Kickass man..November 4th it will be 35 yrs since I seen Mercyful Fate in Detroit and then a month later they came again with Motorhead Orgasmatron tour
@@darkjester2713 my buddy called for the Florida show he's got a meet-and-greet to and his girlfriend can't make it but I can't make it down there my dad just died so it sucks but what do you do
I believe Michael Moon was supposed to be a full time/permanent replacement for Michael Denner, but was fired after the Abigail tour due to personality conflicts. You're right, Michael Denner played on the Abigail album, but the inner sleeve of the LP has a B&W picture of the band with Moon and not Denner. Denner is one of my favourite guitarists ever. Glad I got to see him playing live with Mercyful Fate in '93.
Next to Randy Rhoads, Andy is my favorite guitarist. I love his tone, technique, and especially his vibrato. He's been a huge influence on my playing since I first heard him in 1985.
Didn't expect this today! Excellent. Saw King Diamond in December 87, open for Motorhead. I was front row in Germany. Andy is a great riff meister! along with Michael Denner. Those two had some wicked RIFFS on Abigail album and the previous release FATAL PORTRAIT.
It was actually 88 he autographed a picture that I took at that concert l brought it with me when I met him on November 19th for this last tour. He remember the place and the year. He said 1988 1st avenue we were with Flotsam and Jetsam that was wild that he remembered the place and I asked him to autograph and he did and said true fan that was awesome meeting him he was just so mellow and cool can't wait till Mercyful Fate comes.
Oh.........my..........gawd! I can’t believe what I’m seeing. I could weep tears of joy. No one does King Diamond guitar lessons. Mercyful Fate next! You totally rule brother.
Please more licks from Andy, he is criminally underrated and almost unkown monster player... some licks from solos on "them", "conspiracy" or "eye" albums. And also Pete Blakk!!! He is totally unknown shred machine that played some sick lines!!! And of course it would be cool to make 3 licks michael romeo lesson
Andy LaRocque is my main inspiration, while Mike Moon has to be one of the most underrated guitar players of all times. Less underrated is Pete Blakk who also had great chemistry with LaRocque.
All the amazing other guitarist andy has had ..pete just had a way of making his solos fit the song as well as andys ..pete and andy is my favorite combo ..
This ⬆. Pete Blakk would have to be the second most important guitarist that has been in King Diamond (of course Andy is the first). Pete was on Them, Conspiracy, and The Eye - arguably the strongest stretch of albums in the bands discography. Maybe one could argue Michael Denner, but I'd say Pete was Andy's greatest partner
Excellent lesson! Andy has been one of my favorites for years and I don't think he gets as much credit as he should because of the overshadowing presence of Kim. And thanks for bringing Michael Moon to my attention. 1987 is one of my favorite years in metal. And Individual Thought Patterns is an amazing album. Loving the new Testament lineup with Steve and Gene. Thanks again!
I saw Andy (with Pete Blakk on guitar, too) with King Diamond on both the Them and Conspiracy tours. Great live shows! An interesting technical metal band called Toxik was the opener for the Conspiracy show.
Awesome. So glad Andy is getting some recognition. He’s another one of these painfully undocumented guitar players. Please consider Chuck Schuldiner, Alex Skolnick, Tim Calvert for future videos!! Thank you!
Thank you! I'll see what I can do with those requests, and I did create an Alex Skolnick Three-For-All lesson a few months ago and recently made a Testament Chordplay lesson too. : ) \m/ ROCK ON \m/
Tim Calvert would be killer. Met him on the Nevermore Politics of Ecstasy tour at Harpos in Detroit..super cool dude. Check out the unreleased Forbidden album Trapped if you haven't already
Love the Star Wars wallpaper you have there. My bedroom used to be covered in it when I was a boy and I used all the off cuts to cover my school books. Wish I still had some! Love the lessons too, you’re a great pedagog and player!
I really enjoy how you show work from guys who aren’t “go-to” guitar gods. I’ve started listening to several artists after hearing your breakdown of their work. Side note...would love a Kai Hansen lesson. Keep up the great work.
