How To Play: Motley Crue 'Looks That Kill' Guitar Lesson

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2014
  • This is a quick lesson on how I play Motley Crue's 'Looks That Kill' I'm using a Marshall JVM 210 head and a Marshall 1960TV 4X12 cab loaded with Greenbacks. Enjoy!
    Ads in the middle of videos suck. So don't worry about that here. I block them on my videos so feel free to watch stress free.
    If you wanna buy me a taco or a pack of strings, you can hit the "thanks" button" :)
    As always, thank you for watching!

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  • @Dweng18
    @Dweng18 4 роки тому +58

    1:49 is when the vid starts

  • @alonsog5622
    @alonsog5622 5 років тому +34

    Man really well explained without over explaining it .
    Thanks and cheers \m/

  • @dvdfrnzwbr
    @dvdfrnzwbr 4 роки тому +24

    "Now Listen Up....."

    • @Kanye_east15
      @Kanye_east15 10 місяців тому +3

      Shes a razor sharp...

    • @quinetastic
      @quinetastic 9 місяців тому +1

      "She'll slash you apart"...

  • @angusorvid8840
    @angusorvid8840 3 роки тому +3

    This is how I learned to play it when I was twelve or thirteen, around '86, '87. But when I covered it live with bands at The Roxy, Whiskey or Gazzari's, I used power chords for the main riff and did not tune down. I also refused to tune down to E flat and told vocalists if they couldn't handle it to hit the road. I was a little tyrant because I could shred very fast at an early age and had a following in the L.A. club scene. I played clubs till about '93, when it was very clear there was no more interest in metal or shredding. At least for a while. The reason for the power chords was because in those days nothing was heavy enough and it was hard to find bandmates who weren't into thrash. I didn't like thrash, but that's the compromise I was willing to make. I also used a Boogie 50 Cal and had a very heavy sound to begin with.
    I will say this. "Looks That Kill" is evidence of Mick Mars' guitar genius. He's an outstanding player, more in the Billy Gibbons mold than Shredsville, U.S.A., but also a lot more interesting to listen to, and his licks are great to learn. They tell you a lot about the magic of chords, how to construct great solos, like "Too Young To Fall In Love", and how to play some badass slide. I have big time respect for Mick, and you play this song brilliantly.

  • @livecarsonreaction
    @livecarsonreaction 8 років тому +3

    Super clear and concise. Loved it. Thanks very much for the great tut!

  • @LouieHarmston
    @LouieHarmston 9 років тому +2

    Awesome...I really GAIN alot from watching your videos..Smooth, strait forward teaching that's based on playing, not talking.Complete songs, not just intro's and close to's..These are AWESOME...Thanks alot man..

  • @brianosbment2343
    @brianosbment2343 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for this! You do a great job teaching and playing. I love that guitar and amp!

  • @mikekopmanis2099
    @mikekopmanis2099 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks, great lesson, you're a good teacher, this helped me!

  • @vinaymulukutla358
    @vinaymulukutla358 3 роки тому +4

    Great lesson man. Thank you for doing that. I have that same NJ Deluxe Warlock by the way but mine is the one in black. It was one of the best Warlocks BC Rich ever made. I can't imagine any other guitar I'd rather use to play this song than a Warlock.

  • @joshwmusic6838
    @joshwmusic6838 4 роки тому +1

    Wow I love these lessons so much

  • @lastcall170
    @lastcall170 5 років тому +9

    How mick mars made the crue ignite. Def.one bad ass originator of great licks.

  • @kevinmilner9417
    @kevinmilner9417 4 роки тому +1

    This is one of the best explanation I have ever seen

  • @rogerbrown5016
    @rogerbrown5016 4 роки тому

    Really great lesson Thanks man!!!

  • @fixxtorque4157
    @fixxtorque4157 6 років тому

    Excellent lesson well instructed

  • @robmarral6360
    @robmarral6360 3 роки тому

    Great lesson. Saw Wrecking Crue when y'all were at Southern Roots in McDonough, GA last year. You guys killed it.

