Jeff Hinton He's got the like perfect tone and impeccable timing which is what others get wrong sometimes. plus the guitar tone working together and being on point with the drums
This was shot at The Omni in Oakland on April 2nd, 1988. It was one of the last shows before they broke up. You can see my 7 friend and I going nuts in the front row! Great show that night...one of the three best I've ever seen!
All 4 of them are still going strong Scott's been with Judas Priest for 30+ years.Alderete spent time in Mars Volta & Bruce has released several brilliant solo albums & done production work for successful artists..oh & the Singer reappeared as a Drummer for a while.
Paul Gilbert as always is amazing but I always felt that Bruce didn't get the same recognition...he was amazing too and I feel a lot of times that his solos were tastier than Paul's. Although I remember him being quoted in a magazine stating that to compete with Paul, he literally had to practice ALL day.
Paul himself said that he was afraid of bruce, because he was so talented and learned things way to fast :p Paul recognized him which is a lot i think :)
Paul went on to do more things after Racer X. But the cool thing about this band was, it had 2 phenomenal shredders, who could harmonize their fast stuff. That's rare
Yea man I know.. It was just me being sarcastic :D because I hate Bruce being overlooked.. first comment said "Paul is unbelievable.The bass is fantastic.The drums super. " so? where is the second guitarist if you remember those days in 88? maye I am overreacting but this is unfair @@ripperplaysclon152 cheers
@@interestingthings8598 It was very cool. I normally saw them in smaller clubs and the clubs were always crowded. If you went early enough you could watch soundcheck and hang out with them a bit (which I did a few times). Once, after a show at The Country Club in Reseda John (Juan) invited me and my friends to a party they were headed to. In other words they were local, accessible, and friendly. And the show's were always intense.
4 amazing musicians at work, they all complement each other and lift it to this amazing performance. There have been few similar to this, Cacaphony was competing at the same time and man did they compete...great stuff!
I read an article where Juan said he was practicing 14 hrs a day. Juan also said that scott was always playing this drum riff to warm up, so Paul wrote a song around it.
Yeah man I tried all that crap practicing 6 - 14 hours per day. At first it would be fun to play your instrument for a long time with discipline (not only fooling around). For guitar the longest I practice was 3 hours and my hand and arms hurt af. That's why I'm no near this level of musicianship. Big respect to the musicians practice long hours.
@@GuitarMan-hy3ld I talked to Paul about those marathon practice sessions. Him and Bruce did practice up to 10 hours a day, but they broke it down into 45 minute segments, those got the best results. Super long sessions will only get you injured.
I love this version. Thanks for posting it!!! You can really hear John rippin' it up on the Bass. His right hand technique is flawless. Just plain awesome!!
Man,since the day I heard the intro riff/lick of "street lethal" on the radio back in 87, Paul is one of my alltime favs, also as a human being..positive,uplifting guy
I remember first ever hearing this in the early 80’s and being inspired immensely, I’ll never forget it. Paul is a truly outstanding musician. Amazing is too weak a word for such ability. Thank you being an inspiration to me!!!!!
This is actually a pretty intimidating performance and scary to think you could get so good only to have the band break up anyway. of course they are all such respected musicians but will never approach justin Bieber level money. Musicians don't get any credit, a lot of people don't seem to take them seriously.
DaveDexterMusic Generally only other musicians give them credit for being such good and dedicated musicians and a lot of other people ignore that in favor of chart numbers, album sales, popularity, etc. A lot of people downplay it like hating on people who shred or sing real high.
malcolmX213 you're right. These are the so called artists. Not the "artists" with business minded. These guys do not do anything about money, but money finds them anyway. People don't know them, but once people see their show, the memory burns in and will never be forgotten .
That was some phenomenal musicianship! I can't say enough good things about it! That pink Destroyer/Iceman hybrid guitar that Bruce Bouillet is playing -- isn't that in Paul Gilbert's collection now? I saw a recent video of Paul playing one, and I wonder if it's the same guitar.
That's the best version of this sing I have 'seen' on here. The bass and drums are as clear as the guitar. Fucking perfect song... At the time I thought all their songs should have been instrumentals.
Best Live Band EVER And I've seen em all. Such in your face in stereo guitar shredding. Holy shit. Stellar bass and drums, so glad someone captured these amazing musicians. !
remember Guitar Player magazine ? ... I still got the tearoff phonograph disc the mag offered while reading their interviews ... It was a three song set cutout and this song is one of them ...
