I met Goerge at a show at Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston in late 2003.Lynch Mob just finished and George was in the audience. Before I could approach George, George approached me and I was pleasantly surprised. He asked me if I saw his set and I told him that YES I DID!!! And it was fantastic. He then asked me about the sound that Lynch Mob was given out front. I did go on to,tell him about what I heard and noticed about the sound and he seemed thankful for my intel and appreciation. He was very polite and I introduced him to my guitarist at the time, Mr. Rusty Cooley. He said he had already heard about Rusty and I introduced them I believe they had met before. But I must say that George has always been a huge part of my musical life. He is one of my top 5 most favorite guitarists of ALL TIME! Thank you George for everything Brother. I really am thankful for you and your music Sir. Bless you, DD
the poser wanna be class, he chased Randy Rhoads students away when filling in, but he is a great guy and great player, I never thought Doken was good enough for him
to be accurate, the class of bands like RAT POISON, etc but again, none of those bands are even good enough for him, he was born in the wrong period is what im saying.
Grand interview, final resonance TV, with one of my favourite Guitarists, George Lynch!!-Simply fantastic interview!-enjoyed this immensely-thanks for this!
I'll never forget the first time I heard EVH or the first time I heard George Lynch! It's cool to hear his stories and you always ask great Qs, Jeff! 🎸
I couldn’t do Don Dokken, but George is a monster. Jake E Lee, George Lynch and the G.O.AT Eddie Van Halen! He looks amazing for 70!!! Plays like a monster still. Eddie did again too on that last tour. Man I’m missing EVH! Thanks for this!
George is just the coolest guy, great great guitarist, and the man has such an interesting history on his own and being around rock legends!!! Almost 70? Guy looks amazing and is still playing like a legend himself!!! Thanks!
Great interview! We have pretty limited amount of recorded material from Eddie - and especially Randy - , but we are lucky to have over 50 albums worth of material from George. He may not be as famous or revered as the other two, however he is the only one still alive and putting out quality inspiration. George Rules!
Jeff, this is epic! Great interview with the one and only George Lynch! Wow! I'm blown away! Another SoCal guitar monster! He is so down to earth. I love the new studio set-up and how you zoomed in and out. That was super cool. You are totally killin' it brother! Thanks George and thank you Jeff for all of your diligence in bringing us EVH stories! History book stuff! 🐅🎸❤🤍🖤🎸
Thanks! He’s definitely a Hero so trying to balance fanboy and interviewer was a concern. Thanks for the compliment! I’m always trying to improve my questions and listening skills.
George has matured exceptionally well - can't believe he's almost 70 here... the first 2 Lynch Mob albums were superb and not just for the playing but the songs were amazing too. Great to see him here and as someone already said here, another monster from the era.
As a teen, I wore out Dokken cassettes in my car as well as the old double speaker "boom boxes" as they were called....... Fast forward 30 years I had a life saving surgery in 2019, it was a monster of an experience. a few months later I was still in recovery mode and a friend of mine bought me a ticket to see Blandini that was featuring George Lynch and spent an extra $100 on me so we could have a meet and greet after the show (mistake)............ We were made to stand outside of the shuttle bus outside for almost 1 hour, I was getting really uncomfortable given my condition (to be fair it isn't like anyone could've known that or would care at the venue).......... We were finally told we could enter the bus if we wanted to. Mr. Lynch was seated at the front of the shuttle and he was drunk still drinking beer from a plastic cup. (again it was 2019, he claims he doesn't drink today, perhaps not?)......I won't go into the words said that night but George Lynch "drunk" is a smartass100%, I quickly realized it wasn't worth the time I waited...It wasn't my fault Lynch couldn't talk loud enough to be heard that evening......... Jeff Blando was exceptionally nice but I wasn't familiar with him, only learning he was Vince Neal's guitarist the day of the show, I am not a Motley fan, not even as a kid so,,, OK.............It's strange but that experience changed everything about me hearing Dokken music. I've been told it isn't always a good decision to meet the people you're a fan of for their talent because the "person" may not be a personality you'd expect. I now understand.......... I tolerated the show, thought it was cool being in a small venue seeing George Lynch, but looking back truly it was a mediocre show at best.
I just watched an interview George did with some cat with dyed black hair, and George was just brutal!! He just tore into the guy. This interview went way better.
i ran into lynch in a hotel lobby at a NAMM (i think it was 2012 or 2013) one of my biggest regrets in life was not taking a moment (and risk?) to say something to him. but in the moment, i just couldn't come up with any kind of ice-breaker that i was certain he hadn't heard 27,341 times before.
One Leviathan shares memories of another. Mr. Lynch is always too humble. We would not have the (guitar) community we have today without both. Great interview, Man. Thanks. 🤘
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! George is my favorite guitarist, and Eddie is right there too. My first concert was Van Halen in 1978 at the San Diego Sports Arena. George just said some of the most honest and insightful things than I have ever heard him say before. Very cool to hear him just talking for the most part and not in full interview mode.
