If you were a teenage kid playing guitar when these guys were at their pinnacle it was an amazing feast . It will never come again and I’m so glad it happened at a time of life where I had time to listen and play and be inspired by these guys .
Must of been nice man. Now all we get Tim Henson. No hate towards him, just not my cup of tea. If I want to hear odd rhythms and riffs I'd rather listen to Tool.
The best . . . a special time for sure. I'll never forget picking up Tooth and Nail at the little local record store on a whim - just cuz the album cover looked cool. At 14 I had no idea the awesomeness that awaited when I slapped the record on. I was mesmerized by Without Warning
Same here..in 1983 I was 17 and partying my ass off with my friends listening to all the great guitarists from that era..I also started playing in 85' and George Lynch was a huge influence on me along with Randy Rhoads EVH and many others..best times ever in my life !@@lentzman72
I love how Dave Murray and Adrian Smith were not influenced ONE bit by any other guitarists there and played exactly the same way that they do on Iron Maiden records. Their slow, harmony parts really stood out from everyone else needlessly shredding just for the sake of it. Yngwie did what he naturally does so it never ever sounds forced.
That part always stood out to me. Everybody else is playing a million miles an hour and then those two guys come in sounding like something straight off of “Somewhere in Time” 🤣🤘
I remember those 80's interviews, George was always noodling unplugged, just like here. Yes, YNGWIE was the top of the crop. Guitar cover on every guitar magazine at the time.
George is being humble. I've actually heard that alot of the guitar players feared him during the Stars sessions. Lots of them were also enjoying the booze at the time, while he was diligently practicing so he wouldn't get shown up by Yngwie.
What I heard was they all were impressed with themselves and each other until Neal Schon did it effortlessly and faster with less prep time tone chasing
Love George s self criticism, his insights are really encouraging, since he's telling us about the amount of responsability with all the nervousness it comes with it and also moments he did phucked things up, his flaws and what not. Thats really meaningful coming from such a singular and accomplished player. This is gold. Thanks for upload this.
Exactly. He never acts like he was a over confident, know it all, had it together from day one guy. My favorite story he recounted was when I got contacted to play with Dokken. I believe they(Dokken) were either already in Germany or headed there. George stated "I didn't even have a case for my guitar at the time. I just wrapped it in a towel...". That was me too. No case for my guitar. It was too much money and didn't make me sound any better/worse. Funny what seems like rational thought when you're a young person.
Lynch, my all time favorite guitarist...maybe not the fastest, not the most technical, but he creates emotions inside and that is what counts. And the sound, no one has that perfect metal sound like Lynch🔥
I saw Yngwie on his first record Rising Force when he first came to America..he was 17-18 years old and what a great concert..front row at the Arcadia Theater in Dallas Texas..
It's all about personal preference as to what solo one enjoys. But Yngwie had made the biggest impact since Eddie at that time. Yngwie also ignited a renewed interest in classical music among young people as well. I remember going to to the local Sound Warehouse and seeing other long hairs hanging out in their separate classical department. The department had its own room. One of the guys working in there was blown away how all these young men suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It started about 1985, about two years before I moved into the neighborhood. He later learned a lot of it had to do with Yngwie. They went from barely selling any Paganini to barely being able to keep any in stock. Up until that point, only violinists were buying the 24 Caprices. He actually got excited when I (another long hair) asked for some Scarlatti. But I had been raised on the stuff. Yngwie allowed me to come out of my classical nerd closet and look cool. Most of the guys back then were digging into Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and, of course, Paganini. The guys on Shrapnel (Friedman, Becker, Moore, Gilbert, MacAlpine and the like) kept the young musicians coming in. It began to die down in the early 90s. Which was odd because there was a resurgence of classical music sales in general not long after that. It's odd how that worked out. I became a guitar tech not long after this. Yngwie's impact goes far deeper than scales, sweeping and arpeggios. A lot of guys used their classical interest as the gateway into jazz when neo-classical became pretty common. It was cool seeing this evolution.
And Seattle Grunge kinda ruined Metal and took over the music scene with hardly no solos but based around that new style of singing and grunge guitar sound which some of it is ok
Cool to see George both: enjoying himself at this stage, and to hear him speak with enthusiasm honesty of the times that anyone who appreciates these 'guitar heroes' would have loved to have been a 'fly on the wall' to be in on.
I said it once before and I will say it again. Tons of thanks for doing these videos. Back in the 80’s these videos would have been priceless. Great job you are doing with these.
Neal was kind of like the cleanup batter of that situation. I think he was slightly older than all the rest of those guys with a few more years of experience. Neal was and is still the man!
Fun fact, Yngwie mentioned this at one of his " masterclasses" ( lol, hilarious, just him ripping) that so many of these guys were taking forever to lay down solos for the Stars session. He said Lynch took what seemed like hours to cut a lead to which he said " Guys..it's 3 bars. It isn't rocket science" You hear that in Yngwie's solo. It's brilliant. Gets the job done and he's out. He was that good.
@@MastersofShred It was a live event and Yngwie was complaining about cameras and anyone recording so I doubt there is any footage but he has to have said that elsewhere as well. Someone asked about the Stars sessions between songs when he was fielding questions. His delivery was hilarious but so Yngwie. Just goes to show how easy it was for him.
I've said it already in the past in some of my comments about Hear N Aid, there were there a lot of great guitar players but when Yngwie entered with his first guitar solo everyone could feel that it was something else, at that time Yngwie was totally better than everyone else and i say it with maximum respect to all the other guitar players, the song itself is nothing more than a generic Dio song, it's the part of the guitar solos that is the highlight of the song with Yngwie Malmsteen guitar solos sections has been the best, thanks for sharing.
