Racer X- Bruce Bouillet- “Guitar Solo” (HD High Quality) The Country Club, Reseda, CA March 19, 1988

[@joeylodes]

Best comment I’ve heard about Racer X “If you were into Yngwie’s style … Racer X was your crack”

[@licecestep9411]

He’s sadly overlooked. And can still play. Never could understand why band or solo artists didn’t get him

[@Kenji.1ChessPiece]

One of the most underrated guitar players of all time, one of my faves! 💯🔥

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Totally agree with you Kenneth. Check out “SFV” from Bruce on my channel as well. Thanks for watching, and getting the word out on BB!

[@luigipati3815]

what blows my mind other than the general skills etc, is how the blues shred solo makes you think 'ok, that sounds inspired by the Malmsteen's Live in Leningrad blues solo....only to find out that this was recorded BEFORE the Live in Leningrad show. Decidedly a great guitarist who is one of the best metal guitarists ever.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

That’s an interesting point! I’ll go back and listen to that Yngwie solo. 🤔

[@johnnorum1974]

A monster of six strings !!!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

💯

[@davidmora7176]

I'd put Bruce and Ron Jarzombek in the same category of " why the heck are they not HUGE and more well known"? Both so freaking talented.

[@tacofriday2165]

Anybody else think this is literally the best they ever heard Bruce sound?

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Yeah, it’s really up there towards the top for sure!

[@Thelearner1000]

Personally I like Bruce's solo in the extreme volume album! It's better constructed. This version also kicks ass.

[@qwertyzxcv123]

No. Listen to PG's stint in G3. Scit Scat Wah. Bruce's solo there is mesmerizing.

[@andymartin813]

Reminds me of the ending to Jason Becker’s Eleven Blue Egyptians

[@jasonsargent5030]

I was at this show!!! Sooooo cool!!

[@Thelearner1000]

So was I!! Best shows ever, the recording of "Extreme Volume I and II"

[@jasonsargent5030]

@@Thelearner1000 Hell yes!! Ahhhhhhhhh memories....

[@Thelearner1000]

@@jasonsargent5030 this must have been the best time ever, I saw yngwie for the first after alcatrazz here at the country club in 1984! Also the Sunset strip clubs were the great times! Cheers

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@Thelearner1000 They sure were! I wish someone had video of those shows!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@jasonsargent5030 Epic memories of these Racer X shows!

[@jmluna86jl]

Racer X and Cacophony were my jams back in middle school. My uncle gave some old guitar player magazine's; I had the Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen issues. i used to see the ads for shrapnel records behind the cover, i downloaded some songs off of kazaa and they blew my teenage mind away. from that day forward i knew i had to shred!! Thanks for posting this!! i really wish i had been born a little earlier for only this reason.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Well, you have KZbin at least. I will keep posting shred videos in the highest quality I can convert them. Thanks for watching mine 😉

[@bobravenscraft5376]

When I was 15 Eddie was 24. Problem back then only thing anyone knew 1 bar chord and pentatonic. Those born about mid 80s have much more I got licks No speed lol

[@raihans.d.8810]

That tone is soooooooopo goooooooodddd

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Yeah, I think so too. I believe this show was the Ampeg v4 head and ADA MP1 Pre amp, in case you didn’t know. Cheers!

[@raihans.d.8810]

@@MarkKirbyMusic wow, okey, nice... Thanks dude!!

[@johnnymoraes23]

Yep. And yes, it do sound like the ADA MP-1. Have you heard of Brandon Ellis? Gtr player for Black Dahlia Murder? Whenever he plays with the MP-1, on his Instagram account, he sounds so much like Bruce. Still gonna have one of those.

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

A true guitar master and guitar God.

[@hensoakira]

Paul got the classical excellence and Bruce got the groove

[@hilalabbas]

Scary. What a great talent.

[@johndrake2729]

Dope, man! Love the tone.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

It’s so good…

[@udontsaywhat3617]

what a performance, such a guitar hero

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Udont Saywhat I agree! I feel he is underrated in the land of other guitar heroes. Thanks for watching!

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I have great memories of Chuck Landis' Country Club in the 80s. One time the popular band (locally popular at the time), Warrant, opened up for Racer X there. I liked hearing Bruce Bouillet's guitar solo during "Scarified." I don't know how he & Paul Gilbert could play such an outrageous song live, and pick all those notes, but they did! 🎸

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

The picking on Scarified is so good! Thanks for watching. 👍🏼

[@Cantstandtherock]

Dude, totally bad ass!

