For more amazing guitar playing by Chris Poland, don't forget to check out Damn The Machine's latest release! These links will lead you to previews of the tracks in The Last Man, as well as the band's site respectively. ruclips.net/video/aPUttkuli2g/видео.html www.damnthemachine.com/
Marty Friedman: The guy who play the perfect notes at the perfect time with the perfect feels...Chris Poland: The guy who came from a parallel universe and play notes and feels that nobody understand how is it possible to conceive that sound.
It's not possible Chris had his own thing going on nobody else Megadeth ever got after him could quite get it. They all had their own styles but they could never get Chris's style down...
"His solos are not even metal" The same could be said for Ole Borud .. ruclips.net/video/Bvf9K8VBAEA/видео.html solo @ ruclips.net/video/Bvf9K8VBAEA/видео.html?t=210 Ole sings clean here .. This is also Borud .. ruclips.net/video/4jynzxQt_-4/видео.html Yep, the same dude! Ever hear of Extol?
jwardbass it’s all him cuz Dave doesn’t know how to carry a song like that. Not even a cover. But Poland can shred and make every solo sound different and THATS WHY he’s the best Megadeth guitarist
@@acmichaels4983 Damn I've never really looked at it that way.. They truly DO sound different. All of them, but yet they're so distinct you instantly know that it's Chris the first two seconds you hear his stuff.. Remarkable.
Whole album kills... lyrically combats my Christianity... but sooo intoxicatingly amazing skill and depth of heart .. difficult to put into words the absolute kaleidoscope of feeling and adventurous highs and lows of this metal masterpiece..!!!! God bless Dave Mustaine and the gift of Megadeth to the world .
Edgar Gasai dude how was Jeff young trash? Go listen to the live performances of the so far so good so what era. Pretty much the only megadeth guitarist to get close to playing Poland’s leads. He has a great style himself too.
His solos and tone evoke a really haunting atmosphere. It fits the album perfectly. He plays with a lot of emotion and has some of the best vibrato in metal.
Hardly haunting - more like happy and uplifting due to the jazzy major key and chromatic licks, which is ill-fitting for metal. I personally can't stand his weird style and think Megadeth greatly improved after he was fired.
I remember hearing Dave explain how “Chris Poland was an amazing guitar player who could play circles around him” in the VH1 documentary about the band when I was just getting into Megadeth about 8 or 10 years ago and thinking: what? Dave was always way supreme as far as pure talent goes in Metallica: he can’t be beaten by his co-guitarist? I went and bought the “Peace Sells” album, listened to it, found some of the old masters of Chris’ isolated guitar online, listened to them and thought: shit, Dave was right. Chris is the man. Easily one of the most underrated guitarists of our time. Such precision, feel and flow even at that fast of a pace. You can hear how he used to play jazz and blues in his style. I’ve never heard anything like the “Black Friday” solo. Absolutely unparalleled.
I’ve never heard any other guitarist even come close to playing that solo like Chris. Marty is my favorite Megadeth guitarist, but nobody can fuck with Chris.
Greg Tyrone I thought Chris Broderick had the best backing vocals, but the great thing is that they’ve each brought something unique and special to the band which makes megadeth truly amazing.
100% agree. Him and Gar were what made this band so interesting. After they left Megadeth still made some good records, but they became a bit too clinical IMO.
The howls, swells, squeals and feedback. ....just one of one. Dare I say, it evokes Jeff Beck. There is just a touch to the playing that you can't duplicate.
Mustaine, Samuelson, Poland, Ellefson. The best lineup Megadeth ever had, period. At least for old timers like me, who heard "Peace Sells" album when we were 13 years old, and still nowadays being blown away by it.
@@Baraka_Obama_ Dammit... Depends on the day and my mood man. Puppets has Disposable Heroes and Peace Sells has My Last Words. It's a tough call. I prefer Chris and Dave over James and Kirk. Gar is better than Lars but Cliff is GOD. I've seen both live and Metallica is still the best live show I've ever seen. September 8, 1989. I saw Megadeth a year later with Marty and Nick but Metallica was better. No contest. It's a bad choice to have to make. That's why I loved both bands when it want always safe to do so. But, for my money, Peace Sells is just a slight hair better.
@@Baraka_Obama_ Chris is in my top 5. The guy's phrasing and technique is probably the most unique out of any metal player. That's why everyone who's come after him hasn't been able to recreate his solos properly. Chris Broderick said that they were the hardest things he's ever tried to replicate. Marty was sick, but I always go Chris. Kirk doesn't even enter the conversation when it comes to Megadeth guitarists. James is a machine. His right hand is a weapon. When it comes to rhythm players there's not many to compete.
