Akira is an incredible guitarist and often overlooked when it comes to 80's shredders. I listened to Thunder in the East so many times that the tape wore out. I believe that in later years he went on to score music for video games and anime productions, both of which are HUGE markets in Japan.
Because he was playing all of Eddie Van Halen's licks. Tons of people on RUclips are doing that as we speak. Doesn't really make one stand out. Lightning Strikes is such a ripoff of 1984 and 5150 it should be a freakin crime.
@@pastxmasThe thing with Akira is his effortless changes from Eddie style licks, to Malmsteen style and back and forth. One of the first to do that. Really shows in the solo from "Like Hell".
Akira... he's so underrated as a guitarist yet there's no denying that he's one of the if not the best guitarist out there to be known as a true virtuoso.LOUDNESS the reason i picked guitar..
A true guitar GOD!! Akira is in my opinion, Among the top 10 greatest metal guitarists of the 1980s and listed VERY high! Even in 2020, he hasnt slowed down a single step or skipped a single note. The man is a legend. Like Tony Iommi did with Black Sabbath, Akira held up the Loudness Banner proudly throughout the decades.
De Shawn Lane sau Jason Becker ai auzit vreodată? Sau Tony MacAlphine? Ascultă.i...in special pe Shawn Lane și dupaia spune.ti o părere despre cel mai bun chitarist existent din toata timpurile
@@lucianmunteanu8751Becker and MacAlpine are a generation after Akira. Becker's my all time favorite but players like Akira, Malmsteen and so on influenced those late 80s/early 90s shredders highly. Shawn Lane was just from some other planet, same with Al DiMeola. The fact they played that fast in the 70s is mind blowing.
I was a Junior in HS, nothing going on that night, one of the guys wanted to see Motley Crue, I wasn’t that interested but you park for free plunk down 8 bucks and push your way to the front. I’ve seen 100 Metal concerts and Loudness 1985 is literally one of the best I’ve ever seen. The headliner that night… meh at best
Incredible guitar player today as he was back then. I saw them in their 1985 thunder in the East tour at the Hollywood Palladium. Two great local L.A bands opened up for them, Warrior which also had a Japanese guitar player, and Malice. It was a great show and best time to be young in the 80s.
When u listen with ur eyes u lose...when u appreciate talent n listen with ur ears..this guy was a great shredder...before internet stuff...what a trailblazer...
I saw this tour at Alpine Valley in WI. They opened for Motley Crue on their Theatre of Pain tour. Akira was unreal. Almost felt bad for Mick Mars having to follow this guy. Akira and Vito Bratto were it for me in the 80’s.
I will admit I was in the crowd at Five Seasons Center when Loudness rolled through Cedar Rapids in '85 with the Crue. It was a pleasure to watch Akira. I apologize for my rudeness in not thanking you for posting this.
@@dripstein6130 I less like his material, but used his videoschool. There is also interesting person Joe Stump. He's playing in Alcatrazz now. Yngwie also played there once
In 1985 Akira was right there , he busted his ass and woodshedded quite a lot. You cannot get to this level without thousands of hours of practice. His riffs and songwriting skills were accomplished during this time. His is quite amazing and underrated.
At the 8:00 mark, it sounds like he's playing a bit of Eruption. Steve Vai should call him up the next time he wants to get guitarists together for a jam! It would be great to see Akira get in the limelight again after so many years.
its a trem picked melody like in eruption but its based on an entirely different scale than what ed uses in eruption, akira is using a minor scale while in eruption ed starts out in a major scale and then drifts into a minor scale
I always thought Akira had the best guitar tone. When I heard Thunder in the East, I had to have that sound. I had the Kramer guitar with the maple fretboard, many tube amps, stainless steel pick. Great memories!
@@dripstein6130 does he? Its pretty obvious who his influences are, you can pinpoint them in this and quite a bit of loudness recorded output sounds derivative of a lot of english metal bands
@Edward Harshaw LAME! There's a reason why no one other than guitar nerds knows who that is - he has no style, feeling, melodic sensibility, and he can't write a decent song to save his life. He's even worse than Yngwie.
I have been an active guitar player and in that day , I never heard of this guitarist or the band . I like to know where was I ? For that time it was my lost.I hate when that happens, it really shows how much talent you can miss. THEY WERE TO GO TO OPEN UP FOR ANY BAND .
Akira is an incredible guitarist and often overlooked when it comes to 80's shredders. I listened to Thunder in the East so many times that the tape wore out. I believe that in later years he went on to score music for video games and anime productions, both of which are HUGE markets in Japan.
Because he was playing all of Eddie Van Halen's licks. Tons of people on RUclips are doing that as we speak. Doesn't really make one stand out. Lightning Strikes is such a ripoff of 1984 and 5150 it should be a freakin crime.
