Kerry king is awesome but he is very methodical in his playing. Eddie van Van Halen is like that too. They are both very good at what they do but it has to be something that they have written themselves.
Well he just posted on his Instagram the other day that skynyrd are the greatest American Rock band of all time. So its probably safe to assume he knows quite a few of them.
@@90s267 now who’s the pissed off one? It’s not easy, it’s just not hard. It has all of the tricks of the trade when it comes to pentatonic. So it’s not hard to lock in on the phrases.
If anyone knows Slayer, they ALWAYS perform some off the wall song for their soundchecks. Been doing it for decades. It is always a different genre each show, I saw them do Summer of 69.
Gary Holt, Tom Araya, Alex Skolnick, and what I assume to be Paul Bostaph. That's a crazy fuckin' line up right there. (Exodus, Slayer, Testament, Forbidden all in one, playing Free Bird!!!!)
Paul Bostaph is such a cool & humble guy… and he holds down a damn tight rhythm section.. sure, his double kick isn’t as solid as it used to be in the 90s.. but probably neither is Lombardo or any other drummer for that matter.
What some people don't know is when Slayer formed they met with Jeff and Jeff was playing in a band that did Southern rock and covers by Molly Hatchet, etc. So even though Jeff has been gone, this doesn't surprise me. Who doesn't know Free Bird??
MIDDLEFINGER to those that don't like this . away from slayer at home in his car he listens to LYNYRD SKYNYRD that's why he played this song so a big MIDDLEFINGER to the ones that dislike this
Back in the day, while been already a thrash kid, I got into bands like ZZTop, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot and stuff, that's when Lynyrd Skynyrd became one of my favorite bands ever. This jam is like experiecing one of those strange but satisfying dreams.
Thing is, most people can't just stick with one genre. Life would be boring then. I was a kid in the 70's, turning 13 in 1980. Was raised by my young parents who listened to, what is now, classic rock. Grew up a headbanger through my teens, loved new wave and even whatever dance music was called back then. Still a heavy duty headbanger, and the only music I don't really like is the "manufactured" pop garbage with the auto tune voices that are so BLAHHHHH! Still lots of great music coming out!
He knows his instrument, Ill give him that, and Ive been a Testament fan for years and have seen him play in his other projects live. But feeling /soul lacks in his sound ,its all technical, almost like someone who can copy, and that’s fine. Read his book too, kind of up his own ass. He’s still attractive though and an odd cat. It is what it is.
Oh man this is too funny! It is cool to see these guys just jamming’ out. I am a huge fan of both of these bands and love this song as well. On their last tour these guys would always jam out for sound check. Rock on thanks for the upload 🤟🤟🤟
I saw Lynrd Skynd play Free Bird live and it was mind blowing. One of the coolest concert performances I've EVER f--cking seen. I've seen Slayer shows too and their right up there with Free Bird.
I was expecting from Tom something more like a "won't you fly hiiiiigggghh FREEEE BIIIIRRRRDDDDD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
i give slayer 100 percent i always crank this song up slayer has always been one of my favorite hard rock heavy metal thrash metal bands rest in peace jeff
+Ishbu 101 You say 30 years ago Slayer would never do a Skynyrd cover! Well 39 years ago they did a Iron Butterfly cover of in-a-gadda-da-vida. Which totally rocked!
Gary Holt is a class act. You can see how he loves playing music, regardless of what it is, he just loves being up there playing guitar and having an amazing time. Holt, is King - no he owns King! Haha.
Simonize41 yes he does the old guitar battles between Mr Style ( Gary Holt ) and Mr. Speed( Rick Hunolt ) in Exodus were classics, Hunolt was and is much faster than Gary , Gary had more solos but we're much slower compared to Rick's
I had a friend that worked one of their shows tell me they played a crazy selection of old radio hits, including some R&B stuff during their soundcheck but I can't remember any song names other than it sounded weird that Slayer would play them but only during their soundcheck.
I yell SLAYER at Country concerts when I work security.
Tom Araya sings country songs. He lives on a ranch in Buffalo, Texas.
Tom and his wife were very nice to me when I met them years ago.
That sounds like something I would do 😂😂😂😂
thank you for being that guy. we need more like you
You'd be suprized how many country musicians know some SLAYER.
Kerry King: "Ya'll have fun, I aint playing that shit on camera."
He said that lol?
