmc then u dont understand the definition of talent.

[necroknight13]

Munky, you are the greatest guitarist of our time, a living legend

[sjfan1]

Munky has come such a long way. He deserves the spotlight after always being second to Brian.

[deshisLash]

excelent**

[Lunejix]

You just have to play 3 years to play this.

[patchiemon]

awesome love it

[blackscreeam39]

bravissimo munky..

[TheSolidsnakeMGS]

i agree with deathmetal every one who hates on korn should just watch this

[amccoll20893]

this is a very good solo but it doesnt mean that korn is good, it only means their guitarist is good.

[SOADMETALLICA323]

i didnt know munky was that good

[Downloadsbacon]

He has been playing the guitar for a long time

[epicfucker]

hes been playing for 30 years -.-

[tristan2]

good? ROFL

[DeathMetalUnderKing]

I read that KoRn doesn't like solos, because they don't like the idea of one particular person showing off *note that in their covers of one by metallica(well that i've seen) they don't do the solo...it's not that they don't have the skill..it's just they want to work more as a team then just have someone showing off... wish i had proof to show you...swear i read it somewhere.. and it was a great solo lol.

[ZeeMixUp]

what song was this friom?

[DeathMetalUnderKing]

to be honest i have no idea lol :) i'm pretty sure it was in between songs or something :) this is the first time i've ever seen munky actually perform a real solo

[xoXHostilityXox]

its from liar... but from an extended cut of it

[amccoll20893]

A solo is final part of the song which is suppose to sum up the song and add the effect, its not showing off (my opinion)

[stickman51]

fuck all the haters korn for life

[commanderg7650]

why dont they have any solos in their songs lol its a badass solo though

[gummoboy333]

@commanderg7650 Cause they decided not to solo!they came out in the very early 90s and the 80s were filled with guitar solo's, the fact that korn weren't putting solos in there music is something that people loved because now the riff was becoming the main drive and songs were written around riffs rather than solos!and people were paying attention to EVERY member of the band cause they all put there equal amount of input in the songs, no selfish 5 minute guitar solos lol!

[mrsexsymbol]

kinda looks like kirk in thes vid lol

[kingofallthedamned]

i know, man!! same hair!! same pure talent!!

[VlikeVince777]

don't forget the beard!

I love Kirk and Munky!

Of course Head too!

[LiLShaGWirE565]

1st time i seen munky play a fender

[n3r3m4c]

That'd be a jackson turdmuffin.

[highandmighty93]

no, im pretty sure thats ibanez.

[n3r3m4c]

Nah dude, look at the headstock. I have that guitar in matte black with EMG's. It's a jackson SlSMG.

[highandmighty93]

Ok maybe ur right. At some points it looks like ibanez and others jackson

[neuroticmanipulation]

its no jackson its an ibanez you can see it on the headstock. even the shape of it

[lmthe0ne51]

korn uses ibanez. only ibanez. ibanez has same headstock as jackson.

[JamesGod08]

You are stupid

[poopypants80]

he kinda looks like santana in the first 7 seconds of this video haha. munky is good as hell at this shit.

[phantomlord91]

Agree...

Could also be Kirk Hammett.

[poopypants80]

i dont think he looks like kirk hammett that much but he does look kinda similar. munky and santana are both mexican haha

[torsnn]

Im sick of ppl that judges a solo or song by the difficult.......

[15viceandvirtues]

its a surprsisngly good solo..you wouldnt expect power chord heavy korn guitarists to EVEN solo...

[cleokorn1]

post a video of you playing guitar...Go pinhead!!!

[hurricanegame360]

he lost the tip of one of his fingers

so he can not use it!

[hurricanegame360]

Munky plays without

a finger that he lost as a child

AND STILL HE PLAYS FUCKING GREAT!

[fht987]

he has all his fingers

[seratonin179]

he has all his fingers he just lost the tip off one in a motorcycle chain and it was when he was a teen not a kid

[Glendale1901]

This solo is for newbies

[diooooooogo]

oh, this was for you Graysonsoares!!!

[Shadowsghost]

he's the best!!!

[Graysonsoares]

horrible.. bt better than fred durst tho

[elementsweet01]

munky , ... is the greatest guitar player ever if actually listen to this solo greatest solo ever better than stairway to heaven

[diooooooogo]

and i can fuck your mother with my cock!

FUCK YOU BITCH

[vforvegard]

munky is good in korn

[linki33]

Munky is best in korn:)

[NathanSnelgrove]

This is why they don't solo on their records.

[hybernator]

he has really bad phrasing....... like me.

[zupek89]

ale męczy ;/

[illripoutureyes]

i love him \m/

[vneriuvba]

oh yeah hahah

Munky not monkey lol my bad :P

[vneriuvba]

Just because Monkey doesnt solo in KoRn songs, doesnt mean that he cant solo outside of it.

