It is really inspiring to see how this young dude tried his chance back in the days. even tho you didnt end up in the band, it is still useful experience for yourself. Hope you are still playing man.
I was there that day, I was number seven to try out. Awesome to see who got to jam with the band cause we didn’t have a way to find out from social media then.
all i can say is fred durst has never bobbed his head to my guitar playing lol that's badass you got to tryout like that. i bet it was nerve wracking just playing in front of the entire band and crew lmfao
trying to replace wes borland is just so damn hard.. hes so original and innovative.. double handed tapping and his knowledge of equipment and stuff like that is just insane.. he really is one of the best guitarists in the world despite what ppl may think.. it was never gonna happen.. you cant replace that originality and to expect anyone else to be able to come in and replicate it is just insane.. its too hard to write like wes..
Playing nu metal on an Epiphone Sheraton. Now that’s ballsy. No but in all seriousness this is fucking badass and I’m jealous you got to experience this.
This is sooo tight homie, yall sound great together. I went down to Guitar Center when I heard Freddie on Stern talking about having auditions in nyc that day. I wish I got to jam with the boys so bad. They’re still one of my favorite bands in the planet til this day 🤘🏻
@georgeprodjex It's an early 90's Epiphone Sheraton II semi-hollow that's all stock. No distortion pedal. If I remember correctly I was playing through a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack. Funny thing: I had never used a "real" amp before that and so I had no idea what to do with the channel switcher or amp settings until about 5 minutes prior to playing. I'd always just used a Digitech RP-3 through an old single channel Sunn. Fun times. Thanks for watching!
Thanks, it really was a pretty laid back thing. I think this is actually the 3rd song I played with them. We'd established a flow by that point and were able to read each other easily. As for a PR stunt - Absolutely. I think it's brilliant and deceptive at the same time, but isn't all good advertising? Everyone signed away the rights to their original material in order to audition, so the band suddenly had hundreds of new songs to legally rip off. Obviously it didn't pay off for them!
Fred Durst tried the same thing with the band Taproot. He offered them a audition to get signed to his label. But all the songs they would use in the audition would be signed over to him. No matter if they got the contract or not. And if your trying to get on a major label, you naturally would bring your best songs. Taproot declined Fred’s offer. And that’s when Fred left that famous voicemail to them talking all kinda crazy shit. You can find it on CZcams I Believe. He’s a shrewd businessman.
I still think Mike Smith has same concept in sound and ambient ways in music. Wes Borlands style is unique and can sound excellent. I like his style of playing
I'd like to see even half of you up there and play anything and that's it your not even nervous, this riff is very nice, all you people saying drumming is off or horrible, these guys never jammed before, guitarist held his own, nice job dude.
They had at least 1 callback from each city. I was the only one from OKC that they told on the spot to come back that night. The other guy was sent home and got a phone call that afternoon. I think it was a brilliant PR stunt (I work in advertising now so I admire their audacity) and that they never had any intention of finding a "nobody" to bring on board. It was a fun experience nonetheless and I'm glad I was able to do it.
believe it or not it actually wasnt a total pr stunt. This is the hardest time during the bands career. Fred was really hoping he would find that random freak that just brought it. Interesting thing is these days, i think that method would be a lot more fruit. Seems to be a ton more guitar players these days! Good stuff tho bro. Personally, I know i would of been to nervous. Also i can feel your pain on having to use the stack and not being used to it. So right away the tone your used to isnt the same.
@georgeprodjex @georgeprodjex It's an early 90's Epiphone Sheraton II semi-hollow that's all stock. No distortion pedal. If I remember correctly I was playing through a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack. Funny thing: I had never used a "real" amp before that and so I had no idea what to do with the channel switcher or amp settings until about 5 minutes prior to playing. I'd always just used a Digitech RP-3 through an old single channel Sunn. Fun times. Thanks for watching!
