Vocal Coach REACTS - Brittany Slayes 'Queen of the Reich' (Karaoke LIVE)

After a 2017 show at Bannerman's in Edinburgh, Brittany and the band head to a karaoke bar where she breaks out the classic Queensrÿche song, Queen of the Reich and she absolutely nails it! My heart swells with pride knowing that this awesome singer is originally from my home town.
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[@douglaspage2398]

There are so many reasons this is just the epitome of cool. This was after they finished performing on stage, so she either has extreme energy and wasn't even tired, or she loves the fans so much that she did it anyway. the worst video and sound quality, and she still sounds awesome, and just the fact that they are not too stuck up to go hang out and party with the locals shows how down to earth they are. I Saw them at Trees in Dallas a couple of years ago, and did the meet and greet. I have health issues, and was not getting around well, so I was awkward and clumsy, this long haired, long bearded old man, and keeping my distance to be polite, and here cam Brittney grabbing me by the arm and telling me to get in there and not to be shy. I have never felt more welcomed by a band, and I will never forget that. This lady, and this band are definitely a class act.

[@tifosinh]

A karaoke bar system is probably the worst PA system there is and a cell phone has probably the worst mic you can imagine, and she still sounds great.

[@bradlyhenson1814]

Actually, if You know what you are doing you can Set Up an Awesome PA for Karaoke but it will Cost you a Pretty Penny. ;D Some Karaoke Host have Learned this the Hard Way and soon it Pays for it's Self.

[@MandoMonge]

Fun fact, all men in that bar got pregnant the moment she held that first note

[@ryanhalien8468]

Geoff Tate was a huge influence on her, and you can hear it in alotta their songs, the spirit of his voice lives on in her, she’s amazing. You can hear so many of the all time greats in her, Geoff Tate, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, the beautiful woman is carrying the flame those guys lit, I couldn’t be more into it

[@AGDinCA]

Did you hear that interview with her where she actually says that Geoff Tate is (as in currently) her mentor. How rockin is that?!

[@ryanhalien8468]

@@AGDinCA I actually hadn’t seen that, that’s very very cool

[@jeffk1482]

Brittney's LITERAL "hold my beer!" moment.

[@roadgatorgraphics]

She must be recognized as one of the best Power Metal singers on the planet! Love me some Brittney Slayes! She is awesome!

[@Onordsve]

Brittney Slayes IS the Queen of the Reich !

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

...why is that a good thing exactly?

[@rolandjuhos4179]

Her name is still Brittney, NOT Brittany smh...

[@toddshane3329]

LoL 😂😂 I have no doubt 🤣🤣 I'm in love with her

[@hayleywatson3389]

Her talent is mindblowing! I always get a kick out of watching what most would consider a "throw-away performance". Unreal!

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

What an honor for the people of that bar, getting a free performance from this metal godess! they are not worthy!

[@Ejb5154]

You should see her sing opera. It’s unbelievable.

[@aj_5339]

My favorite part is how obvious it is that she's absolutely hammered in everything but her singing

[@RandyTenvoorde]

Anyone mention how lucky they were to run into a bar that had Queen of the Riech on their karaoke setup? Pretty frickin' cool!

[@234i9]

You can have every song now lol.. we have the internet you know..

[@Phoenix12157]

What’s funny is apparently she was pretty drunk when she went up there. :). And to be able to sing like that.... lol. Imagine having to follow up after that. nah. Nope.

[@mn6334]

Drunk and immediately after playing a full show.

[@ImDembe]

Alot of musicians have preformed drunk, it's nothing new. Singing this after a show is kind of nice to find energy for it and since she dosn't lose her vocals she takes care of her voice.

[@MrKoolaidjam]

@@ImDembe If only people saw how drunk Dimebag Darrel used to be on stage and play stuff flawlessly

[@ImDembe]

@@MrKoolaidjam Not only drunk, don't know about Dimebag but alot of rockers did alot of stuff back in the day. Like some talkshow host asked Steven Tyler how much he payed for drugs during hi career :D he said easy 2mil $.

[@MrKoolaidjam]

@@ImDembe yeah Steven Tyler was wild. Dime was notorious for downing a bottle of jack backstage before the show and drinking more during the show and still killing it

[@EbizzerHH]

I am so extremely happy that someone is looking at this! Anybody wants to go to the stage after Brittney? No... why? Because she SLAYES! ^^

[@just.some.dud3]

Supposedly, this was after the last show of the whole tour. Brittany is well known for not partying or anything like that while touring. So after this last show they went to a local club to hang out with fans and she had a few beers and did some karaoke. :)

[@AlterSchwedeWieGeil]

Awesome! I think I've recommended this one on your Channel. I've waited for a vocal coach to react to this for an eternity 😁 I think it's just amazing how good she sounds even in this environment

[@darquemode1165]

Me too! Been suggesting it whenever I see a vocal coach react to Unleash the Archers.... Crappy bar karaoke PA... Drunk lead singer after 2 hour set... Amazing performance anyway!