@@tojorozombie Lol, George was never the guy... Eddie was the greatest. Randy was incredible. And then there was George. Nobody thought he was great ask Don Dokken or Ozzy. There's a reason nobody has wanted him.
Great interview with George Lynch one of my favorite guitar players good to hear stories from his mouth about Eddie Van Halen George Lynch is a great innovator and there's some stuff he does that nobody can copy
Great interview! Imop…the late 70’s and 80’s were the greatest time for rock bands. To be fair I was 10 yrs old in 1980. So I was prime age for that scene. It was amazing!
George Lynch is 70!! Holy sh!t!! He has kept himself in great shape. Back in the 80's I had a huge love of Dokken because of George's insane playing and tone. He had his time as my favorite guitar player. I remember reading a Guitar World magazine article about George, and I remember it described George something like he stalked the stage like a praying mantis which I thought was so cool. No one played like him. Truly a legend. Really great interview. So cool to hear George's thoughts about Edward. You can obviously see a great love and respect George had for him.
EVH in his own category. BUT GL is to this day my #1 guitarist of this planet. Great interview for sure. I'm going to be 50 this month and both guitar gods (Dokken, LM & VH) have been a part of my life since im a kid
I love Lynch. I worshipped him in highschool. But after Dokken he had too much preamp gain...kXM was awesome...George sounds great and has a great tone
I also think George lynch was one of the only guys with a style of his own back in the early 80's.. his long, crying lines and great rhythm playing caught my attention and 40 years later he's still evolving, working hard and sounding fantastic . 🤘
This is FANTASTIC! George talks about not having much of a memory, but just hearing him weigh in on the earlier LA scene, players, influences, etc... It's cool to hear him put the whole Eddie/Randy thing to rest too. Randy was great for who he was, but EVH was really the game-changer for George. Randy, Warren, etc. No shame there. He changed everything for all of us.
Great interview...George was fantastic and very grounded/honest. He and ed were my favourite guitarists ever. I'd love to spend an hour with George, picking his brains about his tone on various tracks. Class act...
I love how honest and articulate George is in this interview about himself and the other guitar players he talks about in this interview , George has been one of my most favorite players since I first heard in my dreams back in 83? The release of the first Van Halen album ended my Kiss love affair instantly and I began my metal journey starting with Van Halen. I love hearing the legends talk about each other with such respect and admiration, there isn't a lot of them left and I'm very grateful I can still hear and see one of my very favorites ,Thank you George for all that you've given us and continue to share with your music and memories. Phenomenal show at OCC in Florida BTW❤ Hope you come back soon!
This is great to hear George reminisce about the epicenter. Most of us were in music in a way so to vivaciously live thru George’s telling of this time is a real treat.
Great interview. I saw Lynch Mob open up for Queensryche in 1990 in Amsterdam, it was phenomenal. Wicked Sensation was a great album!!! George Lynch Alex Skolnick Vinnie Moore Satch Vai EVH Bettancourt These were the guitarists of the 80’s that did it for me 🤟🤟🤟
His ONLY truly great album. George was fast, but for some reason only on one album did he get all the dimensions of playing guitar together. That's where the story ends.
@@warborn_inc. I'm glad you disagree and like it. That's what keeps music going. I did listen to those albums and they have good production and instrument tone and things going on. The songs and solos aren't melodicly outstanding imo. but still solid. That's fine, lots or most of music people listen to is like that.
Excellent interview! George has been one of my favorite players since the 80's. I met him at the Rickshaw theater here in Vancouver, after a Lynch mob show years ago, at the merch table. As he signed my Randy Rhoads book, I said Thank you very fucking much for Mr. Scary. He said- that was inspired by Randy. I said- I know! Nice, cool, soft spoken guy. And a Monster guitar player. He's one of the greats.
Great interview. I always was impressed with George's solo work on the Hear-n-Aid song. I'm a diehard Yngwie fan have been forever and he killed it on that record, but holy shit did George kill it also. He was on fire for that. One cool thing is both of them are known for improving their solos. They just get a feel for the song and then they both let it rip and man you can feel it. SO much better then guys that try to work a solo out note for note before recording. Back then EVERYONE was a little intimidated by Yngwie, but clearly George wasn't. 😂
My opinion is Mr. Lynch was and is as good in his own way as any other guitarist I have been a fan of and listened to. Sometimes he knows how good he is and knows how to tell you why, sometimes he is humble. I like these interviews, he is still bright, smart and full of life. Glad he is still making music and doing good in his life. I don’t know him personally but I do like rock stars, they are so cool and they make me laugh, especially the wild and crazy stories. Some stories maybe shouldn’t be retold, I do have friends in the business. I have seen some crazy stuff back in the days when the big rock bands came through, working security in the big city. Rock stars to me are some of the most honest people and generous people on the planet, normally a breath of fresh air in my world when I am hanging with one sharing stories.
