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@Mars-1995 Год назад

I think their sound is really new and a fresh breeze.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

A fresh breeze in proximity to a pig farm.

@edorion6212 Год назад

@@TheGuitologist Are you 12 or something ?

@MegaAndyGG Год назад

@@edorion6212 No. He's right. It's crap. That neck tattoo kid is not jesus lmfao.

@edorion6212 Год назад

@@MegaAndyGG I never said he was. But please I'm open to discussion, why is it trash ? You can dislike it I have no problem with it but just calling it trash with no argument whatsoever is just dumb.

@MegaAndyGG Год назад

@@edorion6212 It's okay i guess. But pretty overrated. That's my real honest opinion. That neck tattoo kid is of course talented. That's for sure. But it's kinda boring. Technical doesn't always mean awesome.

@vvblues Год назад

"Cold" is the perfect adjective for Polyphia's music. No soul. Not enough "Boomer Bends" I guess.

@Digimess88 4 месяца назад

It's like mixing elevator music, a tech demo, and an anime intro together. I've tried to listen to it but it doesn't make me feel anything. Good for background ambience for studying I guess.

@AutumnRed 3 месяца назад

@@Digimess88 anime intros have feeling though, so take that one out of the mix because Japanese bands are actually much better at that than most western bands these days

@slmars Месяц назад

I came here for the boomer bends.

@mschroeckenfuchs Год назад

Same sentiments towards Polyphia. It's technical skills, sterile recording, mundane compositions, not too dissimilar from soooo many metal bands just produced with digital, overproduced pop sounds.

@palanthis Год назад

I have said for a while now that music is a different thing than slapping together some "difficult techniques". Polyphia doesn't make music by any classical understanding of the term. They make difficult to reproduce noise. Just because it's hard, doesn't mean it's good. I have also seen Tim talk about "the greatest guitarist in the world" when describing himself. As a goal, it's fine, as a self-identification, it's unearned hubris.

@Tilosender 10 месяцев назад

Polyphia turns music into a Sport... So they're not doing music but acrobacies that sounds... Their Music do not express nothing... Its just a guy running through the fretboard playing as much notes as he can... So Polyphia is not a band to listen... Is just Like a f.. Video game

@allstopblue5717 Год назад

I think Polyphia is exactly what AI music will sound like. Every think is perfectly locked to a grid and every note mathematically and theoretically thought out. Exactly like a computer would do

@judeconig9324 Год назад

MUSICAL MASTERBATION.

@marzbitenhaussen Год назад

I disagree, Ai could do way better without much effort

@proc007 Год назад

Totally agree with this. It's missing that swing and feel that we all know and love.

@budaroddy Год назад

Did u saw IA generated Djent? Its awesome! I can listen to that anytime insteas polyanxiety

@guitarreilly Год назад

impressive when they actually can play all those parts then on guitar. At least give credit where its due

@mikemckenna4778 Год назад

I agree 100% with the Polyphia take. Been playing for 35 years, and couldn't even dream of doing what they do technically. But then you realize they throw every gymnastic guitar technique into the first 20 seconds of the first song you hear from them. Once you get past the 'holy shit, are they really doing that?' initial reaction, you realize that's it. You try another song, and it's the exact same thing. It's static, overly technical elevator music. Give me a power chord progression or minor scale riff to bop my head to any day of the week. But, they're where they are, so there's something to bet said for that.

@ctcards2636 Год назад

I agree with you 100%.

@chrisbrennan9173 8 месяцев назад

i know it kinda sucks weve been playing for decades and this kid comes along and smokes us.

@cohesive3482 6 месяцев назад

Your power chord progressions and minor scale riffs are why nobody will ever hear your music. Nothing new or interesting about it.

@mikemckenna4778 6 месяцев назад

@@cohesive3482 I could care less bro.

@Taken2Serious4Life 5 месяцев назад

Lol Elevator Music....yes! That's it! 😄

@leovanhorn9577 Год назад

Tim Henson is as exciting as watching open heart surgery a root canal. This music sounds like something I would listen to while getting a colonoscopy very exciting stuff.

@Bristolcentaurus 9 месяцев назад

how about a while you have a prostate exam ?

@mikegorgonzola8391 9 месяцев назад

@@Bristolcentaurusnah that’s when the Stevie nicks playlist comes in.

@Annunaki_0517 9 месяцев назад

Sure he sounds like he has some natural ability to play the guitar and he has practiced a lot. But someplace along the way Gen-Z forgot that music is first and foremost about great songs with great hooks and killer riffs. Where is the next 1-4-5 band that knows a great riff when they hear it?

@kevenbridges9433 9 месяцев назад

Music is not about any of the things you list IMO. Music is about how it makes the listener feel. If you hear something and you can't connect to it then stop listening to it. All music has worth. Its all about making that connection. Not about competition. Music changes it is not a static thing. All music from the first man to bang on a log with a stick until now adds to the collective whole of what music is. I have to ask. Why if they don't care for or understand a piece of music do people think its ok to put it down. Its all subjective. Just say you like it or not. And move on. I am not pointing this comment at just you. This is to anyone that is stuck thinking this way. If anything GenZ is more open minded to music. And I am A boomer .Peace@@Annunaki_0517

@taefer7437 9 месяцев назад

@@Annunaki_0517 maybe you just shouldn't listen to progressive stuff :)

@dedsol9324 Год назад

the attack of the boomers.

@donnievazquez3319 Год назад

I 100% agree with you on the Polyphia and super technical instrumental stuff. It's amazing, the talent is off the charts, but as music it does nothing for me. That being said, we aren't the arbiters of what sucks and what doesn't. Nobody is. It may suck to you and I but there's a shit ton of kids out there that think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, just like I thought the same of EVH in '78 (still do btw). I just have a problem with people proclaiming that something as subjective as music sucks. I get though, you need your clicks. It worked, I watched it...

@BigEdWo Год назад

@@WolverineSticker i am a boomer. and i went to polyphia's channel. i really think this is great music. their music grooves. and i like elexir strings. and i enjoy brad's videos.

@ryanfraley7113 Год назад

@@BigEdWo Ironically a lot of the hate on this channel is causing me to reevaluate my opinion on Polyphia. Sure, it hasn’t been my jam, but I do like a lot of bands like the Deftones that have some similarities. Sure enough Chino has been on a Polyphia record now so that’s pretty cool.

@BigEdWo Год назад

@@ryanfraley7113i am too old for polyphia, even though i think it's really good. but i leave it to the young people. they have a right for their own music. i discovered robben ford 10 years ago and i cannot let him go. he is my number one hero. greetings from stuttgart/deutschland

@ryanfraley7113 Год назад

@@BigEdWo To each their own.

