Brad - I hope you'll take this as I'm intending it...I was on an indy punk band West Coast USA van tour (starting in our home base of Vancouver). Summer 1988... We played with a few of the up and coming bands on indy labels like ourselves.... In Chico California we played a great/odd venue called the Burro Room and, this band of geeky looking and acting guys who appeared to be newly graduated from high school opened the show (my band DIRT mid slot, our touring partners CURIOUS GEORGE headlining). They start their set and they appear to be kinda shaky with their instruments and, their first couple of songs are kinda difficult to describe but, there is a bizarre theatrical element to their set. After a couple of shaky songs as a line check they come over and ask me if I can buy them a few beverages as they are known by the staff and, underage. They cover the round for the 5 of them and, 9 of us from the 2 bands. They very bizarrely each slip under the table, one at a time, and down the beers in seconds as they are supposed to start their set. The club is feeding us but we are close to the stage as we want to see them play...nice guys...a bit eccentric perhaps They all take their performance positions with COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS/ROLES and proceed to play acover of an obscure song that I doubt ANYONE in attendance had EVER heard (but one that I TOTALLY knew) called "My Name Is Not Merv Griffin" by Gary Mueller which was a novelty song from the early 80s that is an absolutely ridiculous song that found its way onto a Dr Demento album that my friend Andrew actually owned. This was an incredibly obscure song and, I immediately became a fan...the heavily theatrical performance was super compelling and, now that they were all playing instruments they were skilled at. They switched a few things up throughout the set but, everyone was proficient at the least and, a couple of them were actually quite skilled players...they were like a geeky teenaged Beefheart during the Trout Mask era combined with some "goofy greats" k tel bits and, random King Crimson solos over funky slap bass and, with weird nonsensical but, neo-psychadelic, operatic lead vox. Ended up learning who they were...Mr Bungle... Once we got to San Francisco and we hung out with our friends in Frightwig, the Pop-o-Pies, Celebrity Skin and Faith No More (which we first met when a couple of them were Pop-o-Pies). FNM were going to "part ways with Chuck (1st real vox). I gave Roddy and Jim the Mr Bungle demo...and, it worked well. Long story short...NEVER ABANDON YOUR INDIVIDUALITY OR, YOUR UNIQUENESS even if you are killing it at Berklee. Those traits are the REAL deal and, you can always ask Mike Patton about that for proof. Keep kicking ass
I will never get tired of watching kids with insane chops absolutely nail classic prog. There are a few others out there, but I think this one is the best. Nicely mixed and edited, too.
accompliceoffate Thank you. The School of Rock just did auditions for this years All-Stars program, and I'll be there when they play. If you get a chance, they will be playing multiple dates. Last year, three different All-Star bands played the Beat Kitchen in Chicago - three bands at this level of skill, each playing a full 2 hour set for $10.
I'm happy that KC fans have discovered this video. All three of the School of Rock All-Stars teams I recorded were impressive. The thing is, these are the top musicians from 120 schools. They auditioned to get in, then were formed up into bands and had two weeks to learn the songs and rehearse before they went out on tour. By the time they reach this level, they are able to play pretty much any style of rock and are seasoned performers.
Thank you on their behalf. Look through the comments to see more info about this group. The main points: They are from School locations all over the South of the US, they learned the 90 minute set list 3 weeks before, they met and rehearsed only 3 days before, this was their second performance of this set.
Guilherme Saba The show directors are in the process of selecting the All-Star team players at the moment, and will announce their players in early April. Last year, three teams played in Chicago area clubs and the Lollapaloosa festival, and three teams played at Gathering of the Vibes and Philadelphia clubs. They also get the opportunity to represent the school at other national events. The "All-Stars" program has been around since the School of Rock was founded by Paul Green back in 2002. He took the first group to Bad Doberen Germany to play Zappanale, and they played songs like "Inca Roads" and got a standing ovation lead by Napoleon Murphy Brock. Two kids from that group, bassist Julie Slick and her brother drummer Eric Slick became two-thirds of the Adrian Belew Power Trio after he did a "Guest Professorship" at the original location.
MidWestConcertVideo2 To follow up, the School of Rock announced the 2014 All-Stars April 1st, and four of the musicians in this clip auditioned for and got places in this year's All-Stars: Bassist Brad Williamson,drummer Will Young, and the two horn players Alec Greenberg and Benny Rothschild (who are also guitarists).
MidWest Concert Video That sucks, NIN, Tool, Radiohead, Rush, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, none of those genius bands are covered in those crappy shows. Instead, she probably ended up singing Taylor Swift songs.
Um...I'm just the guy who recorded this show, and as far as I know I've never actually been introduced to her, so my opinion on the matter means exactly boo. She hasn't appeared on the show year, which airs January 6 & 7.
she's so good but don't expect k. crimson on american idol
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Man, i discovered this by accident, and how happy i am!! Damm, i'm a huge fan of King Crimson, and i dare to say this is probably the best cover i've seen!! As good as the original!! Keep up the excellent work guys!! Cheers from Portugal!!!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm a huge fan of the School of Rock program and have been shooting their performances since 2009. Looks through this channel and my other channel midewestconcertvideo to a really good cover of "Elephant Talk" with two of the kids who became All-Stars. By the way, I'd love to know where this video has been posted and how so many Crimson fans discovered it.