[@EbizzerHH]

Hallo hallo hallo... ich auch! ;)

[@madjock-hy7th]

I am Scottish and I approve of your impression of Scottish folk!😁 You are correct, recorded on a phone with her only having the kareoke mike and she still sounds fantastic! Cheers for doing this!

[@michaeldavid3000]

lol... at the end.. she picks up her beer...let the drinking commence!!!!!

[@darquemode1165]

She earned that drink!

[@logankerlee]

@@darquemode1165 Without a doubt, she did! She was amazing!

[@iDEATH]

Well, I mean, she is Canadian. No beer left behind, eh?

[@laudanum669]

Next up is Ken he's gonna be singing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline".

[@evantarracciano4211]

Not only did she absolutely MURDER this song, but she was HAMMERED when she did this. #FingLegend Could you imagine being the poor bastard that would be on stage to follow this up?

[@LojakZeRo]

Imagine going out to the pub for some drinks and Karaoke with friends and someone like Brittany Slayes gets up on stage. I'm not one for celebrity worship but I'm pretty sure I'd be giddy as a schoolboy, lol.

[@darquemode1165]

So glad you're reacting to this! I am not a fan of karaoke, but I think I may actually pay to see her do a night of karaoke! Brittney Slayes indeed!

[@christopherscottdempwolf5759]

She also sang opera (Brindisi?) With a friend over skype this past weekend that is awesome. There is a youtube video out there.

[@logankerlee]

Mind linking that in a comment on here please? I'd love to check it out! :)

[@jotiedeman9460]

That was Fang from Lords of the Trident she sang with, pretty impressive and fun too.

[@christopherscottdempwolf5759]

@@logankerlee kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnFYXqMbrV6opY

[@logankerlee]

@@christopherscottdempwolf5759 Thanks!

[@Deaz75]

YES! I just saw that. Quite impressive!

[@MrZachariahbud]

Keep up the awesome work!! Love Brittany Slays!!!

[@DogmaBeoulve]

She is also just ridiculously cute in those glasses - I love it!

[@DRouwnt]

You have to do Brittney Slayes sings Opera Brindis with Lords of the Trident

[@leobarzi]

Ken you´re the best!!!!! Please promove Unleash the Archers ever time that you can, because they´re the Best Band of World today!!!! Great Hug, Leo (Brazil)

[@cheesepie72]

I wish more people would react to this video, it's so amazing!

[@BillWood2791]

Yes Ken, she has done this before. They did this song as a cover on their album Apex

[@Eigenfrequenz]

I appreciate your sincere/honest (sorry no native speaker) words around minute 10-11. Seemed like seeing the real Ken Lavigne who is having a hard time as we all do.

[@Tdub0911]

Have you done the Take Hold Of The Flame live video yet? Talk about voices, holy crap. Back in the day they were known as the Bellevue Boys (local nickname just outside Seattle). Knew about them right off the bat and loved their first album immediatley.

[@themadmattster9647]

One of the best modern day bands and singers

[@beckyleavitt7808]

She is just amazing. So impressed with her.

[@Gretchen_G]

Agreed! This is a slice of awesomeness.

[@mn6334]

The whole band did a version but it's only available as a special bonus track on the Japanese version of their album Apex. I've only seen it as a fan upload here on youtube.

[@garygkc21]

We 💘 Brittany!!

[@sylbaryn]

Cant believe you reacted to this. I love it but also makes me sad that they visit my home town of Edinburgh and played a wee totsy venue then went to a karaoke bar for fun and games...and I wasn't there.

[@prids296]

This is one of my favorite songs and was added as a extra bonus track to the Japanese release of Apex, great cover of a great song.

[@garygkc21]

Awesome we love you Brittany!!!!!

[@CosmicKristen]

Can you imagine having to follow up that at a karaoke bar? I still can’t believe she did that after performing a live Unleash the Archers set.

[@loot5532]

Queensryche is one of Brittney's influences in style

[@ericgaudet4497]

Great job with your reaction to A Karaoke Version of Queen of The Reich Done By Brittany Slayes . Just like Her last Name she Slad this Song .

[@everettcarroll7428]

and right after a concert too

[@earthlastdaybiblechannel]

great reaction

[@jorgengabrielsson6660]

I see Brittney.. i press like🥰👍🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@donnilloyd1355]

I would have HATED hearing that if I was up next. ROFLMMFAO!!! She KILLED IT!!!