Monkey owns!

[KORNEREDIN]

u llama his spells it "Munky" XD

[Rodzilla97]

pretty good stuff Munky

[BiggestKornFan1993]

Head and Munky are Gods!!!!!

[CosmikReunion]

It really pisses me off that people think be be a great guitarist you've got to know solo.

Being a great riffs and rhythm guitarist is just as importand if not more.

You get more noticed if you a soloist that's all.

[Exalt4KoRn]

They have been around for 15 years, I think they can manage another five. Besides, they have changed since their first album to their latest, and what are people saying? Go back to their old styles...

Plus, I love metal so it is sad to say that the market is going down - which it is. Mainly coz of all that rap shit, but do you see KoRn jumping over to that category ... NO. They perform for the fans, not for the fame or money. Think about it dickhead.

[Guseof]

You've pinpointed the main problem in your last sentence, probably without knowing it: They perform for the fans. Performance should be done for the music, in consideration with the fans, but never for the fans only. When a band starts to rely on their performance instead of on their music making/writing skills, they become a joke, a repetition of the same thing with a slight variation. Just as korn. You could make anything if it's only for the fans.

[LifegrindX]

Meh, I like it. I didn't think he could solo at all, really, lol!

[KoRnCOBtilldeath]

THIS SOLO HAS A LOT OF SOUL AND SOUNDS KICKASS!!!!

THE SOLO FROM "TIME" (Pink Floyd)IS VERY SLOW AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOLOS OF ALL TIME!!!!

THIS MEANS THAT U DON'T HAVE TO PLAY FAST TO BE GREAT!

[jasonofsepsis]

i'm glad you guys are fans, so am i! if you are musicians as well as fans, you will know that this solo is weak. i will always like korn but i know children who can play better solo's than that.

[narglock]

i have no idea where all these mindless retards get that he's not a good guitarist,people like to diss him cuz they say head is better and even if he is who gives a fuck he's still fucking awesome

[gummoboy]

Munky Is an innovative guitar player, hes adventurous(if thats spelled right lol)and thats the greatest gift a guitar player can have, he molded his style around players like rhoades, morello, and vai, munky is more of a professional guitar player than alot of people take him for

[lslewis]

I've always liked Korn but I have a whole new respect for them now--as musicians.

[donatelloHBG]

OMg, everybody that says that he sucks or that he's not good, well fuck you, He's famous you're not, his riffs are really nice, he maybe doesn't have the skill, but listen to "trough glass" with stone sour >3< cords trough the whole song, "You don't have to be an expert in music to do a great song"....

[xiyuno]

I dont care if munky issent the best or any on KoRn issent best, it's the music they make together that's great. He's not saying hes the best in world or any thing hes just doing what he love!

[Guseof]

'issent'?

[stonedhatchetman]

if he can play this good than why didnt he play the guitar solo for ''one'' when they covered it?

[JBthree24]

it was live TV and the song was too long to play the entire thing so Korn played the heavy parts instead.

[Guseof]

LOL. Indeed.

[georgealberto1985]

guys he's not improvising, he does the same solo in every concert. even a 8 years old child can play this solo better than him.

[Exalt4KoRn]

And I suppose your that 8 year old child? how many solos are played over and over again by artist, plenty. take eddie van halen for instance, how many fkn times did he play eruption at his tours back then?

[AK47wright]

munky is improving alot as a guitar player i thought this kicked ass. dimebag would be proud. i also thought it had alot of feeling. at family values munky played another brick in the walls solo very well, better than head did.

[BullsEyeRocker]

Munky not good at the guitar? Are you all that say this fucking retards? He would wipe all your asses on the guitar!

[witchypoo71]

I love that man. Who gives a shit if he's not the greatest guitar player in the world? I still love him. <3

[King1of1Htown]

Munky is a decent guitar player,no korn song is exactly complicated though. All that clanky bass is getting old. The drumming has been okay, but like above, its not as if they're playing the most complex songs. They're not Testament or someone. John is just turning korn into one of those emo anti-God bands, Alot of their "music" is special fx and synthesizers mixed with guitar. seems Head got out just in time

[fishworks2]

korn isnt an anti god band jonthan davis said that he belives in god and the effects that korn does that is what korn is all about

[MarcusDM6]

all you fuckin pansie who sit here and say he sucks should SHUT THE FUCK UP. none of you can do any better. he is pretty fucking good considering its a seven string guitar and for mostly playing heavy fuckin metal all his career.

