We played GOJIRA in front of our SCHOOL.... (Flying Whales COVER)

[@MichaelBerra]

If you guys are interested......feel free to check out more from this performance! THE FULL SET - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIubZ2CmZayAm80 Flying Whales - BASS CAM - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aILTha1neq2oa7s Flying Whales - DRUM CAM - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqrEn6qXma2anrc AERIALS - System of a Down COVER - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6fGl3x7msyMkJY WAR? System of a Down COVER - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXuXqmSIjZJ0itU

[@brianmanden]

SAILOR !! Oooops ... SLAYER !! #RockOn

[@Duct_Tape_Boyz]

Awesome job you guys killed it! 🤘

[@brandonquillen6538]

Not bad. Maybe don't open with a bass solo next time. Almost lost me before you got started

[@seanlinton1971]

​@@brandonquillen6538If you don't know that bass solo you shouldn't be here.

[@brandonquillen6538]

@@seanlinton1971 I know it and was a boring way to start a show. A bass solo is for intermission. If you don't know how to properly organize a show, you shouldn't comment.

[@noahlindqvist1380]

I love the random guy in the start that just shouts “SLAYER!!!”

[@MichaelBerra]

SLAYER 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Alexilehio]

SLAYER🤘🤘🤘

[@Mr_Egg04]

SLAYER 🤘 🤘 *Uhh.. maybe.*

[@huntzzio]

SLAYER 🤘

[@KulanIII]

SLAYER

[@escherpainting8622]

That drummer's going to make someone's band very happy one day.

[@burtknighten4438]

Thats what evwryone used to say about my vocals. I sell insurance. Music rarely buys pampers.

[@throwawaydude3470]

Why not this band

[@Theonly_Onyx]

​@@J4CKMUSIC06 that's not how it works Jack 😂

[@Bridges94]

​@@burtknighten4438 There's allways demand for drummers, and he is insane to be in high school. Finding a job in a band as a singer is harder because very few chose a leader they don't know. Also the bar keeps getting higher and higher for metal singers. Now a days you have to literally sound like a demon alligator during the breakdown or an angel during the chorus. Idk man, I also used to sing and I had a pretty accurate Max Cavalera, but that's not enough for todays standard.

[@karlokarloo4658]

​@@Bridges94i know like 4 drummers and they are all in atleast 3 bands. Finding a drummer was so hard for me and my friend that he just decided to pick them up instead lmao

[@Aurum_Alternative]

STARTING OFF WITH CLIFF BURTONS BASS SOLO IS A HELL OF A WAY TO OPEN. Hell yeah

[@paddor]

You mean base solo, take one?

[@logan15ish]

@@paddor Hell Ya lmao

[@sireffortlessgarbage7922]

Gojira covers at school gotta be one of my favorite genres of video

[@Jam-J-Rambo]

Hello fellow D.R.I. fan

[@Venteblack1]

SAMEEE

[@cyceryx]

THERE ARE MORE????

[@D_aro]

@@cyceryx yep

[@cyceryx]

@@D_aro WHERE

[@jonnybroomhead]

You guys seriously lucked out with that drummer. Finding drummers that solid in high-school is tough.

[@The-Roofie-Timelapse]

Step one: go to band room Step two: get a drummer to smoke weed for the first time Step three: enjoy

[@Benjamin-om3ih]

​@@The-Roofie-Timelapseweed no good for being a good musician. Play sober in my experience

[@The-Roofie-Timelapse]

@@Benjamin-om3ihnah homey weed is like an xp multiplier in call of duty except for your guitar, but again it depends on what you want from your instrument. I just wanna vibe and get the cobwebs outta my brain, don’t care for having next techneek or look cool, I just wanna make chuggin noises with my fuzzes and octave pedals and play my acoustic and cry until I go to sleep

[@RandysRides]

@@Benjamin-om3ih Weed is awesome for writing and discovering new licks...terrible to be on stage after smoking. lol

[@garyclarke9557]

I disagree his meter sucks

[@headlessandscreaming]

Shoutout to the part time sound guy who worked at a high school, and made this old school Yamaha rig sound tight. There's no reason this should have punch or balance lol.

[@MichaelBerra]

Sooo real funny story but he is extremely famous! (In the sound world) Forget his name but he wrote music and did sound for the world cup! Crazy incredible guy and really fun to work with

[@mattressfour20]

​@@MichaelBerra Still waiting for the real funny story...

