This guys definitely need more recognition and make it BIG. Not only their skills are top notch but they write good and catchy tunes with good amount of shreddy riffs and solos, a perfect balance between 80's best and a modern djenty/chug kind of sound. Kudos!!!
That's exactly what I think of this guys, they have the best of the past and the best of todays. I F*cking LOVE them, they just REALLY rock 🤘🏼!! Long life to Santa Cruz!!!!!!
I think they have sold out compared to their first album, they have listened too much to their manager on how the music "should sound" which gives them the "radio rock" status.
Are this 2 guys famous already? Cos they should be! One of the best guitar duet seen in recent years. Fast and accurate, not to mention that they did this shit live on set and in just 1 take. How many hours they have been practising daily? Damn!
I stumbled across Santa Cruz when I was putting together my annual "best of rock" CDs for a buddy of mine. After listening closer to the stunning guitar work I had to find out exactly who as the monster shredder. And it's Archie Cruz. These guys just crush it. Brings back memories of the good ol days of hair bands
Man U guys are kick-ass! I’m an old rocker and I could never play this well. Hell no one played this well back in the sixties except for Black Sabbath or Lee Pickens from Bloodrock! My hats off and kudos to u gentlemen...keep kicking ass. The problem u will run into now is there are a lot of rockers this good. So where do u guys play? I’d live to see u! I’m spreading u throughout all my social media channels. Keep on keeping it! Rock on...hey man what year is that sunburst Gibson Les Paul?
Just how hard rock should be played !! Les Paul, loads'a'Gain, plenty of screaming pinched harmonics and bags of expression. I hear so many influences in here and great to see it all executed by a younger generation, gives me hope the 80s guitar era is not dead and is still a big influence to the guitarists of today. I feel privileged to have lived through the years when this kinda of stuff was mainstream.
Yeah well,like more tan 30 years late on the scene...What are they thinking seriously? That the 80' rock guitar are going to take over the world once again? lol
@George Lynch Dixon Ah Mr Scary! I was waiting for you! You know i was 16 when George Lynch,EVH,Michael Schenker(my 3 legends) were full on attack,rocking like no one before and after that...Do you really think that these two "Waynes world punks" with their bleached hair,80' clothes style are something new for me?Sorry,but i'm not going back,rock has been for a long while on life support and it will die...
Is the amp sound completely from the Axe Fx? What's Johnny's power amp? I can see that Archie is using a Marshall monobloc. Are they using the wireless for the video?
@@JoseJr1977 It's just blues and country licks, but faster. Guys like Chuck Berry, B. B. King, Slash, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Not goddamn Alexi Laiho or Sinergy. Are you deaf. Just because they are Finnish doesn't mean they sound like Alexi Laiho. Guitar playing like this derives straight from blues. There's some other licks that are not as bluesy, just normal minor scale really. They are obviously influenced by players like Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, E. Van Halen, Slash but mostly just classic blues with high distortion and more speed. Yes most guitarists (like Laiho) use penatonic rock licks, but they copied them from the same blues guys
nicolas sosolic they havent split, just had a disagreement (johnny isnt in the band now), Archie literally released an album last year and moved to LA. That guitar playing is insane! 80s was literally the last good era of music and thats coming from a millenial.
@@87JRox Literally no one except for Archie is still in the band of the original members. Because Archie has all the Rights of the band so they couldn't kicked him out. Mick their old Bassist is joining now Alexi Laiho's new Bodom After Midnight
Les Paul upsides: Shorter scale, so this shit is actually easier than on a normal guitar, because you need less reach. And the pickup switch is in convenient place for fast switching. And of course the Les Paul sound. Downsides: doesn't stay in tune, expensive
The blonde guitar player has a tattoo on his middle finger, left hand. That was also my first tattoo in a different location. I only know of 5 or 6 people that have that same one :D
Johnny just confirmed me about an hour ago that Shred Till You Drop vol. III will be available Summer 16. About 60 minutes of material that they have, and it's just editing now. Approximately 5 mins is the final video \,,/
I still keep coming back to watch & listen to this. It's just epic.