I call George Lynch the Stevie Ray Vaughan of heavy metal. More feel and intensity than any other metal player... with his own unique and original and matchless sound and style. No other player can sound or play like him.
Great interview Jeff, George seems like a great grounded human that is equal to his amazing guitar playing and I love that he is a total gear head that also confirmed the Marshall 4x12 loaded with 2 Celestion 25 watt Greenbacks and 2 JBL D120F’s and he’s right about that combination with the right head is the sound of early VH depending how you dial the head in, but it is also not the only most important part of the equation in that Ed’s hands and feel played the most important part of the equation. For me getting that amp and cabinet sound of his correct has always been about if I hit an open D flat and open G flat together I want that grind or if I hit a drop D flat that becomes a C flat I want that chug that feels like it’s falling apart for my own rig , whether I was playing our original music in Bar7 or when I played the Tesla stuff with Jeff Keith. My point is that sound works for me no matter what or who’s music I need to play. To me it’s like a race car, for what’s going to be most fun and comfortable for me to drive while it’s on fire and coming apart at the seams. Jose Arredondo used to let me play and test drive any head came in after he worked on it. I played Ed’s Holy Grail head, George Lynch’s, Warren Di Martinis , Angus Young’s, John Sykes, Steve Vai’s , Steve Stevens, the list goes on and the one thing I learned was that none of them had a ton of gain and they all had articulated string separation but they did have that sizzle. Anyways, great episode as always
It was an experience that I appreciate way more now looking back than at the time when I was young and dumb and didn’t really have a clue as to how special it actually was. And the one thing I cannot express enough is that all of those amps being so loud when you first struck a chord that it initially scared you because it shook the walls of ARRCO electronics and it was super loud and way cleaner and was distorting from the power tubes and speaker distortion rather than an over saturated fizzy preamp style distortion and that seemed to be the key for cutting through the mix and that’s when I learned to really to cut the pre amp and gain as much as I could on any amp I played I played live or in the studio including the amps Jose worked on for me. Love your channel Jeff!
"A Force of Nature....." that's probably the best description I can think of when we talk about the Birth (the first time experiencing) EVH. Well put, George.
Another crazy interview, Jeff! I didn’t want it to end. But that was some great time spent with George. Man, great questions as always. Finally getting to hear from the man himself about the early days.🤘🏻😝🎸🇺🇸
Dude you look great for 70. You cut your own path not many can say that. Years gone past players would turn their back to hide their licks. You have been bold and principled for your art. Thanks for the riffs
What kills ME about George Lynch was how physically big he got in the 90s the guy was ripped and he became this big moutain biker, and could still shred like no one, in many ways seemed he was trying to distance himself from that 80s Sunset strip scene, so glad George is still active and still one of the top shredders still out there.
There’s interviews where he talks about that time. His kids were into bodybuilding and he got into it. He readily admits to using steroids. He says they messed him up and he regretted it. He’s a great guy and one of my favorite guitarists.
@@warborn_inc.hope you didn’t think I was speaking ill of him. I was just commenting on some interviews I’d see. Who hasn’t done stuff we regret? He seems like a great guy, I’ve never gotten to see him and he’s doing the last tour. I hope I can make a show, he’s in my top 5 of the best in my lifetime easily.
I’ve been saying for a while now that “When you’re a guy in your 20’s or 30’s long hair is cool…when you’re 50, it looks like hell.” But George is one of those exceptions, he can still pull it off.
Going from junior high and listening to bands like The Cars, And David Bowie I finally snapped out of that erra not that 80's Retro wasn't good it was a lot of great bands on MTV when it was worth watching I started getting into a little heavier music like Dokken the first time I daw the videos: In My Dreams ' and " Into The Fire " " The Hunter" I went and bought Tooth And Nail then Under Lock And Key OMG I was hooked on them and Lynch's guitar playing so I picked up my brother's guitar and started playing by ear cause I couldn't understand or read sheet music. Then came " Back For The Attack" and Mr. Scary I almost stopped playing after hearing it mind blowing volume cranked up with my headphones I would listen to the whole album all day no joke. Oh and Kiss Of Death George Lynch needs way more recognition not that he doesn't get it I'm sure but dude killer interview also thanks. 👍
George does a great job here of describing Eddie and his proclivity to practice and what nade him tick in a lot of ways. Just great all around observations.
Lynch... was always my favorite guitarist in the 80's, despite my love for EVH & Randy... saw him a few times back then, including Monsters of Rock with VH, Metalica, Scorpions... Kingdom Come... and was that it? I can barely remember. That was at Giants Stadium in NJ
I had heard that Eddie was invited to participate in the Hear 'n Aid project, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Either he was on tour or had prior commitments.
Just about every guitar player remembers where there were when they first heard Eddie. I had been trying to learn Michael Schenker's riffs and then one night in Feb 1978 sitting in my room listening to an FM station "here's a new band from L.A. called "Van Halen". Oh that TONE! It wasn't just the taps and dive bombs. Schenker had great tone but Eddie's was from another planet...
