Nitro Michael Angelo Batio and Jim Gillette Reunite "Freight Train" for DOA 2016

[@chriskasatka2095]

Whatever you wanna say about this band or this type of music, you can't deny that both Jim and MAB are insanely talented at their respective 'instruments'.

[@mattiasorre1718]

lol Jim sounds awful

[@MoonCoilMedia]

@@mattiasorre1718 Why? because he's like 30 years older than when he recorded this song or because it was recorded with a second rate phone?

[@mattiasorre1718]

@@MoonCoilMedia I thought he sounded just as horrific 30 years ago. This was the very tail end, the last gasps of metal that killed it (for a while)

[@therocknrollgeek]

@@mattiasorre1718 if you don’t like it, then why are you here?

[@mattiasorre1718]

@@therocknrollgeek If you dont like what I say, why are you bugging me with your whining? I owe you nuth - ing, lil fellah, no spanish inquisition from you- I will tell you, however - as a speed picker, I check out all the techniques, even those guys who are more interested in competition than music, i.e. these guys

[@danalonzo1969]

Back in the 80's Nitro came to our local music store to rehearse for a tour. You could see in the room. As a young singer I was glued to the glass listening to Jim rehearse. It was amazing. He really could hit all those notes and the longevity of his screams. I spoke to him briefly. He was in rockstar mode so there's that. But Michaelangelo who I have met several times is the sweetest human. He heard my guitar player trying to do sweeps and he knocked on our jam room door and in five minutes he unveiled the secrets of the amazing to my guitar player. We showed up for practice he was a totally different guitar player. I saw Jim hit the lowest key on the piano nd the next and the next and sing it all the way to the highest note. I will never forget it.

[@newwavepop]

if i recall correctly those guys were all teachers at some music school, so im sure Michaelangelo had some great tricks and techniques to show your guitarist.

[@bobvanka]

@@newwavepop Common misconception, the only thing that MAB had were the keys to the Lamborghini

[@vanbalzup6481]

He gave you the keys to the Lamborghini?!

[@chadhero37]

They definitely had MAJOR talent. I think the issue is their songs were more "look how high I can sing" or "look how fast I can play" than, "listen to how good this song is". Their songs were more about showing off their amazing abilities than they were about just having good songs

[@jondunmore4268]

I like how Jim can sing his own backing vocals while he's singing lead.

[@Mlotshaw1]

Harmonizer processing ?

[@mimjargle]

Backing tracks just like in the 80s lol

[@newwavepop]

yeah it was kind of bugging me too, i just watched a clip from i think 89 and it as the same thing. i was only watching out of curiosity of if he could really hit all those notes live, but there was clearly a backing track playing so i still have no idea what he actually sound like live because prerecorded backing tracks hide any imperfections of things playing along live.

[@ashscott6068]

That's nothing! They got a drummer who can play his drums without having to be near them! It's a backing track. I guess the rhythm section weren't invited.

[@ognir66]

I asked Micheal if that was his real hair he looked me straight in the eye and said, "It sure as fuck is.... ..I got the receipt to prove it.'

[@josephkia6157]

Jim still had that voice .... Wow .... MAB on time😉

[@santyrush]

I love Nitro and i have 2 albums, and i was with M.Angelo on a clinic special here in madrid, was a surprise for me...great band...great vocals..

[@xstudios6262]

Wow... Michael is a legend.

[@TheJohnnyDoggs]

The man has kept his voice in shape. He still sounds good compared to the rest of some of the old singers from the 80's.

[@92000]

@@DOM_puyo and Steven Tyler even better as he don't take drugs and %s anymore

[@blacksunshine7485]

Yeah, shame about Dokken

[@Gravy1255]

@@blacksunshine7485 Yeah Don sounds really rough

[@DrGurki]

Check out Stryper and Michael Sweet nowadays. They kick ass and Sweet‘s voice ist still great!

[@Gravy1255]

If you like thrash or anything(fast and heavy) Bobby Blitz from Overkill has really kept his voice in shape.

[@angelophan]

Shout out to Jim for letting me hit the mic! Can't wait to hear the new stuff :):):):):)

[@jeremyg4883]

You will be sadly disappointed

[@petertorres4405]

Jeremy Dezodiac fuck off

[@emersonvieira2533]

4:40 YES JIM CAN DO IT!!🤘

[@michel94818]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BangTango]

Listen to the ending scream, damn. They will probably be heard from far away when they play live.

[@drjimpapadakis]

He 's got it even after 20 years!

[@corepcn]

Psst... 30 years

[@Despond]

Well he isn't flicking his hair every 10seconds any more.