[@m4lakian]

@@mattressfour20😐

[@bobbyvandyke143]

Pretty gay

[@CodyCockyote7046]

​@@mattressfour20jokes on you

[@Gxvin]

why is no one talking about the amazing rendition of anesthesia at the start and how dude prepared everyone for the bass solo just like james did with cliff RIP Cliff Burton 1962-1986

[@darkroot_]

fr

[@CynHicks]

Being 47 and growing up on metal it was immediately noticed by me.

[@Gxvin]

@@CynHicks I know, I could just feel anesthesia coming and I went to the comments and there was 1 guy who mentioned it. I had to say something

[@Burtlocker]

Guy below you literally did this 4 days earlier.

[@padraigther0b0t]

First thought was “This isn’t Gojira…” awesome way to open!

[@elsalmon_]

Congrats to the bass player from a Metallica fan since 1987. The torch still burning! METAL FOREVER!

[@KyleMillerRocks]

Fingerstyle too! Cliff shines down on us all

[@BKOneOneSix]

Yeah that solo was top tier cover. Bravo

[@Nick18996]

Anesthesia pulling teeth 🤘

[@holymemoli]

Gotta end it with "that was flying whales by Gojira...anyway here's Wonderwall" really blow everyone's mind 😂

[@davidg1612]

And then you actually play it ...perfectly. Guaranteed to throw everybody off. Lol

[@ilikevideos4868]

Reminds me of the time when in our school one band played YYZ by Rush in front of the whole school. Many were confused about that kind of music

[@MichaelBerra]

I actually used yyz as one of the songs to audition with these guys! Most of us are HUGE rush fans 😂 but that was the main reason why we skipped out the vocals! No need to scare everyone LOL We also thought that the vocals would be very hard to cover well and didn't want to ruin the performance completely by doing botched vocals.....

[@Jj06950]

CLIFF🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@CarlosHernandez-bp4ul]

The world needs to be taught about Gojira music. It is an art. Heavy metal art. I was skeptical about you being able to play it, but it was great! Great drums, bass and guitars.

[@TheDarkMannLXIX]

Neil Peart is one of my all favorite time drummers

[@Codydrummer1397]

Did you go to my high school? Lol My bass player did this in high school with another drummer we went to school with lol

[@TheHjulius]

The drumming is totally insane!!! 😲

[@MichaelBerra]

Thank you so much 🙏 🤘

[@rudstar64]

I agree, awesome performance

[@semihboz3166]

You clearly don't know abything about the drums. He butchered many fills

[@rudstar64]

@@semihboz3166maybe… But they’re just young and having some fun lol

[@semihboz3166]

@@rudstar64 of course! I have no problem with that. It's still a great job but drumming is not insane. Just normal

[@cameronj6161]

I feel like any proper member of the audience would’ve responded to a string breaking during the middle of a performance saying, “YEAH! THAT’S METAL AS FUCK!”

[@MichaelBerra]

Only right way to play any Gojira song 🤘🤘

[@cameronj6161]

@@MichaelBerra Damn right! 🤘🎸

[@andrewtucker2782]

This is proof that musicians get better every generation. in 2007, I would be astonished if a band played flying whales. great job my dudes.

[@mastojira6561]

Aside from the Cliff Solo,, that bass tone for Flying Whales was fucking perfect in my opinion.

[@gurjotsingh8631]

Ikr

[@thierry18]

Spector basses always sound amazing, even the "entry level" models like his NS Pulse 2

[@cyceryx]

the dude who yelled "SLAYER!!!!!" is my spirit animal

[@maureenwagg5305]

I really hope Gojira sees this. They will love it. Fantastic job, boys!

[@stinkyrat758]

That bass player is living my dream ; a ; I played in Jazz band in high school back in the 2000s as a singer, but I always wanted to join a band and do Hysteria by Muse. This was so wholesome

[@sarafisher5502]

I've been a metalhead for 30+ years, and seeing kids get into it and play it SO well warms my heart. You guys are awesome!

