Rex Viper Live 2023: Did They Finally Get it Right This Time?! 

"If I break my leg I won't be able to do the Nerd episodes... then how will people know about ExpressVPN?!" fucking killed me

Lmao at one point james tried the duck walk but stopped at like two steps 😂

Going to a Rex Viper concert while listening to Nostalgia Critic's The Wall with a pair of headphones will cause a rift in the simulation

Seeing James smile after he jumps that little jump really sets the standard for this band.

But getting it wrong is why they're genuinely legendary.

The breakdown of James’s rock n roll two foot jump had me cracking up! Lol well done.

They've been playing alot of these songs for at least 3 years now. How can they still not play their parts? 😂

The keyboard player is the keyboard player from a local band called Cheap Dinosaurs. A friend of mine is in their band, he isn't a bad musician at all. Insane that there's barely a degree of separation for me there.

If there are at least 3 James's in the band , why not call it James Viper ?

This really is just Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp

Dude, you better never stop doing a critique of this band or criticism of their live shows. I don't know a whole lot about live or recorded music. So this is great! Your personality is very nonchalant and blasé so in my opinion, you don't come off as arrogant, more like matter of fact, and down to Earth. So keep it up because nobody else will do this!

If Goodwill had a band isle .... Rex Viper would be on the bottom shelf

I honestly hope they dont quit lol

Rex Viper is like a supergroup of the made up of least talented members of each group.

Rex Viper is essentially James waking up one morning after a major success of Cinemassacre and saying to himself “I’m tired of making nerd videos, I’m gonna have a band that’s obnoxiously terrible. All my fans will like it because I will reference nerd videos in it”

That Rex Viper chant impression was gold

Excellent breakdown as usual. Also I love the Signals record in the background.

Yeah I can say to your question as to why we enjoy the content around them, at least for me you pretty much nailed it. I see you as someone with a strong musical background and someone that takes it even a bit personal that a celebrity seems to be sort of joking around in a craft that you value so highly. On top of that I enjoy the commentary overall brother. thanks man

OH man I have been waiting for this video! Thanks brother!

While the bar was set super low by the previous performance, I agree, the keyboardist was actually good and their sound added a lot... but man, I can't get over that lead guitarist. I'd both be really curious and terrified to hear what he sounds like playing clean without without the distortion etc. Anyway, great coverage as always DWG.

The lead singer's hype bit before the show reminded me of something you would hear in This Is Spinal Tap. Did they also get lost in the family fun center before they got on stage?

thanx for taking one for the team and watching this ,,,love your reviews of rexviper greetings from egpyt

Big Frankie fan….yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh

Dat thumbnail Josh, GOLD!!!!😆😆

Thank you for the timely update and I appreciate that you share your experience with being in a band. I liked that you appreciated the playing of bass and keys player. it shows that you understand, that you cant just trash all the people here.. there is effort and passion in this band but it's just not really stage ready yet. all amateur bands understand that we need to keep improving. love from Germany, Tom

The concert was wayy past 5:40pm , mah kids!

My favorite Rex Viper fan channel. Keep on rocking nerds

Stallone is very aware of your review

Been lurking on this channel for a while just to see what it's all about and this video and some past videos have made me a subscriber. At first I thought you were being harsh with no meaning, but over time, I cooled on that, and as a fellow artist and performer, you're right up my alley. Would love to talk. Got my respect entreat. Good tunes. Also, Paul Stanley said something about adressing the crowd that did not include "family fun center". Also, when I DJ, I'll wear a Svenghoulie shirt, but I am well aware of my cheese.

I appreciate this more coming from someone who has actually preformed and is a professional great review

Great commentary. I dont get how 5 'performers' don't utilize the very advice active performers suggest. Jeez, the band is like 3 years in already

James needs to bring the goddamn duck walk back. It may be an awful move, but damnit it's _his_ move.

I love these videos. You, irate gamer, Sega lord X and red cow are by far my favourite channels. Great video, I have been waiting for this one.

20:46 thanks for the tip bro, I didn’t know that.

Your rant on how to plug in a guitar was on point. Volunteering as a soundman for young kid bands made me very bitter about the situation.

you know it's a good day when i get a rex viper vid in the notif box B]

Love it. 😍

You're like the redlettermedia of music. You help us understand why we don't like this

I like your technical breakdown Explaining the fidelity of the musics and the input, volumes ect

The crowd chanting 😂

😂 at 9:02 it reminded me of when in the movie "Kick Ass", we're introduced to Red Mist, he's standing on top of a trash bin, and he jumps for a superhero landing but hurts himself as he lands 🤣

Oh man I have been eagerly awaiting this!

The Family Fun Center is like Spinal Tap opening for the puppet show lmao.

Haven’t watched this video yet but gave it a thumbs up on principle.

keep in mind thats what Justin looks like over a year after he announced his weight loss journey

I agree it's really bizarre that they didn't mic the amps or didn't appear to do a lick of post audio production.

