FINALLY!!! I really thought it was just me... Some of the solo's he created on the Master' and 'Justice albums were fantastic, but lately it just seems to be "I'll just tremolo pick with a Wah... Nailed it... NEXT SOLO" It's pitiful...
You are sooo right... Jimi Hendrix had bone crushing techniques for his time, and no offence to Mr Hendrix but todays players make him sound like a blues improvisationist to me... I know Kirk had great love for him and it feels like on Load and further on, he wanted to play more like that, sloppier and simpler.... so.... "tremolo pick with wah" :)
@@daveberggrennot really that the case with Jimi Hendrix though. Alot of greater guitar player at that time. I mean, Django already exist from 1930's. It just his music is fresh at that time, he's pretty creative in songwriting, he bring rebellious spirit in music and influence alot of people with that. Before Jimi, I can't find any musician that channeling some negative emotions like angst, frustration, destruction through their music and stage performance (if you know one, tell me). Before Jimi, music vibe are only fun, party, or love, sad, mellow, or complicated virtuosity like in Bebop and classical. Usually the musicians are also very serious in their playing, while Jimi not afraid being sloppy as long as it support his vision in music he's playing. With Kirk, you can tell he's bored with Metallica, his solo album actually pretty interesting.
What's with all the hate. One bad doodle and everyone talks shit. Those doodles are for fun and not serious . If u keep up with the tour, Kirk still has it. Y'all need to get informed before talking shit.
James and the bassists have always been great musicians in metallica. They were always the ones that made the band special imo. Hetfields right hand alone I think is pretty heavy metal defining.
I think Kirk needs a producer in the studio. The documentary on the recording of the Black Album showing Bob Rock tearing him until he came up with one of his greatest solos, The Unforgiven, makes me think that while it can be unpleasant, this is the process that works best for him. There are a lot of excellent musicians that need a good producer in the studio to bring out what they are truest capable of. Unfortunately when you’re a multimillionaire in the biggest band in the world you can decide you don’t want to go through that process anymore.
I theorized that the early melodic solos like (Fade To Black) he probably didn't even write, Joe Satriani probably wrote them for him and taught him how to play it.
@@godukie3311 most likely that's why slayer is metals greatest band always play there own shit always write there own shit and it always sounds like slayer. Kirk is way overrated so is James and Metallica for that matter they are horrible liars can barely play a simple drum beat James is so fucking sloppy and cant sing for shit Robert trys to be cliff burton and they just suck they havent made anything good in 30 FUCKING YEARS
Not gonna lie, I think Kirk's soloing even live has fallen off the past 10 years. What they need is a producer that's gonna push him like Bob Rock did on the Black Album.
Kirk‘s playing totally fits Metallica. I couldn’t imagine them with a technically perfect player. Kirk has lost it somehow after the Black album, but I think over the past 2 years he kinda raised from the ashes again. I think most of the listeners are pretty okay with what he plays.
I grew up on Metallica, and those early album’s are fantastic, and Kirk’s playing WAS fantastic... “When Doves Cry” they were just having fun, however do that shite in your garage not in an stadium, where your fans have paid hard earned money to watch “Metallica “ not the guy’s in Metallica “goof off” that is just being too big to listen to anybody , And they do what they want because they don’t care”we’re having fun, and fuck off” would assume would be there answer to any objections,Now Kirk’s playing itself was a HUGE influence, he is a great player the first five albums is great playing, he’s just gotten lazy, just like Lars, it’s hard to have a “burning” desire or passion when your a multimillionaire, flynon private jets to concerts, get driven from private airport to hotel room, driven to arena, someone else sets up his gear,strings his guitars, tunes his guitars and hands it to him before he walks onstage and then when concerts over, just leaves and someone drives him back to his hotel,or airport to get back on the private jet....your going to lose that “desire,passion”, and it’s obvious Lars and Kirk don’t have it anymore.. and please get that fucking wah-wah pedal away from him!!! He single handely has made me HATE the wah-wah pedal, I just don’t EVER want to hear that damn thing again... from him or any other player....
Bro, this is the only comment i respect among all. Kirk has always been my hero and he is still. He is a human just like all of us. He has done all of those riffs and solos at very very young ages and effected miliions of guitar players. I think he doesnt deserve all those rage, hatred and envy. Regards...
Everyone making such a big deal about their Prince doodle, has anyone listened to their other doodles? They are on a completely other level of shit. "The Final Countdown" is a fine example of how much worse it gets.
Yeah and does doodles are just for the laughs and cringe, is well known, but they take it like Metallica took 100$ from you adn just play doodles all night long
Totally agree, Iron Maiden did they same thing on their last album, they improvised all the solos, which is why they were mostly dogshit, solos are compositions within themselves, time should be given to them.
Even Adrian's. That guy always works out his stuff in advance, but there are definitely "favourite licks" recognizable, and "Speed of Light" and "The Red & The Black" have a meandering 'jam' quality to it. I wish they would put more thought into their compositions these days - I like a lot of their last decade's worth of stuff, but it's easy to jam on Em-C-G-D.
Agree entirely, but I'm disappointed in the newest album they dropped. I only like a few tracks from it, and I loved every track on every other album Slash has released, but I'm underwhelmed by this.
I’m sure there’s a documentary somewhere where they show how he had to be forced to sit down and write solos for the black album, and there are some great ones on the album because of it. Without being forced he seems happy to just noodle round basic shapes and beginner licks with autowah on full.
BUT, Lars does the Job in the studio and since 2016 he´s been good in the drums live, Lars failed a lot in the second part of Death Magnetic tours, but since he got in the studio again he did really good live and no one can question his drum work in the Studio... Kirk on the other hand "lost his phone" and improvised the solos
Yeah Lars doesnt practice because his beats are the simplest in the whole genre of metal.. the only thing you can maybe say is difficult about it is that their songs are usually about 7-8 minutes.. I wanna see Lars try some Lamb of God, Bleed from Within, Devildriver hahah
I think his self-inflicted brain damage plays a pretty big part. That aside, I just don't think he has a musical ear; his vibrato and intonation have always been awful.
@@chriszoupa7898 the man drank heavily for close to 3 decades. sometimes it's just genetics how that affects someone's brain. I think they should just be done at this point. They got nothing left to prove as a band. The first four albums will live forever in time.