Paul I think you're about the best guitar player I've heard in years & don't know why you haven't continued to play around East KY I would like to see you live. Kent
This song is fast at its normal tempo. How in the hell did Juan and Scott actually play it at this speed?! All of those guys are just so....I don't even think there's a word for it
Juan Alderete and Bruce Bouillet also did a great job in The Scream who also had John Corabi (ex-Motley Crue) on vocals and Walt Woodward III on drums. Scott Travis was the original drummer and was replaced by Woodward III
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! I learned the bass part after seeing the space suit version a while back and thought the song was kinda hard at 145 bpms.. with a pick! AND HES DOING THIS AT LIKE *takes out metronome**pauses* A LOT FASTER.. WITH 2! FINGERS!!! Sheehan eat your heart out. *bows down* there is a God, and he takes his form as Racer X.
Yep, John Alderete is an awesome bass player. The whole band was the premier metal band of the 80's even though they didn't achieve commercial success. I was in high school in the late 80's and they were my favorite band back then and Paul Gilbert is my favorite artist to this day. I'm seeing him May 7 at the House of Blues in Hollywood.
I'd watched the live version performed at the Whisky A Go-Go with only Paul on the Guitar. But this version is truly epic: A Trident Guitar Duel between Paul, Bruce and John. Harmonic Guitars, clear concise bass playing and the perfection of Scott's drumming. Rock Art at its best💯💯
i mean the studio space version, but cheers, i honestly didnt know gilbert was in racer X, i only heard of them when he mentioned it at the beginning or the studio version... makes sense now lol!
@@livingbeing1113Conclusion was determined by listening to Racer X. They’re basically equals, but BB is faster & more fluid here in this setting. It’s a semantic argument though, so think whatever you’d like. I couldn’t possibly care less.
this is is so fucking sick, i luv it SOOO MUCH, the drumming is perfect couldnt be better in any other song... bassist WTF?! insane shit... paul, surprises me as ALLWAYS! ROCK OOOON!
I love that you can hear the bass so clearly.
Jeff Hinton He's got the like perfect tone and impeccable timing which is what others get wrong sometimes. plus the guitar tone working together and being on point with the drums
Midrange PUNCH. It ain't getting in anybody's way!
Juan Alderete is a fucking BEAST
Who?????
@@kawythowy867 John Alderete
Whoever ran sound that night was a fucking champion, a good among men. Those are some of the best levels I've ever heard in a live performance.
Yeah the Bass is so crystal clear too it's all perfect
This was shot at The Omni in Oakland on April 2nd, 1988. It was one of the last shows before they broke up. You can see my 7 friend and I going nuts in the front row! Great show that night...one of the three best I've ever seen!
Incredible bass performance!!
Print up the business cards, "Bass God".
Levels of Guitar playing skill:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert
Vertuoso
Musical Genius
Paul!
Paul Gilbert, one of the few survivors of the late 80's
All 4 of them are still going strong
Scott's been with Judas Priest for 30+ years.Alderete spent time in Mars Volta & Bruce has released several brilliant solo albums & done production work for successful artists..oh & the Singer reappeared as a Drummer for a while.
Paul Gilbert as always is amazing but I always felt that Bruce didn't get the same recognition...he was amazing too and I feel a lot of times that his solos were tastier than Paul's.
Although I remember him being quoted in a magazine stating that to compete with Paul, he literally had to practice ALL day.
may be paul is a better composer
Paul himself said that he was afraid of bruce, because he was so talented and learned things way to fast :p Paul recognized him which is a lot i think :)
Agree but Paul did a lot of progress since then and now is playing is super tasty
I think both of them are just as great. Bruce is top notch shredder thats for sure!
Paul went on to do more things after Racer X. But the cool thing about this band was, it had 2 phenomenal shredders, who could harmonize their fast stuff. That's rare
I remember this in 1988 and it still sounds great.Paul is unbelievable.The bass is fantastic.The drums super.
Drums sound particularly ood. Is this Scott Travis?
Ha ha really.. what's the name of the other guitarist ? can't remember that? check and google him..
