Cracking the Code Episode 1: “Rock to the Future” - Eddie Van Halen & Randy Rhoads

[@mixa3]

Man, I cannot believe how well this video is made. Production, filming, story. Amazing.

[@troygrady]

Thanks!

[@5urg3x]

It just looks so realistic since he still looks like a teenager to this day :)

[@5urg3x]

Is there a list of all the bands / songs used in this?

[@OgamiItto70]

You forgot to mention the music.

[@sleazebee]

Jaws still dropping in 2019😮 too good!! Thank you for these gems

[@guismth]

Troy!!! Best series ever!! Why isn't this on the discovery channel!!!???.

[@troygrady]

guismth Thanks! We're quite at home on the internet, but if you want to send them a note telling them why they should check us out, we're definitely not going to stop you!

[@guismth]

Thanks for the response bro. Don't think discovery would've cared to. That's pretty cool of you! Funny, watching the entirety of cracking the code all I could do was relate. I've been there with that remote! Hahaha, watched "cracking" with my kids, 21 and 15. I'm like look in the cabinet, both those tapes are in there. Yng and Eric. Gotta ask though, no satch?

[@jasoncavitt2043]

+Troy Grady This doesn't belong on cable. It's too good.

[@jazzimo4407]

+guismth ya, how come no satch?

[@dylan96096]

+guismth No Shit. I feel the same way about this guy. let's keep this to ourselves as long as possible!!?

[@ornical]

Eddie, in addition to all his other qualities, also swung harder in his leads than 99% of all rock guitarists and had an incredible grasp of funky rhythm playing, too. Great stuff! I'm on to part two...

[@troygrady]

Iron Negro I concur with all of this!

[@DavidDiMuzio]

This is my favorite TV show on KZbin!

[@troygrady]

Maraming salamat!

[@RandoPandaSmiles]

Best guitar channel on KZbin. I'm surprised this isn't a national TV show.

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

OMG, I actually had an SK-, and I think everyone's used Metal Method at some point :) Memories. Came here at the suggestion of Ben Eller. No regrets. Thanks for the awesome series.

[@unclesmoke4690]

Chris McKay I came the instant Uncle Ben Eller said it as well

[@Mrblackmusicman]

Uncle Ben got us there and he was right. Prod and content off the charts !

[@raredesign]

Why is the second video hidden?

[@ultrahighgain412]

It's probably blocked by copyright douche baggers.

[@jszanko]

Looks like Yngwie may have taken issue with it.

[@DatHombre]

I looked it up n Troy said that they had 4secs of Ozzy Osbourne, so Sony copyright struck it.

[@jszanko]

@@DatHombre Ouch. Terrible.

[@ledbthand]

At the end of the day, still having your old high school axe, is cool in and of itself. :D

[@Polentaccio]

I think Yngwie had that effect on every guitar player that heard him for the first time..the precision, tone, and how clean he picked those aggressive lines was jaw dropping. He ripped your ears a new one. How amazing are those early Malmsteen records...seriously.

[@troygrady]

Those records were / are killer. If Yngwie had been hit by a bus in 1985 he'd still be remembered as a legend.

[@frankie.d1127]

The evolution of guitar virtuosity- isn't it just astounding?!?

[@mikemorrison3791]

Honestly - Troy Grady needs his spot in the Rock n Roll hall of fame just for these videos alone - the creativity, the production values, the sense of humor, the incredibly in depth and accurate analysis. He has probably done almost as much for guitar playing as some of the greats. I only wish I had discovered this series when i had young fingers.

[@FeelingShred]

There is a guy who no one ever talks about: Michael Schenker. Dude was "shredding" in 1974, long before that term was even invented. Dual harmonized guitars and everything, that was the shit.

[@tylerguitar75]

FeelingShred oh dude, they talk about him. He's considered the grandfather of basically all the guys in this video. They all cite him as a major influence, although Yngwie leaned more towards Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple.

[@dalton7145]

Amen to that!

[@fraserwing8744]

@LLCool Jay Jesus Christ! Roy really ripped! I was shocked!