@Eyeyamgod Год назад

It's because you're old

@Natural_Order Год назад

Yea I feel like I can watch Polyphia and say wow they are impressive and are doing some interesting things with guitar and production. For me though, I don't get anything out of their music emotionally

@bornofstardust5910 Год назад

It's one thing to not like them, but to say they "suck" is outrageous. Music taste is 100% subjective. You either like it or you don't, but every person in Polyphia is an incredibly talented musician. Tattoos have nothing to do with it. Most people over 30 thought The Beatles made devil music when they came out and were getting popular. Just goes to show you that you can't teach an old dog new tricks I guess. Also, I'm not listening to any opinions of a dude who pronounces "Cerberus" like "seer-a-bus". Come on bro. Also the comment you made about his new signature was so fucking dumb. He got the idea from an Ibanez he picked up from a guitar store. He couldn't find any information about it, so he contacted Ibanez. They told him the guitar was a MASSIVE failure and they'll never make something like it again. He asked them if they could make him something like it because the one he had was so shitty (the model they admittedly said was garbage) and they were reluctant. He told them he had someone else who would build it (Tosin Abasi offered to do it because they were unwilling to give Tosin what he wanted as well) and they decided to do it. It then turned into a demo guitar which they kept altering until it became what he wanted. You made it seem like he forced Ibanez to build it which is just dumb. Also also Polyphia style bands did not contribute to the "death of real music". 4 chord pop did that all on its own in the 90's. Your takes are extremely horrible.

@johnniecameron8829 Год назад

Polyphia's music drives me nutts .it's like 30 guitar licks cramed together

@rancid216 Год назад

Didn't know Rabea Massaad was an artist. I just thought he was a salesman at Andertons Music.

@benschwald2670 Год назад

Checkout his work with frogleep studios and toska. Dude is a badass with the 🪓

@Maynard0504 Год назад

I hate virtuoso music like Polyphia too. All you are bringing is INSANE playing, but the music is really jarring. Respect for the skill but turn that shit down.

@samsung-ok4ki Год назад

Tattoos are a visual record of past poor decision making

@joshchicas8572 Год назад

Whenever I told people I was into math rock one of the first questions I would hear is if I'm into Polyphia. The answer was always a no but I could never really give a reason why. I think the points you make really hit the nail on the head and I agree 100%. I feel a little less weird that I'm not the only one who feels this and there are much better bands in the genre like Covet and Chon that are very technical while also having their own unique feel and vibe.

@cherryfroggo 8 месяцев назад

Polyphia sounds like a wii if it could play guitar. Pretty cool at first but just a bunch of notes

@akmartin 6 месяцев назад

Old man yells at cloud. 🙄 It's okay that your musical tastes are stuck in the past, most peoples' are. Just be honest about it instead of dragging music that you admit you don't understand. As someone from your own generation, the backwater boomer gatekeeping is so cringe.

@TheGuitologist 6 месяцев назад

It’s not a lack of understanding, it’s an abundance of actual fucking taste.

@deadalkabob Месяц назад

@@TheGuitologistthe taste in question “it just doesn’t sound good”

@cantyouhearmeknocking1961 Год назад

Polyphia makes music for our coming AI overlords..

@DeffoZappo Год назад

So basically soulless garbage

@dananthony6258 9 месяцев назад

I totally agree. Fret board gymnastics has its moments but I cant hear it more than 30 seconds. I guess that’s why guitar solos in the 80’s did so well.

@dananthony6258 9 месяцев назад

I saw That Tim Henson guy come out on Steve via’s stage and couldn’t improvise for anything. I couldn’t tell if he did want to or couldn’t.

@doofwop 7 месяцев назад

@@dananthony6258 not the talent everyone thinks he is, but gen Z love to elevate people who are not entitled

@Kyle_R_Wolfe Год назад

I actually like polyphia. Granted I understand your point as well. I can't listen to it all day or anything. Just a few songs or one / two songs at a time. I do have to add that the guys in the band are actually pretty decent people. I would recommend combing through more of polyphias music because they do have a lot of good songs that are so different from they do now. Their older stuff is good.

@Kyle_R_Wolfe Год назад

I'm not going to lie though. I don't know them personally and I'm not the best guitarist ever. Never recorded anything. So I don't have much knowledge in those spaces.

@NintenDub Год назад

They're def cool ppl

@MrDragonkarp Год назад

Great musicians, songs dont move me just my opinion

@bigassdummy46 7 месяцев назад

One hundred percent agree. Polyphia is soulless, Artificial, bland, shit. It's like getting a 100 dollar steak and being satisfied with baked potato.

@JoeHakos Год назад

These folks need to remember one thing.... "You may not be interested in politics, that doesn't mean that politics isn't interested in YOU!"

@MrTwangstaable Год назад

Nice. I shall borrow this one!

@jeffgill420 Год назад

Plato said something to the effect: choosing to ignore politics is choosing to be ruled by your inferiors

@minisurfbanana Год назад

Ok trumpy

@bluestrat92 Год назад

@@jeffgill420 not if your inferiors are employers. Got to shut up and take the pain.

@paulj0557tonehead Год назад

They've been Maga'd jabbed and transfixxed...but they don't like politics.

@smarkalet9078 Год назад

Polyphia is like if you took that Steve Vai song ballerina or whatever it was called and turned it into a band and processed their music through a Sega system.

@kotaibushi940 Год назад

Tim Henson can play his ass off, and the main reason so many wrinkled old mediocre guitarists hate him so much is precisely because they are insecure and intimidated by his skill and musicianship. That is an undeniable FACT.

@pohsibkcirrag6312 Год назад

I was one of these folk. My son called me out on it. I hated GOAT. My son made sit down and listen to the whole album. My opinion changed.

@JustKJ109 5 месяцев назад

Nahh..

@jordaneldridge838 6 месяцев назад

Polyphia by popularity alone is objectively better than any music or opinion you have made. They got Steve via as a feature come on they basically created a modern guitar movement

@ravenouslove1 Год назад

Polyphia is pure showmanship and that's it. Amazing as it is there's a pure void of vocal songwriting. In fact it seems impossible to put vocals atop polyphia.

@BrianinSLCity Год назад

Except where vocals have been put to Polyphia. E.g. Bloodbath, ABC, Chimera

@ayeronical Год назад

instrumental music and music with vocals are two departments, if you learned to write instrumental music, you'll quite struggle to get a good grasp of vocal melodies unless you re-observe music with vocals, that's how I learned after all. vocals are less octave-dynamic and does not quite mix well with fast-arpeggios (even raps aren't arpeggiated melody) because vocal melody is more of ascension-descension and monotone/duotone pattern when it comes to fast rap-pace vocals. Polyphia uses a lot of octave jumping and arpeggio as their flavor of instrumental music, and of course, since there are no vocals, practically the whole song is a whole riff playground. You can see them adjust their melody complexity when it comes to ABC and Bloodbath to make the vocals easily adapt to the beat. It seems impossible to put vocals atop Polyphia because they write instrumental music, try putting vocals on Megalovania or some 200BPM instrumental music, it's the same degree of impossible lol, there's a reason why it's called instrumental, and not minus-one.

@ignatiusjackson235 10 месяцев назад

@@ayeronical Have you never heard of bebop?

@gandalfthegrey2777 6 месяцев назад

there are polyphia songs with vocals

@justfortier 5 месяцев назад

Go listen to Renaissance and say that again. The album is full of melody. I’d often get the hooks stuck in my head, and yet there’s no lyrics. It’s almost as if every one here has heard 2 Polyphia songs and decided they know their music.

@donkarnage6032 Год назад

Of course the TSA is verified without meeting any of the requirements. RU-vid has different rules for governments/corporations than they do for regular people. One group is allowed to spread propaganda/misinformation and the other group isn’t. It’s ok when they do it.

