These great guitar players like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani should just stick to playing instrumentals because when they bring in a vocalist with good lyrical content it just sounds to cheesy. It always seems to me that these songs are always geared towards the guitar and instrumental arrangements and it takes away from the lyrical content and the great singing from someone like Devin Townsend. Devin Townsend leaving Steve Vai and forming Strapping Young Lad was the best thing that Devin did back in the mid 1990s. His music with Strapping Young Lad blows this music with Steve Vai away by alot. With Devin Townsend in Strapping Young Lad and with his solo projects Devin Townsend proved that he is not just a great vocalist but a top level songwriter as well.
It's so mind boggling to me that this this man had so much success immediately in the industry, and still kept going on only based on whatever the hell he wanted to make , and stay around. It seems like one hell of a life honestly
That would be Tool. Devin hasn't even gotten the true grandiosity of the psychedelic message. I do believe he is a genius though and everything he touches is gold.
It's hilarious that stupid fucking Ricky has no clue that he's sitting in front of a genius in Devin as he keeps kind of talking down to him, Like Steve Vai isn't capable of picking out extraordinary musicians. This was by far the best Steve Vai band line up, Steve, Devin, Terry Bozzio, and TM Stevens, fucking incredible and way to ahead of it's time. I played this cd so many times I actually wore 2 of them out learning the songs on guitar, fast forwarding, pausing, and replaying certain sections over and over. Devin's vocals on this album are stellar.
@@mattchurchill ...on a sidenote, that is some fine picking you have posted !...that tube screamer blues has eric johnson/Holdsworth ? tone...real real nice
Saw them in Lyon, France. December 2nd 1993. Two days before FZ died. Got Steve's pick (still have it somewhere) and some autographs. I was the happiest 15 year old son of a bitch on Earth that night.
I think you missed the joke of screaming just to literally scream because they were just talking about screams without indicating they meant scream vocals. Don't forget how ironic Devin Townsand is...
Hi Becky ! If you are into Devs work check out Vai's Sex and Religion, or Devs solo album Infinity, or Devin Townsend Project "KI". Completely unique brilliant music, super diverse atmospheres, and some of the best vocal performances youll ever hear :) (yes im a big fan of his since 1993😉)
How are they able to stays focused, by stuff like that?? I would've laughed my ass off like hell, and Steve just answered Dev's question as if it's the most normal thing in the world 😂😂😂
Funny... Steve Vai says he wasn't looking for a good looking guy with long hair, but still he was trying to look his very best and he never lopped off an inch of his own hair...
@@GFJDean35 i wish i was wrong. Watch Devin sing Here and now in 2017 Starmus. Hes not into it at all. www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-still-cant-listen-to-vais-sex-religion-album/
Saw them in Toronto. I don't know. Townsend didn't do anything for me. That's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not dogging him. Later I ended up working with a woman with the same last name....wasn't till years later that I found out from a guitar player bud at work that she and Townsend are cousins. Cool
Back when the MTV name ment what it was for. Now TV channels have things have stuff that has nothing to do with their name/theme. Example...Scy Fy channel showing stupid WWE Wrestling.
@@christianrosfontanus9773 It isn't necessarily all that surprising. He has bipolar disorder. So it depends on the drug the person but a lot of people with mental illness use drugs to slow down, speed up, and/or generally medicate which would definitely be understandable given the Devin in this video and the knowledge that he's bipolar. Common understanding is that drugs make you erratic and while that's definitely a common occurrence sometimes people are *already* erratic and try to use drugs to try and be normal. Not saying this is the case with Devy but it wouldn't surprise me. It's entertaining as all fuck to watch in this video but if we're real he's going absolutely ballistic.
“This guy is a lunatic”
Pretty accurate.
Devin's fear of always being "that guy who sung for Vai" gave us Strapping Young Lad.
Fear and loathing in Vancouver
The world does not deserve devin townsend
I do :)
true because he fucking sucks
@@Mikau-gb8uo Planet Earth does not welcome you.
These great guitar players like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani should just stick to playing instrumentals because when they bring in a vocalist with good lyrical content it just sounds to cheesy. It always seems to me that these songs are always geared towards the guitar and instrumental arrangements and it takes away from the lyrical content and the great singing from someone like Devin Townsend. Devin Townsend leaving Steve Vai and forming Strapping Young Lad was the best thing that Devin did back in the mid 1990s. His music with Strapping Young Lad blows this music with Steve Vai away by alot. With Devin Townsend in Strapping Young Lad and with his solo projects Devin Townsend proved that he is not just a great vocalist but a top level songwriter as well.
The world also doesn't involve Steve Vai. It's the ultimate pairing.