That’s Bruce Bouillet on second guitar.@@TheFeanor06
Yea man I know.. It was just me being sarcastic :D because I hate Bruce being overlooked.. first comment said "Paul is unbelievable.The bass is fantastic.The drums super. " so? where is the second guitarist if you remember those days in 88? maye I am overreacting but this is unfair @@ripperplaysclon152 cheers
They used to regularly play the clubs around Los Angeles back in the day. I got to see them 10 times over a period of a year or so. Amazing stuff!
@@interestingthings8598 It was very cool. I normally saw them in smaller clubs and the clubs were always crowded. If you went early enough you could watch soundcheck and hang out with them a bit (which I did a few times). Once, after a show at The Country Club in Reseda John (Juan) invited me and my friends to a party they were headed to. In other words they were local, accessible, and friendly. And the show's were always intense.
Wow this has to be like twice as fast as the studio version and STILL they keep up.
And MAN that bassist is gnarly.
Approximately 10% faster. It's insane.
4 amazing musicians at work, they all complement each other and lift it to this amazing performance. There have been few similar to this, Cacaphony was competing at the same time and man did they compete...great stuff!
I read an article where Juan said he was practicing 14 hrs a day. Juan also said that scott was always playing this drum riff to warm up, so Paul wrote a song around it.
Yeah man I tried all that crap practicing 6 - 14 hours per day.
At first it would be fun to play your instrument for a long time with discipline (not only fooling around). For guitar the longest I practice was 3 hours and my hand and arms hurt af.
That's why I'm no near this level of musicianship.
Big respect to the musicians practice long hours.
Fio Anugrah you should try practicing 3 hrs everyday for a month and the amount of progress you’ll make is insane
@@GuitarMan-hy3ld I talked to Paul about those marathon practice sessions. Him and Bruce did practice up to 10 hours a day, but they broke it down into 45 minute segments, those got the best results. Super long sessions will only get you injured.
Ace Paul yea it could get you injured but if you take a break for a day or 2 it shouldn’t be a problem at least it wasn’t to me
Damn I wish I had super powers like these guys, Even the freaking Bass Player is fucking shredding like a god.
that BASS!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BEST EVER!! I miss the 80's... especially the age of awesome guitar metal.
1:57 man even Paul is telling the camera man he doesn't know what he's doing, he's like "look over there damn it"
1:57
Paul is such a sweet person. He never makes anyone feel little. ❤
this dude straps his bass so high its like a necklace
+nickDOTbloc The only way to play bass
+Neil Bertrand Krist Novoselic wouldn't agree.
LOL
Because he is a real musician.
Geo B yea, but novoselic is like 6'7 longer reach and not mention he's nowhere near this skill level.
Like this song is not difficult enough in regular speed.......
are you kidding?
How amazing if you try it
@@karaokeofficial2136 he meant that if the song on the album itself its hard, here is just thrice as hard.
@@karaokeofficial2136 you REALLY need to learn English and something that's called sarcasm....
I was 18 when this was recorded. Crazy, It doesn't seem like that long ago.
you just can't get tired of a song like that, virtually the whole thing harmonized, superb!
I love this version. Thanks for posting it!!! You can really hear John rippin' it up on the Bass. His right hand technique is flawless. Just plain awesome!!
man, this version is COMPLETELY BADASS!
Man,since the day I heard the intro riff/lick of "street lethal" on the radio back in 87, Paul is one of my alltime favs, also as a human being..positive,uplifting guy
HOLY SHIT - ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE INSTRUMENTAL PIECES EVER \m/, Paul, Scot, John and Bruce ... TRULY EPIC
I remember first ever hearing this in the early 80’s and being inspired immensely, I’ll never forget it. Paul is a truly outstanding musician. Amazing is too weak a word for such ability. Thank you being an inspiration to me!!!!!
SabuPtolemy ok, it was 1986 👍not early but to be precise just after mid 80’s
Paul, Bruce and Juan....Just monsters...Unforgettable times.
This is actually a pretty intimidating performance and scary to think you could get so good only to have the band break up anyway. of course they are all such respected musicians but will never approach justin Bieber level money. Musicians don't get any credit, a lot of people don't seem to take them seriously.
Oh fuck off, of COURSE musicians get credit and taken seriously.