[@huntzzio]

Anesthesia- Pulling Flying Whales by Mejira

[@thehangingcloud2168]

Missed opportunity for Gorjallica 😂

[@shryggur]

​@@thehangingcloud2168 and their hit Flying Teeth

[@srennnnnn]

and lets fucking appreciate that mighty PRIMITIVE MAN longsleeve that bass guy wears, my dudes

[@Napalmthrower]

Was stoked to see that. Other young dudes with really good taste actually exist lol.

[@K.J.734]

I've been a Gojira fan for over 2 decades (I'm 63 now)& I think your choice to play Flying Whales (at a school concert) was friggen great. Nice job! Keep on educating the masses, my Dudes. I have a feeling that we'll be hearing a lot more of you guys in the no-so-distant future. ❕️🤟🐻‍❄️🍻❕️

[@lacenaire7946]

First hour french Gojira fan here : you effing rock it good. My second favorite song if all time and you make it LOUDER !

[@FlipperWolf]

Y'all are very good like for real, but the bassist and the drummer are going PLACES. We'll definitely hear more from them in the future I'm sure, especially the drummer, he's already almost at a pro level

[@MichaelBerra]

Thank you for the such kind words....means the world to us 🙏🤘🤘

[@Lead_EaterNA]

Reminds me of when my friends and I played Slayer - Raining Blood as part of a music assessment where we had to set up the sound system and get all the levels right etc... We were planning on playing a different song and were just playing Raining Blood as a rehearsal and our teacher told us to play that instead 😂 it was awesome! This high school was very much a non-metal-friendly school but we actually got a standing ovation from them all (definitely did not expect that) keep killing it fellas!

[@Metalandstuff]

The bass player is on another level...he really add that 80s metal thing into Gojira . The whole band is great ...tight and very close ..but those days , it's not common whit a bass player, that takes so much space in metal. Anasteshia/ Pulling Teeth as an intro , that is brilliant 🤘🤘🤘

[@ayden_sc0tt]

That is one of the CLEANEST plays of pulling teeth I've ever seen anyone do, bass player is absolutely insane

[@fullerstudent]

This is the heart of metal. Just a bunch of dudes with long hair jamming out after school. Much love from an old timer

[@jobe13]

All four guys were awesome, but that damn bass player blew me away. The way he held his plucking hand during Anesthesia reminded me so much of Cliff Burton. Well done, guys.

[@chrism711]

Automatic thumbs up for the guy playing bass with his fingers!!

[@PhantomGHOSTProd]

Like always, drummer and bassist locked in while guitarists are having all the fun lmao

[@retroxify]

I did some light touring in my younger days as the bass player for a couple of metal bands and I was always prepared to rip out Anesthesia when a guitarist inevitably had to change a broken string in the middle of a set. Always had that Boss HM-2 and a wah in my fx chain ready to go just in case and they sure as hell got plenty of use! Great job, hope all you guys keep kicking ass!

[@Hockeydad90]

Amazing Anesthesia cover! Love that you paid homage to Cliff!

[@headrushG33K]

your school and staff deserve a round of applause! I graduated in 2016 and our school staff wouldn't even allow playing Beatles, a public school in US lol. My hat is off to you guys and to the school staff, you rocked it ans I really wish I got a chance to perform in front of my school, living my dream! :)

[@kmbmakz3]

Nailed “Anesthesia!” You guys SHRED. Keep it up! This gives me hope for the future

[@slapp3r439]

that intro drum and bass groove will never not be heat

[@rbnh9827]

I was in High School not tooo long ago. But I imagined but you guys lived it. Playing friggin Gojira in front of your school is must have been coool.

[@stevel2064]

I also played Gojira covers in high school with my band 15 years ago. Glad to see today’s youth appreciates some good metal haha.

[@calebbliss8626]

great job y’all. All you guys need is now is a vocalist.

[@bjjbrawler1]

I see what u did there!

[@zoomerjack5435]

I heard James La Brie has enough time.

[@Dieterbe]

​@@zoomerjack5435good idea. Let's get labrie out of DT

[@thegrimreaper1991]

I’ve been playing bass nearly 30 years now, you boys did a great job. You are all very talented. The work between the drummer and bass is awesome. You are a great unit, keep going boys I’m sure you will get there in the end.

[@williamboyle8918]

Just turned 55, starting playing metal drums in 1983. This makes me so happy to see !. Went to a local club show when Gojira opened for LOG. . Never been more blown away by any band that I had zero knowledge of. Mario !!!!