Damn listen to how clean those leads are! No string noise, no missed notes, no choppy rhythm, perfect use of feedback (Good Mourning). What a brilliant player
When taken out of context, Poland's leads on this record blow me away. His skills and style are unmatched by any Megadeth guitarist. Not Friedman, not Broderick, not even Kiko. He is one of a kind.
+Frieza287 Finally someone who gets it :) His tone and style are the only ones the later guitarists have struggled with. Friedman couldn't sound like Poland, so he just did it his way. Haven't heard Kiko play Poland's solos, but he probably has trouble aswell. Broderick wasn't even close. Chris is one of a kind. Best lead they ever had.
I would largely agree. It was the best on the market in its day, and the quality of musicianship is far above that of Dave's earlier bands. Unrivaled agression and skill from all talent heard on Peace Sells.
Agree 100%. I listen to the first Good Mourning solo over and over. He brings depth and soul to what is a true, raw, edgy thrash guitar. First solo in track 8, My Last Words, too.
Its the stuff from the start of good mourning that has me thinking of the old cliche about a musician who sold his soul to the devil. As a young guitarist i just couldn't understand how a mortal man could have so much control of the tone of the instrument, the way he seems to summon up this beautiful feedback at will. Nobody else really sounds like this even to this day, am i wrong? Honourable mention to his lead at the start of bad omen as well. Who the fuck plays like that, so inspired
i have the first edition release of that CD to this day - My buddy Tim was friends with Chris and brought my CD out to LA when he visited him and had him sign it for me - I guess Chris kinda flipped out in a good way because at that time the CD was 14 years old and the artwork and CD were still in perfect condition minus a dog eared corner here and a small scratch or two there... definitely did not show all of the years of play it had given me. Mustaine has surrounded himself with some great guitarists throughout the years, but Chris and Dave contrasting each other but still blending together so seamlessly on Peace Sells is by far my favorite Megadeth album among all of the great ones to have been released.
@@troysmithfr I say Kiko Is better than Poland and Friedman Conquer or Die off Dystopia Album also RUclips Kiko's Band Angra before He joined Megadeth Amazing Guitar Work he does . Conquer or Die Song it's All Him and it amazes me how I'ts got that Megadeth Sound and feel that he did alone
@@darealfbi69Kiko is not better lol, conquer or die solo is great, a lot of dynamics and shits....Poland and Friedman are even better (specially Marty).
“I don’t really use wang bars cause they’re just not used properly by guitar players.” -Dave Mustaine I’m almost positive that he was talking about Kirk, but that statement does not apply to Chris. Chris is one of the few players who uses the bar to enhance the feel of his solos, in my opinion.
Agree. You can totally hear it on Black Friday's intro, in the way Chris whammys to the note and out of the note (that, without considering his exquisite use of feedback).
which doesnt make sense to me. Kirk barely used the bar throughout Metallica's discography. At the end of the first solo in Four Horsemen, at the end of one of the Trapped Under Ice Solos, and various AJFA solos (Blackened, Shortest Straw, title track) and I like the way he used it all over AJFA. But other than that you don't hear it used that much. He was much more likely referring to the EVH wannabes that came out throughout the 80s.
I've been on a Chris Poland youtube binge since yesterday, and I can't believe how I overlooked this guy! Such a unique style, amazing tone and phrasing and technique. Should be mentioned with the guitar greats for sure, but sadly isn't.
Been listening to this album for almost 30 years and I've never heard Poland's solos in this way. Some of the runs he does are spectacular, but for some reason they get buried in the mix and you really have to listen for them. Hear them this way totally changes how I hear them. This guy was really underrated.
Mr Poland alongside Mr Samuelson made Megadeth totally dangerous and unique musically. I’ve always loved the band but the #1 line up was with Chris & Gar. The whole thrash melding with fusion was mind blowing. Marty got somewhere close but was just too much of a modal good boy. I’m sure if you were fortunate enough to sit and chat with Dave & Jnr they’d reflect similar feeling. I’m just so glad Mustaine left Metallica as Megadeth bring so much to the table and the first 2 albums blew the whole scene wide open. Love them to Deth🤘🤘
That subtle vibrato and quick bursts on Good Mourning send chills down my spine. They can make a perfectly sunny day sad as hell! And that's a GOOD thing!
poland is arguably one of the best to ever touch a guitar, but marty takes the cake in my book. far more influential and has better phrasings, but that’s just my opinion
I've literally never heard any other player in the world with phrasing/voicing in any way near as unique as this. Poland doesn't have swag... Poland IS swag.
Chris poland is really inspired by Allan Holdsworth. I hear some clear influences. The fact that he applied this approach to a thrash metal band was totally genius and made his own sound.
