Jeff Waters, Alex Skolnick, Marty Friedman- Most unique guitar players in thrash history.

@juandidino5482

7 жыл бұрын

and Gary HOLT!!!!!

@kreator7490

7 жыл бұрын

That Coroner dude and Piggy from Voivod

@diermax

7 жыл бұрын

u know were's playing marty friedman now? babymetal lol

@MateoBakija

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know but he played memorable solos on 'Rust in peace' which is one of the best thrash metal albums of all time.

@silverbane5008

6 жыл бұрын

Dimebag is not overrated, he is one of the greats.

I'm still baffled that Annihilator never success in North America especially here in Canada. I fell in love with this band back in 89 and still love them. As a guitarist myself, Jeff playing and technique is amazing. Amazing song writer.

@florianklink2961

9 ай бұрын

Oh he IS great! Sadly I just found out myself. Never gave Jeff and his band a try before. Now I get why this band belongs to the top tier metal groups of the 90's. Jeff is a guitar god that somehow gets overlooked a lot. Perhaps because he doesn't look "metal" enough 😄.

I like Annahilator. I always do. and damn! after this interview, I have a great deal of respect for this guy.

@PapaEmeritusII

7 жыл бұрын

Pure class. Jeff is a legend and deserves more praise and attention.

Jeff still looks like hes in his 20's

@NoName-nq8fk

8 жыл бұрын

I know man. he never ages!

@gfan5492

6 жыл бұрын

and hes 51 now and still amazing

@leeschofield488

6 жыл бұрын

Because he didn't drink, drug or smoke himself to an early grave like so many others.

@blendzol

4 жыл бұрын

Great Gene pool

@CobaltLancer

4 жыл бұрын

jstrong82 I know right. Dave Mustaine probably would still look that young too if it weren’t for that throat cancer...

People always say that Jeff deserved to be more successful but I think he's fine right where he is. If he'd become super famous he might not be as grounded as he is now. He's successful enough to be at peace with himself.

@MetalHomeboyJay

10 жыл бұрын

Amen

@PNL_King

10 жыл бұрын

hes just so fucking good at playing that god damn instrument and people have no motherfucking idea.... you know what? FUCK EM

@pyromaniarules

9 жыл бұрын

Spiderman of thrash metal in general jeff puts out some of the best, most consistent without copying themselves, and best riffs out of any metal band. and it seems like his talent is never ending plus on top hes a humble great guy whos fighting to keep it more about the music and less about the business.

@PNL_King

9 жыл бұрын

***** my favorite 3 metal solos all time: 1. Tornado of Souls (Friedman lead, Dave playing rhythym) 2. Under a Glass Moon (Petrucci) 3. Waters (Fun Palace)

@PNL_King

9 жыл бұрын

***** yes, exactly.. i edited it now because i was so excited to get it out that i switched em up... you know you're shit

Old school metal is the best forever, hail Annihilator \m/

@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano

Жыл бұрын

Of course, especially Thrash-metal: Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Tormentor...

Annihilator should have been way bigger than they are!

@EminencePhront

3 жыл бұрын

Jeff did that to himself. He refused to hire proper producers and he would make his singers sound terrible (compare Dave Padden in Annihilator to Silent Strain or Aaron Randall in Speeed). He's sabotaged his own music for decades.

@thrash208

2 жыл бұрын

@@EminencePhront I don't think he cares about being big something tells me he does it for the music more than anything.

@EminencePhront

2 жыл бұрын

@@thrash208 If he cared about the music, he would put more effort and resources into production. It’s not just that he is not a pop sensation, but that even among metal bands, Annihilator is not highly regarded. Back when Jeff was capable of having original ideas, he did everything in his power to sabotage them. By comparison Devin Townsend is much more serious about his craft and cares about the music.

@thrash208

2 жыл бұрын

@@EminencePhront it's about HIS art it's something HE created is what I'm trying to say. If you don't care about being big than what does it matter the production it's for his own satisfaction and whoever is willing to enjoy it will regardless? Why does it matter being pouring resources into the production if it's solely for the art? Something tells me Annihilator isn't his gravy train yet he's made music for nearly 40 years why continue if not just to create something. I don't think he just likes to create music in the same way a painter keeps painting even if they've never really done anything big.

@EminencePhront

2 жыл бұрын

@@thrash208 except that he’s releasing it to the world, not to mention through record labels that are for-profit enterprises. If you want to half-ass your music, do it on your own time and put it on a SoundCloud to share with your friends and relatives. If you intend for your music to become part of the corpus of your genre’s music, there is an expectation that you will put proper effort into it. Jeff Waters is a professional musician in that he makes money playing and publishing music. As such, he should be judged by the standards of professional musicians, not hobbyists fucking around in their spare time. Judged by those standards, he doesn’t fare well.

