~sniff~ OMG RIP DIMEBAG DARREL!!1

not bad at all, my kid started playing about a year ago , just started learning Pantera, has cemetery gates down pat

He's wearing a t-shirt for the band he is covering.

Don't. Be. That. Guy.

Well, when your base song is crap, it's hard to improve.

They should have done the vocal harmonies, Damn good for a bunch of middle schoolers.

There is hope for the future of america after all.

it is affirming to see kids playing real guitars for a change.

Props to the musicians... the singers voice sounded auto-tuned though. How farking hard is it to find someone that can actually sing these days.

T.M.S.
He's wearing a t-shirt for the band he is covering.

Don't. Be. That. Guy.

/This
//I like the guys who wear a shirt on-stage with their own band name printed on it.
/// SOME of my "rules" for cover-bands (including my own)are as follows -
1) Never change the lyrics.
2) Never change the gender (he to she, etc) of a song (see #1)
3) Never leave the stage during a song.
4) Never invite "friends" on-stage to play with you.
5) Wireless and/or head-mics are for douche-bags.
6) Medleys suck.
7) Never point the mic at the crowd and have them sing.
8) Funny costumes are for clowns only.
9) Never, EVER play "Happy Birthday".
10) Always remember, you are not as good as you think you are.

it would've been interesting if this was the SHMHC listing.

The teacher claims in the youtube comments that the kid was not autotuned and just has really good pitch.

That rocked... especially for mostly 13 year olds.
Also do you expect a 13 year old to sound like the original singer.... fark his nuts just started to drop.

Mad Props!

Oh and keep your cover band philosophy to your self... they covered one song, let them have fun.

El Brujo: it is affirming to see kids playing real guitars for a change.

came here to say this...

makes my heart warm!

it amazes me that i've played guitar, bass and drums for 20 years, yet i get pwned by 11 year-olds on guitar hero.

Bravo, sounded good. I want to see how that kids voice turns out when his balls finally drop.

ravenaries: El Brujo: it is affirming to see kids playing real guitars for a change.

came here to say this...

makes my heart warm!

it amazes me that i've played guitar, bass and drums for 20 years, yet i get pwned by 11 year-olds on guitar hero.

You and me are the same guy. Except the kid thing. But, I got owned on that mess too, be people who can't play guitar. Nice.

rocinante721: + =

RIP, Dime

+1

My favorite possession besides my Les is a pic of me and Dime in Barcelona. Still makes me sad when I listen to Pantera, which really sucks. RIP Dime.

wild9: I want to see how that kids voice turns out when his balls finally drop.

It'll be similar, but on a different Autotune preset.

If his voice truly isn't going through an Antares box, that means that kids today are INTENTIONALLY TRYING to sound like they are heavily pitch-corrected when they sing... and that's even WORSE.

Not a bad crop of students.
Very impressive solo.

Call me impressed. Damn strong cover especially considering their ages. Those kids will farking rock in 6 or 10 years.

Rock School - this is it!

plywoodjungle: SOME of my "rules" for cover-bands (including my own)are as follows -

11. Don't be farking preachy.

plywoodjungle: T.M.S.
He's wearing a t-shirt for the band he is covering.

Don't. Be. That. Guy.

/This
//I like the guys who wear a shirt on-stage with their own band name printed on it.
/// SOME of my "rules" for cover-bands (including my own)are as follows -
1) Never change the lyrics.
2) Never change the gender (he to she, etc) of a song (see #1)
3) Never leave the stage during a song.
4) Never invite "friends" on-stage to play with you.
5) Wireless and/or head-mics are for douche-bags.
6) Medleys suck.
7) Never point the mic at the crowd and have them sing.
8) Funny costumes are for clowns only.
9) Never, EVER play "Happy Birthday".
10) Always remember, you are not as good as you think you are.


1) "...You made me love you, you woke me up to do it, I went ahead and blew it..." People seemed to like our version better.

2) It's easy if you avoid gender-specific songs. Is this a problem for you?

3) I guess you had problems getting back up onto the stage once the club management and audience heard you.

4) My friends are all extremely talented professional musicians, sorry yours are such losers.

5) Headsets? Obviously you aren't a drummer or multi-keyboardist. Or used a pro-quality wireless- like, say, a Shure UHF-R with a KSM9 handheld.

6) Depends on the medley and what you are trying to do with it. Obviously you don't know how to construct one. Stay simple, grasshopper- some songs only have two chords, maybe you'd be more comfortable with those at first.

7) Based on the subtext of your other rules I wouldn't want to hear your crowd sing either. Mine, on the other hand, know their parts.

8) Clowns make a lot of money. How are YOU doing? Remember- one man's art deco flower pot is another man's hat.

