Question for Strutters in their 30s
hogginthefogg
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Who was the guy in your high school who could play "Eruption"?In my school, it was my buddy Tim Nunez. He also held the distinction of having the longest hair in school and being able to pick out Yngwie Malmsteen solos by ear. It was so depressing to me to watch him play. Made me wanna quit every time. He went on to win a statewide guitar solo contest in 1989 and was awarded a custom Robin guitar. I think he's a lawyer now.
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he went on to strum muted minor chords in various reggae backing bands i think he plays with Morgan Heritage now,i dont think he's ever gotten the change to showcase his soloing talent in any of the different settings(in the studio or the stage).
He once showed me this solo from a whitesnake song where he used his pinky finger to adjust the volume knob on every note he strummed.so it didn't even sound like a guitar line but more like a violin.I think he might of did this in conjunction with a effects pedal.It's a shame the world hasn't gotten a chance to hear his talent.
Jeff Horton was the man. Low key southern stoner dude with late-70s Tony Iommi black hair helmet and matching Fu Manchu 'stache who was easily the best guitar player in school.
In 9th grade I teamed up with him and this new waver guy (with blonde bangs who loved Simple Minds & Thompson Twins) on keyboards to form a band to play a party. I played bass, and the band was rounded out by these two well-meaning but thick-as-a-brick redneck guys with high school 'staches (drums and vocals) whose favorite bands were Motley Crue and .... wait for it... Duran Duran.
When it came time for the party, we set up, all of us were ready to rock out... and then the goofier of our hayseed Jay & Silent Bob duo chickened out of singing because he was "nervous."
Partygoers snickered at us as we tried to eke out a half-assed - and now instrumental - version of Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark."
This incident has been blocked from my memory until now.
Thanks R*ss!
anyhow he could play eruption but he was more into slayer.
my homey Yan from quebec can slay on Panama though.. we were just in the studio last week and i had him lace me with the riffs a few times just for fun.
my riff's claim to fame was the ability to play Am I Evil from Kill Em All
i was never all that good at soloing all those hammerons and whammy shits... iommi was more my man... i used to know all the tab to we sold our soul for rock and roll back to front yo!
i can still play most of the riffs from the whole master of puppets record from memory.
It's no "Icarus's Dream Suite Opus 4" by Yngwie, but it sure is funky.
I could also play all of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits.
ALL MY GUITAR NERDS, THROW YO' HANDS UP!
a complete motley crew of dirt bags if ever there was one.. one dude didn't even have all the fingers on his picking hand.. he was exempt from all soloing!
anyhow the teacher was this amazing rocker dude named IVOR. he looked like mark farner from grand funk but with curlier hair... total giant, lany dude with huge white reebok hi tops with the floppy tongues hanging out and pegged leg acid wash jeans.
anyhow he was the king of the local cover band scene at the time.. his band was called Gorilla
1st classes leason was Tush by ZZ Top.
Does Da Lata still do stuff? I thought that was a strictly late 90's thing.
This would be a great name for a band or possibly a record store.
Saying LOL Floyd Rose Tremelo
Really though, fuck a Floyd Rose Tremelo. All them allen wrenches and whatnot.
Spell check is your friend.
I know you got stories, son.
Brag you must! I never bothered to play guitar, I was too obsessed with the drums. I loved the sounds that came out of a guitar, and in that respect I can make noise like Thurston Moore. But as far as wanting to play, it was the drums first and foremost.
THE GREAT KAT!!!
NOSTALGIA ON BLAST!
anyway, they werent terribly accomplished and only had like 8 songs (though, originals!) so theyd end their set with sabbaths "paranoid" to fill out the set. they asked this guy named howie simon (not our school but he was a shredding tapper dude, probably the best (only?) yingwie freak in town) to come up and solo on it one night (they only had about 5 shows ever) at some bar (how were we even in there at age 14?), basically because we knew he was good on guitar, and frankly, they needed the assist.
anyway, Howie's a.w.o.l. during "paranoid" and we assume he blew us off, but then he bursts from the mens room with his pointy guitar, with his jean jacket, 'long' tight rock shorts, and best of all red bandannas tied around his (whitey-perm-fro) head, and ankles, and one elbow and knee?!?!? haha! say what? he looked like the lead guy in loverboy only more goofy. ...and he proceeds to rock the most pointless self indulgent rediculously over the top and needless guitar solo ive heard in my life, for literally about 64 bars of the song, like 8 minutes long. all over the most black flaggy version of paranoid you ever heard, played by a trio of scrubby little suburban punks with zero fashion sense. the patrons of that bar were...confused to say the least. ah, memories.
Yup. I see Patrick from time to time and Da Lata are still pretty active... the was a new album a year or two ago, and a pretty heavy cover of Joao Bosco's "Ronco da Cuica" more recently.