Lol Americans couldn't handle seeing janet jacksons boob at the superbowl half time show. Im pretty sure a metal band would send people into a panic, calling their congressman and pastor
I mean, Europe has a much larger metal-listening audience, at least in terms of bands like Rammstein (and Ghost and Volbeat which most people don't consider metal but are at least heavy hard rock) being fairly mainstream
Like, if anything I don't think the Super Bowl will ever have a metal band play the halftime show. Maybe Metallica in the early 2000s could've been big enough to do so.
@@Alex-gw1zw they’re popular because their music is bland and inoffensive, yes. Dudes like you will think popularity is a measure of a metal band’s quality then wonder why you get called a poser 😂
Ah the poser talk, reminds me when I was 18 and first started listening to heavier metal bands. Don't worry you will cringe on yourself in few years. @@WarMetalChud
I think Joe said on Instagram that the ESP was a gift from the company and, while honoured, had no plans to switch away from Charvel. That was when he got it though so things may have changed
Nah that sounds like the old post where they gifted him an esp tele shape with this one people who work at esp said "welcome to the esp family" and "can't wait for this sig to come out" also the fact the he chose to play this over his signature means either he has switched to esp or unlikely has a dual endorsement
As a 20+ yr metal head, was watching explaining to my wife how ive always loved the olympics, then 2 minutes later im head banging to the olympics... Felt like i was in the lit simulation
Wait, they're literally the real life Dethklock?!! Getting to see the literally real life deathklock is amazing. It's literally the best thing to ever happen! I'm literally on cloud 9!! I'm literally dying! I'm literally going to live forever!
@@Leopard3_ I adore my Jackson Pro series SL3, the neck is suuuper fast. If you love that there's just nothing better. But if you wanna go chunkier I think Jackson isn't your brand. They are all about super fast shred machines
Fender's hold over Gojira could finally be broken! Ya know, since Jean Pierre usually plays Fender Ps, Christian plays Jacksons, owned by fender, and Joe plays Charvel, also owned by Fender
Gojira is in my top 3 of favorite bands, wanting them to show off on a major stage for years, and the Olympics is DOPE! And no, the ceremony wasn't mocking the Last Supper.
Bro your intros kill me 🥴😂 they are becoming to predictable lmao. I watch your page every few weeks and scroll through all the shorts I missed to get up to date and after watching a couple as the next video started I was like “wait…., what just happened ?” As you said it and I just burst out laughing like bro I swear this guy always starts his videos off nowadays with a blunt statement or bold question towards a guitar brand each time 😂😂. Love your videos bro, the work continues always my dude🤘🏻🤞🏼
I'm pretty sure that the assassin wasn't Arno, it might i have been another assassin like the ones from the HQ in ac unity. But that's what I got from the clip in this video
« If you were watching the opening ceremony to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France on July 26, you weren’t alone; millions upon millions of people around the world tuned in to watch it live, and many millions more have seen it since, with reactions of both praise and controversy. One of the biggest surprises was the iconic French metal band Gojira performing a super-heavy version of the revolutionary song “Ah! Ça Ira!,” but another surprise happened simultaneously when founding member and frontman Joe Duplantier performed there using a very special chrome-finished ESP in the XJ body style that we custom-crafted for the occasion. We can now let you know the official news: ESP is welcoming Joe Duplantier to the ESP roster, and we are honored to have this influential and respected guitarist, composer and songwriter in our family of artists. »
A metal band opened for the Olympics along with a video game character cameo holding the Olympic torch, all before GTA 6. What the hell timeline is this? 😂
On balconies feet upon feet from terra firma, wind blowing, Gojira doing what they do best, the whole background behind the building itself, an Assassin's Creed reference, headless Marie, operatic vocals and the fact it opened the fucking Olympics? Metal is well and truly alive, ladies and gentlement, lesfuckinggggooooooooooooooooo 🎉🎉🎉
I would guess it was for the performance. The guitar looks reflective and with the pyro show going, I bet that would look pretty badass being reflected back.
The French appreciate your concerted effort at pronunciation I would assume. Also thanks for making this short - my first thought was hold up what is that guitar when I saw it
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One of my bandmates sent me that photo, and I immediately looked up the performance. That indeed is the ESP headstock. I must admit I am confused, but also highly intrigued.