[@johnnysully2689]

MSG holds yeh dubious distinction of being the most boring band I've ever seen

[@FeelingShred]

Well, I can't disagree with that, there's definitely some cheesy corny effect to some of it, but I still like the sound, what can I do 🤣🤣🤣

[@ledjon]

Man the notes at the end is exactly what it feels like to listen to a great solo. Well done!

[@craygin]

I know that look at the end of this video!!! Saw it first hand in the summer of '85! My one guitar playing friend was floored by Yngwie when we put this album on the turntable and we couldn't stop listening to it for two days!! All we did was flip this record over and flip it over! My friend was mock interviewed as to what he thought of Yngwie and he replied "I'd like to break both his arms!" He was a really good player at 19 and could figure out a Maiden album in about a week and a half. About a year later I would again be floored by a little band from L.A. called Racer X featuring a young gunslinger by the name of Paul Gilbert and I forgot about Yngwie for a loooong bit!! Didn't know that it was the beginning of my eternal search for every record from Mike Barney and his Shrapnel label. It was easy for me to find all that I was interested as I was in Germany where it is totally different than here in the states! Love all your vids as I am just learning how to play at 50 years old!! Keep up the good work, dude! up the Irons!

[@glock17sks56]

You have a 10 year advantage on me bro, I am learning again at 60 plus...lol

[@heyjarrod]

Cool stuff! I paused on that one slide, it looked so cool. The side-by-side fun comparison of their high school report card, looks like it’s supposed to be their senior year. Then I was thinking, Randy didn’t go to John Muir high school. The John Muir he went to was a middle school, here in Burbank. But I see you have Eddie’s high school right, and his graduation year. Also, Randy graduated at 16, which would have been 1972. John Muir high school is on the other side of town, in Altadena, where David Lee Roth went. Cool stuff, Troy! And I’m glad I could add a little info. If anybody else paused on that particular slide, ha ha. Probably not, ha ha. Really cool stuff man!!! Thank you! 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸

[@troygrady]

Thanks for fact-checking our easter eggs! Duly noted.

[@heyjarrod]

@@troygrady Hey Troy, great to hear back from you. Great stuff! During this pandemic, and especially since ED‘s passing, I’ve been playing guitar more now than I have in 20 years. I played in heavy metal bands throughout the late 80s to mid 90s. Anyway, I wanted to mention that I saw Chet Thompson flash by on a few slides there also. With the upside down guitar. That was awesome! I always love to see him in print, too bad he never got the accolades he should have. Chet was my guitar teacher throughout the mid-80s. And as you might know, he took lessons from Randy. So we have some great connections. Chet is one of the best guitar players I’ve ever seen in front of me, and live... along with Randy, Eddie, and Yngwie. I’ll check out some more of your stuff, looks like we are probably about the same age. Your MAB cracking the code was awesome! I’ve always known about MAB, but for some reason just wasn’t on my radar over here in So Cal-until recently. Now I’ve been learning so much from him online, and he’s quickly jumped up towards the top of my list. Thanks again!!! 🎸🤘🏻

[@tonezone111]

Obviously I'm desperately late to this party, but I have to say that this series is far and away the best thing I've seen on KZbin. Superb camerawork, animation, graphics, production values, editing, storyline.. I'm gushing now, but sincerely, all credit for a fantastic production. I'm absolutely blown away. Incredible.

[@tonyrobertsguitar]

Got chills TWICE when going back to 14:50 and Troy says "Oh my god" and then....

[@dku001]

what's the name of that song?

[@guismth]

Can't keep this a secret, cmon guys. Troy worked his socks off to play like that. Searched for years for that tone. And is an absolute genius for making this. And a really cool dude for sharing it with us. We should share it with everyone, get him out there as one of the best guitarists and teachers!

[@terjetrollvik2683]

Fantastic work! Actually brought tears to my eyes. You accurately described my childhood, sitting in my room trying to understand what was going on on those records! I played my old Squire strat, day in, day out.... This series is amazing, and I´ll share it with everybody!!!! THANKS!

[@troygrady]

Terje Trollvik Thanks Terje!