[@fig1115]

up in my top 3 fav live solos spot eddie being the king

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

That’s awesome of you to say! I’ll tell Bruce.

[@ronalcuricastaneda9969]

awesome

[@johnedgar9817]

Bruce and Paul are great guitarists in thier own right. Juan and Scott are a great musicians too ..

[@qwertyzxcv123]

I just wish Bruce was able to get out of PG's shadow. He is a very talented and overly underated guitarist - like Vinnie Moore.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

I agree, that’s why I like to promote him here on KZbin, he deserves more recognition. More coming!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@Perry Helion yup, you had Extreme Volume. Thanks for watching!

[@mikem4162]

I did get to see bruce play with Paul at g3. When Paul was doing his get out of my yard record. I never really followed bruce, does he have solo stuff? Vinnie Moore is my favorite player along with Tony macalpine. It is crazy though I see a lot of shred videos, virtuoso videos that always seem to forget them. Even though they were out right after yngwie. Yngwie, paul, Steve vai, satriani get mentioned a lot. IMO t-mac and the Vin man are the best. And they've each put out so many songs and records of in different styles incorporating different genres. Steve Morse is great too.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@mikem4162 Hi Mike! Yeah I’m crazy about T-Mac and Vinnie Moore too :) You should check out Bruce Bouillet’s solo album, “The Order of Control”, it’s truly amazing!!

[@davidmora7176]

I've got Bruce's "Backstage Pass" VHS instructional video on Progressive hard rock guitar. Great stuff

[@danielspangler8358]

Check out Bruce's playing with a band called The Scream. The album is titled Let It Scream.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

I have. 👍🏼 It’s a great rock album! Everyone should give it a listen. “Outlaw”, “Man in the Moon”, lots of great tunes.

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Great tunes and he rips it up good. I think Eddie Kramer engineered that album.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@davejohnsonmusic Yes, he did. 👍🏼

[@Somechilldiude]

@@MarkKirbyMusic I met the singer for the second album of the scream . Billy fogarty . My favorite song from that album was “another rock”

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@Somechilldiude I have that 💿. It’s very rare! That’s cool you met him. I’ll listen to that song again.

[@lovrobrlobus7352]

Master

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@SamaelVR]

I wish I could get one of the pink guitars they had from back in the day

[@ericstandefer9138]

Paul just auctioned it off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5ean3xmaNyFjcU

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I think Ibanez still makes those models. Or try Ebay.

[@ZeFrenchiestFry69420]

Ibanez never made a production model of the Iceplorer if I'm not mistaken. KnE guitars would likely make you a clone of the shape

[@たらこ-w4f]

great‼️

[@mikedelmont1328]

One of the best players on the planet for sure

[@rjc7289]

I actually discovered Bruce through The Scream -- the band he had with ex Motley Crue singer John Corabi. They put out this one album on Hollywood Records called Let It Scream. That was a great album start to finish, but unfortunately was The Scream's only musical output. Would've loved to hear more material from them.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

They actually made a second album, but it was totally different with a different lead singer....

[@aliendroneservices6621]

John Corabi founded *_The Scream_* with Bruce, Juan Alderete, and Scott Travis. He left to join Mötley Crüe. So, he wasn't ex-Crüe when he was in *_The Scream._*

[@lancerx1759]

Talas in the East & Racer X in the West those were the Days

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Exactly! I saw Talas one time in L.A., Billy was on fire. 🔥

[@chrischoir3594]

Talas broke up before Racer X even formed

[@lancerx1759]

@@chrischoir3594 Racer X formed in "84" and Talas was Still together recording until "85" when Sheehan left to play for David Lee Roth Not that it really Matters as the DAYS alludes to an Era

[@chrischoir3594]

@@lancerx1759 Race X formed in 85 Talas brokeup in 85

[@lancerx1759]

@@chrischoir3594 Go to Reddit Gamma

[@diegojRiera]

History

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

☝️ I agree

[@davidmatela9868]

He got a Randy Rhoads sound Seen them a bunch in the 80’s Always though Bruce had something special

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Bruce liked Randy. 👍🏼

[@davidmatela9868]

@@MarkKirbyMusic RANDY WAS THE SHIT! =. Seen him in 82

[@トモヤさん福岡のギタリスト]

shred❗️🎸⚡️✨🎵

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

🤘🏼Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@heavymetal6910]

Tremendous skill and a lot nicer to listen to than one of paul's yawnfeasts

[@sleepy_druid1001]

How did bruce get that tone? It sounds like theres some modulation mixed in with distortion, like a choruse effect

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Pretty sure no chorus actually. Probably just nice reverb and subtle delay in addition to the ADA/Ampeg set up.