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

In the dead of night She'll come and take you away Searing beams of light and thunder Over blackened plains She will find her way Flying high through the night She will hide your fate As she takes your soul from under And the blinding light of the castle fades There is no escape It's the ending of your precious life Your soul slipped away It belongs to the Queen of the Reich The Queen of the Reich Yeah she's coming for you You're fading away Your life cast astray A victim the beast shall obtain The light will not shine For you'll die tonight at her shrine And black is the last thing you'll see Over and over Dreams of dying fill your head It's the sign of the cross That you'll find ahead No one will answer The light is fading away Captive souls are screaming out in pain There is no escape It's the ending of your precious life Your soul slipped away It belongs to the Queen of the Reich You're fading away, no, no, no The Queen of the Reich You're slipping away, yeah The Queen of the Reich

[@jasonfisher8529]

Love Brittany and UtA, but I also have a fun karaoke story. My aunt is an excellent soprano, got her Master degree in voice, and after her wedding (c. 1991), we all went to a tiny dive bar in Wisconsin ... where she got up on stage with the karaoke machine and just KILLED several 70s and 80s classics. The regulars, the bar flies, were all of the opinion that, yeah, NO ONE was going up there after her!

[@ragingstorm79]

You need to check Brittney out on Power Metal Opera Battles doing Brindisi from La Traviata from a few days ago!

[@TUBBYMAXX]

Love Your reaction Coach !!!! If You want to see a side of Brittney that will absolutely Blow You away ..... "Metal Opera Battle #4" I sooo can't wait to see Your reaction to this Amazing piece !!!!! Cheers !!!! (please keep in mind that this performance was done over Skype so there is a "slight glitchy -ness" to it).... But none the less..... Purely Incredible !!!!

[@KenLavigne]

Great suggestion, I am intrigued and will definitely check it out.

[@johnmorgan7262]

Hold my Beer - ah never mind, I will just put it here... Just a minute....

[@23skidoo46]

check out Queensryche version of this song live in Tokyo version. amazing vocals from Tate.

[@carlosarchuleta62]

I adore her

[@bradlyhenson1814]

I have Blown Mics at Karaoke Bars. LOL I have been Singing for 30 Years. I always Warn the Karaoke Host ahead of Time or Bring my Own Mic just in case.

[@safarfsaf]

This was after a full set. She already sang their entire concert.

[@KenLavigne]

Amazing!

[@CyriltheWolfmusic]

I definitely feel the ache man... I wanna play out again so bad. Livestream performances just don't get you there

[@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245]

Early QUEENSRYCHE!! CLASSIC SONG done well!! Just appreciate "The metal"mwahahahahaha"!!! 🤟🤟🤟

[@VorAbaddon]

Great vid, Love UTA and Brittney slays as always! To your note of "She sounds like she's done this song before!" they actually did a full cover for their album's Japanese-release Bonus Track (there's a reason that Japanese albums have bonus tracks regularly, but I don't recall the details someone else gave out once as to why). I've linked the full band version below in case you wanted to listen to her pull it off without a crappy karaoke setup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZKyZpWXmN5jnMk

[@AlxThSeal]

You HAVE to check out *Spiritbox - Constance* music video, you won't regret it!!

[@richardmick8918]

Her and the band did do a cover of the song also

[@Elviolli]

Dude, I'm a regular at the Hillside Boston Pizza. Come on in sometime and if I see you I'll buy ya a beer...these reactions are great! Cheers :)

[@crabuki1273]

I am such a mark for the alliteration exclamation gimmick I disappoint myself. "Satan's Spacklehall?" Dammit, I laughed at the typed version, too. :-)

[@tomwisniewski8988]

They actually did a recorded version of this on the Japanese version of their Apex album.

[@TheStefan6969]

🤘🤘❤🤘🤘😁✌🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Brittney is just so fantastic!!!!!!!

[@Triskaan]

Yeah. Britney rules.

[@GhostEye31]

I still get a kick out of her taking her glasses off so she can headbang/swing her hair around only to then put them back on so she can read the lyrics haha.

[@dasbroetchen3398]

Hi, WOW COOL. I've been waiting a long time for someone doing that reaction (thumbs up). She is absolutely amazing. I heard of them (Unleash the archers) a few month ago. And what should I say. Now I'm listening to them every day. She is a great singer and all the band members are great musicians. I know you did a few songs, but If you still want more.... She has also done a "little online opera performance" with "Lords Of the Trident" (Brindisi) -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnFYXqMbrV6opY

[@xedgeforeverx]

God I just love her so much

[@Voldrani]

What a queen. Especially that she even knows this song. It also shows you how awesome Geoff Tate was since he wrote it and sand it in the same register. (Other than the first high note:)

[@iakirov]

Did you realize she's wearing the same outfit she does in your previous video on them, the "Awakening" one?