I can’t remember if it’s the second, I believe his third part, where there’s the slow chugging buildup (with lynch possibly) and then Yngwie pulls that wicked sweeping pick scale then some blazing notes after to round it off…that right there just said everything I needed to hear first time I listened to the track. Every single one of those guitarists are incredibly talented, but yngwie was in an entirely different league. I honestly believe it had to do with his classical upbringing and approach with Paganini as his hero, etc
Saw George a couple weeks ago on the lynch mob tour. He killed it! Dude played some Dokken Hendrix and Lynch Mob. Looked great and played great. The opener was AON and XYZ. Opened up with Tooth and Nail. He had a great sound and you could tell he was feelin it.
I can't imagine the line of guitar talent outside that studio. Holy crap! Cool interview with Lynch! Mr Scary is a classic solo just like Eruption is.🤘
George had the best solo on there. And i'm not a Dokken fan. I've seen that video a million times when it came out. George Lynches name never even comes up in my favorite guitar list. BUT he had a great moment on there !!
The 80's and early 90's was a GREAT Era for music. The list of talented bands is endless. There seemed to be an awesome live show at one of the many local venues. I've been to well over 200 concerts. I never got to see Dokken, but did see Lynch Mob. CHEERS to ALL
George Lynch has always been such a class act. He's very confident in himself, and it has always shown in his musical abilities and performances. He isn't on here saying anything nasty about Yngwie, but instead giving props to him, as well as to himself, rightfully so. He isn't being a bitter jerk like Jake E Lee when he called Yngwie an Assho**.. This is why George Lynch is still relevant.
Very true! George is a class act! Super nice and humble guy 🙌🎸🔥 I actually just heard a story that Yngwie discussed Hear N Aid in a recent Masterclass and threw mud in George’s way 🤦♂️
@@MastersofShred Really? He said something bad about George? That's not cool. Though I think he's much more mature and kind the days, Yngwie was quite the firecracker back in the day. George is a class act. :-)
Agreed, George was super nice. I love his playing and giving props to Yngwie because they are my faves. And yeah, Jake is an insecure jerk bitch like one of the many who "misunderstood" Yngwie..😆He knows Yngwie would run circles over him. haha😂 Cheers!
THIS is the guy who made me pick up a guitar. Not Eddie, not Page, not Clapton or Hendrix, but Lynch. I was 15 and Tooth & Nail was just released. I was hooked. Not only his skill and talent, but the writing. Mixing the fast runs with slow, single note phrases really generates that ebb and flow that we all crave (well, some of us) The solo on Lightning Strikes Again is one of my all time faves of ANY guitarist. Yes, Malmsteen was the Master of the Shred back then in a different way than Eddie. No one even heard of Neo-classical then and he was at the front of the mainstream pack. Although some would argue Uli Jon Roth was ahead of him in that genre. Listen to the Scorpions track Sails of Charon and you'll see why. Anyways, Lynch will always be in my wheelhouse with some of the sound tracks of my high school years. All great memories.
I remember reading Guitar Player back in 1983. They had a regular feature about up and coming guitar players. I saw a photo and a short few lines about this Swedish kid. If there was one time GP got it right, it was then
That vid was like a light in my Childhood! Yngwie WAS awesome but I loved every player in it. When I was a kid it was Neal Schon, George Lynch and Yngwie, and Craig Goldy who caught my attn on the vid. Massive love for the Maiden harmony too😎🔥
And yet, George was the only one that got an audible reaction out of the folks in the booth. All these years later and STILL cannot figure out what he did on those nosedives, but the whoopin and hollerin from the board guy, a childhood well lived.... It's been like 58 years, so will somebody PLEASE show the rest of us what they heck he did to make that mr. scary wicked cool geetar sounds that all of the folks STANDING, RIGHT, THERE, WATCHING, IT, HAPPEN went nuts over! lol (seriously. does anyone know? lol)
Thing is, there's nothing wrong with Eddie's solo in "We're Stars". It's well constructed and melodic. No, he doesn't burn like the other guys, but he was never that kind of player. At least it wasn't Jay Jay French.
Who doesn't love YJM? But reckon Eddie might have sold a few more records. Non-guitarists sing along with "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", but I doubt too many will know "Now you're Ships Have Burned" or Heaven Tonight".
David St. Hubbins said it best at Hear N Aid when he took his guitar and said I'm going to turn it into a coffee table. Great riffs strung together for that and voices too. We're stars!
During those recording’s, George was on fire more so than anybody else hand’s down, he left me with the most memorable impression way more than even Yngwie !
Yngwies solo was just on another level, and all the others knew it, but i like how lynch was never influenced by the whole neo classicsl thing, and to this day his playing is one of the most recognisable, where the whole neo classical thing got hammered to death
While that is true about Yngwie, let's not forget our music history here. Ritchie Blackmore, Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker and Randy Rhoads were using Minor-Key Modes, and Classical themes long before Yngwie was on the radio doing "Black Star".
You pointed out the exact thing I was going to comment on. If you just listen to that track, you can instantly tell George Lynch. He shines stylistically above all of them in a lot of ways. I am a huge Yngwie fan, so I obviously instantly recognize his sound. However, I didn’t really see him shining so brightly on this particular recording. Obviously he was majorly impacted by his car accident so I would never want to talk poorly of an artist that survived something like that. But I will add his early work was probably some of the most inspiring Guitar work. It was , VanHalen, Lynch, and Malmsteen for me. Later it was all the others (Gilbert, Becker, Moore etc..) but those were always my top three. So just letting you know George, you made the cut as far as I’m concerned.
Cause Lynch has attitude that Yngwie simply will never ever have. I’m also a big Yngwie fan … but it would be hard to put one over the other. Just what you’re in the mood for .. they’re both so good 😊
George is seriously musical, when you get down to the nuts and bolts. He's one of the guitarists you can just listen to without being reminded of a technique workout.
