Asking Alexandria's Ben Bruce Plays His Favorite Riffs

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce joins Loudwire's Gear Factor to play his favorite guitar riffs. 'See What's on the Inside' will be released Oct. 1: store.askingal...
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  • @MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte
    @MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte 3 года назад +378

    1:05 - Through the Never
    1:37 - Smells like Teen Spirit
    3:25 - Fade to Black
    3:43 - Crazy Train
    4:27 - Last Resort
    5:03 - The Final Episode
    6:16 - See what's on the inside

  • @adrianpearcy8531
    @adrianpearcy8531 2 года назад +57

    5:03 - That moment when you realize that they can still safely go back to where they started. God, I wish they would ever go back to the heavy sound.

  • @H.E.M.
    @H.E.M. 3 года назад +278

    Cause of metalcore bands, like AA, I bought a guitar at 15. I remember learning The Final Episode and practicing to hit the 0s in between which at the time was hard as fuck.

    • @AngelBornnHell
      @AngelBornnHell 3 года назад +6

      Literal FACTS

    • @H.E.M.
      @H.E.M. 3 года назад +17

      @@AngelBornnHell did you used to watch Slipfold7knot as well? 🤣

    • @AngelBornnHell
      @AngelBornnHell 3 года назад +3

      @@H.E.M. YES BRO ☠️☠️☠️ omg so many memories

    • @H.E.M.
      @H.E.M. 3 года назад +4

      @@AngelBornnHell 😂 dude was a beast

    • @sinisterwolf1985
      @sinisterwolf1985 2 года назад +2

      Oh dude I’ve just bought my first ever Les Paul and I’m so gonna learn that riff I can’t wait

  • @mourns_
    @mourns_ 3 года назад +378

    Ben is legit never going to color in his sleeve

    • @machimuchy7963
      @machimuchy7963 2 года назад +13

      That's what makes recognisable. You would recognize this hands everywhere 😅

    • @fuckinglegend3743
      @fuckinglegend3743 2 года назад +45

      The guy who was doing his sleeve passed so he left it like that in memory of him

    • @voidman1ac380
      @voidman1ac380 2 года назад +1

      Bruh fr been a long ass time too ☠️

    • @nicklagnese556
      @nicklagnese556 2 года назад

      My thoughts exactly!! haha

    • @liftedleprechaun5442
      @liftedleprechaun5442 2 года назад +7

      @@fuckinglegend3743 oh shit. So it makes sense as to why Ben has left it alone all these years.

  • @davidnissim589
    @davidnissim589 3 года назад +67

    I remember seeing Ben on here 6 years ago, he's definitely gotten better since

  • @Bdizzle-tm6bt
    @Bdizzle-tm6bt 3 года назад +64

    Ben is an awesome dude loved the RUclips stuff he did with his kid

  • @Fouldeformation
    @Fouldeformation 3 года назад +195

    He looked like he had so much fun playing The Final Episode. So sad they ignore those old albums completely.

    • @aidansimmers6146
      @aidansimmers6146 2 года назад +19

      I pray to God they play some old ones during their upcoming tour with ADTR

    • @Fouldeformation
      @Fouldeformation 2 года назад +13

      @@aidansimmers6146 to be completely honest, that would be awesome. But if you’ve seen any live content of theirs from the LAST time they did play that older stuff, like 2017-2018, I’d rather them just not play anything at all.

    • @felipe_sousa97
      @felipe_sousa97 2 года назад +4

      Danny is not that much into heavy music anymore, maybe that's the way they figured out to stay together as a band, since they're close friends

    • @coveheretic4854
      @coveheretic4854 2 года назад

      @@aidansimmers6146 no chance...

    • @ferrisconfines
      @ferrisconfines 2 года назад +3

      @@Fouldeformation saw them in 2018 with parkway drive, they played some older songs and honestly they were pretty good? Danny's vocals were still incredible to be honest.

  • @Dtempest3
    @Dtempest3 2 года назад +24

    The final episode still hits so hard! Love this series!

  • @aidansimmers6146
    @aidansimmers6146 2 года назад +123

    I find it so interesting that ben still has his accent and Danny doesn’t.

    • @johny.3400
      @johny.3400 2 года назад +6

      Danny tore a vocal chord + he has more developed voice + he did more drugs and alcohol....

