Megadeth's Jeff Young on Warren DeMartini, Yngwie, Auditioning for RATT & ALCATRAZZ & Why He Passed

[@23ograin53]

Love to hear musicians give Warren DeMartini the praise he deserves. His guitar playing is stellar. His solos, even though they're technical, compliment the song as much as Eddie's did on the early VH albums. Just perfect, gorgeous solos man.

"(...) as much as Eddie's did on the early VH albums." --- Fans are such pathetic creatures.... Damn!

[@jedsteelwell2354]

What a lot of people don't know is that a ghost guitarist was brought into the studio to play solos on early ratt albums because Warren was out of his mind on drugs

[@rticle15]

@@jedsteelwell2354 not according to Beau Hill

[@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy]

@@jedsteelwell2354 do you have any evidence of thay

[@smartelectriccar]

@@jedsteelwell2354 dude. No. Robbin Crosby was the other RATT guitarist. Robin killed himself on drugs not Warren

[@chefstar72]

I would always put up with Pearcy's voice on those Ratt albums just to hear Warren play. Akira Takasaki being the other one I'll go the extra mile to listen to as well.

[@shlepmessing8703]

Pearcy is tolerable on the album. Live? I couldn't stomach it. Made it worse that he acted like some kind of rock God. Beau Hill was the God.

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

Jeff did a great job in his most famous band endeavor, it's only mildly soured by his former bosses relentless saltyness about his former bandmate despite the former player being popular with fans and fellow musicians alike. We all know Jeff was 10/10 in that band and thats what counts.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Dave always throws his ex employees under the bus….it’s real small dick energy

[@Scotty_Russell_Music]

@@ChrisHopkinsBass It does him no favours certainly!

[@MaskedManiacReviews]

All legit guitarists know what’s up when it comes to Warren.

[@jeffreyp1855]

I enjoyed Jeff's playing on "So far, so good, so what". I was bummed that Chris Poland was out but it was a solid Megadeth album. 🤘🏻

[@DoubleDguitar]

Totally agree, that album is burned into my brain.

[@robbbase4397]

@@DoubleDguitar It's so burned into my brain that it's my favorite Megadeth record! 🤘 (probably not a very popular opinion, tho! lol)

[@davidperez5089]

Oh yeah, liars Quick spittin; mini drum solo outro 502; Hook Is Classic megadeth. MJ ballad for Cliff. Very nice 3rd album.

[@topdawg3359]

I hate jazz but love what Poland did. Really so many great musicians hard to judge

[@TheLochs]

I went to GIT in '86, took lessons from all the guys he mentioned, I also had lessons with Paul Gilbert, he had just been hired to teach there.

[@Nightwatch1984]

Misinformation bothers me so i will clarify a few points here. 1. Jeff is a cool guy, and a great player, no issues there. 2. Jeff was not coming in to "replace Yngwie or Vai" as he states... he was asked to audition for the 2020 reunion of Alcatrazz (Graham was still the singer at this point and remained so for one studio album after we chose Joe Stump instead of Jeff, anyone below who thinks Jeff is talking about Doogie has their timeline confused)... also this was long after either of those guitarists Jeff mentions had been in the band. 3. He says he turned the offer to join Alcatrazz down, this is 100% NOT true (i was the one who offered him the audition in person in Las Vegas)... Jeff was actually quite disappointed he didn't get the gig, we choose Joe Stump as Joe was the perfect fit, Jeff was nearly there but it just didn't quite feel right personally or musically... it was our choice to make for our own reasons. 4. Jeff did not "work on the gig for 4 or 5 months", he came up 2 or 3 times to Los Angeles from Las Vegas, as we gave him a couple chances to earn the gig, this was over a 4 week period at the most as we didn't even have 4-5 months to find our guy and certainly wouldn't have strung someone along for that length of time. 5. The reasons Jeff gives here as to why he claims he turned the Alcatrazz job down i will not comment on...but Jeff did not turn the job down.