Someday we will be watching a video interview of someone who will tell stories of George Lynch and how he has influenced a generation of guitar phenoms and the off the hook style of Lynch's fretboard wizardry. George is a legend himself and me remembering hearing him back in 80 for the first time was just as much awe inspiring as Eddie was when I first heard him in 78. I am so fortunate to have grown up and lived in the time of the Van Halens, Lynch's, Satch, Shenkers, Menneketti's and many others that I had the oppurtunity to see live many times over the last 50 yrs. I feel blessed to have witnessed it firsthand...🙏
Per Lynch at 21:00, Rhoads was not on the radar in the LA Club scene. You are hearing this from the horse's mouth. It was EVH and Lynch. Also, why did Rhoads get so much better with Ozzy? Bob Daisley wrote much of the music, so did he write the riffs?
If you grew into Rock and played guitar in the 80s, you were influenced by, as I always call, The Big 3! Eddie, George, and Randy. Eddie was who got me into playing but @georgelynchofficial has been my favorite guitarist since. George’s tone is one the best as well.
The Furious George Lynch!🎶🎶I love how Gentle George is on this Interview ✍🏻📝Awesome Jeff!🤘🏻Well done getting great info for us Edward Van Halen Historians! 🆒☮️🙌🏻
I knew Mr Lynch at NAMM in 2020. I had a pic with him, remember I told him my name was Ruben, and he told me, like the sandwich jajajajaj, never forget.
I really love George's attitude. He is what a guitarist/musician should be. Simple and real .
I met Goerge at a show at Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston in late 2003.Lynch Mob just finished and George was in the audience. Before I could approach George, George approached me and I was pleasantly surprised. He asked me if I saw his set and I told him that YES I DID!!! And it was fantastic. He then asked me about the sound that Lynch Mob was given out front. I did go on to,tell him about what I heard and noticed about the sound and he seemed thankful for my intel and appreciation. He was very polite and I introduced him to my guitarist at the time, Mr. Rusty Cooley. He said he had already heard about Rusty and I introduced them I believe they had met before. But I must say that George has always been a huge part of my musical life. He is one of my top 5 most favorite guitarists of ALL TIME!
Thank you George for everything Brother. I really am thankful for you and your music Sir.
Bless you,
DD
Memo to George: You're at the top of the top. You are legend.
70 be damned!! George could go on another 30 years the way he has taken care of himself!
George has always been in a class of his own, no one sounds like him. Tooth and Nail & Under lock & Key have some of the best metal solos, period!
the poser wanna be class, he chased Randy Rhoads students away when filling in, but he is a great guy and great player, I never thought Doken was good enough for him
to be accurate, the class of bands like RAT POISON, etc but again, none of those bands are even good enough for him, he was born in the wrong period is what im saying.
@@britishboxer6875 Are you kidding Dokken was a GREAT Group !
sacred groove's was a great solo record. 😊
Wow, almost 70 yrs old...dude looks amazing. Great interview.
Grand interview, final resonance TV, with one of my favourite Guitarists, George Lynch!!-Simply fantastic interview!-enjoyed this immensely-thanks for this!
Your Welcome!
I'll never forget the first time I heard EVH or the first time I heard George Lynch! It's cool to hear his stories and you always ask great Qs, Jeff! 🎸
Thanks!!
The George Lynch / Yngwie duels on hear-n-aid are the best🤘
I couldn’t do Don Dokken, but George is a monster. Jake E Lee, George Lynch and the G.O.AT Eddie Van Halen!
He looks amazing for 70!!! Plays like a monster still. Eddie did again too on that last tour. Man I’m missing EVH! Thanks for this!
George Lynch has become very humble and grateful for his place in the history of great guitar players. I've admired him for 30+ years.
George is just the coolest guy, great great guitarist, and the man has such an interesting history on his own and being around rock legends!!! Almost 70? Guy looks amazing and is still playing like a legend himself!!! Thanks!
My high school buddy had LynchMob play at a big party down in Florida!
Great interview! We have pretty limited amount of recorded material from Eddie - and especially Randy - , but we are lucky to have over 50 albums worth of material from George. He may not be as famous or revered as the other two, however he is the only one still alive and putting out quality inspiration. George Rules!
Exactly ❤
Jeff, this is epic! Great interview with the one and only George Lynch! Wow! I'm blown away! Another SoCal guitar monster! He is so down to earth. I love the new studio set-up and how you zoomed in and out. That was super cool. You are totally killin' it brother! Thanks George and thank you Jeff for all of your diligence in bringing us EVH stories! History book stuff! 🐅🎸❤🤍🖤🎸
Possibly the best interview with George Lynch I’ve seen.
Thanks! He’s definitely a Hero so trying to balance fanboy and interviewer was a concern. Thanks for the compliment! I’m always trying to improve my questions and listening skills.