[@TechMetalRules]

I miss this series SO MUCH! Revolutionary technical analysis and rocking nostalgia!

[@IceCreeeaaam]

This show is the perfect mix between fantastically over the top and educationally brilliant.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Such detail! Can I ask what program you used for the graphics? Amazing!

[@___and_memes_for_all]

I guess that’s a no

[@Open-6]

You have to work it out, the way he analyses his favourite guitarist’s techniques.

[@hanssalami4517]

He used Apple Motion

[@Cinestudi0]

information DENIED!

[@icarus432hz9]

Windows Movie Maker

[@collinjamesguitar]

Same man. I was born in 94, but every guitar player comes to the crossroads and Eddie was my guy. Love Randy too, but Eddie just changed everything for me.

[@miaouew]

I was born in 86 :) And that's the exact reaction I had to hearing Yngwie the first time. I bought his Rising Force CD on a visit to my grandparents in Arkansas and took it out of the package while in the car and put it in my discman. I havent been the same since.

[@bbell37968]

This is terrific, and the timeline aligns so perfectly with my own. I started playing acoustic in 80 or 81 as a young guy, so I went through these same phases when I picked up electric several years later. I'll never forget Doug Marks and those ads!

[@monkface]

I'm 51 years old this year. It is hilarious how this series mirrors mine and surely many other's experiences. I saw all the same pics in the same mags, which I still have, I heard the same songs and the same players, I saw the videos, the movies, the flexi-disc, all of it! This series is so great! I even had that Star Wars bedspread! Also played piano, also hated Duran Duran etc.. For real.

[@AltronV]

So long, Eddie...

[@stagelatency9055]

Someone who has been paying attention for a long time and now displays the recorder markers here. Thanks for this great effort! Great presentation.

[@KevinSmithdc]

Great video, Troy. You basically made a documentary of MY life during the same era. LOL Glad to see I wasn't alone.

[@rushpittsburgh4]

This is where I'm at right now. Learning bastardized solos and slowly unbastardizing them

[@jjvillafane86]

I can't say enough how greatly made this is. I was born on 1986 so my guitar history occurred in a very different scenario, but there are still some things I can relate to very well. I must say also that just by watching this episode you made feel like I lived in that era of guitar playing.

[@troygrady]

Awesome! I had just gotten started a couple years before that. The show picks up after I'd been playing for about a year or so. It's cool to see that the journey is similar pretty much no matter when you hop on board.

[@julianlak1017]

One of the best youtube vids I've ever seen! I was born in 86 so I missed out on a lot of these moments but as a kid in the 90's the rare times I did hear shredding I was always in awe.

[@Dylan-du3ui]

Starting this series over again! Thanks so much Troy...I’m in my 30’s and your breakdown and explanations of picking have been the best things to happen to my playing in 10 years. When I started playing guitar, something of this caliber being freely available would’ve been unimaginable.

[@rickeisenhauer6396]

Troy, I am 46...graduated in 1986...you and I have almost same exact history...LOL! These are the best videos i've ever seen on guitar techniques and playing!!! Keep up the most outstanding videos my friend!!! EVH...My main influence...along with SRV (blues) and Beatles for melodies and harmonies and song structure...Thanks again my friend!

[@aloak]

You're such an incredible teacher, but also a really great scriptwriter. These episodes are so funny to watch. Thank you for that! :)

[@MarceloKalango]

This serie could make the young out there to recover the interest in guitars (learning) and rock music, eventually!! Greaaat work, Troy!! You're making the difference!!

[@Galactu5]

Full of win! Yeah, this is like a slice of the 80s guitar players life to a tee.

[@markyboo]

Haha . . . oh man . . . that "PLAY ROCK GUITAR" instructional book. When that popped up in the video I was nearly swept away by the flood of nostalgia. Great stuff!

[@troygrady]

***** So many of us had that one, whoever wrote it is probably floating on their yacht right now!

[@seggbert9243]

Great, how can u dislike? Watched the Serie severel Times, so entertaining

[@rajmanation]

Incredible work! 10:18 impressionist approximation 😅 Legend!