[@kenedie4646]

Jeff's playing on So far, so good, so what! Is virtuosic. The interviews I have heard, he sounds like a down to earth guy, who doesn't do drugs, etc. That Jeff and Dave are playing Megadeth songs , with Chris Poland, that fukking rules!

[@PerfectSense77]

Your channel is a goldmine. So many hidden things that we'd never hear otherwise on here.

[@mhitson7483]

Fantastic interview Love your style

[@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL]

Props on the honesty of how stuff goes down. 👍

[@TheNothing6]

Awesome interview! So Far, So Good...So What! is my personal favorite Megadeth album. Jeff is is a cool guy. He talks to me on here sometimes.

[@Rob78169]

Great seeing the "Kings of Thrash" footage of the shows. Jeff's playing is phenomenal at those shows. Chris Poland isn't to shabby either!! 😄

[@axltherottweiler6025]

Chris is still a phenomenal player. Jeff was great on that album too. Not sure what the issue was and I don’t care. Both of the contributions are great for the time…

[@blueberrypie8691]

Poland is my fave megadeth guitarist but Jeff manned the helm on my favorite submission & I will be eternally grateful to him for that.

[@SteeeeveC]

“Cookie Monster” vocals. Wow, never thought of Mustaines vocals like that. Now I can’t NOT think about it.

[@MaCNuTz-tu8ot]

Sounded more to me like a chipmunk from hell

[@zerodok]

He was just referring to the style of singing he didn't like in metal, not that Mustaine was guilty of that.

[@MaCNuTz-tu8ot]

@@zerodok of course not 🙄

[@zerodok]

@@MaCNuTz-tu8ot Dude it's clear he's talking about the genre generally and not specifically Mustaine. "Cookie monster vocals" has ALWAYS meant death metal style indecipherable growls. That's what it means. Mustain has NEVER done that.

[@MaCNuTz-tu8ot]

@@pablosanchez6558 Chuck Billy > Mustaine

[@shaunclifton5281]

I have to say, Jordan Ziff was Great filling in as lead guitar in RATT.

[@prodigal71]

Jordan is really super talented...nothing to do with Warren bc I love him...but Jordan is just great

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@prodigal71 I wanted Jordan to stay in RATT. Great fit 👌

[@MaskedManiacReviews]

@@shaunclifton5281 as far as I know, Ziff is still in Ratt

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@MaskedManiacReviews But didn't Stephen say he dropped the RATT name, and just doing his solo band with Eric and no Jordan ??

[@dirtyworks8084]

Ziff is a fukin' monster!

[@borderlinedelusion]

My first concert was priest and great white in Washington d.c. i will never forget it. Defenders. Jeff young is always a legend. I saw megadeth and dio in los Angeles on peace sells. So i started playing guitar. Danny borderline delusion band ( metal)

[@charleswilson4526]

I loved the Megadeth record he was on. Jeff young was great in that band

[@kevbev1524]

I loved Warren and Robins synchronicities and licks of melodic melodies

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

Jeff Young what a fantastic player I always liked his style . And I’m with you 100% about Stephen Pearcy as far as in the studio he’s one of my favorites his voice fit what RATT was doing and then I saw him live and was like dafuq is this he sounded horrible live . Beau Hill had a lot to do with him sounding great in the studio that guy was a great producer and even sang back up vocals with Juan Croucier on the albums. RATT is my favorite band from that whole LA metal scene I still listen to the studio albums often , the live stuff not so much .

[@jonasirw1]

Phenomenal interview. Thank you for doing what you do

[@thomasbonnett4800]

Thanks so much for these. Not just entertainment, but also history.

[@re8746]

What I would do to go back to 1981-89.

[@adamchafetz2986]

Jeff is a great player, and very down to earth.

[@dsaltlife2925]

Cool honest interview 👍👍👍

[@corissimo]

I remember jamming with Jeff at MI around 89. Cool dude.

[@rticle15]

Warren is in the conversation with Randy and EVH. He's a masterful player who is creative and not just technical

[@jeanluc1313]

He’s enjoyable to listen to. Guitar isn’t a sport.

