Finally, somebody gives Alex Van Halen the respect he deserves. Alex is just as important to Van Halen as Neil Peart is to Rush. All these so called Van Halen tribute bands need to take note.
Totally! People seem to downplay his importance and skill as a musician because he's just a (yawn) mere drummer. If he's just a mere drummer, how come his sound is so hard to capture? Because he's a musician first, drummer second, and as a musician, he has the chops to not only keep up with Eddie, he's all Eddie listens to in his monitors! Whenever someone disses Alex, I ask them if Eddie's got their drum kit in his monitors or Al's. Silence. Thank you. They also conveniently forget that Al's the one playing keyboard on Respect the Wind. When did you last hear that happen from the great Neil Peart or John Bonham? Not many drummers come from the background of first being a classically trained pianist then a wannabe guitarist, then drummer. Clearly he is no slouch, or this song would be covered more often.
@@jamesmagario5124 well said! Thats also why you don’t see any drum covers of Pleasure Dome on youtube. One guy played about a minute of Pleasure Dome on the drums and that’s the only video of anyone playing even a part of it. The guy in this video does an awesome job on this song. He’s one of the few who got the hi-hat part right by using 2 hands. He did his homework because if you watch the Loss of Control video you can see Alex playing that part using 2 hands but you have to look closely to see it. That or this guy has a hell on an ear haha All their VH covers whether its both of them are his individual drum covers are spot on. I play the drums and he plays every little detail from the album. Guitar player is great as well. They do a good job capturing the sound of VH.
I can't remember if I've commented on here before or not but H O L Y S H I T!!! 40 year old guitar player here who idolizes Eddie and I have studied him for decades now, you sounded like the 25 year old Eddie with the speed and that damn tone. You my friend, seriously blew my mind. MIND BLOWN!!!! Fantastic fucking work to both of you. Simply amazing! I can't stop listening to you guys. Unreal!!!!
Guitarists and drummers don't quite grasp the ferocity, swagger and humor of van halen's style along with the actual tone. You can nail the tone, effects, techniques and speed all day, but without understanding the psychology behind all of that, your playing will sound like a soulless MIDI track. These guys seem to have it all together, and I'm happily shocked by the results!
Wow! The technical and SONIC accuracy just blows me away! Even down to the panning! BTW if we're being super attentive to detail, from start up to :57 that piece is technically "Tora! Tora!" and THEN "Loss of Control" kicks in. Not that it matters. You guys are awesome! Rawk on dudes! \m/\m/
We played this tune in 1986 the crowd loved it, then a few weeks later our drumsmer was killed in a job related accident. I still miss that guy, best drummer I ever played with. RIP Davey Burton.
These guys killed it....and you gotta love when every detail of the song is handled so it sounds just like the original. It goes to shows how tough it was to create the song and then equally as tough for someone to duplicate it. There are some songs where Al just goes above and beyond .
To be honest when i first saw this young guy in the front of the camera i was kinda like ok another funny video. And like when eddie first had his pedal board way back and everyone laughed at this duck taped effects board. Watching these video's and his guitar playing and with this drummer. I like the others were not laughing anymore. This dude is the best i have ever heard and seen play any van halen stuff. I mean his tone and note for note was just nuts Way to go guys !.Even the girl gone bad is even more amazing and your 18 years old ? lol.
