Recreating The White Zombie Astro Creep: 2000 Guitar Tone!

[@PooNinja]

I was going to skip to the end but a little voice told me... Perhaps you had better start at the beginning 🤘🏽

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Perhaps you better start from the beginning... perhaps you better start from the beginning... perhaps you better start from the beginning...

[@acexxxoasis]

Hahaha....

[@thetribalist6923]

Then she said, "I'm already dead..."

[@PooNinja]

You’re going to get up and burn an X in your head

[@a_burk4501]

Look, i know the supernatural isn't something thats supposed to happen but it does happen

[@SickBouy1]

THis is the era I live for, I love White Zombie's first two albums (after they signed)

[@guitaraholic83]

I really tried listening to their stuff before La Sexorcisto, and it just wasn’t there. Rob’s songwriting and imagery was their, but the songs just fell flat.

[@SickBouy1]

@@guitaraholic83 I hear ya brother - you can hear them finding their sound in that early stuff. It’s interesting to hear a young Zombie before they fully developed, they must have been pretty young. I don’t put those albums on too often, but it’s cool that their out there. They’ll come in handy when the White Zombie movie comes out... that’d be cool.

[@Frankenberry]

Actually it's their last two albums.. Oh I see.. you said AFTER they were signed.. I assume you mean to Geffen... because they had a couple of smaller independent deals before that.

[@KyOte13]

agreed... and I love how White Zombie continues to have this LIFE beyond their time as a functioning band.. you ask people who love ROCK... and they are ALWAYS on the list.. and in most cases, preferable to Rob's solo outputs. I happen to love Rob Zombie. Hellbilly Deluxe came out JUST as I got into high school, so it is massive for me.. but after hearing the first two WZ albums... 🤷.. ya knooooo

[@noisemaker73]

I miss J's riffs! Thanks for this, Fluff!!

[@KaoswareMetal]

I love this album so much. The production was insane ! The guitar tone was perfect and you NAILED it !!

[@3badthebad]

Dude your channel is so sick! 🤘

[@CarcPazu]

You should make one for Dino's tone on Fear Factory's Demanufacture.

[@saintlotus93]

That on'es pretty much impossible unless you some how get Dino's old modded marshall. Because that thing was basically a whole new amp after how much it was modded.

[@ralpherl5657]

This

[@VortechBand]

@@saintlotus93 There are several amps that were modded the same way (or at least 95 %) by the same guy. There was one on Ebay last year. It's basically a regular JCM800 2203/2204 with extra gain stages, added FX loop, bass boost, noise gate, and push/pull switch for the gain stages on/off.

[@lilflatty2472]

DINO IS GOD!!! I’m fortunate enough to have seen the greatest band ever TWICE Welcome to the MOTHER FUCKING world of FEAR FACTORY!!!

[@dumperdan3446]

CarcPazu fear factory for life

[@vrtentis]

I was just watching Airheads last night and I forgot they did a cameo in that movie! Astro creep was sooooo heavy at the time! Blood milk and sky is my fav off that album.

[@Dustrauma]

Ha! Nice! For the gamers out there: Way of The Warrior for the 3DO! Developed by Naughty Dog! La Sexorcisto was the soundtrack for the entire game! Like an old-school Mortal Kombat.

[@mraarongwhite]

at the time? one cant name anything better to this day... not even the lone rangers

[@STARJUMP_GRIM]

Thank you for doing this video. J. is a guitar god. His guitar playing took White Zombie from interesting to the arena smashing rock gods they become. Thanks for highlighting him!

[@jburdsinfuse]

This is how you do a “Sounds like by busting the bank” video. Dead on, killer tone.

[@thekrazykshow8011]

I say spot on with the white zombie tone I went and listened to the cd and this side by side and you almost can't tell them a part but there's also some secrets that probable wasn't told on that web site . I met Bob back in the day before they got famous with the song Thunder Kiss 65, I met him in New York in a hole in the wall bar and they did like a 45 min show there and the max capacity of the joint was like maybe 300 people I wanna say less more like 250 this was back in 88 so a long time ago.

[@drittal]

The attempt is invalid without also recreating the dreadlocks.