[@wpxd9581]

Indeed, if I’m not wrong, he used an ADA MP 1 preamp, which included some modulations

[@muhammadnoorbinrohani39]

Racer X is the best hard rock band in the world.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5mVZ5iNmMiEjZI I agree!

[@2113rush]

How did he go off the radar after Racer X ? Phenomenal player.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

He was in 2 cool bands, “The Scream” and “Epidemic”. Check out his solo album, “the order of control” from a few years back, it’s great!!

[@wakeupcanuck6763]

Grunge didn’t help.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@wakeupcanuck6763 it sure didn’t....

[@pissonemillion266]

Paul Gilbert casts a pretty big shadow.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

He developed tendinitis. But there's one accomplishment he can be proud of: winning a Grammy for producing and recording Motorhead doing "Whiplash" in 2005.

[@ajongpongba2672]

You'll know his sweep speed, scale twisting, string skipping only when you nearly learn and play. I've learnt this and played over the years n now but it still doesn't match the same as his but good to learn n used in solo playing... He is great, play then only you'll know.

[@frankvela3083]

This is the Shark Show. Did you rip this from the Racer X KZbin channel??

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Frank Vela Hi Frank, yeah, it’s the Shark show, I was actually there. Do you run the official Racer X channel? If you do, let me know if it’s OK that I have it up. If not, I can take it down or have you guys post it if you would like. I did some color correction in final cut and remastered the audio in logic, just for myself, and I was kind of happy the way it turned out, so I thought I should share it with the 🌎! Also FYI I used to take lessons from Bruce and I still know him. Let me know what you think?

[@frankvela3083]

Mark Kirby that’s cool my brother. Give credit where credit is due. I don’t run it but a good friend of mine is the one that manages the channel. I like your edits tho. Let’s chat some more you got Twitter Mark??

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@frankvela3083 Sure, sounds good. @evilmarkjo is my twitter. (mark kirby) You are probably one of the few people to get the racer x reference in my twitter name haha

[@frankvela3083]

Mark Kirby haha yes eviljoe from the infamous phone call

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Just so everyone knows, Frank and I are good friends now!

[@feelingsogood6073]

Wheres the lead guitarist from Cameo?

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Is that a band? Cameo?

[@tanner_uncut]

i had this tape back when i was a sr in hs.... Bruce solo better than Paul's.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnnymoraes23]

Always thought that too man!

[@ClassofEighty2]

I was there center balcony. Warrant opened the show, so I was interested to hear a band that had just been "signed". Warrant was god awful. The music business is cruel in that Warrant made more money the Racer did. Bruce (inspired and fueled by PG) was an inspiring player back then. It was sad when PG left for Mr Big, but it had to happen.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

I was there too. Everything you said was spot on!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Check out the racer x fan page on Facebook, we are all there.

[@johnbedinghaus2390]

I was also there!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

@@johnbedinghaus2390 Thanks for watching John!

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I remember when Warrant was on stage, with brand new equipment, celebrating their record signing. They didn't have half the talent of Racer X, and I thought they were arrogant.

[@48sunshine78]

自分ポールより好きだったわ…。

[@DS-on2bb]

I think he is even better than Paul Gilbert

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Yep blows Paul away. Paul is predictable. Sweep skip etc. Bruce takes a sometimes boring phrase and keeps expanding. My kinda guitarist

[@wayansugiantha9817]

PG more clean and the note defintion was better also speed..but its ok..

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Isn't Racerx. A solo

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

True, but it is during a Racer X show 🤘🏼

[@edgardtorres6162]

Paul Gilbert is the best guitarist, 👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸

[@anaran4811]

WTF 😐

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Lol, yeah, he’s good! Thanks for watching. 🎸

[@anaran4811]

@@MarkKirbyMusic He is! Very impressive, Thanks for uploading!