Kirks a disappointing guitarist I thought that after all the face melting solos he did thru the 80’s - 90’s he would of become better and more experienced but his playing has really gone down the drain it’s a shame since he’s one of my heroes Btw it doesn’t help that he drowns his solos in wha it’s not cool or creative it’s garbage
It seems that Kirk has some kind of Burnout. He seems to be really bored by playing the same songs every night - and they are constantly touring since 20 years or so. Happens to a lot of musicians. But dunno, if Kirk would rather surf somewhere in Hawaii he should just hang it in and quit the band altogether - he should have enough money.
MistyMountainMedia definitely, he’s no longer passionate he treats it like a job he’s tired of, its our fault too because a lot of people hold him as the best and he’s just not passionate enough to live up to it and it’s not easy for him to retire either because then Metallica wouldn’t be Metallica and knowing the fan base it would cause chaos lmao
Maruchan Chiken maybe it’s a physical problem. I’ve been playing for 20+ years . I have carpel tunnel now and it hurt my endurance a little playing the faster stuff
Hey, Chris! Have you ever done any lesson on Chris Broderick era megadeth? I love Marty, but I think Chris is just a beast! Especially his endgame album stuff! Thanks for everything you do, brother!!!
I would agree with most of what you're saying. I will get crucified for this comment but, I always never liked Yngwie Malmsteen. Empty virtuosity as I will call it. There, I said it! Lol
I never got the love for Chris Broderick. Dude can certainly play but whenever you heard him play any of Friedman or Poland solos they sounded so lifeless, flat and made me feel he was just a “oh look how many sweeps I can play”. He’s playing is just mechanical. And after hearing his new band (act of defiance) nothing memorable on there at all. He’s, for me, a show off. Nothing more
We all have our opinions. They're not wrong, they're just our opinions. When it comes down to it... At the end of the day, He gets to play guitar for a living, and I don't. So I try to just stay in my lane, keep playing, keep working hard at it.
I was listening to Kirk give an interview the other day...all I heard the whole time was ..wah wah wah.....wah wah.....wah wah wah wah. And then went on and said....wah wah wah...wah...wah wah wah wah wah!
Well if you want to be specific about why megadeth is better wellll megadeth guitarists that have been swapped like a fucking crack whore ok pay day then yes these musicians that played for megadeth are better then Kirk that’s obvious BUT FUCK NO MEGADETH being better then Metallica, Dave isn’t even that good his soloing is very much like Kirk hammets. A lot of pentatonic being tossed around the fretboard with no soul or feeling
Megadeth... I can't ignore the voice long enough to get to the solo in any of their songs... And most of his riffs sound like boring exercises to me, which is probably okay for guitarists in search of technic, but I like melody and Mustaine as none.
EH Megadeth is more technichal and skilled, Metallica compose better in my opinion, specially in their golden years what Metallica wrotte was just amazing, in recent years i give the edge to Megadeth though
People hating on Kirk is pretty boring. He isn’t the best most technically gifted player - I totally agree. I also agree that he can be sloppy live. But I don’t think he has ever claimed to be the best in the world? And being a good guitar player is more than just how shredtastic you are, its about writing songs people like and Metallica do that. Their music is based around song writing whereas bands like Megadeth (who I like and think are awesome) focus on writing music based on shred skills which is cool but generally has appeal to other guitar players. Whereas “songs” reach a wider audience. Just my 2 cents.
Did you ever stop to think for a second that the reason you see him getting so much hate is because he has really fallen off? Yes its not just about shredding and no one ever implied that, it's about writing songs? he writes terrible, lazy solos. Uh every bands music is based around song writing? lol
Watch the Big 4 the part when Metallica is huddling up before going live and Kirk declared, in his usual nerdy voice, that they are the "Big 1/time to show the world who is the best" like saying the 3 bands is not at par with us. What a douche of a guitarist.
I don’t think Metallica care about being their best at this point. My reasoning for thinking this is when Slipknot’s drummer filled in for Lars it sounded a million times better, and anytime they’ve played with Dave (or any other guitarist that has a good tone) they’ve sounded better. Lars and Kirk slack off because they can, when you’re as big as they are fans just want to breathe the same oxygen as them, they don’t care about how good they can butcher anything off of ride the lighting . I don’t believe they have a passion for it at this point.
its funny saying he shouldn't be playing the same kind of licks he did when he was 18, and yet so many people complain that they haven't been good since the first 4 albums. maybe he was thinking 'ok how about I play a solo similar to the earlier albums, that should make people happy'. but I guess not haha. and what was said about taking risks, and they already did take risks when they did the black album. they knew it was drastically different from before. so can't say they don't take risks.
I would say that the only one from a playing standpoint that still tries his best to create solid stuff is James. Rob does well accenting and bridging the gap between the drums and rythem guitar, and Lars is a good arranger, but less of a drummer... James is the only one that seems to always care about doing his best with the guitar.
For someone that pissed and moaned that he wasn't allowed to have any creative influence in Metallica.. he sure isn't showing any creativity in the solos he gets to write. Stale, sloppy and just cut and paste lazy. C'mon Hammett. You are waaaay better than that dude.
Pro guitarists have been ripping on Hammett since the 80’s. There’s a radio interview with Reb Beach where he goes off haha. His tone, his spastic vibrato, and his general sloppiness never got better despite the criticism - showing that the guy never gave a shit enough to practice. It seems he was just the drunk immature party friend who was in it for the lifestyle, not the art. Lars sucked even worse but at least he had his shit together behind the scenes.
I don't think he decided to improvise solos in Hardwired because he considered himself a genius. He Just wanted to capture something spontaneous , you can like It or not but this was his aim as he said in an interview. I personally liked some of the solos in the album because for me they fit the song. We all know that he makes some mistakes live but not everyone can be a perfect shredder, and i also don't think he doesn't care.
So when Metallica play a show. They take a break. James and Lars go offstage and take a break while Kirk and Rob stay out and entertain the crowd. Usually with something from a local band(Prince -Minneapolis, COC - Charlotte). It was never meant to be serious.
About the whole comment about getting him to "sit down with a few cups of coffee a day for 2 weeks"... Bob Rock actually had to force him to do that for the Black Album, when recording the Unforgiven. Kirk went in, noodled and produced something genuinely shit, and they basically had to lock him in the studio, against his will, recording dozens of takes for hours while he was pouting and getting pissy about it, until he came up with something that suited the song. I can't help but think that that's part of the problem. I think it's in the documentary or some interviews about the album, it might be floating around on RUclips somewhere.