[@shekador]

#factsarefacts

[@bubbie3533]

Brutal!!! 😂😂😂

[@gunube]

#playinaband

[@ArtisticAutisticandAiling]

Riffs, Beards, Dreadlocks and Gear :P

[@joshkidd1146]

This was really cool, White Zombie is my favorite incarnation of Rob’s career! I’d love to see a bit more about how you actually went to set things up as far as level settings, running both amps, etc (I’m a novice at this lol)

[@davidslattery6750]

totally agree

[@Take-the-Ticket]

To me White Zombie WAS his musical career, and everything after WZ was just his inner vision evolving. So, still White Zombie becoming more White Zombie. It was a seminal album tho.

[@ishmael2586]

White Zombie was fucking brilliant

[@brpadington]

When I heard this when it came out it blew me away. The guitar sound on this record is just as crushing now as it was back then.

[@jasonzataz799]

Good job bud. Pretty damn close. I had that Randall in the day. Hated the speakers in the cab though. Oh yeah. White Zombie will always be cooler than Rob Zombie.

[@bnoyz3]

"All the bass, none of the middle, and half the treble...that's what i always say." -J Yuenger (spelling?) I read this quote from him in one of the guitar magazines in the early 90s. He is absolutely one of my influences, along with Jerry Cantrell, Dime, and Randy Rhoads. I actually found J on the internet years ago and let him know that he influenced me and he replied to thank me for the kind words. He was, then, producing/recording punk bands in New Orleans.

[@shannonjennings1454]

It's about time somebody gave J. Yuenger his well deserved props! Great job man. One of the most underrated tones. I loved his tone in the 90's second only to Dimebag!

[@Breaker197]

RANDALL ALLIANCE

[@justfine77777]

Wanna talk about a serious unsung hero. It amazes me, that there are so many seriously talented guitar players, that have fallen off of the radar. I love everything about Jay’s playing. I will get murdered for bringing this name up in a post about Jay, but people like Vito Bratta not still being around, for us guitar players to enjoy is just wrong.

[@TheGaryHughes]

One of the best tones i've heard on your channel

[@mattlouden9557]

Fantastic job, Fluff! Electric Head Pt. 1 is probably my favorite album opening track of all time. All of the build up on the album going into that riff blew my 14 year old mind when I first heard it.

[@andrewpappas9311]

If I could make a suggestion, a video on Daron Malakian’s _Toxicity_ tone or Josh Homme’s _Songs For the Deaf_ or _Era Vulgara_ would be cool

[@bradhargis2261]

Pretty sure malakians is just an ibanez iceman into a marshall.

[@infinidominion]

@@bradhargis2261 he mighta mixed it with a toneblaster lol

[@EyevsI]

From what I"ve seen and can hear, Daron's mixing a Plexi and a Dual rec.

[@migueltay2803]

The secret for that band is "no talent".

[@zgamer1154]

Josh Homme, without a doubt!

[@shreddytodie1605]

When I first started playing I obsessed over this guys tone. I had grown up listening to tons of White/Rob Zombie and I wanted to play all of the songs just like how this album sounded. Soon I found out that my broke 13 year old ass didnt have nearly enough money for all those cabs, so I just made do with my line 6 spider lol. Thanks for posting this broski, you brought back some great memories.

[@fullclipaudio]

Did you continue playing or did the Line 6 just take the life out of it?

[@shreddytodie1605]

@@fullclipaudio haha, still playing everyday. I dont use it too much anymore but I even still have that spider!

[@Smurfman256]

Now do this with "Dirt"'s guitar tone. I triple-dog-dare ya!

[@mraarongwhite]

you talkin about chains? hard to say if i like dirt or jar better

[@DaveThomson]

Jay's a good guy, he actually responds to emails.

[@joepalladino9257]

Rob Zombie is the same way.

[@bubbie3533]

I can really appreciate that fact about Jay and Rob.

[@Russell1982]

I’m loving these videos, fluff. The pumpkins one blew me away and this one was just as good. As a 90’s teen these were some of my big influences too. I love the detail you go into. Can’t wait to see more.