killer job jacob. even did the panning on the speakers for the solo, nice!!! Flanger is there!!! also love Josh's snare sound!!! very impressive!!! \m/
Hey Jacob. I stumbled across ur excellence a few years ago and haven't fully recovered as yet and probably never will. I'm 46 now and have strived to be half as good as u for many years. Never got there and never will, but it is what it is. With that said I want to make it clear that many thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands have attempted to cover the songs u have covered. Some have felt as though there's where good enough to post for us to appreciate. I have never heard or seen one that even remotely comes close to yours. Hands down. The best of the best by a very large margin. Your talent is friggen beyond amazing. I know that you know that there is so much more that goes into covering these songs than just learning the cords and notes. I hope people can appreciate the amount of work and study and practice that went into these videos. Your understanding to master the subtle sounds and feeling you have put into each one of your videos is straight mind boggling!!!!!! Yes. You are the best. I cant fathom anybody even attempting to cover any of these songs and post them any longer. Its like its now been done, and its been done right. Period. With that being said. I have proclaimed myself your number one fan and im not embarrassed to claim that. Its justified. I look forward to following your progress as a musician and excited to see where it takes you and how you will evolve. I wish you all the best. I would love to see you cover Lighting Up the Sky on Van Halen 2 if you ever feel inspired. Would also like if you find the time to look on U Tube at some live footage of some 1984,1985,1986 footage of Bon Jovi when they were more heavy metal. I think you would appreciate the guitar work and might find it also inspiring. Later Bro
Man!............unbelievable!...............flawless!.............There's no other VH video covers that I've seen so far that even comes close. Good Job!............p.s. please do more VH videos.
You guys should be playing the reunion tour in place of Satch and Bonham, and I say that with all respect to both of them. I'm a fan. But as a VH nut, you guys are as close to the tone and note for note accuracy as the albums we all love. Standing ovation from me gentlemen. Keep em coming!
I can't remember if I've commented on here before or not but H O L Y S H I T!!! 40 year old guitar player here who idolizes Eddie and I have studied him for decades now, you sounded like the 25 year old Eddie with the speed and that damn tone. You my friend, seriously blew my mind. MIND BLOWN!!!! Fantastic fucking work to both of you. Simply amazing! I can't stop listening to you guys. Unreal!!!!
Hi Jacob. Long time listener first time commenter. I know you've heard it all before but "WOW". Quick question, do you have a touring band and are you headed to Winnipeg anytime soon? If so, did you lose a bet? HA HA HA.... Oh... I kill me! Anyway, it'd be killer to see you live. Just throwin' that out there. Ummm... "House of Pain"...."Hang 'em High"....."One Foot Out the Door" maybe. Just sayin'. You rock, mon ami!
From what I personally consider their best album (even if it's almost impossible to pick one out from the first 6) a song that I have never heard covered ... amazing job ... one of my favourite VH songs is Fools ... never seen any footage of this song played live or somebody cover it ... you may consider it ;) Cheers from Slovenia
May Day.......May Day......we've got two....I said two....one...two....four ya....just....a..maz..ing....wow!!!! Your future look's good boy's!!! And a big round of applause to your parent's as well for bringing up two set's of incredible ear's and really good taste in music!!
That was Fantastic Gentlemen. One of my favorite Van Halen songs ever.. and I agree this is a great tribute to Alex Van Halen. Saw them twice with David Lee Roth, and once with Sammy Hagar in New Haven Conn. which turned out to be the live video "Live without a net" it was a great time for concerts!
+Skibble5150 Thank you everyone!!! I appreciate it! The covers already are to the side! We are both constantly making original material with numerous projects/artists. It's great to have some fun playing music from our favourite band and use opportunities like this for some practice though!
As a fellow Canadian, I think it's time that you delve into some Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush stuff. Love to hear you play this one called Ain't Dead Yet. Song is from LP edited video to look somewhat live. Keep rockin' ruclips.net/video/S5dGj8E6IUM/видео.html
Points off for failing to replicate those spots on this track where Eddie was out of tune ... Which is also another way of saying how fine a job you did here. Drums ... great!
Finally, somebody gives Alex Van Halen the respect he deserves. Alex is just as important to Van Halen as Neil Peart is to Rush. All these so called Van Halen tribute bands need to take note.
I know, right?! Big Al is an absolute monster on the skins!
Totally! People seem to downplay his importance and skill as a musician because he's just a (yawn) mere drummer.
If he's just a mere drummer, how come his sound is so hard to capture? Because he's a musician first, drummer second, and as a musician, he has the chops to not only keep up with Eddie, he's all Eddie listens to in his monitors! Whenever someone disses Alex, I ask them if Eddie's got their drum kit in his monitors or Al's. Silence.
Thank you.
They also conveniently forget that Al's the one playing keyboard on Respect the Wind. When did you last hear that happen from the great Neil Peart or John Bonham? Not many drummers come from the background of first being a classically trained pianist then a wannabe guitarist, then drummer.
