Crooked X - Nightmare

Artist - Crooked X
Song - Nightmare

[@GrantH]

Dang, I remember when I first heard these guys playing Rockband all those years ago. I thought they were gonna be the next big thing.

[@rogermoore022]

Man I thought the same thing

[@damienosborn2560]

GrantH I still play rock band on ps2 and I'm 13 I love this song

[@emlohaxoxo]

Did you ever play Gone? Such a tune

[@sturgisredden1783]

So much potential 🥺

[@exodus3968]

Late to the party but 100%

[@SleepTalkMetropolis]

Holy shit,I didn't know these guys were 14-16 when this came out. Singer sounds older.

[@lucassloan8176]

he does though

[@LetsPlayArcanium]

Welp they’re their in 30s and sadly the guitarist Jesse passed away

[@hookandjet]

Ive always loved this song. I was maybe 13 or 14 when I heard it on Rock Band. The sound they have reminds me of Overkill.

[@BabySnake01]

One of the greatest snares I have ever heard. It is just the Trashy sound it has that makes it great!

[@WorldWarThree]

I just met Forrest last night at a jam session in Tulsa. I didn't know anything about Crooked X, but I could tell he was a very talented young man. Now I know what he meant when he described himself as the world's youngest washed up rock star LOL. One of the great things about music is even though I am old enough to be his grandfather, we had a great conversation about guitar playing. Many musicians I have known that got a lot of attention at a young age turned out to be really messed up adults, but Forrest is a real level headed guy.

[@AS-gx3oz]

WorldWarThree forest was my neighbor when I was a kid he gave my sister guitar lessons

[@zekeleutwyler9894]

I'm a guitar player myself and would love some tips

[@chicanochops]

This shit SLAPPED years ago

[@roughindividual147]

Still slaps years later bro

[@MrWobblin]

Loved these guys back in rb days. Learned this one on guitar and everything. Gonna have to relearn this one!

[@cbj4sc1]

Holy shit they unironically used the St. Anger snare

[@Bakartridge2095]

*and they managed to make it work.*

[@mattbutcher5988]

This was before st Anger pretty sure....

[@josheschmann4814]

That snare tho. Love it

[@animatedant]

Wish they hadn't broke up. So fucking good for how young they were when this was written/recorded. 13-14yr Olds are on this track. Let that sink in.

[@dekinny6035]

The drummer was 9!!!

[@monkeyliver1986]

@@dekinny6035 DAMN!

[@slash15953]

the drummer looks like the "Young JB" from tenacious d XD

[@iggystardust9236]

Lol true. Totally doesn't fit in the band.

[@jeffreylebowski2291]

@@iggystardust9236 omg iggy is so jealous 🤣🤣🤣😀😀😀🥰🥰🥰

[@iggystardust9236]

@@jeffreylebowski2291 Yo Lebowski did you ever get your rug back? It really tied the room together.

[@EricWilliams-dq1wd]

I first saw crooked x at the fall festival.. knew they had talent right away

[@TheFitChemist95]

i have never even heard of this band BUT so far i think they are really good. This is my fav. song by them!

[@gaugehardt4950]

I still can't believe how young these guess we're at the time of the recording!!!! Truly awesome talent, I think the drummer was only nine or something, the vocalist was like 15.. He sounds like James hetfield

[@bowens9763]

It's called voice changer lol even my younger friend sounded deeper at age 5 and he wasn't even 6ft that time lol.

[@Deathmetal104]

Helmet and crooked x are the most underrated groove metal bands of all time man. They rock the fuck out of the place.

[@BonahBBamison]

Unreal, I had this on CD when I was in 5th grade

[@heavyfilop1]

i heard this band a few days ago and now its my fav band

[@Thephantom95]

I just played this song on Rock Band. it's amazing!

[@ultimateguitarist999]

sick song! one of my favorite songs, and these are kids!!

[@DistinctWisdom]

Wasted Years by Iron Maiden?

[@lalabiteme5000]

down to the T just slowed down

[@JNewsted1988]

@@pennysquires03 I wouldn't say STOLE it. They were inspired by all the big metal bands like Metallica, Megadeth, and, of course, Iron Maiden. I think they were just wanting to pay a tribute to them by slowing down Wasted Year's intro riff and recording in Nightmare. That's just my theory, anyway.

[@GeneralJordan-os9wm]

Why didn't they make it big?!? They are SUPER talented!

[@Coletynrocks]

When this song came out, the singer was 17. That's crazy seeing as he sounds like a young James Hetfield!

[@Chef_Cookem]

I remember playing it on Rock Band 1. It's kinda nostalgic, but... brrgghghgh

[@Muzikrazy213]

They were 14 in 2008 when they first came into the spotlight

[@83BallroomBlitz]

This is a perfect illustration of their talent. If you can produce a performance this young, then I think it is a great demonstration of their level of maturity and class!