[@guitargirlutube]

This is a feckin brillant channel. I only came across it because I watched a Ralph macchio interview which took me to a crossroads clip which took me to this channel. Wow!!!

[@chrismoore2609]

Sheer genius! Without a doubt the best thing on youtube at the moment and the best thing on guitar playing anywhere, ever. Deserves a Nobel prize at the very least. Thanks!!!

[@troygrady]

Ha! Alfred Nobel may have invented dynamite, but I doubt he could have imagined heavy metal. Thanks for watching!

[@joeMsessions]

11:48 You have out done yourself sir!!! :) Oh my! Using PacMan and Robotron 2084 to be an analogy to tremolo picking being a one-handed activity, versus 2-handed. Geezus. You are a 1980's genius of the first order sir. My hat is off. I'm sending links out to friends now.

[@HauteGameFR]

I always wanted translate this amazing show into my language (french) but.. So much work for each episode to really match with the original idea you know.. aaahhh..

[@ubatooba8467]

Funny, I had the same Star Wars bed sheets & pillow cases! Noticed the Boss Heavy Metal 2 distortion pedal...the gear of the day! Ran mine through a Marshall Lead 12....but first amp was a Peavey Backstage. Got a light blue Ibanez Roadstar in the early 1990's and then scalloped it! Yeah....everyone guarder their technique secrets back then. Oh yeah, hands down best fricken videos ANYWHERE!

[@macdietz]

You are basically narrating my life, fyi. So cool to hear someone else have basically the same evolution from piano kid with a good ear through undisciplined bedroom rocker and onward. Im sure its not too uncommon a trajectory. Such an amazing video series.

[@patrickkowalski8256]

Rest In Peace Eddie and Randy. Wish Randy was still with us

[@ronaldrichardson8161]

Dude, this is so accurate and interesting, as a proffessional to semi- proffessional and still gigging guitarist for thirty five years, I have not been able to quit watching your series!, In all my mastery of technique over these thirty years, one still eludes me,. . . Speed Picking!! your series hits will absolutely go viral! it is awesome. . .

[@troygrady]

Awseome, Ronald! As far as speed picking, I think you'll get what you're after in Season 2, and then some. Stay tuned to our mailing list for the fastest updates. Thanks for watching!

[@drwombat]

love the tron effect at the beginning. your production value is very high on all your upload s

[@GuyNarnarian]

This is the best thing I've seen on KZbin in a long time. I miss the 80s man. I was too young but I still knew who Eddie was thats for sure. And Slash of course at the end of the 80s and early 90s.

[@amelusincredendovides2393]

after 27 years playing guitars I've decide to start playing solos and after two weeks practicing, i found this videos just because Uncle Ben Eller send me here, and let me tell you I don't have speed or accurary yet but seeing this, problems with pick have reduce a lot for me, now i feel my limit it's my left hand but my top speed it's more fluid, it's really helping me pretty much, but I feel I'm loosing too much information from videos because english it's not my main languaje. I think with subs in other languages will help a lot to non english speaking persons, don't now if i am loosing something but i just see english subs, I will love to recommed this videos to a lot of guitarrist friends but many does't speak english, so that reduce viewers, it just my opinion that other languages subs will help to reach more views to your videos. Thanks! Troy, your videos are helping me a lot. Grettings from Argentina...!!!

[@plainoldjason]

Fantastic! Two thumbs WAY up!

[@guitarzarfun]

Was coping VH tid bits and into Dokken..then Yngwie hit me like a tidal wave. That hooked me in with technical playing at age 14...i worked at his stuff and at least could start to figure out what he was doing with help from books etc..then came Racer x & Cacophony..... they nearly drove me to insanity and had me wear out at least 4 tape decks rewinding/playing/rewinding/playing etc etc x1000. Still don't have that stuff totally figured out. Cacophony's music(and Becker & Friedman's first solo records) was and still is the most mind boggling and perplexing thing I've heard in rock guitar.

[@GearBoxTy]

I have done that Metal Method alternate picking finger exercise since 1984!

[@eweeparker]

Holy crap, this is now my favorite youtube show

[@danielsgrunge]

The production quality is insane

[@Chingu-nm6wp]

Metal Method Rules!!!!! I remember staying up late to listen to Fingers Metal Shop.

