I Can't Stress This Enough, Carpenter Brut Is F***ing Brilliant.

I absolutely adore Carpenter Brut especially this song Beware the Beast. Please, listen and tell me what you think.
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[@bobbiesnakes]

"Trilogy" by CB is a masterpiece. There are so many layers!

[@judolady73]

Truth! It's a must have album

[@tubelious]

And the Live album with new arrangements for live instruments is even better!

[@danzigrulze5211]

Perturbator, Gost, We Are Magonia, Dance with the Dead, there are a lot of great artist on the dark synth wave scene. There are even more synth wave artist that are just phenomenal and I think more people need to explore the insane amount of great artist in the genre. Carpenter Brut was my first introduction and by far my favorite, plus his music videos are insane.

[@kimsteele2601]

Dance with the Dead is a favorite of mine

[@BrianMoore1]

Meteor is another great one.

[@rupe82]

I found this genre from the game Hotline Miami which had an amazing synthwave soundtrack. I think it was thanks to that game the genre became more known.

[@richardllewellynme]

Dance with the Dead - some of the best music of the last 10 years I reckon. Awesome stuff.

[@seanriley2534]

LOVE Dance With The Dead. Mr Kitty is also sick!

[@FrankJoeger]

I've seen Carpenter Brut live 5 times and every time they absolutely well and truly kill it. Long live the Brut.

[@tractorgt]

You have to be the luckiest person alive. As a sound engineer for 30 years I rarely go to shows but I'd travel pretty far if this guy ever came around somewhere in America.

[@xkidmidnightx]

I love Carpenter. Just so good. The best thing from the Synthwave scene. Perturbator and Megadrive are both awesome too. The vocalist from Beastmilk is just perfect too. Love the goth rock vocals.

[@JimmyNuisance]

I love Megadrive, just aaawesome and gritty sounds. Makeup and Vanity Set is great as well, also Waveshaper. It's hard to keep up with all the artists tbh. Also, Gunship of course. So good.

[@shiftybat7318]

The ol' Sisters of Mercy self-octave vocal chorus. It just works. It gets me. Their song When You Don't See Me is a prime example.

[@TastyLootGaming]

So Andrew Eldritch like 😎

[@RosieHarp]

The foreboding synth chord made me think of 'Beat It' Michael Jackson.

[@tamcon72]

Same.

[@MM-bv7ks]

100% beat it.

[@Ginger_shot]

Yes! Exactly what I heard too.

[@EyeOfWoden]

Made me thing of Poison by Alice Cooper.

[@SuziQ.]

It’s exactly the same sound from the intro to Beat It. Poison’s is in a slightly different key. I would like to hear Justin compare all three intros.

[@shawnb5899]

Absolutely love Carpenter Brut! I first ran across them while shopping around for music similar to Gunship. If you haven't checked it out yet, their live album 'CARPENTERBRUTLIVE' is just perfect!

[@violatorut2003]

Yeah, the live album is absolutely perfect. It even sounds better than the original songs on their original album. It’s probably the added, funky guitar parts. The live album should win a Grammy as far as I am concerned. Hell, the cover of “Maniac” deserves at least 50 awards. That cover is addicting as hell.

[@leroybrown8926]

Sooo happy you featured Carpenter Brut. There are some awesome Synthwave bands out there. Gunship, Orax, The Midnight, Timecop 1983, Future Cop, Isidor, 3Force, etc. all I’ve been listening to for the last 4 months is Synthwave.

[@bendtowardsthesun]

That is some highly infectious energy you've got going on today! Effervescent, light, and really lovely to see. Always a little slice of joy watching these vids.

[@zgisi]

When The Hoff and The Darkness combine their forces - it's like heaven for me

[@martinkasper197]

I believe in a thing called freedom...

[@schoolofrockcary6625]

I hear hints of Sisters of Mercy, Danzig, the Cult....this is great!!

[@ljmoulton10]

Thank you for covering Brut! He's one of my favorite artists and puts on a great show. Saw him in Pontiac MI earlier this year and caught a drumstick.

[@RosieHarp]

I loved the guitar hands, such slender digits.

[@charliebluechaos4963]

Respectfully, you're looking lovely Justin. Thank you for sharing this music! Much love to you ❤

[@vice9091]

The live version of this song from carpenter bruts performance at hellfest this year was amazing, I loved the extra synth buildup near the end of the song.

[@EmmaRichardson]

That Hellfest set is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 The Widow Maker is particularly brutal live, especially with Alex doing the vocals in person ❤

[@smeg4brainsukaya]

Absolutely adore Brut, awesome to see you reacting to them! Turbo Killer, and Blood Machines in general, is amazing.

[@CanadianCultCinema]

The movies the clips were taken from are Black Roses, Shock Em’ Dead, Trick or Treat, The Dungeonmaster, Rock and Roll Nightmare, and Hard Rock Zombies. There are probably more but that’s all I could pick out.

