When Metal Meets Cheese 

We started out with the idea to react to modern metal and somewhere down the line, it devolved into this. Turns out, this was a supurb idea! Hope you enjoy these terribly awesome music videos. Do you guys rememeber any of these?

Love seeing you three together. Love Larry’s enthusiasm! Hell yeah guys. And the style of singing you’re talking about Darrell is “operatic” haha

Its truly a thing of beauty to see all three of you together like this. thank you fellas. always a grand pleasure. sincerely o.s

This is so Beavis and Butt-Head and I'm here for it!

Make America the 80s Again

I'm a 70's guy but I definitely remember the 80s and I really enjoy your videos keep up the great work.

I was a teen in the 80's...However, somehow, I missed these bands (thank god ;z) Most of the vids reminded me of Spinal tap outtakes, though Spinal Tap far exceeded all of these groups musically. Loved it@ Please do more, Rock on!

Judas Priest Breaking The Law maybe should’ve bern on there…robbing a bank with guitars is pretty ridiculous.

Dude Savatage kicks major ass. Geniuses.

80's metal rules! 🎸🤟

Please 🙏 keep making these types of videos 🤘

They used to play Candle Mass on Head Bangers ball every so often. Thats how I heard of them Queensryche are amazing and Operation Mindcrime is one of their best IMO and most successful live stadium tours for sure. Savatage are also amazing, Crappy video clips but really good music IMO and when Savatage finally made it big with Edge of Thorns, Criss Oliva the Guitarist died in a Car accident, got hit by a drunk driver :( He was one of my favs for a while. Mix of Eddie Van Halen and Randy roads. Yngwie Malmsteen Funny fact the singer in the clip is not the actual singer. Jeff Scott Soto was the singer but he either got kicked out of the band for a short period or pulled out of the tour and filming of this video? and they just got a random tech to fill in. PS please do more of these videos!!!!

That’s the one and only THUNDERSTICK in the Samson cage! 😂 he was also the roadie in the video. He was also in Iron Maiden for like a week. He demanded SILENCE during his drum solo and they fired him right after that. 😂

Little known fact about Krokus is that Twisted Sister's Dee Snider's wife made the outfits that they wore on stage, and she never once got paid for it. Also, check out the videos Let It Go- Loudness Blue Murder- Valley Of The Kings, and Flashback Heart Attack by EZO.

I love it! Y’all are reminding me of the good ‘ol Beavis and Butthead critiques of videos. 😂🔥🎸

I need y'all to do stuff like this more. Reminds me of the old Beavis and Butt-Head when they watched music videos but you guys are funnier and more intelligent. 😊

This was great! Do more of these!!

Fun fact about the Candlemass video: The guy who directed and shot it, Jonas Åkerlund, did a ton of Roxette's music videos and got an Grammy for Madonna's Ray of Light video and also did The Prodigy's Smack My B**ch Up video.

I love when y’all react to metal videos! Awesome trio!

I love that Krokus song. I actually had it jamin today sitting in traffic in 565. When I think of the ultimate 80s video I always go to Y and T Summertime girls. That’s the 80s I lived and loved.

The first title card says "Candlemass by Bewitched" When it should be the other way around.

haha im happy that one way or the other YT keeps bringing me this Candlemass video. Love your channel boys! the McDonalds video blow my mind, it is truly a time travel.

That one from the band Nitro is often shown just to represent the "80s". The guy playing the four necked guitar definitely sums up the excesses of the glam metal scene of that time. I've never heard of that band, and I can't believe that it's not a parody!

Lol, “$150 to stand here next to Meatloaf” more like a meatball. $150 though I somehow doubt that 😂

Geoff Tate is one of the best vocalist of all time!!!!!!

Lets face it... if we look back at 80s MTV videos with our 2023 eyes ALL those videos were cheesy and funny. But back then our teenage selves thought our bands videos were just the best thing around ....so cool and edgy ..and our parents were stupid because they hated MTV.