This guys definitely need more recognition and make it BIG. Not only their skills are top notch but they write good and catchy tunes with good amount of shreddy riffs and solos, a perfect balance between 80's best and a modern djenty/chug kind of sound. Kudos!!!
That's exactly what I think of this guys, they have the best of the past and the best of todays. I F*cking LOVE them, they just REALLY rock 🤘🏼!!
Long life to Santa Cruz!!!!!!
Jesse Tate But Shredding on a Gibson !!
EXACTLY. they remind me alot of skid row, maybe metallica on the guitar
I think they have sold out compared to their first album, they have listened too much to their manager on how the music "should sound" which gives them the "radio rock" status.
But skilled indeed. Would love to see them to continue the sound they used on their first album.
Get them on that fukkin front cover of Guitar World!
I'd be cool with an album of just shredding and nothing else by them.
Zack Kaelin I love their albums a lot though..
Where is Mike Varney when you need him?
+DillonBerkley reminiscent of Scarified.
this makes me want to throw my guitar out of the window. how the hell can I learn to play like this?
sevenhearted Practice, practice, practice! :D
+sevenhearted Finns make their own electric guitars in middle school shop class. I guess it starts from there.
+sevenhearted Just my thought. I'm a guitarist too but fuck this shit I'll go home! :D
Practice and heaps of patience. But I agree i want to throw my guitar out the window after watching this for what the 10th time...Respect.
+Gabriel Johannson 2 year update on this comment, been training like crazy slowly getting there haha
Just sold my guitar..let these guys do the job ;)
Ive probably air guitared to this 100 times. Vol 1 too. Shredtastic!
Long hair, les pauls and this glam metal feeling... real raw shred right here nice guys 🤘🏼
Very nice! Love the harmonized parts.. glad to see shred ain't dead!
If you look closely, they have the pick of destiny
Sadly they lost it.
@@ErnoSallinen Yeah, but guess who found it? Lost Society's Samy Elbana, check him out!
You are OUT OF THIS WORLD guys!!! Well done!!
I Love all your stuff 💘.
This is like the new Marty and Jason Becker combo.
I was definitely thinking Cacophony. Great playing!
@@image30p Naah. This is Rocknrollphony. Cacophony, in the style of Rock n Roll.
not really
Well,30 years late on the scene...Look like "Waynes World" gone wrong to me :)
@George Lynch Dixon What when wrong? Too much booze and srtuff...lol
Excellent sounds you guys have, nice shredding. I can feel Mr.Laiho´s presence in those solos. Keep up the great work!!! My hat to you, sirs
Laiho? Where. This is mostly blues, but faster
the Main Riff is also in Laiho's style
Hell Yeah!!!! Silent Night Bodom Night at 0:35
AMAZING. I keep coming back to rewatch it and it's amazing every time.
Are this 2 guys famous already? Cos they should be! One of the best guitar duet seen in recent years. Fast and accurate, not to mention that they did this shit live on set and in just 1 take. How many hours they have been practising daily? Damn!
I stumbled across Santa Cruz when I was putting together my annual "best of rock" CDs for a buddy of mine. After listening closer to the stunning guitar work I had to find out exactly who as the monster shredder. And it's Archie Cruz. These guys just crush it. Brings back memories of the good ol days of hair bands
I've watched these 2 vids a number of times and I love the shred because its more than just shred
Shred or die you say Archie? Yup we are dead, so dead :D
Love the Bodom riff at the beggining! 😁👌🎸🎶🤘🤘🤘
What is it...I can't rember
@@guitarwelsh Silent night, Bodom night
Man U guys are kick-ass! I’m an old rocker and I could never play this well. Hell no one played this well back in the sixties except for Black Sabbath or Lee Pickens from Bloodrock! My hats off and kudos to u gentlemen...keep kicking ass. The problem u will run into now is there are a lot of rockers this good. So where do u guys play? I’d live to see u! I’m spreading u throughout all my social media channels. Keep on keeping it! Rock on...hey man what year is that sunburst Gibson Les Paul?