[@Fireglo]

Who Michael?

[@jondunmore4268]

Also, he isn't swaying while he's singing as if he's being taken roughly from behind.

[@therealjackfisher]

Now he flaps with arms in the air like if he was moving big objects. 🤣😂💖👍

[@daviclar867]

Hair spray and teasing took a lot of metal hair. Think Axls is fake too but not sure.

[@mustanggarland24]

it's about time Jim! your still awesome! I studied your voice for years when I was a teenager

[@nightrider9339]

chris Garland he sucks!!

[@MetalHeart8787]

he made a video years ago called jim gilettes power vocal method, you don't learn much from it I think chris would have better off listening to Judy garland, LOL

[@monroefive-o40]

steve k. Could you imagine Lita Ford kicking his ass every night in bed! She has more balls than him I think!

[@PowerRobMusic]

@@MetalHeart8787 I thought it was so cool when I started learning lessons, then I reviewed it after years of training and performing, yeah, not much that goes on in it.

[@MetalHeart8787]

@@PowerRobMusic I watched the Angelo Guitar lesson video also, Its great & he is Awesome, But for me its just impossible to play that fast mainly the eft Hand Fretting

[@rudymuthjr5575]

Who's playing drums? Casper the friendly ghost?

[@elijahkelley7616]

Chris Adler from Lamb of God

[@AronBouwhuis]

@@elijahkelley7616 Not live just on one songe lol.

[@jordyvasquezcastillo3295]

THERE IS A BACKING TRACK LOL

[@keiochar2129]

I saw Mr. Batio in person while promoting his signature guitar and giving us fans tips on guitar playing, it was great.

[@spearpig1034]

with some more practice, Jim will be nailing even higher notes. Dudes a fuckin beast

[@92000]

Don't forget about Michael Angelo Batio - he is honestly the most valuable rockstar in the band. Jim should practice more though - I agree.

[@akadkins69]

damn! jim still sounds amazing

[@iajentertainment]

the insanest guitar player ever !!

[@Quietus5]

Great song! Awesome to see them rock it!!

[@lmasuno]

Jim still sounds great. Can't wait for the new nitro

[@lyradguitar]

Jeezus...King Kong Bundy can sing like a boss!

[@balqisizham9601]

lyradguitar Roflmao

[@herehere3139]

God that looked like so much fun

[@jondunmore4268]

When Wrestlers Karaoke.

[@brodieyake7735]

Claude Rains on drums, ladies and gentlemen!

[@Charlie_Alpha_Echo]

Jim Gillette sounds much better now than he did back then. 🤘🏼

[@jameswhalley5589]

this is just so awesome to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love it

[@robertharding8394]

he still wails after all these years both of them killer

[@spearpig1034]

Cant wait for the new album

[@LB00146]

Keep on waiting..it's never gonna happen! Haha

[@deborahshanks7848]

Now he's Hair (gone) Metal

[@god6384]

bald metal

[@BoogyWoogyCreep]

Holy shit! I remember seeing Nitro on the Strip 25 years ago! Batio looks the same but JG looks a bit bloated! This band would blow the roof off the Whiskey!

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

Jim Gillette is big for good reason. He went on to become a Brazilian jiu jitsu champion. He used to spar with Royce Gracie and in 2015 he won the Masters division at the World Jiu Jitsu championships in Long Beach.

[@jondunmore4268]

How did Michael Angelo play all that on just one fretboard?

[@Fireglo]

2 fretboards play the same exact notes xD

[@JOSEPHVENTURABRAND]

He's still got it!!!!

[@kkwok9]

Loved Nitro!

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

The cheese factor is off the charts!🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀

[@chrismichaels5492]

mr.gillette looks like a wrestler oh great bass player and drummer :-)

[@robrobski9445]

chris michaels brother of hulk Hogan

[@brendanoneil3489]

apparently he is a martial arts instructor - he looks pretty hard.

[@ACCH-cm9ou]

Insane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Love it !

[@antharesjoshua4490]

Que chingon es verlos de vuelta, ojala y se arme lo del nuevo album

[@joshkaye5303]

For every decade you loose an octive

[@rudymuthjr5575]

Adler, Gillette, And of course Baltio!! New Nitro!!!

[@7REDDRACO7]

this is . . . NITRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tomcurren1271]

Holy shit, Is that Jim Gillette or Phil Anselmo!?! I was such a HUGE fan back in the day and knew MAB was still active, but always wondered what happened to Jim. Okay, so the song is tuned down a step from the original, but they still killed It! Michael is so damn fast and the last scream at the end was killer! So Chris Adler is their new drummer..now they just need a killer metal bass player (Victor Wooten..LOL!)