Holy shit is right...drummer is in the groove on this one the band as a whole is fricking amazing..not any easy song at all to play even in a kilt......nice work....
Well as someone who actually saw King Crimson in Central Park I gotta say that was pretty amazing. Especially considering their age. The Drummer in particular is already pro level. Well Done!
Hello from the u.k. I’m 65 now, I just found this UNBELIEVABLE! Been into crimson since age 14,and all things prog my two sons both in their early 30s played bass. And still occasionally in separate bands, I play a little classical and flamenco guitar. Seen lots of bands doing covers, being an unpaid roadie for my lads, over the years, but the standard of musicianship for their age is off the scale! Their parents if they are into music, must be very proud of them! Take care.
Wow, this is amazing. Note for note and at a tremendous tempo. Never realised school bands could do prog like this. Came looking for the original but very pleased to hear this.
If you get a chance, look through the comments and my previous responses to them. This is one of six teams assembled from more than 120 School of Rock locations. Most of these folks are from the southeastern US - as far north as Maryland and as far south as Texas. The drummer and bass player are from Charlotte, NC and one member of their team is from Minnesota. (I think). A music director from a different region looked at audition videos from each kid trying out for the All-Stars and picked a team of 22 and created a ninety minute set list that addressed their strengths. They had three weeks to individually learn the set, and three days to rehearse it. The set covered everything from AC/DC to ...this. At the time of this show, I believe the bass player was 13 or 14. He's responded on this thread, and you can visit his channel by clicking on his name. I shot shows by three of the six teams, and while this was my favorite cover, there was an even better guitarist on Team 6, who the other All-Stars on her team are still talking about. I have no reason to doubt that the three teams I didn't get to record were equally talented, as every local School of Rock I've shot has had at least one student that is at, or nearly at, this level. It's been like that from the beginning. Adrian Belew did a "Guest Professorship" at the very first "School of Rock", and recruited Julie Slick on bass and her brother Eric Slick as two-thirds of "The Adrian Belew Power Trio. She's making albums and touring Europe at the moment, and he's the drummer of Dr. Dog.
Absolute awesome. - I have been a King Crimson fan since the 1970ties. - When I listen to the Scool of Rock All Stars Team performing 21 st Century Schizoid Man and these extremly Talentful young playing this awesome melody so extremly professional done. - I have only one thing to say; - THANK YOU. - I am already a BIG FAN - Thanks and regards Ole A. Jensen from Norway
Yeah, they are something. King Crimson is the definition of "difficult to play" music. The really astonishing part is that this band is composed of students from various locations of the School of Rock. They hadn't been in the same band three weeks ago. They each auditioned to be an "All Star" and the Music Director selected the best performers and created a set list from their skills. The kids learned the songs, practiced for a few weeks and then when on tour. This was the first public show on the tour! If you get a chance, find the movie "Rock School" (not the Jack Black movie School of Rock). It is a documentary about the original location of the School of Rock, and in it, the original All-Stars wind up traveling from Philadelphia to Bad Doberon, Germany for the yearly Frank Zappa festival, playing some of his hardest work and getting a standing ovation from the crowd. Two of that original group became Adrian Belew's rhythm section in the Power Trio.
+Joseph Rhinewine Thanks for your comment. If you get a chance, look through the comments on this video sometime - they are the antithesis of most RUclips comments. And look through my channel, I've got lots of other School of Rock AllStars performances.
How about this cover..l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAVGM1Rw33no%26feature%3Dshare%26fbclid%3DIwAR2QnKfMvxIs1eGPN31CC7vUq0lFpvNdIhR89wm5mvuABmxohyoJs2BLhbE&h=AT2laAYbZE_sJBOBqvs5tDpXFtTt5yM9UVVbIOJ4x3ieNWCTZzhGOpiUU_7X-GLN6USg8XQ4jVqhdFrkZQ-Dxhdk4YkIbnEUgREGWuhld-jJ5NFGoXUTZAI54Q6CxHMgFbV0eGfsoRlYm2GRUpDeo71D
So I searched 21st Schizoid Man on the search bar and played this video without noticing that this isn't King Crimson. You guys, are brilliant. Hats of to the sax, the drummer, the vocals, well everyone.
+DailyBrusher Glad you found it and dug it. I have no idea if the members of the original King Crimson are familiar with the School of Rock program, but Adrian Belew did a _Guest Professor_ gig at the original School of Rock, and wound up hiring siblings Eric and Julie Slick as drums and bass of his _Adrian_ _Belew's_ _Power_ _Trio_ . Eric is now drummer of Dr. Dog and I saw Julie with Adrian last month. The bassist on this track was 13 at the time. One of the genius insights of the School of Rock program is that is you avoid telling a kid what they *can't* do, they'll never find out.
I go to School of Rock Boston and I was looking for inspiration for my audition for All-Stars and this is up there cuz I'm a HUGE fan of King Crimson. Awesome cover! I especially like that the bassist played the bass line note for note and the drummer could play 6/8!