[@jsk8et]

Sounds great to me! It’s funny to start with solid state amps, then have everyone say tube or bust, then learn that some of the most impactful tones have solid state amps as a key ingredient.

[@oceanaxim]

Way back in the day I remember reading an interview with White Zombie fearlessly going with solid state amps. Easier to work with, more affordable, and it was decided that this was going to be their signature tone.

[@jsk8et]

@@oceanaxim I recall John 5 in a rig interview was using a Marshall solid state as a backup amp with RZ and saying it was better in some ways because it didn't get as much radio interference as the tubes did. I think solid state is really good for tight stuff like this. It's just that you have to play the amp as it is.

[@big_hat_logan]

It always been an absurd thing for insane high gain metal stuff. Tons of influential death metal, like Death, Suffocation, used solid state amps on their most famous albums. Definitely makes sense for sounding like Hendrix or Eric Johnson or something, warm tune amp sounds. But for super high gain metal solid state amps can sound awesome in production.

[@Brentqvaleenjoyer]

If you could do Kirk Windsteins tone from Crowbar’s Sonic Excess in its Purest Form I would shit myself. Thanks Fluff.

[@Crowbar11115]

Randall RG100 with a Boss Metal Zone driving the front end as a Volume Boost NOT a Gain Boost. They dialed out the Gain completely. It just so happens that I met Kirk and Sammy on that tour and asked them this exact question after the show. Haha

[@Crowbar11115]

@Sweet Jones III Ahhh...the ol' "If I don't know them then nobody knows them routine". Classic.

[@shanewoodman]

Plenty of metalheads know Crowbar. Not necessarily the demographic that this channel appeals to though. But to call them a "whack ass band" reveals your ignorance to the underground metal world.

[@SBeckerDTD]

@Sweet Jones III shut the fuck up. Nobody knows who you are.

[@kylebad7776able]

@Sweet Jones III Sammy Duet from Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Goatwhore, as well as Crowbar...

[@eross21]

hey, i just want to say thank you for posting this video. i have been frustrated with never getting the exact guitar tone i have in my head, to translate to virtual amps. After watching this video, i combined in amplitube 4. a randall head and cab parallel with a mesa boogie dual rec head and cab. and a little eq on both. combined with my lea paul. it instantly it was the tone i had been searching so many years. it chugs, but is still crisp and clear, very dynamic, and it tracks perfectly with other guitars in the mix. thank you so much. keep up the great work !

[@slapnut825]

This indeed is an epic gamer moment

[@Fail7515]

I feel like this is one of the first videos where you blend two amps. Can you do more videos on blending amps? How do two choose two amps? What works well together? Do a video on what to do and not to do when using two amps.

[@jefferybradford5936]

Kevin Tracz I was going to post the same question.

[@marcaononymous]

That's a killer 90s sound, dude.

[@sinisterfame622]

I'm digging these vids, @Fluff. Keep it up.

[@SteveHatzman]

White Zombie was THE loudest band I’ve ever seen live. I’ve never had my ears rings so long after a show as they did then. Any hearing loss I may have I blame on them. Lol.

[@Dustrauma]

Damn bro! Subscribed! Lol. Well done. It was J's contributions on La Sexorcisto that got me really into distorted guitar sounds. I used-to have a Korg G1 Guitar Effects Processor that perfectly mimicked his sound on that album. Even saw him endorsing it through old Guitar World magazines in the 90s. Sadly it was stolen about a year and a half ago. I believe that Korg was the first to have a tube in their lineup. Thanks for posting!

[@ChrisSche]

J is my favorite guitarist. He could write riffs like no other. I always wanted to hear more from him

[@matthewfrench1556]

This album...release day I'm cruising with a buddy. He's a hip hop guy, and swears up and down that metal doesn't have enough bottom end. He's got 2 RF 12s in a ported box. I pop in More Human Than Human (at a modest level of loud), and proceed to blow both cones to smithereens. Needless to say he converted on the spot!! You nailed the tone of this classic. EH p1 is one of my favorite openers. Great vid Fluff!!

[@wesleybrehm9386]

Thanks for the shout out to Jay. One of the most underrated guitarists IMHO.