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

Are you serious? You actually follow these guys.

[@randycline1385]

Well, he married Lita Ford, had a couple kids, got divorced and alienated the kids against her. Real sweetheart of a guy.

[@trance9158]

@@JohnDoe-nj3vj asked by a dope calling himself John Doe. Apparently you do otherwise you wouldn't be here.

[@dwightrenfield2241]

Other side of the story is that she’s a bipolar psycho and the kids have no interest in seeing her.

[@WhatYouHaventSeen]

@@randycline1385Jim got full custody of his kids, which is very unusual and suggests there’s more to it than just ‘he alienated his kids from her.’

[@dethmetl]

Chris Adler is now their drummer....beast!

[@rebecaangelacontrerasmoren8135]

no era un concierto con la voz que esperaban pero valió la pena finalizar el gran esfuerzo de este trabajo es conocido que las voces siempre cambian pero eso depende del desarreglo que las personas manejan en sus propios cuerpos no obstante amo y admiro a edta grandiosa banda😘😍💖🔥

[@awesomefearsome]

Happy Day for me. Nitro is back!!!!!

[@vanguard4065]

NITRO FTW!!! 🔥⚡️💜🌹🍀🇺🇸💀

[@AbbyPhelan]

OMG Jim, where did all the hair go?????

[@Mde7FPV]

Mother of Dragons is called getting older.

[@MetalTalk666]

Oh my GOD!!! I had no idea they "reunited" for any kind of shows!!! I whish they'd do a tour.

[@codydrummer]

Tristan Spears you got your wish. Chris Adler on Drums and Matt Devries on bass and Nitro is back!

[@smoothcriminal7232]

Everyone still pulled it off!

[@enriquetomas8413]

Put on wig Jim !!

[@michaelzedalis4690]

Met Batio in a guitar store once. Nice Guy.

[@Whiskey150]

The drummer looks cool!

[@kiaranjay5153]

I cannot fucking believe this! Hahaha so good!

[@661cmm]

That was bad ass

[@nick1065]

Shame Batio’s wig stayed glued on….otherwise it could have been a homage to Right said Fred.

[@sigurdfyllingkarstad2694]

Awesome!

[@tptangenivy28]

Where's TJ Racer?

[@mikedahoe2251]

That was fckn cool

[@ArexHailedan]

Wow, Jim is really crazy, I think his vocal quality is maintained, unlike Axl or Vince Neil

[@chasekirkland7176]

way better than the record

[@scoopaway1925]

Cool.

[@xsited1]

Some bald wrestler ate Jim Gillette.

[@bruth6138]

He still has some of those pipes. Not as bad as Forbidden's first show back. Russ was barely a shadow of his previous self.

[@rafacastorena145]

The former Mr. Lita Ford. 🤣🤣🤣I'm sure the roids have killed his falsetto.

[@McMinnManiac]

He doesn't sing falsetto That last scream was head voice anchored in the chest It resonated from the chest Not crossed over the break It went smoothly through the break and back down A siren

[@timbrown6629]

I don't think MMA allows juicers to Fight.

[@mickdonnell7077]

Chunky Kojak and Raggedy Ann... On tour.

[@jerichothirteen1134]

Stevon Miari as you are so was I, as I am so will you be.

[@snapascrew]

Lol wtf is MAB doing with his left hand throwing up In the air during that one riff 😂😂😂😂

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

I wished they would re-release the debut with bass this time..I understand the project was to show the talent of michael and jim....but the album could have sounded better.

[@derrickj8424]

How does Michael Angelo keep his wig from sliding off?

[@ThePloppy]

I actually did find a performance when his wig slightly lifted from the back of his head and you could tell he was shaved bald. Sorry, but I don't have the link.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

It's become a symbiotic relationship so no sliding is possible.

[@xsquall19x]

I call bullshit

[@ubcphilco]

I think he wears it so that he can go shopping and no one recognizes him? HAHA

[@Fireglo]

Why is wig-shaming a thing? So what if he wears a wig? If you're genetically unable to grow hair why should you just have to live with it? He obviously wants to have long hair and if he can appear as if he does then why shouldn't he wear a wig? People are allowed to alter their appearance however they want. No one says anything when someone dyes their hair, no one says anything when you get a piercing, no one says anything when you get a tattoo, no one says anything about hats, no one says anything about heels, why are wigs the butt of all jokes?