Holy Jesus this is awesome! It's 3:20am, I'm stuck at work scrolling through RUclips, and this pops up. At the 5:07 mark, I start banging my head and my coworker looks at me like I'm insane haha
They are the best of the best in the School of Rock program, but every one of the Schools I've shot video of has a least one kid at, or nearly at, this level. It's an amazing program.
It is good to see these young people join together and take part in recreating an absolutely mesmerizing old song that helped define the music of the 60's. Hopefully this experience helped launch their careers in music. I see a LOT of enthusiasm here.
I have seen this video 100 times, but I will never get tired of it. This sounds awesome. I hope Robert Fripp have seen and heard the awesome sounds of these great musicians.Awesome band!! Greetings and best wishes from Norway : )
I am blown away by the talent on that stage. Every one of you are awesome. Keep rocking and go for the dream. You all can go places with music if you never give up. I did and I have never forgiven myself for it. I am an old fart and I know true talent when I see it. God bless you all.
That was abso-f*cking-lutely bonkers! A*, 10/10, 100% nailed it!! Superb guitar solo, really strong bass, great brass, incredible drumming. Just the whole atmosphere was stunning, even on RUclips. This rules as much as Crimson Jazz Trio's cover.
HOLY CATFISH!!! That was fantastic! This is the best cover of ANYTHING I have heard in a long time.... Its a testament to the music that over 40 years later a generation with no connection to the original hype is digging it. Well done!
This performance has one of the best renditions of the 'chaos' ending I've seen here on youtube (honestly, *including King Crimson* themselves, blasphemous i know). Big props.
Well I'm only 10 years behind here🙂 but here goes. The whole band is the pinnacle of cool. It was a magical moment for sure. I'm a boomer and just wanted to say it encourages me to see that the younger generation have discovered good classic rock. Awesome video!
If there's a better cover that's more true to the original, I haven't seen it.. April Wine's is damned good though.. But this... holy sh*t! And by kids no less!!!
the drummer here! I had heard of KC before but this was my first real delving into their music, especially playing it. I fell in love with it immediately and they're now one of my favorite groups! definitely my favorite old school prog band
Amazing how young the Sax and Trumpet player doing a KC classic written years B4 they were born. Not only that they are playing at the Metro in Chicago one of the coolest Concert Venues in the Country.
I was so happy to be there to capture this. Definitely on my Top 5 School of Rock performances. Since then, I've developed even better ways of capturing the drums, with a GoPro mounted on a mic stand over the toms.
On their behalf, thank you. I was just showing this video to my wife, who helps me with my shoots. I pointed out all the excellent comments from the King Crimson fans, who have excellent reason to be hyper-critical, being so familiar with the original. We concluded that one of these are true: A - Crimson fans and great people and generous in their praise; B - The School of Rock All-Stars are really amazing musicians and deserve all the praise they can get or C - Both. Don't know if you've had to chance to look through the other comments, but a couple of thing worth mentioning. These kids weren't a band 3 weeks before, they are from any of 120 School of Rock locations all over their region. They learned the songs on their own and got together for their first rehearsal 3 days before this show. Which was their first public performance of it (they had one private show the day before).
MidWestConcertVideo2 I'm in the middle of my School of Rock shooting season right now. Shot the Chicago School's tributes to the Beatles (Beginners) and Hendrix (Advanced) yesterday, and the Kansas City school's tribute to Rush (Advanced) Friday. I'll have another 4 shows to shoot next weekend. If you're in the US, check around, there might be a show happening near you. Obviously, this is the pinnacle of what the program can produce, but every School has a student or two at or near this level.
A lot of these players are in Team 6 of the School of Rock All-Stars this year. They are playing the East Coast this year. July 30th, 7 PM - Capitol Ale House in Richmond, VA July 31st - DC9 in Washington, DC Aug 1st through 3rd - Gathering of the Vibes
***** Thanks on their behalf. The School of Rock just chose this year's All-Stars, a group of 151 performers at this level of skill. They will be going on tour this summer, playing clubs and festivals. They'll be divided into Teams, and each Team member will be given three weeks to learn a 90 minute program of music chosen by the Music Director to draw on the strengths of the individual players and challenge them as a band. Then, only three days before their first public performance, they'll meet up for the first time as a band for rehearsals. I'm dead serious - the majority of these kids had never met three days before. I think the bass player, the drummer and one of the horn players had played together before. It's a testament to their talent, skill and preparation that they could pull this off. This was the first public performance of this song.
They just announced this year's AllStars a couple of weeks ago, and the directors are putting together set lists right now. They'll be going on tour next month. If you get a chance, you really need to see them live. You probably won't see the same kids as they age out of the program at 18, but you definitely see the same level of talent.
Thank you on their behalf! This year's edition of the _School of Rock AllStars_ will be touring at the end of July, beginning of August. Dates and tickets are available here: schoolofrock.com/allstars2017 I can't guarantee that they'll play _Crimson,_ but I wouldn't be surprised. The Team Director puts together a 2 hour set list with a mixture of technically challenging and crowd pleasing music. The individual players get the set list three weeks before, learn their parts, then get together for three days of rehearsal. Some of these kids have played together before, like the drummer and bassist, but most of them had never met before the first rehearsal, had as that may be to believe. By the way, the original _Adrian Belew Power Trio_ was him and two kids, Eric and Julie Slick, hired directly out of the first _School of Rock_ location. Julie is still touring with Adrian, and Eric is the drummer in _Dr Dog._
Cool, thanks. We have a Facebook page, but it's virtually useless, as it cannot be used to post videos on any other Facebook pages, and comments do not show up.