Favorite lead player in Megadeth by a longshot & SO cool to hear these isolated tracks! (Thank you for posting them!)... I knew it was special when those 1st 2 records came out, but I didn't quite understand why until I got a bit older. Being into both Thrash & Jazz & becoming more groove oriented as I progressed as a player, it became apparent just how much Poland & Samuelson brought to the mix. Their well-seasoned jazz chops & in the pocket groove/swagger, balanced out the punchiness of the Dave's playing perfectly. In hindsight, it made Megadeth a truly unique & unequaled force at the time. Rust in Peace is a great record in its own right IMO, but for my taste, I haven't heard an album or line up from them that has even come close to touching that 1st recorded era since. Thanks again for posting this! It was truly a treat to stumble upon it today! \m/
Gar and Chris are a very underrated part of the sound of Megadeth. With their exit they lost a very special Jazz influence and never achieved to sound the same than in their early days. For me Peace sells is up to Reign in Blood, Ride the lightning, No Place for disgrace. A very unique time in Metal.
To me he's the best guitar player for Megadeth because he was the first guitar player. When you change musicians it changes the sound of your band. Also I saw an interview with Dave talking about when Chris asked to join the band. He said "This guy plays circles around me. Why would he want to be in my band". And if you notice all Megadeth lead guitar players are phenomenal, but Dave is the driving rythem force. Dave has great leads also, but he's dirty. Like he said with Marty Friedman. Marty is Passion, and Dave is aggression.
Not a guitar player but it seems to me like Poland can use color, tone, and other effects in far more musical ways than other metal guitarists I’ve heard. In Good Mourning especially there are a few long notes he plays almost like a wind instrument or vocalist. I’ve always loved the sound of the Peace Sells album. Totally unique.
actually this video proves how good Dave manages to keep up with a monster player like Chris. it's amazing Dave has as many solos as he is, and good ones at it, considering who's the other player here. also what I fucking love about this is how the solos are all over the fucking place on this album.
I remember listening to this album for the first time when I was 15 back towards the end of '86. The first run through, all I could think was "damn, the musicianship is outstanding... the riffs and solos are amazing... but, the song arrangement is beyond weird... and the singer sucks!" Ha! It took me a couple of months to fully appreciate their sound, and this album wound up becoming my favorite all-time piece of music.
He's so clean that it almost sounds like midi guitar sometimes, lol. Very underrated, amazing guitarist. Friedman is amazing as well but people often overlook Poland and only focus on him.
Chris had the chops, the phrasing, the "outside" runs etc etc...But remember- and this is what really separates him from the rest of the metal gunslingers: Chris is a jazzer... he got that swing!
Wow his playing is so CLEAN, I would even dare saying he has surpassed Paul Gilbert levels of precision while playing, because he's able to not lose emotion when going precise, which is Paul Gilbert's weakness, so Poland is one step above
Sorry paul owns him technically.. they are not on par at all.. he does have a soulfull blues tone and feel though that Paul doesn't.. Ill give you that...
he used a rockman x100 for this album, which was created by the Boston guitarist Tom Scholz. This pedal created many tones, from Boston, Megadeth Peace sells, and ZZ top's Eliminator.
Dang, Dave Poland was a fire breathing guitar monster. I bet Dave Mustain was very sad to lose him when he left. Dave asked him to rejoin after Marty left when he was recording The System Has Failed in 2003-2004. Dave P. recorded some solos for the album to help out his old friend but politely declined his offer to rejoin.
If anyone wants to learn these solos, please check out my good friend Txampi's lessons. Hopefully he'll do every solo eventually, but here's the playlist thus far ruclips.net/p/PL3MzQvAwrlVaAECdwbvZkZAgGwZj0ISD8
TheRipper Yeah I can't believe how he figured them out perfectly and replicated them. Wish I could play as good as him or as Poland for that matter lol
i reuploaded wake up dead video some parts were not correct and the vid quality was a shit so upgrade the video list because i wiill erase the old video
they are similar but in the past vid, my guitar was out of tune in some bends and in the explanation time, and there was 1 bend played wrong now i correct them so maybe is more clear to learn ;) (i had 500 views in 2 weeks in that vid so it hurts to erase lol)
For more amazing guitar playing by Chris Poland, don't forget to check out Damn The Machine's latest release! These links will lead you to previews of the tracks in The Last Man, as well as the band's site respectively.
ruclips.net/video/aPUttkuli2g/видео.html
www.damnthemachine.com/
This album would not be what it is without Chris' signature style and tone.
+Michael Loperena TRUE,dude!!!
+Michael Loperena So far,so good...so what! too!
+jeannoel43 ... He didn't play on that album. Jeff Young did.
Dakota Hawk oups! thx for info.
+Michael Loperena so true, and when you isolate these leads, you REALLY hear his style in it.
Chris played those notes so clean, even when going fast....
He's a lunatic. I bet that took countless hours of practice.
and some of dave's guitars in exchange for some dope!
Two fingers and thumb on the pick and thicker strings jazz style.