[@isaacshaver6218]

He knew all the same tricks

[@alanndrake2619]

Cool guy, lived in the same town together and was stoked seeing him with the band on So Far, So Good, So What when they filled in for GNR opening for Iron Maiden

[@jamesmccormick875]

As a professional guitarist I’m with him about being the best you can. Always learn more everyday. Randy was the best guitarist out there when he was still alive.

[@Razrback]

Ratt will never be ratt without Robin Crosby invasion was my first metal album

[@smartrn1]

Cheers Brotha. Your content is so tremendous. Thx so much 🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@Dutch2go]

I saw Graham Bonnet live with Michael Schenker just a couple years ago and his voice was outstanding and strong. IF it is true he ever lip synced in the past it must have been due to some vocal cord issues he was trying to recover from. It is BS to insinuate that GB always lip synced.

[@rideon77]

He had some trouble with his vocal chords in his 70's (!!!) and he had to use tape on some tracks, but Not all! That's it. He's old and his voice is still strong as Hell.

[@RandomDudeFromSomewhere]

Great guitarist, I love his work on SFSGSW!

[@medicman5278]

How can there be Alcatrazz without Graham Bonnet?

[@donaldellis8952]

You got that right

[@tomdaniels3392]

sounds like they wanted someone who was going to sing live rather than lipsynch the songs

[@careful...Icarus]

Give Graham a break he's like 117 years old.

[@donaldellis8952]

@@careful...Icarus Graham’s voice is great have you heard his last few releases his voice is stronger than ever.

[@jedsteelwell2354]

I mean if you wanna see him lip sync

[@IraSiegel]

I miss Jeff on Sea of Tranquility. Saw him a couple weeks ago with Kings of Thrash. Amazing player.

[@paulthompson8642]

Thank you

[@sergiomichelmusic]

His live tone at the Whisky show last week was identical to the So Far So Good recorded tone.

[@cc_1983]

It’s a pity he could never get another album I think he was thrown in there and just playing solos which a bit like the drumming is sufficient and good but not that remarkable like Poland or Friedman. Maybe another album he would have got a chance to explore and really make a mark

[@anthonysmith8433]

What's up Jeff was a student at Mi used to watch you play I was just reaching out to say hello God bless love to see you again man it's been a long time

[@richardrincon3090]

I can't believe that my favorite singer Graham Bonnet is singing with a tape it just can't be true he's two great and powerful of a singer to be singing with a tape recorder I mean that voice is it's so powerful

[@JD-vj4go]

It's a weird accusation. I've never heard it before about Bonnet.

[@vincentgarzoli3197]

Powerful, yes, but Graham is also a bit erratic as an individual, and his live performances can be inconsistent, so I can see it being a possibility SOME of the time, just not EVERY gig. Jeff has never struck me as a liar, though he could be exaggerating based on his reaction to Bonnet doing ANY lip-syncing. Some people are just purists about the issue; Others are open-minded, depending on the degree of recorded tracks being used live. Clearly, Jeff is in the first camp.

[@nathanielstoltz6525]

He did from about 2018 (he used the re-records from The Book rather than the original vocals) to 2022, but perhaps due to this interview and a couple others (Joe Stump brought it up in places as well), Bonnet seems to be back to singing live in 2023 footage. There are some shows in 2018-22 where it was partial and not every song, and notably he didn't lipsync at all with Schenker as far as I can tell, nor the guest shot with Impellitteri a few years back, but 90% of the solo shows in those years are purely to tape other than some occasional improv wails he throws in (because he's not singing anything else, he has the ability to do those, heh). It absolutely does suck that he mimed so much those years, though it is remarkable that he still has a voice at all given his vocal style and all the years of touring and vocal wear prior to 2018 (prior to which, as far as I know, there was zero miming at any point in his career). I think the thing with Bonnet is he's never been one to adjust his voice much, so when he couldn't reliably hit the original notes tuned down a bit, he didn't have a great backup plan, and that style of singing can be tough to maintain through a show, so he may not have seen much recourse. Glad he's giving it a go again though in '23.