Thank you for letting the other folks know about this. I've just uploaded another couple of songs by Team 4. Done with the edit, and I should be able to made the DVD tonight.
Congratulations to the School of Rock All-Stars playing in this video who made All-Stars again: Brad "Goggles" Williamson from Charlotte, Will Younts from Charlotte, Alec Greenberg from Charlotte, Ben Rothschild from North Palm Beach.
Thanks man, im just seeing this now, everyone from this past summer tour is basically family now, seeing this video again brings back a lot of great memories!
Cool. Sorry I wasn't able to shoot your team least year. I can do the All-Stars that play in Chicago, but I can't afford to travel to Philadelphia. Every year, I'm astounded at the musicianship of the All-Stars. Not the individual players, many of whom I know from their individual School of Rock locations, but how these folks are such pros by the time they reach this level that they can learn a whole concert program's worth of music in a few weeks, then do a show for the public after only three days of rehearsal. That is some serious pro chops there, and the sort of skill that will guarantee steady work in music.
The dude playing the bass with the confidence to wear a kilt is my hero.
Brad Williamson is the bassist. He just got accepted into Berklee School of Music in Boston starting in fall 2017.
Brad Williamson Congratulations!
Congratulations Brad.
Great performance Brad! Congrats!
Brad - I hope you'll take this as I'm intending it...I was on an indy punk band West Coast USA van tour (starting in our home base of Vancouver). Summer 1988...
We played with a few of the up and coming bands on indy labels like ourselves....
In Chico California we played a great/odd venue called the Burro Room and, this band of geeky looking and acting guys who appeared to be newly graduated from high school opened the show (my band DIRT mid slot, our touring partners CURIOUS GEORGE headlining). They start their set and they appear to be kinda shaky with their instruments and, their first couple of songs are kinda difficult to describe but, there is a bizarre theatrical element to their set. After a couple of shaky songs as a line check they come over and ask me if I can buy them a few beverages as they are known by the staff and, underage. They cover the round for the 5 of them and, 9 of us from the 2 bands.
They very bizarrely each slip under the table, one at a time, and down the beers in seconds as they are supposed to start their set.
The club is feeding us but we are close to the stage as we want to see them play...nice guys...a bit eccentric perhaps
They all take their performance positions with COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS/ROLES and proceed to play acover of an obscure song that I doubt ANYONE in attendance had EVER heard (but one that I TOTALLY knew) called "My Name Is Not Merv Griffin" by Gary Mueller which was a novelty song from the early 80s that is an absolutely ridiculous song that found its way onto a Dr Demento album that my friend Andrew actually owned. This was an incredibly obscure song and, I immediately became a fan...the heavily theatrical performance was super compelling and, now that they were all playing instruments they were skilled at. They switched a few things up throughout the set but, everyone was proficient at the least and, a couple of them were actually quite skilled players...they were like a geeky teenaged Beefheart during the Trout Mask era combined with some "goofy greats" k tel bits and, random King Crimson solos over funky slap bass and, with weird nonsensical but, neo-psychadelic, operatic lead vox.
Ended up learning who they were...Mr Bungle...
Once we got to San Francisco and we hung out with our friends in Frightwig, the Pop-o-Pies, Celebrity Skin and Faith No More (which we first met when a couple of them were Pop-o-Pies). FNM were going to "part ways with Chuck (1st real vox). I gave Roddy and Jim the Mr Bungle demo...and, it worked well.
Long story short...NEVER ABANDON YOUR INDIVIDUALITY OR, YOUR UNIQUENESS even if you are killing it at Berklee. Those traits are the REAL deal and, you can always ask Mike Patton about that for proof.
Keep kicking ass
I saw your cover of vola’s head mounted sideways like two weeks ago and that’s how I discovered that band, it comes full circle
Thank you!!! Amazing video! That's my son Will Younts on drums---so happy to finally see some good video of him playing. Happy mama!
You raised well your son
He did an amazing job
Just discovered this channel, realize I'm 8 years behind. Please tell me your son is still banging the drums, because he is awesome at it!
thats great parenting!!!
Bill Bruford Jr. Amazing!
I particularly liked the 'famous break' at 3:59. This is a difficult bit and they executed it flawlessly. Good horn section, too.
I will never get tired of watching kids with insane chops absolutely nail classic prog. There are a few others out there, but I think this one is the best. Nicely mixed and edited, too.
accompliceoffate Thank you. The School of Rock just did auditions for this years All-Stars program, and I'll be there when they play. If you get a chance, they will be playing multiple dates. Last year, three different All-Star bands played the Beat Kitchen in Chicago - three bands at this level of skill, each playing a full 2 hour set for $10.
It makes me so happy to see and hear this kind of talent playing freaking King Crimson because it gives me hope for the future of music.