No, that is the response "I" would expect. As well as Alex chiming in, " I'll do it!" As he waves his hand in the air frantically.
So why Kerry did not participate?
awhahahahahahahaha
Kerry king is awesome but he is very methodical in his playing. Eddie van Van Halen is like that too. They are both very good at what they do but it has to be something that they have written themselves.
This is cool, now I want to see Lynyrd Skynyrd do Angel of Death!
Considering they're all dead, the angel of death would need to introduce them.
Brilliant! Never did I imagine that one day I'd hear Slayer, or actually Tom Araya and friends, play Lynyrd Synyrd's 'Freebird'. Love it!
LOL and you still haven't heard them play it. You've just heard them TRY.
Sounds like this 👉💩 this is what happens when bands get old
Holt and Skolnick!! What a monster guitar duo!!
If they recorded this in the studio and released it as a single would be a hit.
That was cool. Funny how Gary knew the solo cold. Obviously has learned it. 2 Great guitar players.
The solo itself isn't difficult. Just iconic
@@JaggedDagger No one asked
Well he just posted on his Instagram the other day that skynyrd are the greatest American Rock band of all time. So its probably safe to assume he knows quite a few of them.
@@90s267 now who’s the pissed off one? It’s not easy, it’s just not hard. It has all of the tricks of the trade when it comes to pentatonic. So it’s not hard to lock in on the phrases.
I'm just guessing but that song may be one of their soundcheck songs. It's dynamic and tests multiple instruments in different tempos.
thank you internet..you never let me down.
Can we just appreciate that Tom still has fabulous hair
Not to mention the beard🤘
You realize this video is from 2016 yes?
@@douchymcdouche169 I can barely tie my shoes
If anyone knows Slayer, they ALWAYS perform some off the wall song for their soundchecks. Been doing it for decades. It is always a different genre each show, I saw them do Summer of 69.
Gary Holt, Tom Araya, Alex Skolnick, and what I assume to be Paul Bostaph. That's a crazy fuckin' line up right there. (Exodus, Slayer, Testament, Forbidden all in one, playing Free Bird!!!!)
that's funny Bostaph has been in every one of those bands at one time starting with Forbidden.
+nameless76 mozwhaz Gary isn't an original member but he and Paul ARE in Slayer. Just cuz he isn't original doesn't mean he's not in the band.
SuperKevents amen to you, you said !!!!!!!!
Paul Bostaph is such a cool & humble guy… and he holds down a damn tight rhythm section.. sure, his double kick isn’t as solid as it used to be in the 90s.. but probably neither is Lombardo or any other drummer for that matter.
Still good my man paul is 57 years old now.
5 years later. This is is still one of my favorite Slayer video. Wish there's more.
What do I yell???? Slayer? Freebird? What.
+TheTurtleneck64 IDK!!!! CAN NOT COMPUTE!!! PARADOX PARADOX PARADOX!!!!
TheTurtleneck64 😂😂😂😂
FUCKING SLAYER! FUCKING SLAYER! FUCKING SLAYER!
Freebirdslayer
I've seen both Lynrd Skynrd and Slayer live and it's a tough choice
THEY SHOULD RELEASE THAT AS AN OFFICIAL TRACK!!!!!!
+Jeff Thrasher kerry would never allow that
:,(
They did in a gadda da vida
nooo! lol
Now Slayer is done, this 4 dudes should release it.
Fuck KK
In a gada da Vida, born to be wild, and now freebird…. Respect
Hellyeah
Hand Of Doom, Summer Of '69...
we can call this a jam session played by members of Slayer, Exodus, Testament and Forbidden :)
I never thought I would see Slayer performing a song like this!
What some people don't know is when Slayer formed they met with Jeff and Jeff was playing in a band that did Southern rock and covers by Molly Hatchet, etc. So even though Jeff has been gone, this doesn't surprise me. Who doesn't know Free Bird??
MIDDLEFINGER to those that don't like this . away from slayer at home in his car he listens to LYNYRD SKYNYRD that's why he played this song so a big MIDDLEFINGER to the ones that dislike this
This comment makes me laugh every time I read it
Yeah, fuck off!
I'd love to see Slayer do a load of beefed up rock covers. Put their edge on it.
Slayer sings...Im a barbie girl
Back in the day, while been already a thrash kid, I got into bands like ZZTop, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot and stuff, that's when Lynyrd Skynyrd became one of my favorite bands ever. This jam is like experiecing one of those strange but satisfying dreams.
