Talent Show Master of Puppets (9th grade) 1st Place!! 

Such good synergy. Wonder what the drummers up to nowadays? I see the guitarist Mom runs this channel. Ma! Have these boys do a reunion.

im sorry... 14 years ago?! and youtube recommended this ABSOLUTE PIECE OF ART TO ME NOW????

Things I appreciate about them: 1. well performed 2. they didn't play in a dark parallel universe full of monsters 3. they didn't die after performance

I am 14 years late but damn they killed it.

I was so impressed by how on point both the drummer and guitarist were that I was thinking "even if they don't play the solo, they still killed it" but then they built up to the solo and my jaw hit the floor. The solo was incredible! I'm just mad I got this recommended to me 14 years after it was posted lol

This was the last day they sat by themselves during lunch.

If you listen closely, you can hear the crowd singing the lyrics. Such a beautiful sound.

I went to this school and was there for this performance and I was blown away! Michael and Westin are so talented!!

The sound of the bass guitar is on exactly on point.

Dad: "How is the guitar coming along son?" Son: "I've got a handle on it"

All those nights alone in your bedroom finally paid off. Rock On Brother!

They'll tell their kids a hardcore "When i was at 9th grade" story

This brings a tear to my eye. Well done, young men!! I was a longhaired D&D nerd, metalhead in the 80's. Metallica was OUR band. We didn't care that all the cool kids thought it was noise, in fact we loved it. Years later I walked out to Master of Puppets for all of my mma fights. Hearing it today still gets me pumped!

The fact that these guys are now nearing 30 yrs old is insane.

The fact he pulled off the solo without backing guitar is impressive in of itself.

As a guitarist, I am very jealous. I want a drummer like that in my band.

These kids deserved first place. This is some real talent. They are so good at their instruments. If they aren't in band, I'll be even more impressed. This is encouraging me to start practicing my guitar again, and hopefully get this good. And the fact they played this song fast enough to fit in in a performance under five mintes! The original song it twice as long, at 8 minutes!! They definitely deserved first place.

Damn, played it even faster than Metallica did. Impressive

We all know the guitarist is the star but let’s give props to the drummer, he killed it too!

The parents of these 2 really need a HUGE Thank you for getting an instrument in their hands!!! Well done, even watching this 14yrs later, you guys ROCK!!!

The best part being that he learned this all in an hour using Simply Guitar!

RU-vid: Let's recommend this 12 years later

Imagine how much better both of these guys are eight years later.

i love when youtube recommends things from a decade and a half ago

The algorithm has hidden this from the world till now for dark reasons. This is a raw and excellent performance. This should have 50mil views.

The drummer freaking kill it . Soo good and the guitarist hit ever note perfect

This gets recommended 14 years later... this is crazy, a lot of memories passing through my mind...

i may be watching this 16 years after all people, but this a master peace

i wish my talent shows were like this. I played the end part of One by Metallica with my drummer friend logan and my guitarist friend Ale and my bassist friend charlie. I was on lead guitar. We were in 10th grade at the time and we did it perfectly but our dumbass school gave the first place and second place awards to little kids and one of them was a second grader who sounded like they were tapping random keys on their piano for 2 minutes straight.

Can’t believe they managed to hire Jason Newsted to play the bass

I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet..... But your Dads are gonna love it!

This guy needs to make an update he’s gotta be an absolute guitar legend by now

Really really cool, the drummer was definitely high on anxiety or at least energy and kept it going too fast but the other guy kept up with it, so still amazing, well deserved win

I think the reason the drummer looks so big is because we're only used to seeing the top of little Lars' shiny head behind a kit

I’m most impressed with the kids guitar tone. Nothing to note about the drummer, which considering he was 14yo, is actually a great thing. Solid tempo keeping and no flubs .

Both of these guys can probably find success in a band together. They were on point and in sync with each other for the whole song, and that is NOT easy to do for any song, let alone this one

I honestly don't understand how two 14/15 year olds could sound so amazing.

0:26 Light man be like: ‘Oh the drummer gonna do something cool!, welp nevermind”

**sees "9th grade"** : oh, so they're about 10 years younger than me **sees "12 years ago"** : oh, so they're 2 years older than me

With a lot of talent, Master of Puppets is one of the hardest songs to play. Even adults get tired!!!

It's always good to see a ninth grader with a good taste in music, it's a rarity these days.

If I was there I'd be screaming singing "MASTER MASTER... " 😭

When a kid in 9th grade is twice as good a guitarist as you.

Imagine having to go after them 💀

9nth grade!?! I'm in 8th grade and I seriously can not imagine ever getting that good at guitar

He just broke the eleventh commandment: "Thou shall not playeth master of puppets with alternate picking"

BRUH THE GUY ON THE DRUMS IS OWNING IT TOO🤩

I like to come back to this video every couple of weeks. As an (almost) 9th grader myself who is a beginner-intermediate guitarist, you’re a massive inspiration to me. Awesome cover.