@Ruinous Wow. You're right. I was terrible. Please feel free to post a link to the video of you playing with them. I'd love to watch it and learn the ways of a true guitar master such as yourself.
criostoir07 yet in 8 years you haven't done shit, just a douchebag. You clearly weren't good enough. Get over yourself. Shitty playing from a shitty player.
I used too listen to your songs you had on Myspace a long time ago, I listened to them every day, anywhere I can check the out again, or maby you could send them too me. Im a fan!
I love hearing peoples original stuff. I like it............I'm trying to hear some lyrics and singing. "Went to my HS 20 years later and took a walk around in the snow........then a raven swooped down and thought it said her name..........Becky at the football game, never even knew your last name. ...........Had a thought of how unfair life can be then I looked at my watch .........222 in the hallway I laughed feels weird Ollie that your in your grave............and I drifted away from everything that was good in life without an expression on my face
i like how relaxed the three of you rocked that thing, sweet riff btw. on a larger note: one can't help but feel that the whole audition process was a PR stunt. i mean they auditioned and recalled so many players but none was good enough or just slightly better than the one they ended up taking? c'mon
They should have gone with you. Mike is a good guitar player, but he never had anything close to what Limp Bizkit sounds like. I feel like they picked him because he was in Snot and already knew Fred. You should record this song and upload it to CZcams. It sounds great and with some right vocals, it could be even better.
Come on man... i saw them in the giants stadium in 2003 with Metallica and i can tell you they knew what they were doing by choosing Mike . He filled that hot spot more than well .
first off all, you sounded good to me man. secondly do you believe they might have actually picked someone like you or was it just a publicity thing? i only ask because they obviously didn't pick someone from the talent search and only you and one other guy got call backs then they went with the guy who used to be in snot right?
Awesome dude. I'm from Norman. I wonder how RMV would've been with you on guitar with these kinds of riffs...probably alot better than the final release. lol
How the hell do you land an audition with Limp Bizkit? Swear if they auditioned guitarists again if (hopefully not!) something happened with Wes, I’d do everything in my power to get one!
Thanks for coming.....Oh No....we'll call you.... *🙄* They are a top level band with great....not good but GREAT musicians. John Otto, Wes Borland....GREAT musicians. They weren't looking for average players. Fred has even stated in interviews how they didn't find anyone good with the "trials." Have you ever seen Metallicas Some Kind of Monster Movie and how Rob Trujillo joined the band? He got that gig because several other ALREADY PROFESSIONAL musicians from well known bands you already know of tried out and Rob got the job because everyone else...even other PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS didn't quite cut it and it felt like even the best they found was always like 10% underskilled to pull off what they required. Rob had that extra 10% and it felt natural and comfortable not forced. The band didn't have to slow things down and play an AVERAGE mid tempo rythm during tryouts. Congrats on trying out I guess but I think you KNEW that it wasn't going to happen. The reason why?.....Go watch Limp Bizkits Metallica MTV Icon performance of them playing Sanitarium with Mike Smith playing his first live gig with LB upon joining and honestly tell me you think you could do better than he did? Didn't think so.
HAHAHA that guy who looks about 50 head banging at the front definitely seems like his dad over compensating the head bangs and keeps looking at John and Sam for reactions lmao so funny
That's actually a guy named Peter Katsis. He was either LB's manager or he was the VP of Interscope Records at the time. I can't remember which since it's been so long now.
this is this kids original music and some big rock band with contracts and a video camera can't change that. and even if by chance limp bizkit owns it now in a legal sense, who cares? people are enjoying it, he didn't steal it - he wrote it. why hate? .
you rock! don´t be angry with me but i think wes is irreplaceable. he is my guitar idol and i think he is so unbelievable creative. which doesn´t mean your not. but i don´t think you fit into that band. wes does (i´m so glad he´s back). you should build your own band and jam your own style..!! i´ll buy your record. you have a band now?
