Marty Friedman on Jason Becker and Cacophony 

Marty Friedman left Megadeth because he said he liked to paint with yellow and purple instead on the same bullet grey. Jason Becker was like the perfect counterpart for his potential in my opinion.

there's been some great twin guitar bands over the years,but i think the friedman/becker guitar wizardry in cacophony is so far unsurpassed.

Jason Becker should recieve a lifetime achievement award, he's as inspirational as it gets!

Filmed in 2011? WTF? Marty looks like he just recorded Countdown with Megadeth lol.

Those 2 Cacophony CDs continue to be the most brutal guitar albums I ever heard.

Marty is just such a humble and down to earth dude. Most guitar players would get jealous if another guitar player would 1-up all the time. But Marty wasn't jealous at all. He embraced it and ended up teaming with Jason to make some amazing material. The two are just so amazing.

An incomparable duo of pure emotional and technical skill. Unmatched.

Great talent and humility! Awesome combination.

his hair is still in the tightest insane curl after all these years

You should buy Not Dead Yet movie DVD. He talks like 90 mins. about Jason in extras.

God he just doesn't seem to age! Great guitar player!

Dude seems very chill.

hearing marty play makes me realize how beautiful life is

Marty y aun visitas a tu gran amigo Jason Becker un gran musico y que les demuestra a muchos músicos que aun se puede seguir luchando

What Marty just expressed is not only what guitarists, musicians or artists should strive for but all of humanity. Why don't we all step out of our out narrow mindedness and embrace cooperation that we can all benefit from.

Maturity and comprehension, some of the most important things you'll need for being a great musician, knowing when to bow down and play along some magnificent guitarrist, or keyboardist, or even drummer or bassist is the best moment ever in a rehearsel or even a record, playing along, challenging, having fun and loving music as it always should and always will be.

Indeed. I just watched a live performance of Megadeth's "The Killing Road" (one of my favourite songs due to Marty's solo) from 1995. Marty in this video looks as if he did this interview RIGHT after that performance. Holy ****!

Someone give this guy an award already for being so fuckin humble and virtious at the same time!

I will probably get crap for this but after seeing Jason play I guess I`ll say eddie who?

they made the movie and released it?its awesome.very inspiring and saddening at the same time.

Awesome! This might sound like a dumb question that may have already been answered a million times, but will this go on DVD and if so, when?!

I like Paul Gilbert's style a lot. There are some guitarists out there that it seems like they aren't flexible. Marty kind of gave me the inspiration to go after barebones guitar theory. It's confusing how to be individual when there are so many good guitar players.

looks like he still in 1992!!!! love you martyy

It's gone to be a great movie!!! A great era of Metal!!!

👏👏👏 Nice comments, says a lot about him.

He looks fantastic! Some of his footage from his show in Japan like when he does the solo for Tornado of Souls he just looks so old and tired and wrinkled. Here he looks like vintage Marty. I'd say from when they played Woodstock 99 cept with longer hair now.

Marty Friedman is a cool cat.

It's rather easy for pros to 1-up each other because they have so different approaches to music. Why do you think it always sounds different when guitarists cover each other? It's because it's easy for them to add something to the original idea often making it even cooler than it was before. Not always though but you get my point.

The man simply does not age.

The Cacophony albums are fucking GENIUS!!

@TheDavidJayPaw Good comment! :)

what?? dude i have a passion for music and guitar and im 15. i've been playing for four years and i think im pretty decent at writing music or creating riffs or solos. i feel ready to show the world what i can do. i just wish there was a way where i could be recognized and discovered by someone who has the same passion as i do for music and just create art not just for money but for the people and for the love and inspiration i want to give. but the around the area where i live...

@thegreatgarry I wish he had written more music :(

@Merioc2k3 Guess it depends on your definition of a "great" guitarplayer. My definition is someone who has a personal and recognizable style, great vibrato, outstanding melodic sense, as well as great lefthand and righthand technique and speed. Malmsteen has all those things. Batio only has technique and speed.

@Whackooyzero I love shredding and neoclassical. Without prior players in history's influence guitar wouldn't be where it's at right now. So, younger generation add to what last and older generation did and give it their own twist.

i really hope jason can play the guitar again

jason and marty were the best guitarist in the history

buenisimo!!

Haven't you heard? Marty sold his soul, and now he doesn't age!

i cant wait

whats does he put on his hair

@robonez Yeah, I thought you were talking about technique only... Completely forgot about Malmsteens vibrato, though. He has a better vibrato than most people.

@mgdth502 You right, theory or not it's still music. Theory is no different than having good technique on your instrument, it's just a tool for you to use to express yourself. Actually if you know your way around the fretboard you're already using some theory. I think people are confused and think just because you know theory you'd automatically write master pieces. You still have to be creative, it's just a tool. You may be using it with out even realizing it, like Diatonic Theory.

I think marty has secretly found the fountain of youth somewhere in japan

Jason Becker is the shit.

Becker is more like a versatile italian sportscar and Batio is more like a muscle car, just pure raw bpm and clean execution.