AWESOME! Very open minded and stil true to his roots! I just loved how he don't hate Green Day and Sum 41 and love Trivium's guitar work. Keep thrashing and keep doing heavy music, hell yeah!

he seems really cool. He seems an immense talent humbled by a changing industry. I listened to Annihilator in the nineties during my Death Metal days. Didnt get into them but was totally blown away by Waters playing. Now I listen to those old albums all the time. Long may Waters continue!

Music business is hell, but despite countless lineup changes Jeff Waters and Annihilator are still going strong - respect!

That was a great interview. Always respected Jeff as a player, and now as a great person, who believes in what he does to keep metal alive.

Oh Jeff, you're so Canadian.

Jeff is a LEGEND as far as I'm concerned! \m/

Seen Annihilator with Nevermore back in '02, one of the best shows i've ever been in.

@gringochucha

2 жыл бұрын

Damn. Must've been awesome. Annihilator with Joe Comeau and Nevermore still promoting Dead Heart in a Dead World.

Watch mojo needs to make a top ten annihilator song list video.

@BlindBosnian

7 жыл бұрын

And No.2 would be Human Insecticide

@huskymetal6678

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlindBosnian no 3. King of the kill

@michaeltozzi3112

4 жыл бұрын

Imperiled Eyes needs to be in the top 3.

Honest and inspiring. Thank you Mr Jeff Waters 🤘🤘🤘

What a Great Amazing Interview! I Have Always Respected And Love Jeff Waters. .He's an Amazing Talent Guitar Player and Annihilator are Awesome Yeah!!!! And his words from the Interview tells no doubt about It That He Loves What He Do For Metal \m/ ♥ Thanks So Munch ♥

jeff waters is a god/SAINT in more ways than one!!! he actually gives a fuck about musicians instead of just the mighty buck and that isn't easy to find.i love annihilator and this style of metal.death metal is fine for some but not for others.i like to hear what the vocals are saying personally,not constant growls and screaming. melodic POWERFUL vocals THAT CAN BE HEARD and make sense!!!! stone wall,go to bat,unless you want to live like that stone wall,cant we see,we're our own worst enemy.

@brandonyoung7973

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly why I listen to 80's thrash, I mean hey if death metal's your thing then cool rock on but its not for me. Bands like Megadeth and Annihilator bring that in your face, speedy yet occasional melodic sections and vocal range that I know and will always love and respect. Long live thrash metal

@BW_Drums

10 жыл бұрын

Brandon Young Well, I can see what you guys are saying. But that's really the first negative thing anyone says about Death Metal. "You can't understand the lyrics" but if you really put in the time and actually listen, it becomes quite clear. Death Metal is one of my favourite genres of music, particularly Melodic Death. Yet, my favourite bands are bands like Megadeth, Metallica, Annihilator etc. People really should start broadening their taste in Metal.

@666Hotdogman666

10 жыл бұрын

FordFan197 If you like Melodic Death Metal you will love Be'lakor.

@davewhitman5392

10 жыл бұрын

FordFan197 One is really not meant to 'understand' death metal vocals. You get the overall point of the song just by how dark it sounds. That's why in most death albums, you get a lyric sheet to help you along.

@BW_Drums

10 жыл бұрын

Dave Whitman I disagree. It's silly to say that you aren't MEANT to understand the lyrics. You're meant to understand them in the same way you can understand Pop lyrics. Most people just can't understand Death Metal lyrics, but that is because they don't actually put in the time to try and understand. If you have to use a lyric sheet, that just means you cannot understand or have difficulty understanding some Death Metal lyrics... I personally find it hard to understand Black Metal lyrics...

Jeff is the man.

Oh Jeff, id sign to your label any day you talented underrated guitar god, for your knowledge and experiences over the years you could diffidently cut corners. \m/

needs more like him in the industry. so many bands getting signed but nothing to show. still having to work part time. good on you Jeff.

i love this dude. fantastic to have been raised on music where money ain't everything.

Jeff Waters is awesome...never forget Alison Hell on cassette tape at full blast in the car...that Guitar sound is so clean!!! 🥰

JEFF WATERS!!!!..... AMAZING AND GORGEOUS GUITAR PLAYER!

Jeff is probably the most underrated guitarist on the market

NO WAY THATS AT KATAKOMBES!!! My hometown of Montreal!

Jeff Waters rocks!!!! He is a smart sober sob.

It's kind of cool to see a more serious side of him. He always shows his sense of humor in other interviews/tutorials/whatever but it's nice to see a musician get serious and actually be mindful of the next generation.

Jeff Waters = Legit, Cool, Talented, Humble. I tip my hat.