I'm happy that KC fans have discovered this video. All three of the School of Rock All-Stars teams I recorded were impressive. The thing is, these are the top musicians from 120 schools. They auditioned to get in, then were formed up into bands and had two weeks to learn the songs and rehearse before they went out on tour. By the time they reach this level, they are able to play pretty much any style of rock and are seasoned performers.
This is simply astonishing!! Best cover I've ever heard, of one of my favourite songs ever. Unbelievably talented kids!!
Thank you on their behalf. Look through the comments to see more info about this group. The main points: They are from School locations all over the South of the US, they learned the 90 minute set list 3 weeks before, they met and rehearsed only 3 days before, this was their second performance of this set.
All that make it even more amazing! Congrats to those very, VERY talented kids.
Guilherme Saba The show directors are in the process of selecting the All-Star team players at the moment, and will announce their players in early April.
Last year, three teams played in Chicago area clubs and the Lollapaloosa festival, and three teams played at Gathering of the Vibes and Philadelphia clubs. They also get the opportunity to represent the school at other national events.
The "All-Stars" program has been around since the School of Rock was founded by Paul Green back in 2002. He took the first group to Bad Doberen Germany to play Zappanale, and they played songs like "Inca Roads" and got a standing ovation lead by Napoleon Murphy Brock. Two kids from that group, bassist Julie Slick and her brother drummer Eric Slick became two-thirds of the Adrian Belew Power Trio after he did a "Guest Professorship" at the original location.
MidWestConcertVideo2 To follow up, the School of Rock announced the 2014 All-Stars April 1st, and four of the musicians in this clip auditioned for and got places in this year's All-Stars: Bassist Brad Williamson,drummer Will Young, and the two horn players Alec Greenberg and Benny Rothschild (who are also guitarists).
The lead singer, Lena Traynham, is going to be competing in American Idol. Somehow, I doubt she'll be singing King Crimson though.
MidWest Concert Video That sucks, NIN, Tool, Radiohead, Rush, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, none of those genius bands are covered in those crappy shows. Instead, she probably ended up singing Taylor Swift songs.
fenryx0 Sure, but fortunately, via her experience in the School of Rock, she's been exposed to a wide range of quality music.
+MidWest Concert Video Tell her not to, since it'll basically ruin your chance to get a respectable music career.
Um...I'm just the guy who recorded this show, and as far as I know I've never actually been introduced to her, so my opinion on the matter means exactly boo. She hasn't appeared on the show year, which airs January 6 & 7.
she's so good but don't expect k. crimson on american idol
Man, i discovered this by accident, and how happy i am!! Damm, i'm a huge fan of King Crimson, and i dare to say this is probably the best cover i've seen!! As good as the original!! Keep up the excellent work guys!! Cheers from Portugal!!!
Thank you for your kind words.
I'm a huge fan of the School of Rock program and have been shooting their performances since 2009. Looks through this channel and my other channel midewestconcertvideo to a really good cover of "Elephant Talk" with two of the kids who became All-Stars.
By the way, I'd love to know where this video has been posted and how so many Crimson fans discovered it.
A mi tambien me gusta !!!!
Holy shit is right...drummer is in the groove on this one the band as a whole is fricking amazing..not any easy song at all to play even in a kilt......nice work....
Well as someone who actually saw King Crimson in Central Park I gotta say that was pretty amazing. Especially considering their age. The Drummer in particular is already pro level. Well Done!
The bass player was only 13 at the time! He's at Berklee at the moment.
Hello from the u.k.
I’m 65 now, I just found this UNBELIEVABLE!
Been into crimson since age 14,and all things prog
my two sons both in their early 30s played bass.
And still occasionally in separate bands, I play
a little classical and flamenco guitar.
Seen lots of bands doing covers, being an unpaid roadie
for my lads, over the years, but the standard of musicianship
for their age is off the scale!
Their parents if they are into music, must be very proud of them!
Take care.
how to raise your kids right.
Wow, this is amazing. Note for note and at a tremendous tempo. Never realised school bands could do prog like this. Came looking for the original but very pleased to hear this.
If you get a chance, look through the comments and my previous responses to them.
This is one of six teams assembled from more than 120 School of Rock locations. Most of these folks are from the southeastern US - as far north as Maryland and as far south as Texas. The drummer and bass player are from Charlotte, NC and one member of their team is from Minnesota. (I think).
A music director from a different region looked at audition videos from each kid trying out for the All-Stars and picked a team of 22 and created a ninety minute set list that addressed their strengths. They had three weeks to individually learn the set, and three days to rehearse it. The set covered everything from AC/DC to ...this.
At the time of this show, I believe the bass player was 13 or 14. He's responded on this thread, and you can visit his channel by clicking on his name.
I shot shows by three of the six teams, and while this was my favorite cover, there was an even better guitarist on Team 6, who the other All-Stars on her team are still talking about. I have no reason to doubt that the three teams I didn't get to record were equally talented, as every local School of Rock I've shot has had at least one student that is at, or nearly at, this level.
It's been like that from the beginning. Adrian Belew did a "Guest Professorship" at the very first "School of Rock", and recruited Julie Slick on bass and her brother Eric Slick as two-thirds of "The Adrian Belew Power Trio. She's making albums and touring Europe at the moment, and he's the drummer of Dr. Dog.