It's so mind boggling to me that this this man had so much success immediately in the industry, and still kept going on only based on whatever the hell he wanted to make , and stay around. It seems like one hell of a life honestly
That vocalist for Steve vai is quite a strapping young lad. Wonder what he's done since
Omfg Steve Vai and Townsend in the same interview while sober by tool comes on in the background. Fuck, what a good time 1993 must have been.
Yeah but look where it took us
It was
"Enough about us man... What about you?!"
- Devin Townsend
Just listened to Townsend’s Empath. He became the Alex Grey of heavy metal. Namaste
I'm not sure who that is, so... Alex Grey is potentially the Devin Townsend of whatever he does.
This is the most brilliant explanation of what Townsend is
@@theystoleitfromus He is the artist who creates all of Tool's art.
I feel that when I listen to Deconstruction.
That would be Tool. Devin hasn't even gotten the true grandiosity of the psychedelic message. I do believe he is a genius though and everything he touches is gold.
2:20 a sign of the absolute madness to come!
That's basically how he ended Ocean Machine.
@@Neo-Midgar Ocean Machine Rules!
I just love how even one phrase from Devin Townsend can put me in a good mood. "Middle class angst driven white boy". So good
1:25
*Devin goes for the on camera double nose pick*
DENIED
3:47
*BAFRUUM*
It's over there
Baby Devin Townsend. So adorable.
I see Devin hasn't changed very much, LOL. Cool early footage. Love these guys.
04:26 even tapping his baldy head is musical.
The man is the personification of music.
How did I not know that Devin sang for Vai? DTP was one of the best live shows I've ever seen and he wasn't even headlining. What a tremendous talent.
Vocalist/ guitarist/ song-writer/ nose-picker
a legit strength building exercise hehe \\m//
thse were beautiful times, good music, no smartphones, less stress, no gender bullshit, good tv programs...
Shut up, old man
It's hilarious that stupid fucking Ricky has no clue that he's sitting in front of a genius in Devin as he keeps kind of talking down to him, Like Steve Vai isn't capable of picking out extraordinary musicians. This was by far the best Steve Vai band line up, Steve, Devin, Terry Bozzio, and TM Stevens, fucking incredible and way to ahead of it's time. I played this cd so many times I actually wore 2 of them out learning the songs on guitar, fast forwarding, pausing, and replaying certain sections over and over. Devin's vocals on this album are stellar.
And devin became the da vinci of metal!!!!
This hits hard in the nostalgy
We would have gotten a very different Devy had he not been in this band.
Dev gives no fucks about interviews from the start. What a legend.
Watched this live and woke my mom up laughing so hard at Devin
Hahaha awesome. Legendary album. Love Steve, love Devin and he's done since.
@@TANTRUMGASM Thanks for that mate. I love it, regardless. lol
@@mattchurchill ...on a sidenote, that is some fine picking you have posted !...that tube screamer blues has eric johnson/Holdsworth ? tone...real real nice
@@TANTRUMGASM Thanks bro. Stay safe👍
Saw them in Lyon, France. December 2nd 1993. Two days before FZ died.
Got Steve's pick (still have it somewhere) and some autographs.
I was the happiest 15 year old son of a bitch on Earth that night.
When MTV stood for music and great shows/interviews/
MTV played shit back then also, don't forget that.
2:15 and yet the world never knew they would have this for decade slater! lol
I love how at 2:20 Vai is like "Awe shit, I told you"
I lost it when devin picked his nose after his scream!
"And the music is very serious"
I often wonder what Frank Zappa would have thought of Devin Townsend. I assume that Frank would have been proud of an album like 'Empath'.
OMG DEVY 😍😍
Bought this album new. I can't believe it was that long ago.
Devin just gives zero fucks and it's hilarious.
Devin❤❤❤❤❤
with drugs or without he was madness lol love devin
The video quality is amazing.
And that's why we love them both !!
Steve and Devin made such an "Awesome" band. I hope they work together again sometime.... Soon!
That Canadian accent! Lol He certainly got the Avangarde he asked for.
Yes but it's more "Avant-garde". ;)
Good old Devy
0:46, Rikki tells the future
Man, I miss Headbanger's Ball.
What a find.
Devin looks so young.
he"s around 19 I believe!
That scream!
"That's their ballad." Lmao
Absolutely LOVE this Devin. And Steve. You're really in tune with a truly useful higher power Boddhisattva Vai.
And that time did come, and thankfully.
Así como Zappa no se equivocó con Vai, Vai tampoco se equivocó con Devin....clase de músico!!!!
Back when MTV was metal
MTV was never metal. This was Headbangers Ball, which was a show on MTV that ran for only 2 hours late at night.
when MTV was music
Back when MTV was a music channel
If thats really how he used to scream (im a new listener/lover of Devin) then his vocals have come a LONNNNNNNNGGGGG way since then....
I think you missed the joke of screaming just to literally scream because they were just talking about screams without indicating they meant scream vocals. Don't forget how ironic Devin Townsand is...