    • @beardedweirdo790
      @beardedweirdo790 2 года назад +35

      That's because Danny puts it on because he hates where he came from

    • @shona5512
      @shona5512 2 года назад +16

      @@beardedweirdo790 Lol What.. People just pick up things at a different rate to others. In Danny's case, it was the constant drugs and touring that did it.. Being completely off his head whilst being surrounded by Americans, led him to develop speaking habits. Combine that with the fact that his wife is American and he loves country music, it made his Yorkshire accent more or less disappear. Similar to how Steve-O did so much drugs that he literally forgot how to speak, which is why he sounds like he's speaking from his throat. Like I said, everyone is different.

    • @vinnregi4882
      @vinnregi4882 2 года назад +16

      @@johny.3400 bro, it's an accent, not singing.
      It's just that Danny feels more American than British. I mean, how many Brits do you know that post about 9/11 on Instagram on the day it happened? When it happened, Danny was a 10yo kid, probably at school in fucking Yorkshire.
      It has nothing to do with "vocal chord integrity and substance abuse habits".
      Some people don't like their origin, or like their new environment better. It is what it is.

    • @jasonlovesmusicreacting882
      @jasonlovesmusicreacting882 2 года назад

      @@vinnregi4882 He's also more than likely adapted to Florida's lifestyle by now.

  • @HarptoHeart69
    @HarptoHeart69 3 года назад +50

    Man, he looks so young with short hair and no beard. You would never guess his age by watching this video unless you know who he is. 🤷‍♂️

  • @beardedweirdo790
    @beardedweirdo790 2 года назад +50

    I swear the older he gets the more baby faced he becomes

  • @jacobcoughlin24
    @jacobcoughlin24 2 года назад +13

    Can’t wait for their new album! Ben is great guitar player didn’t know he could solo like that until I heard alone again!

  • @EagleBearer_Music
    @EagleBearer_Music Год назад +1

    My favourite guitarist and from the same county as me, always loved him

  • @driftnutz8825
    @driftnutz8825 2 года назад +11

    Ben Bruce is legit in my top 3 favorites guitar players. That shit he wrote for moving on is so hypnotizing and melodic… n yeah they over lay the acoustic and the heavy Rythem guitars, but the lead lick he wrote for that song just resonated with my soul. U the effin man Ben Bruce!! Like u in American satan too!!!

    • @clintbeasthood9758
      @clintbeasthood9758 Год назад

      Same, it's so beautiful. The chorus and intro leads are beautiful, but the clean guitar on the verses is *chefs kiss*

  • @ConstantineM
    @ConstantineM 3 года назад +43

    I love his 000-s on the first albums

    • @clintbeasthood9758
      @clintbeasthood9758 Год назад +1

      A lot of elitist guitarist shit on it, but it sounds cooler than like every technical band I've heard. I've always felt like metal is more about energy than technicality. Their first two albums are like the best albums to headbang to. Their third is softer but it's my favorite album of all time

    • @ConstantineM
      @ConstantineM Год назад

      @@clintbeasthood9758 agree

  • @j03T3XAz
    @j03T3XAz 2 года назад +16

    He looks really healthy nowadays! Good for him and the rest of the AA boys for not going too off the rails!

  • @hadleyslife7351
    @hadleyslife7351 Год назад +6

    Ben is one of my favorite guitarists.. I love his his playstyle.

  • @imjustsomeoneok609
    @imjustsomeoneok609 3 года назад +13

    That’s a really nice guitar… I remember when I used to listen to A. A. Back when they were younger, how I loved them.

  • @swatfreak08
    @swatfreak08 2 года назад +3

    Hearing The Final Episode is so bittersweet for me man...

  • @bernguitartutorial6711
    @bernguitartutorial6711 3 года назад +8

    Love to hear this from Ben Bruce!

  • @backrask
    @backrask 3 года назад +6

    The video i was expecting months ago! Fuck yeah! We love you Ben!

  • @nameless8160
    @nameless8160 3 года назад +7

    I'm a simple man,i see Ben Bruce,I click

  • @swinginbeboptrio
    @swinginbeboptrio 2 года назад +1

    I had never heard the band until I heard a song from their new album in the car yesterday. The new album is a modern classic. It made me happy, like listening to Appetite for destruction or master of puppets for the first time.

  • @enriquepastor3626
    @enriquepastor3626 3 года назад +9

    Crazy how influential Nirvana were and is

  • @JDOverclock
    @JDOverclock 2 года назад +3

    Awesome! I'm listening to the new album nonstop! Love it so much!