His style always sounds like he is playing a keyboard instead of a guitar,I'm thinking how Dave could agree with it.
Andy M two fingers and thumb on pick doesn’t equal “jazz style”, doesn’t matter how you hold the pick
Marty Friedman: The guy who play the perfect notes at the perfect time with the perfect feels...Chris Poland: The guy who came from a parallel universe and play notes and feels that nobody understand how is it possible to conceive that sound.
Perfectly said. I never heard anybody make a guitar sing like CP!! Nobody! Even Marty Friedman said he has a difficult time trying to play his solos.
It's not possible Chris had his own thing going on nobody else Megadeth ever got after him could quite get it. They all had their own styles but they could never get Chris's style down...
Gear: we're distorted
Chris: No, we're clean
Gear: ok
2:37 absolutely beast
good mourning is better, but chris certainly did always pull off very strong outros
His solos are not even metal, they are pure Chris Poland. The metal just wraps around his playing.
"His solos are not even metal"
The same could be said for Ole Borud ..
ruclips.net/video/Bvf9K8VBAEA/видео.html
solo @ ruclips.net/video/Bvf9K8VBAEA/видео.html?t=210
Ole sings clean here ..
This is also Borud ..
ruclips.net/video/4jynzxQt_-4/видео.html
Yep, the same dude!
Ever hear of Extol?
Lots of blues and fusion in there.
Exactly...chris is a fusion player.
Black blues and 80s fusion.
Luthier Vandros that’s what I always felt like, he always felt so Blues-jazzy with a punch.
I like how the entirety of Superstitious is just him soloing
jwardbass again...
Un guitarrista exelente
jwardbass it’s all him cuz Dave doesn’t know how to carry a song like that. Not even a cover. But Poland can shred and make every solo sound different and THATS WHY he’s the best Megadeth guitarist
@@acmichaels4983 Damn I've never really looked at it that way.. They truly DO sound different. All of them, but yet they're so distinct you instantly know that it's Chris the first two seconds you hear his stuff.. Remarkable.
Whole album kills... lyrically combats my Christianity... but sooo intoxicatingly amazing skill and depth of heart .. difficult to put into words the absolute kaleidoscope of feeling and adventurous highs and lows of this metal masterpiece..!!!! God bless Dave Mustaine and the gift of Megadeth to the world .
When you learn to play these solos you find that both Chris and marty are unique and neither is "better than the other"
Don't forget kiko and yeah Jeff young was trash 😂
But so far, so good, so what was still a great album
Hell yeah. Both those dudes tore it up and we as musicians are blessed to have such musicians alive today . true masters of their craft.
Edgar Gasai dude how was Jeff young trash? Go listen to the live performances of the so far so good so what era. Pretty much the only megadeth guitarist to get close to playing Poland’s leads. He has a great style himself too.
Except that Chris is better than Marty.
His solos and tone evoke a really haunting atmosphere. It fits the album perfectly. He plays with a lot of emotion and has some of the best vibrato in metal.
He has a sound that is so incredibly distinct. He makes that guitar talk.
Puts a tear in my eye.
I could not have said it better
This album is kinda spooky
Hardly haunting - more like happy and uplifting due to the jazzy major key and chromatic licks, which is ill-fitting for metal. I personally can't stand his weird style and think Megadeth greatly improved after he was fired.
2:07 always gives me goosebumps
I remember hearing Dave explain how “Chris Poland was an amazing guitar player who could play circles around him” in the VH1 documentary about the band when I was just getting into Megadeth about 8 or 10 years ago and thinking: what? Dave was always way supreme as far as pure talent goes in Metallica: he can’t be beaten by his co-guitarist? I went and bought the “Peace Sells” album, listened to it, found some of the old masters of Chris’ isolated guitar online, listened to them and thought: shit, Dave was right. Chris is the man.
Easily one of the most underrated guitarists of our time. Such precision, feel and flow even at that fast of a pace. You can hear how he used to play jazz and blues in his style. I’ve never heard anything like the “Black Friday” solo. Absolutely unparalleled.
The “Black Friday” solo is a thing of beauty, and perhaps my favorite Poland solo, up there with “Kick the Chair”
I’ve never heard any other guitarist even come close to playing that solo like Chris. Marty is my favorite Megadeth guitarist, but nobody can fuck with Chris.
Pretty sure Marty was so good it made Dave nauseous when they were tracking Rust in Peace. It's mentioned in his book but I haven't read it in years
Well, anyone can play circles around Mustaine. He's a horrible lead player.👎
robert jaramillo HORRIBLE??? YOU NEED A WHISPER 2000 FOR YOUR SHITTY HEARING
So underrated, easily the most unique and best guitarist of Megadeth
Marty, Al Pitrelli and Kiko are pretty damn good. Couldn't stand Broderick.