To be fair, Dev seemed to use that kind of screaming in some of his early songs
Hi Becky ! If you are into Devs work check out Vai's Sex and Religion, or Devs solo album Infinity, or Devin Townsend Project "KI". Completely unique brilliant music, super diverse atmospheres, and some of the best vocal performances youll ever hear :) (yes im a big fan of his since 1993😉)
Though his live vocals are spot on now, his early studio vocals were the best. Just so raw and unrestrained, he hit some crazy notes back in the day
@feargm The climax of Larry's O as well, and the scream before the breakdown in Home Nucleonics. Soooo good
dev the genius.
2:21
"Victory, Screech!"
Dev is the best!
I can't believe that's the same Devin from the 1993 Wildhearts Reading gig
O M F G
where is the bathroom?
This same year, Devin laid all the guitar with Bill Leeb on the Millennium album.
Now this is an oldschool clip!
Devin is a lunatic!!!!!
In a good way. Love the guy. Oh and Steve too.....lol
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Vai goes full mafia mode at 2:16
It's time to re assemble this band.
Those legs.... Damn lol
3:22 & 4:22 😂😂😂
How are they able to stays focused, by stuff like that?? I would've laughed my ass off like hell, and Steve just answered Dev's question as if it's the most normal thing in the world 😂😂😂
Dev and Mike Patton must collaborate
😲 I'm pretty sure music wouldn't survive.
Not sure if Patton isn't too much of an intense personality 🤔
So fuckkking glad they met back then. I saw them at te palace on the vai tour and they fuckkked shit up ! So Fuckkking good !
Devin was on some serious drugs at this point I think.
Nah, squeaky clean here, just Devy being Devy XD
Didn't start with drugs until later.
I dont think so. Steve, however...
@@3du76 Steve on drugs? I didn't think he ever did drugs. He is just an "out there" kind of guy.
No, it wasn’t until after vai when Devin toured with the wild hearts that he got into drugs at the time
In 2 to 3 years he'd be writing Ocean Machine.... who'd have thought
Nice appearance Devin.
Devi debuting the proto mankini.
Funny... Steve Vai says he wasn't looking for a good looking guy with long hair, but still he was trying to look his very best and he never lopped off an inch of his own hair...
Holy fuck i love DT
Spread leg power moves
Headboogers Ball
Devin looks like Hank Green so much haha
I always thought that Devin Townsend is a name of the band
My.... hero.... I only love him more now lol
I'm so glad I found this interview 3:28
Is that Pets by Porno for Pyros I hear in the background? Why yes it is
Are these two working on something?
OMG devin looks like a turtle!
I always thought he looked like a thumb, but I can see the turtle resemblance.
Still waiting for Sex & Religion 2.
Yeahhhhh!! The best request for 2019.
@@kayokk- Me too Sir, but it will never happen. I think Steve and Dev dont really like that album
That's a hot take
@@GFJDean35 i wish i was wrong. Watch Devin sing Here and now in 2017 Starmus. Hes not into it at all. www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-still-cant-listen-to-vais-sex-religion-album/
@@TANTRUMGASM Everything else you said is true. But the album is not bad. Its fucking great!
Saw them in Toronto. I don't know. Townsend didn't do anything for me. That's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not dogging him.
Later I ended up working with a woman with the same last name....wasn't till years later that I found out from a guitar player bud at work that she and Townsend are cousins.
Cool
2:50 Devin had to leave because he had a call for Joe Leno
7:00 You're welcome
Back when the MTV name ment what it was for. Now TV channels have things have stuff that has nothing to do with their name/theme. Example...Scy Fy channel showing stupid WWE Wrestling.
Yus
AWESOME
2:19
20 year anniversary 2023 reunite for another album or atleast a tour of sex and religion
1996 or 1993..??
2:20.
Devin looks like every other hipster in Berlin...
Leo
Thats sooooo 90s lol
hahahahahaha
I wonder how many kinds of drugs he was on at the time.
Christian Rosæfontanus surprisingly from what he’s said in his new podcast series he didn’t start on the drugs until a few years later.
@@michaelplatt1959 That is actually a surprise.
@@christianrosfontanus9773 judging by how goofy he acts now that he's sober I guess he's just like that all the time to some extent
@@christianrosfontanus9773 It isn't necessarily all that surprising. He has bipolar disorder. So it depends on the drug the person but a lot of people with mental illness use drugs to slow down, speed up, and/or generally medicate which would definitely be understandable given the Devin in this video and the knowledge that he's bipolar. Common understanding is that drugs make you erratic and while that's definitely a common occurrence sometimes people are *already* erratic and try to use drugs to try and be normal. Not saying this is the case with Devy but it wouldn't surprise me. It's entertaining as all fuck to watch in this video but if we're real he's going absolutely ballistic.
lolol
He used to be talll
...
You’ve got to be shitting me.