Clearly he is no slouch, or this song would be covered more often.
He's got my vote!!!! Monster
@@jamesmagario5124 well said! Thats also why you don’t see any drum covers of Pleasure Dome on youtube. One guy played about a minute of Pleasure Dome on the drums and that’s the only video of anyone playing even a part of it.
The guy in this video does an awesome job on this song. He’s one of the few who got the hi-hat part right by using 2 hands. He did his homework because if you watch the Loss of Control video you can see Alex playing that part using 2 hands but you have to look closely to see it. That or this guy has a hell on an ear haha
All their VH covers whether its both of them are his individual drum covers are spot on. I play the drums and he plays every little detail from the album.
Guitar player is great as well. They do a good job capturing the sound of VH.
It's ridiculous how good this is! The drummer is off the hook, guitar player tone is great
Those first 5 or so vh albums are so fucking good. people need to recognize .
Virtually no filler in those albums.
This was brilliant btw.
Eddie woulda loved this kid! Josh too! Tone and everything else is perfect.
I can't remember if I've commented on here before or not but H O L Y S H I T!!! 40 year old guitar player here who idolizes Eddie and I have studied him for decades now, you sounded like the 25 year old Eddie with the speed and that damn tone. You my friend, seriously blew my mind. MIND BLOWN!!!! Fantastic fucking work to both of you. Simply amazing! I can't stop listening to you guys. Unreal!!!!
I agree 100% Tom
Guitarists and drummers don't quite grasp the ferocity, swagger and humor of van halen's style along with the actual tone. You can nail the tone, effects, techniques and speed all day, but without understanding the psychology behind all of that, your playing will sound like a soulless MIDI track.
These guys seem to have it all together, and I'm happily shocked by the results!
the dislike button should be turned off for this channel.
Guys u seriously need to also do a version of In a Simple Rhyme !
Please
Hell yeah
insanely good, great job
Love it man. Been waiting to hear you do "One Foot Out The Door".
That's one of my favorite Ed solos at the end so give it a rip!
Wow! The technical and SONIC accuracy just blows me away! Even down to the panning! BTW if we're being super attentive to detail, from start up to :57 that piece is technically "Tora! Tora!" and THEN "Loss of Control" kicks in. Not that it matters. You guys are awesome! Rawk on dudes! \m/\m/
We played this tune in 1986 the crowd loved it, then a few weeks later our drumsmer was killed in a job related accident. I still miss that guy, best drummer I ever played with. RIP Davey Burton.
Awesome job guys! I always loved this tune
that's just ridiculous~! (ridiculously awesome!)
You guys are fantastic!! I subscribed to your channels. Look forward to hearing your great music.
These guys killed it....and you gotta love when every detail of the song is handled so it sounds just like the original. It goes to shows how tough it was to create the song and then equally as tough for someone to duplicate it. There are some songs where Al just goes above and beyond .
Fucking amazing man. Brilliant work
cant be done any better fellas
Nice work!
One of the only LoC covers I've seen that has Tora! Tora! Tora! tacked on to it.
AWESOME! I still can't believe I've been on RUclips for over 14 years and just descovered Jacobs channel a few months ago! \m/
Insane cover from my favourite album! OMG!
It is evil how you guys make Van Halen's music look seemingly effortless to play. Hahahahaha
To be honest when i first saw this young guy in the front of the camera i was kinda like ok another funny video. And like when eddie first had his pedal board way back and everyone laughed at this duck taped effects board. Watching these video's and his guitar playing and with this drummer. I like the others were not laughing anymore. This dude is the best i have ever heard and seen play any van halen stuff. I mean his tone and note for note was just nuts Way to go guys !.Even the girl gone bad is even more amazing and your 18 years old ? lol.