[@jdz4255]

Broken string and still played like a champ! Good job guys keep it up!

[@MichaelBerra]

Only right way to play flying whales.....gotta break a string!

[@Jj06950]

YES MORE YOUNG METAL HEADS🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Jj06950]

I’m a young metal head to guys

[@potatotaxi]

Right here 🤘

[@Jj06950]

@@potatotaxi FUCK YEAH 🤘

[@tacosalpaxtor]

Bass and drums are the mvps! Solid rhythm section!

[@MojoTheWarDog]

bassist is spot the fuck on during flying whales. greatjob. drummer is locked

[@TertorForss]

This was great! The bass solo/intro was awesome. When we played at their age we sucked so much and it was normal, younger people these days are insanely good lol.

[@theroberts9572]

I don't know who the flying whales are. But that sounds like Cliff Burtons Anastasia Pulling Teeth, off the jump.

[@MichaelBerra]

Came for flying whales......stayed for Cliff Burton 😂

[@noahlindqvist1380]

It’s just missing “base solo take one”

[@skroogy01]

jumped straight to the comments when i heard it lol

[@chadashley1434]

It's gojira

[@peteredwards2318]

Flying Whales is a song by Gojira that makes up the majority of the video, and its not a bad rendition of it, I must say😁. The first thing you hear though, is indeed Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), by Cliff Burton of Metallica.

[@reinhardt6217]

Metallica and Gojira?! EPIC GUYS!

[@escherpainting8622]

as soon as I heard "he's going to do an awesome solo for you guys" I immediately knew what was coming. Sick.

[@robbythunder6386]

Pulling teeth!!!! Nice work 👊😎 - oh and I definitely love gojira! Well played gentlemen 🤘

[@rossturner7281]

A group of friends rocking out to an anthem without a care, love this! 🤘

[@leviathansky7188]

Awesome! Holy smokes! Good job! Great to see young metalheads with so much talent n passion.

[@thecloverit]

dang! you guys are KILLING IT! specially on the drums, absolute madlads!!!

[@zeag7187]

Man I wish our school did stuff like this too! And if we did, Id definetely want to hear some metal. You guys are so talented too, amazing!

[@chiquicat1]

Haha love it what a nightmare for the 90% of kids in the room that likely are into mainstream music 😂😂🤘🤘🤘

[@potatotaxi]

We need to lock pop fans in a room with the meshuggah discography until they come out speaking solely in the word "djönt" and with the dead eyes of someone who has been exposed to a lethal dose of riff

[@throwawaydude3470]

@@potatotaxiyou will all listen to bleed on repeat until you stop saying gyaaat

[@dopey473]

Totally did not expect an Anesthesia cover on top of that, awesome shit guys

[@setutexyt7143]

not a huge fane of gojira, but this cover to me is phenomenal, the live performance too. The instruments are mixed so well, and the timing is almost perfect! these guys kick ass definetly!

[@JiByPerony-w3p]

you guys did great ! cant stop myself to sing : "Like arrows in the sky I can't believe my eyes But it's true"

[@vitobarletta6003]

I don´t know how yt recomend me this. But guys you play it good. keep it up! Greetings from Argentina!

[@MichaelBerra]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@breigna3]

Bro, it felt so warm and amazing to see a fellow basist openning the session, pure love my brothers... You gave the place that the BASS deserves. Also... The audio tech did an amazing job in here

[@obedthejusticeschultz]

Absolutely badass! If you guys played at my highschool, you'd have at least one dedicated fan🤘

[@JustJezBeingJez]

Slaps, congrats you just made my like list which is only reserved for killer metal and killer covers.

[@JustJezBeingJez]

Sorry that sounded so condescending like you needed my approval, best of luck, you all have some great talent.

[@MichaelBerra]

@JustJezBeingJez much love 🙏 the honnor is ours!

[@Kalebsweeten]

This rules. Great job guys. 🙌

[@MichaelBerra]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Malickai-ri1xd]

Excellent production considering it's a high-school! Y'all fkn rock! You kids are going places! As a musician who has fallen into and somehow pulled myself backnout of that darkness, PLEASE stay away from the hard drugs that took so many great musical talents from us!

[@posic3073]

Wrong fucking crowd holy shit that rocked

[@maxisotelo9348]

This is great!that school is doing something right with their students xD and the bass solo just awesomeeeeeee

[@JV-rx3ov]

Incredible job, guys!! Don't ever stop.