Thing is, most people can't just stick with one genre. Life would be boring then. I was a kid in the 70's, turning 13 in 1980. Was raised by my young parents who listened to, what is now, classic rock. Grew up a headbanger through my teens, loved new wave and even whatever dance music was called back then. Still a heavy duty headbanger, and the only music I don't really like is the "manufactured" pop garbage with the auto tune voices that are so BLAHHHHH! Still lots of great music coming out!
This was my best idea ever.
***** Nah mate, I just suggested it to Tom.
+Jesus Christ if i believed in you, i wouldve sworn that was you.
+Jesus Christ lol
+Jesus Christ hell has frozen after that one
+Jesus Christ Get back on your cross~!!!!!!!~
i guess hell has frozen over now
Lol
Alex Skolnick is such a beast guitarists
he couldn't string allen Collins guitar. nobody and I mean nobody can play the bird like allen collins
@@bisp2581 bet Collins can't play Skolnicks stuff either. Why compare them?
Skolnick definitely one of the most underrated guitar players of the last couple decades
He's eclectic as shit. Trans Siberian orchestra type stuff, jazz bands, thrash/death metal. Alex friggin' rules
He knows his instrument, Ill give him that, and Ive been a Testament fan for years and have seen him play in his other projects live. But feeling /soul lacks in his sound ,its all technical, almost like someone who can copy, and that’s fine. Read his book too, kind of up his own ass. He’s still attractive though and an odd cat. It is what it is.
Oh man this is too funny! It is cool to see these guys just jamming’ out. I am a huge fan of both of these bands and love this song as well. On their last tour these guys would always jam out for sound check. Rock on thanks for the upload 🤟🤟🤟
I saw Lynrd Skynd play Free Bird live and it was mind blowing. One of the coolest concert performances I've EVER f--cking seen. I've seen Slayer shows too and their right up there with Free Bird.
Was it in the 70s ?
@@blakedavis2447 Unfortunately no. It was in the 1990's
@@jdad6802 :/
This is one of the most rock and roll things I have ever seen.
slayer just makes this song so heavy i love the way they sing and perform it
I was expecting from Tom something more like a "won't you fly hiiiiigggghh FREEEE BIIIIRRRRDDDDD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
yea that doesnt sound like Tom at all
Like the high-pitched shriek in "Angel of Death"? LOL
absolutely! lol
He doesn't do any screaming during soundcheck.
Alex Skolnick is one of the all-time greats!
How is it that something this awesome hasn't happened before??
I saw in another interview that Tom was talking about doing some very non Slayer style solo stuff. Should be interesting.
Evil D I can see him doing some Metal Country music which would be cool
You know something great is happening when everyone stops and starts filming.
i give slayer 100 percent i always crank this song up slayer has always been one of my favorite hard rock heavy metal thrash metal bands rest in peace jeff
Wow, it got pretty solid towards the end when the soloing started.
When the Kerry's away the mice will play !
slayer wow i love the way they do this song ronnie would be so proud slayer always gets 100 percent
Happy thing is that you have probably seen Araya slapping his bass live after a long time
Freakin awsome meeting of the Guitar god's, they cut the best bit out at the end when the old Bay area shredders were about to hug.
you know these guys grew up listening to this song and it was a great soundcheck
The two things I yell at concerts: “SLAAAYYYERRRR!” and “FREEEEEBIRRRRD!”
Man that's how you know they're old. Slayer playing Skynard. 30 years ago they would've been like "fuck that"
+Ishbu101 Im sure they were Skynard fans their whole lives. Metal bands like other genres. EX. Anthrax and Public Enemy.
+Ishbu101
Actually Hanneman was a big Skynard fan.
RIP.......
Skolnick has always been a freaking beast
So adorable how these kids played this for their high school. I applaud their effort
This performance gives everything: Tom singing with clean vocal, using sunglasses, playing with fingers and even with slap in the end.
awesome slayer makes this song sound so heavy great job guys
Not bad at all... I think they should consider doing this in the studio.
Too late
+Ishbu 101 You say 30 years ago Slayer would never do a Skynyrd cover! Well 39 years ago they did a Iron Butterfly cover of in-a-gadda-da-vida. Which totally rocked!
They also did a cover of "Looks that kill" in 1983
Slayer did not cover Iron Butterfly in the 70s.