“He’s rubbin’ a ball” 😂😂😂 i feel like that’s something Beavis & Butthead would’ve said hahahaha

Dudes you missed it. That was in Crocus was it? That was Billy Squier. dancing on his bed. Please, please, please do more commentary videos like this. They are so entertaining. I love it. Thanks. Rock on.

Ah. Who could ever forget Messiah Marcolin's "Doom Dance."

I actually liked Krokus music. But their vids were lame like many were. Lol. This kinda reminded me of the ole Beavis & Butthead days of making fun of music videos.

It's worth pointing out that Savatage turned into the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the early 2000s!

Yngwie...one of the greatest guitarists. and...lead singer of Nitro used to be married to the awesome Lita Ford

This was epic💥 I can see the younger version of yourselves come out❤

Malsteen guitar is like las vegas strip architecture

Y'all dissed Queensryche Ahhhhhhhh

Great content fellas - keep it coming 🤘

P sure its Bewitched BY Candlemass..

The 3 old grouches 😂 Eric said he thought the guy in the Samson video threw a ham sandwich. I’m dying 😂 Jim Gillette from Nitro could shatter glass with his vocals. I love Nitro! Michael Angelo Battio is a shredder! I have the O.F.R. album and Jim Gillette’s solo album with Michael prior to the formation of Nitro. Damn good 👍🏻 Hating on Queensryche?! 😮 I’m gonna have to shape you Alabama boys up. This is a travesty to metal. I shant stand for it 😂

That is totally NOT Brian Blessed from Flash Gordon…that’s like budget, budget Brian Blessed!

The video might have sucked but that Krokus song is bad ass on a good system.

I remember first seeing Thor on the Uncle Floyd show. Haven't thought about it for years.

I'm about these guys' age. Maybe a couple of years older. Also grew up just a few hours south of them. And I was a metal head, just like them. Back then, I ended up signing up for the Columbia House deal, where you get like 12 tapes for 1 cent. Then they send you stuff every month. One of the cassettes that I got was Krokus "Headhunter". It had Eat The Rich and Screaming In The Night. I liked those songs back in the day. I also had "Ballroom Blitz". It had the title song, and Midnight Maniac. There was a beef between Dee Snider and Krokus back in the day. Dee's wife created costumes for Krokus, but they refused to pay her.

When Sampson came on I was thinking "wasn't there some body builder guy in this band" then Thor came on and I was like "ah, yes, that is what I was thinking of."

Here are some candidates for the next video: Judas Priest - Hot Rockin' Dokken - Breaking The Chains Iron Maiden - Women In Uniform Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) Enuff Z' Nuff - Fly High Michelle KISS - Uh! All Night Accept - Balls To The Wall Twisted Sister - Be Chrool To Your School Manowar - Blow Your Speakers (I think you guys were inspired by the guys in the video) 🤘😠

Yngwie's third album, titled 'Trilogy', had a three headed dragon flying down upon him, blasting him with fire as Yngwie repels the attack by blasting it back by soloing on his Stratocaster. Get some of that!

Nitro were probably the most talented "bad" band of all time. Jim Gillette's vocal capabilities were absurd, and Michael Angelo Batio...well, everyone knows about his skill with an axe. Yet clearly that chemistry didn't translate to much excellence in the studio. I think I remember in their Kickstarter video from a few years ago (trying to crowdfund a new album with the help of Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler) they mentioned something about the awful production values of their debut album "O.F.R." that they weren't exactly in control of. Better production alone might've saved that album.

This is gold! 😂 That Krokus video is among the most vomit-inducing of all time, but they had some bangers. I saw them live back in the day and was shocked at how good they were. Enjoy you three so much. 😄💯🤘

That was awesome! Candlemass rules! 🤘🤘

Krokus Headhunter album is a banger! Such a good record.

Lol y'all remind me of mystery science theater 3000.