[@isaiahwelch8066]

What I love about this song? Unleash the Archers loved Brittney's karaoke rendition so much, they made their own cover of it. How awesome is that!? 🤘🤘 @Ken Lavigne: By the way, I have to ask: What would you think if Brittney and Unleash the Archers did a cover of Iron Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name, like Bruce Dickinson sang it, in 1982? Because I think Brittney, pun intended, would outright _slay_ it.

[@jacekjackson6903]

Greetings. Ken you are fun guy. Try Northweast Passage first acustic and then normal. I don't sure but I think it is power metal ballade.

[@mattgraham2835]

thats pretty bad ass she killed that nice it'll get quite a few views im sure

[@DutchmanX69]

just a quick song suggestion. Constance by Spiritbox, such a beautifully heavy song.

[@jeffjensen8]

Welp.. I'm in love

[@logankerlee]

This performance is why I enjoy going to shows. Watching artists perform for fun and to see them just enjoy themselves onstage all while kicking ass and taking names. Yes, I understand that this wasn't a show performance. It's just done incredibly well! Thanks Ken for posting your reaction to this! I really enjoyed it. :)

[@philippkater8928]

Hey! I would Love to See you react to Till Lindemann - Knebel!

[@splex0007]

5:50 I mean if it´s Angus McFife than he could maybe head to head singing with her :D

[@bahadirbirsoz]

Hey, I've been watching your reactions for a while. I strongly suggest cem köksal blood on blood live in bursa 2005. Murat İlkan was the lead singer back then. He is a very well trained voice and i think he will amaze you :)

[@KenLavigne]

I will add them to the list for sure, Thanks for the comment!

[@stoneysopranoyukon9398]

🤘🔥🤘

[@tarinindell8217]

You should listen to her cover "Zombie" by The Cranberries

[@pamf.3290]

Ken ⭐ PLEASE !!!! Do a reaction to UtA's video of "Faster Than Light". It's hysterical & really shows the band's great sense of humour. PLEASE, AGAIN!!

[@robertlarson2506]

That was fucking impressive!!!

[@sleepydragonzarinthal3533]

...when you're born OVER 9000!!!

[@Poolokas]

Hey, its me again! Can you react to Chris Cornell 'Nothing compares 2 U' or a little piece from this video "Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers live at Artists Den? Chris Cornell was a master! R.I.P

[@gwaptiva]

Not understanding a single word is quite a common reaction when you're among Edinbuggers

[@stevevacek5155]

You need to check out Moriah Formica's cover of I Remember You by Skid Row (Live acoustic Version) it is incredible!

[@Dollaroz]

Hi Ken, do you have a Patreon or somewhere we can request? I’d love to see you react to Deep Purple - Child in time (Live 1970)

[@AGDinCA]

Deep Purple? Oh yes, we can be besties. 🤘😁

[@ChrisPage68]

Kevin??! 😋

[@Dollaroz]

@@AGDinCA another person who appreciates such awesomeness! 👏🏻

[@Dollaroz]

@@ChrisPage68 Ken*** lmao 🤣

[@isaacbobjork7053]

The bar owner probably sold the karaoke machine after that. No one can go up there after that

[@GabrielGomes-ms6ux]

Please! React to Angra, "Running Alone"! PLLLZZZZZ

[@EternaIWait]

Imagine having to go up after that.

[@MrJapanApan]

Dirty Loops - Breakdown. Do it!

[@r3cy]

unless it's changed, 'Opium' isn't a karaoke bar, it the local metal bar/club just down the road from Bannerman's (the venue they'd just played). so they might have just set this up for britney, which is hilarious.

[@ConfessorEpicness]

Dude... to understand how amazingly she actually killed it you need to listen to Geoff Tate sing it back in the day when Queensryche started.

[@regisbell1860]

You're from BC. She's from BC. Canada is awesome. We get it. email me some moose meat, maple syrup, a blackberry bold and something Wayne Gretzky touched in passing.

[@fireshadowed]

Brittney Slayes sings opera with Lords of the Trident: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnFYXqMbrV6opY

[@alexandresantoro6246]

Check the SOAD cover made by Halocene, "Toxicity". You won't regret ;)

[@sirgog]

Halocene and their related acts (the ones they do heaps of collaborations with) are all brilliant. Lauren Babic, First to Eleven, Violet Orlandi, etc.

[@alexandresantoro6246]

@@sirgog True.

[@Katolikk61]

Can you imagine being the poor sap who is called up for the next song..

[@5dstrix]

I don't even like queensryche, but I love it when she does it.