[@ericcarpenter3263]

The sound was awesome. Love this series, keep them coming.

[@dominicparenti6168]

"perhaps we better start from the beginning" awsome vid. That song is also one of my favorites from that album

[@Kevin-uz6sv]

Blood Milk and Sky for me

[@badwolfsat5]

Awesome vid. Glad to see J getting some cred. Great player.

[@pullthereins]

Astro Creep 2000 is certainly one of my Top 5 favorite Rock / Metal / Industrial albums of all time. I was wondering, aside from the direct left and right channels are all of the other channels copies of those and ran through the various amp sims. Or were they all recorded separately? Also if they were copy & pasted, did you run into any phasing issues?

[@sfmchris123]

i'm wondering the same!

[@stonedgodzilla]

This was the only CD in my CD player for a good year or two

[@deadmaster61]

LOVE IT BRO! You put it best by calling him an unsung hero. Such a huge influence on me as a kid. I still jam this all the time!

[@malettastudios9416]

Nice Job Fluff, this is spot on!

[@MetalHeadHippie]

F@cking Awesome. Always dug the guitar on this album. I should listen to it more.

[@neckcheese1356]

Sounds great, really captured the punch of that opening riff.

[@orokusaki7595]

I'm so happy you did this.

[@nicktopping2484]

This is a great series. Thank you Fluff.

[@jasoncrump1886]

Always loved his tone and riffs. Very cool vid Fluff appreciate ya .

[@ArtisticAutisticandAiling]

I like rewatching this over because it motivates me, even using and working with what I have. :) Stay safe and Groovie my dude! Man that sound tone is excellent! I want to get a tone like that when I burn my stuff to digital and tapes :)

[@younglobo]

J. has always been one of my favorites. Strapping on the Iceman and playing these riffs makes me feel like an eldritch god.

[@electricsuitbatman]

That album changed me. It was playing in every pool hall right after acdc

[@KawiMusician]

this is so awesome you did this btw,TY!

[@joshualawson5607]

One of my all time favorite records. Thx for doing this fluff

[@manicmurph]

I loved this album. My first concert was Pantera/White Zombie in 96.

[@GaddyMark]

i have also done this research !! J's guitar tone on that album is the holy grail !! As far as tone he is the king

[@billybobtexas]

This could have been me talking. I 100% agree with your thoughts on this tone especially the track you chose. I love his sound here. I do remember reading that he layered the crap out of it. Also that he didn’t solo much because RZ didn’t want that. “Who you trying to impress” i seem to remember reading. Love this sound. LOVE that album. I remember buying it. Coming Home, pulling the recliner close to the multi component stereo, plugging in my Sony headphones. Pressing play. And being just fkn blown away. I came for the More Human than Human and stayed for the Electrichead Pt 1 it. Was. Glorious.

[@DowntownTasty]

I always said this too! Jay was an AMAZINGLY creative guitarists. Lots of the things he did weren’t even difficult to do. Like at all. He was really able to stretch what he could get out of certain guitar sounds and utilize them effectively.

[@mikecess1425]

Great choice jay is also on my list of favorite guitarist for tone, and sonic colorizing he did with in the songs structure

[@astro2069]

Hell yeah man, I love old White Zombie. J Yeunger was the man back in the day. Would kill to get one of those ICJ100WZ galaxy green iceman guitars.

[@Izzy-fh8sr]

Loved this! Great job sir

[@jordanmayer5932]

The video I needed, thanks my dude

[@jasonsapp792]

Saw them twice .. both were killer shows.... Saw the first album tour and this album you are working on.... SOOOOOO F-ING LOOOUUUUD.... was GREAT!!

[@jasonsapp792]

Prong was with them on first tour , also were AWESOME live

[@coletricklejr.7083]

Saw them open on this tour, for Pantera on the Trendkill tour... Till this very day, that's the best show I've ever seen, no contest!

[@dtinh182]

I wonder if you can do the 2000’s tom delonge sound with a blend of marshall and mesa boogie with out the helix?

[@gentlewolf1279]

Diggin this tone for sure

[@jafethuerta]

Amazing !