Over the years I've never seen a better performance A to Z from George opening for Randy Rhodes Quiet Riot @ the Old Millionaires Club renamed The Cabaret Club Hollywood w\ The Boyz. I'm sure Randy being in the house had everything to do with it The taping of '91 ABC in concert Lynch Mob alao another level like early Boyz Lynch. Lynch's melodic phrasing it's hooky and his lead playing is wicked furious AF⚡ George Lynch icon 🌟
I remember the first time I got on stage and it was a huge wedding gig and there was at least 3,000 people there. For about the 5 minutes I played with my eyes closed. Once I started hearing the crowd cheering things got better. I think the expectations and the roar of the crowd really hit a person the first time hitting any stage. The crowd I played in front of that night was savage! But it ended up being a fun show and we all had a great time.
Stars is still one of my favorite tracks, was actually blasting it last night. Every guitarist on that track did a stellar job, but there’s absolutely no denying that Yngwie’s parts are on a whole nother level. You don’t even have to know names or who’s playing, even Hellen Keller could tell you she hears the difference in skill level.
HERE'S THE THING...... (from someone who discovered George and Yngwie in the early days and was scared of both of them).... with Yngwie, you had a good idea of what he was doing.... sure I couldn't play his stuff until much later.... but.... you understood what you were dealing with as far as technique went..... with George..... faaaaaaark'n hell..... half the time I had no idea how he pulled off some of the licks.... I still don't know what I'm listening to half the time.... look at him playing on the Stars song.... his playing is like a full on cross training session.... f@#king hard work man.... lol.... Georgie still is Mr Scary.... sh!t yeah.
He was featured in the guitar magazines back in the day along with some guitar lessons. His material was a bit daunting indeed, with long stretches, etc. But the one thing that I've always liked about his playing is his phrasing, it's out of this world! The first Dokken song I ever heard was _Till The Living End_ and the lead guitar was fantastic, going over the chord changes, etc. as if he were telling a story. And then he got even better; on _Back for the Attack_ he kicked it up a notch. That phrasing, the vibrato, the tone... he had established his place among the greats!
@@MrClassicmetal ABSOLUTELY.... George is a very 'physical' player.... he works hard when he's soloing... and makes anyone trying to emulate him work VERY hard.
He plays with instinctive soul and imagination....his phrasing is truly unique and stylistically his own. Comes from being self taught. Most of the rest even if u can't play like them..u know what they are doing and easy to tab. With Lynch it's like wtf. Not quite metal, not quite blues, not quite jazz or eastern..just his. One of the few players to totally alter my mood when listening plus shivers down the spine. He always plays for the song too...doesn't sound flash for the sake of showing off which becomes a parody. His latest projects show that he evolves too..still relevant. The shadowtrain double album is a masterpiece as is KXM
Ed may have been the king but yngwie was the guitarists's guitarist. I have the hear n aid album and all of the solos on stars sound pretty much the same. Yngwie's part doesn't stick out "like a sore thumb" but if you point it out, you can tell it's him.
People always talk about Eddie and Randy. But apparently at the time if you asked other guitarists who the best player was on the sunset strip, they would say George
Damn! This interviewer reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit where he keeps pulling the mic away prematurely as he asks the questions, and as they answer them I can't even pay attention to the interview I'm laughing so much...hey dude thanks for your stand up routine.😂
I was in the front of Day on the Green in Oakland 85. I was real close to Victory,Malmstean Metallica and Ratt. There were two cameras recording for all. We all seen metallica for whom the bells toll from that day in which I see myself in the front but my question is where is all the other footage of the other bands that day?it’s got to be out there.
🤟"LYNCH"🤟..."George" is Right...Everyone was Afraid of "Yngwie". Cause He was so KILLER on His "Strat", and He's So "Cocky/Obnoxious" Etc... Everyone was trying to be Careful..But "All in All",, It's Still ROKKIN ROLL.👍🤟👍
I see so many people saying this guys better, no this guys better, or this guy sucks and doesn't deserve to be here, I personally just loved everybody on it, I get some guys saying he doesn't deserve to be here, maybe it's just that he's not your style of player, so it doesn't sound good to you, but that doesn't mean they suck, this was a once in a lifetime event to get all these monster players together and I personally loved every single second of it, but I do respect everyone's honest opinion, that's whats so great about the comment section. Be safe all !
Yngwie is easily the most influential guitarist of modern times. You won't find many young guitarists that aren't putting neoclassical influence at the forefront of their playing.
I did heaps of gigs over 30 years or so, mostly at pubs and clubs. I was a massive choker when it counted, such as at auditions and when people came to see me play. It's the main reason I never got beyond playing in coverbands, and probably why I eventually quit (because I never got anywhere, the gigs were getting progressively shittier as I got older). After bad weekend gigs when I was young, which was most, I used to drive home pissed off, then not start practicing again until the following Tuesday or Wednesday. I once did a short demo for a guitar shop at a music expo with hundreds of fret-watchers. I totally went to water, and all I could do was grip the neck very tightly and play bad pentatonic scales. I after one short jam, I shook my head at the other guys on stage, put the guitar down and took off. I ran to my car, drove home, and didn't touch my guitars for several days. If I knew what beta-blockers were when I was young, I would've taken them. I started drinking at gigs, and I don't like drinking that much. I even got half-pissed once for an audition. There's a fine line between drinking enough to calm bad nerves, and drinking so much that it impairs your playing; plus you've gotta drive home after the gig. Anyway, boo hoo, hey? Talk about first world problems. 😄 Hee hee. 😆👍 I read an article about George many years ago, in which he mentioned sometimes being nervous on stage and having his fingers turning to cement. I found this reassuring and relatable at the time.