That was sure fast I requested Andy a few weeks ago!!! Thank you so much Dave I think Andy’s style and tone are overlooked but you’re lessons show how great he is and Michael are!!! Thank you again keep shredding and teaching!!! ...🎸🎸 🤘🏻🤘🏻
David, greetings from across the pond. Another great video, I really love your content mate, it's what we call over here, top drawer :) Being as I'm a bit senior, it's great to go back in time with a lot of the players you feature, who were idols of mine. You made me think of a player that I've not thought about in a very long time, Stevie Salas. He made some great music back in the day. I was lucky enough to meet him in the audience at a Living Colour gig in London in 1990 or thereabouts, and as well as being a great player, he's a really lovely guy too. Would be great to see you do a video on him, and I'm sure it would benefit lots of your members. His funk/rock crossover rhythm playing is outstanding.
October/Ghost... Dave you keep killing it .Always looking forward to your vids, Andy not overlooked but underappreciated. Your the best thing to ever happen to UA-cam. Ron Jarzombek would be interesting, Watch Tower, Blotted Science, Spastic Ink...Thanks again!!!
Hey Dave, Awesome!! Check out King Diamonds, Mercyful Fate. Hank Shermann and Michael Denner are awesome!! My favorite is the Time album., Check out The Mad Arab and Time. Cool songs!! Thanks!!
All due respect to Mercyful Fate's post reunion releases, but how can either Melissa or Don't Break the oath NOT be your favourite Mercyful Fate albums???
@@klauswigsmith Hey Klaus, I got the Time album as a gift and really liked the guitar work a lot. The album has a cool vibe to me. I should have mentioned Melissa and Don't Break the Oath. They are great albums and I do like them a lot also!! 🤘😎
Thanks, David. I strongly support pinky use, too! Great lesson! BTW, Mercyful Fate's Michael Denner plays guitar (along with Andy) on the Fatal Portrait and Abigail albums.
I just had to check if there was an episode about LaRocque's licks and if the style was the same, or if it contained something like on the King Diamond's Magic. I'm not at all familiar with their discography, but the solos on Magic just blew me away and my jaw still drops to this day, has so exciting vibes and licks. Maybe some day you can do a more recent LaRocque licks that has Magic in it. Just last week learned he uses/used the same preamp as Laiho and myself, explained why I really liked his solo tone's sweet power. Talking about the top frets without pinky, I can totally see why he does that. I simply can't fit my hand in there when using pinky. Probably the angle of my hand doesn't work for it but whatever the reason is, the smaller the pattern physically is, the harder it is to fit the pinky in the higher the fret is. It usually turns deep in the horn of the guitar or rests against the body while the ring finger steps in.
I love these videos Dave. You isolate licks not only from cool songs, but also specific performances and add quick and easy theory analysis. I know you've already done them, but I can always watch Schenker, Megadeth, and Rhoads videos. I'd also like to see an Uli Jon Roth licks video, not sure if you've done one yet.
Love Andy!! Definitely Love the Family Ghost Song! Something about the Guitar Parts on the Song! King Diamond is Coming to Detroit, Michigan in a few weeks!!!!
I never used my pinky for years. When I started playing again in april, I made it a point to use it as much as possible since all my fingers were clumsy anyway. Now, I can play with my pinky no problem.
Great video... I wasn't familiar so it is expanding my horizons :-) Two ideas for future vids: (1) maybe a rig rundown where you talk about your setup ? (2) maybe a 3-for-all featuring fans of your channel? What if we submitted licks to you (e.g. send tab by email, or clips or something) and you picked the best 3 (giving a shout-out to the contributors)? Fan-generated content!