[@Jarrodpimental]

Going back in to watch for a second time. Troy has helped me so much in playing on his forums and now I’m just appreciating the series that rocketed my interest in lead playing.

[@mokshyadanandamahanta9908]

Cracking the code series should be in Netflix !!

[@stepitupandgo67]

this is the best thing ever on you tube...for me...

[@LevitatorMusic]

one sentence from eddie made my guitar playing jump to an entirely new level overnight. It went something like: "The difference between good guitarists and great guitarists is knowing when to pick and when to legato." 16 years later I still keep this in mind when learning new stuff. Not too long ago i was learning the bark at the moon solo for my cover band and the scale climbing part at the end of the solo was giving me problems...then i realized i was trying to just alternate pick the whole thing...once i added in some pull-offs and hammer-ons when changing strings it all flowed together seamlessly.

[@PeteR-zp7bx]

If you could have read my mind and produced videos from it, you could not have done a more amazing job of capturing the experience of being an 80's guitar player working on Eddie's stuff when Yngwie came onto the scene (and then the other jaw-dropper for me, Eric Johnson). I'm floored not only by the production values, but how you nailed the times, the experiences, and the frustrations. I first saw Yngwie with Alcatrazz in like '83 or '84, and have seen him a number of times over the years. A few years back I was literally 3 ft from him, staring at his picking hand and STILL going how? HOW?!? Everything you say makes sense, and correlates with everything I've read from Gilbert, Johnson, etc., but without actually spelling out the mechanical issues that these guys have solved seemingly by accident. Anyway -- beyond amazing effort, and I want to buy your stuff even if it doesn't crack the code for me (no practice time now - gray hair and kids!) just because this is such a stupendous effort. Seriously just brilliant.

[@troygrady]

If you saw Yngwie with Alcatrazz in '84 then you saw him at arguably the best he's ever been. Amazing. Thanks for watching!

[@CapeGuitar]

Amazingly well done! Looking forward to watching the rest of your vids. I remember stumbling across your first vids maybe 4-5 years ago or so? Great stuff. I teach guitar, and used to use your first teaser vids in lessons. Also - as a someone who also is a child of the 80's/went to high school in 80's - your take on learning guitar is both hilarious and dead on.

[@troygrady]

CapeGuitar thanks! Yes, the project has been brewing for a long time - had the first teaser videos up on the old site even longer ago than that! Glad to hear it's resonating.

[@CapeGuitar]

***** I remember now how I stumbled on the first vids of yours - it was Shawn Lane. I've watched more of your vids, I love the breakdown. Couple of questions/observations, maybe for future vids? I originally came across "pick slanting" not only from Yngwie, but also from Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix. Yngwie I always held up, personally, as one of the highest levels of virtuosity because his technique was so effortless. I watched/copied what he was doing w/ his right hand, but what struck me was the hand/wrist position. Jimi and Stevie have very similar looks to their right hands, and what I found was that small chordal shapes (double stops) a la "Little Wing" were way, way easier to play w/ the pick slanting. I was always getting my pick hung up in the strings, and couldn't figure out how to play pianistic shapes until I figured out "pick slanting". I guess that's the observation that got me started w/ that a while ago. A question too...one guy that would be fantastic to see broken down would be John Petrucci. I'm sure others have mentioned that. He always struck me as a combination of two things...logic and "brute force". Any chance for a Petrucci style vid, unless I've missed it. Again, great work!

[@junodonome700]

***** Your my new favorite guitar guy....I kid you not my friend! I have studied with a lot of guys in college where I went to school for music, as well as with Greg Howe and Dave Wiener from Steve Vai, and you are very, very good at braking down and conveying information to everyone, at every level. You have taken the method of reverse engineering to a whole new level! Bravo!!!

[@Killadey]

This has got to be without exaggeration one of the coolest things I've ever watched. It's like someone went into my brain and made a series just for me, but it's so well made on so many different levels too, it's hard to believe it's on YT and not some TV channel (not that you get much on TV as interesting as this). Thanks!