[@chrismorgan7494]

Tommy Tedesco was a MONSTER!!

[@DoubleDguitar]

Came to the comments to say how cool it was to hear him name drop all those great players.

[@chrismorgan7494]

@@DoubleDguitar I bet he loves his Steely Dan.

[@mariek6993]

street cred to anyone who knows tommy tedesco....

[@troytromwell]

Tommy Tedesco? I think I had a guitar book from him when I was a teenager, cool!

[@shaunclifton5281]

The Wrecking Crew was so Awesome !

[@johnhagan582]

Well it was awesome to hear a fellow musician of Rhoads publicly say that he wanted and was aspiring to be lake Randy and make trying to be the best possible student of his craft without the whole abundance of sex and drugs . In all honesty there were very few with that mindset back then . And to hear him basically saying thrash metal wasn't really his thing when actually being in a thrash or speed metal band was kinda kool for me to hear him say cause I just never could get into that genre . I meant.no disrespect to anyone out there whatsoever . It's just a thing about preference and I just never really got into that .

[@deantodd8103]

In contrast, I am a huge thrash metal fan. But as I said in a comment above, with literally hundreds of thrash bands worldwide over the past 35 years, the quality varies greatly. I mean, there's a reason why Metallica became one of the biggest bands (of any genre), while a ton of unknown bands barely poked their heads up from the underground scene. Of course, at the end of the day, taste is always personal and subjective, so I say enjoy whatever music you like. 😊

[@peteciurczak5132]

So far so good so what is a great album!🤘🏼🔥☠️

[@deantodd8103]

He's not wrong. Thrash metal at its best (early Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, etc.) is absolutely great! But there are hundreds of thrash metal bands, and the quality varies greatly. Also, thrashers used to hold most radio-friendly glam metal bands in low regard, but in truth there were some glam metal bands that were really good. Ratt had some truly memorable songs. Sad to hear that Ratt does lip-syncing in concert, though.

[@backintheday3097]

Couldn't agree with you more about some "glam" bands being good. I think Winger is a really good example of that. Granted the lyrics are cheesy as hell. But musically they're incredible. Reb Beach is one of the most underappreciated guitarists.

[@lockstar169]

Great interview. Jeff always seemed like a no nonsense kind of person to me. His descriptions of players and musical styles and preferences eg. "as soon as the Cookie Monster vocals come in, I'm out..." , mirror my very own. Apparently it's like blasphemy to say you don't really like thrash metal, if you've been in Megadeth. Marty got crucified for saying the same thing.

[@anthonylynch4737]

Greatest time and Party ever LA in the 80's !

[@nickfuller20]

Should have asked him about the dream he had about Mustaine's girlfriend.

[@ericscottstevens]

Warren DeMartini was the inventor of the concise solo. Pearcy uses the tilted larynx technique with what they call added sizzle/growl, it is basically a total wash live.

[@bigpoppa5732]

So far ,so good,so what is one of my favorites from the band.Liar is the first Metal that was a Rap

[@gunnarjordan6980]

All the ex members of Megadeth (those living) should get together. Prob be an Amazing album!

[@waynedawson1366]

Graham Bonnet lip syncing? I'm calling bullshit, I've seen him live and there was no lip syncing whatsoever. And to say that Jeff is a professional musician and played alongside him, and didn't realise if he was singing live or not, and found out from someone else, I'm definitely calling bullshit.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Touche on the death metal vocals. They suck and have no emotional resonance or range beyond sounding "scary" and the novelty wears off quickly.

[@Rob78169]

To each is own. Just like he doesn't like Death Metal, I'm not into Ratt/glam!! Also Death Metal lasted longer then glam!!

[@Lordhumongus]

That's because Death Metal never had far too fall. All fringe music survives.