Andy did a solo for At the Gates on the song Cold from Slaughter of the Soul King Diamond has 4 live albums (Abigail live 1987), Deadly Lullabies, live at the Fillmore and live at graspop Moon is only on Abigail live and was replaced by Pete Blakk Mike Wead is the second guitarist on the other live albums 2nd guitarists: Fatal Portrait-Abigail Michael Denner Abigail love Michael Moon Them - The Eye Pete Blakk The Spider’s Lullabye - Voodoo Herb Simonsen Dimebag Darrell guest solo on Voodoo House of God Glen Drover Abigail 2 - present Mike Wead Moon was hired for the latter shows of the tour when Denner left and wasn’t considered good enough to be offered full membership
Hey David, great lesson as always. Please could you do some licks of kane roberts / Alice Cooper years ? Would be awesome. I think Kane is a very underrated player
I remember that line-up. Saw King Diamond twice around that time... With Trouble I think. I need to revisit Michael Moon's band Madison. Here's his info. discogs.com/artist/455977-Madison-2
mike moon is on official mansion in darkness video ua-cam.com/video/xGC2iP5ss6E/v-deo.html he also plyaed in one of best swedish's hard rock band called Madison with Goran Edman ex-yjm on vocals ua-cam.com/video/owBSs52vOR0/v-deo.html congrats from brasil keep doing this great job.
Nice to see Andy LaRocque appreciation. Maybe you could lead off your UA-cam vid title without the 3, for better search results. Maybe put the 3 somewhere else.
the reason that most old great guitarists aren't using their pinky so ofter or even times at all is happening for two reasons... a) most of them were self taught... using 3 fingers instead of 4 is a lot easier... so this became a habbit.. or even for others, electric guitar techniques back in 60s, 70, or 80's were not so advanced like now... they were kinda following more the "keep it simple" as a rule of thumb... while lack of knowledge in general is very common among guitarists of older periods. b) the pinky gives freedom while playing, though the thing is that isn't recommended for many stuff because it doesn't have much power, i mean you can't bend hard, you can't vibrato effectively, it's losing on power in long term... this is a good reason whenever is possible NOT using it..
Listened to the album “Them” so many times start to finish, love Andy’s playing!
@Andy Larocque has been a huge source of inspiration to my playing!....
King Diamond Rocks! I get to see him live again November 19th and a meet-and-greet I've been waiting 35 years to meet him! my dream has come true!!
Kickass man..November 4th it will be 35 yrs since I seen Mercyful Fate in Detroit and then a month later they came again with Motorhead Orgasmatron tour
@@darkjester2713 my buddy called for the Florida show he's got a meet-and-greet to and his girlfriend can't make it but I can't make it down there my dad just died so it sucks but what do you do
@@kingdiamondgod5824Sorry about your Dad man..Stay strong I lost my Father in July.
@@darkjester2713 thanks man
Andy LaRocque is my favorite guitar player. Thanks for covering this.
I believe Michael Moon was supposed to be a full time/permanent replacement for Michael Denner, but was fired after the Abigail tour due to personality conflicts.
You're right, Michael Denner played on the Abigail album, but the inner sleeve of the LP has a B&W picture of the band with Moon and not Denner.
Denner is one of my favourite guitarists ever. Glad I got to see him playing live with Mercyful Fate in '93.
Next to Randy Rhoads, Andy is my favorite guitarist. I love his tone, technique, and especially his vibrato. He's been a huge influence on my playing since I first heard him in 1985.
Scott Dunn He’s painfully underrated. He’s one of those unique sounding players like Friedman or Skolnick.
Same here. In an interview Andy was asked who his influences are and he credited Randy as one.
His work on Abigail and The Eye is incredible
Didn't expect this today! Excellent. Saw King Diamond in December 87, open for Motorhead. I was front row in Germany. Andy is a great riff meister! along with Michael Denner. Those two had some wicked RIFFS on Abigail album and the previous release FATAL PORTRAIT.
Is seen King Diamond and flotsam and jetsam in 87
It was actually 88 he autographed a picture that I took at that concert l brought it with me when I met him on November 19th for this last tour. He remember the place and the year. He said 1988 1st avenue we were with Flotsam and Jetsam that was wild that he remembered the place and I asked him to autograph and he did and said true fan that was awesome meeting him he was just so mellow and cool can't wait till Mercyful Fate comes.
Oh.........my..........gawd!
I can’t believe what I’m seeing. I could weep tears of joy. No one does King Diamond guitar lessons.
Mercyful Fate next!
You totally rule brother.
Dude... Dave, I always pick up so many great things from your lessons! Great video, dude! Thanks!