Greg Tyrone I thought Chris Broderick had the best backing vocals, but the great thing is that they’ve each brought something unique and special to the band which makes megadeth truly amazing.
My Favorite is Jeff Young.
100% agree. Him and Gar were what made this band so interesting. After they left Megadeth still made some good records, but they became a bit too clinical IMO.
Glen Drover, anyone 😅? Chris Poland is great, but I also cast my vote to Marty and Glen.
The howls, swells, squeals and feedback. ....just one of one. Dare I say, it evokes Jeff Beck. There is just a touch to the playing that you can't duplicate.
Yeah Marty Friedman is great and so is Kiko, but nobody quite plays Poland's solo's as well as he did.
Mustaine, Samuelson, Poland, Ellefson. The best lineup Megadeth ever had, period. At least for old timers like me, who heard "Peace Sells" album when we were 13 years old, and still nowadays being blown away by it.
Listened to it in my car this morning in the way to work. I was 13 when Peace Sells came out too. Best metal album of all time.
@@thorthunderlungs5171 Better than Master of Puppets?
@@Baraka_Obama_
Dammit... Depends on the day and my mood man. Puppets has Disposable Heroes and Peace Sells has My Last Words. It's a tough call. I prefer Chris and Dave over James and Kirk. Gar is better than Lars but Cliff is GOD. I've seen both live and Metallica is still the best live show I've ever seen. September 8, 1989. I saw Megadeth a year later with Marty and Nick but Metallica was better. No contest. It's a bad choice to have to make. That's why I loved both bands when it want always safe to do so. But, for my money, Peace Sells is just a slight hair better.
@@thorthunderlungs5171 I respect that, those 2 albums are Classic Masterpieces but like you I prefer Megadeth's guitars
@@Baraka_Obama_
Chris is in my top 5. The guy's phrasing and technique is probably the most unique out of any metal player. That's why everyone who's come after him hasn't been able to recreate his solos properly. Chris Broderick said that they were the hardest things he's ever tried to replicate. Marty was sick, but I always go Chris. Kirk doesn't even enter the conversation when it comes to Megadeth guitarists. James is a machine. His right hand is a weapon. When it comes to rhythm players there's not many to compete.
The most distinct player they ever had!
ligamentpull1 him and marty
Agree, Marty's work is legendary.
Broderic and Young played great, but not nearly as memorable as Poland and Friedmans work!
@@ligamentpull1 who is YOUNG?
Jeff Young
@@Walamonga1313 thanks
I've always loved his tone! It's so unique. You can always tell it's Poland.
MegaThrasher95 His tone has evolved to the point where it's almost like Allan Holdsworth's, though it rocks a bit harder IMHO.
He used a Rockman headphone amp into the front end of a Marshall. Amazing high gain tone.
Reminds me a bit of Pat McManus ot Tony MacAlpine or something. Unrerrated player
Those bends are impossible to truly replicate and play like him. Especially in Black Friday, such a unique player
Even Marty Friedman struggled to replicate it.
The amount of clarity in his playing is absolutely mind blowing
Chris is great. They way he bends his notes makes his guitar sounds like it's weeping. Such a unique player.
Definitely my favorite guitar player of all time, and I've been into shredders for decades. NOBODY sounds like this guy. Nooobody.
True he's amazing "NOOBODY, NOOOOOOOOBODYHH!" -Lord Humungus
multiply.infinity Have you listened to James Murphy? That guy is as stylish as Poland.
Yes, but his style is nowhere near as unique.
James is so underrated too. He's an amazing guitarist @@Walamonga1313
No disrespect to the stellar shredders of megadeth,but chris poland.........shit,dude is a natural,has style for dayz.
The Megadeth lead guitarist, IMO. Followed by Kiko and Marty.
+MegaThrasher95 the best*
Dave always finds the greats man, he’s never NOT had a badass playing with him.
Damn listen to how clean those leads are! No string noise, no missed notes, no choppy rhythm, perfect use of feedback (Good Mourning). What a brilliant player
2:37 greatest solo of all time
When taken out of context, Poland's leads on this record blow me away. His skills and style are unmatched by any Megadeth guitarist. Not Friedman, not Broderick, not even Kiko. He is one of a kind.
incredible tone, blistering runs, amazing bends, class by himself!!
+Frieza287 All that jazz influence
+Frieza287 Finally someone who gets it :) His tone and style are the only ones the later guitarists have struggled with. Friedman couldn't sound like Poland, so he just did it his way. Haven't heard Kiko play Poland's solos, but he probably has trouble aswell. Broderick wasn't even close.
Chris is one of a kind. Best lead they ever had.
Niko Perez A. I agree with you about Glen Drover, he was very talented. Shame he wasn't built for life on the road but he certainly had the chops.