  • @freddyacosta2358
    @freddyacosta2358 2 роки тому

    Sounds great! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @christineblack4654
    @christineblack4654 6 місяців тому

    thanks man well explained and demonstrated.

  • @3mill5
    @3mill5 5 років тому +5

    I did the part where he bends the high E string. It fucking snapped.

  • @hesneyk1
    @hesneyk1 5 років тому

    Well done. Spot on.

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 2 роки тому

    Thanks Mark. I remember watching a few videos you made and one was with your little brother, pretty cool.

  • @buzzcrushtrendkill
    @buzzcrushtrendkill 4 роки тому

    Most excellent lesson. Straight to the point. I'm subscribing. Too many other "instructors" yammer on and on.

  • @giuseppelambrinos2458
    @giuseppelambrinos2458 3 роки тому

    Awesome...simply awesome.

  • @bandit7498
    @bandit7498 6 років тому +3

    Not too shabby. Have to say though; that high note at the end of the intro riff you’re playing on the high E, Mick actually plays a pinch on the 7th fret of the G string for that. A good ear can tell that’s a harmonic because he really shakes it with the bar. But there’s also videos out there of him playing it that way.

  • @saku0207
    @saku0207 5 років тому

    Nice video mate🤘

  • @jacksonmarshallkramer5087
    @jacksonmarshallkramer5087 Рік тому

    Just noticed the Les Paul type headstock with the R logo. Just like Micks Warlock in the vid. Nice. You did teach it nicely.

  • @tomasagustinveravicentin7789
    @tomasagustinveravicentin7789 6 років тому

    Thanks so much man, i was trying to figure out the second verse riff, tnx for this vid

  • @davidrivera3611
    @davidrivera3611 5 років тому

    We have no choice but to add our own personal touch the legendary metal tunes because every individual is unique

  • @ericksuarezb.5994
    @ericksuarezb.5994 6 років тому

    really awesome :-)

  • @thomaswilson5228
    @thomaswilson5228 2 роки тому

    Great work again! I really enjoyed the primal lesson also, you teach very well. Outside of that fast pentatonic scale you played, I am really only lacking a lesson on the solo from tackling this tune in what I would claim an acceptable manner. lol. Please add solo I am sure I could learn it from your excellent teaching!

  • @keithsowder4308
    @keithsowder4308 Рік тому

    Hey Mark, remember me ? I'm the guy that opened for you at The Knotty Pine in Harrison, OH a couple years ago....It was the tour that Sam Kinison opened for Crue so, you guys had me come out as Sam, do about 10 minutes and intro the band...you guys were awesome! Keep rockin' !

  • @jeffreygunn9709
    @jeffreygunn9709 5 років тому +2

    I like your tutorial, and DIG THE GEAR!
    I play the chord digression with "A7 bar position" pull-offs.
    It's an old Johnny Thunders/ Ace Frehley (sp?) trick you might want to try.
    Again, I APPRECIATE YOUR VIDEO, & I'm sure that tribute band is fun to listen to.
    Seriously.

    • @jeffreygunn9709
      @jeffreygunn9709 5 років тому

      Make more videos.
      Everyone plays differently.

  • @racingrobert1
    @racingrobert1 Рік тому

    thank you fot taking the time to teach this song the newbies like me might do better learning from a guitar with fret markings

  • @billpradzinski7397
    @billpradzinski7397 Рік тому

    Good job Mark. I seen u guys a few years back in southwest Ohio. I think its called the Blue room. I would love to see you guys again. Take care brother.

  • @MrJackal43
    @MrJackal43 8 років тому

    Nice!

  • @sambaker1711
    @sambaker1711 2 роки тому

    Sick axe!

  • @andyfaber8044
    @andyfaber8044 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the video. You forgot to mention that a Warlock is also a requirement. Yours is a little more souped up than mine. Nice rig.

