Y&T Dave Meniketti "Straight Talkin' Mean Streak"
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2021
- Y&T's Dave Meniketti is a true legend of rock. The Les Paul slingin' guitarist talks to us about career decisions, hardships, Grunge, Guns n Roses, Hair Metal. Peter Frampton, and so much more. We let this interview run a bit longer than most because Dave has us captivated. We think you will be too. SUBSCRIBE & Stay tuned for more interviews RIGHT HERE ON 80s MRB.
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One of the best voices and front men guitarists of his time
Dave is a legend. He still plays lead guitar like a boss and can still hit all the notes on vocals. Y&T🎙
@@javtimestwo Absolutely
... and a really, really great guy!
Legend. Totally on the money with all he says. I've met him and he's a thoroughly top guy. His vocal and guitar talents are also A grade. And Cc Deville made all the money. Tragic 🤘
Y&T deserved to be WAY bigger than they were. Meniketti in particular is a ridiculously underrated musician. One of my favorite bands of the era.
His solo stuff is great too..
I try to turn on my friends and acquaintances -who are allegedly knowledgeable of 70s and 80s rock - onto Y&T and they look at me like I have two heads. They’ve never heard of them and won’t lift a finger to check them out. Dave pisses rings around his contemporaries...
Brilliant front man and guitarists. Seen em over a dozen times and each time always come out saying "wow, what a show". Never short changed on show length. Wish they'd got more recognition but happy enough that the musicians out there know and respect Dave and the guys
61 years old and Y & T is still on my playlist,Great band
Mean Streak is criminally underrated.
Black Tiger also. 🤘
A Lesser known song way underated is Coming Home I used to sit on the curb and listen to them practice coming home from school in the 5th grade
Forever 🤘
I have always loved I Believe in You. Every Y&T song is underrated. Guess what ~ In Rock We Trust is hanging on the wall in a very famous 80s movie. Not the full album but that to me is the coolest thing ever ~ it's background appreciation, my favorite song is on that album. Rock n Roll's Going to Save the World. (Don't you know, that's the way we're going to change it!)
Thank you to Dave Mennecetti & EVERY SINGLE one of his fans. Let's keep them touring! 🎸🎙️👩🎤🤯
🎉❤ I love it, Heide, and I love ❤️ the movie that 🎉❤your referenced to. WEIRD Science ! Keep rocking friend ❤❤❤
I always thought Y&T should have been huge. Definitely underated. Love this band
Most underrated band ever.
so many underrated bands to speak of. But Y&T would be on that list sadly
truth
There's reasons behind everything, but regarding the music industry, a lot of bands didn't make it because they would not put up with the b******* the labels would require and some men and women would not compromise their morals...
Dave's just hard to deal with, but it's almost like every song they write is a hit, like made for radio - But metal not commercial pop! If Dave is so picky about his food I'm pretty sure he's pretty picky with record label industry people. My personal belief coming out of the music industry is Maniketti probably told a lot of executives to f off, & he wrote what he wanted.
He remains one of my heroes 🎉🎸🥇
I saw an interview with Sammy Hagar where he said his band and Y&T were both good bay area bands, but he couldn't explain why Y&T didn't blow up more than they did. Although it's heavily implied that the record labels squandered a gold mine.
He’s got a BA voice, very underrated guitarist too. Gotta love Y&T!!!!!!
What da Fuck is a Ba Voice ?
Yep a badass voice and can sure play that guitar you guys🎉❤
Dave Meneketti is a FANTASTIC song writer, frontman, and a kick ass guitar player! I saw them several times in the 80’s as an opener, and thought how awesome it would be to see them as a headline act. Also, I didn’t realize just how good Dave was until the first time I saw them live. Phenomenal!
Dave, if you read this, YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you for all of the great music!
One of my favorite musicians and bands. Dave is awesome.
I know that commenters on CZcams always say this about all kinds of various bands and musicians, but this time it's very fitting - Y&T and Dave Meneketti are so underrated.
I agree - and I like the way you put that....
Found it!
They werent ""underrated" at all, they were seriously under appreciated...
@@sierraridgereaper
Same thing, pretty much.
Dave is highly respected in the metal world for sure. Maybe modern metal people do not know who Dave and Y & T are but celebrity rock stars and hard core metal fans realize how important Dave is to the metal world. Actually him and sammy hagar both growing up in the same city should do some music together. Y & T & sammy started in early 70s but are better known in the 80s
Dave is so down to earth
David is one of the one greatest guitarist singer of the 70’s and 80’s saw him on San Antonio Texas on a Moxy tour and he’s outstanding
I saw them there at Backstage Live in 2010. Same show maybe?