DaveDexterMusic Generally only other musicians give them credit for being such good and dedicated musicians and a lot of other people ignore that in favor of chart numbers, album sales, popularity, etc. A lot of people downplay it like hating on people who shred or sing real high.
malcolmX213 you're right. These are the so called artists. Not the "artists" with business minded. These guys do not do anything about money, but money finds them anyway. People don't know them, but once people see their show, the memory burns in and will never be forgotten .
@@DaveDexterMusic You won't get taken seriously with that vile attitude and behaviour mate.
Actually Paul wrote a big #1 bilboard hit with Mr Big so he got a lot of money for that for sure
Astounding band. I saw them at Ibanez booth in Chicago, NAMM '86-'87. They were incredible and loud too
I used to race in my car with racer x playing on my car stereo. 🚗 🚘 20 years ago
uuuhhhhh....... what a couple of monsters. umbelivebly I have to discover such a pearl of old style metal 30 years later.. better than never.
Racer-X and Cacophony were the top of the heap with this harmonized madness.
One of the best guitar instrumentals ever! Hands down!
This band was so AWESOME!! .Most of us know that Scott has been with Judas Priest
For ever since this band.
lesson learned..if you wanna shred, spandex and big hair all the way.
You'll never see this on America's Got No Talent.
Racer X is probably the most respected progressive rock band ever.
Uh, Rush... lol
I do t think that Racer X really counts as progressive rock. I agree that they're amazing though
I'd very much not classify Racer X as progressive rock. Highly virtuosic heavy/Sunset metal, yes.
80s Guy NO.!!! PETRUCCI IS SHIT.!!
Cough cogh Cacophony cough
i saw these guys performing live back in 1987.
Yeah BUDDY! I was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucky you! =)
The green eyed monster says hello.
Me too
@@MaximumBob lucky
Was this at the Omni in Oakland?
That was some phenomenal musicianship! I can't say enough good things about it! That pink Destroyer/Iceman hybrid guitar that Bruce Bouillet is playing -- isn't that in Paul Gilbert's collection now? I saw a recent video of Paul playing one, and I wonder if it's the same guitar.
There were actually two, Bruce's one was orange.
Wish they'd filmed Bruce's solo :(
Always come back to this video thank you for who ever filmed this
Still amazing, I can't think of any modern-day bands that could pull something like this off so tightly and cleanly.
Many thanks for the upload I have always want to see this since I was 15 that would be 30 years ago!
That's the best version of this sing I have 'seen' on here. The bass and drums are as clear as the guitar. Fucking perfect song... At the time I thought all their songs should have been instrumentals.
Best Live Band EVER And I've seen em all. Such in your face in stereo guitar shredding. Holy shit. Stellar bass and drums,
so glad someone captured these amazing musicians.
!
long live racer X!!
- by far my favorite song by them!!
:: kneels in humble reverence ::
Taking me back to my 20s in high school . 48 years old now and I still love metal like this
Still today this blows my mind!!!!
remember Guitar Player magazine ? ... I still got the tearoff phonograph disc the mag offered while reading their interviews ... It was a three song set cutout and this song is one of them ...
Paul I think you're about the best guitar player I've heard in years & don't know why you haven't continued to play around East KY I would like to see you live. Kent
Is that Juan Alderete on bass????
Oh yeah
I love how they were trying to get Bruce on camera during his solo, but they couldn't switch to the right camera.
Also, GREAT VIDEO.
A bass player, who can keep up with Paul and Bruce..................has to be world class...........and this guy definitely is !!!!!!!!
Juan Alderete... I think he's also a member of The Mars Volta. Great band definitely should check out
Always thought Bruce had the scarier chops personally speaking
We are 13 years late to this video..lol... I've never heard of these guys but they are shockingly talented
He didn't. Bruce was awesome too though, for sure.
Sound is incredible. As is the performance. Youngsters should listen to that!!! 💯
Back again... listening back to that Bruce's solo ... wow !!!
DUDE
How many cabs?! Hahaha
Man you gotta love Racer X. Pure shred win.
Juan (John) Alderete on bass \o/
a truly truly masterpiece..can´t stop watching it, Thanks for the Upload !!!
You can definitely see who Dragonforce were influenced by.
Me encanta como Bruce trata de no quedar delante del bajista cuando ejecuta sus solos xD, muy genio
Bruce was incredible shredhead too. ALL 4 OF THEM.