Absolute awesome. - I have been a King Crimson fan since the 1970ties. - When I listen to the Scool of Rock All Stars Team performing 21 st Century Schizoid Man and these extremly Talentful young playing this awesome melody so extremly professional done. - I have only one thing to say; - THANK YOU. - I am already a BIG FAN - Thanks and regards Ole A. Jensen from Norway
Yeah, they are something. King Crimson is the definition of "difficult to play" music.
The really astonishing part is that this band is composed of students from various locations of the School of Rock. They hadn't been in the same band three weeks ago. They each auditioned to be an "All Star" and the Music Director selected the best performers and created a set list from their skills. The kids learned the songs, practiced for a few weeks and then when on tour. This was the first public show on the tour!
If you get a chance, find the movie "Rock School" (not the Jack Black movie School of Rock). It is a documentary about the original location of the School of Rock, and in it, the original All-Stars wind up traveling from Philadelphia to Bad Doberon, Germany for the yearly Frank Zappa festival, playing some of his hardest work and getting a standing ovation from the crowd. Two of that original group became Adrian Belew's rhythm section in the Power Trio.
MidWestConcertVideo2 Chris--they actually only rehearse together for 3 days before the tour begins. Testament to amazing musicianship!
CS Younts Seriously? I had no idea!
This is the very best cover of King Crimson I've seen on the web. Congratulations to these young 'uns!
+Joseph Rhinewine Thanks for your comment. If you get a chance, look through the comments on this video sometime - they are the antithesis of most RUclips comments. And look through my channel, I've got lots of other School of Rock AllStars performances.
will do!
How about this cover..l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAVGM1Rw33no%26feature%3Dshare%26fbclid%3DIwAR2QnKfMvxIs1eGPN31CC7vUq0lFpvNdIhR89wm5mvuABmxohyoJs2BLhbE&h=AT2laAYbZE_sJBOBqvs5tDpXFtTt5yM9UVVbIOJ4x3ieNWCTZzhGOpiUU_7X-GLN6USg8XQ4jVqhdFrkZQ-Dxhdk4YkIbnEUgREGWuhld-jJ5NFGoXUTZAI54Q6CxHMgFbV0eGfsoRlYm2GRUpDeo71D
This is very good but check out Bedford SOR performing KC Starless or SOR in Studio performing KC Three of a Perfect Pair.
@@bwallace5945 ooh! I will, thank you!
So I searched 21st Schizoid Man on the search bar and played this video without noticing that this isn't King Crimson. You guys, are brilliant. Hats of to the sax, the drummer, the vocals, well everyone.
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Don'tClick OnMyName Thanks for the kind words! Very talented kids.
Awesome! Brings tears to my eyes! I've been playing 30 years, and have never thought of trying this! I hope Fripp and Co. see this!
+DailyBrusher Glad you found it and dug it. I have no idea if the members of the original King Crimson are familiar with the School of Rock program, but Adrian Belew did a _Guest Professor_ gig at the original School of Rock, and wound up hiring siblings Eric and Julie Slick as drums and bass of his _Adrian_ _Belew's_ _Power_ _Trio_ . Eric is now drummer of Dr. Dog and I saw Julie with Adrian last month.
The bassist on this track was 13 at the time. One of the genius insights of the School of Rock program is that is you avoid telling a kid what they *can't* do, they'll never find out.
Outstanding performance!!
Great job guys! I am impressed with how close to the original sounds it is
I go to School of Rock Boston and I was looking for inspiration for my audition for All-Stars and this is up there cuz I'm a HUGE fan of King Crimson. Awesome cover! I especially like that the bassist played the bass line note for note and the drummer could play 6/8!
The bassist and drummer are both from the Charlotte, NC School of Rock. Good luck with your All-Star audition!
Holy Jesus this is awesome!
It's 3:20am, I'm stuck at work scrolling through RUclips, and this pops up.
At the 5:07 mark, I start banging my head and my coworker looks at me like I'm insane haha
Lol I just stumbled on it at work too - cranked it!!
Damn these kids go hard
They are the best of the best in the School of Rock program, but every one of the Schools I've shot video of has a least one kid at, or nearly at, this level. It's an amazing program.
It is good to see these young people join together and take part in recreating an absolutely mesmerizing old song that helped define the music of the 60's. Hopefully this experience helped launch their careers in music. I see a LOT of enthusiasm here.
long live rock and roll
Seriously... the guts to take this one on, and the talent to nail it live! Much respect.
I have seen this video 100 times, but I will never get tired of it. This sounds awesome. I hope Robert Fripp have seen and heard the awesome sounds of these great musicians.Awesome band!! Greetings and best wishes from Norway : )
I am blown away by the talent on that stage. Every one of you are awesome. Keep rocking and go for the dream. You all can go places with music if you never give up. I did and I have never forgiven myself for it. I am an old fart and I know true talent when I see it. God bless you all.
That was abso-f*cking-lutely bonkers! A*, 10/10, 100% nailed it!! Superb guitar solo, really strong bass, great brass, incredible drumming. Just the whole atmosphere was stunning, even on RUclips.