George has matured exceptionally well - can't believe he's almost 70 here... the first 2 Lynch Mob albums were superb and not just for the playing but the songs were amazing too. Great to see him here and as someone already said here, another monster from the era.
Yes Those two Mob Album's
Were of his Best.....
Check out the End Machine
Albums.
Very Good as well to say
The Least......
@@mariospensieri941 will give them a fresh listen! Cheers bud
As a teen, I wore out Dokken cassettes in my car as well as the old double speaker "boom boxes" as they were called....... Fast forward 30 years I had a life saving surgery in 2019, it was a monster of an experience. a few months later I was still in recovery mode and a friend of mine bought me a ticket to see Blandini that was featuring George Lynch and spent an extra $100 on me so we could have a meet and greet after the show (mistake)............ We were made to stand outside of the shuttle bus outside for almost 1 hour, I was getting really uncomfortable given my condition (to be fair it isn't like anyone could've known that or would care at the venue).......... We were finally told we could enter the bus if we wanted to. Mr. Lynch was seated at the front of the shuttle and he was drunk still drinking beer from a plastic cup. (again it was 2019, he claims he doesn't drink today, perhaps not?)......I won't go into the words said that night but George Lynch "drunk" is a smartass100%, I quickly realized it wasn't worth the time I waited...It wasn't my fault Lynch couldn't talk loud enough to be heard that evening......... Jeff Blando was exceptionally nice but I wasn't familiar with him, only learning he was Vince Neal's guitarist the day of the show, I am not a Motley fan, not even as a kid so,,, OK.............It's strange but that experience changed everything about me hearing Dokken music. I've been told it isn't always a good decision to meet the people you're a fan of for their talent because the "person" may not be a personality you'd expect. I now understand.......... I tolerated the show, thought it was cool being in a small venue seeing George Lynch, but looking back truly it was a mediocre show at best.
I just watched an interview George did with some cat with dyed black hair, and George was just brutal!! He just tore into the guy. This interview went way better.
Loved this interview! George has been in my Top 5 favorite guitarists since the 1980's. Lotta soul & sexiness plus that wicked vibrato!
i ran into lynch in a hotel lobby at a NAMM (i think it was 2012 or 2013) one of my biggest regrets in life was not taking a moment (and risk?) to say something to him. but in the moment, i just couldn't come up with any kind of ice-breaker that i was certain he hadn't heard 27,341 times before.
One Leviathan shares memories of another. Mr. Lynch is always too humble. We would not have the (guitar) community we have today without both. Great interview, Man. Thanks. 🤘
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! George is my favorite guitarist, and Eddie is right there too. My first concert was Van Halen in 1978 at the San Diego Sports Arena. George just said some of the most honest and insightful things than I have ever heard him say before. Very cool to hear him just talking for the most part and not in full interview mode.
Was that the show where VH opened for Black Sabbath, by chance?
@@JoeLucero-r5l No. It was Van Halen's first-time touring as a headliner. I think a local band opened the show. The concert was on 7/8/78.
George you will always be one of my favorites. Always have been.
Great interview! Next to EVH I believe George Lynch was the next best guitarist from that era. He is a monster on guitar.
Allegedly, both EVH and RR agreed George was the guy…
Total BS.
I felt bad for George , felt weird always talking about Eddie and nothing about George
@@tojorozombie
Lol, George was never the guy...
Eddie was the greatest.
Randy was incredible.
And then there was George.
Nobody thought he was great ask Don Dokken or Ozzy.
There's a reason nobody has wanted him.
@@magdump7380 jeez, take it easy, man…I did say ‘allegedly’…
Great interview with George Lynch one of my favorite guitar players good to hear stories from his mouth about Eddie Van Halen George Lynch is a great innovator and there's some stuff he does that nobody can copy
I like George's reference to EVH not wanting to be in same room with Yngwie 1:30 for Hearing Aid and more generally.
Great interview! Imop…the late 70’s and 80’s were the greatest time for rock bands. To be fair I was 10 yrs old in 1980. So I was prime age for that scene. It was amazing!
Love George! What an awesome interview! Such a down to earth Monster Guitarist! Thanks Jeff! Most Cool! Rock On!
OMG. Super pumped for this. George is one of the greatest of the LA guitarists
Very enjoyable!! Thank you! The Golden West Ballroom tapes were always my favorite. How lucky for him to have been there.
Thanks Buddy!
George Lynch is 70!! Holy sh!t!! He has kept himself in great shape. Back in the 80's I had a huge love of Dokken because of George's insane playing and tone. He had his time as my favorite guitar player. I remember reading a Guitar World magazine article about George, and I remember it described George something like he stalked the stage like a praying mantis which I thought was so cool. No one played like him. Truly a legend. Really great interview. So cool to hear George's thoughts about Edward. You can obviously see a great love and respect George had for him.
George is the remaining Awsome guitarist from that
Area.....
RIP Eddie.....
❤ You Guys.....
@@warborn_inc. Yes of course Jake as well.....
Seen Badlands in the Day....