@54fighting5 Год назад

I would just like to say RIP Jeff Beck🙏🙏. A *TRUE* original who outlasted many generations of musical swings and remained the innovative genius that he was til the end. Thank you for the music and God rest your soul sir😢

@TheFissionchips Год назад

he stopped innovating in 1970 lol

@TheFissionchips Год назад

Holdsworth is the only British guitarist of any real note. Everyone else is an NPC

@54fighting5 Год назад

@@TheFissionchips You are welcome to your opinion. Nothing against Holdsworth, a phenomenal talent, but Beck was a couple years older and was recorded at least 7 years before Holdsworth. It's hard to imagine that Holdsworth wasn't aware of what could be done to take guitar out of the usual chords/solos and still be popular enough to be on record, as done before him by Jeff Beck. Holdsworth admitted he loved jazz saxophone (Coltrane) and that inspired his style. He mastered innovative guitar lines in a mostly unconventional jazz format but he didn't really cross over into other genre's did he. Beck was known worldwide by rock, blues and progressive music lovers, as well as admired by all manner and styles of top guitar players and musicians in general. And that's my opinion, every bit as valid as yours. Cheers

@TheFissionchips Год назад

@@54fighting5 Beck was barely a thing when I first started playing in the 80's - I don't recall anyone citing him outside of a few fusion players. Most can't name any of his LP's after Blow by Blow either. I have never spoken to another guitarist who even thinks he's a thing to pay attention to. The most notable thing about his best album Blow by Blow is the RHYTHM section - he is the weak link in this own band. He has been promoted above his talent by the music press IMO. The crowned heads of the 60s/70's UK scene aren't neccessarily there because they may have been talented musicians. I'm sure the hype train will make his publisher a small fortune though, after not selling shit for 45 years, lol.

@TheFissionchips Год назад

Holdsworth died at 74 in 2017 = that would make him almost the same age as Beck. He was also developing his unique style and facility whilst Beck was still playing like a 6th former in 1967.

@Kommand3rKyle Год назад

You hate on Polyphia but use it for the click bait even though it’s a small portion of the entire episode. Very boomer.

@jcm78 Год назад

Polyphia sounds like all members taking a solo for the entire song. It’s very “busy” 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Superabound2 Год назад

It's for people's whose brains are so poisoned by Adderall and Tiktok that they have less attention span than a goldfish

@mattrogers1946 Год назад

@@Superabound2 Yup.

@mattrogers1946 Год назад

@@Superabound2 🤣🤣

@howardmaryon Год назад

Listening to what you are saying about the piezo acoustic and how it is for a really niche situation reminds me of when Eric Clapton did the very first “Unplugged” concert, and played so many iconic songs with a group of accomplished side men like Andy Fairweather Lowe just happy to be there, it was a revelation about true musicianship and songwriting ability.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

Yeah man, that was a great show. Might have to watch it again. Notice they were micing the guitars!

@DeffoZappo Год назад

Clapton and Henson have something in common.... Highly overrated

@martinrusso409 Год назад

@@DeffoZappo circle jerk moment

@Chris_the_Muso 4 месяца назад

I must be too old too. While technically excellent and interesting for that fact, I find listening to Polyphia about like listening to ten second tiktok sound bites strung together. It's better than modern autotuned pop music, but I don't find it any more memorable.

@deadalkabob Месяц назад

Can’t relate, I can recognize their riffs…

@robertcurry9413 4 месяца назад

So many boomer takes in one comment section. Hilarious

@JohnWiku Год назад

This kind music fits the ADHD generation, mindless music for mindless drones with no attention span. Djent and now pop-y djent like polyphia, irritates the crap out of me.

@themadmattster9647 Год назад

It’s for the eat the bugs live in the pod people

@multishit6664 Год назад

Its like bubblegum trap pop edm meets elevator music that sold its soul to Satan but one guy was actually made in a test tube.

@edwardruiz8920 Год назад

Polyphia is just so derivative of Al DiMeola in "playing god." I grow bored of Polyphia quickly because I don't see anything new. After years of listening to progressive and fusion jazz, Polyphia is trite with no groove or stretching of boundaries. It has all the virtuoso techniques but there is something missing when it comes to feel and groove. Listened to 4 Polyphia songs and quickly could find very similar material from older artists. Just seems regurgitated.

@steveweilhart2359 Год назад

Hear what your saying - I am an older guy also drummer/guitarist have a recording (home) studio love all music all styles - I must say first time I heard Tim Henson playing I thought it sounded cool caught my attention very percussive clean sound with him doing his thing - the younger generation is taking most sports & art to another level - skateboarding , bicycles , motorcycles , snow boarding and guitar playing - Tosin Abasi , Tim Henson and so many others - To myself a find it inspiring and take what I can and apply to my tool bag as a player/composer - Peace

@Simon-xi8tb Год назад

I agree with you. Their ability is fresh and new and awesome. But when it comes to composing, it's horrible. It's just too much of one thing. But if people like it, who cares. It's just not for me. For comparison, you can look at Allan Holdsworth, which was also a guitarist with extreme abilities, but he was able to translate his virtuosity into amazing compositions.

@vince8081 3 месяца назад

You said everthing in your comment : music is not a sport. "another level" (technically only) doesn't make better music. Is Paganini the most beautiful violin performance you can listen to ? I don"t think so, but yeah, his playing was groundbreaking at that moment, and that's all.

@peterdvideos Год назад

Rob Chapman’s appearance aged four decades in just 10 years.

@MegaAndyGG Год назад

More like 6-7 years lol

@mikethebloodthirsty Год назад

Hes kind of like a succesfull businessman now who used RU-vid to build his brand... I remember watching him when he had dreds.... all that stress I guess.

@bzbzob 8 месяцев назад

Dude, he had a kid.

@MoreMeRecording 9 месяцев назад

"I'm Old" So am I and I can tell you, AGE has nothing to do with how much I loath this band. Math rock, Insta-Noodle social media guitars taking over and this *Anti-Boomer Bender* guy,...he is what AI music *wants* to sound like. Its cute, tricky, and laden with incredible technical prowess but with the soul of a BOT. I was an AE for years, write all sorts of music styles for my page, encourage and support my Grandson, who keeps me up to speed on whats whats so feel I'm pretty progressive overall. I love checking out new music, but haven't really shook my hand a cloud, save for Little Timmy's stuff. Boring and big surprise! The dude literally said on Beato that they record all songs.Phrase.By.Phrase. What a joke. No vibe, congruencey, or musicality. You're 100% on point re Piezo saddle pickups. They always sound like fake shit and the acoustic sound disappears..

@loficathedral4584 Год назад

I thought rock always empowered the outcasts no matter what they are. People be twisting things for their own agenda & diluting the waters. No reason to make it about any certain group of people. That's actually drawing lines that don't need to be drawn. You used to hear the word pandering when stuff like that happened.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

You get it.

@ryanfraley7113 Год назад

That’s funny, I don’t think Polyphia has does any of that at all. I admit their music hasn’t connected with me but the folks bashing them has made me reconsider my opinion.

@loficathedral4584 Год назад

@@ryanfraley7113 This was regarding another band he mentioned in the video. If you had watched, you'd get what we were talking about. You'd make a good drive-by journalist.