@mgdth502 While you're trying to finding notes you want, I'd already know which ones I want and use them the way I'd like. The only thing that will make it sound robotic would be yourself. It only takes a second to throw in a different note yes, but with in that second a person with knowledge could create a complete musical phrase while you're trying to think where else could you go after that one note that may or may not be a pleasant one or even what you're looking for.

wow is the right word about jason

Agree with super shredder...marty is so humble...

@thegreatgarry I disagree ... I think each one of them are great in his way ... the thing is you like jason's songs more than yngwie o mihacel songs , thats why you think hi is betther

please, children. let's not get into the "this guy's better than that guy" argument. appreciate these musicians for the amazing music they've written and played for the world.

very interesting

Where are his shoulders? My favorite guitarist btw

That's the Virtuoso face.

I pronounce 'Cacophony' quite a bit different to the way Marty pronounces it!

Oh yeah, I don't know why that suddenly slipped my mind. Guess it was just that guy talking about passion and whatnot...

@mgdth502 Music theory is more of a way of understanding how to and what makes music. Sure you can use your ears and there is nothing wrong with that at all, but what could take you hours to figure out you made a simple I-IV-V7 progression could of taken you a minute of your time and not only that, but you'd know what would and wouldn't work over those progressions instead of fishing for notes. You could also understand musicians alot better, making you a well rounded player/musician

@thegreatgarry : Was is the word i think you're looking for here Maybe he was but mostly different, with a higher degree of technique. Yngwie was an influence of Jasons and as such paved the way, moved the posts and Jason took it and ran, moved on technically. Their styles are so different though, Jason was more progressive, more metal and less classical than Yngwie so they're not that easily comparable. Technique on its own isn't that interesting though but Jason was more than that.

@kiaranjay y'know it's an actual word... and he's saying it right!

uh NO i am 42 & people think im in my 20's someone mentioned to me about a "fountain of Youth" & i told them the secret is NOT to drink or Get wasted / Drunk all the time. i drink mybe 2 beers a year. could that it? well Look at some guys who don't drink alot & then Look at Ace frehley. then again Gene doesn't drink & he looks old. anyways i think Go off! by cacophony is a Great lp.

@thegreatgarry agreed my friend.

@thegreatgarry he was for sure!

Funny because I think its Jason looking way younger than 39!

@thegreatgarry 3 different players... but I prefer Jason of course

he look a little with paul gilbert and his voice too

His voice sounds like John C. Reilly

LOL he really doesn't age. He only gets better at guitar.

lol Marty was boen 1962!

And what happen with the movie!?!??!

Well, sadly enough in this day and age, on an instrument especially like the guitar, you can't be just decent. Either you're able to reach Shawn Lane speeds, or you're nobody.

@thegreatgarry Sure he is, cuz he's GOD of everything including Yngwie and Batio.

@mgdth502 Criss Oliva , as great as he is, was NOT shredding in the 70's. If you listen to the first Savatage album you'll hear basically no shredding. Also, Rhoads was nowhere NEAR as technical as Yngwie, though he wasn't the first guy to play that fast. Also, why is neoclassical playing "bullshit" yet you're commenting on a Jason Becker video?

@kiaranjay Me too, high 5 bro!

@thegreatgarry I like all three

@YummyBananaFish I know it's a actual word, I mean that I pronounce it totally different to the way he does, probably cus I'm English haha!

nobody cares about music and nobody knows what it takes to write a riff, a solo, or a song. im from this generation, and to me, writing music is the only thing i love the most doing and i hope one day i will show everybody.

@metalbloodshed ....well said man....unfortunately that goes against human nature.

Marty's a great player,but have you ever noticed that he looks like Kenny G's Metal Head younger brother,lol! ; . )

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@rampage222555 all those young girls keeping him going

How can they call it NOT DEAD YET!! That's a little harsh!

@streakerdude Yeah but Yngwie don't eat donuts, he don't fuckin' eat dunkin' donuts.

Marty ages inversely.

----contribute to. Then we just grabbed 3 bums off the street and that's how Cacophony was born. :P

born*

@thegreatgarry don't compare Michael to Yngwie...

@thegreatgarry I wouldn't say better than Yngwie, but definetly way better than Batio.

@thebraian2500 jason won grammys... the other 2 nope...

marty is a great guy, but his face on 0:31 is fucking scary.

@thegreatgarry LOL equal to but NO WAY better

His shoulders are under his hair...

Probably........AHAHHAHAH

Haha

Lots of sushi and healthy habits maybe? Whatever it is it works for the asians too, at least the girls all look 16 all the way through their 20s...

Yeah, & Remember the secret is NOT to Drink or do Drugs. drinking a beer once in a while is ok BUT when you drink to get drunk every weekend, I know from the idiots ive known from High school & just people in general.

@robonez It's not possible to be better than Batio, yet not better than Yngwie. Just sayin'.

Then we got some homeless bum to sing for us!!!!

@jimmyleppard6 Ha Ha Zombie :P

@asianaxeman And the Beatles wouldn't have existed without Elvis. And Elvis wouldn't have existed without gospel. And Gospel wouldn't have existed without Religion. Yeah, don't try that way of thinking. It leads down a dark, dark hole.