@@pastxmasyeah but lightning strikes came out on the exact same day as 5150 came out.
@@pastxmasThe thing with Akira is his effortless changes from Eddie style licks, to Malmsteen style and back and forth. One of the first to do that. Really shows in the solo from "Like Hell".
One of the most talented guitars, not only from the 80´s.
Akira... he's so underrated as a guitarist yet there's no denying that he's one of the if not the best guitarist out there to be known as a true virtuoso.LOUDNESS the reason i picked guitar..
He is one of Paul Gilbert's Guitar Heroes
@@akidk1499 if you’re one of Paul Gilbert’s heroes you know you’re a legend
@akidk1499 well I guess we know who inspired Paul's ridiculously fast alternate picking now.
スイープをフルオルタネイトピッキングで弾くというスゴ技。弦がぶち切れるのではないか？という程のめちゃくちゃ強いアタックにビックリ！
圧巻です！中学時代にラウドネス、アースシェイカー、アクション、モズなどなど聴きまくってました！懐かしい映像ありがとうございます
A true guitar GOD!! Akira is in my opinion, Among the top 10 greatest metal guitarists of the 1980s and listed VERY high! Even in 2020, he hasnt slowed down a single step or skipped a single note. The man is a legend. Like Tony Iommi did with Black Sabbath, Akira held up the Loudness Banner proudly throughout the decades.
De Shawn Lane sau Jason Becker ai auzit vreodată? Sau Tony MacAlphine? Ascultă.i...in special pe Shawn Lane și dupaia spune.ti o părere despre cel mai bun chitarist existent din toata timpurile
Ce cântă Akira...Shawn Lane compunea și cânta la 8 ani
@@lucianmunteanu8751Becker and MacAlpine are a generation after Akira. Becker's my all time favorite but players like Akira, Malmsteen and so on influenced those late 80s/early 90s shredders highly. Shawn Lane was just from some other planet, same with Al DiMeola. The fact they played that fast in the 70s is mind blowing.
They opened for Motley Crue on this tour and absolutely blew the headliners off the stage!
Pretty easy to do when a headliners bassist can hardly play it.
I was a Junior in HS, nothing going on that night, one of the guys wanted to see Motley Crue, I wasn’t that interested but you park for free plunk down 8 bucks and push your way to the front. I’ve seen 100 Metal concerts and Loudness 1985 is literally one of the best I’ve ever seen. The headliner that night… meh at best
@@a.nelprober-rl5cf Yeah..Masayoshi Yamashits was killer~
Incredible guitar player today as he was back then. I saw them in their 1985 thunder in the East tour at the Hollywood Palladium. Two great local L.A bands opened up for them, Warrior which also had a Japanese guitar player, and Malice. It was a great show and best time to be young in the 80s.
I love the attack in his alternate picking, so aggressive yet precise!
This is awesome vintage footage of an amazing and underrated guitarist! Thanks for posting this ❤️
前例のない状況で２０代の若者が難攻不落のアメリカを音楽で攻めていく。当時の人間ならそれがどれだけ夢物語なのかを知っている。
沢田泰司さんのファンです あの泰司が憧れたラウドネスとはどんなバンドだろうと辿り着いた動画です、衝撃、衝撃です
ライブ映像見てこんな感激したの初めてです
指の動き、人間じゃねぇ…
アメリカ人をこんなに熱狂させる日本人ミュージシャンってそうはいない
a great guitarist! Even though he was young, he had full technical and expressive command of the instrument. Very impressive.
Sick. Just sick. Long live Akira
imagine Akira and Eddie sharing the stage.guitar gods bliss!
One of the true Legend in the world
Atunci eu de ce nu am auzit de el daca este o legendă?
Great tour they were fun live. Still have my concert T.
The man is not human!!!!!
すんげぇ。
こりゃあメタリカが欲しがるのも納得。
When u listen with ur eyes u lose...when u appreciate talent n listen with ur ears..this guy was a great shredder...before internet stuff...what a trailblazer...
I saw this tour at Alpine Valley in WI. They opened for Motley Crue on their Theatre of Pain tour. Akira was unreal. Almost felt bad for Mick Mars having to follow this guy. Akira and Vito Bratto were it for me in the 80’s.
Mars sucks compared to most 80's guitarists.
Akira is scary awesome.
I was also there. Mick got destroyed that night
I was at that show, mainly for Loudness. Motley makes a great opening act, but headliners....I was not impressed.
この当時、タッカンだったから熱狂させれたんだろうな、やっぱスゴいんだよね。他のギタリストと比較するのはナンセンスだけど「AKIRA TAKASAKI」「LOUDNESS」は今でも音楽の世界共通語だね
Best guitar player. Best guitar solo...💯💯💯💯💯
Akira was and is amazing!!!