Don’t worry about it brother, we’ve all been there and if anyone tells you they haven’t at some point then I’m questioning that! 😜🤣👍 What matters is you had the courage and confidence to get up on that stage and do your thing. Many players don’t even make it that far. Keep killing it man and thanks for sharing that story!👊😎👍🎸🎸
My thoughts on Stars / Hear N Aid: 1. Dave Meneketti was the ONLY dude in the whole place who could play a world class lead as well as lay down that world class vocal. That can’t be overstated. 2. When I was a kid I thought that Lynch and Yngwie and Viv Campbell were the best ones on the record. Now that I’m older, I know the truth - the absolute best lead on that track is the outro from Buck Dharma. Taste central.
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I like old George - no ego, laughs at everything including himself, full of stories, and still rocks!
🤣🤣🤣 That’s a good way to put it! 🙌 George is so awesome! 🙌🎸
I wonder if he still thinks his own solos are so-so, when we all think he kills it every time.
Same goes for Yngwie lol
@@damone70 Who are the village people? They may be before my time but it’s evident that you are very familiar with them. 🧌
Yeah i was 16 in 1985 what a great time to grow up in with all these great guitarists
If you were a teenage kid playing guitar when these guys were at their pinnacle it was an amazing feast . It will never come again and I’m so glad it happened at a time of life where I had time to listen and play and be inspired by these guys .
Must of been nice man. Now all we get Tim Henson. No hate towards him, just not my cup of tea. If I want to hear odd rhythms and riffs I'd rather listen to Tool.
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The best . . . a special time for sure. I'll never forget picking up Tooth and Nail at the little local record store on a whim - just cuz the album cover looked cool. At 14 I had no idea the awesomeness that awaited when I slapped the record on. I was mesmerized by Without Warning
Same here..in 1983 I was 17 and partying my ass off with my friends listening to all the great guitarists from that era..I also started playing in 85' and George Lynch was a huge influence on me along with Randy Rhoads EVH and many others..best times ever in my life !@@lentzman72
Ditto! I had just started playing about a year and a half before that record came out. What a tour de force that was.
Yngwie named George Lynch and Warren DeMartini as guitarists he was impressed with on coming to Amercia.
No kidding?! He definitely has some good taste! 🙌🎸🔥
I believe he said that Steve Lukather was the only one that impressed him. Might be wrong though.
I heard he laughed at Eddie Ojeda's solo.
Blackmore was ym idol. Do your homework!
@@jehudavis5422 of course but now we are talking about u.s guitarists.
I love how Dave Murray and Adrian Smith were not influenced ONE bit by any other guitarists there and played exactly the same way that they do on Iron Maiden records. Their slow, harmony parts really stood out from everyone else needlessly shredding just for the sake of it. Yngwie did what he naturally does so it never ever sounds forced.
I was just going to commit on Murray and Smith's harmony solo.
That part always stood out to me. Everybody else is playing a million miles an hour and then those two guys come in sounding like something straight off of “Somewhere in Time” 🤣🤘
They were influenced heavily by Led Zeppelin. Iron Maiden made a living with the "Achilles Last Stand" sound.
Bucks solo was awesome
Unfortunately they always sounded the same too in every song but it did kick ass
George was always so good because he had a great sense of melody… many of the shedders lost that… George combined it with his shredding.
Exactly!
"Stars/Hear 'N Aid" is still the best collab track ever.
I 💯 AGREE! Most SHREPIC by far 🙌🎸🔥
I remember those 80's interviews, George was always noodling unplugged, just like here. Yes, YNGWIE was the top of the crop. Guitar cover on every guitar magazine at the time.
Love how my first guitar crush has become a grandfatherly sage.
George is being humble. I've actually heard that alot of the guitar players feared him during the Stars sessions. Lots of them were also enjoying the booze at the time, while he was diligently practicing so he wouldn't get shown up by Yngwie.
What I heard was they all were impressed with themselves and each other until Neal Schon did it effortlessly and faster with less prep time tone chasing
Love George s self criticism, his insights are really encouraging, since he's telling us about the amount of responsability with all the nervousness it comes with it and also moments he did phucked things up, his flaws and what not. Thats really meaningful coming from such a singular and accomplished player. This is gold. Thanks for upload this.
Exactly. He never acts like he was a over confident, know it all, had it together from day one guy. My favorite story he recounted was when I got contacted to play with Dokken. I believe they(Dokken) were either already in Germany or headed there. George stated "I didn't even have a case for my guitar at the time. I just wrapped it in a towel...". That was me too. No case for my guitar. It was too much money and didn't make me sound any better/worse. Funny what seems like rational thought when you're a young person.
LOVE IT !!!!!.....priceless ...lynch is my all time fave !!!!!!
I have always loved George and his playing! My all time fav #1
His solos on the Hear & Aid song is amazing! The growl that he gets is beyond anyone!
His instrumental ( I Will Remember) and his solo on ( For A Million Years ) are beyond amazing. Love him!
Buck Dharma had a great solo at the end of the guitar solo section. Very tasteful.
Buck is a great player.
Yeah after all the millions of notes before it, Buck's solo was the only one that really "spoke", a nice finale!
My fave guitar player of all time
Its awesome, the chord pattern change helps
Lynch, my all time favorite guitarist...maybe not the fastest, not the most technical, but he creates emotions inside and that is what counts. And the sound, no one has that perfect metal sound like Lynch🔥
George is a LEGEND in Brazil
A legend! I loved George and Yngwie both.
I saw Yngwie on his first record Rising Force when he first came to America..he was 17-18 years old and what a great concert..front row at the Arcadia Theater in Dallas Texas..