Y&T should be far more recognised as a great band. He is one of the greatest singer/guitarists in rock...
Dave Meneketti is so cool, 100% pure class!!
“You & me....we’re outrageous....it’s contagious”
Love that fucking album!
Dave is probably the most down to earth person in music. Went to his 50th birthday party where he performed a 3 hour show. With the exception of Stef Burns, every current and former member of the band was there to jam with him.
that was special yes, flew in from The Netherlands for that.
@@LeoLeentvaar did you try any of his wine?
@@g_man2177 no I have not and do bear in mind that I live on an entirely different continent, so even if you buy a bottle for 30 bucks or so, I probably have to pay double that to ship it and import it. That's steep as a decent bottle of wine here lies between 8 and 20 USD.
So that means three now deceased people were in attendance?
@@willd4731 I was thinkin the same thing, Phil has been gone the longest, then Leonard then Joey being the most recent in 2017.
I won’t call Dave “underrated” because anybody that understands music knows just how good he is but he has one of the most “under appreciated” voices in rock. When it comes to moving air while he sings, he’s up there with the greats! So much power in that voice. To expand on the idea he brought up, picture this: Dave Meneketti, Peter Frampton, Jack Blades and Deen Castronovo! Tell me those songs and harmonies wouldn’t be mind blowing!🤯😆
I was heartbroken to learn about Phil Kennemore's death, and Joey Alves as well. But none so much as Leonard Haze's. He was a hero of mine, and probably the one I air-drummed to the most in my life. I'm glad you're still with us to keep the Y&T spirit alive and kicking!!!
Haze was a beast 🥁 🥁
Leonard was great. I taught myself how to play drums off a few albums and Y&T Down For The Count is one of those albums
Dave is exactly right, grunge didn't kill hard rock and heavy metal, the record industry and MTV killed it voluntarily because of a fad...for a little while! Hard rock and heavy metal will never die, keep on rockin!
Also, They flat out said, Their goal was to destroy middle America WHITE rock! Don't believe me, Go watch and listen to the then anti white, anti American family, black supremacist President or head of programming of MTV who arrogantly said it!
@@johnSmith-yn7dg Preach it, John ! The saddest part is, go to any town, anywhere...white kids pretty much all ride around with their rap shit blaring. Thank you God, for Blessing me with being born in the times of Great music.
Grunge sucked anyway. Boring, depressing crap with no fun factor.
Yes. Yes, totally.
Actually, it was anti white, black racists that killed middle America R&R. Before Im called a racist, The head anti white, anti two parent family, racist woman, that became the head of MTV did an interview in the late 90`s with 20/20 or dateline and bragged how they set out to kill white suburban middle american family values America music and everything it represented. Why do you think the founder of MTV had enough and sold MTV for 20 million dollars. He was fed up with all the anti white, black racists threatening and accusing him of being a racist. When asked why he sold MTV he detailed how he was an all American kid that loved middle America and grew up on R&R and he didnt have a racist bone in his body. It doesnt doesnt make me racist because I grew up in the mid west and was raised listening to all these great rock bands. He had rent a mob thugs protesting and accusing him of being a racist. He eventually said, I dont need this BS and sold what he created and called it a day. He also said, Rock and Roll is predominantly made up of white musicians and white fans. This doesnt make it anti black or racist. then he mentioned soul train and how most of their artists and fans are black and how that isnt racist. Ok, im done.
Probably my all time favorite guitarist, along with Page and Schon. He’s a triple threat-vocally, songwriter and player.
This man is a certified bad ass..
And front man. He exudes rock star.
I live in San Jose and Dave is a legend in these parts. Seen these guys so many times in clubs around the Bay Area and Santa Cruz. He's a great player and frontman.
I came down from Tahoe with a friend who was from SJ on a Halloween. Not even a big bar and it was effin packed. Legendary evening.
Saw Y&T @ Santa Clara Fairgrounds 93 or so. One helluva show.
I'm in the Bay Area too and I've seen them play at every hole-in-the-wall that would have them and they never failed to kill it. Mountain View Theater, Sacramento State, Great America, The Stone, One Step Beyond, The Omni and their "farewell" show at the Cabaret
SJ civic on Black Tiger my first concert. Great time! Music was changing fast literally shortly after with Exodus Metallica and Slayer. Back then you could go to the city and north bay and get into clubs under age . 🤘
Legendary frontman and one of the best rock/blues guitarists ever out of the bay area.
