Red Beard Videos is a channel that sets out to celebrate the random, inane facts and stories that the world of music, and entertainment can produce. We will produce videos called "The 5's" that will list in no particular order and sometimes rank bands, albums, events, and all manner of things ranging from artists/bands you should be listening to, to mislabeled "Hair Bands."
We will have monthly episodes called "Fandom Files" which will break down an entire band/artist's career and rank their albums from worst to best according to the presenter.
We will have reviews and other various tidbits here and there as the channel develops.
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@@kaye_kayeslider yea, sadly my gender tends to be creepy in this area at times. I hope it’s not too bad for you. Thanks for checking out the vid and for your comment
Sorry Beavis and Butthead, but it's time I admitted that this was the first actual CD I ever got. 😂 I previously bought cassettes.I don't know where it is at this point but I could swear that the song Headed for a Heartbreak (my favorite) was on this album but I'm not seeing it on the album on Spotify. Hmmm...
@@theoriginalThud it’s on the first album. I believe in later releases of this CD there was a Live version of Heartbreak. But the OG track was on the debut
There was this weird, in-betweener period of the 80s-90s when hair metal was dying and grunge/nu metal was emerging. During this time, there were a few weird bands that were caught up in this period like Skid Row, Ugly Kid Joe, Jackyl, and Vain. They had the hair/baby faces of hair bands, had the ultra heavy drums and guitars wore the tattered denim jackets, and had the raspy vocals. They had far more aggressive attitudes than their predecessors.
@@loucontino4804 listen to “Songs For the Dead” and “Them Crooked Vultures.” Very good drums on those records. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Great video as always. It's nuts how much of an outsize influence Beavis and Butthead had on early-90s mainstream taste in metal, helping launch Rob Zombie's mainstream success and Helmet's too IIRC, while also essentially killing Winger lol. Also, an underrated aspect of White Zombie is how influential they were on Nirvana with Kurt Cobain shouting out their early stuff out as an influence. Not only did White/Rob Zombie mainstream groove metal, they were one of the frontrunners of industrial metal, AND they also influenced grunge, which is crazy. It's easy to overlook Zombie as a triumph of style over substance, given how Rob Zombie is one of the coolest dudes on the planet while not being much of a vocalist, but there's definite substance too. And he's one of the absolute best live performers I've ever seen.
The two B&T albums are also kind of the perfect encapsulation of turn of the decade rock/metal. I think I said this on your Hair Metal tier list video too, but Todd in the Shadows referred to genre-bending funk-metal-thrash-prog bands as "Bill & Ted Rock" in his Trainwreckords video for Van Halen III (in reference to VH trying to copy Extreme's funk-metal style with Gary Cherone) and since then I've realised that the movies and soundtracks are so important to my tastes, as well as just generally being a kid and discovering MTV at the time, that I refer to stuff like Living Colour, King's X, Extreme, Faith No More, Primus, Saigon Kick, and early Alice in Chains as Bill & Ted rock and I love all of it.
@@redskullz1249 I LOVE Todd in the Shadows. I’ve definitely attempted to lightly emulate him at times, i love his stuff and im familiar with exactly what you’re talking about. I think another GREAT soundtrack that’ll be on this list at some point that exemplifies the 90’s is Airheads. Great movie, awesome soundtrack. thanks for all the comments and as always for watching .
I guess I don't share your tastes, but to me Hot Tuna is the best live debut. If you decide that is too Folk Blues for your taste, keep in mind that Hot Tuna's first 2 albums were all live performances, and First Pull Up, then Pull Down is fast and loud and better musically then anything you list.
@@raymondpierotti8414 i don’t mind this take at all. you’re absolutely right, ultimately lists like this are very subjective. I very appreciate your take and the fact that you watched the vid. Thank yoy
I think you're mostly right about Disturbed being a mediocre band, especially on their first album, but I do think their later albums have some much better songs. For example, Stricken and Inside the Fire are extremely catchy, and even though I've mostly moved on from Disturbed, I still find myself throwing them on when I'm in the mood for some lighter metal. Overall though, this was a solid video. Keep it up!
yea, i don’t hate Disturbed i’m just disappointed. I thought they could’ve been much better and more creative. I live Draiman’s voice, and all, but yea, they are massively disappointing to me.
i know this was almost too easy to slam on Nickelback, that’s why they only made the Honorable Mentions, because i don’t hate them nearly as much as others do, and as much as i despise the rest of this list. Thanks for watching and for your comment
It’s really sad because their songs are so incredibly good but now knowing this makes several songs very uncomfortable such as obsessed with you, cult of Dionysus, and star child (the last one being a favorite of mine) seeing this video really put into scale just how horrible the situation is and how it’s sadly not something that CAN be easily separated from the artist, thank you for clearly bringing this to light. Personally I still really like the songs but will avoid listening to them on anything that gives them money at least and maybe even stop all together
dennis deyoung and the panozzo's formed the core of styx in 1961 when deyoung asked the panozzo's if they wanted to form a band, deyoung hired james young to join the tw4 9 years later. you should know that.