@@rosskrause3926 , 🤘
It's all about personal preference as to what solo one enjoys. But Yngwie had made the biggest impact since Eddie at that time.
Yngwie also ignited a renewed interest in classical music among young people as well. I remember going to to the local Sound Warehouse and seeing other long hairs hanging out in their separate classical department. The department had its own room.
One of the guys working in there was blown away how all these young men suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It started about 1985, about two years before I moved into the neighborhood.
He later learned a lot of it had to do with Yngwie. They went from barely selling any Paganini to barely being able to keep any in stock. Up until that point, only violinists were buying the 24 Caprices. He actually got excited when I (another long hair) asked for some Scarlatti. But I had been raised on the stuff. Yngwie allowed me to come out of my classical nerd closet and look cool.
Most of the guys back then were digging into Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and, of course, Paganini.
The guys on Shrapnel (Friedman, Becker, Moore, Gilbert, MacAlpine and the like) kept the young musicians coming in. It began to die down in the early 90s. Which was odd because there was a resurgence of classical music sales in general not long after that. It's odd how that worked out.
I became a guitar tech not long after this. Yngwie's impact goes far deeper than scales, sweeping and arpeggios. A lot of guys used their classical interest as the gateway into jazz when neo-classical became pretty common. It was cool seeing this evolution.
And Seattle Grunge kinda ruined Metal and took over the music scene with hardly no solos but based around that new style of singing and grunge guitar sound which some of it is ok
Cool to see George both: enjoying himself at this stage, and to hear him speak with enthusiasm honesty of the times that anyone who appreciates these 'guitar heroes' would have loved to have been a 'fly on the wall' to be in on.
I always appreciate the honesty that George Lynch has, he doesn’t sugarcoat his experiences.
I said it once before and I will say it again. Tons of thanks for doing these videos. Back in the 80’s these videos would have been priceless. Great job you are doing with these.
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words! That means a lot to me and I’m happy to see you enjoy them as much as I did capturing them 🙌🙏🎸🎸
Absolutely! Thanks again
George went off hard on that one. The video of him throwing down in the studio and everyone cheering is just pure awsomeness!
Right?! George entered that studio with one objective : SLAY! ⚔️🙌🎸🔥
I love that Mr Lynch always has a guitar in his hand all the time
Lynch and Eddie Van Halen always have a guitar in there hands just part of them
Very true! 😯👍🎸🎸
That’s the way it should always be 😜👍🎸 Believe it or not, I actually request that all guitarists have their guitar on hand during the interview 👊😎👍🎸
He does, love it too. He also has a water proof one, that he can play in his pool...
And yet he seems to get worse and worse at it.
I love this channel. I remember Yngwie coming out, but the reas surprise was Neal Schon to me. ❤.. All of them were great! ❤❤❤
100% agree! So underrated, his lead just absolutely ripped! A hell of a player…
I remember reading an interview with Vivian Campbell and how impressed he was with Neal Schon's chops and preformance
Neal was kind of like the cleanup batter of that situation. I think he was slightly older than all the rest of those guys with a few more years of experience. Neal was and is still the man!
WE LOVE YOU GEORGE!!!
Everyone loves an awesome guitar player with humility!!!!!😎
Fun fact, Yngwie mentioned this at one of his " masterclasses" ( lol, hilarious, just him ripping) that so many of these guys were taking forever to lay down solos for the Stars session. He said Lynch took what seemed like hours to cut a lead to which he said " Guys..it's 3 bars. It isn't rocket science" You hear that in Yngwie's solo. It's brilliant. Gets the job done and he's out. He was that good.
OMG! No way?!? Lol I’d love to see the footage from the Masterclass of him saying that! Would you happen to know where we could find that? 😬🎸🎸
@@MastersofShred It was a live event and Yngwie was complaining about cameras and anyone recording so I doubt there is any footage but he has to have said that elsewhere as well. Someone asked about the Stars sessions between songs when he was fielding questions. His delivery was hilarious but so Yngwie. Just goes to show how easy it was for him.
That's also written in his biography book
@@Esse9. Seems logical..he never misses a chance to promote himself. :D
@@Polentaccio lol for sure, he's a butthole.
I'm glad he corrected himself Brad gillis is very distinctive and my favorite part of that recording besides George's playing
Mr Scary! George rocks, to this day! 🤘🤘🤘
I've said it already in the past in some of my comments about Hear N Aid, there were there a lot of great guitar players but when Yngwie entered with his first guitar solo everyone could feel that it was something else, at that time Yngwie was totally better than everyone else and i say it with maximum respect to all the other guitar players, the song itself is nothing more than a generic Dio song, it's the part of the guitar solos that is the highlight of the song with Yngwie Malmsteen guitar solos sections has been the best, thanks for sharing.
I can’t remember if it’s the second, I believe his third part, where there’s the slow chugging buildup (with lynch possibly) and then Yngwie pulls that wicked sweeping pick scale then some blazing notes after to round it off…that right there just said everything I needed to hear first time I listened to the track. Every single one of those guitarists are incredibly talented, but yngwie was in an entirely different league. I honestly believe it had to do with his classical upbringing and approach with Paganini as his hero, etc
Saw George a couple weeks ago on the lynch mob tour. He killed it! Dude played some Dokken Hendrix and Lynch Mob. Looked great and played great. The opener was AON and XYZ. Opened up with Tooth and Nail. He had a great sound and you could tell he was feelin it.
Great interveiw. Try getting two mics next time.
I can't imagine the line of guitar talent outside that studio. Holy crap! Cool interview with Lynch! Mr Scary is a classic solo just like Eruption is.🤘
the amount of shredding and gains in that one room is immense
George had the best solo on there. And i'm not a Dokken fan. I've seen that video a million times when it came out. George Lynches name never even comes up in my favorite guitar list. BUT he had a great moment on there !!