RESPECT!..........you must be proud, knowing that 99% of guitar players would definitely BITCH out!! Talk is cheap....and you Never know, until you get up there and try......nothing just "happens" from the safety of your bedroom computer.....put up, or shut up!
I think Limp Bizkit without Wes Borland is pointless. If Limp Bizkit fired everyone but Wes, Fred Durst and DJ Lethal that anyone could fill the shoes of the rest of the band. Honestly though, every original member of the band is what made Limp Bizkit one of the best bands in their genre. I'm not the biggest Limp Bizkit fan, but I do like most everything they put out. They are an artistic and trendy mix of metal, hip hop, and techno. I would venture to say that even though they are a very tight band that there are some punk over tones in the mix. I went to see Limp Bizkit because of Wes Borland. He's up there with John 5 as far as artistic, flashy, skilled guitarists who more or less represent the whole band and are also entertainers on top of all that. The guy that got Wes spot is a great guitarist, but isn't a stand out entertainer or artistic. Wes has hit the stage in some of the oddest costumes, make-up and masks, jumps around and damn near break dances, is very acrobatic and still manages to play as if he were relaxed and recording in the studio. He's not a shredder or a metal God by no means, but he plays Wes Borland brand of guitar and is the only guitar for Limp Bizkit. Even Daron Malakian plays the same roll with SOAD. John 5 made Marilyn Manson a hell of a lot better than say Zim Zum. John 5 has been a good fit with every band he's played for. Because of the auditions put on by Limp Bizkit there was a bunch of very good players that came out of the woodshed and got noticed. I thought that was awesome. From what I have been seeing lately because I don't watch TV at all and I don't do alot of net surfing that Wes is back and better than ever. Awesome. I'm a guitarist and was self taught. I've been playing for 40 years and came up during the revolution that guitar evolved into. In the wake of Hendrix and Page we get Eddie Van Halen and it went all the up and beyond to where the guitar is played by some of these guitarists that are almost super human in their capabilities. I have been through the metal, punk, Seattle and rock scene. Hair metal to death metal, .38 Special to Georgia Satellites, The Exploited to DRI and anyone else I forgot. I have played for ten people up into the lower 10 thousands. I've been schooled and have been handed my own ass out there, I have also been the Wes Borland, John 5 or Daron Malakian of the bands I've been in as well. I have alot of respect for the new generation of guitarists because these kids have to fill some big shoes these days because it's almost all been done.
Yeah. They were all really cool. Sam Rivers told me he loves jamming with guys like me so that was pretty cool to hear.
Sick riffing
It is really inspiring to see how this young dude tried his chance back in the days. even tho you didnt end up in the band, it is still useful experience for yourself. Hope you are still playing man.
Every day and shows almost every weekend. Gotta keep the dream alive man.
I was there that day, I was number seven to try out. Awesome to see who got to jam with the band cause we didn’t have a way to find out from social media then.
I was #15. It's still a fun story to tell so thank you for being part of it.
all i can say is fred durst has never bobbed his head to my guitar playing lol that's badass you got to tryout like that. i bet it was nerve wracking just playing in front of the entire band and crew lmfao
At least you got to experience this man. Well done. Not many can say they had this opportunity.
This search was a publicity stunt but the guitarist on this video is tight and got a positive reaction out of the people in that room. Nice work!
trying to replace wes borland is just so damn hard.. hes so original and innovative.. double handed tapping and his knowledge of equipment and stuff like that is just insane.. he really is one of the best guitarists in the world despite what ppl may think.. it was never gonna happen.. you cant replace that originality and to expect anyone else to be able to come in and replicate it is just insane.. its too hard to write like wes..
Agreed. Wes IS the Limp Bizkit sound and style
Porno and Mike didn’t do justice while Mike was very good
The funniest part about that is Wes truly dislikes limp biz kit. He fucking told my friend at a queen Quong show
Borland is bizkit dna... His personality... His sound... If he gone just rent many guitaris out there... But to replace no way
Playing nu metal on an Epiphone Sheraton. Now that’s ballsy. No but in all seriousness this is fucking badass and I’m jealous you got to experience this.
