Manowar Legend Ross the Boss Plays His Favorite Riffs 

the true Manowar guitarist!!! he wrote all the good riffs manowar has. If you liked Manowar in your Youth, thank this Guy !!!

You will NEVER get another guitarist who embraces Blues, country, rock n roll, Metal and punk. Only one # rosstheboss

That Hail and Kill solo is a true masterpiece. Ross is the best guitar player Manowar ever had

is it just me or does everyone in manowar just seem like that uncle everyone has thats just over the top

Ross The Boss will be always be legendary for his shredding in Manowar. Now he is bringing that sound back. Love the new material.

Shell Shock...one of the most underrated ManoWar songs. Also resonates more with me now than when I was a kid. Im a disabled vet now, but I still feel the fires of metal, the will to power, and I still bend my environment to MY WILL! Power!!!

This guy is the personification of "dad metal" 😍

Ross is so cool and down to earth in person. Awesome dude

My band Cyadine opened for him earlier this year in Detroit, MI. Really nice guy! He said we were one of the best local bands he’s heard in a long time, very honored to get that compliment from him

He's digging way back to his Dictators days, then goes straight into Manowar. Good stuff!

Mr Ross the Boss Friedman; For your legendary songs, legendary riffs, great creativity and contribution to music All my respect from the heart

Member of a legendary metal band and legendary punk band. HUGE number of albums. Ross is The Boss. He's had this loose style, but I really enjoy it.

I saw Manowar first time in 1994. I saw them last time on farewell tour. I miss them already.....I think Eric is still kicking ass and I wish they would reconsidered a post lockdown tour with old classics...

Ross The Boss is the Best!! Thank you for all the wonderful music you've played over the years 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Manowars music is the secret to lifting heavier weights

Awesome!! I love the Ross's years in Manowar

The main riff in Secret of Steel is just incredible.

Kill With Power my favourite Manowar guitar solo. As for my favourite Manowar riff, hard to say, so many great riffs, Army of the Immortals has a majestic feel to it.

People will say what they want about this guy, but he helped pioneer not one, but two genres of music! Not many people in the world can say that.

Man of all guys that could come appear on YT I would never expect to see Ross the Boss. In my heart he is IMMORTAL.

I have watched this like 100 times. Big fan of Ross!!

I can't believe nobody ever mentioned these guys to me. I heard Fighting the World for the first time only about a year ago. I considered myself a metal fan.... Wrong again grasshopper. Needless to say I've heard most of the music they put out to date now. Absolute beasts.

his guitar tone is dope. plus, i've heard he's a super nice guy. thanks for the upload!

I love this series so much! Keep em coming

Thanks Ross for your fantas6ic contributions to music! And by the way...l started out playing violin in 4th grade so l could get into band a year earlier and begin playing Alto Sax, which kept me busy for 10 + years!! Peace to all ....💜

Stripes of the tiger don't wash away, Manowar is made of steel not clay! 😂😎

Such a humble down to earth guy . Even though he's at least 50 percent responsible for Msnowars first 6 records . Other than Triumph of Steel . I'd say he was on all of Msnowars best albums .Ntm wrote for them .

Love hearing the old blues roots come out!....

Damn I wish Ross would rejoin manowar,it would be epic.A new manowar album with Ross in the band would be a dream come true.

My band Bloody Times made an album with him last year. Really nice guy with his own influence and really nice to work with! He brings some nice classic heavy metal influence to the table! :)

Great to see you play the Dictators material Ross.. can't get enough of your new sound man!

I saw the Dictators last night and can confirm that Ross has the best guitar tone I’ve ever heard.

We opened for the Brain Surgeons in 05 in St. Louis they were going to bail on our set until Ross saw my crazy Fender Super Six Reverb amp and stuck around. What a nice guy and we had a great time.

Man, this guys's just got to get back in a f@ckin' rehearsal room again, with Joey, and write the best, THE most killer and epic metal record ever... he is on fire- in totally awesome musical shape these days! Gotta love this guy, man! He's got a style on HIS OWN- that's why NO ONE can play those Manowar tunes like HE does... I swear I don't know what he does with the chords, octaves or whatever... He just can't be covered or duplicated or be replaced... Keeping fingers crossed...!

I spent every day after high school with battle hymns, manifest destiny, go girl crazy, hail to england and even that french band. i have never seen ross miss a note live. the bridge between everything that matters

i think "shell shock" is one of the best manowar songs ever. And i love them all.

absolute legend, thanks for the music ross!