The 80's and early 90's was a GREAT Era for music. The list of talented bands is endless. There seemed to be an awesome live show at one of the many local venues. I've been to well over 200 concerts. I never got to see Dokken, but did see Lynch Mob.
CHEERS to ALL
How can one not love George.
George Lynch has always been such a class act.
He's very confident in himself, and it has always shown in his musical abilities and performances.
He isn't on here saying anything nasty about Yngwie, but instead giving props to him, as well as to himself, rightfully so.
He isn't being a bitter jerk like Jake E Lee when he called Yngwie an Assho**..
This is why George Lynch is still relevant.
Very true! George is a class act! Super nice and humble guy 🙌🎸🔥 I actually just heard a story that Yngwie discussed Hear N Aid in a recent Masterclass and threw mud in George’s way 🤦♂️
@@MastersofShred Really?
He said something bad about George?
That's not cool. Though I think he's much more mature and kind the days, Yngwie was quite the firecracker back in the day.
George is a class act.
:-)
But Yngwie IS an asshole.
Agreed, George was super nice. I love his playing and giving props to Yngwie because they are my faves. And yeah, Jake is an insecure jerk bitch like one of the many who "misunderstood" Yngwie..😆He knows Yngwie would run circles over him. haha😂 Cheers!
great
THIS is the guy who made me pick up a guitar. Not Eddie, not Page, not Clapton or Hendrix, but Lynch. I was 15 and Tooth & Nail was just released. I was hooked. Not only his skill and talent, but the writing. Mixing the fast runs with slow, single note phrases really generates that ebb and flow that we all crave (well, some of us) The solo on Lightning Strikes Again is one of my all time faves of ANY guitarist. Yes, Malmsteen was the Master of the Shred back then in a different way than Eddie. No one even heard of Neo-classical then and he was at the front of the mainstream pack. Although some would argue Uli Jon Roth was ahead of him in that genre. Listen to the Scorpions track Sails of Charon and you'll see why. Anyways, Lynch will always be in my wheelhouse with some of the sound tracks of my high school years. All great memories.
I can still hum many of his solos on the Tooth and Nail album 40 years later.
70’s Scorps is their most creative, best.
I still have the Hear & Aid VHS tape from back in the day. George killed it, straight up, for real.
When I first heard George Lynch, it was with Dokken, I thought he was amazing untouchable!!
I love to hear George play. And now I'm loving the gray hair. Silver Fox ❤❤ ❤
I remember reading Guitar Player back in 1983. They had a regular feature about up and coming guitar players. I saw a photo and a short few lines about this Swedish kid. If there was one time GP got it right, it was then
George is my all time hero and role model - he's 69 and rockin' as ever.. - so great!!!!
Yup, George is the definition of Shred MACHINE, he’s one of the most badass ~ hardest working guitarist out there! 🙌🎸🎸🎸
Someone commented in another podcast that it's hard to keep track of Lynch these days, because he's involved in so many projects simultaneously.
he's playing like an angry cat that you don't know what comes next. mt definite number 1 player.
That last outro solo was killer, so excellent. Great article.
That vid was like a light in my Childhood! Yngwie WAS awesome but I loved every player in it.
When I was a kid it was Neal Schon, George Lynch and Yngwie, and Craig Goldy who caught my attn on the vid. Massive love for the Maiden harmony too😎🔥
Legend!
And yet, George was the only one that got an audible reaction out of the folks in the booth. All these years later and STILL cannot figure out what he did on those nosedives, but the whoopin and hollerin from the board guy, a childhood well lived.... It's been like 58 years, so will somebody PLEASE show the rest of us what they heck he did to make that mr. scary wicked cool geetar sounds that all of the folks STANDING, RIGHT, THERE, WATCHING, IT, HAPPEN went nuts over! lol (seriously. does anyone know? lol)
I always thought George's solo was the best of the lot and he definitely had the most swagger.
My question would have been "Did Eddie Ojeda accidentally receive Eddie Van Halens invitation ?"
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Ouch😂
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Thing is, there's nothing wrong with Eddie's solo in "We're Stars". It's well constructed and melodic. No, he doesn't burn like the other guys, but he was never that kind of player. At least it wasn't Jay Jay French.
Who doesn't love YJM? But reckon Eddie might have sold a few more records. Non-guitarists sing along with "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", but I doubt too many will know "Now you're Ships Have Burned" or Heaven Tonight".
One of the greatest tracks in history!!!
Thnks for this video making..topic star..old is gold
You are mighty welcome! Thank you for watching, happy you enjoyed it!🙏🙌🎸
David St. Hubbins said it best at Hear N Aid when he took his guitar and said I'm going to turn it into a coffee table. Great riffs strung together for that and voices too. We're stars!
During those recording’s, George was on fire more so than anybody else hand’s down, he left me with the most memorable impression way more than even Yngwie !
Yeah, that's some of his best playing....I think he was king on this recording, him or Malmsteen
Schon slayed. My fave.
Lynch is so cool 😎
Yngwies solo was just on another level, and all the others knew it, but i like how lynch was never influenced by the whole neo classicsl thing, and to this day his playing is one of the most recognisable, where the whole neo classical thing got hammered to death
While that is true about Yngwie, let's not forget our music history here. Ritchie Blackmore, Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker and Randy Rhoads were using Minor-Key Modes, and Classical themes long before Yngwie was on the radio doing "Black Star".