@ryanfraley7113 Год назад

@@loficathedral4584 After watching the video, I’d say I think Brad is actually pretty fair. I don’t see 100% eye to eye with him on Polyphia though. I am not sure what journalism has to do with my comment but OK? I mean, I hate what they do sometimes but if you think societies with them are bad, look at the ones without them.

@Andybility Год назад

All falls apart is a really good track off the new Polyphia album. If you don't think they have soul after hearing that , you are deaf. I feel like you didn't listen thoroughly friend.

@lolr4v82S 10 месяцев назад

Agreed.

@AlexiefDelbes Год назад

The world needs great song writter ,nobody cares on how many notes or fast you play, its souless. Big company just used people and their reach. They don' t care if you can sweep arpegios ,they taking advantage of you to makes more mo ney. Why do you think majority of people listenning old music ?? Because of great song writing. Polyphia is just a hype like backstreet boys

@wuutnopepe613 Год назад

I think those who hate polyphia is just due to poor musical memory. Some people just can't memorize complex pieces and then blame them for their inability. Goat for me is one of the most memorizable songs from them along side playing god that I had to learned them both in classical guitar. They're are fun as shit to play with and goat sounds even greater in accoustic. Ego death is another one that I'm learning, the first 60 seconds are one of the most beautiful and difficult riffs I've ever heard from a guitar. I'm learning it and when you slow it down you can fully appreciate those first 60 seconds. A literal death of the ego is required if you even want to play it fast. Some people can't just appreciate fast paced music. And that's okay, but to say something sucks because of it is just absurd. And to say their music is math, literally every song is math. Everything you listen to is literally math. Their recording are just made super tight post production, but when you actually play their songs live they sound human. For something to sucks, it literally requires to be tremendously bad, beyond human comprehension. Is just sounds like bitter and jelous talk (how I know?) Few years ago I hated polyphia too because of how Tim looked. I've let my ego died and began to learn from someone who's essence is new to the guitar world. Essential even. A lot of people are interested in guitar thanks to him. I had to learn goat and playing god when I first heard them this year because nothing sounds like them. The reason guitar stopped being mainstream is because it got repetitive. And now this guy's come along to atleats give new life and y'all just shit on it..make it make sense lmao. Jealousy holds everyone back. Learn from the best and shut up

@JustKJ109 5 месяцев назад

No people hate it because it's doing the future of good music a serious wrong. Now people are so misguided when they look up.to Polyphia. It's a shame that people spend alot of time learning to skillfully play crap soulless music. But if u don't know what music is. Your realy lost and in the dark.

@johnmccoy5923 Год назад

Hey I like your channel been a subscriber for a couple yrs. Shitpost Fridays are cool, amp repair vids are okay but I think you should do MORE pawn shop and thrift store/antique mall adventure find videos. I can’t get enough of those.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

Noted

@danwilson9530 Год назад

Oddly never heard of Polyphia, but I know what fret-boring masturbation is, and from what you describe, Polyphia sounds like it. When I was a teen attending MI in the late 80s I thought the more you could shred the better a musician you were. That’s why I took private lessons from Paul Gilbert. When I grew up I realized there was a difference between great guitar playing and great musicianship. While shredding is impressive and requires the development of great skill, what’s the point if it’s emotionally unmoving? That’s just masturbation. I had to realize what drew me into music in the first place and that was the soul I found in it. If music, more specifically a song doesn’t move you, what’s the point? Randy and Eddie could shred with soul, wing-nut not so much. Amazing guitarist, but a lousy musician, if that makes any sense beyond my own head. Addendum- Perhaps I’m being too harsh on Wing-nut. As a teen I saw him play with Alcatrazz when he was an up and coming sensation, and loved that music. It’s his later solo work combined with his arrogance that has left me with the image of him as a jerk-off.

@jessicalloyd2330 Год назад

Nasty by polyphia is fun. Less note vomit for sure!

@danwilson9530 Год назад

@@jessicalloyd2330 I’ll give it a listen

@shaft9000 Год назад

I've run into a few of their tunes from time to time. Their music seems to be in a big hurry to go many places rapidly, but doesn't seem to arrive anywhere. STORY IS KING and failing that you need at least a hook or motif, even if only a sonic 'doo-dad'/sample. I guess it wasn't meant for either of us (shrug). _[ 'note vomit' was apt, lulz ]_

@paulillingworth90 Год назад

I’m pretty sure iv not heard anyone sound like they don’t know what they are talking about based on the opinions they have stated. First off Tim Henson was playing Malmsteen songs when he was like 13 years old lol. Malmsteen has got nothing on Tim. Tim can play Malmsteen riffs and licks but Malmsteen can’t play Henson riffs and licks. Doesn’t that tell you something? Also why wouldn’t you do or say whatever you had to to get your vision brought into reality. Tim Henson makes Ibanez a lot of money. That’s why they made the guitar. And when the guitar came out originally it didn’t sell well because there wasn’t a demand for that kind of instrument. The kind of demand that now exists which is why it took 5th place. Make sense? Also Tim Henson has more style in his left testicle alone than 95 percent of guitar players. Your gonna say what? That Malmsteen has more style than Tim? That would be laughable. The most ridiculous part though was that Malmsteen plays with feel and Polyphia or Henson doesn’t. That’s super wild. Malmsteen just tries to play arpeggios as fast as he can while Tim can an does use the same amount of notes but in a much more creative and melodic way. You just sound mad that someone is so much cooler and better virtuoso wise than Malmsteen while being so much younger and better looking(you said it lol) while having so much more style haha. Again pretty wild.

@michaelivan9066 Год назад

I watched a Polyphia video and it was completely unmemorable. I literally forgot about it within a day. Appreciate that they are skilled but it did absolutely nothing for me on an emotional level. I own thousands of albums and CDs and I had no desire to hear the rest of their output.

@shroompicn-shrooman Год назад

Same here..had a friend who was super excited about showing me one of their videos... I literally stopped watching half way through. ✌🇺🇸👍

@thatbme35 Год назад

Some of the worlds " best" guitarists do nothing to move me.

@jacobwhitehead2461 Год назад

He’s extremely good. The band just doesn’t have an organic sound at all and it sounds like it was written almost completely digitally and then transposed over to guitar. I used to write death metal this way until Kurt Ballou convinced me otherwise in an argument.

@Arcanineisthebest Год назад

Polyphia's sound does take you on a journey, and it's not actually very complex, if complex at all. It's just that to your generation blues licks with bends = feeling, that's not what this is but it's not what it's supposed to be either. It's instrumental music that fits the modern landscape of popular music, so if you don't listen to much of that, then you naturally are not atoned to the language and therefore miss out on the story they tell.

@andysalter7192 Год назад

Not Complex ??? You tried playing it ? It's insanely hard to play , it's using a lot of Pop and Hip Hop in the grooves and tones but the Guitar playing is off the charts hard.

@gharm9129 9 месяцев назад

I'm no boomer but you're understanding of music is very poor if that's what you think feeling is lmao. Math rock like this usually blows because you're playing with a set pattern whether you realize it or not and it's all head. Most basic is playing by feel, what sounds good, what feels good not thinking or "metal by numbers". The only thing you came close to is yes, the blues do play by feeling but so does a lot of other music.