I was casually watching the Opening Ceremony while cleaning up in the kitchen, etc & then heard chugging & almost gave myself whiplash to turn & see what was happening!! Been listening to Gojira since just before From Mars to Sirius was released. Obviously to a metalhead, commercial recognition/exposure doesn't mean shit to me. This is not why we do what we do. Yet at the same time, I was overcome with joy to see a band I love so much keep climbing the ladder so to speak & be included in possibly the largest global event there is 🤘✌️ HEADBANGING ON TV = FREEDOM
I can't wait for in ten years time new bands getting big are citing seeing this opening ceremony as the moment they decided they needed to form metal bands.
....pull off perfect pinches and raking/scraping on ledges in the rain with fire balls and a billion people watching lol 🤣 these dudes are living their best lives and im here for it ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
It’s been confirmed he’s on ESP and will have a signature model extremely close to the one you see him play . Someone on ESP , I think a custom shop builder leaked it
Ontop of all this, this Castle is the very same castle where Marie Antoinette was held at before being executed! Who, just so you know, was the one who first said and made the phrase "Let Them Eat Cake" well known
All I know is that him playing an ESP custom instead of his (or any) Charvel is making a wave in the guitar community, as it should. It shows that we pay attention to these things. I can tell you that Charvel is NOT happy with this and it may even be a hint that Joe is about to make a switch. Why? Because think of how important the viewership of the opening ceremony of the Olympics is? More important than any music festival in the world in terms of popularity and viewership. I can’t even think of a time they even had a metal band at all. This is a huge first. And he played an ESP? Charvel is PISSED right now.
The logo of ESP was not visible duiring the live. So that was maybe kind of the deal for him to play the ESP without hurting his relation with Charvel.
As an almost vintage French Guitar guy (40!), 6 months ago, I was expecting Gojira to play at the Olympics ... My drummer friend was: "...no way that will happen ..." ahah !! I was right on that !!
If you watched the orchestral section it's fairly obvious that no matter what the weather was the show was going on so I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing on dud instruments or really cheap ones and miming along to prerecorded music just incase anything happened that would've ruined the instruments
To all the French speakers, I am so sorry lol. I tried my best, your language is difficult af
❤
Don't worry lol, it was actually not so bad
@richardharrold9736 yea
The French treat you like crap when you try to speak their language.. esp when you are an American.
Come on man, you’re a Canadian citizen! You can figure it out!
The Olympics got a metal band to perform before the Superbowl, let that sink in.
Lol Americans couldn't handle seeing janet jacksons boob at the superbowl half time show. Im pretty sure a metal band would send people into a panic, calling their congressman and pastor
In fucking France of all places
I mean, Europe has a much larger metal-listening audience, at least in terms of bands like Rammstein (and Ghost and Volbeat which most people don't consider metal but are at least heavy hard rock) being fairly mainstream
Like, if anything I don't think the Super Bowl will ever have a metal band play the halftime show. Maybe Metallica in the early 2000s could've been big enough to do so.
Yeah. Then they had bearded men with dresses and fake boobs dance around and mocked The Last Supper.
Very cool, Kanye.
Gojira playing on platforms on the side of a castle in the wind and rain is the most metal as fuck thing I have ever seen.
If that’s the most metal thing you’ve ever seen you must not listen to much metal. Gojira sucks
Metallica in Russia is the all time metal as fuck moment in the history of music period.
@@WarMetalChud yeah that explains the success they've had
@@Alex-gw1zw they’re popular because their music is bland and inoffensive, yes. Dudes like you will think popularity is a measure of a metal band’s quality then wonder why you get called a poser 😂
Ah the poser talk, reminds me when I was 18 and first started listening to heavier metal bands. Don't worry you will cringe on yourself in few years. @@WarMetalChud
Gojira performance was sick af, love this band. The tapping was perfect for this opera vocals. But also Assassin's Creed reference was pure gold.