I think people misinterpreted what they do at that part of the show. It's supposed to be dumb and crappy. They obviously didn't know the song but it was on purpose, Just to have some fun and they only do that for about 2 minutes out of a 2 hour show. I might sound like a fanboy but those are my thoughts. I have been disappointed at them many times but their music was such a big part of my life growing up that I just kinda deal with it. I feel that they are uninspired and that's why Kirk plays like that. I think he just plays out of obligation and he doesn't really care anymore, which makes me sad because he was the one who got me into guitar. He might not play like Gilbert or Becker but his early stuff really impacted me and created my love for shredding.
It's just that after being a professionnal for 40 years, you're not supposed to play like that, even if you don't know the song... I'm with you about the rest, still love them but disappointed.
they did the same in Portugal with a portuguese song and people went crazy. But they did pretty good that time. That Prince thing was bad. And yes, I agree that Megadeth are way way better too.
No, people need to stop being stupid, recognize shit when they see it and call it out for what it is. Playing out of obligation is one thing, not giving a shit about the millions of people who pay to see you play live because you're too big to fail is something else entirely. Slayer have been playing out of obligation for years at this point, yet they're as tight as they've ever been. Not to mention that Garry Holt is a fucking replacement guitarist for them, and he still kills it every time. That's professionalism.
Not familiar with Holt, listened a bit of him just now and meh, he's a cookie cutter shredder...never been into Slayer either but their solos are a hot mess from what I've listened to.
@@marioguti9887 i dont know about that one. Broderick may just be. But Marty is definetly up there. Hell, out of all the big 4 guitarist, those 2 are likely the best
I was never a fan so him playing badly isn't exactly a shock to me. Seriously, the two big metal/speed metal pop bands from 1980-2000 were Metallica and Megadeth. Comparing Kirk to Marty is like comparing a bar band hack to.....well, Marty Friedman.
1000x agree. I said for a while now that Kirk "phoned" in his solos on Hardwired. I dont thunk he practices one minute and relies on the same things he did mediocre-ly yeats ago. I'd fully expected him to be master level guitar at his age/experience but it seems like he's digressed.
Kirk Hammett‘s playing on Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets are some of the best solos of metal, then Kirk decided to lobotomize himself with a wah peddle
I'm not even a fan but the Kirk/Rob covers were always supposed as "entertaining breaks" during the concerts. They did a different song every show, some of them they didn't even know before, so that was bad on purpose.
It's true ,even in the beginning stages of a guitarist, I'm 100% sure that they would look up to Kirk's solos to learn even if it's from kill, master or ride ... Being a huge Metallica fan and a guitarist, i'd say he got into the band way before mastering his instrument , still Kirk is my God . LOVE METALLICA
I have such mixed feelings about Kirk Hammet and his work. I think he made some awsome, well structured leads in his early days when he was still hungry, but after the self titled album it seems he just got stuck in his little blues box and rarely came out again. He is one of the most capable guitarists of his era, and yet we get such mediocrity? What gives? He is his own most creative enemy. Despite this, I still respect him as a major contributor to metal and influential guitarist.
For me, Lars keep him because some technical point, maybe some contract restriction about his percentage of his songs rights, like, "if you fire him you have to pay a fine, and his percentage grow X%", yeah, I think it should be that monstrous bad business. I don't know but in my mind as Lars, have to ponder: Fire him to improve our work (profit as well) X keep with him because he have booming music rights that can be expansive
Leonardo N.R. I don’t think Lars or James care that much either anymore. They’ve always been the ones to write all the actual music and arrangements. So they let Kirk throw in a solo here and there, probably not worth shaking up the band at this point.
"Playing the same tired licks over and over again" this is exactly what Zakk Wylde has been doing for the last 10 years. He used to be amazing and now his solos and songs are rushed out the door, packaged up and sold with minimal effort involved.
Only just saw this (love your work) - a few issues, James and Lars are never on stage for the 'Noodle' session btw Rob and Kirk, and they freely admit those parts of the show can be 'hit' or 'miss'. Doesn't excuse the shitshow of a cover. Taking the shot at Kirk's laziness (phone for riff recording?) should be separated from the album solo's on Hardwired, and the balance of control btw Lars/James and the others. Lars has spoken bout how this album was to have more of James on it, clearly seen in the riff/melody complexity vs the solos, vs Death Magnetic where Kurt had alot more influence. Solos on Hardwired (title track) - c'mon, that track is barely 3 mins, clearly no need for a long solo, just a short shreddy one THAT FITS THE SONG. The solo for Spit out the Bone is great, and stands up with his best, but yes, many of the other ones are pretty stock for him and play like Kill Em Solos, but they fit the songs. Hard to pan him too much when Lars/James are so strong in the direction of the songs, and few of these really have room for an epic solo.
WARNING!!! THIS TURNED INTO A BOOK! SORRY 😏😬 Well guys, I have to agree with Chris! I like Kirk, I really do! And I love Metallica!!! GOAT!!! Lightning, Puppets, and Justice are beyond compare! And I'll admit, I think the Black album ranks with them. Yeah I'll admit that lyrically it's not the greatest, but those are some damn fine riffs going on there! I'll never forget the first time I heard the main riff of Enter Sandman, I started headbanging just out of reflex lol. Only problem with it, is that it was just over played. And Sad But True!!!!! Holy shitnuts that thing just pummels you down into the earths crust! Okay now I'm really gonna tweak some strings with this next one but...IMO...Load is the one, the greatest HARDROCK album EVER!!! Yeah so what if it's not the old school Metallica we all love! So what! A band can't just keep doing the same thing over and over. That gets old. People's life situations and moods are always changing and that will affect how you create music! You have to write what you're feeling, nothing else matters. I feel that Kirk's solo work was at its peak on Black and Load (oh man I can FEEL the haters, the ones out to seek and destroy, my friends of misery, they're typing their rage now 😂😂😂) His solos fit the mood of the songs so well, and they felt like they were speaking poems. Just go listen to Until it Sleeps right now! GO! Put headphones on, hit the lights off, close your eyes, and just follow where it leads you. And if by the time that dark, menacing solo ends, you're not scared and wanting to open your eyes, well then my friend you have no soul! And as I said Chris, you're right! It's like Kirk's passion just isn't there and it's showing in his music. It's sad but true! The poems are gone, now it's gibberish. Something is off with you Kirk, we're here if you need us bro! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Dude I have been saying the same thing about all those Kirk and Robert songs they have been doing on tour lately. Those tickets are ridiculous expensive and they are up there doing some non rehearsed bs. I got attacked for saying that but whatever truth will be truth
Totally agree Chris! Kirk hasn't given two shits about his solos since the Black Album. On the DVD "A Year In The Life of Metallica" there's a bit where Kirk is working on his solo for 'The Unforgiven'. He's actually putting work and thought into the solo and you can tell he actually cares. But these days he cares more about his other hobbies - would rather be surfing and adding to his horror collection.