He's got style, I find Marty too colorful and contrived.
Peace Sells has the best guitar work of any Metal album EVER, Dave and Chris just killed it. Just my opinion anyway
agreed
I would largely agree. It was the best on the market in its day, and the quality of musicianship is far above that of Dave's earlier bands. Unrivaled agression and skill from all talent heard on Peace Sells.
Without a doubt.
Yeah. There best album. Bought it when it came out
Oh my God, the beginning of Good Mourning!!!! Thank you so much for this. Chris is beyond amazing, as was Gar.
Agree 100%. I listen to the first Good Mourning solo over and over. He brings depth and soul to what is a true, raw, edgy thrash guitar. First solo in track 8, My Last Words, too.
Its the stuff from the start of good mourning that has me thinking of the old cliche about a musician who sold his soul to the devil. As a young guitarist i just couldn't understand how a mortal man could have so much control of the tone of the instrument, the way he seems to summon up this beautiful feedback at will.
Nobody else really sounds like this even to this day, am i wrong?
Honourable mention to his lead at the start of bad omen as well. Who the fuck plays like that, so inspired
it sounds like someone weeping, that's just pure art
GM and MLW are def my fav Poland solos in this record by far
It sounds so beautiful, good lord
I love his use of harmonics and overtones. Not as gimmicks but just part of his tone scale. Really tasty.
I love that for "I Ain't Superstitious" you literally put the whole song because the whole song is just Poland shredding
"Return to Metalopolis", is one of my all time favorite albums. Really shows off Chris' genius!
i have the first edition release of that CD to this day - My buddy Tim was friends with Chris and brought my CD out to LA when he visited him and had him sign it for me - I guess Chris kinda flipped out in a good way because at that time the CD was 14 years old and the artwork and CD were still in perfect condition minus a dog eared corner here and a small scratch or two there... definitely did not show all of the years of play it had given me. Mustaine has surrounded himself with some great guitarists throughout the years, but Chris and Dave contrasting each other but still blending together so seamlessly on Peace Sells is by far my favorite Megadeth album among all of the great ones to have been released.
Finally available on streaming sites
Nothing will ever be close to Chris and Marty :)
Nothing will ever be close to Chris*
Troy You are a very ignorant person.
meh, marty is at least better outside of megadeth. they are both amazing though.
@@troysmithfr I say Kiko Is better than Poland and Friedman
Conquer or Die off Dystopia Album also RUclips Kiko's Band
Angra before He joined Megadeth Amazing Guitar Work he does .
Conquer or Die Song it's All Him and it amazes me how I'ts got that Megadeth Sound and feel that he did alone
@@darealfbi69Kiko is not better lol, conquer or die solo is great, a lot of dynamics and shits....Poland and Friedman are even better (specially Marty).
“I don’t really use wang bars cause they’re just not used properly by guitar players.” -Dave Mustaine
I’m almost positive that he was talking about Kirk, but that statement does not apply to Chris. Chris is one of the few players who uses the bar to enhance the feel of his solos, in my opinion.
Agree. You can totally hear it on Black Friday's intro, in the way Chris whammys to the note and out of the note (that, without considering his exquisite use of feedback).
which doesnt make sense to me. Kirk barely used the bar throughout Metallica's discography. At the end of the first solo in Four Horsemen, at the end of one of the Trapped Under Ice Solos, and various AJFA solos (Blackened, Shortest Straw, title track) and I like the way he used it all over AJFA. But other than that you don't hear it used that much. He was much more likely referring to the EVH wannabes that came out throughout the 80s.
I couldn’t imagine any pantera solos with out a whammy
Listen to steve vai or satriani
I don't really use a wangbar is a fair statement. The rest is bullshit.
I've been on a Chris Poland youtube binge since yesterday, and I can't believe how I overlooked this guy! Such a unique style, amazing tone and phrasing and technique. Should be mentioned with the guitar greats for sure, but sadly isn't.
Haha me too
Good Mourning is killer ! His solos are very haunting yet almost paint a seen in your mind. He has interesting note selection.
Seriously those note choices. What a genius !
jesus man hes so clean. those peace sells solos are amazing
His note selection is so uniquely composed. Love his playing.
I love the lick in Bad Omen from 3:12 - 3:14
Sounds so sad, desperate, melodic, beautiful, and every other emotion
Chris Is beyond untouchable
Yeah specially for a recordings in the 80s
Been listening to this album for almost 30 years and I've never heard Poland's solos in this way. Some of the runs he does are spectacular, but for some reason they get buried in the mix and you really have to listen for them. Hear them this way totally changes how I hear them. This guy was really underrated.
All these solos are sick, but good mourning black friday takes the throne for me. Absolutley mind blowing. Never heeard so much emotion.
good mourning black friday solos with the feedback are so awesome! And all of his stuff really.
i love his guitar tone !