EVH in his own category. BUT GL is to this day my #1 guitarist of this planet. Great interview for sure. I'm going to be 50 this month and both guitar gods (Dokken, LM & VH) have been a part of my life since im a kid
Me too!! Don't forget the legendary Michael Schenker along the way!
Hi from France 😮😮😮
I love Lynch. I worshipped him in highschool. But after Dokken he had too much preamp gain...kXM was awesome...George sounds great and has a great tone
When I saw the making of Hear-N-Aid, George stood out above everyone else !
I also think George lynch was one of the only guys with a style of his own back in the early 80's.. his long, crying lines and great rhythm playing caught my attention and 40 years later he's still evolving, working hard and sounding fantastic . 🤘
His vibrato was his best asset in my opinion, some of the best vibrato you will ever hear next to Sykes and Gary Moore
Man, I loved every second of that one. You really are doing a public service with these, as he said. Thank you for this!! 🎸🎶🤘
Awesome interview!!! George comes across as a laidback humble guy. Love his dry humour and well versed
Top 3 rock guitarist all time!
God Bless you George. You were always a stand up, down to earth gentleman.
This is FANTASTIC! George talks about not having much of a memory, but just hearing him weigh in on the earlier LA scene, players, influences, etc...
It's cool to hear him put the whole Eddie/Randy thing to rest too. Randy was great for who he was, but EVH was really the game-changer for George. Randy, Warren, etc. No shame there. He changed everything for all of us.
Great interview...George was fantastic and very grounded/honest. He and ed were my favourite guitarists ever. I'd love to spend an hour with George, picking his brains about his tone on various tracks. Class act...
❤❤❤GEORGE IS A GREAT & HUMBLE MAN. HE DOESN'T NEED TO SLANDER ANYONE. HIS CHARACTER AND TALENT SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
What a cool, down to earth dude George Lynch is...
Superb interview, man! Thanks for bringing it to us.
Your Welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Lynch was the dude Eddie would go watch on the Sunset Strip back in the day Miss yaEVH!
that's a great interview. talk about being prepared and knowledgeable.
Thanks
I love how honest and articulate George is in this interview about himself and the other guitar players he talks about in this interview , George has been one of my most favorite players since I first heard in my dreams back in 83? The release of the first Van Halen album ended my Kiss love affair instantly and I began my metal journey starting with Van Halen. I love hearing the legends talk about each other with such respect and admiration, there isn't a lot of them left and I'm very grateful I can still hear and see one of my very favorites ,Thank you George for all that you've given us and continue to share with your music and memories. Phenomenal show at OCC in Florida BTW❤ Hope you come back soon!
This is great to hear George reminisce about the epicenter. Most of us were in music in a way so to vivaciously live thru George’s telling of this time is a real treat.
Great interview. I saw Lynch Mob open up for Queensryche in 1990 in Amsterdam, it was phenomenal. Wicked Sensation was a great album!!!
George Lynch
Alex Skolnick
Vinnie Moore
Satch
Vai
EVH
Bettancourt
These were the guitarists of the 80’s that did it for me 🤟🤟🤟
His ONLY truly great album. George was fast, but for some reason only on one album did he get all the dimensions of playing guitar together. That's where the story ends.
@@YtuserSumone-rl6sw For YOU.
@@warborn_inc. I'm glad you disagree and like it. That's what keeps music going.
I did listen to those albums and they have good production and instrument tone and things going on. The songs and solos aren't melodicly outstanding imo. but still solid. That's fine, lots or most of music people listen to is like that.
Great interview with George. Always been one of my favourites.
This was a good one. Thank you
Thanks!
Very cool interview with George Lynch he is my number two as well and he's a great guy. ✌🏻
Excellent interview! George has been one of my favorite players since the 80's. I met him at the Rickshaw theater here in Vancouver, after a Lynch mob show years ago, at the merch table. As he signed my Randy Rhoads book, I said Thank you very fucking much for Mr. Scary. He said- that was inspired by Randy. I said- I know! Nice, cool, soft spoken guy. And a Monster guitar player. He's one of the greats.
I readied for George and he is one of my favorite guitarists....great interview. 😊
Great interview. I always was impressed with George's solo work on the Hear-n-Aid song. I'm a diehard Yngwie fan have been forever and he killed it on that record, but holy shit did George kill it also. He was on fire for that. One cool thing is both of them are known for improving their solos. They just get a feel for the song and then they both let it rip and man you can feel it. SO much better then guys that try to work a solo out note for note before recording. Back then EVERYONE was a little intimidated by Yngwie, but clearly George wasn't. 😂
Great guitarist, and a nice guy to boot! love these stories!
No not a nice guy ! Have you met him ? I have ! been to his home in Phoenix he was a jerk
Great interview
George is funny and personable
Look forward to more
You have the best interviews! Thanks!
Love this series and was stoked to see you had George on. Once again, great interview.