  • @AngelMartinez-qs3cf
    @AngelMartinez-qs3cf 5 років тому +3

    Supercool lesson, thank you for posting this! I just the Dirt last weekend, enjoyed the movie. Let me ask you what guitar is that you are using? Also, sorry for the many questions, but pedal (s) are you using. Thank you.

  • @hunnerd4566
    @hunnerd4566 5 років тому +4

    How do you palm mute just the a string without touching the d or g?

  • @Jayell61
    @Jayell61 Рік тому

    EXcellent!!!

  • @The73275
    @The73275 8 років тому

    Nice

  • @phraglerock8775
    @phraglerock8775 5 років тому

    What channel and settings are you using on the jvm???

  • @malandoTIm
    @malandoTIm 8 років тому +1

    It helped me a lot. My band is planning to play this song. Y
    our tutorial is a very useful shortcut. Congrats!!!

  • @ericksuarezb.5994
    @ericksuarezb.5994 6 років тому

    could you please tell me, the brand and model of your guitar?

  • @sirtogii5216
    @sirtogii5216 Рік тому

    Sounds a LOT more like the real thing than some other attempts on the tube!

  • @leafycard9109
    @leafycard9109 5 років тому +2

    Can you do the solo please?

  • @whatyoumakeofit6635
    @whatyoumakeofit6635 7 років тому +8

    hey mark, do you guys play "shout at the devil" ? Can you do a video on how to play please ?

    • @KillCaustic87
      @KillCaustic87 5 років тому

      Bryan Keith super easy bud. Look up songsterr.com and look up the song. You’ll be playing it in 5 minutes

    • @KillCaustic87
      @KillCaustic87 5 років тому

      Joe _ songster is definitely more reliable and accurate than ultimate guitar

    • @_MudLuck_
      @_MudLuck_ Рік тому

      @@KillCaustic87 dude you are amazing! Thanks for sharing the link! And holy shit listening to the guitar of Face down in the dirt gets me HYPED

  • @mattieg8506
    @mattieg8506 5 років тому +6

    What kind of guitar and how much man sounds so good

    • @hermaneggeb
      @hermaneggeb 5 років тому

      B.C. Rich warlock reverse headstock

  • @willmcbay3689
    @willmcbay3689 5 років тому +5

    thanks for explaining the chorus dude u just played it for us

  • @timothya2742
    @timothya2742 Рік тому

    A tad confused. Some say tune to drop d. I thought that meant just tuning the low e to d yet all other strings stay in standard e tuning?

  • @brucelafrance5577
    @brucelafrance5577 2 роки тому

    Hey Mark, I played in Crazy Babies, Black Sabbatical, and Shame One The Night. I'm needing to learn this one. I'm guessing you got this one.

    • @brucelafrance5577
      @brucelafrance5577 2 роки тому

      Oh, and I was the Bass player in all those bands. I'm trying a guitar gig for fun.

  • @mattieg8506
    @mattieg8506 5 років тому

    And where did you get it

  • @chrisroberie2445
    @chrisroberie2445 3 роки тому

    What is your amp sitting

  • @ianm139
    @ianm139 5 років тому

    when you tune down to motley crues tuning do you just tune down on the E string or do you tune down all the strings ? new to guitaring

    • @hermaneggeb
      @hermaneggeb 5 років тому +2

      all the strings down a whole step :)

  • @nowomennokids641
    @nowomennokids641 Рік тому

    "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!"

  • @kattfan7896
    @kattfan7896 2 роки тому

    What guitar are you using?

  • @Keanu.T8
    @Keanu.T8 4 роки тому

    Damn what kind of Guitar do you have

  • @derhampaul725
    @derhampaul725 3 роки тому

    And i love your reference about Randy Rhodes xxxx_ooooo

  • @sithknight7740
    @sithknight7740 4 роки тому +1

    I struggle the most with palm muting and then switching to open and getting the root of the cords to be the most prominent is there anyway to fix these?