Great Musician and even Better Person.

I LOVE JEFF! A GREAT MAN!

Jeff es un maestroo!!

Jeff Waters is one of the greatest guitarists ,in my humble opinion ,in the world !!!!!

he seems to have his head on at least half way straight. nice to see

I like when Guitarist slide up like that at 4:23. It's simple and sounds cool.

Great guitar player. Lovely guy.

Jeff the Legend!

This guy is a champ. Duff McKagan and him should start a company to help musicians.

Only just got into Annihilator and it seems Jeff is a fucking cool guy to boot. Awesome.

Thanks, Jeff

Jeff helped my old band Starring Janet Leigh by reviewing contracts offered to us by record companies and guiding us to ensure we are not getting bent over. Just like what he said in the interview here.

That's what the world needs. Jeff Waters: Musician Advocate. I support!

wow jeff is more metal than I thought and I thought he was already metal enough JEFF STOP BEING SO AWESOME

Jeff rules !!

He is awesome!

this man is awesome

and production on albums was so much better than 80's as metal grew in popularity..

Way to go Jeff

Annihilator rocks! It's true what Jeff said about those scumbags in the record industry wanting to control every aspect of musicians. He definitely didn't sell out.

Good point.

Metal will never die..

It does look alot like Samuel Dunn, who did Metal Evoloution, Metal: A Headbangers Journey and Global Metal

From '94 to '97 he did the vocals for three albums, King of the Kill, Refresh the Demon and Remains. He still sings live and does backing vocals etc. but obviously Dave has become the 'main' singer.

Bravo Jeff! \m/

he is the king !

Jeff Waters is the fucking man!

He looks cooler with long hair

@an_38kitkashyap

4 жыл бұрын

He looks cool and rockstar in both ways. In short hair, he looks more modern. But his old looks are also not outdated, and have aged well.

Seems like a really nice, cool guy

What a gent!

I've heard a couple of bands that were mastered by Jeff Waters. My opinion - I don't like it. But Jeff is the only man on this planet that I would let touch my music.

I enjoy Exodus, Overkill and Testament more than Annihilator(I like Annihilator also) but I have seen all these bands within the last year and Annihilator was the only show which was completely sold out. They are also huge in Europe and Japan. Gotta give him respect,,plus he is a nice guy

Jeff Waters is so fucking cool!

But like Jeff Waters said you got guys like Pantera that was keeping metal alive in the 90's. And there are a just a handful of bands that was keeping metal alive in the 90's in America, bands like Death and some of the other first wave of Death Metal was also rising as well, but I can't remember any other groups that was keeping metal strong in the 90's in America at the top of my head. But other than all that, all the mainstream stuff was going to those grunge, nu and core bands.

Fucken best band in the world...the whole world, xant get enough, everyday ,those solo and their sound is just amazing 🤘🏻🤘🏻

they are friends and played together also there is one collabroation on a record

Jeff's awesome

Canada grows some crazy good musicians.

This guy fuckin rules man

Totally respect his opinions as a vet of the business who never quit. However, he's only referring to trends and popular bands. For one thing, "real" metal that he's referring to never went away at all in Europe and Japan, etc. And it never even went away in America either. There were still bands making great music, like Nevermore.

Much R.E.S.P.E.C.T to, Jeff ... what a guy.

@PapaEmeritusII

7 жыл бұрын

Underrated and needs more attention.

Jeff is made of 100% big hearted metal,i love this dude

St Pauli!! Whoooooray for Hamburg!!

"The 90s sucked for metal" what he meant is that it totally went underground and wasnt very popular as it was when it was in the 90s, grunge and pop-punk took over the 90s, your taking it out of context

jeff is great

Nice when things are called as seen. Thumbs up for balls to express.

HA HA, You're right! Yes that just might have something to do with it also. That would be the other "half reason" obviously!

Jeff Waters. As true as it gets.

Jeff Waters talking on 3:30 - 4:05 reminds me about Born of Osiris, He should rescue them to help them boost up their inner talent so they can reach their highest potential without drugs and shit.

90s did suck for metal however Black and death metal did boom during that era.

A metal man fighting the power as it should be.