[@Jtb1122own]

love playing that song on rock band =)

[@TheHilander1982]

bad ass song fun to play on rock band

[@DeNaga1995]

I'm sure the bands that they took inspiration from would be happy about it, especially iron maiden. They'd be happy to see youngsters keeping heavy metal going and that they took inspiration from them. And tbh, they even took the wasted years out on cd version.

[@metallmilitia1]

I love the druming in this song!

[@superJman1200]

this is such a good song!!

[@xlaauren]

these guys are amazzzzinggg! and they're so young. i wish i was in a band. lol. i'd be a pretty great drummer :)

[@Rudeboy008]

Did you ever pick up drums?

[@ZombieHunter2619]

Dude, they are young and making what they like, obviously they listen to all those bands and they want to play like them and it sound fucking good. Let them be.

[@jeremiahb25]

give these kids credit there young and have alot of talent

[@TheFoxfourty8]

Almost 2 decades later.. Killer.

[@allanfearman3886]

I wish thell come back they were good

[@zachlang4880]

"Hey, nice riff!" "Thanks, I thought of it when I was listening to Wasted Years."

[@martyschriver]

Washington is Next! - Megadeth You're welcome

[@TheFitChemist95]

omg that is freakin amazin!!!!! Wow they have some talent!!!

[@TheHumbleBumble1030]

considering they were 13-14 years old when they made this, they are pretty good.

[@f3arl3ssjak38]

Fuxxxxxxx yea I did this song on Rockband EXPERT bass guitar ....I remember the stage ....red, fire and it was lit as F**k!

[@ubercatattack]

Guys FYI Forrest left the band a long time ago.. Lol now he's in a new band. " reign in the unknown" look it up.

[@XSpacewolfX]

@all you haters! STOP HATING! give em a break. They're like goddamn 16 years old. saying they had no right to make this song is like saying that the person who invented macaroni & cheese had no right because he didnt invent macaroni or cheese. how is this any different from a band covering someone elses song? its not. They took part of other equally good songs and made there own version of it.. so stop whining

[@laneyhouston8880]

No actually I partied in Tulsa ok when I was younger youtube recommended it... these guys rock my best friend had the same orthodontist as the drummer

[@AriochStarr]

I always cry when I hear this song, the intro is just so powerful, it's unreal. I love this song, it's always the first song I play on RockBand. I would like to thank Harmonix, for including this fantastic song in their game, and I'd like to thank the members of Crooked X for making such a beauty of a song!

[@xxkillercicadaxx]

Sadly, I am older than these guys.... Yet I feel the need to play RB everytime I hear it or at least headbang xD

[@cicciarelliam]

any one else remember rock band

[@MrKarate_11]

at first i though that they were playing Maiden's Wasted Years.

[@roughindividual147]

Did this song for an airbands competition in grade 2, we came 2nd next to some kids doing an acdc song lmao, was fucken fun

[@ryanlewis3410]

Awesome. What til I tell rintoo Crooked X - Nightmare

[@iiStaRyy]

Song: "I'm in a nightmare" Me: My life is a nightmare :/

[@ElaborateTiger]

As your nightmare comes to life.

[@iiStaRyy]

Yes

[@trippyyaf_2310]

Ha GAAAAAYYYYYYY

[@brandonwhaley4474]

I remember seeing them live at rock on the range haven't heard anything from them since

[@danielsmith9963]

one of them passed from what I heard.

[@AS-gx3oz]

+Daniel Smith Jesse past away and they broke up I knew the band personally

[@CAMCrazy32]

this song is da best rock song ever!

[@xlaauren]

definetly! it sounds so goood :) i love themmmm! sorry hyper moment; glad that over :P

[@alexhamilton3522]

Just asked chat gpt over and over again to help me figure out what the name of the band was again. I remember during that time I was really into learning how to play the song on guitar.

[@MrEllienator]

I Read The Other Day That These Guys Are 14?! I Likee This Song :)

[@alexkubitz286]

I don't remember why i obsessed over this song a few years ago

[@johnNWivanPlay]

im remembering these songs from way back when and its ok i guess

[@alexkubitz286]

Yeah it's not terrible, it's just not good. Like Ted Danzigs forehead being used as a wind breaker

[@johnNWivanPlay]

zing haha

[@theblizzard32]

@4thwatcher777 Haha what about 3:27? That screams N.I.B by Black Sabbath as well as the part of that riff at 1:18. A part of Fade To Black by Metallica! This band is so original

[@wardaddy73]

@Dragons1589 riffs are the parts. like the high notes in the intro is the intro riff. then when the song gets heavy thats the main riff. so on so on

[@seth961619]

i love this song it kicks ass

[@MrBigben1221]

0:38-0:58 sounds like the begining of iron maiden's Wasted years

[@crazymonkeybutt87]

@ATXDrummer92 I agree. Everybody needs to make their way. Besides, the so called -riff- they took turned out sick. If the dude that came up with the riff got the chance I'm sure he'd even praise this song. It TURNED OUT GREAT!