It was good to see Pisspot again.
the chrome finish was for the guillotine blade evocation (and I'm not even kidding)
i love that imagery, even before i knew this i though “that guitar is the blade of the guillotine”
@@the_real_Bread_2sure you did
I think Joe said on Instagram that the ESP was a gift from the company and, while honoured, had no plans to switch away from Charvel. That was when he got it though so things may have changed
Yes,but this is such a special event that its weird that he didnt use his sig brand
Nah that sounds like the old post where they gifted him an esp tele shape with this one people who work at esp said "welcome to the esp family" and "can't wait for this sig to come out" also the fact the he chose to play this over his signature means either he has switched to esp or unlikely has a dual endorsement
@@oscarbarahona5419yes your correct I remember that
We will find out when they tour with Korn and Spiritbox this september.
@@zaczakariclips yes indeed
As a 20+ yr metal head, was watching explaining to my wife how ive always loved the olympics, then 2 minutes later im head banging to the olympics...
Felt like i was in the lit simulation
Awesome little story buddy.
You should ask your wife's boyfriend if he's into Metallica as well
Sure buddy. Was your wife being railed by her boyfriend at the time? Otherwise I don't believe
@@greensoldier2142🧠
@@TorresmoQueimado 🤓👆
They are literally the real life dethklock
Wait, they're literally the real life Dethklock?!! Getting to see the literally real life deathklock is amazing. It's literally the best thing to ever happen! I'm literally on cloud 9!! I'm literally dying! I'm literally going to live forever!
@@PoopaChallupaok
No they are not because Gojira is good and Dethklock is bad.
@@Agalloch1234 Dethklock is the best band in the world and my opinion is the right one.
@@mrproplayer7687 Maybe if you have brain damage you would believe that.
Epic. Best french thing ever
Agree... everything else is pretty Beta.
@@WendigoSotomonte No way you use "beta" as an insult 💀
Not quite. 2nd best right behind their pastries and excessive butter use.
@@WendigoSotomontei don’t think beta is bad. Alpha is lame
Well played France
Gojira and Assassins Creed-best IRL cross over ever.
Yes, both were awesome and both are still kinda ok if you forget how much better they used to be
i’m so glad i wasn’t the only one who loved his offset
You liked everything else in the opening too? Lol
Boss: “we need medal, it must be pure gold and very, very heavy”
Arrangeur: “touché, pas de problème”
That headline makes so much more sense now.
*The Olympics 2024's hooded parkour man was in fact a reference to Assassin's Creed Unity's Arno*
Man I just want Joe to play his old Jacksons some day again. Those SLS-s really were something
@@Leopard3_ I adore my Jackson Pro series SL3, the neck is suuuper fast. If you love that there's just nothing better. But if you wanna go chunkier I think Jackson isn't your brand. They are all about super fast shred machines
For real
Tony Rauser at ESP confirmed that Joe has now signed with them
Did he? I saw his post on instagram but it didn’t say he singed. I mean don’t get me wrong I want him with ESP cuz they are my favorite
Source?
@@Mindartcreativity it was on his Instagram story a couple of days ago
@@Mindartcreativity source: trust me bro
Fender's hold over Gojira could finally be broken! Ya know, since Jean Pierre usually plays Fender Ps, Christian plays Jacksons, owned by fender, and Joe plays Charvel, also owned by Fender
You mean Jean Michel nah ?
@@mathis_remy yeah my brain skipped a braining there
And they play 5150 amps, owned by, you guessed it, Fender
Michel has moved to Sandberg
Gojira is the reason why I'm proud to be french
Pas macron? Bizarre…😉😂
Gorod is a good French band. I don't know any more though😮
There are a lot of metal bands from France that should make you feel proud to be French. Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Peste Noire, Suhnopfer, etc.
Just ignore the other parts of the opening ceremony 😂
@@Agalloch1234Uneven Structure is an excellent French metal band
That silver fiddle is proper af
I think it is also cool that the opera singer that performed with them named Marina Viotti used to be the vocalist in a metal band named Soulmaker.
Gojira is in my top 3 of favorite bands, wanting them to show off on a major stage for years, and the Olympics is DOPE! And no, the ceremony wasn't mocking the Last Supper.
arno durian in the opening was crazy
How badass to tease your new signature guitar at the freaking OLYMPICS. What a flex.