I love y'all's reactions to these videos 😂

awe dude yes that krokus album "the blitz" one of the best albums. One of those where every song is good. My first concert Wasp opened for them V.H.2, Too Fast for love (leather), on threw the night , Queensrych e.p. The last command, Fair warning, Get your wings all on that same list .

I would suggest all of you listen to Eddie Trunk- SiriusXM. Unless you guys were joking about your knowledge of ROCK

Like watching Mystery Science Theater, except with shitty metal bands

1:54 crazy how none of them mentioned that there was Dead

Dudes, obviously y'all know who Yngwie Malmsteen is. He's one of the best ever. Yeah, he hams it up, but he put neoclassical on the map. He was influenced by Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth, but he took it to the next level. You can hear his influence in many of the Shrapnel artists.... Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker. As for the I'll See The Light Tonight video, that's actually Mark Boals in the video. But the song was sung by Jeff Scott Soto. Boals joined at the end of the Marching Out tour, and sang on the next (Trilogy) album. He re-recorded this song, but management just ran with Soto's vocals on the video, so it looks kind silly. if you get a chance, check out Hear'N'Aid Stars video. It's like a We Are The World, but metal. It was led by Ronnie James Dio, and features a Who's Who of metal back in 1985. Yngwie also plays on that, and he crushes it. Him and Geoff Tate are the standouts on that song. According to George Lynch, everybody was chasing Yngwie. That's why they're all playing over the top on that song. e.g. see Neal Schon's solo.

0:57 thats what you get if you mix Ozzy Osbourne and Jack Black 😂

I was going to say you guys are recreating Beavis and Butt-Head but it's more like the Pep Boys "Manny Moe and Jack" reviewing metal. 👍👍🥳

I knew Screaming in the Night was going to be one here.

Glad to see the other lawyer dude having some fun…I forgot his name Queen of the Reich is awful. Geoff Tate said the girl in the video was 6’5

Rumor had back in the day that the lead singer of Nitro, Jim Gillette could brea glass with his voice. I remember being fifteen and dumb enough to buy their album to see what would happen.

Wow dudes I can't believe you reacted to Candlemass. But also did you guys or anyone who view this video not recognize the former singer of Mayhem who appeared in the Candlemass music video?

Seriously funny guys thank you! The further away from the 80's I get, the harder it is to get a real belly laugh!

The Candlemass is awesome! 🙌🤘🏻👍🏻 Yes! And tear it up 80s style!!!!⚔️🎸🎤

Nitro sucks but Michael Angelo Batio is one hell of a guitar player.

I have a few more to add: Lee Aaron - Metal Queen (this video has a fire breathing steel dragon and Lee herself is hot as fire!) S.A.D.O. - Gamblin' Fool (this one would not fly today, they would get ultra-cancelled and convicted for sexual assault) Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill (absolutely ridiculous with those caged women) Dio - Holy Diver (but pretty much any of their '80s videos tbh) Lionheart - Die For Love (cheesy like the blue cheese kind, jeez) Black Sabbath - Zero The Hero (and people thought the album cover for its album "Born Again" was bad...) Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin (although quite terrible on all levels, at least Ozzy seems to enjoy himself by being a total goofball) Venom - Nightmare (I'm lost for words on this one)

Candlemass is awesome

that Krokus album was my favorite! great songs!

damn...dont mess with Candlemass !!!!

when is your top 10 metal videos?

I loved Headbanger's Ball.

I gotta defend Krokus lol. The video might be cheese but the song is great. The others I dont really remember, except maybe the 3rd one, it was kind of familiar. I dont know why they spelled Yngwie that way though in his video. This can be a new series, I guarantee there are more than 8 LOL!

I am surprised that yall didn't know about Nitro. Back in the day, there were tons of ads for Jim Gillette's (singer of Nitro) vocal instruction videos and Micheal Angelo's (guitarist ) guitar instruction videos in the back of magazines, such as RIP and Metal Edge. The THOR video is lots of fun!!!!!!!!! Check out his other stuff. He had a cool video called Knock Em Down. Also, he has a documentary called I am Thor.