[@kong0lol]

I like this o.o

[@RogersGirl88]

I remember this as a bonus song in rock band or guitar hero. Wow im old and also suck😒…

[@thegrouchboy]

the intro riff sounds exectly like Iron maidens wasted years!!

[@AlphaLegionXX]

just imagine it as a casual cook trying to do a Chef's recipe. It's simliar but never quite the same. I'm actually glad they get inspired in cool bands, it honors them :D

[@sysmeta]

first time listening to this and the first thing i notice was the intro just like wasted years from maiden, other than that sounds awesome...

[@steveg372]

I'm here because the sound of that shitty snare drum came to haunt me in the middle of the night 13 years later lmfao.

[@tylergregersen4049]

They should have been big

[@DavidJohanssonSN]

RIP Jesse.

[@AbranJSand]

how'd he pass away?

[@DavidJohanssonSN]

From what I could find, it was brain inflammation. It's a damn shame.

[@AbranJSand]

+David “Soothsayer” Johansson it is... so much talent

[@scar1205]

that song woaw beautiful great

[@ak47wappa8]

THE INTROOO SO UNDERRATED BRO

[@jesusgonzalezcortes2052]

Share the feel.

[@fgsfds121]

So today, I misheard jackhammers for gunshots, a plane flying really goddamn low for a bomb falling, and my mom drove me to my aunts place going 80 miles an hour on a mountain highway. SCARIEST EASTER EVER.

[@todddavis4274]

Saw them open for Ted Nugent at The Ryman in Nashville, TN a few years ago. The drummer was great.

[@xxmosherchickxx]

you guys are good, you sound a lot like dream theater :P

[@wesr851]

Yea drummer wearing Slipknot shirt! WHOOOAA!!

[@benjaminjeppsson]

i digg this! I really love the singer sounds like a young james hetfield, Corey Taylor fusion

[@justinklinck6575]

Personally I feel like the only reason they became semi-famous was because they were so damn young and came across the right people... because to be honest, their music is very basic and not all that appealing. I don't think they sucked, but there wasn't anything all that special about them other than the fact that the singer had a deep voice for his age.

[@djangoisafreeman6548]

Does anybody know these guys from BEFORE rock band? They were on MTV For a mini-documentary where they announced one of their songs would be on rock band.

[@kaseycarraway5106]

I can hear the Metallica inspiration in their sound

[@AlphaLegionXX]

I know that's what I posted the above. He said they sounded nothing like Iron Maiden, I said they usually don't, but at least on that riff he'd have to admit they did

[@DEATHARMY101]

@SgtEaglefort idk, people were complaining about how they "stole" riffs from maiden and metallica and shit like that

[@Ferret54541]

HOLY COW! KIDS SING THIS!!!!!!!!!

[@oozetube4204]

This song was hell on rockband

[@JackTheGinger4]

slipknot, iron maiden, ?, pink floyd shirts . sick

[@GangsterPanda92]

This song has a lot of Metallica and Iron Maiden influence in it.

[@xootalol]

i saw them in sweden right befor kiss last year, they where awsome

[@davidcooksucks]

nice

[@knipplescamaro]

this is badass

[@joegt123]

well they might be 16 now, but look at the picture of the vid, THAT'S THEM. Short one on the left is the drummer, blonde is the singer, and the other two are guitarists (singer plays guitar too, not sure who's got what, though.)

[@KnightHawkMetal]

oh yeah MAIDEN SHIRT in the back

[@CamShaft200]

:O jeesus wow!

[@MrWolfieNuno]

Idk why but when I first heard this song I thought it was Metallica 😅

[@pyromaniac7003]

Same, listen to "another nail in the coffin" by them. HUGE get field vibes(and an "oh yeeeeeahhhh")😂

[@SirJamestheIII]

the intro riff is really similar to wasted years except it is slower and one note is changed

[@1374AAA]

Can't say I like this much as Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare, but still, I do like it a lot \m/ \m/

[@carlpospiech3625]

prety rockin song

[@deatheclipse123]

had no idea they were young kids who sang this song,i first heard it in rockband and i thought that they were like 40 or somethin

[@JuggaloDaddy121]

playin this im my school show should be good

[@just4joebob]

Yeah it maybe similar to a lot of other metal songs, but compared to the screamo alternative mixed bands at my highschool, I would rather take this ANY DAY.

[@therandomsk8erben]

The guy in the background is even wearing a Maiden T-Shirt! XD Did they have to acquire rights for the riff, d'you reckon...?

[@xXHellzRejectXx]

Jeez, I came on here to listen to music... instead I see pages of arguing comments in the form of paragraphs and novels xD