This rules as much as Crimson Jazz Trio's cover.
This is one of my all-time favorite School of Rock performances. So glad I was there to capture it.
Those kids have future, I hope they end making the music they want and not what the market want
chaak castellanos The bassist, who was 13 when I shot this, has just released an album. You can check it out on Bandcamp: vicariousband.bandcamp.com
thanks
HOLY CATFISH!!! That was fantastic! This is the best cover of ANYTHING I have heard in a long time....
Its a testament to the music that over 40 years later a generation with no connection to the original hype is digging it.
Well done!
😇😍 You've given this old man HOPE in humanity. Thank you!
the bassist is so bizarre, love it
Thanks man!
***** Congratulations on making All-Stars again!
Thank you!!!
indeed man, at the moment I am trying to learn this song, and It's not easy. Kudos to Brad! keep up the good work!
@@BradWilliamsonMusic Great playing Brad.
The nation may judge singers on pop music, but I think the way they can play King Crimson is a solid. More rock, more talent, less pop.
Buenissima versión, potente banda, geniales instrumentistas. Muchas gracias, es un tema muy importante que ha marcado mi vida.
Now these are REAL KIDS! Best damn cover of this song in a long long time. WET!
Major props to the horn section...especially the trumpet player! Dude killed it!
That young man, Benny Rothschild, won a place on the AllStars several additional years in a row, and went out as an assistant director afterwards.
This performance has one of the best renditions of the 'chaos' ending I've seen here on youtube (honestly, *including King Crimson* themselves, blasphemous i know). Big props.
Well I'm only 10 years behind here🙂 but here goes. The whole band is the pinnacle of cool. It was a magical moment for sure. I'm a boomer and just wanted to say it encourages me to see that the younger generation have discovered good classic rock. Awesome video!
This is a brilliant cover of a classic KC track , awesome , loved everything about it !
If there's a better cover that's more true to the original, I haven't seen it.. April Wine's is damned good though.. But this... holy sh*t! And by kids no less!!!
This gives me faith in the future of music.
pop gun not for me. I bet none of them had even heard of King crimson b4 this.
the drummer here! I had heard of KC before but this was my first real delving into their music, especially playing it. I fell in love with it immediately and they're now one of my favorite groups! definitely my favorite old school prog band
@@willyounts3308 Well played! Enjoyed the video, enjoyed watching you play! S great song from my youth, enjoy your journey through King Crimson.
Stuff like this gives me hope for the future. These kids are great.
Amazing how young the Sax and Trumpet player doing a KC classic written years B4 they were born. Not only that they are playing at the Metro in Chicago one of the coolest Concert Venues in the Country.
I'm nearly done with the edit, and there were some amazing performance in that show. I should be able to ship in a couple of days.
Can't get enough of this version by these kids
WOWZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kudos for even trying to do this song! Major kudos for pulling it off!!!
freakin' great. Who are the 61 people that would give this a thumbs down? Ah, at least they are in the minority
Great performance, talented and they all get it, can see how much they're enjoying.
Love it.
First time watched, fantastic.
The fucking drummer WOW
Love it. Givin' it their all!
WOW! Thank you for sharing. This is fantastic!
Glad to. In the years since, these kids have gotten even better.
Sax and trumpet sounds excellent, a extreme difficult song good plays by this kids..
Super! Spirited Groove! Great sound!
My all time favorite King Crimson hit song!!
How amazing these talented kids covering one of iconic KC song..
That drummer is incredible!
I was so happy to be there to capture this. Definitely on my Top 5 School of Rock performances. Since then, I've developed even better ways of capturing the drums, with a GoPro mounted on a mic stand over the toms.
such a difficult and twisted song.....Bravo!!
Awesome. This kids is stars
I listen K.Crimson 50y and... i'm not word. Fantastyc
Thank you Camel for sharing your talent with everyone.
Glad to help. I'm a huge fan of the School of Rock program, and have been shooting SoR concerts since 2009.
That is helluva workout! Great job!
best cover I ever heard, thanks kids you're great
On their behalf, thank you.
I was just showing this video to my wife, who helps me with my shoots. I pointed out all the excellent comments from the King Crimson fans, who have excellent reason to be hyper-critical, being so familiar with the original. We concluded that one of these are true: A - Crimson fans and great people and generous in their praise; B - The School of Rock All-Stars are really amazing musicians and deserve all the praise they can get or C - Both.
Don't know if you've had to chance to look through the other comments, but a couple of thing worth mentioning. These kids weren't a band 3 weeks before, they are from any of 120 School of Rock locations all over their region. They learned the songs on their own and got together for their first rehearsal 3 days before this show. Which was their first public performance of it (they had one private show the day before).
MidWestConcertVideo2 I'm in the middle of my School of Rock shooting season right now. Shot the Chicago School's tributes to the Beatles (Beginners) and Hendrix (Advanced) yesterday, and the Kansas City school's tribute to Rush (Advanced) Friday. I'll have another 4 shows to shoot next weekend.
If you're in the US, check around, there might be a show happening near you. Obviously, this is the pinnacle of what the program can produce, but every School has a student or two at or near this level.