1:54 - Dead from Mayhem. Those who know, know. Those who would like to know, should Google carefully.

Candlemass song awesome but the video is actually made by director Jonas Akerlund

lmao played duck duck goose all day lol

Malmsteen changed singers after he screwed the first guys girlfriend....no joke

Queensryche redeemed themselves with their EMPIRE album. That album rocks! I liked some of Krokus songs too. Production quality on those videos really sucked. They look much older that 40 yrs!

Hey my old guitarist was called Ern-vay Ball-Stain...

I don't quite remember all of these but most. I miss these videos SO MUCH 😭 Any MTV I miss dearly! I wonder what Ricky Rachtman is up to these days!!!!?? Love you guys!👍🤘🤩

Candlemass have more power in one old crusty video tape than Ratt, Motley Crue or any othe Sunset Strip hair band in their whole careers. Shame on you guys.

10:04…dude had the Randy cut

I always thought that Candlemass music video was funny lol

I've never heard of that first band. At least the guy sings pretty good.

because Yngvie is one of the greatest musicians ever, I think that's how he got his own band! XD I felt bad for that singer because Yngvie, bless him, wrote the lyrics. ok some of them were good but ... anyway, this was hilarious. I need to track down some of these clips.

Is that Larry on the right?

At least they were still metal all the way. I guess this was Michael Angelo Batio with the four guitar device. He was a member of Manowar.

Holy sh*t! I can't wait to watch this! 🤘🔥

Gillette's real hair. He was wearing a wig in the video. Also check out the B movie Shock 'Em Dead. Batio is the stunt guitarist in the movie. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5FyUb2sN3p4.html

Oh I forgot to say that Savatage is a treasure! Sirens, Power of the Night, Hall of the Mountain King are the better albums in my opinion. The old stuff. Jon Oliva’s Pain and Doctor Butcher albums rock! We Savatage fans will always miss you Criss Oliva.

Oh and how did yngwie get his own record/band? There was only room for him and his ego on the bus. Hes an ass. Steeler was perfect imo

Hey I'm your ages I can relate to you guys I was a big-time child of the 80's you guys are cool love hanging out with you we need more cool people like us keep rocking

Wow you don't know much about Queensrÿche or Geoff Tate he was a trained opera singer gone Metal, for old Metal Heads we used to call the uninformed "Posers" they are from Bellevue, Washington not far from where you guys were in Port Angeles and I used to repo cars taking them back to Olympia.

😂 those were definitely cheesy

Man, y'all bagging on Nitro too. I think I had one of their CDs, and yeah, it kinda sucked overall. But, their guitarist is one of the most famous ever. Michael Angelo Batio, he had an instructional video called Speed Kills. He also had a Star Licks video. Supposedly, John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Michael Romeo (Symphony X) and Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) all claimed to have been influenced by (learned from) his instructional videos. He is kinda robotic, but he does have one of the cleanest techniques ever. And he seems like one of the nicest guys in the world. HIs quad guitar got stolen one night when they were on tour. They also appeared as guests on Headbangers Ball back in the day, when Adam Curry was hosting the show. The lead singer is Jim Gillette. He was married to Lita Ford back in the day. He also sold an instructional video, and he could supposedly shatter glass with his voice.

HOT SHIT. This is EXACTLY the mental respite I needed.

Candlemass is DOOM METAL royalty!

Lol. I was into a lot of these bands but some of these videos were bad even back then.

Whenever the man said he was never a fan of Geoff Tates vocals I hated him just a little bit .

Decades ago me and my friends got to meet Nitro. They were playing at a small local club, but their equipment never showed up. So, the band was just hanging around talking to people. The lead singer Gillette had this briefcase he was carrying with him. He said that he couldn't open it and if he did he'd have to kill us, because there were things inside it we shouldn't know about. Then he picked up my friend up over his head and carried him around for a long while. Then later, my female friend went with the lead guitarist, Michael Angelo, to his hotel room with him. They left in his limo. Strange, but good times.