The Women and Children First album is some of Eddie’s best work ever in my opinion. Great cover, sounds just like them, impressive
killer job jacob. even did the panning on the speakers for the solo, nice!!! Flanger is there!!! also love Josh's snare sound!!! very impressive!!! \m/
Hey Jacob. I stumbled across ur excellence a few years ago and haven't fully recovered as yet and probably never will. I'm 46 now and have strived to be half as good as u for many years. Never got there and never will, but it is what it is. With that said I want to make it clear that many thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands have attempted to cover the songs u have covered. Some have felt as though there's where good enough to post for us to appreciate. I have never heard or seen one that even remotely comes close to yours. Hands down. The best of the best by a very large margin. Your talent is friggen beyond amazing. I know that you know that there is so much more that goes into covering these songs than just learning the cords and notes. I hope people can appreciate the amount of work and study and practice that went into these videos. Your understanding to master the subtle sounds and feeling you have put into each one of your videos is straight mind boggling!!!!!! Yes. You are the best. I cant fathom anybody even attempting to cover any of these songs and post them any longer. Its like its now been done, and its been done right. Period. With that being said. I have proclaimed myself your number one fan and im not embarrassed to claim that. Its justified. I look forward to following your progress as a musician and excited to see where it takes you and how you will evolve. I wish you all the best. I would love to see you cover Lighting Up the Sky on Van Halen 2 if you ever feel inspired. Would also like if you find the time to look on U Tube at some live footage of some 1984,1985,1986 footage of Bon Jovi when they were more heavy metal. I think you would appreciate the guitar work and might find it also inspiring. Later Bro
Nailed it!! Perfect cover by both of you talented gents.
Perfection! Cool "The Kramer" poster too!
Closing my eyes, this sounds like Eddie and Alex jamming.
Phenomenal job! Outstanding tone! Love this one from W&CF. The Kramer poster rules too.
Great Job you guys! Start working on the album!
Well, I'm ready on the bass :D
Nice work!
Man!............unbelievable!...............flawless!.............There's no other VH video covers that I've seen so far that even comes close. Good Job!............p.s. please do more VH videos.
100% accurate comment. There is nothing even close to Jacobs covers. Nothing period. Untouchable perfection in so many ways. Straight Sick!!!!!!
absolutely fuckin incredible! !
Hi jacob! I have a suggestion! A Hang em High cover would be awesome!
You guys should be playing the reunion tour in place of Satch and Bonham, and I say that with all respect to both of them. I'm a fan. But as a VH nut, you guys are as close to the tone and note for note accuracy as the albums we all love. Standing ovation from me gentlemen. Keep em coming!
I can't remember if I've commented on here before or not but H O L Y S H I T!!! 40 year old guitar player here who idolizes Eddie and I have studied him for decades now, you sounded like the 25 year old Eddie with the speed and that damn tone. You my friend, seriously blew my mind. MIND BLOWN!!!! Fantastic fucking work to both of you. Simply amazing! I can't stop listening to you guys. Unreal!!!!
Hi Jacob. Long time listener first time commenter. I know you've heard it all before but "WOW". Quick question, do you have a touring band and are you headed to Winnipeg anytime soon? If so, did you lose a bet? HA HA HA.... Oh... I kill me! Anyway, it'd be killer to see you live. Just throwin' that out there. Ummm... "House of Pain"...."Hang 'em High"....."One Foot Out the Door" maybe. Just sayin'. You rock, mon ami!
Can't we just press the like button very, very hard to like something awesome (like this) much more than other videos?
Van halen is the fucking best!
clean as fuck great job
Truly amazing as always. Great job fellas 👍
hey guys nice job loving it thanks man Marco upstate New York later
From what I personally consider their best album (even if it's almost impossible to pick one out from the first 6) a song that I have never heard covered ... amazing job ... one of my favourite VH songs is Fools ... never seen any footage of this song played live or somebody cover it ... you may consider it ;) Cheers from Slovenia
Why do guitarists look like they are in ecstasy and drummers look like they are in pain?
Because, they are.
Cuz WE work hard. THEY have it easy....lol idk tbh
Very cool!!
I appologise.. More like "Loss of Focus". Nice collab man!
Dude. You bring this to Fairfield California I'll go see it. Also, please do In a Simple Rhyme, and some Steve Vai.
Super cool man. Take a bow both of you
got to love the MXR flanger!!! Awesome Jacob!!!
