For me it's the other way around. The gateway drug was hearing Dream Theater for the first time, that's what got me into practicing guitar etc. 23 years later, Metallica to me is the gold standard. It's all about the riff, the tightness, the attitude. That's always the yardstick for me. Is this riff Metallica worthy, would this recording be tight and ballsy enough for Hetfield.

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

That’s an awesome perspective! Thanks for watching the video and sharing your thoughts! 🎸🔥🤘🏻

I learned my first metallica song the day i got an electric guitar, which was exactly one year after i got an acoustic guitar and one year after i started playing. And yes, that irreversibly changed the direction i went. I literally went from fantasizing about being able to pick as fast as daron from system of a down to actually learning jeff loomis solos in about a year, and master of puppets was the first song i learned that gave me the confidence to do that.

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

That’s awesome bro! Thanks for sharing your experience!

I guess im currently on the high 😀 Even bought a guitar because of them

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Yes!!!🤘🏻🔥🎸 That’s awesome.! That’s what I’m talking about right there. Thanks Howard for watching and sharing your experience!

Good content Joe! You have an impressive channel as well!

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man, as you know it’s definitely a learning process. Just keep getting better with each upload. Thanks for watching and letting me know!

@ryank9910

6 ай бұрын

@@joehansonguitar Anytime! Keep the videos coming!

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

@ryank9910 thanks for the encouragement!!!

You know, its funny when you look at from a generational standpoint. For me it was early KISS. I think its the same for a lot of my generation. Take Dimebag for example. He kind of started as a huge KISS/Ace Frehley fan. Then comes Eddie Van Halen and Judas Priest and Iron Maiden until Pantera evolved into something completely different than where they began and he changed the face of that brand of music. Very interesting conversation

@joehansonguitar

4 ай бұрын

Excellent perspective!!

Yep, Fade to Black made me want to grab a guitar. Kirk really had a lot of potential in the RTL era.

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

💯! I’m not sure what happened to him over the years but he was absolutely awesome early on. His solos were perfectly crafted for Metallica’s music.

I remember really liking blackened and thought that main riff is simple and slow until I see they play it and I was like mindblowned.like how they play thing so fast I can't hear the E string?.but the song that got me into guitars is dyer's eve.it fucks with my mind and was the coolest thing I've heard in my life.

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Yeah man!!! That’s what I’m talking about! I can totally relate to this. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! 🎸🔥🤘🏻

100% true facts!

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Right!? 🤘🏻🎸🔥

Can relate. Kirk Hammett’s solos made me want to play guitar but it was Van Halen and Friedman’s playing that got me to buy an actual electric guitar.

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Yeah man! If it weren’t for Metallica I’d probably never have gotten into Van Halen, Cacophony, or Megadeth. Thanks for sharing your experience!

Fade to black💪

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Yes!! 🤘🏻🎸🔥

damn you look like guitar hero james hetfield

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 that’s funny. I had someone else on another video tell me I looked like Wes Borland. Thanks I guess!?

You remind me of the dude that made phinneas and ferb and hetfield himself

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Haha! Thanks!

I wasn't that into Metallica, although I know most of their music. My gateway-drug was "System of a Down", the songs from their first three albums are quite simple to play and sound amazing. Here's what I play today: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaJ5uK-go9rWdps.html Oh, and subscribed, I love to support small KZreadrs!

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences! I totally dig System of a Down and have enjoyed teaching some of the songs to my students. Thanks for the sub and I just subscribed to your channel as well! 🎸🤘🏻🔥

Slayer was mine

@joehansonguitar

6 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🔥🎸

Metallica and Megadeth THEN I heard Pantera and Dime it was over ALL about the groove Metal. Pantera destroys Metallica

@joehansonguitar

4 ай бұрын

Everyone destroys Metallica but in the beginning a lot of people are attracted to it