[@MTGguiltfeeder]

This was sick!!! I’m so jealous of the quality of this video!!

[@TheNikoavella123]

What a great cover! keep it going guys!

[@PhillipHenson-p2u]

Best talent show ever is to support your school pride with some extremely intense music for students and school staff members 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@drewt.4353]

Don't think most high schoolers would know Gojira but at 4:10, it gets real!

[@bradsmith4279]

I bet this sounded amazing live because it sounds good through my phone and it was probably recorded on a phone 😂 nice work! 🤘🐋

[@DarkReturns1]

My hope for the future has grown 🤘

[@JohnnyJay881]

I saw Gojira live 2x. Once in 2022 and again in 2023. You guys are super solid! 🐳🤘Looks like our youth is gonna be just fine.......😉

[@teamnerdlife9886]

Bass player legit. With the cliff burton hair

[@jasperstuer7377]

Yall living basically every guy's dream, love to see it

[@zachsg28]

Nice stage presence for high schoolers, keep it up.

[@torchfaceglass1]

You guys are better than some local bands I've played shows with, you're on the right track, keep it up.

[@Fitz1993]

Sick cover, well done.

[@kenshinhimura3350]

From start to end : impressive! Great performance!

[@estebanegomez]

Well done guys!! Excellent version!! You rock! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@mattiaslundmark5396]

So much love for this! We all started out in our teens, these guys are killing it! ❤

[@davidupton73]

I want to see these boys do a tool cover.

[@nathanranalli2320]

That would go so hard!!Damn now I'm bummed we didn’t do a tool cover now lol

[@davidupton73]

@@nathanranalli2320 there's still time.

[@Taketruc]

I'm french, so when I see Gojira, I click

[@marios.mamiou9339]

Love you drummer boy!. ❤️🤘🏿

[@MichaelBerra]

Thank you so much 😂 🙏🤘🤘

[@thewilberforce]

God loves an amazing rhythm section. Hats off to the Bass and Drum! Everyone was doing their best. Love it.

[@ilikevideos4868]

Nice, you guys got some talent!

[@MichaelBerra]

Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Slashrockandriff]

Well done guys, you have marvelous influences ! And boy, that drummer is insane ! 🤘

[@ryanhansen7]

That bass player playing Orion gave me chills. Burton is still my favorite player of all time. Great cover.

[@urmomsaivilo4783]

I wish I had a Majesty in high school wtf 😭

[@gabrielrousseau3203]

This is exactly what I taught

[@dmitryal1645]

My school guitar was like $50 but skills were quite better . Now I have majesty7 but my skills lack.

[@nathanranalli2320]

Ya I love that guitar so much! I consider myself very fortunate to have been playing it for that show 🙏🦍

[@michaelnugent9758]

Hell yeah! You guys kicked ass! Especially for being so young! Great job, boys! 👏🏻

[@hhfamily7528]

Needs more Whales

[@xStntlcRysys]

These kids are going places for sure 🤘🫡 sick job dudes

[@Strings-jg2to]

Shouts to these kids. They know good music.

[@matthewfullerton5529]

Yo, the start of Flying Whales, the way you guys played it, kinda reminded me of KoЯn and I loved it

[@jackmoen3460]

the drummer is an absolute g

[@nzoth66]

I had a drummer like yours for a time in a band with my friends and i can say it was so good to play with someone so consistent

[@cycomiles4225]

Nice. Really hoped someone would put down some screams, it missed only vocals to be a perfect cover. It works great as instrumental piece, just goes to show how amazing gojira is.

[@MichaelBerra]

That was the original plan! The tall blonde on the right was gonna do vocals but in the days leading up to it he started to feel he was hurting his voice so we ending up only having vocals for one song in our set. Having no vocals also let us work on the instrumental aspect and really prefect it. Overall I think it was for the better......song is heavy without them.....some people don't like the screaming and the small chance that he botched the vocals it coulda ruined the song 😂

[@cycomiles4225]

@@MichaelBerra Its still a great cover, loose but tight.

[@TheMeta935]

That drummer rules but everyone does such an amazing job. You rock!!

[@biviter]

Hell yeah. I was hoping someone was going to do the vocals, but still really good regardless.