With all the mentions of the keyboardist, I think it's fair to point out that his band Cheap Dinosaurs is surprisingly good.

Been waiting for this since the Rex Viper channel dropped.

A Rex Viper and Dancing with Ghosts supergroup must happen. Dancing with Rex Viper, Vaping with Ghosts, Ghost Dancing with Rex or something. Doesn't everyone in the music industry slowly become the thing they hate?

So basically this is a decent rhythm section and a decent keyboardist with three hacks just kind of fucking around on top of it?

Dino is carrying the team.

I'll share my 'crowd work' story here: Last month my wife and I saw Tommy Newport in Chicago. The club found this Eminem wannabe to open for him -- I'll keep him anonymous - who came onstage wearing a backwards baseball cap. Literally as he's introducing himself and telling us he was born & raised in Chi-town, he turns his cap around and it's an Oakland A's cap. WOMP WOMP.... This anecdote probably doesn't translate well to the written word, but trust me that it was absolute pitch-perfect comedy timing.

1.28k people are subscribed to the Rex Viper RU-vid channel. Either a lot of Truthers or some people with the worst musical tastes imaginable

I always enjoy these videos and hope you will continue to make them as long as Rex Viper continues to churn out their annual shows. Seeing James with his cable not through the strap makes me wonder things like: does he even change strings before these shows? Does he even know how to change strings? Hell, he seems like the type of guy whose probably completely oblivious to things like dead strings, proper intonation, setup, etc. If so, does he has a real guitar tech or does he pay the slobs to worry about it? Did he pick his bandmates solely because they're also named James? It would be very interesting to know this stuff. Also if you google Rex Viper the first member on the list is Justin💀

The review of the concert is only a few hundred views short of the actual concert. Haha. 😂

Nice!

“the review you had on rex viper, which was merely a two-word review it just said…shit viper”.

10:54 KILLED ME LMAO

I can’t wait to see Rex Viper in 2024!!!

I'm glad you caught the fact James didn't wrap his cord around his strap. I will never not be annoyed by the lead guitarist playing with the strings still strug for a righty player. I'm a lefty and not restringing the guitar is a sign of just not having any respect for yourself, I feel like.

Your analysis, just like last years, again closely resembles my own (Although they DID say 'Rising up to the challenge of a gameboy' later in the bridge... I know because I sat there listening to the entire thing, frozen by some unseen, fleshy hand resolved to torture me)... Going down the list, the bassist (from what I could hear at least) and the drummer were there and showed up. So that's cool. The keyboardist was easily the highlight of this entire show for me. The lead guitarist's playing ability is once again easily the worst out of all of them, and I don't know whether that's because of lack of actual practice with these song, or he's just horrible live... either way... While James isn't the worst player, he basically butchers (wrong chords, starts/stops) the entirety of Eye of the Tiger. If you listen with headphones you can hear it in the left channel, but no need to torture yourself, you can just believe me if you want lol. Lastly, the singer is in way over his head at those keys. Listening to him, and I'm not trying to be a dick here but, I don't believe he actually knows how to 'sing'.. like in the classical-some-form-of-training-warms-up-before-he-performs way... I feel like the vowels he uses aren't correct, I feel like he isn't activating the right mechanisms to apply rasp correctly (false chords and whatnot) and, like you said, to even attempt those keys with that amount of air, it just sounds painful. Oh, and one other thing, there was someone on their video claiming that the recording did not come from the board mix. Whether that is true or untrue, all the instruments recorded are from ONE UNIQUE SOURCE EACH, that much IS true. The volume levels and audio positioning of all the instruments, regardless of the camera, stay exactly the same throughout, so maybe someone from Screenwave had a Zoom recorder set up on a tripod somewhere or something akin to it IF none of the recording was taken from the board. Now, lets assume this is true, that none of the instruments are taken from the board mix directly and this was all recorded on a stationary device... if THAT'S the case, then this is the shittiest live sound I've ever heard. So, I'm with you, I would more believe that the drums were stripped from the board (at the very least AND given how dry they sound) and the rest of the audio from a stationary recording device. I couldn't get a good look whether their amps were actually mic'd either, but I did at least see the presence of a PA system and monitors. But, I'm done rambling. Good, honest review as always!

You and everyone else who has a bad opinion of this lousy band are totally justified! It’s the biggest rule of show biz: if you can’t handle criticism, you don’t belong in the limelight. Also, If you take money for something, your customer deserves the best; not mediocre comments about it being just for fun. Cool, if it’s “just for fun” get off the stage, Play online or whatever and definitely don’t charge anything for what is little more than Rex Viper’s practice session.

hey dude, so i initially found you through james rolf stuff but i went through your back catalog and your music and i am now a fan. i love your sound. thank you for making good content and music. you are awesome dude. keep on keeping on. you have a fan. have a good day. (edit) you coming to california soon?