I love the assassin lookin like he's a random noble dude with a curtain for a hood
He is a parkour champion
Bro your intros kill me 🥴😂 they are becoming to predictable lmao.
I watch your page every few weeks and scroll through all the shorts I missed to get up to date and after watching a couple as the next video started I was like “wait…., what just happened ?” As you said it and I just burst out laughing like bro I swear this guy always starts his videos off nowadays with a blunt statement or bold question towards a guitar brand each time 😂😂.
Love your videos bro, the work continues always my dude🤘🏻🤞🏼
I'm pretty sure that the assassin wasn't Arno, it might i have been another assassin like the ones from the HQ in ac unity. But that's what I got from the clip in this video
ESP has just announced it now
« If you were watching the opening ceremony to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France on July 26, you weren’t alone; millions upon millions of people around the world tuned in to watch it live, and many millions more have seen it since, with reactions of both praise and controversy. One of the biggest surprises was the iconic French metal band Gojira performing a super-heavy version of the revolutionary song “Ah! Ça Ira!,” but another surprise happened simultaneously when founding member and frontman Joe Duplantier performed there using a very special chrome-finished ESP in the XJ body style that we custom-crafted for the occasion. We can now let you know the official news: ESP is welcoming Joe Duplantier to the ESP roster, and we are honored to have this influential and respected guitarist, composer and songwriter in our family of artists. »
I was so stoked when I saw it in the opening.
A metal band opened for the Olympics along with a video game character cameo holding the Olympic torch, all before GTA 6. What the hell timeline is this? 😂
Love this band! Awesome guitar! So epic!!!
Bruh, I was waiting for your take on this! Massive moment for metal. I sorta hoped you'd have done a reaction vid.
On balconies feet upon feet from terra firma, wind blowing, Gojira doing what they do best, the whole background behind the building itself, an Assassin's Creed reference, headless Marie, operatic vocals and the fact it opened the fucking Olympics?
Metal is well and truly alive, ladies and gentlement, lesfuckinggggooooooooooooooooo 🎉🎉🎉
Just saw them live in Chicago with Korn, it was sick
I would guess it was for the performance. The guitar looks reflective and with the pyro show going, I bet that would look pretty badass being reflected back.
The French appreciate your concerted effort at pronunciation I would assume.
Also thanks for making this short - my first thought was hold up what is that guitar when I saw it
I didn’t know until after the fact and I actually cried a little bit.
What legends.
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Evertune is my next purchase, ive gone through gear trends but thinking this one might be useful for me
all i want is a jackson sls3 again. 2012 gojira had the best gear lineups and music
Always disappointed he went tele over sl
@@kdawg789same. but no matter what, the SLS3 is peak jackson, and that guitar is peak gojira. they wont come close again. well, jackson won’t.
Not really a huge fan but I do appreciate his taste in guitars 😊
He played it their entire tour this year when I saw them
One of my bandmates sent me that photo, and I immediately looked up the performance. That indeed is the ESP headstock. I must admit I am confused, but also highly intrigued.
Amazing opening ceremony. Hypest part was absolutely Gojira.
amazing only if you're a satanist
I was casually watching the Opening Ceremony while cleaning up in the kitchen, etc & then heard chugging & almost gave myself whiplash to turn & see what was happening!!
Been listening to Gojira since just before From Mars to Sirius was released. Obviously to a metalhead, commercial recognition/exposure doesn't mean shit to me. This is not why we do what we do. Yet at the same time, I was overcome with joy to see a band I love so much keep climbing the ladder so to speak & be included in possibly the largest global event there is 🤘✌️
HEADBANGING ON TV = FREEDOM
We need that on spotify
What is the song playing behind??
I was so hyped when I recognized Gojira playing, almost gave myself a nose bleed from banging my head
I can't wait for in ten years time new bands getting big are citing seeing this opening ceremony as the moment they decided they needed to form metal bands.
That guitar is pure beauty 😍🖤
Though it would never happen, seeing Slaughter to Prevail perform an opening for a Moscow/ St Petersburg olympics would definitely be fantastic
This performance was beyond S-Tier
@agufish, KISS Played the Salt Lake Winter Olympics closing ceremony in 2002 .... if youndidn't know, now you know...😮
I was saying to my Metal scholar friend it was cool to see them get the nod ;D
This is actually dope
Is it bad that I’m more excited about the Jane Doe shirt than anything? Gojira rules!