[@davidslattery6750]

great job fluff! you really nailed his tone. respect. 🤟

[@jimmyhazard]

Astrocreep is an amazing album and one of my favorite sounding albums of all time. Thank you for this.

[@keeganconnor3224]

That sure is one super sexy swinging sound

[@PooNinja]

I’m pretty sure the chic on that album cover was the same model they used for the mudflaps on semi’s and fuzzy dice 😂

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

... of the 70's

[@Jake_IBS]

YESSSS!!! Still my all time favorite album, still ahead of it's time...to this day

[@Chancestodolak]

The guitar playing on La Sexorcisto made me want to play guitar. Here we are 28 years later. Still chasing that tone.

[@dariomonaco3250]

Saving for later - this album changed my life!!

[@gazhavok568]

Thank you! One of my fav albums ever and it helped define my musical taste as a preteen

[@David-ov3ej]

Damn good guitar sound man!

[@Tacklebox455]

Very underrated guitarist and amp,I really wish the band could out aside or settle there problems with each other and put out another banging album

[@IStabz]

Sounds pretty accurate. Lot of work to get er' there, but worth it in the end! Great job Fluff!! \,,,/

[@StuartBridson]

That tone sounds SO GOOD and boy am I happy to see the Meeseeks guitar back out!!

[@nicholassharpe7967]

I was hoping we could get the tone without post processing

[@ericthompson2323]

One of the best tones in a long time. Actually loved this video a lot. Accidental instruction on how to blend amp tones on top of each other rather than just one hard left and one hard right

[@secularspectator]

HELL YEEEEAH!

[@pedroramos4532]

Nailed it!

[@eddiewixson9680]

Think you pretty much nailed it. Nice work! 🤘

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Absolutely savage tone

[@94Shredder]

You absolutely nailed that!!!!!!!

[@billybobtexas]

Loved it. On that chug riff in the chorus, i be the bass is in there because it always sounded ungodly awesome to me. And Tempestas drums were dangerous sounding. All rounded up my Rob’s fantastic vocals. Music bliss

[@RedCGhost]

i watch this video once a month, my favorite video of yours

[@mrclarksix]

YYYUUUUSSSS!!! I've been waiting since the Insat post.

[@purex167]

Any bass tones in the near future?

[@highlander6582]

i agree 100%, J is totally underrated

[@strassafrass1]

When i listen to Electric Head, I hear Marshall Valvestate 8100 as the backbone. Do you have one, Fluff?

[@COMICSCOFFEEMETAL]

Great Job but now we need you to do a riff compilation of the whole album with this tone!

[@jonpresley1163]

I prefer Sexcorcisto but thanks for this video. He's one of the most underrated dudes ever.

[@marcobottacin3727]

Sound killer! greetings from Italy

[@charlesb7831]

Such a wicked tone !

[@B_Rowen]

That was such a sick sound. Good job

[@atrocity35]

Awesome! Now I have to go and listen to AstroCreep!

[@mooferoo]

Best tone by far you've ever had on the channel.

[@magutanko]

Nailed it. That's rad Fluff, thank you! 🤟👌

[@cnutella9947]

This made me so happy. Too bad J is such a recluse. This album changed my life also.

[@cnutella9947]

@@TychoAnomaly0 Brave statement, lol. I really liked J's style. I wish Fluff would have gone with a JB pickup because I'm pretty sure that's what J used to use.

[@emdee9111]

I don't think he's a recluse?.... He's travelling the world, living the dream!

[@Ronny1031]

Wayne Static tone from Wisconsin Death Trip? I believe he used a valvestate and a marshall 4 x 12

[@jordanbarney8629]

I've actually heard for live shows he used a Marshall MG! Not sure if that's true, though

[@Ronny1031]

@@jordanbarney8629MGs were on the later albums . They weren't around in 1998, when Wisconsin Death Trip was recorded

[@JJones-cl4dm]

astrocreep was a damn good album I still man it from time to time. it's in my spotify playlist

[@markdavid74352]

Thank you for introducing this generation to white zombie. They sure need it! 🤘🤘

[@tempo529]

Awesome vid thanks!