[@LaurenStellerSeaEagle]

Yup!!!

[@SpaceFairyness]

Thanks I picked 3 at least, as I have them on my bookshelf😊🍿

[@LaurenStellerSeaEagle]

Had them in my head, too shy to talk normally to converse about.

[@SpaceFairyness]

@@LaurenStellerSeaEagle well hey you're welcome to converse with me about them anytime 😊 It's so rare even finding other friends who have even heard of them😅

[@donatello80s]

This is so fucking exciting for me!! The Darkness and Carpenter Brut are literally my most listened to artists this past year, and they're coming together in this video haha ❤❤

[@aprilkurtz1589]

This pleases the Beast inside my heart. Great effing song and review, Justin! You've given me so much "new" music to explore. I shall be forever grateful!

[@jeb-zf4un]

Massive sisters of mercy vibe. Vision thing in particular. Love it.

[@Revjoegles]

So good. I've shot down the long rabbit hole of all his music. so awesome.

[@noahsarcade5426]

I'm so glad I got to see them live. I love it!

[@667neighbourofthebeast]

Beast is a good neighbour. He invited us over to watch the opening match of the RWC and served a wicked vegan ragu complemented with a 2019 vintage Château Latour sauvignon blanc. He's devilishly funny, witty and sensitive; the polar opposite of what his Demon profile suggests. For the life of me, I cannot understand why Beast is single.

[@ShneelixZeenikQuark]

This reminds me a bit of Sisters of Mercy. I could imagine you and Dan doing something like this as a bonus track 😂

[@miseklukov7236]

This album was an instant classic since the moment it got released. From my first listen to 3846th, it ALWAYS feels fresh and never tires.

[@Quest4Horror]

I absolutely love Carpenter Brut. Leather Teeth and Leather Terror are amazing albums. They are great live too. I also love artists like Gost, Perturbator and John Carpenter. Gost ate my favourite Darksynth act.

[@darylpeters]

At Reading Festival 2017 I finished watching Korn and Major Lazer was on next so like I do at all Festivals if there's no-one that I like playing, I pop over to some other tents to try and find some new acts I've never heard of. Walked into Carpenter Brut and they were bloody brilliant! It's weird I can't get into their studio releases but seen them again since Reading and just love Carpenter Brut live. Highly highly recommend a live show to anyone!

[@johnnyjohnsonmusic]

My boat is not afloat, this song removed all buoyancy from my vessel, I was expecting magnum p.i. or macgyver to make a cameo. It's so 80s that it made the coal miners go on strike demanding the return of Dallas and Falcon Crest to our TV screens.

[@fredfred2363]

Perfectly put.

[@vice9091]

Yea the album is basically supposed to be the soundtrack to a fake 80s slasher movie

[@marrrtin]

The vocal and instrumentation both remind me of Sisters of Mercy.

[@Crashed2023]

Absolutely. There is nothing new to this I felt at all.

[@Zagardal]

​@@Crashed2023this particular song does feel like a homage to be fair, and it's not the typical Brut sound.

[@chrislestermusic]

I’m always amazed how you can recall the theme song pitch even from memory and be right on the money.

[@j_freed]

I can recall it too, even sing it and I am not a (good) singer nor do I have perfect pitch. It comes with developing an ear for music which on guitar is often in the same few keys. Playing an instrument like guitar helps, as does taking apart songs structurally in one's mind.

[@ZuzuTheLemon]

​@@j_freedme too, although there's not many bits of music I could recall like that spot on...but I have heard the theme tune literally 1000 times by now 😮😂

[@ZuzuTheLemon]

@@noggintube That's not quite what we're talking about here. We mean being able to land on a particular pitch perfectly without prior reference. The genre in that circumstance is irrelevant, it's just about pitch memory and recall. Some people with perfect pitch can do it naturally but most people can get proficient with practice. Like any other skill, it's hard until you can do it!

[@ZuzuTheLemon]

@@noggintube As I said, it's hard until it isn't. To most people doing something 'over and over for years' would constitute a pretty significant amount of practice. Any skill is 'easy' if you break it down, it's the staying power required to practice which is hard, unless you particularly enjoy it.

[@CJ-oi7zm]

Congrats! Looks like Roger T finger has a relationship/ wedding ring. 🎉 wishing you much happiness. 🫶

[@mirapiccolo6601]

Oh sì dear Justin, this song and video is really brilliant.....and I love you, your smile and your Channel...

[@Kingofold2112]

Yes!! Glad to see you are still on the Carpenter Brut kick. I've been on it a long time as well and i'm starting to get a little worried.

[@judolady73]

I fell into a darksynth rabbit hole and other than a fork into chip tunes and LukHash I've not been back to mainstream since!