@gharm9129 9 месяцев назад

@@andysalter7192 Skill issue plain and simple but it's ok, we get it. You're gay for Tim... and I don't mean that because your pic looks damn frooty.

@Arcanineisthebest 9 месяцев назад

@@gharm9129 Your reading comprehension skills are lacking. I didn't said that's what feeling was. In fact my point is that even if Polyphia lacks the traditional way of "feeling", this music can get pretty intuitive, and it makes you feel things. It makes me feel things. It makes the fans feel things. It's not sadness or joy, but there's euphoria, passion, they have very nostalgic and melancholic passages in their deeps cuts... There's a plathera of more complex and technical players, but they're lacking this. Even if I didn't have the technical understanding, I'm saying we're having a human, emotional experience with this music. If you don't want to believe it that's pretty much your problem, not the music's.

@Arcanineisthebest 9 месяцев назад

@@andysalter7192 They are complex techniques, but the notes themselves are pretty standard choices. If you learn Spanish guitar you'll be learning harmonics and finger picking in more depth in less than 2 years of classes, and they don't even do the bell harmonics. They do have some very tech death and core stuff from years ago but I highly doubt that's what you're referring to.

@caleblol2340 Год назад

Your lack of appreciation towards innovation and lack of understanding of the musical composition within Polyphia's music is just astounding. There definitely is emotional feel within Polyphia's music, and I think you just didn't want to listen for it, stubborn guitar purest mentality. And attacking someone cause of their appearance is just petty (comment on his "pretentious tattoos") and it just brings to light a deeper insecurity within you. This is just a classic case of "they are better than me and it's different, therefore I hate it". Enjoy your minor pentatonic licks for the rest of your life because it has more "feel".

@xray606 Год назад

I lost interest in Rob after he did that thing where he had the big tearful "thank you" vid, where he got all weepy thanking the guys in his band, his biz partners, and then lastly... his wife. OK, fine. Then a year or so later promptly dumped all of them, hooked up with his 20something girl, and moved out of the country. I've been a musician my whole life, and I've seen guys do the thing where they dump long suffering wifey (who pays the bills) the second they get some success. I've always thought it's a douche thing to do and makes musicians look like a bunch of losers.

@waynetowers5046 Год назад

I'm not privy to his personal life, but the whole KDH, Riff City Guitar thing... Ouch.

@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 Год назад

you killed henchman #24 and you gave rustys robot an awful STD. but you make a valid point , some ladies wont touch a musician with a ten foot pole just cuz douche bags like him just reinforce the stereotype, iv actually hads some first hand experience getting shut down by a girl i really liked because i play guitar and '''we are all the same'' some weak sauce right there

@DeffoZappo Год назад

Your honesty is so welcomed to me. Saying rational things in a world of... To quote Mustaine:" championing mediocrity"

@phantomwarrior0313 Год назад

It’s actually kind of funny.. Polyphia act more like actual rockstars than most rock or metal bands out there. Their Songs have Song structure if you would give it a try to listen to them. They have also accepted the fact that electronic elements are part of the present and future. And then there’s gatekeepers like you that will make rock stay irrelevant.

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Год назад

I think they are literally the best NEW band I've heard heard in decades. I'm 76 . It seems only the young are the REAL boring old farts, lol I met Hendrix twice and Clapton once he let me play his Gibson Firebird. My Brit Prog band Tallis opened for Rush. I could write a book, forgive me but I am not writing it here, :-)

@whatyoumakeofit6635 Год назад

Would be fun to sit and listen to those stories.

@faronsquare Год назад

It's really not my style, but you have to give them credit for inspiring an entire new generation of guitar players. The hate for them strikes me as another Dylan gone electric discussion, or the hate Hendrix got for coloring outside the lines. As a guitar player, I try hard to avoid talking shit about styles different than I play or listen to. Otherwise you end up stuck in a certain decade, yelling at clouds like an old man, talking about how things aren't what they used to be. I could understand if they couldn't actually play the music live, but they totally can. New types of guitar music do not come along every day. I WISH my teens listened to ANYTHING with a guitar in it. I'd take polyphia any day over the stuff they listen to.

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Год назад

@@whatyoumakeofit6635 OK I will tell you one. In the 70's I went to a local small club to hear whatever band was there for a few hours. The club had mostly small groups formed from guys from Africa doing a guitar, bass drums and conga player thing. That night they had a blues band i never heard of. The guitarist sounded like Clapton on the Beano Album. He had a killer sound . On the bands break I went over and introduced myself as Paul and he said his name was Ron. I told him I loved his Marshall and which model is it because I would love to get one if I could find one cheap. By then I was looking into Rons face and suddenly it hit me. WTF it's Ron Wood from the Stones. It turned out this was a hobby band. They played at small clubs under a new name for every gig to keep the media away. It was just meant to be fun. Anyways he had 2 weeks before played in a small studio with a band doing their first record. The studio got an amp in for him that once the record was over they were going to sell. Ron set it up for me to pick up at Selmer Music Store. It was in U.S. money about $280.00 USD cash. The amp was a 69 Marshall JCM 50 head. It is now sold as a model 1987x as a reissue. I met a lot of big names but mostly in rooms full of people so I could not have a conversation. Only Keith Moon and Steve Howe did I spend any time with. My best friend was Elton Johns accountant who was my band Tallis biggest fan. He taught me how to manage and promote without any money, lol. He also put me onto many of the backers and managers of many big names like Genesis and Super Tramp. He also taught me do not start on the bottom and work your way up but start with the top and accept a bit down.

@DallasGunther Год назад

I agree. They found their own niche and if I listen to them at work nobody bitches about it. And that's a fucking miracle.

@adamimberti6948 4 месяца назад

Oh look, we found the "I'm still young and hip" creepy old guy.

@smoreshaunted Год назад

Polyphia fan here! I'm your huckleberry! Hope you all are well

@TheGuitologist Год назад

No hate from me....although this does mean we have to fight to the death now.

@smoreshaunted Год назад

@@TheGuitologist LOL

@ccook31 Год назад

I think the issue of Polyphia is just a modern slickly marketed version of the Vai/Satriani era .... and there will never be consensus because the BASIS of discussion isn't the same... it's the difference in 'music for humans' which includes singular harmony - emotion and feeling ... VS .... 'music for guitar playing' which includes overlapping harmony and unnatural time signatures. A generation that has grown up callus to the evolution of rock music doesn't consume it for the same reasons - hence the ability for neurotic souind to be presented as music.

@kwoods1960 Год назад

Brad, a bunch of YT'rs I watch are on Rumble now and doing really well. Head over, go live on a schedule, do super chats and let er rip. They are NOT into censorship over there

@budaroddy Год назад

Odysee was cool aswell but after all the lawsuit thing most people are just flying away, awesome platform anyways

@phillippitts6294 Год назад

They definitely aren’t my cup of tea . If everyone liked the same stuff it would be a boring world. So cheers to the polyphia fans 🖖🏻

@auntjenifer7774 Год назад

Yeah o funny boomer bends are great ! I don't like polyphia.