This is sooo tight homie, yall sound great together. I went down to Guitar Center when I heard Freddie on Stern talking about having auditions in nyc that day. I wish I got to jam with the boys so bad. They’re still one of my favorite bands in the planet til this day 🤘🏻
12 years ago today. Wow. Time flies.
Hey dude, Im so keen to learn this, do you have any tabs please?
criostoir07 15 years already dude ; )
17 years ago man
18 years now. Time is a dangerous (thing?)
21 now
So cool you got to jam with the legendary limp! Cheers and good playing
@georgeprodjex It's an early 90's Epiphone Sheraton II semi-hollow that's all stock. No distortion pedal. If I remember correctly I was playing through a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack. Funny thing: I had never used a "real" amp before that and so I had no idea what to do with the channel switcher or amp settings until about 5 minutes prior to playing. I'd always just used a Digitech RP-3 through an old single channel Sunn. Fun times. Thanks for watching!
0:22 LB’s manager is head(over)banging as if this was his nephew being tried out
Lol
I remember when this was going on. Pretty cool idea they had there. Good job with the audition.
who is 2019 still looking this video?
2020))
2020 in December
@@andrewmcdonald5275 hey there hahaha
2024
Thanks, it really was a pretty laid back thing. I think this is actually the 3rd song I played with them. We'd established a flow by that point and were able to read each other easily. As for a PR stunt - Absolutely. I think it's brilliant and deceptive at the same time, but isn't all good advertising? Everyone signed away the rights to their original material in order to audition, so the band suddenly had hundreds of new songs to legally rip off. Obviously it didn't pay off for them!
why would anyone give up the rights to their own stuff? That sounds insane. I'd never do that. Where was the incentive?
Fred Durst tried the same thing with the band Taproot. He offered them a audition to get signed to his label. But all the songs they would use in the audition would be signed over to him. No matter if they got the contract or not. And if your trying to get on a major label, you naturally would bring your best songs. Taproot declined Fred’s offer. And that’s when Fred left that famous voicemail to them talking all kinda crazy shit. You can find it on CZcams I Believe. He’s a shrewd businessman.
So did they use this for a song? How come you don't have more stuff? Also can you solo?
@@gotohellaaron No they didn't use it and obviously this is all he recorded and the band said no soloing
Excellent riffs, but wes is irreplaceable
@@Raze120 Yeah, he honestly was.
@@Raze120 yes he was Imao. His riffs are one of the biggest reasons limp bizkit stands out. He plays crazy shit.
exactly.. Mr BigDumbFace style is matchless
Wes Boreland=Limp Bizkit
I still think Mike Smith has same concept in sound and ambient ways in music. Wes Borlands style is unique and can sound excellent. I like his style of playing
Years ago but still good to listen too.
I'd like to see even half of you up there and play anything and that's it your not even nervous, this riff is very nice, all you people saying drumming is off or horrible, these guys never jammed before, guitarist held his own, nice job dude.
Hollow body and similar wes improv vibes. Fkn nailed it
They had at least 1 callback from each city. I was the only one from OKC that they told on the spot to come back that night. The other guy was sent home and got a phone call that afternoon. I think it was a brilliant PR stunt (I work in advertising now so I admire their audacity) and that they never had any intention of finding a "nobody" to bring on board. It was a fun experience nonetheless and I'm glad I was able to do it.
Yeah when they had you sign over your original material, I knew they weren't going to be picking up a no name guitar player.
believe it or not it actually wasnt a total pr stunt. This is the hardest time during the bands career. Fred was really hoping he would find that random freak that just brought it. Interesting thing is these days, i think that method would be a lot more fruit. Seems to be a ton more guitar players these days! Good stuff tho bro. Personally, I know i would of been to nervous. Also i can feel your pain on having to use the stack and not being used to it. So right away the tone your used to isnt the same.