[@JeezonTorst]

Saw them live in London toward the end of last year, was a fantastic gig!

[@concretel10n]

The final countdown has a good drone at the intro too

[@iamkablam8096]

Oooooh baby, Carpenter Brut is my absolute favorite artist ❤️ Sooooo many good sounds in the Synth/Darkwave genre!

[@RosieHarp]

I thought of The Damned when the vocal started. I'm not even sure if it sounds anything like Dave Vanian.

[@jonwanrocks]

what. a. riff. thanks for turning me on to my new fave band

[@benitoleach]

Armin Van Buuren's Mirage is a fabulous melding of synth and guitars - and when the guitars kick in, it absolutely rocks

[@the-primered-thumb]

Sounds a bit sisters of mercy,which isn't a bad thing 😉👍

[@tedstriker2000]

a sprinkling of the Cult

[@dave99887]

Yes a sprinkling but the lid was screwed on loose and all the cult spilled out haha

[@andromalius8890]

Carpenter brut are awesome, love their collabs with gunship

[@videosbyddc]

Turbo Killer is a perfect instrumental Brut song imho with a great video to compliment it. You might also like the musical stylings of Gun Ship - a bit more synthy but great vibe.

[@MariaFrancesca]

Okay, I genuinely like this. It was funny, and 80s enough to make me nostalgic, but good.

[@shawmutt]

It's OK, the guitar was in our head all along.

[@genEricSVG]

Nib High Football Rules !

[@PaulSloman]

Thanks Justin! It is indeed, brilliant!

[@martinwray7001]

Going for gold was definitely on before neighbours. I was a student in the early 90s which equated to a similar situation as unemployment.

[@Nicolasmondragon707]

Justin Fucking Hawkins Rides Againnnnn!! 🎶🎶🎶🎸

[@Freesliterature]

Beware the beast is such an amazing song, I can’t get enough of it.

[@LindaAcd65]

As a hairstylist, loving your hair. I’m sorry, did you cover a video? I didn’t notice.❤

[@-The-Golden-God-]

I finally got to see him in Bristol last year. It was fkn awesome 🙌

[@MashaT22]

Love your theme song air guitar skills! Shred that theme song, Justin!

[@kotzy210]

the clip where there is a Double Neck guitar was from the 1991 movie "SHOCK 'EM DEAD" where Michael Angelo Batio played that guitar... starring Traci Lords

[@martinkasper197]

Who else could it be..playing left hand and right hand guitar at the same time...🤘👍🎸

[@mamab4720]

Oh yeees! I adore CB! The song "Imaginary Fire" is incredible and if you haven't seen the video you must! It is an adventure and somehow they got an ex Disney channel actor "Dylan Sprouse" to play a character in the video for "Widowmaker". He does a bad ass job too.

[@TomDcanada]

The "muscley guitar player does this" clip is Sammi Curr from Trick Or Treat with a fantastic Fastway soundtrack .

[@raquelsnt]

It reminded me to Ladyhawk's soundtrack... i don't know why! I loved this movie... You look cute and handsome wearing the David Hasselhoff tshirt. I can't understand why he never loved you forever after doing this kind of tribute to him. You deserved it! It's a song with very 80s style...the guitar solo is cool, but your song Zen Warrior is best. And the solo guitar in it great.

[@MariaFrancesca]

Oh, I love that film! 🙂

[@genEricSVG]

It's a decent song but Justin's shirt is the real hero of this vid !

[@cindyadzukichang]

Came here to say the same thing!

[@DaveFallows]

We were at the Tilburg show last week (British living in NL). My son is only six and that was his first concert. We've been dancing to the Leather Teeth album since he's been able to stand up on his own. Anyway, I had the kid on my shoulders during the encore and Carpenter Brut himself came down and passed him a pair of drumsticks.

[@luiscanamarvega]

Indeed it is.

[@JimmyNuisance]

The retrowave movement is just lurking beneath the surface waiting for the world to get ever closer to a dystopian hellscape. This kind of music is going to be the soundtrack for 2031 post flood Florida.

[@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica]

Thank you, friends.❤

[@lovenailpolish3]

Foreboding synth chord! Whammy bar! Yep this is talking my language. Another entertaining and educational video thanks Justin! I hope you are having a great day : )

[@sues6944]

Very 80's, love it. A little bit of synth vibes of Maniac from Flashdance too. Love your synth single too, please release it to the world Jus! 💗🎶

[@judolady73]

Funny you should say that, Maniac is Carpenter Bruts outro at his gigs have a browse it's so good.