@allstopblue5717 Год назад

The more music like this that keeps being made and the world will become more boring. No emotion in the music anymore

@budaroddy Год назад

@@auntjenifer7774 I tell you one "boomer bend" could say way more with much less and neither need weird rythms or polyrythms

@richarddresden6869 Год назад

@@budaroddynot really but you be you bud

@MrDragonkarp Год назад

@@richarddresden6869 Even Yngwie and Steve Vai still had feel dude😂😂

@Khamydrian Год назад

I've listened to Polyphia, it's not my cup of tea but guess what, I'm honest enough to recognize when something is just not for me instead of desperately look for an excuse to say it sucks. If you're not part of the audience, than that's all there is to it, there's nothing to be justified. Now, going out of your way to say "this band sucks!" only tells me that you're after a few breadcrumbs of attention, which perfectly ties with your statement about "bad journalism in the guitar community". You're not above the others when you resort to pointing the finger at whatever is popular and saying it sucks for the sake of getting clicks and views.

@DuVideWyn0 Год назад

I think, on the contrary, Polyphias music has a lot of heart and story to offer. It’s just different than what people are used to. I mean, frankly, their market data speaks for itself so the only argument that can really be made is “I don’t like it” That’s fine, and everyone is entitled to that. I don’t fault you for not enjoying something I enjoy, and I appreciate you giving them credit where it’s unimpeachable; their technical ability

@verycalmgamer4090 Год назад

i like polyphia but that is completely ignorant cope to be like there are no arguments to be made against polyhpia because they are popular rn. In fact their style and execution of music is actually guaranteed to garner some haters.

@DuVideWyn0 Год назад

@@verycalmgamer4090 Okay 👍🏻

@8wheeledassassins. Год назад

Welcome to sweet post Friday. A new approach to beating the Algorithm. Thanks Brad. Love the content!

@gooseabuse Год назад

Brad you boomer don't you know the point of Polyphia is to cram an entire songs worth of content into a 30 second tik-tok clip. Our desensitized brain damaged youth can only digest content in short video format.

@arthasnolimits6040 Год назад

Hey everyone has opinions, I myself find them to be something refreshing (Polyphia). I do get the fact that at the end of the day is more about the song or composition than skills but hey one can't be mad at people that hone their craft at this level, in any case If one don't get their project, like in my case could be black metal or even more obscure genres even then being open to the fact that out there are different kinds of things that move people is the way to go.

@leonardpeters3266 Год назад

First of all, Polyphia is technically amazing and I'm certain I can't currently play what their guitar players are playing. Having said that, I really don't think one of their songs will remind me of a good memory in twenty years. The music "Insists upon itself", and seems to be a type of mental masturbation.

@JustKJ109 5 месяцев назад

More like mechanical masterbation

@Platapi3 Год назад

you don't have to love there music but u could at least appreciate what they are doing as a band buy inspiring so many young guitar players, pushing the boundaries for guitar driven music and pushing guitar music into mainstream music. I know everyone has there own opinions but yours just seemed more like hate comments on them as people not just there music. I don't get why people cant embrace change especially people from older generations cant seem to rap there head around the fact there are over genres and bands that are doing things differently. if all music genres where doing the same things i would not enjoy music at all, its refreshing to have a band like polyphia doing something different when so many bands are doing the same things. i get that everyone has there own taste and polyphias not for u, i myself dont enjoy some bands and genres like pop for example but i can appreciate that there making music that many people enjoy i may not enjoy there music as a musician but the fact that there exposing so many people to music is a good thing and i appreciate that. maybe u should embrace change or at least appreciate it and not hate on new things so much

@angusorvid8840 Год назад

Polyphia sounds like a disease you catch from listening to Polyphia.

@why3610 Год назад

Brad, SPF my highlight of the week. If it won't work for you then look after your mind man and step away again. Unfortunately I can't afford to support your work financially but as the rest of you content is great and you mind is on the same frequency as mine...well, I'll be going nowhere.

@drdubios Год назад

No Polyphia. I like simple riffs. That show off thing is not a song to me. It is made for youtube with a handsome guy and 20 camera angles in 4K .

@Space_Ache Год назад

I enjoy listening to Tim Henson talk about playing guitar more than I actually enjoy listening to him play guitar. He is, from a pure talent and innovation standpoint, one of the greatest guitarist of my generation. I would not call him a musical genius, though. Perfect example would be listening to "No Surprises" by Radiohead compared to anything by Polyphia. Polyphia is one million times more complicated but there is something emotionally soul melting about the guitar work in "No Surprises". Just my two cents.

@GGGtube 9 месяцев назад

Polyphia reminds me of Dream Theatre. All incredibly technical musicians no doubt. Definitely niche and won't appeal to the masses. Like Dream Theatre, Polyphia suffers some of the same problems. Both bands I like some of their songs which is the minority of their songs. IMO there is "tasteful" shredding with nice phrasing and there is just shredding. Ex. Joe Satriani vs Michael Angelo Batio 😂. I suppose some people prefer: lightning fast speed at the cost of sounding sterile like a machine. I think Randy Rhoads had a good compromise of both speed and tasteful phrasing.

@Space_Ache 9 месяцев назад

@@GGGtube couldnt agree more.

@philippev.1114 Год назад

I'm gen X, 48yo, and have a lot of respect to polyphia's sound. They have built their singular style, its so rare. Its a really interesting évolution after 20 years of massive techno and rap influences in the world.Thanks to them a new generation be interessed with guitar.

@asnark7115 Год назад

It's flamenco with a nerd rhythm section.

@ZiddersRooFurry Год назад

@@asnark7115 What you probably implied to be an insult is actually a compliment.

@strangedays871 Год назад

The rhythm is more modern but the actual guitar playing is nothing that has not been done before.

@jordanj9069 Год назад

@@asnark7115 it’s infinitely more melodically complex and interesting than flamenco 😂

@TheRealCaptainFreedom Год назад

Polyphia be fruity.

@stratnut7146 Год назад

100% agree. I can’t get into Polyphia. I have listened to a number of their songs to see if I’m missing something, I’ve tried as hard as I can but their music has absolutely no soul or direction. The technical ability is there but in the same way as a self playing piano has. Sorry guys I don’t get it.

@DoctorMindbender Год назад

Tim Henson sounds like those funny insert rock star name shreds youtube videos from 15 years ago.

@guyincognito320 5 месяцев назад

He's like an AI rendering of a zoomer from the year 2300 where all races converge into one and nothing is of any significance but people are obsessed with getting good at things for its own sake. The longer guitar is around the more we see what is possible and people keep building on technique. I'm not surprised young people relate to this kind of thing. Even this nylon Telecaster thing is just awful sounding. But there's this pretentious mindset of openness to innovation and the world changing and endless subjectivity. That's how Henson thinks he can record with that awful guitar. 'It's a new different sound man.'

@topsbottom2214 Год назад

Polyphia sounds like old Nintendo games or something. It’s like techno it’s just a bunch of popping noises. Just because you can do something on a guitar doesn’t mean you should.

@mauauricio6449 Год назад

cry harder, old man

@topsbottom2214 Год назад

@@mauauricio6449 yeah I’ll put on some music that evokes some emotion with great melody writing and cry for those poor pathetic people that think polyphia is actually good.