This put a smile on my face
Brilliant!! amazing cover guys!! so happy to see that King Crimson still alive with the new generations!!!
The AllStars are going on tour in July. See them if you get a chance.
Brilliant cover. Congrats.
Fantástico, desde Colombia con King Crimson, gran cover.
This is one of the coolest performances i've seen this year :')
Hail from Brasil!
Thank you! Glad to make it available. I'll have the DVD of the whole concert available in a week or so.
A lot of these players are in Team 6 of the School of Rock All-Stars this year. They are playing the East Coast this year.
July 30th, 7 PM - Capitol Ale House in Richmond, VA
July 31st - DC9 in Washington, DC
Aug 1st through 3rd - Gathering of the Vibes
Brilliant performance!
***** Thanks on their behalf. The School of Rock just chose this year's All-Stars, a group of 151 performers at this level of skill. They will be going on tour this summer, playing clubs and festivals. They'll be divided into Teams, and each Team member will be given three weeks to learn a 90 minute program of music chosen by the Music Director to draw on the strengths of the individual players and challenge them as a band. Then, only three days before their first public performance, they'll meet up for the first time as a band for rehearsals.
I'm dead serious - the majority of these kids had never met three days before. I think the bass player, the drummer and one of the horn players had played together before. It's a testament to their talent, skill and preparation that they could pull this off. This was the first public performance of this song.
Great band. Loved the guitarist and bassist.
The bassist was only 13 at the time.
i love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These kids have now grown up to be adults. They are marvelous
excellent performance !!! very, very remarkable !!!
Glad you dug it. This year's AllStars have been selected and are going on tour starting July 18th.
www.schoolofrock.com/allstars2016
Ребята но вы ЖГЁТЕ просто Чума!!! МОЛОДЦЫ!! Красавчики
Fantastic!! This classic still given all due respect!! You kids are GODS!!
They just announced this year's AllStars a couple of weeks ago, and the directors are putting together set lists right now. They'll be going on tour next month. If you get a chance, you really need to see them live. You probably won't see the same kids as they age out of the program at 18, but you definitely see the same level of talent.
You guys/ gals killed it. Don't listen to the naysayers. 10 out of 10. Well done.
Wow! Amazing!! Especially the schizoid part!!
Dude on the Telecaster looks like Messiah Marcolin.
Amazing performance. Quite possibly the best cover of King Crimson I have ever seen done.
Thank you on their behalf! This year's edition of the _School of Rock AllStars_ will be touring at the end of July, beginning of August. Dates and tickets are available here: schoolofrock.com/allstars2017
I can't guarantee that they'll play _Crimson,_ but I wouldn't be surprised. The Team Director puts together a 2 hour set list with a mixture of technically challenging and crowd pleasing music. The individual players get the set list three weeks before, learn their parts, then get together for three days of rehearsal. Some of these kids have played together before, like the drummer and bassist, but most of them had never met before the first rehearsal, had as that may be to believe.
By the way, the original _Adrian Belew Power Trio_ was him and two kids, Eric and Julie Slick, hired directly out of the first _School of Rock_ location. Julie is still touring with Adrian, and Eric is the drummer in _Dr Dog._
That was amazing - totally nailed it!!
Great job you guys are only second too April Wine, very well done, I give y'all an K for kickass cover.
Cool, thanks. We have a Facebook page, but it's virtually useless, as it cannot be used to post videos on any other Facebook pages, and comments do not show up.
Thanks a million--I know of lots of other folks who will be ordering too. Congrats on a great shoot.
No hay mejor cover que este
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Son unos monstruos
Felicidades a los muchachos
and very tight guiatar solos wicked playing people
"WOW!" I am blown away by this?...
AWESOME!
Thank you for letting the other folks know about this. I've just uploaded another couple of songs by Team 4. Done with the edit, and I should be able to made the DVD tonight.
Awesome playing!!!
Astonishing performance!
Man That Was GREAT!!
Congratulations to the School of Rock All-Stars playing in this video who made All-Stars again: Brad "Goggles" Williamson from Charlotte, Will Younts from Charlotte, Alec Greenberg from Charlotte, Ben Rothschild from North Palm Beach.
Thanks man, im just seeing this now, everyone from this past summer tour is basically family now, seeing this video again brings back a lot of great memories!
Read through the comments, they'll blow your mind. I'm serious, these are huge King Crimson fans praising your playing.
Oh, and I sell the DVD.
I have a copy haha I watch it every once in a while it's great to look back
Cool. Sorry I wasn't able to shoot your team least year. I can do the All-Stars that play in Chicago, but I can't afford to travel to Philadelphia.
Every year, I'm astounded at the musicianship of the All-Stars. Not the individual players, many of whom I know from their individual School of Rock locations, but how these folks are such pros by the time they reach this level that they can learn a whole concert program's worth of music in a few weeks, then do a show for the public after only three days of rehearsal. That is some serious pro chops there, and the sort of skill that will guarantee steady work in music.
excellent job!!!!
great version soid bass and drums well done ,dig the sax solo and horn lines
BRAVO guys.. BRAVO..
These moments last forever.
Amazing .... simply amazing. Thank you kids.
woooooooow, holy shit that is fantastic