  • @offsoulkronos
    @offsoulkronos 6 месяцев назад

    Here I am two years later.
    GG Ben 🤘

  • @Pepper_Jvck
    @Pepper_Jvck 3 года назад +5

    See What's on the inside's riff lowkey reminds me of Moving on.

    • @neilkenneth859
      @neilkenneth859 2 года назад

      If you were to put a trap beat underneath, that would sound like Polyphia lol!

  • @Metalhead9428
    @Metalhead9428 3 года назад +16

    How have I grown to look older then someone I first found at 14, I’m 27 now lol

  • @untilitsleeps087
    @untilitsleeps087 2 года назад

    @ Benbruce Good To See you on here Homie!

  • @masonjoel8786
    @masonjoel8786 2 года назад +2

    anybody else kinda obssessed with this guitar Ben is rocking?

  • @scura4522
    @scura4522 2 года назад +1

    Where the same Ben I feel so proud when I play your riffs final episode

  • @joecinder3828
    @joecinder3828 2 года назад +2

    After watching him since I started playing guitar, he has matured so much, I don't think he cracked a single joke, and that makes me kinda sad.

  • @MB-wx2jp
    @MB-wx2jp 3 месяца назад

    Hearing Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile (slight return) was what made me want to learn guitar.

  • @yzzO-vo4ux
    @yzzO-vo4ux 3 года назад +7

    I’m thinking of o many dad jokes involving, “o my god.” I won’t torture you

  • @stoopidhaters
    @stoopidhaters 3 года назад +16

    Ahh yes, the genius that wrote all those catchy riffs from Stand up and scream.

  • @styxxhs8048
    @styxxhs8048 2 года назад +1

    And the first riff you wrote for asking alexandria was a pretty badass riff mang! Haha!! 🤘🏻😜

  • @htunpyae6584
    @htunpyae6584 2 года назад +1

    Love you ben ❤️

  • @kweezy9517
    @kweezy9517 2 года назад +1

    He’s a legend fo sho

  • @orchidmalevolence9726
    @orchidmalevolence9726 3 года назад +8

    This 15 year old kid can def play

  • @brantbarker181
    @brantbarker181 2 года назад

    the blues riff in moving on captured my musical attention and shed light on riff progression in that modal direction Kee p the content live and raw. the fans want to know

  • @Jakob_W3Ch4rg3_
    @Jakob_W3Ch4rg3_ 2 года назад +3

    Not a shot at Ben, but is no one going to talk about the lack of downpicking in Through The Never?
    Edit: After finishing watching this interview, I have realized that this is probably the most serious I have ever heard Ben speak in an interview.

  • @deloreanwaters3455
    @deloreanwaters3455 2 года назад +1

    Ben is absolutely goated

  • @adicohen2545
    @adicohen2545 2 года назад +26

    OMG that The Finale Episode riff killed me. Miss that sound of them so much

  • @DennisvanVerseveld
    @DennisvanVerseveld 2 года назад

    The Final Episode 🤘🏽 my favorite AA riff!

  • @donaldthescotishtwin
    @donaldthescotishtwin Год назад

    “Super easy to play, one of the best and iconic riffs ever”
    Proceeds to play in wrong key

  • @TheMeJustMe75
    @TheMeJustMe75 2 года назад

    Van Halen's 1984 made me want to play the guitar. I was 9 years old in 1984 and I lost my mind. Whenever my mom went shopping downtown, I would beg her to let me go to the music store while she shopped. I would just stand at the counter and stare at each guitar. I was obsessed with strats. I just thought they were the coolest. One day the guy got one down and said "You want to try it out?" I couldn't talk, just nodded. He took it to a practice booth, plug it into the amp, hit the distortion and handed it to me. I remember it was summer and he was the only other person there. He had the front door opened. He got a kick out of me, I think. He said it wasn't loud enough so he turned the volume up. My mom came to get me and I think she was horrified when she saw me playing this loud guitar and the guy encouraging me. The guy asked her if I was going to be getting the guitar that day and she said No. It would be until I was 13 - 14 until I started taking lessons.

  • @ghaianthaljie220
    @ghaianthaljie220 2 года назад +1

    I think u had a wonderful job with alone again solo

  • @hennydarmse
    @hennydarmse 2 года назад +1

    Damn... I haven't seen this dude since back in the day. I would not have recognized him if his name wasn't actually mentioned.

  • @mycoachknowsthesheriff8396
    @mycoachknowsthesheriff8396 3 года назад +3

    BEN!