[@adolpholiverbush2]

God, I lived this very same story. Wonderful video, many thanks.

[@adolpholiverbush2]

The problem was....Eddie's playing is in a mysterious key. The key of Ed.

[@tylerguitar75]

Adolph Oliver Bush He tuned down a half step. Same with Yngwie-totally baffling to a young kid trying to copy a record when his lowest note doesn't match!

[@adolpholiverbush2]

tylerguitar75 Well, Yngwie is baffling to most of us. My reference was not to 440 tuning, but to the impossible to reproduce music Eddie is able to play. Me and a buddy joke, "Well, that riff is in the Key of Ed." meaning you have to be EVH to play it. I remember Nuno Bettencourt saying in an interview he got to meet EVH and play thru his rig. He was so stoked, but said, "Hell, it just sounded like me." Which sure wouldn't be too bad.....

[@CoachingChaos]

Adolph Oliver Bush I thought that was Ted Nugent ... at least the way Eddie told it? Heck, maybe it was both? Wouldn't surprise me, Nuno is one of my all-time faves and IMO the guy is plenty good enough to say something like that comfortably. Like many others watching this I've been a devoted EVH fanatic since the early 80s, seeing them on the 1984 tour, and buying my first electric guitar in May of 1985. Count me among those who didn't go down the Yngwie path, not even close, didn't really even listen to much of it until the 90s. Not knocking him or what he did, no, I just personally didn't care for it, although I like it just fine today.

[@tylerguitar75]

I don't have much knowledge about Nuno or Extreme but Ted Nugent is one of my favorites for sure! Eddie is one of the greatest musicians of all time, but now that we have guitar tablature software...anything is playable ;)

[@showzeki]

Glad these are on KZbin now

[@edyvodkaa]

You are the one man that say truth about picking technique importance

[@KongListBlog]

HOLY F'IN SH*T! I actually commented before seeing this whole entire vid and in my God honest opinion (I am a World Trade Center survivor, Wall St Broker, Advertising/Marketing Guru for several multi-million dollar corporations) - I can honestly say Troy Grady's ANIMATION + GRAPHICS + LESSON + PRODUCTION + TUTORIAL + VISUALIZATION, etc., Etc., ETC. = G.E.N.I.U.S.! #UNREAL

[@MrJcermacdoll]

..wow it´s like watching a film 80´s based....amazing

[@theaustralianhulk]

Every now and then you stumble across something really cool on KZbin. This is an exception. I'm almost through Season 1 and have to say... Amazing!

[@shawnpatrick7039]

We live parallel lives!!! The last Yngwie segment made me laugh and cry out loud...I had the same epiphany!🤘 Great and amazing stuff. Bravo!

[@Curveballsimon]

just amazing - absolutely amazing - purchasing the other series right now !!!!!

[@troygrady]

Thanks man!

[@samseasmusic8933]

Back to the Future~! Thanks Troy. We are brothers from a parallel Universe. I went through very similar obstacles. Still breaking through thanks to you. The overall impact so far is GREAT! Watching more soon!

[@dylan96096]

I absolutely love how you put all of your vids together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm now a #1 fan of your very clearly informative vids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for being you Mr. Grady

[@AnthonyParalikas]

I just want to say that this is the BEST. I love everything about this channel. You're like the historian of shred, I really feel like these videos do a lot for the genre.

[@stratokan]

This video is just amazing, I viewed it six years ago, it just aged very well...great!!!!

[@claaskrause2676]

absolute killer-stuff! i waited for this kind of documentary my whole time as a guitar-player! this should go viral amongst guitar-players... thumbs up! keep up the good work!

[@troygrady]

Thanks - and thanks for watching!

[@michaelhoard7024]

Wow! Where have I been? Just discovered this series today. Awesome!

[@danmenez]

This video feels like seeing Van Halen playing for the first time in the 80's. It's revolutionary... That's all I can say for now... I'm just trying to catch my breath here...