9) You obviously have never played or attended a corporate/private gig where somebody like Debbie Harry or Fergie sings H.B. I've seen it happen with both of them.

10) I know how good I am.

In conclusion, what I'm suggesting to you is open your mind, gain some maturity and seasoning, and quit embarrassing yourself. You are making the rest of us uncomfortable watching you do it.

Pretty impressive - sad that the soloist wasn't allowed to step further outside the original material.

Dimebag knew his way around a hook, but let's be serious here; he couldn't put a solo together to save his life.


/Anselmo is Dutch for pussy

it's not like they're playing Santana or Rush..but good effort

It was good until the kid started singing....then it got great!!

You'll see what Blue Man Group cover?

Some Bass Playing Guy:
The guy who sang for Pantera couldn't sing. The kid is pretty good.

Check Cemetery Gates and then get back to us. Moran


Staffist: Did anyone else notice that the dude laying it down on the solo (@2:39) is sporting solid 5:00 shadow? A Keanu Reaves (sp) non-Chernobly 5:00 shadow?!

In the video comments there is a kid listed at age 15 and one at 16 :)


plywoodjungle: stupid list of "rules"

If I wanted to hear a song played note for note, I'd pop in the CD. A good band that can take a song, change it, and make it appealing takes more talent than playing it note for note like a parrot. One of the best cover bands I've ever seen had a female singer taking 80s and early 90s new wave songs and reinventing them - Cure, INXS, New Order, etc.

My band didn't make it either, but I don't post stupid farking "rules" like my opinion is gospel. Grow up.

/Those kids played great - loved it!

SPna15: Well, when your base song is crap, it's hard to improve.

Since no one else said it, you shut your whore mouth!

You call this a raise? It's not that these kids are bad or anything and it's a good reproduction, but making a disco song listenable is a much greater feat.

These kids did an awesome job doing the cover, I mean they're for the most part they're middle-schoolers. So cut them some slack. That being said the kid singing can sing & has a decent voice (for being 12) but what the song lacks is the anger that Phil could deliver in his rendition (that's half the fun of a Pantera song). Don't knock the kid, he's 12....when his voice changes he could wreak havoc on this tune. Give him time to grow up & figure out how to use the pipes God gave him. My 12 year old is still perplexed by what "clean" means when it is time to pick up his room...so a little perspective is due.

I hope they keep practicing & would love to hear anything else they did....they'll only get better.

AAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDD now I gotta buy Crown Royal. Black Tooth!!!!

/AINT NO CANDY!!

il Dottore: 10) I know how good I am.

Wow - you're a jumped-up twat, aren't you?

I totally approve of this video.

Vocals suck. More like "Cowboys from The Disney Channel" (which technically is part of hell, suburbs I think).

I get that the kid can technically sing but he should stay away from Pantera until he has some aggression in his voice. The whole attitude of the song is pretty much screwed once they put that Disney sounding vocal on it.

I've seen some kids sing some dirty gritty blues pretty damn well so I know it can be done. Just not by this kid.

Rest is good.

tetzy:

Dimebag knew his way around a hook, but let's be serious here; he couldn't put a solo together to save his life.


The solo from "Floods" begs to differ...

Vocals are terribly autotuned..
WHY?!

dragonhead: il Dottore: 10) I know how good I am.

Wow - you're a jumped-up twat, aren't you?

Not to cut in on this kids, but how is that a "jumped-up" statement? I didn't read that as "I'm teh bestorz" or "check out how awesome *I* am!" it was just il Dottore saying, well, exactly that: they know how good they are. Surely that's a damn important quality in any player? Hell, in anyone attempting to progress at anything? If you're pony, but reckon you're the mutt's nuts, then attempting something that's currently out of reach is pretty damned stupid. I can't play guitar for shiat, so if I picked it up expecting to rock Tom Morello's teeth out then I'd soon learn how "good" I was.
On the flip-side, I know how good I am at say, snowboarding or taekwon-do or whatever else and I can identify my limits/where I want or need to improve.

So for feeding the fire but... gah. Just seems like a really short sighted thing to say.

On topic though, loved that shiat. Fair play to the kiddies, that sounded ace! Thoroughly stuck in my head now too.

il Dottore

Thanks for the laughs...........and no, I will not show you my tits.

Also, I assume you are aware that you put the following two things in the same post:

- "...You made me love you, you woke me up to do it, I went ahead and blew it..." People seemed to like our version better.

- "gain some maturity and seasoning, and quit embarrassing yourself"

granted they can play, and play well.... but did a single one of those kids look like they were having any fun AT ALL? we don't need more musicians as sterile sounding as Vai and Satriani (i know, its like, my opinion man).... just relax and have some fun lads!

cover Exhorder and then get back to me...

xhorder: cover Exhorder and then get back to me...

You seem like you would be biased.

That shiat was farking horrible.