I always picked Megadeth over Metallica any day even though I like both. As a beginner guitarist I started with Kirk solos. Then I moved to Marty as I advanced.
I don't necessarily agree with your opinion on improvising solos, especially in metal. Take George Lynch for instance, he improvised most of his solos in Dokken, both live and in the studio and it sounded memorable and amazing. It depends on the guitarist, Kirk was average, Lynch was phenomenal, that is the difference.
A brave comment Zoupa, but i have to be honest I do agree with you, for me Hammett's best soloing has been on their earlier material,but he does rely heavily on the WahWah pedal and repetition phrases!
I feel like they should have just given the fans another Metallica song. Instead they do this and as someone who's paid 200 to see them I think they need to stop these jam sessions
Kirk is like a race horse, he can do it but he needs someone to keep whipping his ass to get the best of him like Bob did otherwise he just slaps any old shit on it and thinks that's good enough.
Come on man Im a big fan of yours don't shit on rings of saturn I've seen them live and they can 100 percent play the shit they record on their albums. Music is evolving and so is is the talent of the guitarists now a days.
Metallica has been my favorite band since I was like 6, so almost 30 years. Since I started understanding music around age 8 I have hated hammet! He CANNOT PLAY LIVE! His live "solos" ruin songs!
He must not practice at all anymore. His playing was on point in the early days (exodus/Kill em all), it started getting sloppy around and justice for all, but he still made it work. I thought Death Magnetic had some awesome solos on it, but Hardwired was definitely a let down.. He is consistently sloppy these days unfortunately.
I kinda have the same opinion. Back in the day, when I was starting to learn guitar, Metallica was one of my big inspirations and I remember when I was listening to "Fade to Black" or "One" and trying to learn that solos. Kirk obviously was never a virtuous guitarrist , but he used to composed solos with good melodies, and at least you could perceive that it had an effort to make sound good. Nowadays it seems that he just don't care anymore, and is just playing because the songs need a solo. Personally, I think it's very offensive for lots of players that are trying live as guitarrists
Maybe I'm wrong. The solos on RtL through AJfA sound like he worked his ass off on those lines. On the Black Album, they talked him into just wanking pentatonics (the best leads on that are James' composed harmonies). And he was worshipped for that stuff by the general public. So he was like "well F me, I didn't know it was that simple". Got lazy. Plus James and Lars started cringing whenever he'd pull out an arpeggio or exotic run. Marty Friedman was doing that, and Kirk would never reach that level. Kirk's live solo was cringe-worthy as well from Load on.
FINALLY!!!
I really thought it was just me... Some of the solo's he created on the Master' and 'Justice albums were fantastic, but lately it just seems to be "I'll just tremolo pick with a Wah... Nailed it... NEXT SOLO"
It's pitiful...
You are sooo right...
Jimi Hendrix had bone crushing techniques for his time, and no offence to Mr Hendrix but todays players make him sound like a blues improvisationist to me... I know Kirk had great love for him and it feels like on Load and further on, he wanted to play more like that, sloppier and simpler.... so.... "tremolo pick with wah" :)
@@daveberggrennot really that the case with Jimi Hendrix though. Alot of greater guitar player at that time. I mean, Django already exist from 1930's. It just his music is fresh at that time, he's pretty creative in songwriting, he bring rebellious spirit in music and influence alot of people with that. Before Jimi, I can't find any musician that channeling some negative emotions like angst, frustration, destruction through their music and stage performance (if you know one, tell me). Before Jimi, music vibe are only fun, party, or love, sad, mellow, or complicated virtuosity like in Bebop and classical. Usually the musicians are also very serious in their playing, while Jimi not afraid being sloppy as long as it support his vision in music he's playing.
With Kirk, you can tell he's bored with Metallica, his solo album actually pretty interesting.
Megadeth!!! All day, I like Metallica too, but Megadeth with Marty Friedman, one of the best metal bands ever.
JTC Conquer - Dave Mustaine is a prick all the same. Never liked him.
Kirk is the mumble shredder 😂😂
What's with all the hate. One bad doodle and everyone talks shit. Those doodles are for fun and not serious . If u keep up with the tour, Kirk still has it. Y'all need to get informed before talking shit.
@@DavidNwokoye that's right man, there just doodling and people get mad and butthurt, it's just a song they wanted to do and they enjoyed it.
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James and the bassists have always been great musicians in metallica. They were always the ones that made the band special imo. Hetfields right hand alone I think is pretty heavy metal defining.
I love everything you just said.
james is the only one that always made me proud..it pains when i hear bad about metallica..
I think Kirk needs a producer in the studio. The documentary on the recording of the Black Album showing Bob Rock tearing him until he came up with one of his greatest solos, The Unforgiven, makes me think that while it can be unpleasant, this is the process that works best for him. There are a lot of excellent musicians that need a good producer in the studio to bring out what they are truest capable of. Unfortunately when you’re a multimillionaire in the biggest band in the world you can decide you don’t want to go through that process anymore.
I had similar thoughts listening to Hardwired. So many great songs but the lead stuff was pretty lacking
Ruins some of my favourite songs on that album. Dream no more case in point
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ante boskovic fuck yes!!!!!
Kiko is on a whole new planet, that's why lol
Kirk Hammett has never disappointed me..because I've always thought he sucked...
I theorized that the early melodic solos like (Fade To Black) he probably didn't even write, Joe Satriani probably wrote them for him and taught him how to play it.
godukie3311 I actually think James played those..I could be wrong but I think its him..
And apparently you've also always been a complete fucking imbecile who knows nothing about guitar playing.
@@godukie3311 most likely that's why slayer is metals greatest band always play there own shit always write there own shit and it always sounds like slayer. Kirk is way overrated so is James and Metallica for that matter they are horrible liars can barely play a simple drum beat James is so fucking sloppy and cant sing for shit Robert trys to be cliff burton and they just suck they havent made anything good in 30 FUCKING YEARS
@godukie3311: You're wrong. Kirk played them.
Hardwired solos were weak. Basically minor pentatonic licks soaked in wah.
That's because it was all improvised. He said later that he had to relearn the solos to play the songs on tour.
All garbage? Come on!!! That's just bullshit
Which a good majority of his solos are
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with minor pentatonic licks.
What the hatred for pentatonic licks now. Randy Rhoads use them and so did Dimebag.
Not gonna lie, I think Kirk's soloing even live has fallen off the past 10 years. What they need is a producer that's gonna push him like Bob Rock did on the Black Album.