Glad you enjoyed it
I really enjoyed the interview! George is such a cool dude! I also saw him at the Birmingham show last year and of course George was awesome! 🎸🤘🎸
Yep I was there!
My opinion is Mr. Lynch was and is as good in his own way as any other guitarist I have been a fan of and listened to. Sometimes he knows how good he is and knows how to tell you why, sometimes he is humble. I like these interviews, he is still bright, smart and full of life. Glad he is still making music and doing good in his life. I don’t know him personally but I do like rock stars, they are so cool and they make me laugh, especially the wild and crazy stories. Some stories maybe shouldn’t be retold, I do have friends in the business. I have seen some crazy stuff back in the days when the big rock bands came through, working security in the big city. Rock stars to me are some of the most honest people and generous people on the planet, normally a breath of fresh air in my world when I am hanging with one sharing stories.
George was really on the day and I felt genuinely loved Ed and was happy to be there. It was kinda a dream for me to have my one hero salute my other.
I call George Lynch the Stevie Ray Vaughan of heavy metal. More feel and intensity than any other metal player... with his own unique and original and matchless sound and style. No other player can sound or play like him.
Great interview Jeff, George seems like a great grounded human that is equal to his amazing guitar playing and I love that he is a total gear head that also confirmed the Marshall 4x12 loaded with 2 Celestion 25 watt Greenbacks and 2 JBL D120F’s and he’s right about that combination with the right head is the sound of early VH depending how you dial the head in, but it is also not the only most important part of the equation in that Ed’s hands and feel played the most important part of the equation. For me getting that amp and cabinet sound of his correct has always been about if I hit an open D flat and open G flat together I want that grind or if I hit a drop D flat that becomes a C flat I want that chug that feels like it’s falling apart for my own rig , whether I was playing our original music in Bar7 or when I played the Tesla stuff with Jeff Keith. My point is that sound works for me no matter what or who’s music I need to play. To me it’s like a race car, for what’s going to be most fun and comfortable for me to drive while it’s on fire and coming apart at the seams. Jose Arredondo used to let me play and test drive any head came in after he worked on it. I played Ed’s Holy Grail head, George Lynch’s, Warren Di Martinis , Angus Young’s, John Sykes, Steve Vai’s , Steve Stevens, the list goes on and the one thing I learned was that none of them had a ton of gain and they all had articulated string separation but they did have that sizzle. Anyways, great episode as always
Wow pretty cool about playing all those amps!
It was an experience that I appreciate way more now looking back than at the time when I was young and dumb and didn’t really have a clue as to how special it actually was. And the one thing I cannot express enough is that all of those amps being so loud when you first struck a chord that it initially scared you because it shook the walls of ARRCO electronics and it was super loud and way cleaner and was distorting from the power tubes and speaker distortion rather than an over saturated fizzy preamp style distortion and that seemed to be the key for cutting through the mix and that’s when I learned to really to cut the pre amp and gain as much as I could on any amp I played I played live or in the studio including the amps Jose worked on for me. Love your channel Jeff!
Wow, George Lynch 70!! He looks great .
George Lynch is one of my favorite guitarist from that era, which I believe was the greatest era in music!!!
Best interview I've ever heard with Lynch!
"A Force of Nature....." that's probably the best description I can think of when we talk about the Birth (the first time experiencing) EVH. Well put, George.
I love lynch and his guitar playing and his attitude. The best.
Another crazy interview, Jeff! I didn’t want it to end. But that was some great time spent with George.
Man, great questions as always. Finally getting to hear from the man himself about the early days.🤘🏻😝🎸🇺🇸
Georges work with glenn hughes was my favourite
Lynch seems like a decent dude. Thanks for the interview nice job.
Thanks!!
I remember George wowing my ass as a 13 year old in 1984. Actually 10/13/84. Dokken opened for Twisted Sister. Bought Tooth and Nail the next day.
Yeah that tour was a joke, Twisted Sister should have been the opening band!
@@scottarmen9097 Y&T was the 2nd band after Dokken. They were both better than TS. Nashville TN
Love George. Also love his respect & admiration for the late, greatest Edward.
Great interview and George was at top of the 80’s players!
Dude you look great for 70. You cut your own path not many can say that. Years gone past players would turn their back to hide their licks. You have been bold and principled for your art. Thanks for the riffs
What kills ME about George Lynch was how physically big he got in the 90s the guy was ripped and he became this big moutain biker, and could still shred like no one, in many ways seemed he was trying to distance himself from that 80s Sunset strip scene, so glad George is still active and still one of the top shredders still out there.
There’s interviews where he talks about that time. His kids were into bodybuilding and he got into it. He readily admits to using steroids. He says they messed him up and he regretted it. He’s a great guy and one of my favorite guitarists.
@@warborn_inc.hope you didn’t think I was speaking ill of him. I was just commenting on some interviews I’d see. Who hasn’t done stuff we regret? He seems like a great guy, I’ve never gotten to see him and he’s doing the last tour. I hope I can make a show, he’s in my top 5 of the best in my lifetime easily.