Chris Poland Black Friday solo the best
Chris Poland is way too underrated. its rare to see him being brought up when talking about great guitarist, and honestly he's up there!
It makes me mad bro. He is a legend.
Great guitarist, The jazz he got is evidently
Mr Poland alongside Mr Samuelson made Megadeth totally dangerous and unique musically. I’ve always loved the band but the #1 line up was with Chris & Gar. The whole thrash melding with fusion was mind blowing. Marty got somewhere close but was just too much of a modal good boy. I’m sure if you were fortunate enough to sit and chat with Dave & Jnr they’d reflect similar feeling. I’m just so glad Mustaine left Metallica as Megadeth bring so much to the table and the first 2 albums blew the whole scene wide open. Love them to Deth🤘🤘
Well said brother!
wrong spelling. yu mean death. scandal
Only albums I own.
That subtle vibrato and quick bursts on Good Mourning send chills down my spine. They can make a perfectly sunny day sad as hell! And that's a GOOD thing!
The Metal Jeff Beck
That's what I thought and I'm a big JB fan
4:59 The way he hits the last note its badass
Sheer bloody genius really.
I Ain't Superstitious is such an amazing legacy of his work in Megadeth. Truly a gem.
Best guitarist in megadeth's history
Marty
poland is arguably one of the best to ever touch a guitar, but marty takes the cake in my book. far more influential and has better phrasings, but that’s just my opinion
Dave disagrees 😁
I met Chris last year in Atlanta and saw him play later that night with Kings of Thrash. He was super cool to talk to...and he's still got it 🎸
i ain't superstitious is an absolute masterclass
Always get goose bumps at the good morning/Black Friday solo
True soul, the intensity.. the true thrash sound .. true metal legend!
Chris has been my homie for over 30 years he doesn't do anything but get better and better and better it's an honor to say on knowing
As soon as you hear it you know immediately it's Chris Poland. The guy is so awesome. Dave really has surrounded himself with amazing musicians.
I've literally never heard any other player in the world with phrasing/voicing in any way near as unique as this. Poland doesn't have swag...
Poland IS swag.
YesManNomad well said lad...
the fact that you arent in the middle of your pfp pisses me off
Focal points in photography
Chris poland is really inspired by Allan Holdsworth. I hear some clear influences. The fact that he applied this approach to a thrash metal band was totally genius and made his own sound.
Jaden Lynch You aren’t in the middle of yours.
Favorite lead player in Megadeth by a longshot & SO cool to hear these isolated tracks! (Thank you for posting them!)... I knew it was special when those 1st 2 records came out, but I didn't quite understand why until I got a bit older. Being into both Thrash & Jazz & becoming more groove oriented as I progressed as a player, it became apparent just how much Poland & Samuelson brought to the mix. Their well-seasoned jazz chops & in the pocket groove/swagger, balanced out the punchiness of the Dave's playing perfectly. In hindsight, it made Megadeth a truly unique & unequaled force at the time. Rust in Peace is a great record in its own right IMO, but for my taste, I haven't heard an album or line up from them that has even come close to touching that 1st recorded era since. Thanks again for posting this! It was truly a treat to stumble upon it today! \m/
Could listen to his soloing all day.
Peace Sells Tone is fantastic!
Gar and Chris are a very underrated part of the sound of Megadeth. With their exit they lost a very special Jazz influence and never achieved to sound the same than in their early days. For me Peace sells is up to Reign in Blood, Ride the lightning, No Place for disgrace. A very unique time in Metal.
When your solos are so awesome they name an entire country after you
I love the elasticity in Poland's lines. It's like he's making taffy.
Fantastic solos
To me he's the best guitar player for Megadeth because he was the first guitar player. When you change musicians it changes the sound of your band. Also I saw an interview with Dave talking about when Chris asked to join the band. He said "This guy plays circles around me. Why would he want to be in my band". And if you notice all Megadeth lead guitar players are phenomenal, but Dave is the driving rythem force. Dave has great leads also, but he's dirty. Like he said with Marty Friedman. Marty is Passion, and Dave is aggression.
Devildriver 69 well said. Dave always wanted to be punky and fast , and Chris had a jazzy but metal vibe in him, and Marty was starting to twist it
Poland's solos on here are absolutely fucking amazing. Definitely the best thrash guitarist Megadeth ever had.
An astounding player..he keeps getting better too. I'd like to see him on G3 tour. He would destroy everybody.
ruclips.net/video/pVCkem6RMKY/видео.html
There is no such thing as destroying anyone on the G3 tour. They all can hold their own. It's clear as day on the live jams.
I love the lick in Bad Omen from 3:12 - 3:14.