I will admit I was in the crowd at Five Seasons Center when Loudness rolled through Cedar Rapids in '85 with the Crue. It was a pleasure to watch Akira. I apologize for my rudeness in not thanking you for posting this.
神❗
こんなフィーリング
タッカンだけ！
35年前にFMで聞いたUSツアー
ノックアウトされ
人生が狂いました！
Genius! One of a Million!
Pure shredding wonderfulness
Love loudness got every album \m/
He was definitely a badass 🔥 great chops 🤘
この頃～ソルジャーオブ～ON THE PROWLまでの高崎晃を超えるギタリストはいまだ日本にはいない。
Im a 20 yr old guitarist and i love akira
Do you shred? If yes, interesting whom are you taking example of.
I learn from David T Chastain and Michael Angelo Batio
@@hefenzy always a huge yngwie fan
@@dripstein6130 I less like his material, but used his videoschool. There is also interesting person Joe Stump. He's playing in Alcatrazz now. Yngwie also played there once
ラウドネス始めたての頃サインもらいに行ったよ〜。ピックを2枚オマケにくれた。無口ながらめっちゃいい人
One of the best right here!!!
This testifies Akira was World Class 37 years ago. Their latest recordings show he still is 🙂
アイドルがこんなになるとは思わなかった。高校生だった私には凄い衝撃でした。
Awesome video! 💚🎸
Phenomenable.
The insane amount of kick ass riff he and dimebag could have made would of been history!
Akira the 👑 of Alternate pickings.
Michael Angelo Batio is, but Akira is not far from him
Reaching..😂😅
Many can get a high technical level of playing, but few can play heavy, fast yet tasteful.
brilliant...
ここまで素晴らしいギタリストは今の日本に居ねぇだろ
職場にこの時期にLAに留学していた先輩( 上司 )が言ってました…( 本当に人気あったんだぞ！アメリカ🇺🇸人が日章旗のTシャツ着てたからね！)と話してくれた事ありました…( お前日本人か？そうだよ！ラウドネス知ってるか？勿論知ってるよ！イイ！バンドだなぁ！) と言われて嬉しかったと。
技術的にプロアマ入れたら今では中堅レベル
*BEST ROCK GUTARIST IN ASIA IN HIS DAY*
高崎最高です！！！！！
Akira you are an angel
In 1985 Akira was right there , he busted his ass and woodshedded quite a lot. You cannot get to this level without thousands of hours of practice. His riffs and songwriting skills were accomplished during this time. His is quite amazing and underrated.
Akira Takasaki - большой мастер с собственным стилем! Великолепная техника!
At the 8:00 mark, it sounds like he's playing a bit of Eruption. Steve Vai should call him up the next time he wants to get guitarists together for a jam! It would be great to see Akira get in the limelight again after so many years.
its a trem picked melody like in eruption but its based on an entirely different scale than what ed uses in eruption, akira is using a minor scale while in eruption ed starts out in a major scale and then drifts into a minor scale
WONDERFUL!!!!!!
世界に通用する数少ない日本のギタリストの一人だよな。
That's insane. He alternate picks everything. He doesn't sweep pick, he alternate picks the arpeggios.
Insane for sure. Akira kicked ass, and still does.
Gypsy jazz guitarist also do alternate picking on every arpeggio licks
Even I can do that though I started playing guitar last month smh
@@eldenring9448 Oh yeah. Can you do it at the speed Akira does?
Elden Ring typical novice shit to say xD
Akira played the intro to Ashes in the sky!
ZamRas Machine
You mean Murder in the Sky by Gary Moore?
あらためて師匠の若き姿を見て、速く弾く、のではなく、
熱く速く弾く、ということに気付かされた。
速いヤツはいくらでもいる。オリジナルは熱速なんだと。
Hironobu Kageyama's bandmate. A generation of legends.
この時代の高崎が一番好きでしたわ！
この攻撃的な早弾き
The best...
and batios songs and playing arent nearly as enjoyableas akiras to listen to
Syuさんのギターソロ動画のコメントで、高崎晃さんという名前を見てここに来ました!!
初めて聴いたのですがめっちゃカッコイイですね(*ﾟOﾟ*)
legend legend legend
いやぁ、やっぱりえげつないテクニックですね！！ビデオもろくにない時代ですから。今だったら(ご本人様も)スウィープでやるところ高速オルタネートでやってるから、余計に難しいのにスラッと弾いてるし。リズムもアタックも素晴らしい！！左手とかレガートの時は音量を稼ぐためにちょっとオーバーアクションなんだけど、それでも速いっていう。こういうのみたら「むだのない」とか「効率的な」とかなんて「うっせぇよっ！！」っていうくらいフォームとか、どうでもいいくらい動きが大きく、ダイナミックで、ノイズが無くて、速くて、音が大きくて、最高です！！！！！
都会的で洗練されたギター
楽曲、ずっと大好きです!