@georgeprodjex @georgeprodjex It's an early 90's Epiphone Sheraton II semi-hollow that's all stock. No distortion pedal. If I remember correctly I was playing through a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack. Funny thing: I had never used a "real" amp before that and so I had no idea what to do with the channel switcher or amp settings until about 5 minutes prior to playing. I'd always just used a Digitech RP-3 through an old single channel Sunn. Fun times. Thanks for watching!
Dude this sounds awesome. Really love the clean riff. What tuning was this in?
Thanks! Drop D. Nice name btw.
Christopher Smith thanks man you too haha!
Christopher Smith legit though, this kicks ass
Yeah I was way into Tool around this time.
Kudos man! What a trip auditioning for for LB.
Kickass dude! Got to be a great experience.
wow.. nice upload, dude. dream come true
@Ruinous Wow. You're right. I was terrible. Please feel free to post a link to the video of you playing with them. I'd love to watch it and learn the ways of a true guitar master such as yourself.
@criostoir07 Don't listen to that empty headed piker. You can play!
No guiitar master would lower 'emselves to play with Limp Bizkit mate tho good for you that you played with'em!
what kind of hollowbody were you using it sounded really throaty p.s you woulda done excellent with limp bizkit
criostoir07 yet in 8 years you haven't done shit, just a douchebag. You clearly weren't good enough. Get over yourself. Shitty playing from a shitty player.
I puke at your idols your a dick dude he got a call back and ya even if he isn’t the most technical his original song sounds like a Wes riff....
Can't think of a more depressing gig than a Limp Bizkit rehearsal in OK city
Dope man. This could have easily been a Bizkit song 👌🏽
Well what Wes brings to the stage is presence aswell as impeccable music! Everybody can play the guitar if they wanted to. Great footage though
This IS a pretty nice riff, I´m practicing it right now! Thanx.
You were totally limpin' with the Bizkit dude
I used too listen to your songs you had on Myspace a long time ago, I listened to them every day, anywhere I can check the out again, or maby you could send them too me. Im a fan!
Nice flow and groove.
I love hearing peoples original stuff. I like it............I'm trying to hear some lyrics and singing. "Went to my HS 20 years later and took a walk around in the snow........then a raven swooped down and thought it said her name..........Becky at the football game, never even knew your last name. ...........Had a thought of how unfair life can be then I looked at my watch .........222 in the hallway I laughed feels weird Ollie that your in your grave............and I drifted away from everything that was good in life without an expression on my face
Wow that's truly awful
The 90's skater gangmember look
It was all a P.R. stunt. Brilliant idea in my opinion, but it did suck getting my and many others' hopes up all for nothing.
How was it a brilliant idea when all they got was bad press for it
This is really cool dude!! Way to go for it
awesome dude,congratz! what did fred and the others say about the performance? I bet they loved it,cuz it looks like john and sam did!
Cool experience, fo sho. Good job!
i like how relaxed the three of you rocked that thing, sweet riff btw.
on a larger note: one can't help but feel that the whole audition process was a PR stunt. i mean they auditioned and recalled so many players but none was good enough or just slightly better than the one they ended up taking? c'mon
I remember trying out in Austin ,TX. WHat a scam. I feel sorry for Crios and others that got that FAR UP just to be told no.
dude- that is sick- you audtioned for limp bizkit that says enough to me!
awesome mate... congrats for having such an opportunity.
They should have gone with you. Mike is a good guitar player, but he never had anything close to what Limp Bizkit sounds like. I feel like they picked him because he was in Snot and already knew Fred.
You should record this song and upload it to CZcams. It sounds great and with some right vocals, it could be even better.
I wish they picked morley!