Thanks for the chris oliva video. So happy to have found savatage
Great lesson! How about a lesson on James Murphy, Obituary/Death/Testament? One of my all time favorite guitar players.
Murphy YEESSS!!!!!!
James Murphy!!!
Please more licks from Andy, he is criminally underrated and almost unkown monster player... some licks from solos on "them", "conspiracy" or "eye" albums. And also Pete Blakk!!! He is totally unknown shred machine that played some sick lines!!! And of course it would be cool to make 3 licks michael romeo lesson
great lesson thanks
Andy LaRocque is my main inspiration, while Mike Moon has to be one of the most underrated guitar players of all times. Less underrated is Pete Blakk who also had great chemistry with LaRocque.
All the amazing other guitarist andy has had ..pete just had a way of making his solos fit the song as well as andys ..pete and andy is my favorite combo ..
This ⬆. Pete Blakk would have to be the second most important guitarist that has been in King Diamond (of course Andy is the first). Pete was on Them, Conspiracy, and The Eye - arguably the strongest stretch of albums in the bands discography. Maybe one could argue Michael Denner, but I'd say Pete was Andy's greatest partner
The 2nd lick is cool because it can really be used within any solo. Very useful, Dave.
Thank you for doing this! You are making the guitar Fun again.
Chordplay!?!
The Family Ghost!!! Definitely a Great Guitar Solo!!! King Diamond Rules!!!! ANDY!!!!!!
You are a goldmine!! Requested Andy some time ago. He is a great player. So glad you did this episode.
Man I love Andy's playin' you really know how to choose them.
Always good to hear new[to me] guitarists ,and techniques ,your analysis is clear and practical,much appreciated.
Dude... I loved you in the movie "there's something in the barn" 🤘🤘🤘
Enjoyed the lesson man, I'll use a few of the ideas, so thanks dude 😎👍
Excellent lesson! Andy has been one of my favorites for years and I don't think he gets as much credit as he should because of the overshadowing presence of Kim. And thanks for bringing Michael Moon to my attention. 1987 is one of my favorite years in metal. And Individual Thought Patterns is an amazing album. Loving the new Testament lineup with Steve and Gene. Thanks again!
I saw Andy (with Pete Blakk on guitar, too) with King Diamond on both the Them and Conspiracy tours. Great live shows! An interesting technical metal band called Toxik was the opener for the Conspiracy show.
Man, your channel is awesome. Thanks for these videos!
Awesome. So glad Andy is getting some recognition. He’s another one of these painfully undocumented guitar players. Please consider Chuck Schuldiner, Alex Skolnick, Tim Calvert for future videos!! Thank you!
Thank you!
I'll see what I can do with those requests, and I did create an Alex Skolnick Three-For-All lesson a few months ago and recently made a Testament Chordplay lesson too.
: )
\m/ ROCK ON \m/
Tim Calvert would be killer. Met him on the Nevermore Politics of Ecstasy tour at Harpos in Detroit..super cool dude. Check out the unreleased Forbidden album Trapped if you haven't already
@@LateNightLessons I guess I know what I will be watching later tonight. Keep doing what you do!
@@darkjester2713 Dreaming Neon Black is the best! Wish I would've caught that tour
Love the Star Wars wallpaper you have there. My bedroom used to be covered in it when I was a boy and I used all the off cuts to cover my school books. Wish I still had some! Love the lessons too, you’re a great pedagog and player!
Wow!!! Great coverage here, Dave. Keep it up 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
a - mazing lesson thanks
Thanks for posting this video. I know I've been a pain in the arse asking for some Andy LaRoque lol
I really enjoy how you show work from guys who aren’t “go-to” guitar gods. I’ve started listening to several artists after hearing your breakdown of their work. Side note...would love a Kai Hansen lesson. Keep up the great work.
My thoughts exactly.
That was sure fast I requested Andy a few weeks ago!!! Thank you so much Dave I think Andy’s style and tone are overlooked but you’re lessons show how great he is and Michael are!!! Thank you again keep shredding and teaching!!! ...🎸🎸 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Andy LaRocque. Yeeahhhh!! Individual Thought Patterns was my first Death purchase. Of course, I have them all now.