    • @durtydan8354
      @durtydan8354 4 роки тому

      Same palm muting is killing me man

  • @karlasilva3121
    @karlasilva3121 3 роки тому

    Que marca es tu guitar

  • @stilllife4u
    @stilllife4u 4 роки тому

    What part of Metro Detroit are you in ?

  • @Reztur
    @Reztur 4 роки тому

    Motor city baby !!

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy2308 5 років тому +1

    Thanks so much for these. Keep adding more crue lessons please..
    Btw. Indianapolis is the real motor city. LoL. Just kidding. Love that guitar. Is it a BCRich?

    • @MarkThomasMusic
      @MarkThomasMusic  5 років тому +1

      thank you for the kind words! Yes, the guitar is a BC Rich Warlock

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 5 років тому

      @@MarkThomasMusic You're welcome. I was a huge Crue fan in the day up to now. I was at the show in Indy where wild side was recorded.
      Mick never got the recognition he deserved imho.
      Man, I hope Detroit makes a comeback. I've always wanted to visit it. I find it interesting because being a guy born in 61 I can remember watching about all the good and bad on the news with my father as a child.
      Anyway, please more great lessons. I've been playing since the late 70s and can figure it out, but I'm old and lazy. Hehehe. You do a great job anyway sir..
      Best regards from Southern Indiana
      Seymour. Home of John Cougar Melloncamp. ✌👍❤👍✌😎

    • @HyperInflation2020
      @HyperInflation2020 5 років тому +1

      @@hoosierdaddy2308 Small Town

    • @hoosierdaddy2308
      @hoosierdaddy2308 5 років тому

      @@HyperInflation2020 Yup. That is where I am from and live as John Cougar Melloncamp would sing about if that's what you are refering to. One of his original guitarist was a guy named Larry Crane who's mother owned a mom amd pop music store. I used to go in there in the 70a as a boy and young teen just starting to play and drool over all the new Deam guitars. She / that music store was a store Dean early early stockinf dealer.
      I however was and continue to be into more uptempo music most of the time. Anyway, Please play and instruct more Crue. I'm able to do so myself, but lazy. LoL.
      Thanks man. Really appreciate it. If you have any vids of your band please post

    • @HyperInflation2020
      @HyperInflation2020 5 років тому +1

      @@hoosierdaddy2308 Mick Mars and Axl Rose are both from Indiana.

  • @gregcoleman9959
    @gregcoleman9959 5 років тому +2

    Drop D tuning or every string tuned down full step? Thanks

  • @williamlayng9725
    @williamlayng9725 5 років тому

    My favorite song on my favorite Crue album!!!!!!! Too Fast For Love is tied with this album on my favorite all-time albums.

  • @toasterofthetown5243
    @toasterofthetown5243 3 роки тому

    What’s the guitars name

  • @hawaiianaxe
    @hawaiianaxe 8 років тому

    sik guitar !

  • @thiscorrosion900
    @thiscorrosion900 5 років тому +1

    So did Crue play this song straight through the amps, not much pedal action or whatever? It certainly sounds like you can get that sound just via the Marshall amps. Really the album
    version doesn't sound like they added too much nonsense to it, it's a straightforward Marshall OD sound but not with tons of distortion, etc. I honestly had no idea,
    I was never a major Crue fan in high school but I liked some of their tunes and this is my fave song of theirs hands-down. I loved that it was fast and nasty, the antithesis of Sabbath for the most part. I appreciate them more nowadays. Also, amp settings? More gain and treble and less bass?