Come on man... i saw them in the giants stadium in 2003 with Metallica and i can tell you they knew what they were doing by choosing Mike . He filled that hot spot more than well .
you think this sounds like lb? oh god
@@wjveryzer7985 He is good, but you are right...not the right person for LB.
@@michaelehrhart9670 just doesn't have that Wes vibe
first off all, you sounded good to me man. secondly do you believe they might have actually picked someone like you or was it just a publicity thing? i only ask because they obviously didn't pick someone from the talent search and only you and one other guy got call backs then they went with the guy who used to be in snot right?
10 years later I’m here to say we need some tablature on this riff lol
@christophersmith4391
Awesome! Great audition!
That song was sick!
Well done!
wow, the beats is awesome
It sounds like Creed
NICE PLAYING BRO! It feels like a song that would be on Significant Other, your riffs were very Limp Bizkit-ish ha!
Awesome dude. I'm from Norman. I wonder how RMV would've been with you on guitar with these kinds of riffs...probably alot better than the final release. lol
Possibly. I'd have to remember how it all goes and then write it out. Thanks.
do you have the tabs for it now?
suena de puta madre ese punteo de guitarra esta muy bueno
I think you really clicked with the band
Damn dude..sounds awesome!!
How the hell do you land an audition with Limp Bizkit? Swear if they auditioned guitarists again if (hopefully not!) something happened with Wes, I’d do everything in my power to get one!
They decided to do a contest type thing
Very nice moment
That necklace though . . . Gadzooks is where I bought all my dumbass necklaces from. lol
Did you play any LB song that time? Or was it just a jam?
No LB songs - We just jammed to 3 songs I had written in my bedroom when I was about 16. A lifetime ago!
Pretty sick riff
No idea why this was in my recommended but hey, good on ya that must have been a fun day. Slàinte
“Let’s hear some of your stuff”
**rips off riffs on next album**
You found this video after I mentioned it didn't you!?
@@bretthill7443 Did they end up putting something out that sounds like this?
Sounds like a high school band
It literally does I have no idea what half the people in here are hearing when they say it sounds awesome
Ben James it sounds awesome
This is like inspection to me
awesome brother:) Great Riffs
that is really cool man!!!
@lucasricardofolco Thanks man! I really appreciate that.
That is Joey Jordison's drums
Indredible!!!!!!
wow.. opportunity of a lifetime to jam with LB (minus Wes is sad though.. at that point of time) but great job! ;)
Thanks for coming.....Oh No....we'll call you.... *🙄*
They are a top level band with great....not good but GREAT musicians. John Otto, Wes Borland....GREAT musicians. They weren't looking for average players. Fred has even stated in interviews how they didn't find anyone good with the "trials." Have you ever seen Metallicas Some Kind of Monster Movie and how Rob Trujillo joined the band? He got that gig because several other ALREADY PROFESSIONAL musicians from well known bands you already know of tried out and Rob got the job because everyone else...even other PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS didn't quite cut it and it felt like even the best they found was always like 10% underskilled to pull off what they required. Rob had that extra 10% and it felt natural and comfortable not forced. The band didn't have to slow things down and play an AVERAGE mid tempo rythm during tryouts.
Congrats on trying out I guess but I think you KNEW that it wasn't going to happen. The reason why?.....Go watch Limp Bizkits Metallica MTV Icon performance of them playing Sanitarium with Mike Smith playing his first live gig with LB upon joining and honestly tell me you think you could do better than he did? Didn't think so.
that's why Wes here where hi is
Nice! You rock!
I did an audition for them aswell in Toronto
Awesome! How'd it go?
Hey well done man! What was it like meeting Limp Bizkit?
Do you have anymore footage? Was this only about 3 mins cause it looks like Katsis is saying at the end "ok were done here"
Doug Funny It's the only section the local news camera guy was able to film before Katsis noticed he was recording. He told him to shut it down.
Mike was an excellent choice. Now, Wes rules. Deal with it.