@topsbottom2214 Год назад

@@mrs.vasquezz I don’t think they had Nintendo back then 😂😂😂😂😂

@georgesakoulas8092 Год назад

polyphia is boring with no fun inside im pretty sure metallica can do better instrumental than polyphia and it doesnt matter the age or the technicality if you make music that anyone can hear have fun and understand its much more than being super duper nerd right ?

@cameronneal4 Год назад

You can't feel the music, that doesn't mean the music doesn't have feel. Bending a note is not the only way to convey emotion. This video is silly.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

No one said bending a note is the only way to convey emotion. Having emotion is a good place to start though. These robots have none.

@cameronneal4 Год назад

@@TheGuitologist I would suggest that if you don't feel anything listening to the music, maybe you are the robot.

@pepmigl7256 Год назад

I totally agree with you about POLYPHIA, they have great technique for sure, but their music has no feeling, no soul, it doesn't makes me happy or sad, i can't feel any emotion.

@CatfishMan131 Год назад

Polyphia is my favorite band and has been for the last year and I will admit it's a bit of an acquired taste. I can see how people view the music as unemotional. But I just think they have a young fanbase. I've been to 2 concerts, and it didn't look like there was anyone over 35 in the line. That being said, I think that your take on them was incredibly pretentious and sounded like you just have an issue because of their success and lifestyle. Claiming that people who listen to them aren't "actual" music lovers (17:40). As well as commenting about Tims tattoos and his home studio that have nothing to with their music (14:50).

@skyline16028 Год назад

I got what you say，and I dont like polyphia as well，but I have to say，you can not feel it does not mean there is no emotion and feel in those music. and your and mine opinion means nothing, people vote with their attention and money, Polyphia is one of the most success band out there , and people are paying for it.

@skyline16028 Год назад

I have watched your video for several years and kind of witness the things happened in this channel，so from the point of view as a long time follower，I think you are a really smart person , you have your own strong opinions, and really good at delivery these out. which is impressive. But in my culture we call these " small smart" , you really need to become more open minded and not criticize things in a negative point of view. some time you dont need to be mean and harsh to point out some unique and sharp opinions. your channel is dying and there must be some reason. when you get " big smart" then people will appreciate more what you did and said, you will feel more love and happiness. I really hope you get better with this channel and get less mental health issues. But if you are not changing, we all know how things will end up with. I m unfollowing now and wish you all the best.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

I could pussyfoot around in an effort to seem more inclusive, but what purpose does that serve other than to appeal to some modern sensibility I do not wish to possess or pander to? You just said I have mental health issues because I expressed an opinion on musical taste. Which of us is being small-minded here? Is society this unaccepting of divergent opinions that it’s now considered crazy to disagree in matters of opinion? Maybe you should reassess.

@skyline16028 Год назад

@@TheGuitologist you not get it，I never say you should not express your opinion on anything and dislike anything，it is the way you express it out make people uncomfortable，and I say you have mental health issues because you talked about this in your old videos. And see, you are now attacking me because I m trying to put some criticize on your stuff. I m a content creator myself and I just wanna give some help and friendly suggestions, if you dont like it you can ignore , no need to fight back, this is fair enough for me and good luck

@costcolawschool Год назад

rumble is ramping up their monetization and would love to have you. get in on the ground floor of the rumble guitar community.less censorship, no demonetization

@9999plato Год назад

I would do it. Send the same video there and have the chance at monetizing it while biting at YTs heels. I love it. Then you might make some Rumble exclusive shorts to try and build your audience there. Leave YT for cute cat videos and trans make up videos.

@kwoods1960 Год назад

Good advice, and I understand they only take like 3% of the super chats. No brainer IMO

@josuastangl7140 Год назад

Rumble is the futur, some great people moved their within the last 6 months

@trevpilled Год назад

I get criticizing the music, but why insult him as a person

@bohemianhh Год назад

I don't agree with everything you say, but I agree with your right to say it and we need more people who are willing to speak their mind and fuck the fall out. Subbed!

@EF-fc4du 9 месяцев назад

Tim Henson is what happens when you remove all testosterone from a shredder.

@jimiewilliams7623 Год назад

This guy's comments about Polyphia's lack of emotion and fretboard acrobatics, reminds me of how my classic rock guitar friends used to talk about Joe Satriani. "I'm sure he's a virtuoso, but he's just showing off. He's got no soul." Believe it or not, guitarists used to say the same thing about Hendrix and Beck. Some people just don't get it. There's plenty of groove and emotion in Polyphia's music, it's just not the kind of music that he finds groovy or emotional. Different strokes for different folks. Hell, it took me years to appreciate polka and Romanian gypsy music, but one day I just got it, and now I can appreciate it. I still haven't found a way to groove on the Grateful Dead, but there's got to be something there, right? Millions of Deadheads can't be wrong.

@TonyDeanDrums Год назад

@Prewar You don't think the people that grew up with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis thought that Hendrix and Beck were electric guitar fuzz trash sounding shit.

@jessecurle716 Год назад

Soulless technicality has taken over and we're all the worse for it. Luckily there has been pockets of dirty, natural sound developing in metal lately.

@Nick-qf7vt 9 месяцев назад

So true. Lots of great raw shit out there, you just gotta know where to look. What are some of your recent dirty favs?

@jessecurle716 9 месяцев назад

@@Nick-qf7vt Obsidian Hooves - Morbidity, Besieged - Violence Beyond All Reason, Days of Desolation - Circles (more hardcore than metal), CLOAKROOM - Time Well (not metal but pretty cool)

@Nick-qf7vt 9 месяцев назад

@@jessecurle716 I'll check all those out!

@kaancenksenol6124 Год назад

The guitarist in polypia (tattooed one) was making fun of bending, with a joke as boomer bends. A little bit provocative, but funny actually :) Then I saw in some comments people calling these new guys as teen tappers. That teen tapping joke is also hillarious. :))) The comparison you brought however, malsmsteen vs polyphia, is very true. The new guys do not have the vibratos or bends, which Malmsteen used always perfectly. Listening to Polypia is like listening to some other instrument rather than guitar. Bends and vibrato makes guitar (especially electric) sounds like a guitar.

@davidperezgonzalez1839 Год назад

I don't like polyphia, but I don't care if something is too much technical or whatever. I love miles Davis and necrophagist too, I listen to steely Dan and meshugga. If it sounds good to me I'm ok with that, I can find interest in death metal and in blues. They are very different but I can see good things on both styles, or others like country, fussion, flamenco, classical... One thing I don't like is the quantisation on music, it sounds too much artificial, but sometimes can be necessary.

@Eliphasleviathan93 Год назад

Check out the song Polyphia did with Chino Moreno from the Deftones. With his vocals it adds what's missing in their music.

@hardcoreaddict6060 Год назад

I personally think vocals spoil their music. They're an instrumental band and should keep it that way imo

@robc5051 2 месяца назад

@@hardcoreaddict6060 for me it just doesn't do it. My ex girlfriend really likes them but she thinks of them as math rock. Something like Caspian - Sycamore or other post-rock music is more my instrumental rock style, personally

@edwardhannigan6324 Год назад

Sound like a talented bunch of young guys..Not my kind of stuff, but they sure can play..!