Just how hard rock should be played !! Les Paul, loads'a'Gain, plenty of screaming pinched harmonics and bags of expression. I hear so many influences in here and great to see it all executed by a younger generation, gives me hope the 80s guitar era is not dead and is still a big influence to the guitarists of today. I feel privileged to have lived through the years when this kinda of stuff was mainstream.
YEEEEEEEEEEAH ! Some old school Paul Gilbert influences here right? Sounds killer !
I heard some tony mccalpine in there as well.
Amazing as always. I look forward to someday watching you guys live!
Cheers from Brazil! \m/
These guys are awesome
Reminds me of Racer X back in the day
Yeah well,like more tan 30 years late on the scene...What are they thinking seriously? That the 80' rock guitar are going to take over the world once again? lol
@George Lynch Dixon Ah Mr Scary! I was waiting for you! You know i was 16 when George Lynch,EVH,Michael Schenker(my 3 legends) were full on attack,rocking like no one before and after that...Do you really think that these two "Waynes world punks" with their bleached hair,80' clothes style are something new for me?Sorry,but i'm not going back,rock has been for a long while on life support and it will die...
@@nicolassosolic3760 So playing your instrument well is an 80s thing? Wow
That opening riff has a lot of early zakk wylde vibes to it!! Awesome stuff
These guys should be touring the world! I mean, headlining!
fantastic. this is how metal should be!
fucking love it!!!!! also the COB's Intro is kinda awesome!!!
0:44 was that a Lexi Foxx impression by Johnny? :D
Holy shit!!! That was sick and I loved how they started the video. And harmonized parts=eargasm :D Wanna see 'em live sometime :D
Im not saying its aliens but...its aliens... such skill is unmatchable!
I freaking love these guys!!!
dude this is great! this should be an instrumental in an album of theirs or something!
Silent Night, BODOM NIGHT.
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Is the amp sound completely from the Axe Fx? What's Johnny's power amp? I can see that Archie is using a Marshall monobloc. Are they using the wireless for the video?
The shredding is fire but they also have the tastiest riffs on rhythm
Johnny is like a god to me
Nice Bodom riff at the beginning!
really enjoy watching and listening to these guys. Awesome guitarists. Are they still around?
Johnny is producing some important bands and Archie still on Santa Cruz, but they're note the same now without the old band
OMG...Johnny....and Archie! ❤❤❤❤
The shirt says"nothing is gonna be o.k.!" lmao
the real name is "we will make you disgusted with guitar" ahah. Love u guys
I can notice Sinergy and Alexi Laiho when these dudes play. Awesome!!
There's literally zero Alexi Laiho in this, except the obvious opening
@@shredd5705 so you agree with me.
@@JoseJr1977 It's just blues and country licks, but faster. Guys like Chuck Berry, B. B. King, Slash, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Not goddamn Alexi Laiho or Sinergy. Are you deaf. Just because they are Finnish doesn't mean they sound like Alexi Laiho. Guitar playing like this derives straight from blues. There's some other licks that are not as bluesy, just normal minor scale really. They are obviously influenced by players like Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, E. Van Halen, Slash but mostly just classic blues with high distortion and more speed. Yes most guitarists (like Laiho) use penatonic rock licks, but they copied them from the same blues guys
Just need a whole album of this. For my whole life. Please.
:35 silent night bodom night anyone?/
skyguitar Everyone :)
skyguitar sweet I'm not the only one who noticed
Why this appears till now!!!!! Rock on bro children's vibes!!
This is the result of what Finland does to you if you're living there, haha. Shreddddddddd!
🤘
Amazing shredding! Something about a Les Paul. John Sykes, Vivian Campbell, Zakk Wylde, Archie & Johnny.
If Zakk Wylde had two little brothers, they would sound like this !
Btw, those Axe Fx II sounds killer !
New Gen Guitar Heros!