[@Rob78169]

@@TheEWFX29 who cares what non Metal fans think. They are never gonna get it anyways. I will say that the Death Metal scene is oversaturated though but there is lots of great Death Metal Bands that have been around for 30 plus years. Death Metal is not all cookie monster vocals as well. Cheers man 🤘

[@jimmycampbell78]

The main problem with death metal vocals is that they become repetitive after a while; to me a lot of bands beneath the trailblazers and elite groups all sound the same too. But I would give you the example of a band like Opeth who used both death metal growls and clean vocals in a really interesting way, and evolved from being a death metal band to progressive metal and then progressive rock. Opeth are a far more interesting band than the likes of Ratt, Poison or Motley Crue. But there you go.

[@creeper2054]

I totally respect him for not performing crap.

[@12pak]

So Glad i was born 1970

[@stickeylashes3416]

Graham Bonnet wouldn't lip sync. This guy sounds full of it. Probably had a tape of Grahams voice at rehearsals so he could learn the set. Complete nonsense.

[@darknotered7425]

He was talking about Dougie Whyte.

[@stickeylashes3416]

@@darknotered7425 I don't think so. He said the old singer, who they just replaced. He said he sounded just like the record when he saw him in Vegas. He couldn't tell then it was a tape? The guy is full of s hit.

[@Nightwatch1984]

@@darknotered7425 Not true... i was the one who asked Jeff to audition and GB was the singer at this point... this was 2 years before Doogie. Whatever Jeff is saying about Graham and his reasons for saying it, he was refering to Graham. Joe Stump has been the guitarist since 2020 long before Doogie joined... you just need to look at the timeline.

[@zombiemosher1139]

Paul Baloff would label this guy a poser. He wasn't a thrash fan, joined one, never played it again & now is in a thrash cover band. Lol

[@ericnicolas9984]

Jeff Young😂😂

[@ThrashRebel]

Jeff, like every other session musician who worked for Mustaine, got a raw deal. I refer to theM as session musicians, because Mustaine is the only true member of MegaDave. He’s fired EVERYONE, with the exception of Friedman. Friedman got out before Mustaine got an urge to fire him.

[@pauln6803]

I was hooked on Megadeth as a teenager, but even l refer to them as Megadave these days. I heard some stuff off the last record and Dave seems to be going down the WASP route of copying bits of old riffs into new songs. Kiko's lead playing doesn't quite fit for me either.

[@deantodd8103]

@@pauln6803 The best "new" Megadeth song I've heard is their cover of the punk rock song "Foreign Policy" on 2016's Dystopia. (That album has one of their coolest album covers, too).

[@tomdaniels3392]

@@pauln6803 Ya Kiko doesnt fit, he is so soft and squishy , not Megadethy at all KIKO sucks, I saw an interview with him having anxiety about his fingernails for playing classical guitar, OMG he was like giggling like a little girl talking about fingernail anxiety, That was it I quit listening

[@pauln6803]

@@tomdaniels3392 I'm assuming Dave picked Kiko up on sale after Chris Broderick decided he wanted more money for putting up with Dave or something: "Well he's got the chops...Who cares if he doesn't sound too good, he's fuckin' cheap! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to fire an expensive bass player." (!)

[@jamesmason1347]

Which Alcatraz singer is he talking about? Surely not Bonnet??

[@carlosdanger6129]

He's not been with Megadeth for 33 years..

[@Rob78169]

Crazy to think it's been that long!! Getting old😄

[@generaljj577]

ughhh

[@numerouno4168]

I can dig it...I'm not down with the cookie monster vocals either. Anselmo and Chuck Billy is about the only growl I can stand

[@pauln6803]

It's an acquired taste. I got into it because of the music on the Death and Pestilence albums. Prior to that I thought death metal was crap.