Great interview, George is COOL!
George is the man he’ll be playing many more years
I’ve been saying for a while now that “When you’re a guy in your 20’s or 30’s long hair is cool…when you’re 50, it looks like hell.” But George is one of those exceptions, he can still pull it off.
Going from junior high and listening to bands like The Cars, And David Bowie I finally snapped out of that erra not that 80's Retro wasn't good it was a lot of great bands on MTV when it was worth watching I started getting into a little heavier music like Dokken the first time I daw the videos: In My Dreams ' and " Into The Fire " " The Hunter" I went and bought Tooth And Nail then Under Lock And Key OMG I was hooked on them and Lynch's guitar playing so I picked up my brother's guitar and started playing by ear cause I couldn't understand or read sheet music. Then came " Back For The Attack" and Mr. Scary I almost stopped playing after hearing it mind blowing volume cranked up with my headphones I would listen to the whole album all day no joke. Oh and Kiss Of Death George Lynch needs way more recognition not that he doesn't get it I'm sure but dude killer interview also thanks. 👍
George does a great job here of describing Eddie and his proclivity to practice and what nade him tick in a lot of ways. Just great all around observations.
Thanks George...awesome perspective
I was the opening band for George back in 1977 at the golden west ball room Norwalk ..the band THE NEXT.....
Thanks George for your kind words on Randy Rhoads on his Ozzy Albums.
Lynch... was always my favorite guitarist in the 80's, despite my love for EVH & Randy... saw him a few times back then, including Monsters of Rock with VH, Metalica, Scorpions... Kingdom Come... and was that it? I can barely remember. That was at Giants Stadium in NJ
I had heard that Eddie was invited to participate in the Hear 'n Aid project, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Either he was on tour or had prior commitments.
My all time favorite guitar Eddie & George
George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen and of course Randy Rhoads are my favorites.
I just got a ESP George Lynch Kamikaze 1 a few days ago. From Japan. It just sings.
Yes it does, I have one too!
I have one that I bought new in 97 and it’s my favorite guitar.
I was lucky enough to see Lynch Mob here in Key West at the Rock Island Festival, and George absolutely slayed !! Best live tone I’ve ever heard 🤟🏻
Just about every guitar player remembers where there were when they first heard Eddie. I had been trying to learn Michael Schenker's riffs and then one night in Feb 1978 sitting in my room listening to an FM station "here's a new band from L.A. called "Van Halen". Oh that TONE! It wasn't just the taps and dive bombs. Schenker had great tone but Eddie's was from another planet...
Exactly. That tone was just insane. Just the gorgeous rhythm sound would have blown me away even if I'd never head a solo...
Always liked George,he was always humble,and never had an ego
Someday we will be watching a video interview of someone who will tell stories of George Lynch and how he has influenced a generation of guitar phenoms and the off the hook style of Lynch's fretboard wizardry. George is a legend himself and me remembering hearing him back in 80 for the first time was just as much awe inspiring as Eddie was when I first heard him in 78. I am so fortunate to have grown up and lived in the time of the Van Halens, Lynch's, Satch, Shenkers, Menneketti's and many others that I had the oppurtunity to see live many times over the last 50 yrs. I feel blessed to have witnessed it firsthand...🙏
@@sierraridgereaper absolutely thanks for watching and commenting
Hey Jeff. Great interview. I was at that Ken Stanton guitar seminar. Saw Kiko and Sheehan to. Wish they would do some more. Thanks for the segment.
Per Lynch at 21:00, Rhoads was not on the radar in the LA Club scene. You are hearing this from the horse's mouth. It was EVH and Lynch. Also, why did Rhoads get so much better with Ozzy? Bob Daisley wrote much of the music, so did he write the riffs?
If you grew into Rock and played guitar in the 80s, you were influenced by, as I always call, The Big 3! Eddie, George, and Randy.
Eddie was who got me into playing but @georgelynchofficial has been my favorite guitarist since. George’s tone is one the best as well.
The Furious George Lynch!🎶🎶I love how Gentle George is on this Interview ✍🏻📝Awesome Jeff!🤘🏻Well done getting great info for us Edward Van Halen Historians! 🆒☮️🙌🏻
Absolutelty love George Lynch. Been a hero of mine since the early 80's. Looking forward to seeing Lynch Mob in Birmingham.
Great interview. My 1 & 2 as well.
Brilliant Interview
Thanks
This was phenomenal!!!!
EVH, GEORGE LYNCH AND STEVE VAI ....EVOLUTION OF ROCK ELECTRIC GUITARS.🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘😎🤘
I knew Mr Lynch at NAMM in 2020. I had a pic with him, remember I told him my name was Ruben, and he told me, like the sandwich jajajajaj, never forget.
You sure he said "Like the sandwich" or did he say" I think you have mistaken me for someone who actually gives a damn what your name is" ?
Great interview. Would love to see George bring back the ESP Ultratone like the one on the wall behind him.