Neal Schons solo was better than yngwies what u talking about
@@yellowhouseproductions2959 you must be a Kirk Hammett fan too🤦
@@1970borntorun could care less about any of that, I'm talking about what was laid down on "we're stars" nothing more, nothing less😉
You pointed out the exact thing I was going to comment on. If you just listen to that track, you can instantly tell George Lynch. He shines stylistically above all of them in a lot of ways.
I am a huge Yngwie fan, so I obviously instantly recognize his sound. However, I didn’t really see him shining so brightly on this particular recording. Obviously he was majorly impacted by his car accident so I would never want to talk poorly of an artist that survived something like that. But I will add his early work was probably some of the most inspiring Guitar work. It was , VanHalen, Lynch, and Malmsteen for me. Later it was all the others (Gilbert, Becker, Moore etc..) but those were always my top three. So just letting you know George, you made the cut as far as I’m concerned.
His car accident was like a year after Hear 'N' Aid. He is in peak form in the song/video.
Cause Lynch has attitude that Yngwie simply will never ever have. I’m also a big Yngwie fan … but it would be hard to put one over the other. Just what you’re in the mood for .. they’re both so good 😊
George is seriously musical, when you get down to the nuts and bolts. He's one of the guitarists you can just listen to without being reminded of a technique workout.
Buck Dhama was pretty easy to pick out, as well.
I remember seeing the vid for that in 85? What I thought was "wow, those guys are terrified of Malmsteen".
Neal, George and Yngwie were back to back and the 3 best!
I am 17 signatures away from all 40 on my CD of Hear n Aid
WOW!! No way?! I would have that framed and turned into a plaque 🙌 So cool! 🎸🎸
@@MastersofShred it would have to be a double sided have very little space before signatures go on the back. I might start using the OBI strip.
Obtained another!
That is cool as hell!!!!
The best days man, no more guitar gods after George among others gone
A once was of musicians. How I wish the 80s never ended
The best solo on this track is the one Buck Dharma played, very musical and soulful 👍🏻!
Listen to George's disk "Sacred Groove" . Some of his best playing.
Over the years I've never seen a better performance A to Z from George opening for Randy Rhodes Quiet Riot @ the Old Millionaires Club renamed The Cabaret Club Hollywood w\ The Boyz.
I'm sure Randy being in the house had everything to do with it
The taping of '91 ABC in concert Lynch Mob alao another level like early Boyz Lynch.
Lynch's melodic phrasing it's hooky and his lead playing is wicked furious AF⚡
George Lynch icon 🌟
I would shake in my boots too, if I were to play a solo next to Yngwie in his prime.. H*** Sh*t 😅
George is badass
100% !!! We agree!
Great interview. Never heard some of those early day stories. Getting stuck in positions. Lmao. Love that guy
Thanks so much for the kind words! Happy you enjoyed it! We have some new interviews coming up soon that I think you will dig as well 😬👍🎸🎸
I remember the first time I got on stage and it was a huge wedding gig and there was at least 3,000 people there. For about the 5 minutes I played with my eyes closed. Once I started hearing the crowd cheering things got better. I think the expectations and the roar of the crowd really hit a person the first time hitting any stage. The crowd I played in front of that night was savage! But it ended up being a fun show and we all had a great time.
George is one of the greatest of all time. "Under Lock and Key" is a quintessential masterpiece.
Stars is still one of my favorite tracks, was actually blasting it last night. Every guitarist on that track did a stellar job, but there’s absolutely no denying that Yngwie’s parts are on a whole nother level. You don’t even have to know names or who’s playing, even Hellen Keller could tell you she hears the difference in skill level.
HERE'S THE THING...... (from someone who discovered George and Yngwie in the early days and was scared of both of them).... with Yngwie, you had a good idea of what he was doing.... sure I couldn't play his stuff until much later.... but.... you understood what you were dealing with as far as technique went..... with George..... faaaaaaark'n hell..... half the time I had no idea how he pulled off some of the licks.... I still don't know what I'm listening to half the time.... look at him playing on the Stars song.... his playing is like a full on cross training session.... f@#king hard work man.... lol.... Georgie still is Mr Scary.... sh!t yeah.
Well said! Great point! 👏👍🎸🎸
He was featured in the guitar magazines back in the day along with some guitar lessons. His material was a bit daunting indeed, with long stretches, etc.
But the one thing that I've always liked about his playing is his phrasing, it's out of this world! The first Dokken song I ever heard was _Till The Living End_ and the lead guitar was fantastic, going over the chord changes, etc. as if he were telling a story. And then he got even better; on _Back for the Attack_ he kicked it up a notch. That phrasing, the vibrato, the tone... he had established his place among the greats!
@@MrClassicmetal ABSOLUTELY.... George is a very 'physical' player.... he works hard when he's soloing... and makes anyone trying to emulate him work VERY hard.
He plays with instinctive soul and imagination....his phrasing is truly unique and stylistically his own. Comes from being self taught. Most of the rest even if u can't play like them..u know what they are doing and easy to tab. With Lynch it's like wtf. Not quite metal, not quite blues, not quite jazz or eastern..just his. One of the few players to totally alter my mood when listening plus shivers down the spine. He always plays for the song too...doesn't sound flash for the sake of showing off which becomes a parody. His latest projects show that he evolves too..still relevant. The shadowtrain double album is a masterpiece as is KXM
Ed may have been the king but yngwie was the guitarists's guitarist. I have the hear n aid album and all of the solos on stars sound pretty much the same. Yngwie's part doesn't stick out "like a sore thumb" but if you point it out, you can tell it's him.
Exactly!@2216sammy
His solo was easily my favorite…
George Lynch on Maximum Security album is epic
Maybe a second SM57 for the interview would have been a good idea...
Maybe a different mic all together.
@@gillihansmobilewelding True too..
right? I mean christ is the budget so tight that $99 breaks the bank.....more $ on mics and less on beard trimming shears.