Loss Control! Loss Control! Loss Control! LOL! Top Notch! A-1! Unbelievably Fantastic! Now! What's next?! Songs from the Wild life soundtrack?!?!
Can't get much better than that! Fuck. Yeah!!!!
Frosty . . . Fucking Cool !
May Day.......May Day......we've got two....I said two....one...two....four ya....just....a..maz..ing....wow!!!! Your future look's good boy's!!! And a big round of applause to your parent's as well for bringing up two set's of incredible ear's and really good taste in music!!
Your also playing Tora! Tora!
Great job guys!!
OH, so good, in so many ways.
Wow i have no other words
Wow! Both of you kids are fantastic! Guess who'll be watching you guys? Me! Well done fellas!
That intro!!!!!!!!!
that's was perfect good playing as always and your friends is great well freaking done
Best cover of this song EVER!! Perfection.
Just AMAZING!!!!
Awesome job!
This sounds like a heavy metal song!
So GOOD!
Dude, this is awesome!!
You played as eddie ... Really ... If i did not saw you on video i would think he was eddie playing ... Super amazing guitar work :-)
BRAVO! Amazing job guys!
Nice one!
Great job! =)
Awesome.
That was Fantastic Gentlemen. One of my favorite Van Halen songs ever.. and I agree this is a great tribute to Alex Van Halen. Saw them twice with David Lee Roth, and once with Sammy Hagar in New Haven Conn. which turned out to be the live video "Live without a net" it was a great time for concerts!
Great job guys.
Let's put the covers to the side and get you both working on some original material.
+Skibble5150 Thank you everyone!!! I appreciate it! The covers already are to the side! We are both constantly making original material with numerous projects/artists. It's great to have some fun playing music from our favourite band and use opportunities like this for some practice though!
Sounds like you gotta come up here to Quebec, Canada and jam live with Jacob! Save up for that trip!
Man I hope you realize King Edward is looking down and flashing two thumbs up , grinning ear to ear !
Seriously bad ass !
Keep up the amazing work!
dang.. I love this always ,I forget to hit the" Like" on vids alot! 😅😙 💟you guys... ROCK N FUCKIN ROLL 🤘🤘🤘🤘
As a fellow Canadian, I think it's time that you delve into some Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush stuff. Love to hear you play this one called Ain't Dead Yet. Song is from LP edited video to look somewhat live. Keep rockin' ruclips.net/video/S5dGj8E6IUM/видео.html
Azz.. ( italian slang wtf 😳) congratulation jacob n josh. Greetings from Venezia Italy
Very nice. With David Lee Roth's vocals, this is my least favorite Dave-era Van Halen tune. Without the vocals, this song smokes.
Great job, guys.
Truth is this track would probably really impress jazz and fusion fans and players
Oh my fucking God!!! Been so sick and tired of hearing people butcher Van Halen songs. This guy is fucking spot on amazing
Points off for failing to replicate those spots on this track where Eddie was out of tune ... Which is also another way of saying how fine a job you did here. Drums ... great!
Super job guys!!! Nobody does VH like you guys!! or AC/DC for that matter.
Not usually a fan of these cover things, but this is great. This song is a beast of a workout & you killed it. Wait- are you in Texas?!?
Good job guys with the mic on the drums.... really shines.
These dudes ain't fuckin around! GET IT DONE!!!!
Holy shit this was perfect on both. Been looking for this. Nailed it. Fuck yes
Incredible!! How About A Version of Sinner's Swing!
Incredible!! How About A Version of Sinner's Swing!
brazil.....excelente tu toca muito jacob deraps...parabens
How did you guys film/edit this? What platform did you jam on?
Great cover
You couldn't pick a better guitar player to emulate
EVH
HAPPY HAPPY ROCKING OUT..YOU GUYS BLOW ME AWAY.. :)
Holy crap, that's insanely awesome ... wowzers!
Fellas where did the "If you want blood" video go??????
VH would be proud
MXR flanger baby! And DOOD Alex on point!
I Salute both from Puerto Rico. Identical
Outstanding!
FUCKING INSANE!!!!! TECHNIQUE AND SOUND! FUCK! LOL
This is really GOOD!! Almost an exact copy
Awesome job!