Had the pleasure to meet and talk to Ross on a couple of occassions, and he's never been anything but affable and great to talk to. Takes time for his fans, is very appreciative of anyone who complements him or just wants to hang out, real down to earth guy. Just never, ever mention politics :D Can only imagine how great Manowar could have been for a much longer time if only Joey could keep his ego in check. Same thing about their "twilight" tour circuit. It would have only been right to reach out to Ross to return for the final tour(s), as it would have closed the circle (what with Joey being so hung up on that symbology), but it seems Joey's too concerned with his egotistical macho-posture BS and silly swordfight re-enactments.

Ross The Boss travels everywhere and brings the metal. Zero ego. All power. \m/

*plays Satisfaction and paint it black. „All that early Beatles stuff was amazing“ 😂

He should be part of manowar again

No more guys with sword on the front cover ? That was the reason we bought Manowar LPs then !

Met this guy back in May, such a cool guy!

Shellshock fuxking rips. Now I'm a ranger not a stranger, and I live in Saigo. We got a team of special forces and we deliver napalm. He mentioned every single favourite manowar album. Battle Hymns, Into Glory Ride, Hail to England and Sign of The Hammer.

Can't unsee the snot getting closer and closer to his mouth

Ross The Boss Respect!! That handling those vibratos God !! Like seriously expensive Premium Wine...so good man

Its mid night and now I feel the urge to listen to Kings Of Metal very loud! My neighbors are going to enjoy that!

Just listen to Defender from Fighting Fighting the world album. His guitar tone is unmatched...

Got to see Ross the boss in Seattle right before everything got shut down. The whole band fucking killed it and im greatful that I got to meet one of my heroes and he was so nice to me and my girlfriend.

Let it be known that Ross the Boss's best guitar playing is on the Manitoba's Wild Kingdom album.

lovin this! the REAL KING OF METAL!

He was so damn good in the band.

Its crazy to think after all thats happened over the years that it IS possible for there to Be an all Original member reunion of ManOwaR. To me just that thought is comforting. Of course i know it will never happen but its not impossible.

"It's called vibrato." Nice little jab there.

Saw him live two years ago. Epic gig.

What an absolute legend...

Love the Monkees! Hope you will play one of their hits at St. George theater next month!

I just bought your latest cd brother on e-bay brother! God bless!

Full View. Oh you're playing another kind of guitar. You probably can play anything you pick up. Sounds great. Listened to the end. Enjoyed. 💚💛💚💛

His solo in Defender(87) is amazing

Dude is a LEGEND!! 🤘🤘

Glad to see him shed some light on his history with the Dictators!

When will journalists like Eddie Trunk give Ross his due? He'd be a great interview after being an original member of Manowar and the Dictators.

Saw Manowar when I was 17 at Hammersmith during the "Kings of Metal" tour. Came out partially deaf 4 the next 2 days 🤣. Needless 2 say, they kicked ass 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 Manowar aint Manowar without R.T.B 🫡

Love the Boss Man...1st 5 Manowar albums say it all ...Hail and Kill!!...love Joey D As well

A true king of metal❕️

“I was the first guy to do this octave things” cough cough Wes Montgomery cough

I wanna see more videos with ross the boss

Wow! That's f awesome!

Manowar will always be my best pre-workout to get max pump in the gym.

i prefer the Rolling Stone cover of Paint it Black though.

LEGEND BROTHER

Great musician

Ross was simply the best guitarist of Manowar. Period.

Ross the boss is a fucking legend...new album smokes

Un grand guitariste au style très personnel, doublé d'un homme généreux et fidèle en amitié.

always loved this fella's playing in manowar, songs like" hatred " were killer. dave shankle was also good BUT i never liked karl logan and as it turned out he's a kiddie fiddler and he looks like rodney from only fools and horse's. this man ross the boss should never have left manowar - legend

I love the early Manowar records, got them all in vinyl. My favourite is Into glory ride

Wes Montgomery did it first the octave playing in the 40s and the 50s, then Hendrix maybe a bit, but Peter Frampton made it popular in the 70s(in the rock field)

Reminds me exactly of my friend's dad.

All hail the legend!

Молодец! Manowar моя любимая группа! Manowar is my lovely heavy metal group!

What manowar huh can't believe havrnt heard of them. He does have the knack wish I had

Real Rockn Roll soul!!!Respect🤘🤘🤘

Love Ross!

GREAT!!!!!!

I love the hell outta this guy!

Legendary Ross

Legend!

Brilliant.👍👏💯

The Dictators is the band I love this guy from!! Manowar was cool but "Who will save Rock and Roll??"

Awesome

He has to come back to manowar

he is wayyyyyy into the 80's

He is a badass

I've never heard of him but he seems like a cool guy and a killer guitarist, also that guitar he has looks so cool. What kind of it?

Great guitar.

Long live to you Ross! Hail And Kill!

Interesting expression when he's playing the Stones. 😂

My new Hero🤘🤘🤘