He learned to play Eddie's "Eruption" backwards back when.
The picking!! 😲👍🏼😎
何十年たっても 鳥肌する 多分自分のなかでわ高崎晃さん以上のギタリストでてこないだろう。フォーーーーー！最高
sin kina
同感です。超えるギタリストは出てこないですね。スーパーレジェンドです。
Joseph Johan Malmsteen まぁ確かにこの音がすると分かるよね笑
Outmost respect! Legend!
I always thought Akira had the best guitar tone. When I heard Thunder in the East, I had to have that sound. I had the Kramer guitar with the maple fretboard, many tube amps, stainless steel pick. Great memories!
成毛さんは酷評してたけど
この時代の力んだピッキングの音が好きなんだよな。
迫力が違う!!!
俺も同じ。❕
ちなみに成毛なにがしは何を酷評してたのですかな?
しかも、意識的に親指をこするようにピッキングして軽くハーモニクスを出すようにしていた。
この人が赤頭巾ちゃん御用心を奏でてたとは想像つかない
ランダムスター カッコいい
今のタカサキは音数減ってさらにかっこいい
当時は速弾きでも、ピッキング派とタッピング（レガート）派とで、かなりハッキリ分かれていたから、高崎さんの様に両方のスタイルをこれだけ出来る人なんて海外でも殆どいなかった…当時V.ヘイレンの影響受けてない人なんていなかったんだから、エディ云々なんて他のLAメタルのギタリストに言って…
Brilliant.Skoda is one of the best in the world..
Just watch his pickup changes. Very EVH influenced. Imo. Pentatonic genius!! His riffs are something to be studied!!
a master and his tool.
excellent ‼︎!
高崎晃さんギターテクニック凄いですねスバ抜けてます日本人でこれくらい弾ける人は未だに現れませんねそれと樋口宗孝さんもDrumsプレイエグいですねワンバスであの音ですから凄いですねジヨンボーナムみたいですねこの2人に勝てる人は残念ながら現れませんね
je sais pas sis je dois dire quel dommage qu'il y ai pas un meilleur son , ou merci d'avoir inventé la vidéo !!! 😁
Pride of Asia! Respect from Korea.
Soldier of fortune is my favourite album...
ギターの神
禁じられた遊びをタッピングで弾いてましたよね。当時ライブ行って強烈なインパクト受けました。
Long live AKIRA 🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Akira easily gives any top western guitarist a run for their money.
he definitely has his own style
@@dripstein6130 does he? Its pretty obvious who his influences are, you can pinpoint them in this and quite a bit of loudness recorded output sounds derivative of a lot of english metal bands
@@knightfall9394 Akira leans heavily into pinch harmonics more than the average guitarist at the time plus he plays with scales in a very unique way
Best guitar player alive in my opinion
@Edward Harshaw
LAME! There's a reason why no one other than guitar nerds knows who that is - he has no style, feeling, melodic sensibility, and he can't write a decent song to save his life. He's even worse than Yngwie.
Yes...best ghittar playeralive its Tony MacAlphine...Greg Howe...Frank Gambale
Akira easily could've been in thrash metal band 🤘
His moment of glory... it's right.
In that era all guitarists tryed to emulate Eddie or RR with more distortion and shredding..
40代ですが、私の英雄は
ジミー・ペイジ、ブライアン・メイ、高崎晃ですね
リアルタイムでは聞けていませんが、中高時代にめちゃくちゃ憧れました(ギターは弾けません)
This guy is one of Paul Gilbert's main influences
폴 길버트 이전 사람이다 오히려 아키라 타카사키가 폴에게 영향을 주었겠지
@@josephsong5370 That's exactly what he said duh!!
Paul Gilbert straight up said the Racer X song "Into the Night" is a direct ripoff of Loudness' "Satisfaction Guaranteed."
Love Japan ❤
Van HALEN Yngwie Takasaki 最高の時代だった
Jake E Takasaki
I have been an active guitar player and in that day , I never heard of this guitarist or the band . I like to know where was I ? For that time it was my lost.I hate when that happens, it really shows how much talent you can miss. THEY WERE TO GO TO OPEN UP FOR ANY BAND .
They ruled when they came out here in America. I was like 15. Saw them in concert.
Gitaris kebanggaan Asia ..
\m/ Akira! \m/
Wow.. Guitar Best
Imitation sincerity form of flattery. Dude is flattering the heck out of Eddie Van Halen. Incredible none the less.
Akira.... Like a kamikaze with a guitar !
akira kick ass
wow!
seen loudness opening for "motley crue"......loudness kicked thier ass
神‼️
uauuuu....very good