Feels so sad, desperate, melodic, beautiful, and every other emotion
And 'My Last Words' is one of the most epic things I've heard
Not a guitar player but it seems to me like Poland can use color, tone, and other effects in far more musical ways than other metal guitarists I’ve heard. In Good Mourning especially there are a few long notes he plays almost like a wind instrument or vocalist. I’ve always loved the sound of the Peace Sells album. Totally unique.
Chris Poland is a fucking legend. No disrespect to the other Megadeth lineups. But dude. Come on. Chris was a treasure.
actually this video proves how good Dave manages to keep up with a monster player like Chris. it's amazing Dave has as many solos as he is, and good ones at it, considering who's the other player here. also what I fucking love about this is how the solos are all over the fucking place on this album.
I remember listening to this album for the first time when I was 15 back towards the end of '86. The first run through, all I could think was "damn, the musicianship is outstanding... the riffs and solos are amazing... but, the song arrangement is beyond weird... and the singer sucks!" Ha! It took me a couple of months to fully appreciate their sound, and this album wound up becoming my favorite all-time piece of music.
blindcynic fucking right pal
Good Mourning solo sound Steve Vai like. Chris Poland is out of this world, just like Stevie Vai is 🤘🏻
that tone
Polands style and sound gave this album such a classic feel and mood...brilliant guitar work
The Good Morning solos on their own sound like transition/background music for a noir lol I love it.
Hello, this showed up in my recommendations
JUST AWESOME!!!!!! Unique tone and phrasing.
Mestre Poland é subestimado...
Underated guitarist...how is he so overwhelmed as one of the best ???always loved peace sells...
He's so clean that it almost sounds like midi guitar sometimes, lol. Very underrated, amazing guitarist. Friedman is amazing as well but people often overlook Poland and only focus on him.
people often overlook chris/gar
One of the most unique of his time and all time
Amazing tone, I always loved his blues fills on ain't superstitious.
No one bends notes like Chris Poland!!! Love this album!!!!
Chris's little part in my last words sounds so sinister and dark 🤘
It's majestic
Bad omen sounds scary
Chris had the chops, the phrasing, the "outside" runs etc etc...But remember- and this is what really separates him from the rest of the metal gunslingers: Chris is a jazzer... he got that swing!
Wow his playing is so CLEAN, I would even dare saying he has surpassed Paul Gilbert levels of precision while playing, because he's able to not lose emotion when going precise, which is Paul Gilbert's weakness, so Poland is one step above
@SimonLloydGuitar alot of economy picking mixed with legato actually
Sorry paul owns him technically.. they are not on par at all.. he does have a soulfull blues tone and feel though that Paul doesn't.. Ill give you that...
That's an incredible tone and every note seems to want to feedback and sustain forever
he used a rockman x100 for this album, which was created by the Boston guitarist Tom Scholz. This pedal created many tones, from Boston, Megadeth Peace sells, and ZZ top's Eliminator.
Dang, Dave Poland was a fire breathing guitar monster. I bet Dave Mustain was very sad to lose him when he left. Dave asked him to rejoin after Marty left when he was recording The System Has Failed in 2003-2004. Dave P. recorded some solos for the album to help out his old friend but politely declined his offer to rejoin.
He was fired due to behaviour. But yes, what a loss. A truly unique musician.
Dam That good mourning/Black Friday solo 🤘Haunting🤘
Amazing stuff.
Mindblown... Still after all these years. What a smooth style Chris plays. A titan indeed.
i think all of megadeth's long-time lead guitarists have been super talented folks. poland, friedman, broderick, and loureiro.
Beautiful Solos, love that Album!
I Ain't Superstitious is my fav
amazing
Black Friday and My Last Words...
No band was even close to them at this time.
Hands down the best band and musicians.
Long live Megadeth!
If anyone wants to learn these solos, please check out my good friend Txampi's lessons. Hopefully he'll do every solo eventually, but here's the playlist thus far
ruclips.net/p/PL3MzQvAwrlVaAECdwbvZkZAgGwZj0ISD8
your buddy is Chris Poland's guitar playing doppelganger - 5 stars
TheRipper Yeah I can't believe how he figured them out perfectly and replicated them. Wish I could play as good as him or as Poland for that matter lol
i reuploaded wake up dead video some parts were not correct and the vid quality was a shit so upgrade the video list because i wiill erase the old video
Txampi Hopefully your new video is more in depth or slower because I had a hard time following what you were doing lol
they are similar but in the past vid, my guitar was out of tune in some bends and in the explanation time, and there was 1 bend played wrong now i correct them so maybe is more clear to learn ;) (i had 500 views in 2 weeks in that vid so it hurts to erase lol)
He is simply brilliant . Amazing player.
Smooth legato and tasty vibrato. I saw Megadeth with Chris back the mid 80s, it was sick!
wow so jeakous, im sure it was a sight to see, gar samuelson too, ellefsons bass chops