[@mattjackson9859]

For a couple of seconds the intro makes me think of Hawkwind, before it quickly turns into Billy Idol meets The Damned

[@likepaintedkites]

Foreboding chord conjured Nigel’s “no one knows who they were, or what they were doing”

[@Rocksarum]

Double threat today! Great review & awesome song👍 It feels like friday!🤣 yayyy🥳🥳🥳

[@NinStardust]

*Triple threat. Great review, Awesome song AND a return of the sexy stubble ‘stache. 😅😂 Particularly enjoyed Jus squinting to read the comments & JMF popping in to start the video for him! 😂😂😂 🦅🤓…💖

[@Rocksarum]

@@NinStardust Yeah😁, I thought: "Oh no! He forgot his glasses at home"😅 🦅🤓...❤️

[@anthonymorales842]

well thank you because of this episode i looked up going for gold i have now seen more of cheezy game shows. it is truly appreciated.

[@DeadHeadmusic69]

A lot of the concert footage was from an 80s metal movie, called TRICK OR TREAT,, it was bloody awsome as a 13 year old kid,,, who am I kidding, I still love that shit.!!!

[@Ambisinisterous]

Very Sisters of Mercy......

[@Flukey_1970]

wow I closed my eyes and I was back in the 80s haha Rock on!

[@chrislight3155]

Roller mobster and imaginary fire are masterpieces

[@TeleportFPV]

Now that was interesting. Did not know they existed. Thanks.

[@carpeimodiem]

Don't forget Interpol. They brought that vocal style back for the first time in what... 2002? 2003? But true that Ian Curtis impersonators don't usually get much radio play. This one was pretty cool.

[@michaelspencer-arscott]

Bowie succeeded blending synths, sequencers and electric guitars and (brilliant) bass on the "Earthling" album. All bangers! Love your work, btw.

[@thomasrudy6132]

earthling was nominated for two grammies, still underrated imo

[@BillyDee7]

Love this dude's voice.

[@goosemeister12]

Fuck yes! Love to see some Carpenter Brut appreciation!

[@t_rex7324]

The Hasselhoff-Shirt is awesome!

[@msell8107]

You always find the most interesting stories! 🎵⚫🎶🔴. thank you!

[@joycastle.]

If the second verse bears no resemblance to the first one, I think the correct musical terminology is "second verse - is different from the first"

[@TheSquidgal]

I thought industrial style bands such as Nine Inch Nails did a good job of melding guitars and synthesizers.

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Absolutely and NIN etc were far more interesting than this retro, wink-wink crass, culture cringe. I just don't get aspiring to this style, the riff is so dull. It's as if RobZombie never existed.

[@Linkmitch]

@@brutallyremastered4255 are you legit?

[@MichaelKeelphotography]

I'm digging this track. It reminds me more of Sisters of Mercy meets, 80s sax type solos, Carpenter Brut 80s synth.

[@johnblythe6261]

Love Carpenter Brut.... Turbo Killer, The Widowmaker, Imaginary Fire, Blood Machines, love them all..... hope you listen to them all.

[@carpenterbrut]

🔥🔥🔥🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@goldenhide]

I love that Justin also loves The Brut. I had a chance to see him live last year in Chicago but my car blew a tire 15min from the venue and I missed out. Hopefully I get another chance. "Leather Terror" is a wonderful album and I've fallen in love with Persha's vocals and the driving beat and synthetic on "Lipstick Masquerade."

[@xellestar]

Thanks for this! way too few reactions to this band around

[@RexVergstrong]

Mat McNerney, the singer here, is great. I love the range in his singing, you should check his band Grave Pleasures.

[@DennisGraumann]

Holy smoke, that’s awesome!

[@dylanplatas8869]

I never expected to watch Justin reacting to Carpenter Brut, this is great!

[@a.i.a3949]

Havent followed carpenter brut for about 8 years seems like a nice evolution of his music.

[@judolady73]

Lucky you! I wish I'd known about him years earlier than I did. Only been around 3-4 years for me I think.

[@ragman1960]

466,000🎉🎉🎉

[@j_freed]

I think that a cappella show intro is my new ringtone.

[@thewickedwizard]

Wow Sisters Of Mercy vibes!

[@kjdskgj]

How did I miss this video until now? I'm subscribed and Brut is my favorite fucking artist!

[@11jasey]

Also the dancing guy is as well, it's all from Trick or Treat!

[@orcafinn]

Gwar! You mentioned Gwar! I saw them at Download this year. One of the highlights for me. People drenched in paint spurted from a stage chainsaw.

[@ART----]

OOooooo....I think this might be a Lost Boys stylee musical "Pirouette" in the guise of "Bela Lugosi" with a smattering of Zola's "La Bete Humaine!"...but whhaadduiknow!!?? 🤩 Lovely to hear from you again!!!

[@mmumambientsounds-timers]

Better late than never Justin. This is synthwave baby!

[@matteotomaso7204]

"Beat It"

[@NiftyDimensions]

Very cool of you to cover this! Would be awesome if you covered Perturbator or Slasher Dave.

[@classicreviews96180]

That music video features scenes from the 80s film Trick or Treat.