It is every teenagers fantasy to be play this good in front of the whole school. You both killed it 🤘🤘

I wish we could bring talent shows like this back lol

This is a WORK OF ART!! I watch this video everyday at school, being a freshman and having a drummer friend makes me so happy and I hope I can recreate this video 💜💜💜

Doesn't the drummer look a bit big for that set lmao

I LIKE THE GIANT DRUMMER ON THE JCPENNY KIT.

Insanely impressive how they’re both in sequence with each other

Holy shit, this is insanely good, they didn't miss a single note. JESUS CHRIST, i would be disappointed if they didn't get 1st place

Damn. The crowd passed the vibe check. Amazing performance if that was my son id be the proudest dad ever!

Legend has it they drowned in a sea of training bras after this

every few months this pops up in my recommended, and i watch it every time and get hyped like i was in the crowd. these dudes played their hearts out.

The one video I've seen most at RU-vid. Probably seen it +50 times. It washes away all those dreadful school comcerts I survived in my life

Damn these guys are 26 now, only reason I know this is cause they were a grade above me when me and all my friends who saw this were in 8th grade (12 years ago) wanted to do the same thing for our middle school talent show. I'm now 25 and it feels super weird large parts of my childhood memories have been immortalized by the internet.

Look at that Lars

And it is now 2022. And these guys are still awesome🤘

that kid definitely was not single after this night

The fact his mother is still supporting him here warms my heart so much

14 years, 2 months, and this day later and they are still masters.

stumbled upon this, and didn't expect to enjoy it this much

For a pair of 9th graders, with no vocals, no 2nd guitar and bass. ....in front of their whole school. ....They killed it! They condensed it a little bit because of being only 1 guitar by skipping the middle interlude. Much easier to pull it off that way, needs 2 guitarists for it to sound right, so they made the right decision. Missing the other two players threw them out of timing with each other right after the solo, but hey......stuff happens, right?Throw two more talented kids in there with them, and I am willing to bet that they would have nailed it in its entirety! Great job!

Fun Fact : this video is older than most fortnite players

Major respect to both of them

Totally rocked! They earned 1st place.

Incredible! The kid on drums killed it, sounded as good as Lars even on that little mini kids drum set!

37 dislikes from the others competing in the talent show.

Just saying, i see a lot of people shitting on the guitarist kid for having expensive stuff and thats just ignorant. Main reason the kids i knew growing up had expensive gear was usually because they had a relative that played. The only kids i knew that had expensive gear simply because of rich parents usually werent this good. And yeah you can rag on him a bit cause its not perfect, but i couldnt come close to playing this at his age. Its a very difficult song, and those whove never played on stage, if you havent practiced it to the point of muscle memory, youre going to fuck something up. Give the kid a break, he killed

After 15 years I'm still here to listen this masterpiece

I’m 15 years late but they killed it

14 years and still seeing this. If mom still checks this account then I gotta say you raised one hell of a kid. Hope he’s doing well and still playing! ❤️

James Hetfield: *laughs in all downstrokes* (just a joke, the little guy is 100% great)

14 years ago and now it my recommendation, I love it

16y later and still a banger

Drummer absolutely killed it!!

It does my 61 year heart good to see these real kids, playing real instruments, playing real music 🎶🎶🎶

I watch videos of people plying this at talent shows, and this is by far the best. GREAT JOB!!

Perfect timing!❤❤

He absolutely deserved that 1st place spot I may be 12 years late but that was amazing

This is so amazing! I’ve never seen anyone that young put on such a convincing and well prepared performance! It seems like a concert BY Metallica, it’s so good. Im a Music Education student, and it’s truly so rare to find someone with that kind of talent at such a young age. I hope they’re both doing well now!

amazing duo

15 / nearly 16 years later and this gets recommended to me. Why did I not find this sooner!

For some reason, the RU-vid algorithm brought me here. It was worthy

For a two man show covering that song...that was pretty freakn' great! Congrats guys!!

Awesome job! Never quit rocking! 🤟

How cool! Well done,guys!!

what a tight drummer! every beginner band would want a drummer that good

So is this is everyone’s recommended randomly after 14 years 💀💀💀

Mad respect

They literally obeyed their master🎸🤟

12 years later and this on my recommended 😂

And suddenly they would be revered as gods for the rest of their time in high school.

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen!

i think i saw this when i was 9 bro! 15 years is insane!!!! the drummer is still my favorite part. i can tell he loves this music. his fills and chops are great. i hope theyre both playing

Legend has it Lars took 3rd place in this contest playing drums