One of the best guys in rock n roll 🎸
Criminally underrated band.
when I moved to the bay area in '83 Y&T was already established not just locally but outward (Japan, EU) , I had to wait over a year for them to return "home" and saw them at a Halloween show and they just KILLED. Been a fan since and for life. Fun note: His family had a small music store MK music in Oakland and it was where I rented my first 2 guitars. Very nice family and Dave has always seemed to be such a chill kinda guy. Great vid!
That store was packed to the gills with furniture too.
Y&T and I'm 66 yrs old and still playing some of Dave's amazing licks and remember a live tv concert back in the eighties and couldn't believe a guitarist and front man "that incredible" how he made it all look easy on a live performance! Such a seasoned musician in control from the first power chord! Amazing voice and inspiration to the Y&T Rock crowd. He's, just a red blooded fun loving all American boy!!!Playlist....
I grew up in southern California and Y & T was played often in the 80's on the local radio station KLOS. Y & T were at the station and my friend went to the station to try and meet them. This was in the late 80's. My friend got to meet Dave and Dave had made the comment to my friend that "if this next record does not do it for us then we are done as a band.". My friend told Dave how much he loved Y & T and how devastated he would be if Y & T broke up and Dave gave my friend a huge hug and said "Thank you, that means so much to me". Dave seems like one of the most down to earth cool guys that you would just want to hang out with.
I remember hearing the song Black Tiger on the AM rock station KKBZ out of Ventura, CA in 1981 or '82 and being blown away by how heavy and kick-ass it was.
@William Jefferson
Don't be a douche.
@William Jefferson
So you're homophobic, and projecting your own closeted insecurities - gotcha.
@William Jefferson Guessing mean streak wasn't up to par to you ! The rest of us thought so !
@William Jefferson in rock we trust is one of the greatest records ever made
The most underrated
Guitarist/vocalist, Dave's the man 🤙🤙
I feel so fortunate to see Y&T several times through the '80s. They always put on a great show. A large group of my friends here in Sacramento saw Y&T has one of the best bands on the scene and still do.
Guitarist . Y and T , DaveMeneketti fan from the beginning. He is a great frontman, guitar player, singer . He has a ton of energy , positive outlook, fun guy. Thanks for being great Dave . I will never forget you soloing standing on the table where we were seated in San Francisco . No one is better.
Dave’s the man: cool with his Motörhead T-shirt!!! 81: Earthshaker shook and blew me away! Still my favorite album by this awesome band!
Y&T Rules & Dave is an f’n Legend!!🎸
Earth shaker is as good as it gets just amazing music
Saw Y&T last night in Reno.
Criminally underrated band.
Dave is ageless.
His voice sounded great and he’s such a great bluesy lead player.
They sound great live.
If they play near you go check them out!!
Best time of my life working with them on the “done with mirrors tour “with Aerosmith. World Tour, US,UK,Japan
I Love Dave's whole attitude, personality, outlook, and everything.
A supremely talented musician! Love Dave
Y&T was my 1st concert in 83-84 in N.E. Ohio standing front row in an auditorium the sound and power of the opening song Mean Streak live blew me away!!! Fan ever since!
My first concert ever was Dokken/Twisted Sister and headliners Y&T. Memphis Tennessee, auditorium North Hall 1983. I remember the drummer mooned us from the tour bus window lol. Dave is a class act through and through
Saw the same lineup in Boston that year
I saw them in the UK early 1980s, still one of the best live gigs Ive ever seen, and been a fan ever since. Love Dave's blues stuff too.
Just saw Y&T a couple of months ago for probably the 50th time since the mid 70’s. Dave is just incredible and still killin it!
I love your voice, talent and 35 years later still loving your music.
Dave sings and plays guitar from the deepest part of his soul at any time and any space. Love you Dave. Thank you for the amazing music.
Rockhero of the eighties.❤️
Ok., of the nineties and the new millennium, as well.😍👌
Rockhero of FOREVEEEEER.❤️
I always thought he was a great guitarist but definitely one of the best rock singers. Great voice!