You have really good presentation, a great voice and aesthetic and attitude, perfect for reviews. I GAF about Rex Viper's sh*tshow, and you give the best run down of their shows. That's why I am subscribed. Question, Why are they performing in front of a "The Water Tower" banner? Couldn't manage to make a Rex Viper display?

WET DIAPER FOREVER!!

That keyboardist is way too good for this band haha

06:50 - funnily enough - I saw Sebastian Bach in this arena and at the back they had a Burger King. And Bach said "Well, I've never played a Burger King before". Just some thing you never think you'd hear at gig, but yeah hilarious naming haha

“Recorded on a potato” 😂😂😂

Shit , another great video hahahahahaha, made my fucking day !!!! Saludos From Costa Rica.

Honestly I hope you and Red Cow never stop covering Rex Viper and Bimmy stuff. As a former and longtime fan of Cinemassacre, I get my best enjoyment of their content through you guys now.

Also did you see Rex Vioer is releasing an album? #Hype 😂

Thanks for the vid. Do you know when you shoot the soldiers in the original and they would sometimes lean forward and take a few more shots... Well, they would just shoot forward rather than at you. I hope they've changed that, to make it a little bit more realistic/challenging. They look daft just shooting straight forward.

Goddamn Bimster and crew sent my side into orbit with this performance. 🤣

It feels like they've been practising at home but never as a band. There are so many moments where they're just not on eachother's rhytm. If they could find the time (lmao) to practise even once a month they'll become so much tighter.

The entire concept of Rex Viper is weird to begin with. They aren't even an "80s-band", because most of the game music they cover is from the 90s, but they mash it up with 80s songs anyway. It's as appealing as when 90s DJs discovered they could take some generic techno beats and put them with Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

Customers just left, store is empty and this popped up in my feed. Heck yeah!

Thank you for pointing out the guitar cord issue! My bothered the crap out of me with Bimmy. Also, yes, keyboardist is the best part. If only he was in a proper band...

Christmas has come early!

That jump tho!!!😂😂😂

I just went through Slew of 80s Live Rock music looking into the "Guitar Cord - Wrapped around the Strap" and you have been confirmed 100% CORRECT !!!

7:15 But is it not fitting that They perform in a Place that looks oldish like from the 80s?

9:30 nice one :)

Bass Player: "Yea he can chug on an E string so he's good." 😂😂😂

Oh Dear God, I thought Rex Viper was done , yet here we are. Josh is pretty much spot on with the analysis here. As a rapper i've never had an "announcer" but I've had a hype man. When you start the show with "alright nerds, are you rocking to rock?!?" that's already a bad omen. The lead singer isn't bad, I think in the studio he'd be fine, but he sings outside his range live. The big problem is these dudes don't vibe together. You can tell they only talk and jam out via Skype or Zoom, rather than in person.

The keyboards really helped. I’d love to jam with Dino.

I have no idea what the lead guitarist is doing in some songs. Like in the Moon theme, is he even playing in the same key? Big Frankie fan BTW.

I wish Cinemassacre was still on good terms with Kyle Justin. Much rather see Kyle play the theme and other songs he's written for AGVN than the randos in rex viper.

Yeah

8:08 the lead singer could've wear like a Playstation or a Super Mario shirt just to fit the aesthetic. Just saying.

i was there and it was lit s/o to the dudes two stepping in the front rowz they were ready for war.

I laughed so fucking hard when DwG did the play by play of James “mighty” jump off the slight step. Omg, thank you for that.

At 15:37 i checked the living room to see how Scott Stapp broke into my home.

the only females in the crowd that day were of the snack cake variety - Little Debbie's

As a guitarist who is in a band myself (I've played one show that went excellent so far but the other guys are older with a lot of live experience) I can say confidently that rex viper needs some serious help and a whole lot of practice as a band. It's like a reverse super group where you took all the worst members of bands and made it into a separate band. They need to work on stage prescience after they get the music tight because I had more movement on stage and it was my first one. That and like you said they need to tune down to lower the key so singer can hit the notes. There's no shame in doing it, a lot of those 80s bands they're covering tune down now because the singers are a lot older and physically can't hit the notes anymore. There's no shame in doing that every singer has a range they can comfortably sing in and that's just how it is, some have a multi octave range but that's a whole different discussion. My opinion is if they aren't gonna put the effort and time in to play tight and accurately together live they should just be a studio band and release music online so that way you have all the edits and pitch correction at your disposal so it sounds good.

When are Jim Chan and Rex Viper going to play their true hit, I So Need A Cute Girl?

Many concert going cherries were popped that day

Hey Dancing with Ghosts. I checked out some of your music, it's not my cup of tea but I can respect that you folks know how to perform and mix music properly ^^ This may sound silly but roughly how long did it take to practice before your band got stage ready? P.S: Your criticism on Rex Viper are valid, as always.

Love your Heavens Gate cap btw

Great video. Is Sly aware of this?

Wait…is that an unsolved mysteries vinyl? Is it just the theme song with different remixes?