I'll look for this in a replay.
oh so this is the part of the opening ceremony that people are gonna talk about
....pull off perfect pinches and raking/scraping on ledges in the rain with fire balls and a billion people watching lol 🤣 these dudes are living their best lives and im here for it ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I didn't even know that the assassins creed character was there damn that makes it even better!
This Olympics is fucking rad the world is truly changing for the better
Paris wanted to do something different, in the city.
Assassin's Creed and Gojira are two things that I like but never thought to see together
also they sadly were in playback, there wasn’t any mic on the drums.. it was definitely them playing but in studio
He just posted this guitar even tagging ESP in his stories. This is real
Joe’s guitar is probably going to be unveiled as the next signature series from Charvel.
It’s been confirmed he’s on ESP and will have a signature model extremely close to the one you see him play . Someone on ESP , I think a custom shop builder leaked it
Pete Loeffler of Chevelle, long-time strat guy, has been seen playing ESP lately too 🤔
Apparently the reflective chrome guitar was chosen to look like the blade of a guillotine to fit the French Revolution theme
It wasnt live though, drums werent even mic'd.
That guitar is fckin gorgeous
Ontop of all this, this Castle is the very same castle where Marie Antoinette was held at before being executed! Who, just so you know, was the one who first said and made the phrase "Let Them Eat Cake" well known
It was this castle ! La Conciergerie.
And Labadie plays a Sandberg for the first time after having been with Fender and Dingwall
Aparrently a whole bunch of people hated it and were saying things like ‘keep satan out of the Olympics!’ Which I just think is rediculos
Joes new guitar looked super sick
We got a metal band playing in the Olympics opening ceremony before GTA 6.
For those that didn't know...this gig marked the announcement of Jean- Michelle moving over to Sandberg from fender
The title cutoff made the title look like “Joe Duplantier (Gojira) leaves …” and my first thought was “What?? Was it that bad??”.
Sounds pretty epic
I'm sad I cant find any footage of Gojira's performance without any commentary
Gojira took some stage presence advice from Dethklok for sure on this one.
the best thing about these olympics
Did anybody see any drum mics?
Didn’t Joe tease a move to ESP like a year ago?
Kinda yes
They were just miming though, they weren't really playing
Probably the biggest surprise was Mario wearing a shirt.
All I know is that him playing an ESP custom instead of his (or any) Charvel is making a wave in the guitar community, as it should. It shows that we pay attention to these things. I can tell you that Charvel is NOT happy with this and it may even be a hint that Joe is about to make a switch. Why? Because think of how important the viewership of the opening ceremony of the Olympics is? More important than any music festival in the world in terms of popularity and viewership. I can’t even think of a time they even had a metal band at all. This is a huge first. And he played an ESP? Charvel is PISSED right now.
The logo of ESP was not visible duiring the live. So that was maybe kind of the deal for him to play the ESP without hurting his relation with Charvel.
As a huge ac fan I just about lost it at the Arno part 😭
AS A GUITARIST WHO LOVES ASSASSINS CREED UNITY THIS IS PERFECT
So goddamn hyped to see Gojira in September
As an almost vintage French Guitar guy (40!), 6 months ago, I was expecting Gojira to play at the Olympics ...
My drummer friend was: "...no way that will happen ..."
ahah !! I was right on that !!
Keep it gitar,😊😊😊
It was a gift to him.
If you watched the orchestral section it's fairly obvious that no matter what the weather was the show was going on so I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing on dud instruments or really cheap ones and miming along to prerecorded music just incase anything happened that would've ruined the instruments
Huh that is odd, I kinda just assumed it was a Fender. Killer guitar either way
Silver guitar, like a guillotine blade
Joe’s guitar looks like a Metal Jazzmaster & I fucking love the design.
Tbh, this can be a great music video, but not the freaking olympic games opening
I thought it was a Charvel Siitgcster with a reverse Tele headstock
That was epic
That was a great pronounciation dude 🙂
I love ESP