Only 6 comments after 3 days??? All of the Styx albums from their debut through 1983's Kilroy was here were excellent. Styx II featured "Lady" which was their breakout hit. The song was written for their debut album but their producer held it back until the 2nd record. RCA didn't want to spent any more promoting the band, and "Lady" didn't become a hit until after their 4th album had been out. Huge missed opportunity. Equinox, their first A&M record, as a full album is a step above the earlier efforts and contains "Suite madame blue", one of the fan favorites but it was not a hit single. Tommy didn't join until the next album, but this isn't a bad place to start. The earlier albums were good, but I'd skip them until you've heard the A&M records. I would recommend a listen to "Movement for the Common Man" from the debut to see the direction they were headed, and how they adapted a classical music song 5 years before used the same song and had a hit out of it. The Moog synthesizer was newly used in rock thanks to ELP's "Lucky Man", and Styx too used it as of the first bands in rock to play it. Styx was using the synthesizer before Genesis was, and Dennis was also very skilled at soloing on it. The Grand Illusion is easily the band's best album, and if your looking for an album to start with from them, that would be it. You can't go wrong with any of their A&M records made in the 70s or 80s, but the band shifted styles a bit in 1979 away from Prog Rock because it was no longer a viable record selling format any longer. All of their peers in Prog Rock also shifted formats a bit around the same time. The 3 albums that followed were still excellent, and each tried some new things in terms of styles. All of those A&M albums mentioned went multi-platinum and sold in huge numbers, and the band played sold out shows at large venues. Paradise Theater was their only #1 album. It's my least favorite of those albums, but still excellent. Lower score for me because of some of the odd-ball songs. The "A" list songs were excellent on the album, more than half of it. Absolutely start with The Grand Illusion. Styx was around before any of the famous Prog Rock bands. Way back in 1962 the band formed with 3 out of 5 of the members before they recorded their first album. They went through many phases in styles and they were actually around before the Beatles became a smash in America. The band like the Beatles was always about doing various styles, but adopted a strong dose of Prog Rock because it was a new and exciting format when they recorded their debut album. During the first tour, in addition to their original songs, they played covers from Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Tull & other Prog Rock bands where were all.....new bands.
I KNOW RIGHT??? Enough politics and all that other angry crap, MUSIC should be on everyone’s minds, especially a band and album as legendary and awesome as this one. Thanks for your comment and for watching
and Zappa. So prolific in so many areas of music, and the BEST performer i’ve ever seen not named Freddie Mercury Thanks for check out the vid and for your comment
you know what? I’m an ardent Styx fan since i was 3 years old, i’ve seen them live upwards of 20 times, ive interviewed every member currently in the band except for Tommy Shaw, and im on a first name basis with their manager…I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT ALBUM. thanks for the new deep dive im about to do 😂😂🙄. And also thanks so much for watching and for this comment.
@@rondipierro8677 so i’ve had to answer for this, it’s a slight error i made based on a story JY told me when i interviewed him. He puts in a way that they became Styx under him, but yes the pieces were originally put together by Chuck and DDY.
"If it's almost a sport, we've got it here." 😂 I agree on NHL. It is the most violent and action packed sport. NHL still allows hits, unlike the NFL which only allows hip tackles. Plus, I love the idea of penalties means that the team loses a player to the penalty box for two minutes. I wold like to see that in other sports. I would be interested to see if having only sales taxes would work. I feel like the taxes would be more evenly spread out since of course the rich would spend more. Yes, I think we should all be allowed to stay home and rest if we are sick. Long drives are nice if there are no traffic jams and you can use cruise control. I always enjoy your videos!
Styx in the RnRHoF...? Damn straight; it's long overdue. Re. their breakout album: I always considered it to be _Equinox_ (And I'm with you on _Crystal Ball_ - love that record) but I'll certainly settle for the _Grand Illusion_ any day! There no question that this is Styx at the peak of their powers, marking the point where they really figured out who they were as a band.
it’s so interesting to me that i’ve seen this Equinox comment a ton since i posted this video, that it has me questioning my own take 😂😂😂 I still think from an obvious stand point, Grand Illusion is the breakout i mean, but i’m digging the Equinox love, it’s a wonderful album. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
one of my favorite bands ever. There will be a long series where i analyze every album coming sometime down the pike. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
Surf rock! I've always listened to metal, punk, and goth music but this past year I've dived deep into surf rock and none of my friends get it. Idk I got into it after a bad breakup and I guess I hyper fixated on it until the happy vibes made me actually happy lol
yea, i’ll be honest and tell you that i have a very limited knowledge of surf rock because it always sounded the same to me. Maybe drop some suggestions here so i can break that knowledge gap. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@redbeardvideos33 Since you have a metal background I'd recommend nitrus by dick dale (misirlou is also a classic) Attack of the crab women, farewell to monster Island, escape from nebula M by Daikaiju Magneto by Messer Chups Wipe out - surfaris. a classic surf rock song Havana affair by Ramones (their first 3 albums are secretly surf rock lol) Most of these recs aren't traditional surf rock but to be a gateway
Sorry dude you lose all credibility to me when you said it was James Young and the Panazzo brothers that started the garage band when it was actually Dennis DeYoung who team up with his neighborhood Panazzo brothers to form the band.
so there’s seems to be conflicting stories between JY and DDY, and that’s all good. It’s literally 4 seconds of this particular story, and not the crux. If you’re willing to discount someone’s credibility as a whole based on a 4 second mistake that’s not even a full mistake, then you must be something to behold. In any case, i do appreciate the feedback, and the comment in general. All the best.