This song is fast at its normal tempo. How in the hell did Juan and Scott actually play it at this speed?! All of those guys are just so....I don't even think there's a word for it
I miss this band big time! Thanks for sharing the killer video of one of my favorites.
My fretting hand just cried and went to bed.
Saw this tour in San Francisco at The Stone!!! Awesome!!!!
It would be so epic if they were still together. \m/
DAMN! Surely... this music will be the soundtrack of my nightmare tonight... f***ing awesome!!
im so glad i got to see bruce with paul on that g3 tour
Me too opening night in Phx.. it was incredible...I was like 7 rows back from center stage.. amazing night
Those giant Tama double kick drum kits were freaking everywhere.
This is just so insane. How were they this tight?!
one of the first Metal Videos on youtube?
I was born on the exact day this video was uploaded on yt
One of my favorite ♥️🔥Thanks for uploading 🔥🎶
This is so much cooler when watched in its 80s glory.
So cool to see. I wanted to go to LA so bad back then to see them and many others. 🤘
Juan Alderete and Bruce Bouillet also did a great job in The Scream who also had John Corabi (ex-Motley Crue) on vocals and Walt Woodward III on drums. Scott Travis was the original drummer and was replaced by Woodward III
sick. i want that many cabinets lol. paul gilbert is my fave guitarist by far. ^^ he rocks..and he taught buckethead :o
this is a very dangerous band.. with very dangerous music hahaha.. i love it
Looks like Paul tries to get the camera person to film Bruce at 1:55
Still amazingly bad ass to this very day, if this doesn't inspire, I don't think any other piece of music will..
This should be the most viewed video on youtube
The Bass solo amazing 🤩
TH-cam is like 19 years old and this video is 18 years old. Good lad
Insane!! That bass is like a jack hammer!!!!
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! I learned the bass part after seeing the space suit version a while back and thought the song was kinda hard at 145 bpms.. with a pick! AND HES DOING THIS AT LIKE *takes out metronome**pauses* A LOT FASTER.. WITH 2! FINGERS!!! Sheehan eat your heart out. *bows down* there is a God, and he takes his form as Racer X.
Yep, John Alderete is an awesome bass player. The whole band was the premier metal band of the 80's even though they didn't achieve commercial success. I was in high school in the late 80's and they were my favorite band back then and Paul Gilbert is my favorite artist to this day. I'm seeing him May 7 at the House of Blues in Hollywood.
Bruce Bouillet's vibrato is sick
I'd watched the live version performed at the Whisky A Go-Go with only Paul on the Guitar. But this version is truly epic: A Trident Guitar Duel between Paul, Bruce and John. Harmonic Guitars, clear concise bass playing and the perfection of Scott's drumming. Rock Art at its best💯💯
This is what we called 'Killing Machine' 🤘🤘
It's such a crying shame these guys and guitar players of this era never got recognized as guitar heroes like Joe Bonamossa or Gary Clark Jr do today!
You're absolutely right, although they do have a pretty solid following, they deserve more though
Racer X in this lineup forever❤
i mean the studio space version, but cheers, i honestly didnt know gilbert was in racer X, i only heard of them when he mentioned it at the beginning or the studio version... makes sense now lol!
Paul Gilbert is one of my fave guitarists of all time, but I have to say that I think Bruce is noticeably faster & more fluid.
paul is more accurate
And faster
Agreed
He's neither, i don't see how you came to that conclusion, lol.
@@livingbeing1113Conclusion was determined by listening to Racer X. They’re basically equals, but BB is faster & more fluid here in this setting. It’s a semantic argument though, so think whatever you’d like. I couldn’t possibly care less.
2:30 sounded like Cacophony lol these guys and Jason and Marty own the shred
dude that bass is fricken ridiculous! omg that is sick!
its strange how bruce never got as much attention as paul has, hes a guitar great in his own right!
I like his solos more
True. I've seen nobody coming that closer to Paul
I hope they can all get back together again to revise that magic they once had.
I just had my face melted.....again......
Hey!!! That's the Omni in Oakland CA!!! Damn! I don't have any excuse for missing this show!!!
i love paul´s solos, but bruce is something else......underated axe...
this is is so fucking sick, i luv it SOOO MUCH, the drumming is perfect couldnt be better in any other song... bassist WTF?! insane shit... paul, surprises me as ALLWAYS! ROCK OOOON!