At least it was an awesome experience
great nice riff
Awesome video brother you nailed it! are you still in Oklahoma?
Thanks man! That was a while ago but glad people are still running across it. And yes, I'm still in OKC. You a fellow Okie?
Very cool, Good for you !!
dude that's awesome well done, gud riffige.
HAHAHA that guy who looks about 50 head banging at the front definitely seems like his dad over compensating the head bangs and keeps looking at John and Sam for reactions lmao so funny
That's actually a guy named Peter Katsis. He was either LB's manager or he was the VP of Interscope Records at the time. I can't remember which since it's been so long now.
Em pensar que eu tenho total condições de ser guitarrista de uma banda desse nipe kkkk muito loko!!!
this is this kids original music and some big rock band with contracts and a video camera can't change that. and even if by chance limp bizkit owns it now in a legal sense, who cares? people are enjoying it, he didn't steal it - he wrote it. why hate?
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you rock!
don´t be angry with me but i think wes is irreplaceable. he is my guitar idol and i think he is so unbelievable creative.
which doesn´t mean your not. but i don´t think you fit into that band. wes does (i´m so glad he´s back). you should build your own band and jam your own style..!! i´ll buy your record. you have a band now?
este video deja bien claro por que no fue el guitarrista de limp bizkit
@StanHowser As long as you throw in a G# to Am13 you're golden.
what a lucky bastard
insanee
RESPECT!..........you must be proud, knowing that 99% of guitar players would definitely BITCH out!! Talk is cheap....and you Never know, until you get up there and try......nothing just "happens" from the safety of your bedroom computer.....put up, or shut up!
I tried out for it in Austin
I think Limp Bizkit without Wes Borland is pointless. If Limp Bizkit fired everyone but Wes, Fred Durst and DJ Lethal that anyone could fill the shoes of the rest of the band. Honestly though, every original member of the band is what made Limp Bizkit one of the best bands in their genre. I'm not the biggest Limp Bizkit fan, but I do like most everything they put out. They are an artistic and trendy mix of metal, hip hop, and techno. I would venture to say that even though they are a very tight band that there are some punk over tones in the mix. I went to see Limp Bizkit because of Wes Borland. He's up there with John 5 as far as artistic, flashy, skilled guitarists who more or less represent the whole band and are also entertainers on top of all that. The guy that got Wes spot is a great guitarist, but isn't a stand out entertainer or artistic. Wes has hit the stage in some of the oddest costumes, make-up and masks, jumps around and damn near break dances, is very acrobatic and still manages to play as if he were relaxed and recording in the studio. He's not a shredder or a metal God by no means, but he plays Wes Borland brand of guitar and is the only guitar for Limp Bizkit. Even Daron Malakian plays the same roll with SOAD. John 5 made Marilyn Manson a hell of a lot better than say Zim Zum. John 5 has been a good fit with every band he's played for. Because of the auditions put on by Limp Bizkit there was a bunch of very good players that came out of the woodshed and got noticed. I thought that was awesome. From what I have been seeing lately because I don't watch TV at all and I don't do alot of net surfing that Wes is back and better than ever. Awesome. I'm a guitarist and was self taught. I've been playing for 40 years and came up during the revolution that guitar evolved into. In the wake of Hendrix and Page we get Eddie Van Halen and it went all the up and beyond to where the guitar is played by some of these guitarists that are almost super human in their capabilities. I have been through the metal, punk, Seattle and rock scene. Hair metal to death metal, .38 Special to Georgia Satellites, The Exploited to DRI and anyone else I forgot. I have played for ten people up into the lower 10 thousands. I've been schooled and have been handed my own ass out there, I have also been the Wes Borland, John 5 or Daron Malakian of the bands I've been in as well. I have alot of respect for the new generation of guitarists because these kids have to fill some big shoes these days because it's almost all been done.
I'd really love to know the tab for the clean section.
really nice work :)
And in that moment fred said: better call Mike!!!