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- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every song is different.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.
- Favorite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.
- Nov 07, 2020
It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.
- Good Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washburn built me the guitar that changed my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm into sounds, man.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a spazzer, you know?
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a little kid, you have nerve. I'd walk right up to whoever was recording and say, 'Hey, dude, what's the lick of the week?'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Initially, I just used the guitar as a prop. I'd pose with it in front of a mirror in my Kiss makeup when I was skipping school. Then I figured out how to play the main riff to Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' on just the E string. Next, my old man showed me how to play barre chords, and that's when things started getting really heavy.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
The local dudes who knew that my dad owned a studio would say, 'Ahh, dude is spoiled,' and this and that. But we didn't abuse it at all. I'd always ask if we could use the studio first, and if our dad didn't want us there he would tell us, and that was that. But I definitely tried to get down there as often as I could.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
People that love this form of music have loved it from way back - Sabbath, Zeppelin, the early days.
- Check
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- Nov 07, 2020
'I'm Broken' was a sound check riff.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I heard 'Crazy Train,' I was crashed out in bed, definitely not wanting to get up and go to school, when my brother Vinnie came in and cranked it up.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.
- Chord
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most common power chord in metal is the root/fifth, but root/third diads are also worth checking out.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad - whatever combo sounds good.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each track has to be precise, and that is a problem on a rhythmically complex track like 'Slaughtered.'
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got food poisoning in Venezuela, and it sucked!
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to do things in one take, but doubling rhythm parts is always difficult, especially if you want things to cut the way I want them to cut.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
On our early demos, I was really frustrated with my recorded sound. I'd tell my dad, 'Dude, I want more 'cut' on my guitar - I want more treble.' And he'd say, 'Now, son, you don't want that. It'll hurt your ears.' But my dad just didn't understand.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hair's a pain in live performance. I'm always inhaling it: I almost choked to death a couple of times.
- Black Sabbath
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.
- Black Sabbath
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs.
- Guitar Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I feel my chops are slacking, I'll play some wide-stretch trilling exercises and take them up and down the neck as well as across it.
- Nov 07, 2020
Learn licks and songs from records.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I'll do finger warm-ups that go up and down the neck to build up my chops and dexterity, I never, ever sit around and practice the actual licks I'm gonna play live. If you do, then you'll be all worried about the complexity of getting the fingering right and everything else about it, as opposed to the feel.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Play the pentatonic blues scale, just for fret- and pick-hand dexterity and to mesh them both together.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you wanna get out of a rut bad enough, it'll always happen. It's up to you, though. No one else is ever gonna do it for you.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta get out there and jam, man! You don't have to necessarily be in a band, all you've gotta have are a couple of buds who play too. They don't have to be guitarists either; jamming with a bassist or a drummer is cool.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jamming with other people will create energy and excitement that you can feed off, and which will help push you to do things you'd never dream of doing by yourself.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.
- Harmonic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The easiest place to get a natural harmonic on any string is at the 12th fret. All you do is lightly rest one of your left-hand fingers on a string directly above that fret and then pick it.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started experimenting with harmonics, I'd sometimes hook up two distortion boxes just to get my strings 'frying,' which helped bring out the harmonics.
- Favorite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my favorite harmonics are located between frets. There are two really cool ones between the 2nd and 3rd frets that I use a lot.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, it's no good being able to wail out smokin' leads if your rhythm chops hugg!
- Edge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.
- Composure
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjoy doing what you're doing. There's obviously gonna be highs and lows, and the trick to it is to be able to maintain composure and stay high even when you're in the lows. That way, when you hit the highs ,it'll be twice as killer.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do some three-part harmonies on 'Throes of Rejection' and 'Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks,' but I didn't go overboard with it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I record more than two or three layers, it starts to get cluttered up, and you can't hear the cut of the guitars as good. It's hard to get four guitars to hit at exactly the same time and keep the attack tight.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going for a soft sound. I ain't lookin' for a warm sound. My sound is warm, but I don't need tubes to do it. The Randall RG-100 is the best amp for what I do.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a great riff, we've got a fighting chance of writing a great song!
- Bridge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whammy system is set up so I can yank the bar up as well as do dive-bombs with it. This means that if I accidentally push down on the bridge with my palm, my strings go sharp and sound out of tune. I make sure this never happens by never resting my hand on the bridge when muting. I always do my muting just in front of the bridge.
- Idiot
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.
- Floyd
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- Nov 07, 2020
To make harmonics scream, I first dump my Floyd Rose real quick, hit a harmonic with my left hand while the string is still flapping, and then use the bar to pull it up to the pitch I wanna hit.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find someone you can jam with. That's a big deal. When you play with someone else, you gotta work together to get the thing started and in time, working and in the groove.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap!
- Nov 07, 2020
I'll sleep anywhere!
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you decide to keep it because you realize that it's gonna be real tough to beat!
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always go for that live, honest feel when I'm going for that first rhythm track. I'll never hold back on a part just so it'll be easier for me to double it later on - to my ears, it sounds sterile if you do that. I always want to get that initial track kicking and full of slurs, squeals and feel. I'll worry about doubling it later!
- Okay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay not to play a solo.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried to force a solo before, but sometimes it's like, 'That thing don't really fit, man!'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can never understand how a solo could ever be 'uncool.' Play something good, and it won't be uncool, you know?
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I respect the Pantera fans with all my heart.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool, but we got to the point where we knew it was time to take a break.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come to find out everybody loves ol' David Allan Coe, even people like Kid Rock.
- Cat
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- Nov 07, 2020