@wayne smith i totally agree dude.

pretty cool guy definitely understands the modern mainstream metal scene. seems kind of out of it regarding the underground scene though which is kind of odd considering his B status in thrash metal fame. thought he'd be more grounded in the understanding of underground labels that care about supporting metal bands in their musical endeavors. still good advice though \m/\m/

Dude, hes the man, but he totally did skip over the glory days of death metal man. You had all those great albums by death, morbid angel, Cannibal corpse, Suffocation, Monstrosity, Obituary, Deicide. Dude the 90's was like the GOLDEN ERA of death metal and you had some phenomenal guitarists back then too. James Murphy Played with death and obituary. Paul Masvidal with Cynic and Death. Chuck schuldiner, Shannon Hamm. Andy Laroque from King diamond. The list goes on and on and on. Even Pat Obrien from cannibal corpse is an absolute shred machine man. But i do get what he is saying. Bands like children of bodom really made it in to the lime light like a lot of the other Euro metal bands in that time period. The first Speedy guitar driven stuff i really heard , besides priest and Maiden, was Stratovarius and hammerfall. It was some of the first new sounding music out there that really got me into metal when I was a kid. The death metal took me a while to get into. Death kinda opened up all the doors to that realm. I honestly think that Death is probably the most important Metal band Of the late 80's to 90's. They opened all the doors dude.

@verve92

10 жыл бұрын

Agree 1000000%. I remember back when I got this first album and was blown away! Technical yet not sterile band had great energy and Walters is SPOT ON when he talks about the shite record industry. We need more advocates like this guy who stand up for us and against the industry.

@user-qw8yw6sf9w

7 жыл бұрын

well, maybe he was telling about mainstream metal in nineties? because he said about metallica, slayer - they are big for mainstream, exodus, testament, annihilator - for mainstream they are little. not the death metal! korn, nirvana, alice in chains - they're cool, they were the mainstream backdays... dunno, maybe?..

@charlesoliphant4825

6 жыл бұрын

you don't want to see this man participate in death metal. you'd need a new pack of whitey tighties every day

Metal has always been around. In the 90's and early 2000's it was underground and then the New Wave Of Thrash Metal came out in about 2008.

What a fuckin' cool guy.

Can you believe I can't find Annihilator's self titled album anywhere in Canada, so sad. You would think I could find Canuck thrash gods in Toronto, but no.

my favourite metal dude. Love to have a beer with Jeff. He'd be good value

@leeschofield488

6 жыл бұрын

Especially given that he doesn't drink, lol.

at 1:47 to the left, isnt that the dude who did the metal evolution documentaries?

CARCASS, ANTHRAX, , KREATOR, TESTAMENT. kept it going to.

@beelzebubbles666

6 жыл бұрын

Damn right! Add to that Master.

@guilcom5911

5 жыл бұрын

yes but anthrax was living pay check to pay check at the time....also chuck billy had to drive transport truck on the side for a living...in the 90....i have great respect for those guy...to keep metal alive when it wasnt so easy for them

Jeff takes pride in saying he doesn't drink or take drugs because he went bat shit crazy with drink in the 90's. My point is, he was just as awesome at playing even when he did drink. Annihilator has just never seemed to get the break they deserve, i fucking love this band and have met Jeff, he's 110% genuine. Terrible management is the problem like he was saying.

goodguy waters!

Jeff Waters is very smart with a lot of common sense. No wonder Record companies fear him.

DOESN'T DRINK, SMOKE, OR DO DRUGS!......PERHAPS THAT'S HALF THE REASON WHY HE SHREDZ 'EM ALL!! A VERY WELL RESPECTED, TRUE METAL AMBASSADOR!!!

Oi, Love the hair!

Good advice. Straight up and Sober \m/

As far as North America goes, they're pretty much only known by the die-hards; outside however, they're right up there. Maybe not the same importance historically speaking but they're music stands up right along with Exodus and Testament.

Waters for pope!!! \M/

The 90s sucked for metal? Not that I know of. Death Morbid Angel Cannibal Corpse Suffocation Deicide Carcass At The Gates In Flames Entombed Emperor Immortal

@EDsavant

6 жыл бұрын

I miss the In Flames from back then.

@MaaZeus

6 жыл бұрын

These bands were considered underground, small or just extreme. True metal never really died in the underground, it just went away from the public eye for a while. Jeff was talking about rock and metal bands everybody could hear from a radio and MTV. Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Papa Roach and so on. Bleh, excuse me if I threw up a little bit in my mouth.

@bestmetalandrocklists9120

5 жыл бұрын

Rino Zisa thrash is what took a dip, but was revived in the 2000's

@arvindshastry1178

5 жыл бұрын

You forgot that Pantera was making their best songs in 90s

@kisstagals

5 жыл бұрын

Hey kid you didn't get what Jeff wanna say... Crunch and alternative were ruling the world around 90-97, and later punk like blink 182 and rap rock linking Park and Lim bizkit kinda bands... Only few maintstream band like Pantera were carrying the torch and Later Slipknot..

0:33 wtf bass?

@PetarJovanovic993

3 жыл бұрын

He recorded the bass on most Anni albums.

Is that Sam Dunn at 1:47 ? Left corner