David, greetings from across the pond. Another great video, I really love your content mate, it's what we call over here, top drawer :) Being as I'm a bit senior, it's great to go back in time with a lot of the players you feature, who were idols of mine. You made me think of a player that I've not thought about in a very long time, Stevie Salas. He made some great music back in the day. I was lucky enough to meet him in the audience at a Living Colour gig in London in 1990 or thereabouts, and as well as being a great player, he's a really lovely guy too. Would be great to see you do a video on him, and I'm sure it would benefit lots of your members. His funk/rock crossover rhythm playing is outstanding.
Another guitarist who is completely overlooked is
Peter Lake (Theory in Practice, Mutant and Mekong Delta).
Well worth a look.
Dude Andy LaRoque is one of my favorites with Ronnie LeTeckro!
Awesome 👌
October/Ghost... Dave you keep killing it .Always looking forward to your vids, Andy not overlooked but underappreciated. Your the best thing to ever happen to UA-cam. Ron Jarzombek would be interesting, Watch Tower, Blotted Science, Spastic Ink...Thanks again!!!
Great job
Hey Dave, Awesome!! Check out King Diamonds, Mercyful Fate. Hank Shermann and Michael Denner are awesome!! My favorite is the Time album., Check out The Mad Arab and Time. Cool songs!! Thanks!!
All due respect to Mercyful Fate's post reunion releases, but how can either Melissa or Don't Break the oath NOT be your favourite Mercyful Fate albums???
@@klauswigsmith Hey Klaus, I got the Time album as a gift and really liked the guitar work a lot. The album has a cool vibe to me. I should have mentioned Melissa and Don't Break the Oath. They are great albums and I do like them a lot also!! 🤘😎
awesome!!!! thank you!
Bro thank you!!! Very cool!!!
LNL, thanks for getting into Andy. He's one badd mo'fo. Invisible Guest, Digging Graves, The Fatal Portrait lp...RULES !!!
Thanks, David. I strongly support pinky use, too! Great lesson! BTW, Mercyful Fate's Michael Denner plays guitar (along with Andy) on the Fatal Portrait and Abigail albums.
Muy bueno , interesante....Me gusta que des clases de músicos que no son tan populares 👏👏👏😉🎸
Wow you just keep them coming! 🤘
Soo good once again! The chromatic stuff makes me think of some buckethead riffs. Thanks for more great content!
I just had to check if there was an episode about LaRocque's licks and if the style was the same, or if it contained something like on the King Diamond's Magic. I'm not at all familiar with their discography, but the solos on Magic just blew me away and my jaw still drops to this day, has so exciting vibes and licks. Maybe some day you can do a more recent LaRocque licks that has Magic in it. Just last week learned he uses/used the same preamp as Laiho and myself, explained why I really liked his solo tone's sweet power.
Talking about the top frets without pinky, I can totally see why he does that. I simply can't fit my hand in there when using pinky. Probably the angle of my hand doesn't work for it but whatever the reason is, the smaller the pattern physically is, the harder it is to fit the pinky in the higher the fret is. It usually turns deep in the horn of the guitar or rests against the body while the ring finger steps in.
Awesome! Thank you!! Grossooo
I love these videos Dave. You isolate licks not only from cool songs, but also specific performances and add quick and easy theory analysis. I know you've already done them, but I can always watch Schenker, Megadeth, and Rhoads videos. I'd also like to see an Uli Jon Roth licks video, not sure if you've done one yet.
great taste
Love Andy!! Definitely Love the Family Ghost Song! Something about the Guitar Parts on the Song! King Diamond is Coming to Detroit, Michigan in a few weeks!!!!
Well done my friend....and good tone....do you use also a kemper profiler? Have a great weekend. Cheers Roger
Loved King Diamond, bummed I never saw him live. If you do a Halloween special can you please include Witchery?
I never used my pinky for years. When I started playing again in april, I made it a point to use it as much as possible since all my fingers were clumsy anyway. Now, I can play with my pinky no problem.
Great video... I wasn't familiar so it is expanding my horizons :-) Two ideas for future vids:
(1) maybe a rig rundown where you talk about your setup ?