[@adrianodelpopolo4322]

FUCKING AMAZING

[@BiggRedd-14e]

Jim Gillette, Nebraska boy.

[@THECLARENCES]

Awesome! xoxo The Clarences

[@ToddDavis-p3u]

Did that Metel Method guy in the 80s play with Nitro? Doug Marks was it?

[@TheMetalMag]

Super accurate

[@elguero933]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@seagullpoet]

He’s intimidating !

[@andreguilhermediasarraiano9287]

you guys can talk shit but thats fuckin quality music right there. didnt knew hank from breaking bad could sing tho. ps: batio ftw.

[@Dr_QuirkyStrikes]

Michael is indeed a vampire. He never ages. He indeed sold his soul to the devil. Just like in the movie “shock em dead” in which he does the guitar parts. (Look up “shock em dead”peoples) Angel Martin wasn’t the only one who sold his soul to the devil! Hehe Classic !!!

[@LondonMoscowwashington]

RIP jim gillete

[@lukebandy516]

Where's the drummer and bass player ? wth?

[@jondunmore4268]

Not to mention the 3 backing vocalists.

[@maninthecrowd5076]

They actually sound a lot better, I think. Totally my opinion but overplayed solos reduced to almost normal level, and Jim got that much needed compression and they look better without tights and those weird hair dyes. Only Led looked damn good in those dresses nobody looked as good as them.

[@ああああ-k1n3n]

I'm like a freight train!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

[@TomA-mn4vs]

i defended you a million times in the early 90"s. i told people u could sing. thank u 4 making a fool out of me.

[@jerichothirteen1134]

Tom A please let me hear your better singing? Lolz

[@MetalHeart8787]

the freight train has slowed down, sorry but Jim sounds not so great here he quit for years, mike has always been playing through out the years, & YES ive been a fan since 1989 saw the video for freight train & freaked out. just wished they reformed sooner.

[@EricNeuls]

Jim Jim Jim, whered your Washboard abs from '92 go? lol and RIP you full head of locks lol

[@ChipRobertsOfficial]

If I were there, I might've exploded.

[@vinniemoreno704]

Chip Roberts like in your pants?

[@blacksunshine7485]

I heard dude couldn't sing anymore. Bullshit. Rockin

[@ricomajestic]

Nowadays it is called hairless metal.

[@theeholygoalie]

Eeeyyooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@jameshegler4182]

What is this?

[@MasterKeySolutions]

I had high hope a few years back when Chris Adler and Victor Wooten of all people joined in a project I hope would resurrect Nito. Sadly, no dice. MAB in Man O War is psychotic though...😂

[@stevedamien638]

Funny to see him walking around like a tough guy biker look-a-like. I know he knows how to fight. But for all those who remember them back,,then he or she,,was mostly a trans looking gurl on stage.

[@metalheadhideout8848]

Damn Gillette used have a lot of hair

[@nellitaleva9709]

💯🙌💕👑🙏👑🎵🇵🇪

[@stevenharris716]

Thank God for a great band to cover up Jim's vocals...Lmfao!

[@jimmyjromero6950]

Killer!!!

[@user-ll1ch7ic2frak]

I thought he would have a sickass blonde mane man!.!😭😢

[@benjaminbreeg7586]

Jim Gillette is a shadow of himslef, just like Paul Di'Anno. They look similar both.

[@Fireglo]

What does that even mean? He got older it happens. It's common for middle aged men to get big.

[@derrickj8424]

It's common for middle aged men to get big, when they drink pepsi.

[@MetalHeart8787]

he just doesn't sing as good. I know vocals are different, Mike can still shred of course because he kept playing through out the years.

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

The difference is that Paul Di' Anno is a legend... This guy is a wife beating joke.

[@therighttune]

damn Jim gillette became more badass nowadays

[@HARDASSER]

Where in da fuk is the rest of the band?

[@darkavengermanowar]

This was done before they hired Chris Adler from Lamb of God, to play Drums. They are all currently in the studio as of this writing, recording the new CD for release in Spring of 2017. A Bassist will be announced later according to Jim. Check out Michael's, Jim's and Nitro's Official Facebook pages for more Nitro News.

[@TheDreamaddict]

Adler was already hired at this point, but unavailable for this performance. This was a one song rare appearance for a private event. Bassist will be formally announced early 2017 when everything is confirmed.

[@BangTango]

this was just a simple little thing, MAB and Jim was at the same place at the same time, the owner knew they were to announce a reunion and thought what the heck, i'll ask if they wanna crank out a tune... they did and this is the result...... that is my guess at least....

[@blademancano8035]

Hmm, not doing it for me