[@MrN75nokia]

Mike Patton has a growl out of this world

[@deantodd8103]

I can tolerate it as a vocal effect on a line or a verse. But an entire album of that is just tiresome. Ozzy Osbourne is credited by many with the first proto-death-metal growl on the opening line to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man.' Reportedly he acheived that by singing the line into an oscillating fan. 😆

[@EricBinford]

I saw Poison open for Ratt. Poison hadn't taken off yet, but when they opened, they blew the crowd away. When Rattcame on Stephen Pearcy copped an attitude and they didn't do the obligatory oncore. They were terrible, I had seen them once before and it wasn't good, but I wanted to give them a shot because the albums were good.

[@StudioUSA-ks2xi]

Is this SNL Dana Carvey voice with FX ?

[@CaptainBlackBread]

When was this interview?

[@otisdriftwood8469]

Love so far, so good,,, so what!. I do love Stephen pearcy though. He is a character if you meet him, and a true rock n roller. And no lipsynking or bs. You get a live rock show. The original 🐀 bastard.

[@troyelliott390]

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[@davidkiefer9875]

I was in LA in the mid 80's and Jeff Young was definitely on that scene - glad he is still out there and continues to do his thing. Great guy - Jeff seems to be a really down-to-earth guy and for real. Cool interview... You're right Jeff, "Bigfoot" is definitely a great song, and solo - and great job on your video of it, thanks... A lot of us were huge fans of Alcatrazz in the 80's - that's a goddamn shame about Gram Bonnet and the fake singing - so bogus man... I always wondered why he spells his name "Gram" like you would spell a "gram" of blow - wtf...

[@TrumpetsInMy4x12]

He should convey these kinds of attitudes publicly versus the weird "get mad at posts on facebook and blabbermouth and flip off the camera" for YT thumbnails.

[@magenticka]

Jake Gyllenhaal should play Jeff in a film about his life. They look strikingly similar

[@pivotpointfilms]

Battle of Best Hair in Metal

[@thetruthhurts6652]

I’m assuming the singer he’s talking about is Graham Bonnet?

[@tangerinerose3724]

Great analogy...Cookie Monster vocals🤣.. I'm not into them either.. vocals gotta match the lead guitar..

[@endtyme1345]

I didn´t understood the part he talks about Ratt...he auditioned for them? when?

[@nicolashrv]

He said he auditioned but then refused to go on tour because the singer was probably into some heavy drugs.

[@endtyme1345]

@@nicolashrv But when? Recently? I mean during the time Pearcy got the new band with the new guys? Ratt has so many split up's with Warren that I'm confused 😵‍💫😣

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@endtyme1345 I gotta tell you though, watch RATT Biloxi 2019 here on KZbin. That was a good show. Glad I went

[@endtyme1345]

@@shaunclifton5281 I will thanks pal! Jordan Ziff it's an absolute hell of a guitar player! I've following him since a couple of years when he was on Tour with Marty Friedman and..JESUS! he's INSANE. He's the only one you can close your eyes and you can't notice Warren it's not there. Same w/ the other guy on Crosby/Cavazo's place and Erik Ferentinos on Pearcy solo band. Pearcy is a wise guy to look for replacements and at this point we better enjoy them while DeMartini decides to come back (I don't think so, but you never knows with Ratt' s long history of drama) 🤟🏻

[@shaunclifton5281]

@@endtyme1345 Yeah Pearcy Is at least living it and doing his best now. Yes, Jordan was ON. I Enjoyed the Smash album by Pearcy. 10 Miles Wide is bad ass.

[@JohnViguerie]

Cookie Monster!!! Roflmao

[@Slush24]

Ratt and Motley sounded great in the 80's. I saw them both at their peak and I don't remember them not sounding like the record. Then again , I saw GnR's last two show through Phoenix and Axl was great and then I see videos of him sounding like Mickey Mouse on the same tours.

[@colonelhogan1827]

So, Jeff thinks he's too good to play with Dave, Stephen or Graham.. M'Kay. Someone needs to give him a reality check.

[@1shoryuken]

i doubt Graham Bonnet is lip syncing, the man is too honest to do something like that.

[@medicman5278]

He said the original singer was replaced and the replacement was lip syncing.