(2) maybe a 3-for-all featuring fans of your channel? What if we submitted licks to you (e.g. send tab by email, or clips or something) and you picked the best 3 (giving a shout-out to the contributors)? Fan-generated content!
re: #1. Whoops! I found your rig rundown video from May 2019
Greg Howe does those finger rolls ,in his playing often,too.
Andy did a solo for At the Gates on the song Cold from Slaughter of the Soul
King Diamond has 4 live albums (Abigail live 1987), Deadly Lullabies, live at the Fillmore and live at graspop
Moon is only on Abigail live and was replaced by Pete Blakk
Mike Wead is the second guitarist on the other live albums
2nd guitarists:
Fatal Portrait-Abigail
Michael Denner
Abigail love
Michael Moon
Them - The Eye
Pete Blakk
The Spider’s Lullabye - Voodoo
Herb Simonsen
Dimebag Darrell guest solo on Voodoo
House of God
Glen Drover
Abigail 2 - present
Mike Wead
Moon was hired for the latter shows of the tour when Denner left and wasn’t considered good enough to be offered full membership
Michael Moon was in the band Madison
I can't thank you enough
Michael Moon kicks ass on the fretboard
Great player. One of my favorites. Of course them is great but the graveyard and voodoo are underrated
Please do a lesson on Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry. That guy is probably one of the greatest players on the planet.
Joey Tafolla? cheers
Reb Beach also doesn’t have a pinky ..
Have you made a Cris Olivia 3 for all yet ?
Hey Sir have u had his work with EF band??
How about some Mercyful Fate? Perfect for Halloween!
Great man!!!! Thanks!!! Please Piggy from Voivod please!
YES!!!!!
Hey David, great lesson as always. Please could you do some licks of kane roberts / Alice Cooper years ? Would be awesome. I think Kane is a very underrated player
Gigantic hands are gigantic
I've searched for Mike Wead solos & I cannot seem to find many of him, Andy, yes, but Mike Wead, no.
Never would have guessed you listened to king diamond. Abigail os just a killer album..funny lyrics aside the music itself it awesome
I remember that line-up. Saw King Diamond twice around that time... With Trouble I think.
I need to revisit Michael Moon's band Madison.
Here's his info.
discogs.com/artist/455977-Madison-2
mike moon is on official mansion in darkness video ua-cam.com/video/xGC2iP5ss6E/v-deo.html
he also plyaed in one of best swedish's hard rock band called Madison with Goran Edman ex-yjm on vocals ua-cam.com/video/owBSs52vOR0/v-deo.html
congrats from brasil keep doing this great job.
"Demented circus or carnival music" :-)
Nice to see Andy LaRocque appreciation. Maybe you could lead off your UA-cam vid title without the 3, for better search results. Maybe put the 3 somewhere else.
Great Channel , not metal guitarists but Frank Dunnery (It Bites etc) and the late great Alan Murphy would be good left of centre choices :)
Fredrik Åkesson?, please... 🙃🤘
Andy laroque has what I call a spook factor to his music. How to get that is the key
W.a.s.p lesson please
I'd love to hear some jim Martin and trey spruance faith no more or even a bonus bungle ....stubborn a dubb
Be well.
the reason that most old great guitarists aren't using their pinky so ofter or even times at all is happening for two reasons...
a) most of them were self taught... using 3 fingers instead of 4 is a lot easier... so this became a habbit.. or even for others, electric guitar techniques back in 60s, 70, or 80's were not so advanced like now... they were kinda following more the "keep it simple" as a rule of thumb... while lack of knowledge in general is very common among guitarists of older periods.
b) the pinky gives freedom while playing, though the thing is that isn't recommended for many stuff because it doesn't have much power, i mean you can't bend hard, you can't vibrato effectively, it's losing on power in long term... this is a good reason whenever is possible NOT using it..
Mike moon formerly of Madison he literally had no time to learn the stuff before taking over for micheal denner
Andy's name is pronounced "La Rock". (I'm a fanboy, I know this stuff). Great video though.
That hat isn't filling anyone ya beta-male. Thin as hell up there are we?