Freaking rippin. Love it.
the little children of bodom intro tho, love it xD
Красавцы! ❤️ Жаль что распались:(
Too bad they split, the band is pretty much done
What did you expect?For the 80' to come back world wide? Nothing new here,next...please!
nicolas sosolic they havent split, just had a disagreement (johnny isnt in the band now), Archie literally released an album last year and moved to LA. That guitar playing is insane! 80s was literally the last good era of music and thats coming from a millenial.
@@87JRox Literally no one except for Archie is still in the band of the original members. Because Archie has all the Rights of the band so they couldn't kicked him out. Mick their old Bassist is joining now Alexi Laiho's new Bodom After Midnight
Just 5K! this band is so cool!
I can see they mixed metalcore and 80s pop metal
Melodic death you mean, this isn't slightly core, no Bieber sighting.
YOU TWO NEED TO RECONCILE YOUR SHIT AND BECOME SANTA CRUZ ONCE MORE. GOD THE POWER OF METAL!!!
These girls are freaking awesome OMG
we want the vol 3!!!!!
They just did! And it sucks! xD Definitely dropped on that one...
Music to the ears of a jaded old guitar plaer
3:24 so fucking Zakk Wylde
Krista Loves Santa Cruz..😘👊🐯🐾
The chorus is amazing
just fucking Gr8 and i think new sound is awesome !! Is Archie using active pickups now ?
this shit makes me wanna practice 24/7 and buy a Les Paul right now
This is basially the exact reason why I am buying a Les Paul in a couple of weeks :D
Les Paul upsides: Shorter scale, so this shit is actually easier than on a normal guitar, because you need less reach. And the pickup switch is in convenient place for fast switching. And of course the Les Paul sound. Downsides: doesn't stay in tune, expensive
dem axe fx, one rig to rule them all
harmonized end bit sounds like jason beckers mabels fatal fable
At the beginning of the video, these guys were playing "Silent night, Bodom night" of Children of Bodom. Pretty cool!
Anyone know the pedal Archie is stomping on at 2:34? Maybe a modded wah?
This was killer BUT I liked the first one better.
Who’s still watching in 2023
Late 2024 brothers
Me
2024
2024
It's great... Why aren't there more f****** badass bands like this
GOSH , It was really intend to let people quit.
combime crazy modern sweep and tapping with 80 rock so perfectly
this is incredible,awesome !!!!
Nothing's ever going to be good until it's better
Reminiscing Capophony and Jason Becker
Yo u guys should shred till you drop 3 u guys are awesome
Yeah.. I'm dead if it's shred or die... NEED A VOL 3!!!
0:35 Silent night, Bodom night YEAH!!!!!!!!
This is still amazing stuff!!! 😍
Effing incredible!!! \m/
Some of this sounds like tears of the sahara by tony mccalpine
these crazy fools are sic!! kickasss💪💪🔥🔥🔥
Just to let you know: THESE GUYS ARE FUCKING GREAT GUITARISTS!
that was epic. Do they play in the band?
Nono their just the janitors of the building...
here they come,, step aside,,run like hell................................................land o lakes,WI,USA.2017
no1 but send many beer Zakk Rohads hihihi Killer tons and shred thanks!
Wow. Fantastic !!
great guitar playing`
The blonde guitar player has a tattoo on his middle finger, left hand. That was also my first tattoo in a different location. I only know of 5 or 6 people that have that same one :D
Killer chops love it
Classico Nice Job.
Johnny just confirmed me about an hour ago that Shred Till You Drop vol. III will be available Summer 16. About 60 minutes of material that they have, and it's just editing now. Approximately 5 mins is the final video \,,/
Fuckin rad!!! Dude can you ask them what kind of amps and effects they use??? Im really having a hard time knowing about their gear
Well, too bad Johnny didn't make it to the final cut himself. But Shred goes on...
These cats are nuts
Absolutely beatiful
🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹Come to italy!
this is such a tribute to old school children of bodom
I actually get new licks every time listen to this
This guys rocks!!
nice periphery reference there also i see