You just summed up all that is wrong with modern world in one sentence….
SM-57 for a Rock Guitar Interview! 🤘That's a 100$ mic! Sounds great to me here!
Thanks man! We had to make due with what we had at the time and it ended up working pretty well for us 😜👍🎸🎸
❤❤❤ GEORGE HAS TONE TO THE BONE ❤❤❤
People always talk about Eddie and Randy. But apparently at the time if you asked other guitarists who the best player was on the sunset strip, they would say George
Cool! Lynch is a legend! Awesome instructional videos, great solos and riffs! Awesome guitars too!
I couldn’t agree with you more! 😬👍🎸
The only one i couldnt tell who it was... Craig Goldy. I liked Neal Schons solo but they were all good. Murray and Smith harmony always great.
Yngwie #1
Damn! This interviewer reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit
where he keeps pulling the mic away prematurely as he asks the questions, and as they answer them I can't even pay attention to the interview I'm laughing so much...hey dude thanks for your stand up routine.😂
I was in the front of Day on the Green in Oakland 85. I was real close to Victory,Malmstean Metallica and Ratt. There were two cameras recording for all. We all seen metallica for whom the bells toll from that day in which I see myself in the front but my question is where is all the other footage of the other bands that day?it’s got to be out there.
Love u George!❤
I know the feeling of freezing up on stage. Also blushing a lot.
I thought George's solo was the best out of everyone
George and Neal Schon stood out for me.
Great stories!
Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch was my favorites in the video
nobody makes riffs like George Lynch, so complex, try learning The Hunter by ear... so many little details ,etc...mission impossible
I had no trouble copying Lynch's solos and riffs back in the 1980's.
🤟"LYNCH"🤟..."George" is Right...Everyone was Afraid of "Yngwie". Cause He was so KILLER on His "Strat", and He's So "Cocky/Obnoxious" Etc... Everyone was trying to be Careful..But "All in All",, It's Still ROKKIN ROLL.👍🤟👍
I see so many people saying this guys better, no this guys better, or this guy sucks and doesn't deserve to be here, I personally just loved everybody on it, I get some guys saying he doesn't deserve to be here, maybe it's just that he's not your style of player, so it doesn't sound good to you, but that doesn't mean they suck, this was a once in a lifetime event to get all these monster players together and I personally loved every single second of it, but I do respect everyone's honest opinion, that's whats so great about the comment section. Be safe all !
And GL is still rocking in 2024!
Thats a crazy story Lynch froze at his first gig!
I can't imagine that, lynch is one of the best players who also improvises a lot live
Yngwie is easily the most influential guitarist of modern times. You won't find many young guitarists that aren't putting neoclassical influence at the forefront of their playing.
He changed the game. The next level after Edward. We were all chasing Malmsteen when he came out. Trying to play his shit was brutal.
Uli Jon Roth was way better than him and did it before him.
@@yellowhouseproductions2959not really
@@goncalorocha6315 yes really all of Roths playing from 76-80 is neoclassical and better than yngwies repetitious A minor or E Minor key only playing
@@yellowhouseproductions2959 Sure buddy keep telling yourself that.
George wasnt Nervous his vintage tone and style was awesome.They used two pieces from GL in that long edited solo but def held his own.Good sht 💥🤘
I wish Randy Rhoads could've been there!
💯 and he would have slated it too!😔🙌🎸
and EVH
Buck Dharma has the best solo on that session.
His was funky and had swing. Buck's, Yngwie's and Lynch's are the stand out solos for me. I still have the Hear-N-Aid VHS I bought new in '86.
Buck is an underrated bad ass.
@@gtrsean2429 Hell yeah.
I did heaps of gigs over 30 years or so, mostly at pubs and clubs. I was a massive choker when it counted, such as at auditions and when people came to see me play. It's the main reason I never got beyond playing in coverbands, and probably why I eventually quit (because I never got anywhere, the gigs were getting progressively shittier as I got older). After bad weekend gigs when I was young, which was most, I used to drive home pissed off, then not start practicing again until the following Tuesday or Wednesday.
I once did a short demo for a guitar shop at a music expo with hundreds of fret-watchers. I totally went to water, and all I could do was grip the neck very tightly and play bad pentatonic scales. I after one short jam, I shook my head at the other guys on stage, put the guitar down and took off. I ran to my car, drove home, and didn't touch my guitars for several days.
If I knew what beta-blockers were when I was young, I would've taken them. I started drinking at gigs, and I don't like drinking that much. I even got half-pissed once for an audition. There's a fine line between drinking enough to calm bad nerves, and drinking so much that it impairs your playing; plus you've gotta drive home after the gig. Anyway, boo hoo, hey? Talk about first world problems. 😄 Hee hee. 😆👍
I read an article about George many years ago, in which he mentioned sometimes being nervous on stage and having his fingers turning to cement. I found this reassuring and relatable at the time.
Don’t worry about it brother, we’ve all been there and if anyone tells you they haven’t at some point then I’m questioning that! 😜🤣👍 What matters is you had the courage and confidence to get up on that stage and do your thing. Many players don’t even make it that far. Keep killing it man and thanks for sharing that story!👊😎👍🎸🎸
My thoughts on Stars / Hear N Aid:
1. Dave Meneketti was the ONLY dude in the whole place who could play a world class lead as well as lay down that world class vocal. That can’t be overstated.
2. When I was a kid I thought that Lynch and Yngwie and Viv Campbell were the best ones on the record. Now that I’m older, I know the truth - the absolute best lead on that track is the outro from Buck Dharma. Taste central.
Yes. I play that outro in my head more than any other guitar solo in that song.
Menketti is a blistering lead guitarist ⚡⚡⚡
Yngwie is God!