You guys did it!! I yelled, "Play some Skynyrd" at a concert in Bonner Springs, Kansas!! You guys finally did it!! Lol😁 Thank you!!
This is just....AWESOME!!!!!!!
Did i just witness Araya thumb slappin' and finger poppin'?!
Voitcu what happened to Kerry king man did he quit slay?
Slayer did he quit?
Thumb slapping, he didn't pop
Gary Holt is a class act. You can see how he loves playing music, regardless of what it is, he just loves being up there playing guitar and having an amazing time. Holt, is King - no he owns King! Haha.
Simonize41 yes he does the old guitar battles between Mr Style ( Gary Holt ) and Mr. Speed( Rick Hunolt ) in Exodus were classics, Hunolt was and is much faster than Gary , Gary had more solos but we're much slower compared to Rick's
Awesome! gave me goosebumps
My 2 favorite players gary and alex ....the 2 of them were shredding at the end .
The crew is walking around not realizing how epic this is. Just another day on the job. haha
Finally Tom has come back to his roots!!! Finger picking the strings like the early days!!!!
Just awesome really ,very well done
I had a friend that worked one of their shows tell me they played a crazy selection of old radio hits, including some R&B stuff during their soundcheck but I can't remember any song names other than it sounded weird that Slayer would play them but only during their soundcheck.
This is so cool.i never heard tom araya play like this.it is awesome..now.i don't feel so bad when I try something out of my comfort zone
This might be the greatest thing that ever happened.
my life is complete
+Adam Ye Now if we can just get Skynyrd to do Angel of Death
+Adam Ye Now if we can just get Skynyrd to do Angel of Death
+NamelessHere Forevermore that would be fking awesome!
I will slay like a bird now✨🤘🏻
alex is into wayyyyyy more than anyone else.
Alex Skolnick and Gary Holt: the two Satriani's best disciples.
WOW amazing would have loved to see them play this at farewell show's last song of the show's
Holt and Skolnick together... DAMN!
When I was playing in bands back in the day someone would yell either Free Bird or Slayer at every single one of our shows. Sometimes both lol
The 2 fastest guitar gunslinger
GARY OF EXODUS
ALEX OF TESTAMENT
Awesome! Love it! Gary Holt rules!
This so cool Slayer. Wonder if they could cover George strait Amarillo by morning. LOL. But serious Have they ever covered simple man?.
Now Skynard has to play War Ensemble, and the final trumpet will sound opening the final gate...
that was awesome!
Tom is an amazing singer...
Slayer could cover Justin Beiber and make it sound awesome. That's how amazing Slayer is.
They don't cover many songs (which is fine) but when they cover, it's amazing. But the best covers are Motörhead covers 🤘🏻
Coming up next: The Forbidden Exodus of the Testament Slayers playing Coconut by Harry Nilson.
This is the most underrated comment I've ever seen.
GH totally shredding this solo. Casually looking around him as he does. The man has skills
I tell everybody that Tom Araya is my grandpa. Papa Tom is everybody's grandpa.
......and James Hetfield is everybody's dad.......Papa Het!
This is awesome!
Please cover this on the next album.
WE LOVE IT IN OUR UKRAINE WHILE FIGHTING FOR OUR NATIONAL FREEDOM !!!
I saw the title and thought this had to be a joke. Then I click on the video - holy shit!
Imagine these dudes doing a cover gig on a Saturday night. Crazy shit.
Nice 🤘🏻
Side project called Slay-Her
GUITAR GOD. ALEX SKOLNICK
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you for posting this !
Awesome awesome and awesome!
Wow.... Epic shreading. \m/
When I listen to SLAYER my neighbors do too!
Tom is actually a great singer🤘🏼🤘🏼
Slayer used to cover Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, etc back in their early days before Show No Mercy was released.
Wow can hear his bass and his singing voice we haven’t heard since south of heaven. Sadly Kerry King was never interested in doing these things
Goddamn I love slayer. Fuck yeah
Now that's what I call a Supergroup!!!
My face during the entire video >>> :)
Tommy Van Zandt
the reason he's singing so "badly" is because this is a sound check.
he probably doesn't care too much to hit the right notes.
Wonder if there is a vid of Skynrd doing Reign in Blood at soundcheck??? LOL
fuckinaye this was EPIC !!
The greats covering the greats 🎶
Now I’ve seen everything.
That was fucking awesome musicianship outstanding! :-)