@TheGuitologist Год назад

The drummer is killer. They're all killer, but they also suck. :D

@weedshoes5089 Год назад

@@TheGuitologist so they're like primus?

@edwardhannigan6324 Год назад

@@TheGuitologist we're all entitled to our opinions, but they are pretty damn good and perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but 'suck' might be a bit too strong..Peace..😊

@BockwinkleB Год назад

@@weedshoes5089 yeah, except for the songwriting, soul and having been around for 4 decades part.

@BockwinkleB Год назад

@@edwardhannigan6324 no, they suck.

@SlyHikari03 Год назад

It’s like Most Glam Metal, or at least most of it. All style, no substance.

@C0nnie Год назад

I have no music recorded myself, i have almost 0% the talent of the band, i will never come even remotely close to a fraction of their success, but something about them just gives me the ick. maybe im old and stupid and jaded. i wish i wasnt

@guyincognito320 5 месяцев назад

Because Henson is an effeminate freak with a 'choker' tattoo sleeve and the music is annoying and alienating even to guitar nerds who like to listen to instrumentals that put off normies

@moonboogien8908 Год назад

I'm convinced tim Henson is just Jennifer lawrence in a costume. Look close, and you'll never be able to un-see it.

@riziqhanafi8108 4 месяца назад

I'm just searching for Jennifer Lawrence pictures on Google. And oh, i hate you man. 😭

@what1864 Год назад

POLYPHIA is not palatable to me , it's not music, just a bunch of random sounds that do not flow together , sounds that flow together = music , that being said i don't think tool is any more palatable . i've battled left wingnuts and right wingnuts for years on line , the problem with them both is instead of trying to be better then there counterpart , they are trying to see who can shitt the bigger turd into the others mouth , once you align with one side or the other they got ya , that is the hole point of it , make you choose a side ....

@patrickderp1044 Год назад

easy test to see which side you are on. its a single question actually: what is the definition for the word "woman"

@flynbrynb5280 Год назад

Tim Henson is probably the only guitarist to push the guitar to new levels. I imagine you also put down in Guthrie Govan. Im 53 and find alot of content thats very heart felt and amazing. from Polyphia!. Its fellas like you that lack imagination and focus to do anything even slightly interesting on the strings . Always loosing focus still trying to learn little wing. I had a guitar teacher once named Joe Diorio( you probably never heard of him). he once said "never limit yourself have you ever considered tap dancing"!

@Roxanneredpanda Год назад

So true, music is an ever evolving artform

@davyboy9397 Год назад

You are 53 and write like you are 12. Finish middle school first, bud.

@pohsibkcirrag6312 Год назад

@@davyboy9397 Probably has big hands.

@BluesDeville Год назад

Guthrie Govan is an amazing player that actually emotes through his playing. Meanwhile, Tim Henson looks and plays like he's doped up on SSRI's...which he likely is given the generation he's from.

@bryanbarcelon9209 Год назад

That could very well be true. I've never judged a musician by looks or pharmaceutical attributes. Everybody has a right to an opinion.

@cantyouhearmeknocking1961 Год назад

If you want to hear a really good band that has only been around about 8 years or so, check out Rival Sons. If this were the early 70's, they would be as big as the Stones. They are an incredible band that sounds out of place with today's music.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

Thanks. I’ll check them out.

@InspiretoVictory Год назад

I second that! Even though Pressure and Time sounds exactly like Out on the Tiles by Led Zep, lol, they are a real kickass band. Scott Holiday is one hell of a player. He has a great Rig Rundown on Premier Guitar's channel. I'd also highly recommend The Steepwater Band. Good ol rock and roll.

@GabeHelma Год назад

Also try a band called Nick Perri and the underground thieves. Awesome 70's style rock mith a modern twist.

@rickyjoe3049 Год назад

That's not a lie. Rival Sons are a great rock band....not Polyphia or whatever. That guitarist is a horrible vision of our dystopian world. Soulless suckfest. Transhumanist stupidity.

@jmakc3541 Год назад

Scott Holiday is probably my favorite guitarist right now.

@keesketsers5866 Год назад

Like Butthead said in the 90's : " huhuh.....old people"....

@arcreehysteria9805 Год назад

i really don't think they care that you dislike them tho, you are not their target audience and never will be. Keep enjoying things you enjoy and stop being mad at other people enjoying things you hate

@TheGuitologist Год назад

Being mad and providing opinionated commentary are two different things.

@Roxanneredpanda Год назад

I don't get why it's becoming popular to bash Polyphia again, just let people like the music they like. I love Polyphia because to me there's a layer deeper than just the guitar mastery. Tim Henson is a genius melody writer and uses his guitar virtousity to create amazing music. I also love the "good ol days" of rock and roll too, Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist of all time, and it's time to realize that nothing in music is mutually exclusive.

@jandrem Год назад

I thinks it’s the comfy sweaters and slippers aesthetic.

@mattdbf Год назад

They do suck tho.

@nonserviam4813 Год назад

Actually good music and bad songwriting are most definitely mutually exclusive

@zzodysseuszz Год назад

You’re kidding right? Is it so hard to understand that you can subjectively like something that objectively suck

@mstreech Год назад

@Axileus that’s a matter of opinion. You think anyone hasn’t heard of Elvis? Come on…..

@jimmygardner9611 Год назад

To each his own regarding musical styles or genres are whatever. I’m an old rocker and really don’t dig Poly. Super talented yes. Do I have to like em? No

@SuicidalGrind Год назад

There's Death Metal songs I know that have tons more feeling than any Polyphia song I've heard, it's weird because their playing is very melodic yet somehow feels empty and soulless. Not saying it's bad, because it's very technically proficient and well made. Just not very filled with emotion or passion. And I think part of that is due to how bored Tim looks to me playing his songs.

@TheGuitologist Год назад

Yep.

@geddeeee Год назад

Same as Dream Theater. Technically proficient, but devoid of passion and soul...

@budaroddy Год назад

Hey man because its Death Metal dosnt mean it dosnt have a feeling, think in Cannibal Corpse, sure its not a "everything will be ok" feeling (unless you are a mass murderer) but resembles a feeling anyways

@budaroddy Год назад

@@geddeeee early DT was awesome, but they became a corporate company in the middle

@saltpeter7429 Год назад

@@budaroddy Cannibal Corpse and Death Metal in general have given me new passion and interest in metal. I know I'm a bit late to it all, for 30 years I didnt give Death Metal a listen because I was hung up on not liking harsh vocals. My mistake. So many amazing inspirational musicians all over the genre, Alex Webster and Cannibal Corpse being one of those bands that turned me on.

@friedrudibega6384 Год назад

I agree and someone had to say it.

@Zwcky101 Год назад

Have you even listen to them? You seem very close minded and mentally set in your ways. Hendrix is one of their biggest influences. Your "the worst" take a listen to the worst and tell me they have no feeling and soul after that.

@YogsenForfoth Год назад

Brad is a Gen X guy who desperately wishes he was a boomer. He’s a pathetic right wing loser who is part of the “anti-woke” incel army. He’s just a racist, bigoted moron who happens to have a RU-vid channel. If he just stuck to fixing amps and not spouting off his awful opinions as much, he’d probably have a more successful channel with less bigoted morons as fans. 😂🤷‍♂️