But bob litterly pushed Kirk to tears and id imagine that he wouldn't want to got threw that just for a guitar solo of all things
Kirk‘s playing totally fits Metallica. I couldn’t imagine them with a technically perfect player. Kirk has lost it somehow after the Black album, but I think over the past 2 years he kinda raised from the ashes again. I think most of the listeners are pretty okay with what he plays.
No way bro! Kirk is shit.
Imagine chris poland or Becker played for them!
I grew up on Metallica, and those early album’s are fantastic, and Kirk’s playing WAS fantastic... “When Doves Cry” they were just having fun, however do that shite in your garage not in an stadium, where your fans have paid hard earned money to watch “Metallica “ not the guy’s in Metallica “goof off” that is just being too big to listen to anybody , And they do what they want because they don’t care”we’re having fun, and fuck off” would assume would be there answer to any objections,Now Kirk’s playing itself was a HUGE influence, he is a great player the first five albums is great playing, he’s just gotten lazy, just like Lars, it’s hard to have a “burning” desire or passion when your a multimillionaire, flynon private jets to concerts, get driven from private airport to hotel room, driven to arena, someone else sets up his gear,strings his guitars, tunes his guitars and hands it to him before he walks onstage and then when concerts over, just leaves and someone drives him back to his hotel,or airport to get back on the private jet....your going to lose that “desire,passion”, and it’s obvious Lars and Kirk don’t have it anymore.. and please get that fucking wah-wah pedal away from him!!! He single handely has made me HATE the wah-wah pedal, I just don’t EVER want to hear that damn thing again... from him or any other player....
Bro, this is the only comment i respect among all. Kirk has always been my hero and he is still. He is a human just like all of us. He has done all of those riffs and solos at very very young ages and effected miliions of guitar players. I think he doesnt deserve all those rage, hatred and envy. Regards...
That was embarrassing, I can't imagine becoming that comfortable in your ability to where you become so careless with your performance.
Everyone making such a big deal about their Prince doodle, has anyone listened to their other doodles? They are on a completely other level of shit. "The Final Countdown" is a fine example of how much worse it gets.
Yeah and does doodles are just for the laughs and cringe, is well known, but they take it like Metallica took 100$ from you adn just play doodles all night long
Opeth sounds like they're making love to there instruments
Totally agree, Iron Maiden did they same thing on their last album, they improvised all the solos, which is why they were mostly dogshit, solos are compositions within themselves, time should be given to them.
Even Adrian's. That guy always works out his stuff in advance, but there are definitely "favourite licks" recognizable, and "Speed of Light" and "The Red & The Black" have a meandering 'jam' quality to it.
I wish they would put more thought into their compositions these days - I like a lot of their last decade's worth of stuff, but it's easy to jam on Em-C-G-D.
I personally like the riffs and vocals much better with Metallica but the solos are definitely not up to Megadeth's level
Ive not liked any solos since the Black album 😕 but Slash on the other hand keeps aging like fine wine 🍷
So valid! Totally agree dude
Especially with Myles😉
Agree entirely, but I'm disappointed in the newest album they dropped. I only like a few tracks from it, and I loved every track on every other album Slash has released, but I'm underwhelmed by this.
@Commander Keen
Myles is a BEAST
I’m sure there’s a documentary somewhere where they show how he had to be forced to sit down and write solos for the black album, and there are some great ones on the album because of it. Without being forced he seems happy to just noodle round basic shapes and beginner licks with autowah on full.
a lot of the same things ecpecially the work ethic can be said about lars...lets be honest lars never practice
thats because he is the drummer, he doesnt really need to practice much.
BUT, Lars does the Job in the studio and since 2016 he´s been good in the drums live, Lars failed a lot in the second part of Death Magnetic tours, but since he got in the studio again he did really good live and no one can question his drum work in the Studio... Kirk on the other hand "lost his phone" and improvised the solos
He writes some great music tho. I wouldn't say he is lazy. The drums could be improved A LOT however.
Dave Lombardo gave Lars free drum lessons and he still decided to play shit and take any lessons to play real drums metal.
Yeah Lars doesnt practice because his beats are the simplest in the whole genre of metal.. the only thing you can maybe say is difficult about it is that their songs are usually about 7-8 minutes.. I wanna see Lars try some Lamb of God, Bleed from Within, Devildriver hahah
I think his self-inflicted brain damage plays a pretty big part. That aside, I just don't think he has a musical ear; his vibrato and intonation have always been awful.
Brutal but accurate
@@chriszoupa7898 the man drank heavily for close to 3 decades. sometimes it's just genetics how that affects someone's brain. I think they should just be done at this point. They got nothing left to prove as a band. The first four albums will live forever in time.
Kirks a disappointing guitarist I thought that after all the face melting solos he did thru the 80’s - 90’s he would of become better and more experienced but his playing has really gone down the drain it’s a shame since he’s one of my heroes
Btw it doesn’t help that he drowns his solos in wha it’s not cool or creative it’s garbage
It seems that Kirk has some kind of Burnout. He seems to be really bored by playing the same songs every night - and they are constantly touring since 20 years or so. Happens to a lot of musicians. But dunno, if Kirk would rather surf somewhere in Hawaii he should just hang it in and quit the band altogether - he should have enough money.
MistyMountainMedia definitely, he’s no longer passionate he treats it like a job he’s tired of, its our fault too because a lot of people hold him as the best and he’s just not passionate enough to live up to it and it’s not easy for him to retire either because then Metallica wouldn’t be Metallica and knowing the fan base it would cause chaos lmao
Took the words out of my mouth
He got arthritis
Maruchan Chiken maybe it’s a physical problem. I’ve been playing for 20+ years . I have carpel tunnel now and it hurt my endurance a little playing the faster stuff
Hey, Chris! Have you ever done any lesson on Chris Broderick era megadeth? I love Marty, but I think Chris is just a beast! Especially his endgame album stuff! Thanks for everything you do, brother!!!
Brad Anderson Chris is good, but he’s boring to watch on stage. And some of his solos have no emotion, just pure shred.
I would agree with most of what you're saying. I will get crucified for this comment but, I always never liked Yngwie Malmsteen. Empty virtuosity as I will call it. There, I said it! Lol
I never got the love for Chris Broderick. Dude can certainly play but whenever you heard him play any of Friedman or Poland solos they sounded so lifeless, flat and made me feel he was just a “oh look how many sweeps I can play”. He’s playing is just mechanical. And after hearing his new band (act of defiance) nothing memorable on there at all. He’s, for me, a show off. Nothing more
We all have our opinions. They're not wrong, they're just our opinions. When it comes down to it... At the end of the day, He gets to play guitar for a living, and I don't. So I try to just stay in my lane, keep playing, keep working hard at it.