  • @danielfairbairns347
    @danielfairbairns347 Рік тому

    You should do more Motley Crue and add tabs into your videos

  • @PedroAugusto-zx3ey
    @PedroAugusto-zx3ey 3 роки тому

    guitar name plz

  • @RMMaryport
    @RMMaryport 3 роки тому

    What is that guitar?? Wow

  • @guitars_and_cars615
    @guitars_and_cars615 2 роки тому

    I have that exact warlock

  • @bashmaster9392
    @bashmaster9392 5 років тому

    u rule baby

  • @UncleTyso
    @UncleTyso 4 роки тому +1

    What guitar is this?

  • @chrisellenback6210
    @chrisellenback6210 Рік тому

    From the old school tabs

  • @jacksonmarshallkramer5087
    @jacksonmarshallkramer5087 Рік тому

    Maybe an all white Warlock with diamond inlays.

  • @chrisellenback6210
    @chrisellenback6210 Рік тому

    I got a way to play the chorus that will blow ur mind!! Coming soon

  • @derhampaul725
    @derhampaul725 3 роки тому

    Now chris holmes from wasp was beast of a guitar player there is many Kirk hammet so many dave mustaine james hetfield mick mars good on you my. Freind

  • @makimuncher4893
    @makimuncher4893 7 років тому +2

    Marsha Marsha Marsha!

    • @gizmocrue73dw
      @gizmocrue73dw 6 років тому +1

      Maki Muncher What a nut nibbler

  • @derhampaul725
    @derhampaul725 3 роки тому

    Motley fucking crue hell yes xxxxxoooio

  • @JudasPriest82
    @JudasPriest82 5 років тому

    At 5:10 you're putting too much wrist into it, you don't have to play the whole G chord just strum the string, let the note ride out

  • @afterimage289
    @afterimage289 4 роки тому

    It would have been a much better video if you used a guitar with fret markers.

  • @badasspancake3482
    @badasspancake3482 5 років тому +1

    Man you can't explain for your life

  • @bashmaster9392
    @bashmaster9392 5 років тому

    f the haters

  • @michaeltian
    @michaeltian 3 роки тому

    weak chugs moar gain

  • @jacksonmarshallkramer5087
    @jacksonmarshallkramer5087 Рік тому

    ABSOLUTELY DO NOT add your own stuff. As a guitar playing listener, if you don't play it exact, I suspect it's because you can't. Watch the Scorpions at the US Festival. That's what a live performance should sound like. To take a classic song and change it is criminal.

  • @daddyrabbit835
    @daddyrabbit835 5 місяців тому

    Damn dude, slow down, it's a lesson, not a play through.

  • @blazerdowns
    @blazerdowns 6 років тому +7

    1:50 into and finally he starts. Nobody wants to hear your boring monologue. less talk and MORE rock (in tune)!!!!

    • @MarkThomasMusic
      @MarkThomasMusic  6 років тому +8

      Brian Downs that time spent typing your comment could have been better spent rocking out. Plz follow your own advice :) Thanks for watching tho!

    • @alexm5764
      @alexm5764 5 років тому +2

      You could just skip ahead if you dont want to hear him talk. I like his tutorials, I usually follow tabs but they don't properly indicate the tempo and techniques used in certain parts.

    • @CAP21
      @CAP21 5 років тому +6

      And no one wants to waste their time reading your BS. Learn some manners and get some class. Mark isn't forcing you watch his videos. Don't be such a douche bag.

  • @reese3407
    @reese3407 Рік тому

    I think you need to play through the rift first and then break it down. You're like the female in the relationship blah blah blah

    • @MarkThomasMusic
      @MarkThomasMusic  Рік тому

      your mom likes the way I do it. Now get to your room. You're grounded

  • @leeknievel748
    @leeknievel748 Рік тому

    Ok if the penatonic isnt in the actual song dont put it in there, if you are hell why not just add shit that isnt in the damn song all throughout it and ruin it that much more, you want to put your "signature" on a song, write a damn song.

    • @MarkThomasMusic
      @MarkThomasMusic  Рік тому

      Your mom LOVES when I use the pentatonic over her C chord :)

  • @mikesanders902
    @mikesanders902 Рік тому

    Nice!