  • @bryantmontgomery2202
    @bryantmontgomery2202 2 года назад +1

    This dude is so bad ass

  • @monsterchannel2034
    @monsterchannel2034 2 года назад

    You're great composer man hugs from montevideo

  • @leonbrown7911
    @leonbrown7911 2 года назад

    That CBS Strat headstock tho 😩👌🏽

  • @lyledurand
    @lyledurand 3 года назад +1

    Ben Bruce you a cool dude

  • @BotHoleAssassin
    @BotHoleAssassin 2 года назад +8

    I always thought of Asking Alexandria and Bring me to the Horizon as a version of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones sick as bands

  • @timmcdermid7083
    @timmcdermid7083 2 года назад +1

    Love the old vypyr! One of the best cheap amps around

  • @AshleySixx-kg6sy
    @AshleySixx-kg6sy 2 месяца назад

    U and tht energy word 👁️👄👁️

  • @alexburchell1891
    @alexburchell1891 2 года назад

    Man I'd love to mess around with that Snakeskin Soldano head.

  • @Pumpkin-j3d
    @Pumpkin-j3d 2 года назад +6

    Imagine how much 😺 Ben got in his prime. Lmao

    • @TheSummitCove
      @TheSummitCove 2 года назад +1

      They were so young when they were “prime” I’m the same exact age as them and it’s so weird to think about, just young lads

  • @donaldkarr3687
    @donaldkarr3687 2 года назад +7

    can we talk about the fact that he has a picture of his family on his pedalboard

  • @iarimmaclaro6147
    @iarimmaclaro6147 2 года назад +1

    wow!!! nice riff's and a reaally nice place

  • @elizrbe5738
    @elizrbe5738 3 года назад +7

    I love seeing this part of Ben, thank you Loudwire.🤍

  • @Toinfinitybeyond22
    @Toinfinitybeyond22 3 года назад

    I love Ben ❤

  • @demaistre2458
    @demaistre2458 2 года назад +1

    That soldano is fucking beautiful 😍

  • @firdauszainudin7118
    @firdauszainudin7118 2 года назад

    Stand up and Scream ia my first & last album.

  • @auliafebby08
    @auliafebby08 2 года назад +2

    where's ur white ibanez ??? I really miss you wearing that 😭😭😭

  • @bnniechan
    @bnniechan 2 года назад +12

    seeing ben play the final episode makes me so happy

  • @kikyalexandria3897
    @kikyalexandria3897 3 года назад +7

    Looks like Asking Alexandria has forgotten one of his albums The Black even Ben isn't showing it in his studio even though I think it's also a very good album (Sorry if there are any wrong words because my English is bad)

    • @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385
      @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 3 года назад +3

      Because the band started with Danny Worsnop, and they have a special bond with him. I've been a metalhead since 2010, and Danny was one of my favorite vocalists in metal. Still is... Dennis replaced Danny because of an argument of some sort that Ben and Danny had, Danny, and Ben and the whole Asking Alexandria crew said that they are not playing any songs off of "The Black." Danny Worsnop said he wouldn't mind, but Ben said no... therefore The Black from Asking Alexandria goes as a hidden album in a sense.. hopefully I got your question answered. 🙂

    • @kikyalexandria3897
      @kikyalexandria3897 3 года назад +1

      @@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 Wow thanks for the answer 😊

    • @GreenDay8510
      @GreenDay8510 3 года назад +1

      They replaced Danny with Denis and it was a good album/2 years for the band then Denis went back home to the Ukraine he pretty much ghosted himself out of the band. Wasn’t returning any texts/phone calls and made numerous excuses about not being able to leave the Ukraine because it was ‘war torn’ or protests, something along those lines. So they had their 10 year anniversary tour coming up and asked Danny to return. Now they’ve disowned that album because of how much negativity surrounds it from their experience with Denis.

    • @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385
      @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 3 года назад

      @@TheRemulosEpsolonProgramme why?

    • @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385
      @thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 3 года назад

      @@GreenDay8510 yes basically, Thanxs for clearing up the situation. I don't know if I wrote it correctly.

  • @xalpha322
    @xalpha322 Год назад

    5:04 for the oldies.

  • @zakkcovers18
    @zakkcovers18 3 года назад +1

    Crazy train 🤘🎸

  • @johncarter1852
    @johncarter1852 2 года назад +1

    This guy still looks like a kid and Hanson has been over with for decades.