Brad Anderson bro which albums of megadeth have Chris on them?i wanna check out
he just comes across as lazy
I still think Unforgiven is one of the best solos ever written
I was listening to Kirk give an interview the other day...all I heard the whole time was ..wah wah wah.....wah wah.....wah wah wah wah. And then went on and said....wah wah wah...wah...wah wah wah wah wah!
I was at that show, It was bad. The rest of the show was really good.
they should just play some motorhead covers instead live
Synyster gates and John petrucci for the win
2 of the BEST guitarists!
Hey let’s not forget Vai and Yngwie
Definitely Synyster Gates!
John Petrucci, yes.
Are we forgetting the fact that there's just one god, and it's called Jason Becker? :^
At least he's not faking it.
I definitely agree with you on megadeth being better, their music is a lot more interesting
Megadeth really is so much better. Kirk just doesn't care and he's got no feeling
not2stupidguitar honesty the only one keeping that band together is James I would like to see him in another band besides Metallica
Well if you want to be specific about why megadeth is better wellll megadeth guitarists that have been swapped like a fucking crack whore ok pay day then yes these musicians that played for megadeth are better then Kirk that’s obvious BUT FUCK NO MEGADETH being better then Metallica, Dave isn’t even that good his soloing is very much like Kirk hammets. A lot of pentatonic being tossed around the fretboard with no soul or feeling
But Dave's voice.. I only have 3 Megadeth albums, the rest I simply can't stand his 'singing'
Megadeth... I can't ignore the voice long enough to get to the solo in any of their songs...
And most of his riffs sound like boring exercises to me, which is probably okay for guitarists in search of technic, but I like melody and Mustaine as none.
EH Megadeth is more technichal and skilled, Metallica compose better in my opinion, specially in their golden years what Metallica wrotte was just amazing, in recent years i give the edge to Megadeth though
People hating on Kirk is pretty boring. He isn’t the best most technically gifted player - I totally agree. I also agree that he can be sloppy live. But I don’t think he has ever claimed to be the best in the world? And being a good guitar player is more than just how shredtastic you are, its about writing songs people like and Metallica do that. Their music is based around song writing whereas bands like Megadeth (who I like and think are awesome) focus on writing music based on shred skills which is cool but generally has appeal to other guitar players. Whereas “songs” reach a wider audience. Just my 2 cents.
DexterLlew nobody is expecting him to be a shred virtuoso. Just to be he best version of him and not a useless lazy fuck.
The problem is not about his ability, it's his shitty work ethic.
Did you ever stop to think for a second that the reason you see him getting so much hate is because he has really fallen off? Yes its not just about shredding and no one ever implied that, it's about writing songs? he writes terrible, lazy solos. Uh every bands music is based around song writing? lol
Watch the Big 4 the part when Metallica is huddling up before going live and Kirk declared, in his usual nerdy voice, that they are the "Big 1/time to show the world who is the best" like saying the 3 bands is not at par with us. What a douche of a guitarist.
DexterLlew bravo my man well said
I don’t think Metallica care about being their best at this point. My reasoning for thinking this is when Slipknot’s drummer filled in for Lars it sounded a million times better, and anytime they’ve played with Dave (or any other guitarist that has a good tone) they’ve sounded better. Lars and Kirk slack off because they can, when you’re as big as they are fans just want to breathe the same oxygen as them, they don’t care about how good they can butcher anything off of ride the lighting . I don’t believe they have a passion for it at this point.
These doodles are for fun. It's not a proper cover.
Shame they're not fun to listen to
its funny saying he shouldn't be playing the same kind of licks he did when he was 18, and yet so many people complain that they haven't been good since the first 4 albums. maybe he was thinking 'ok how about I play a solo similar to the earlier albums, that should make people happy'. but I guess not haha. and what was said about taking risks, and they already did take risks when they did the black album. they knew it was drastically different from before. so can't say they don't take risks.
I love Metallica, but holy fuck Kirk what happened to you lol
I really hate to admit this, but you're absolutely correct. Kirk has gone downhill fast in the past 20 years.
I would say that the only one from a playing standpoint that still tries his best to create solid stuff is James. Rob does well accenting and bridging the gap between the drums and rythem guitar, and Lars is a good arranger, but less of a drummer... James is the only one that seems to always care about doing his best with the guitar.
Daddy Boi
Kirk is not trash in the least - he's one of the greatest metal lead guitarists of all time. But you're right - Gary's comment was stupid.
Agreed mate. Megadeth will always be better 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
For someone that pissed and moaned that he wasn't allowed to have any creative influence in Metallica.. he sure isn't showing any creativity in the solos he gets to write. Stale, sloppy and just cut and paste lazy. C'mon Hammett. You are waaaay better than that dude.
Pro guitarists have been ripping on Hammett since the 80’s. There’s a radio interview with Reb Beach where he goes off haha. His tone, his spastic vibrato, and his general sloppiness never got better despite the criticism - showing that the guy never gave a shit enough to practice. It seems he was just the drunk immature party friend who was in it for the lifestyle, not the art. Lars sucked even worse but at least he had his shit together behind the scenes.
I don't think he decided to improvise solos in Hardwired because he considered himself a genius. He Just wanted to capture something spontaneous , you can like It or not but this was his aim as he said in an interview.
I personally liked some of the solos in the album because for me they fit the song.
We all know that he makes some mistakes live but not everyone can be a perfect shredder, and i also don't think he doesn't care.
So when Metallica play a show. They take a break. James and Lars go offstage and take a break while Kirk and Rob stay out and entertain the crowd. Usually with something from a local band(Prince -Minneapolis, COC - Charlotte). It was never meant to be serious.
I think the Kirk/ Rob doodle is a bit of an intended joke. They pick one song to learn before each show and it's just a bit of a goof
Oki doki Chris... how about you re-write one kirk solo and play it for us. C'mon genius...
Kirk should be more like Slash or something. I mean I'm not bashing him, I'm just saying he needs to work a little bit harder.
Say what you want about Kirk, but no link is weaker than Lars Ulrich.
About the whole comment about getting him to "sit down with a few cups of coffee a day for 2 weeks"...
Bob Rock actually had to force him to do that for the Black Album, when recording the Unforgiven. Kirk went in, noodled and produced something genuinely shit, and they basically had to lock him in the studio, against his will, recording dozens of takes for hours while he was pouting and getting pissy about it, until he came up with something that suited the song. I can't help but think that that's part of the problem. I think it's in the documentary or some interviews about the album, it might be floating around on RUclips somewhere.