[COandCA33]

first of all I know I could do better... and a seven string is no excusse for shitty ass tapping/sloopy picking and playing heavy metal all his career he should be better than this... but dont get me wrong im a very very very big fan of korn, I have 5 of their albums & i listen to em alot im just sayin munky aint the best guitarist...

[MarcusDM6]

then why are you dissing on him if you listen to their music.  some fan you are

[COandCA33]

im not dissing on him or korn im just saying munky is not that good at guitar...

[MarcusDM6]

oh. right. big difference there.

[COandCA33]

uh yeah there is a big difference buddy... what im saying is, I like what he plays in korn songs... I love the way it sounds... Im just saying that it doesnt take much skill to play... along with this solo... im saying he does not have that much skill when it comes to guitar playing...

[MarcusDM6]

he came up with this solo off the spot BUDDY. but whatever blows your skirt up.

[COandCA33]

how the fuck do you know that he improved that solo... he probly played it every show on the tour.

[MarcusDM6]

because i'm not an idiot dumb fuck. don't you have anything better to do then sit here and argue with a 15 year old? your really fucking annoying you know.

[COandCA33]

your right why am I wasting my time with a faggot like you.

[MarcusDM6]

oh wonderful comeback. i'm so touched by your motivating language.

[gummoboy]

hes underrated, munky isnt a guitar god, but hes greatt with the tweaking, hes a junior vai prodigy, heads still probably better.

[VictimofAtkins]

wow he's like the best ever!

[ShiftStyle]

Please, if he tapped any faster, the timing would be way off with the piano melody. have respect

[YonOtto]

Oh dear... that tappin was horrendous... hes bad... very bad

[COandCA33]

omfg yeah he's pretty bad...

[rockyoulikeahurrican]

that is some slow ass tapping. Still, he was better than I expected. Hes no zakk wylde though.

[emokiller1234]

fuckin nice..it would be cool to hear that in a new album..

[satsMM]

Dimebag sad to KoRn that they need some solos in their songs.

[neoshaolinx]

It's not that hard to solo, which is why I think it's stupid when people say they don't have talent cause they don't solo. Everyone and their mother can solo and at the time they came out everyone was doing twenty minute long solos, the thing they wanted to do most was to be injinuative and different.

[pajdof]

WOW this is awesome. why didn't he play anything like this on orn albums? i want to hesr his solo on a new album. RE5PECT

[kinshinXsabusa]

i still miss the fuck outta head.but we must move on munky is the master monster guitar player

[imnobody696]

fuck! i never thought taht he was such a good guitar player o.O

[sleepygamer]

I forgot to mention... doesn't he sort of look like Johnny Depp from PotC right at the VERY beginning? Just a thought.

[sleepygamer]

I expected something less for some reason, damn good solo from Munky!

[z450056]

no punk bands did inspire to not do solos

[ShiftStyle]

it was supposed to be an improvised, melodic solo, get over it. its good for what it is, he could do alot more ove seen him, and korn, do so. Korn is a band that likes to play heavy and all together..nothing to do with individualism or solo'ing every night...have respect they didnt get this far so long they know what theyre doing.

[sicoticosandro]

i love korn, but this is not a masterpiece, in any case a good effort and a pleasant surprise.

[Patrusha937]

nothing special really... I think if he finally decided to do a solo after 10+ years, he could have put more effort into it...

[jaffaps2]

How can someone who inspired a generation of bands to ditch solos play so fluently?!

[sweetchillyphilly05]

KoRn didn't inspire nu metal bands to ditch guitar solos. Producers like Rick Rubin did.

[Noy234]

You sure about that?

[RHCP05]

munky, your a fucking hero!! i love you

[MAP1990]

Thats amasing piece!! munky rocks!! and to all u u say it sucked lets see u do better fuckers! He must be good if he is in korn and is sooo famous its un-true and a highly rated guitarist!!

[Lupi2]

you dont have to be good to be famous, korns guitarparts are know to be not very complex and hard to play allthough head and munky are unique like no not many other guitarist theyre damn inspirational to me. plus they play fucking tight. more easy riffs but tight as fuck.

[Seiku]

he was probably trying to look for solos

[forbesfoofighters]

all arpeggios and static i like korn but face it munkey is no good head would kick his ass when he was in korn

[KoRnStAr]

That video was proper good.

just shows the sceptics that he can play guitar.

i agree with "devoxandria" it's very vai.

: )

[cockzit56]

I don't like Korn, but this was ok at best.

[disturbedmunky]

if you don't like korn why would you be watching this vid ?

[GoldenRatio]

Pretty damn good. It proves that he can actually play.

[devoxandria]

this solo sounds like steve vai style,i think he is influenced by vai,anyway its a good try better than playing riffs all life

[1990eternal]

that sucked

[idiotman700]

fuck you dude your wacking off probably cant even compare to his guitar playing