  • @Poemwriter_Angelo
    @Poemwriter_Angelo 2 года назад

    crazy tran and last resort where my favorite riffs as well!

  • @Vegas6Daniels
    @Vegas6Daniels 2 года назад

    I’m almost convinced Ben and Chris from ‘Abroad In Japan’ are the same people

  • @curtjdup
    @curtjdup Год назад

    Hello Been Ben Bruce nice to meet you lol 8:35

  • @iarimmaclaro
    @iarimmaclaro 2 года назад +1

    Brigaaada bb por vc ser assiiim :++++

  • @user-vl4kp1hu9m
    @user-vl4kp1hu9m 8 месяцев назад

    Still the best guitarist #1❤😂

  • @mymp18
    @mymp18 3 месяца назад +1

    You should join AA for guitarist

  • @TheChrispablo
    @TheChrispablo 2 года назад +3

    seems like he mellowed out a bit on the booze, he more chill nowerdays

  • @rosskrause3926
    @rosskrause3926 2 года назад

    What is the opening song-riff etc right when this video starts " I have heard it before but can't find it because I don't know who did it !

  • @donaldkarr3687
    @donaldkarr3687 2 года назад

    FUCK YES FINALLY

  • @geoffworsnop5726
    @geoffworsnop5726 2 года назад

    I remember having lip piercing before because of this man and pushed me to learn guitar

  • @bringinit4r
    @bringinit4r 2 года назад +3

    He’s what kept asking going all these years and I think he’s a genuine person. I can never bring myself to see asking again because Danny is a ass and doesn’t act like he could care less to meet a fan.

  • @vaxxisstv8915
    @vaxxisstv8915 2 года назад

    Juni from Spy Kids grew up to play for AA

  • @ixPeekABooBix
    @ixPeekABooBix 2 года назад +9

    I feel bad cause it seems like he (and a lot of other core musicians) really miss playing the heavy music beacuse it's more technical, challenging and fun to play but the voclist usually grows out of the heavy stuff and wants to transition into genericore rock.
    Get the same feeling watching other drummers and guitarists as well incld the boys from BMTH

  • @dannynicholson6195
    @dannynicholson6195 3 года назад +3

    Did he stop playing with Ibanez?

  • @megadeth1952
    @megadeth1952 2 года назад

    First song I learned was seek and destroy without a pick.

  • @dexxybetrayal
    @dexxybetrayal 3 года назад +9

    I wonder where all his signature Ibanezs went guitars went

    • @dresixx92102
      @dresixx92102 2 года назад +3

      storage I believe, I talked to matt good who produced last 2 albums said they werent used on the records so thats my best guess.

    • @felipe_sousa97
      @felipe_sousa97 2 года назад +2

      I loved the Ibanez+peavey 5150 era, unfortunately we won't see heavy chugs from them anymore :(

  • @cshaw3317
    @cshaw3317 2 года назад

    I never would have guessed he plays Fenders

  • @christophermosquera6931
    @christophermosquera6931 Год назад

    Ben :D

  • @dnmoscato92
    @dnmoscato92 2 года назад

    Through the never is a badass riff

  • @creepofreako
    @creepofreako 2 года назад +1

    I remember Ben talking about not cutting his hair because that's where all the music came from. Lol . I wonder what happened?

  • @Olivia3641
    @Olivia3641 2 года назад +2

    Ben’s accent will always be sexy.

  • @marcjohn03
    @marcjohn03 2 года назад +1

    I wonder how would cameron react to this 2:18

  • @bloodmutt
    @bloodmutt 2 года назад

    He getting them old eyes. I feel ya

  • @hangedman8250
    @hangedman8250 2 года назад

    the final episode

  • @_s_u_n_n_y_
    @_s_u_n_n_y_ 2 года назад +3

    Tom holland on guitar

  • @ghaianthaljie220
    @ghaianthaljie220 2 года назад +1

    I think u are an amazing joung guitar to ur age

  • @jakeismyname100
    @jakeismyname100 3 года назад

    Love to see that proper 12

  • @iarimmaclaro6147
    @iarimmaclaro6147 2 года назад

    Look at this!
    Ben is also the model and Im trying to spend more money 'cause Ben isnt happy, btw he is very very much.

  • @Feitan0123
    @Feitan0123 2 года назад

    Ben, do a rig rundown! Pedalboard

  • @ChickenSkit
    @ChickenSkit 2 года назад

    what fender is he using ?