Your face on the Thumbnail though... Lol 😂
I think people misinterpreted what they do at that part of the show.
It's supposed to be dumb and crappy. They obviously didn't know the song but it was on purpose, Just to have some fun and they only do that for about 2 minutes out of a 2 hour show. I might sound like a fanboy but those are my thoughts. I have been disappointed at them many times but their music was such a big part of my life growing up that I just kinda deal with it.
I feel that they are uninspired and that's why Kirk plays like that.
I think he just plays out of obligation and he doesn't really care anymore, which makes me sad because he was the one who got me into guitar. He might not play like Gilbert or Becker but his early stuff really impacted me and created my love for shredding.
It's just that after being a professionnal for 40 years, you're not supposed to play like that, even if you don't know the song...
I'm with you about the rest, still love them but disappointed.
they did the same in Portugal with a portuguese song and people went crazy. But they did pretty good that time. That Prince thing was bad. And yes, I agree that Megadeth are way way better too.
Exactly. Ppl need to quit hating.
No it was terrible and people pay a lot of money to expect better than that....it was brutal...
No, people need to stop being stupid, recognize shit when they see it and call it out for what it is. Playing out of obligation is one thing, not giving a shit about the millions of people who pay to see you play live because you're too big to fail is something else entirely. Slayer have been playing out of obligation for years at this point, yet they're as tight as they've ever been. Not to mention that Garry Holt is a fucking replacement guitarist for them, and he still kills it every time. That's professionalism.
Plus it's a huge insult to Prince
Well said. Kerry king said years ago that Metallica chose the wrong guitarist from Exodus. Gary Holt smokes Kirk every day of the year
Never listen to Exodus much. Really just discovering Holt since he been with Slayer and he is a beast.
Not familiar with Holt, listened a bit of him just now and meh, he's a cookie cutter shredder...never been into Slayer either but their solos are a hot mess from what I've listened to.
Marty Friedman, now that guy rocks, best guitarist thats ever been in either Megadeth or Metallica...
@@marioguti9887 i dont know about that one. Broderick may just be. But Marty is definetly up there. Hell, out of all the big 4 guitarist, those 2 are likely the best
@@marioguti9887 never in key and whammy in a bad way
I was never a fan so him playing badly isn't exactly a shock to me. Seriously, the two big metal/speed metal pop bands from 1980-2000 were Metallica and Megadeth. Comparing Kirk to Marty is like comparing a bar band hack to.....well, Marty Friedman.
Kudos for the Opeth shoutout! Those guys are a prime example of changing the direction of the sound but staying true as musos, very well said
Its really sucks to see Hammet just phoning it in nowadays. He was a big influence to me growing up.
work ethic = dream theater
1000x agree. I said for a while now that Kirk "phoned" in his solos on Hardwired. I dont thunk he practices one minute and relies on the same things he did mediocre-ly yeats ago. I'd fully expected him to be master level guitar at his age/experience but it seems like he's digressed.
There is a funny video of Bob Rock getting on Kirk Hammet in the studio about his solos. He sarcastically says amaze me Kirk while rolling his eyes.
Wish I could get into Megadeth, but I just can’t get past Dave’s singing
Are you a guitar player?
You know why this happens its because they are rich and they dont care
It's true... and the truth hurts.
Same brother Megadeth is better in my opinion!
Kirk Hammett‘s playing on Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets are some of the best solos of metal, then Kirk decided to lobotomize himself with a wah peddle
PRSenthusiast nah, it s okay
I'm not even a fan but the Kirk/Rob covers were always supposed as "entertaining breaks" during the concerts. They did a different song every show, some of them they didn't even know before, so that was bad on purpose.
yes, it really is a /whoosh moment. they ve been doing this for a year now. it's suppose to be lighthearted and fun and not at all taken seriously
maybe light hearted and fun but you would still expect genuine quality throughout a Metallica show
dude look at this ruclips.net/video/XbqPNpyee80/видео.html.
it's fun. ffs.
It's true ,even in the beginning stages of a guitarist, I'm 100% sure that they would look up to Kirk's solos to learn even if it's from kill, master or ride ... Being a huge Metallica fan and a guitarist, i'd say he got into the band way before mastering his instrument , still Kirk is my God . LOVE METALLICA
I have such mixed feelings about Kirk Hammet and his work. I think he made some awsome, well structured leads in his early days when he was still hungry, but after the self titled album it seems he just got stuck in his little blues box and rarely came out again. He is one of the most capable guitarists of his era, and yet we get such mediocrity? What gives? He is his own most creative enemy. Despite this, I still respect him as a major contributor to metal and influential guitarist.
Cocaine is a helluva drug. I truly believe he frazzled his brain. 'rockin' out at 3am' on a pignose amp. and other things.
I 1000% agree...I thought I was alone
Joseph Vega you thought you were the only person who doesn’t like Kirk Hammett? 🤔😂
@@kevins4222 up until this video I hadn't heard/seen anyone talk about his sloppy, monotonous, wah wah drowning pentatonic licks or his work ethic
But hey there is enough for all of us to not like
For me, Lars keep him because some technical point, maybe some contract restriction about his percentage of his songs rights, like, "if you fire him you have to pay a fine, and his percentage grow X%", yeah, I think it should be that monstrous bad business.
I don't know but in my mind as Lars, have to ponder: Fire him to improve our work (profit as well) X keep with him because he have booming music rights that can be expansive
Leonardo N.R. I don’t think Lars or James care that much either anymore. They’ve always been the ones to write all the actual music and arrangements. So they let Kirk throw in a solo here and there, probably not worth shaking up the band at this point.
As time goes on I grow to think the "problem" with Metallica is a new person. Now it seems I can only be sure it isn't James' fault.
How can one put so much truth into 6min speech? Great video man!
"Playing the same tired licks over and over again" this is exactly what Zakk Wylde has been doing for the last 10 years. He used to be amazing and now his solos and songs are rushed out the door, packaged up and sold with minimal effort involved.
I think this is very harsh his band made some really great songs im referring to black label
Hey, how many people buy tickets to your concerts and remember your riffs?
Probably 24
@@chriszoupa7898 You're not allowed to count family members :D
100% agree
Only just saw this (love your work) - a few issues, James and Lars are never on stage for the 'Noodle' session btw Rob and Kirk, and they freely admit those parts of the show can be 'hit' or 'miss'. Doesn't excuse the shitshow of a cover. Taking the shot at Kirk's laziness (phone for riff recording?) should be separated from the album solo's on Hardwired, and the balance of control btw Lars/James and the others. Lars has spoken bout how this album was to have more of James on it, clearly seen in the riff/melody complexity vs the solos, vs Death Magnetic where Kurt had alot more influence.