The most POWERFUL voice in the Hear N’ Aid song, “We’re Stars” collaboration....hands down!💪
Saw Y&T 10 or more times all in Northern California. Every show kicked total ass. And Dave and the gang lived close enough to go home and get a good night's rest to go do it again two nights later. We thank you 😁
They are one of my most favorite bands from the electric 80's decade love Y and T so much when you can play the lead guitar great sing great with the rest of the band so many great sons and albums Mean Streak my favorite thank you Y and T
Dave and Y&T rocked my life in ´83 with Contagious. And they still do. I´m a huge fan for life.
Thank you! This was great...I could listen to Dave tell stories all day long...absolutely my favorite band and feel so lucky to still have them rocking today...Dave is so underappreciated as a singer, guitarist & song writer...can't wait for more
Y&T played at my high school, I've been a huge fan ever since. As great a band as anyone!
Dave's a legend to me.
Club scene ? Howzabout High School dances ?
First i knew of the band was like late '73, Halloween dance at a rival HS.
Friends said i should go but didn't.
They said it was like Winterland....No one danced. Just rocked out.
'76 i get turned on to the ST.
Life Changing !! Saw them at Winterland for that and The Old Waldorf before Earthshaker. Great!!
edit,,,,Next, Journey. Pretty funny.
Great band and Dave can not only sing his ass off but a great guitarist as well. KEEP ON ROCKIN Y&T!!!!
I grew up in Fairfield Ca which smack in between San Francisco and Sacramento so I cut my teeth on Y&T rock...my intro was Black Tiger 1982..I have seen Y&T so many times over the decades...still rocks still love Earthshaker, Black Tiger, Mean Streak.....still love those releases still love Y&T....still have a ton of Y&T memorabilia....oh yeah.....good times....
Dave is awesome!!! Been a Y&T fan from the beginning!!!
Just the best Dude, honest, extremely talented and still going, Dave and Y&T are the best and a real example to other bands and singers.
I think Dave Meniketti is the most underrated guitarist in rock. I wish Y&T would get the recognition they deserve.
I had never heard of Y&T until '83 I think when a mate of mine at college gave me a spare ticket to go see them at Victoria Hall in Hanley Stoke On Trent, touring Meanstreak....still one of the best concerts I've ever been to, proper musicians and live...immense.
Dave is one of my main guitar influences, he plays like nobody else pure emotion
Yeah, even youtuber rick beato had him on his list of the greatest rock guitarists of the 80`s.
@@johnSmith-yn7dg really
the one video of his I didn't see
that's a great channel
@@garycoates4987 Yep! :) Actually, It may have been the video with the greatest guitarist from each decade.
Full respect. Brilliant Musician, Singer, Guitarist....
In high school I told people I was Y&T's fan.... They deserve to be so much bigger than they were.
its criminal just how underated Dave is. He is an incredible guitar player ive been a big fan for many years. Black Tiger album OWNED my record player back in the day when i was a kid. HUGE influence \m/
Might be the most underrated hard rock/heavy metal band.
Seen y n t over 5 times,, i have a great pic of me and Dave from years ago he is such a gent nd has time for his fans and i have over the years never seen as good a gig as i have witnessed with Y and T ,, Dave is the last original member and i have most of their vinyl ,,always loved these guys ........
I just love this. Plain and simple. Love it... Dave is a golden spirit.
As a Bay Area ( San Jose ) Native, I grew up on Y&T on KOME, and KSJO FM Radio. I know as guitarists, we can quite often overuse the term "underrated", but Dave MORE than earns that title! People always talk that way about Nuno Bettencourt, Jake E Lee, etc etc ( and they deserve the acclaim for sure! ) but man, Dave has been doing this so long, he ALMOST fits into the era of 70s Rockers like Peter Frampton, Pat Travers and Aerosmith.
I grew up in the East Bay and loved Y&T. I was a little younger than most on these comments but I definitely remember Dave and I remember those 2 radio stations.
I used to listen to them practice on the way home from Elementary school and said these guys Rock they should be on the Radio and a few years later they won Battle of the Bands at our local community college and got there first record deal. I just saw them last year and Dave still Rocks. East Bay California Home of Y&T 🤘
Saw them in Hollywood in the late 70s. Yesterday and Today.
Y&T was an amazing band. Thank you Dave!!
I remember seeing them when they were still called Yesterday & Today maybe in 76 at a small club in Sausalito. They packed the place out and just killed it. The next time was in the early 80's at the Old Waldorf club in downtown San Francisco. Awesome concert. Always amazed that they never were a bigger act.
Y&T has always been loved by musicians everywhere. They were the band that should have been way bigger than they were. Proof that your record company can screw you. But, your in our hearts “forever”.