[@1shoryuken]

@@medicman5278 Dougie White? man, what is going on with that band.

[@nicolashrv]

@@1shoryuken Alcatrazz with Dougie is garbage, is like the worst Purple garbage had a son with some generic pretentious neoclassical garbage, and the restul is Alcatrazz V.......... Good news is Graham still works on his own Alcatrazz project, and it is called Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz, and he said they are recording new stuff to release a new album soon.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

​​@@nicolashrv 😏👍 Well, I've come up with a musician for Alcatraz who'd kill 2 birds with one stone.... This guy is a world renowned guitar virtuoso AND a brilliant lead singer to boot! I'm 100% sure everyone knows where I'm going with this.... I'm talking Fred Durst! We all know he's got too much class and credibility to lip sync! 😁 {Of course I'm being sarcastic}

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

@@medicman5278 He says "We all know who the singer was and they recently replaced him" - so he's talking about Graham Bonnett!

[@dr.roberts4508]

Is he saying Graham lipsync

[@OttoNomicus]

I can see why Graham Bonnet would have wanted to use recorded vocals, the way he yells them would be murder on his throat.

[@TonyPuleo1]

Has anyone spoke to the guys in Alcatrazz on this…😉

[@jamiehovis7722]

He was referring to Steaphen Pearcy being stoned and drunk for shows and sucking

[@toxsin2207]

Why does this video label him as Megadeth's guitarist when it's been 38 years since he was in the band? It should read former guitarist.

[@kenvorland]

Awesome guitar player #kenvorland

[@craiglubanski7468]

Gotta agree with the "when it comes to the Cookie Monster voice, I'm out", I don't know how people think that's singing. No respect for any of that garbage myself.

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

He looks like Jake Gyllenhaal with long hair.

[@captainbeyond7469]

Remember this guy from SOT not a fan.

[@TheMeJustMe75]

Jeff seems a little jaded against Dave Mustaine. Even on Behind the Music it looked like he wanted to go off. I wasn't there so I don't know what really happened. He just needs to be thankful he's part of that history of Thrash. I need to check out his playing, only familiar with his playing in Megadeth.

[@rondellschuyler7074]

Jeff probably is jaded toward Dave Mustaine. Dave Mustaine never really has been a guy big on friendships. Dave is basically all about His dream. His music. His band. Him, Him and Him.

[@angryagain3801]

Jeff Young was the victim of a narcissistic maniac and his ego. Having said that, he never was able to use his Megadeth experience as short as it was, to catapult himself into something else. He only popped up recently on the Internet. For so many years I never knew what happened to him. Mustaine f--d him over and Jeff just disappeared.

[@benjaminaxselholm]

Is it Graham Bonnet who lip syncs? So disappointed

[@densjukeguden7358]

Jeff Young has to be the single, most overrated guitarist ever.

[@colonelhogan1827]

He's a legend in his own mind.

[@musicalSFCat]

That was a cool interview. I'd be pretty ticked off after being hired, wasted valuable time learning every Alcatrazz song. Then go on stage to unexpectedly find out the vocalist is "lip synching" to a tape during a live performance. Total musical lame joke. As well as ripping off the fans. You would expect that these days from a has been pop singer. Not a hard rock band.

[@lentrout9858]

Young is an ignoramus!

[@tearexxy5799]

I never even heard of this dude and l grew up in L A . Look man the 70s and the 80s are over Rick and Roll is dead. Go get a real job .

[@insidethemusicalmind7207]

Funny, I was a teen in the 80's and lived in Atlanta. I was aware of who Jeff is, but Ive never heard of you.

[@daveg4236]

And he's known and you are Commenting like a little bitch

[@barano9729]

Dude’s claim to fame was that he was in Megadeth for like 5 minutes.

[@tearexxy5799]

@@insidethemusicalmind7207 yea well l never heard of you

[@daveg4236]

@@barano9729 your claim to fame is what? That's right, you comment about people who are somebody while you live in parents basement as a nobody

[@ginjazz2836]

Metal shredders....yawn