Solos on Hardwired (title track) - c'mon, that track is barely 3 mins, clearly no need for a long solo, just a short shreddy one THAT FITS THE SONG. The solo for Spit out the Bone is great, and stands up with his best, but yes, many of the other ones are pretty stock for him and play like Kill Em Solos, but they fit the songs. Hard to pan him too much when Lars/James are so strong in the direction of the songs, and few of these really have room for an epic solo.
WARNING!!! THIS TURNED INTO A BOOK! SORRY 😏😬
Well guys, I have to agree with Chris! I like Kirk, I really do! And I love Metallica!!! GOAT!!! Lightning, Puppets, and Justice are beyond compare! And I'll admit, I think the Black album ranks with them. Yeah I'll admit that lyrically it's not the greatest, but those are some damn fine riffs going on there! I'll never forget the first time I heard the main riff of Enter Sandman, I started headbanging just out of reflex lol. Only problem with it, is that it was just over played. And Sad But True!!!!! Holy shitnuts that thing just pummels you down into the earths crust! Okay now I'm really gonna tweak some strings with this next one but...IMO...Load is the one, the greatest HARDROCK album EVER!!! Yeah so what if it's not the old school Metallica we all love! So what! A band can't just keep doing the same thing over and over. That gets old. People's life situations and moods are always changing and that will affect how you create music! You have to write what you're feeling, nothing else matters. I feel that Kirk's solo work was at its peak on Black and Load (oh man I can FEEL the haters, the ones out to seek and destroy, my friends of misery, they're typing their rage now 😂😂😂) His solos fit the mood of the songs so well, and they felt like they were speaking poems. Just go listen to Until it Sleeps right now! GO! Put headphones on, hit the lights off, close your eyes, and just follow where it leads you. And if by the time that dark, menacing solo ends, you're not scared and wanting to open your eyes, well then my friend you have no soul! And as I said Chris, you're right! It's like Kirk's passion just isn't there and it's showing in his music. It's sad but true! The poems are gone, now it's gibberish. Something is off with you Kirk, we're here if you need us bro! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Always hated Hammet’s “playing”.
Dude I have been saying the same thing about all those Kirk and Robert songs they have been doing on tour lately. Those tickets are ridiculous expensive and they are up there doing some non rehearsed bs. I got attacked for saying that but whatever truth will be truth
Great video. THESE PEOPLE ARE MEANT TO BE FUCKING PROFESSIONALS! They take their fame and audience for granted and it shows.
Totally agree Chris! Kirk hasn't given two shits about his solos since the Black Album. On the DVD "A Year In The Life of Metallica" there's a bit where Kirk is working on his solo for 'The Unforgiven'. He's actually putting work and thought into the solo and you can tell he actually cares. But these days he cares more about his other hobbies - would rather be surfing and adding to his horror collection.
MajorDook1 yep seems like after the Black Album he got super wealthy and cared less and less about making music and more about other hobbies
I always picked Megadeth over Metallica any day even though I like both. As a beginner guitarist I started with Kirk solos. Then I moved to Marty as I advanced.
I don't necessarily agree with your opinion on improvising solos, especially in metal. Take George Lynch for instance, he improvised most of his solos in Dokken, both live and in the studio and it sounded memorable and amazing. It depends on the guitarist, Kirk was average, Lynch was phenomenal, that is the difference.
A brave comment Zoupa, but i have to be honest I do agree with you, for me Hammett's best soloing has been on their earlier material,but he does rely heavily on the WahWah pedal and repetition phrases!
I feel like they should have just given the fans another Metallica song. Instead they do this and as someone who's paid 200 to see them I think they need to stop these jam sessions
Kirk is like a race horse, he can do it but he needs someone to keep whipping his ass to get the best of him like Bob did otherwise he just slaps any old shit on it and thinks that's good enough.
Solid and constructive rant!
Spit Out The Bone has rad solos though. And Kirk has said that these were the only ones that weren't improvised.
i was ready to hate on this then i kept listening and realised actually he has a point.
No one cares! It's Metallica. Who are you to judge?!
Come on man Im a big fan of yours don't shit on rings of saturn I've seen them live and they can 100 percent play the shit they record on their albums. Music is evolving and so is is the talent of the guitarists now a days.
Their drummer came out and said they relatedly cheat in the studio. After he left he was pissed
Metallica has been my favorite band since I was like 6, so almost 30 years. Since I started understanding music around age 8 I have hated hammet! He CANNOT PLAY LIVE! His live "solos" ruin songs!
I had to find it, but Man you nailed.
Two wasted high school kids in their garage Lol 😂
He must not practice at all anymore. His playing was on point in the early days (exodus/Kill em all), it started getting sloppy around and justice for all, but he still made it work. I thought Death Magnetic had some awesome solos on it, but Hardwired was definitely a let down.. He is consistently sloppy these days unfortunately.
you got me @1:49
Garage days was fkn sick :D
Agree with everything else
Keep it up \m/
I kinda have the same opinion. Back in the day, when I was starting to learn guitar, Metallica was one of my big inspirations and I remember when I was listening to "Fade to Black" or "One" and trying to learn that solos.
Kirk obviously was never a virtuous guitarrist , but he used to composed solos with good melodies, and at least you could perceive that it had an effort to make sound good. Nowadays it seems that he just don't care anymore, and is just playing because the songs need a solo. Personally, I think it's very offensive for lots of players that are trying live as guitarrists
ha ha ha funny video chris !!! complacency kicking in with hammett
The downside to Megameth is that everyone leaves due to one person in that band. Kerry King even left. lol. The rest of Metallica left too.
It's sad that you convinced me.
Kirk isn’t trying to innovate. But slayer has NEVER INNOVATED. So let’s not not pick.
Maybe I'm wrong. The solos on RtL through AJfA sound like he worked his ass off on those lines. On the Black Album, they talked him into just wanking pentatonics (the best leads on that are James' composed harmonies). And he was worshipped for that stuff by the general public. So he was like "well F me, I didn't know it was that simple". Got lazy. Plus James and Lars started cringing whenever he'd pull out an arpeggio or exotic run. Marty Friedman was doing that, and Kirk would never reach that level. Kirk's live solo was cringe-worthy as well from Load on.
"Real Talk". Please...just no...no..