Shredders of Metal!

Vibetronic

Don't think this has been posted yet - looks fairly amusing (although I wouldn't bother if you don't like this kind of thing though!). I've only watched the first one so far - bit like X-Factor for shred guitar. 

octatonic

LOL, for fuck's sake.

Vibetronic

octatonic said:

LOL, for fuck's sake.

yeah...it's obviously awful but I'm still going to watch all of it later 

Best one is the guy who says he's going to be more melodic. He isn't. 

p90fool

I actually quite enjoyed it! At least three of them were genuinely terrible, which was a surprise tbh, I thought they'd all be incredibly proficient but boring. 

It's a bit of fun, the judges are not cruel and nobody comes out of it as a dickhead. 

DLM

I've been watching, but not seen the "final" yet, and I've only just twigged that one of the judges (and the showrunner) is this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn

His previous credits in mind, it's a shame they so evidently had such a small talent pool of contestants. When one considers how many killer players there are out there these days, this could have been so much better.

As it was, I felt really detached from the scene. If this is what a metal solo is supposed to be, I'm out. And I probably have more Varney-guy CDs than your average bear.

Tenebrous

I'm two guitarists in, and I'm already losing the will to live This is as cheesy as I'd hope & expect it would be.

Third guy is much better!

"You've been shredded" This is amazing, haha.

Philly_Q

Ooh, I can't wait to get home and watch this.  What was that thing on Sky Arts a few years ago, Guitar Star or something?  I don't have Sky so I had to watch it on YouTube, presumably it's died a death now.

Tenebrous

Philly_Q said:

Ooh, I can't wait to get home and watch this.  What was that thing on Sky Arts a few years ago, Guitar Star or something?  I don't have Sky so I had to watch it on YouTube, presumably it's died a death now.

Was that the one with Milos & I believe George Benson? My uncle kept telling me to watch it, but not having Sky made it kinda difficult.

pmbomb

p90fool said:

I actually quite enjoyed it! At least three of them were genuinely terrible, which was a surprise tbh, I thought they'd all be incredibly proficient but boring. 

It's a bit of fun, the judges are not cruel and nobody comes out of it as a dickhead. 

word.

more enjoyable than I expected. not really my thing but all the same, Frankie C by a country mile.

Philly_Q

Tenebrous said:

Philly_Q said:

Ooh, I can't wait to get home and watch this.  What was that thing on Sky Arts a few years ago, Guitar Star or something?  I don't have Sky so I had to watch it on YouTube, presumably it's died a death now.

Was that the one with Milos & I believe George Benson? My uncle kept telling me to watch it, but not having Sky made it kinda difficult.

I think you're right, the first series had Nitin Sawhney and whatsisface out of Fun Lovin' Criminals as judges, I didn't see much of the second series but I think GB was a judge.

Tenebrous

Just finished the final episode. The right guy won as he killed it every episode. I thought the finale was awesome, and it's just all so friendly, fun & respectful. Can't help but think of this as an example of what guitar can & should be about.

Cheesy as hell, but amazing fun.

Philly_Q said:

Tenebrous said:

Philly_Q said:

Ooh, I can't wait to get home and watch this.  What was that thing on Sky Arts a few years ago, Guitar Star or something?  I don't have Sky so I had to watch it on YouTube, presumably it's died a death now.

Was that the one with Milos & I believe George Benson? My uncle kept telling me to watch it, but not having Sky made it kinda difficult.

I think you're right, the first series had Nitin Sawhney and whatsisface out of Fun Lovin' Criminals as judges, I didn't see much of the second series but I think GB was a judge.

You'll have to pardon my ignorance, but I've no idea who either of those are (I've heard of FLC, but I've no idea who their guitarist is).

Wonder if I can find it online somewhere. Sounds like it'd be worth the watch.

stimpsonslostson

Not watched it (yet), but I've enjoyed all of the Sam Dunn stuff I've seen. He seems to be a genuinely nice and knowledgeable metal enthusiast. 
If you've not seen Metal: Evolution or Headbangers Journey you should. 

Philly_Q

Tenebrous said:

Philly_Q said:

Tenebrous said:

Philly_Q said:

Ooh, I can't wait to get home and watch this.  What was that thing on Sky Arts a few years ago, Guitar Star or something?  I don't have Sky so I had to watch it on YouTube, presumably it's died a death now.

Was that the one with Milos & I believe George Benson? My uncle kept telling me to watch it, but not having Sky made it kinda difficult.

I think you're right, the first series had Nitin Sawhney and whatsisface out of Fun Lovin' Criminals as judges, I didn't see much of the second series but I think GB was a judge.

You'll have to pardon my ignorance, but I've no idea who either of those are (I've heard of FLC, but I've no idea who their guitarist is).

Wonder if I can find it online somewhere. Sounds like it'd be worth the watch.

No ignorance to pardon, I've no idea who Milos is and I don't even care....

I watched the first series on YouTube, I guess it's probably still there somewhere.

Grumpyrocker

DLM said:

I've been watching, but not seen the "final" yet, and I've only just twigged that one of the judges (and the showrunner) is this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn

His previous credits in mind, it's a shame they so evidently had such a small talent pool of contestants. When one considers how many killer players there are out there these days, this could have been so much better.

As it was, I felt really detached from the scene. If this is what a metal solo is supposed to be, I'm out. And I probably have more Varney-guy CDs than your average bear.

Banger TV is Sam's YouTube channel and often has some interesting stuff on it. Not so keen on this particular show - but there discussions on metal genres have been very entertaining, as are some of the interviews they've done. 

Stevepage

Some gents on here would call me a 'shredder and even I couldn't watch this without wanting to throw my guitar at the monitor. 

What a ridiculous load of bollocks 

p90fool

Stevepage said:

Some gents on here would call me a 'shredder and even I couldn't watch this without wanting to throw my guitar at the monitor. 

What a ridiculous load of bollocks 

Maybe it's because I'm definitely not a shredder that I thought it was harmless fun. 

dindude

Quite enjoyed that, it’s silly, but good natured silly.

dindude

Ha, just watched the whole thing. It was a great watch, the ideas for the rounds and the nature of it was so much better than that guitar star shit that was on actual telly. Best thing was the judges called it right every single time, which is rare for this kind of thing.

Vibetronic

it was silly, and not as bad as I thought it would be having watched the rest - and as commented, it was good natured and all taken in good spirit...and I do like Sam Dunn, he's a nice genuine chap (got one of his DVDs, can't remember which one now, but it was good). The concept is inherently silly, but so is heavy metal really, which is part of the reason I love it so much  Nice they got some young players in who weren't actually all technically perfect (agree with @DLM that there's loads better out there, but that might have made it less interesting?, all still learning and who gave it a good shot. Best guy definitely won too. 

Fortheloveofguitar

Took that with a pinch of salt and it was light hearted. However that’s was some of the worst guitar tones I’ve ever heard amp wise 

LuttiS

Just watched the first one.. agree with much of what has been said... Not the best players, but all done in good fun, and the tones mostly suck.. probably not using the right tonewood or something...

However, as judges said, it can't be easy just going In front of cameras and just playing.. 

Will watch the rest.