[@DomainObject]

BTW, your OMG moment mirrors mine. Except for me it was Yngwie's "Far Beyond the Sun" music video. When this came on TV, I couldn't believe what I was hearing *or* seeing. Unbelievable guitar playing! A watershed moment. I then went on to worship. Paul Gilbert and especially Tony MacAlpine. Shred monsters.

[@tonepoet]

Ha! This film rocks. I used to drop a sock on my record player. Granted, that not only slowed it down but changed the pitch like crazy. I had to constantly retune. When the sock started deviating, time to retune. I remember picking off the solos from the first 2 Ratt albums this way. I remember that Doug Marks stuff, never bought it. Glad you broke that one down. These films are extremely inspiring and insightful. Great job, man!

[@glenjamin2703]

I’m here following Ben Ellen’s recommendation and could not be more thankful. I’m going to binge this entire channel.

[@liorangel7511]

I love to see your reaction to Yngwie's playing everytime! in this video because it's so true this is the first impression that you get from him and the look that you gave at the picture of Eddie it's like "Eddie do somethinggg"😂😂

[@Zartimus]

Great stuff! I'll watch them all! I resonate with your upbringing. Eddie was my idol back in the 80's. Him and EJ and Gilbert..

[@HawkMcDork]

i grew up in the same era....and this whole series is amazing. all of the references are familiar and many are downright hilarious. this is some of the best guitar tutorial material i have ever seen. wow! you are the man -- thanks for putting this out into the universe!

[@troygrady]

Thanks! Glad to hear we've hit home with the cultural reference points. Thanks for watching!

[@FintanHahnefeld]

Amazing!!!!

[@EdwardBox]

What a superb series of Videos these are Troy. I've loved watching them and they've brought so many memories. Your a class player and tutor. This is how guitar should be communicated. Brilliant!

[@troygrady]

Thanks Edward!

[@EdwardBox]

***** Thanks once again Troy. I've made a play list of these on my channel and I'm going to direct traffic towrads them as all guitarists need to see these!

[@arvadaguitar]

Thank you Troy! This video is a service to guitar humanity. I am telling every one of my students about you.

[@jazzimo4407]

Dude, Im super impressed with your observational and analytical skills. You are amazing.

[@MrNatebain]

My childhood revisited in so many ways ... Thank you Troy ... Seriously 💯

[@matthewenriquez8729]

You so accurately tell a story of a guitarist’s journey!

[@FloridasCracker]

Absolutely FANTASTIC !!! Thanks!!

[@troygrady]

Thanks man!

[@saddamali666]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen

[@gerardgaddi6929]

Awesome show! With a flood of guitar features in youtube, its only now I bumped into this. Glad I did! Keep it up Troy Grady!

[@jetstrat]

Not only is this an excellent instructional video, but a hilariously, stunningly accurate retrospective of what it was like learning guitar in the 80s! Great job!

[@unchained_0177]

I concur on the quality And laugh at the Richard Marx shirt too Its so awesome to this day I keep coming back time after time to watch !!!

[@hollowroots2197]

This is amazing, Troy. Love the filming and production work. Keeps your attention very well.

[@troygrady]

+UrsaMajor Thanks man!

[@HowardFrischer]

I turned 13 in 1982 started playing guitar when i was 14 in in 1983 this series hit home.

[@troygrady]

Thanks Howard! It was a indeed a golden age of guitar growing interest in guitar. In my neighborhood, we graduated from breakdancing straight to Leppard and Ratt!

[@HowardFrischer]

***** totally - l'amour rock capital of brooklyn - endless weekends in the 80's - everything said in the videos were so on point

[@intelgrunt]

Found your series linked off a message board. FANTASTIC! So well done in every regard. I can relate, having used vinyl to learn songs in the 70's and 80's. How far we've come.

[@rafaensupecera6836]

Congratulations! Not only as bkeng a virtuoso player, but as a great story teller too. Love it, try to watch your channel and "cracking the code" by myself.

[@douglaswhite1624]

I'm really impressed with the creativity in these videos. The narrative is great, too, but the overall orchestration of the graphics and narrative is really some of the highest quality I've ever seen. Top shelf, Troy, really. You deserve a lot of recognition for producing these. I can't imagine how much effort this takes, and the results are fantastic.