I've been on a Y&T kick for over a month now! I have everything from Earth shaker too Facemelter on CD and been playing them in my work truck and can't get enough!👍✌️❤️🤘
Thank You, Dave. Thank You Y&T. You are the BEST !!!
I’ve always loved Y&T. And Dave is awesome.
Legend, absolute legend, 'I Believe In You', say no more !
Highly underrated singer, songwriter, guitarist.
Meniketti is great. Love to hear him play and sing.
Y&T is one of My all time Favorite Bands! Even when Jerry was promoting in the 80s till present day...I love Yesterday & Today /Y&T. And always will. I remember buying every album they released, later cassettes then CDs. I'm thinking it would suck in music world today, bcz videos and shit are free...I never wud it predicted Music being free (media digital and shit) basically no one sells records except the thrift stores. Who knew one day are cars and home theaters and shit wud all be jammin through our tiny smart phones in the future?
I remember seeing these guys in Cali in 87 I think. They were just amazing.
Without a doubt of of the best singers and guitarplayers of all time...
Midnight In Tokyo is a kick ass track.
@BIG WILBUR'S ADVENTURES!
You mean Black Tiger.
Best voice in rock'n'roll ! I love y&t and did it from pretty much the beginning, there isn't many day's where i don't listen to at least one of your songs, thanks for this very honest insight ❤
Loved Y&T since 1982
I was a professional guitarist, and singer, in a bad at that time. Meniketti was so talented, I had no business trying to compete with him.
A mans got ta know his limitations. Just messing with ya. I couldn't resist.
Absolutely Davo.
Yah i lived and loved the 80's and 90's era. Listened to Y&T, Guns N Roses and Whitesnake. I still to this day listen to all the bad ass hairband hard rock. Y&T is still at the TOP of my music list and STILL LISTEN to Y&T all the time!!! Y&T RULES!!!
Keep rockin Dave!
😎🎸🏁
This is such a great interview! I learned so much about Y&T and more about the record industry. Dave is great to listen to.
Man just zoomed back to high school 1985....Y&T rocks!!!!
I love Y&T I live within 1 to 2 hrs from anywhere ,you all played in Manteca ,California for my hometowns pumpkin festival , Y&T played in a field on Airport wy and Louise Ave ,maybe 200 people there thanks thanks thanks Dave ❤🎉
I was lucky enough to be living in the central California area during the 80's. These guys opened for everybody and always put on a awesome show. Sometimes better than the headliner. Right before Covid hit I saw them at Count's Vamp'd in Las Vegas. Dave can still sing and play that Les Paul like crazy! Love this band.
Dave is such a great guitarist, singer and front man. Still making great music to this day. I always feel confident when I buy any Y&T release, it will all be good!
I saw Y&T in the 80's, but not as much as most other bands. Always seemed like they didn't stop in Detroit as often as most other bands.
I grew up in CT. my brother, our friends and I were always checking the advocate newspapers for bands coming and record stores for Y&T concerts and tickets and they never came to our area in the 80`s.
This was great: I've been a huge Dave Meniketti fan from the early days of Y&T up through _Contagious,_ which I thought was one of the best hard rock albums of all time.
Man i love dave and the boys...such great music and guitar playing..so underated
I’ll never forget the time I met Dave Meniketti backstage at the Starwood as a 15 year old kid just starting out.. I asked him for some advice, and he abruptly told me ..”get out of it as soon as you can”.. I was like, “damn..I mean to have one of your idols basically tell you to give it up was crazy.. needless to say I still loved him and his playing, and stuck with it while having a little success…
Living in Hayward, we were spoiled growing up in the 80s. So many "SF" bands actually from the east bay. With the Rehearsal Spot, everyone came through at one time or another. Thanks Herbie.
Best video of the chanel so far.
Really cool guy, oh and thanks for all the great tunes in the 80’s!
10 was their best album with just great song after great song. I have listened to it and will always listen to it.
I was good friends with the Record Store owner when I was a Teenager . Me and his Son were friends . Anyway , he knew I usually was coming into the Store to look at the used KISS records and Ozzy and stuff like that . Finally one day he said ,
" Rik , I know the kind of Music you like so why haven't you given a listen to this band called Y & T ? They are definitely your style of rock but they are better . ". So I bought a copy of the album Contagious and I've been hooked on them since .
So Thank You Wayne ! 🎸
Such a down to earth dude. i'm going to see Y&T in 2 days! Can't wait.