Worst guitarist ever, Henry Kaiser

Great effect for playing bad music
Henry Kaiser worst guitarist ever tag

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

"Maybe you guys arent ready for this yet..... but your kids are gonna love it"

[@donmackie6086]

Sometimes, comedy writes itself.

[@timmyisded4446]

And he was kinda right

[@kpax45]

No they think it is awful too

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

@@kpax45 not a film fan?

[@brainsplosion3000]

this is about what i am churning out with a g-10 tonight

[@dboutte36]

If this was a John Frusciante solo people would be drooling and saying how creative he is

[@CoreReactorMusic]

DUDE SO TRUE! Frusciante is literally a god to people on the internet. This reminded me so much of some niandra ladies stuff with that crazy tone

[@johnstamosfan9917]

@@CoreReactorMusic exactly the first thing I thought too

[@georgedoss12.51]

@@CoreReactorMusic he is

[@lonewanderer958]

@@CoreReactorMusic he is a god, he was going thru some serious shit when he was playing like this and recorded niandra, this guy is just laughing and screwing around by the looks of it, John was actually struggling and feeling these harsh emotions that led to him playing like this, a bit different

[@milkjug7800]

@@lonewanderer958 the irony of you commenting here is incredible

[@flaviocimolin8810]

put this in a radiohead record and all of a sudden you praise it like the work of gods

[@lincolnisnamedlincoln]

fr

[@shartmaster_3000]

Fr

[@joseph2832]

God damn this is the most based comment on KZbin!

[@Subieghost]

Add a bunch of distortion and it's a Nirvana solo

[@shartmaster_3000]

@@Subieghost ong 😂😂

[@CultureFusionSite]

As most people have noted, Henry Kaiser is a well known and respected experimental guitarist. He knows exactly what he's doing.

[@lifespanofafry1534]

Just because you're aware of how you are doesn't exempt you from the reality of criticism.

[@CultureFusionSite]

And what he's doing is interesting and good.

[@lifespanofafry1534]

@@CultureFusionSite it’s definitely interesting. Not so much the good part as you say.

[@overlordrichard]

and for sure... he's not the worst guitarist ever, since I'm the worst guitarist ever...

[@BeardyGit89]

​@@CultureFusionSite You're a liar if you say this is good

[@MrPilotStunts]

Only guitarists can see just how skilled this guy is to sound simultaneously so masterful yet so off.

[@poison7512]

The thing is.. you're wrong about the first part.

[@XXjg_]

Nope.

[@Alfredo78666]

The flyin' f*ck?!

[@zildmania]

Lol sounds like a bit of a stretch, the lengths people go to just to get likes 😅

[@rickleblanc8900]

To intentionally suck is an art in itself !

[@snicklefritz8202]

This dude obviously has skill and technique, he's just creating some odd sounds that you don't hear too often but its pretty cool and unique in my opinion

[@mikesimonian484]

He is and sounds completely awful. Sucks!

[@snicklefritz8202]

@@mikesimonian484 he knows how to play, its just experimental fun in this video

[@mikesimonian484]

@@hello-9285 But I am and he still sounds terrible.

[@mikesimonian484]

@@hello-9285 There's nothing about his finger movements to indicate his level of guitar ability. Maybe he can play well but you're not going to be able to tell by this awful mess so you're probably not a guitarist.

[@gkarone3228]

Come on man, that's what Joe Biden hears in his head 24/7

[@DRMCC0Y]

For those that don't know, this was a bit with Alexander Dumble (arguably the greatest amp builder of all time) displaying some sounds he could get out of the amp.

[@davidsheriff9274]

Is this what Alexander had in mind when he started making his own amps? I heard he moddled The Overdrive Special on a Fender Baseman he saw Robben Ford playing though at a gig in the early 1970s. I associate the Dumble sound with Robben , Larry Carlton, Eric Johnson and Carlos Rios. Needless to say, this is very different.

[@justanotherfishinbikinibot6060]

@@davidsheriff9274 bro its a demo not a real performance

[@saucerfullofzepp4203]

Hahaha, the first 5 seconds I saw the Dumble and was like yeah the guys def legit...this bit may be bad but.

[@jasonsfishcave684]

Some sounds are better left inside the amp.

[@scottpatrick8645]

I just quit my job, divorced my wife and left the kids after watching this. I will now devote the rest of my life examining and becoming one with his music.

[@Lukronius]

They were all holding you back, Scott. You have chosen… wisely

[@steveshelton3153]

Yeah I did the same thing too actually

[@beckiebuist803]

Right on mate...you can't wrap your head around this man's brand of genius, I wanna find him and hire him to play my daughters 2nd year birthday party !!!

[@davidbrucemusicvideo]

I hired him for my kids bar mitzvah, and it was amazing!

[@meshugeah]

The secret is turning all the knobs on the pedalboard all the way up

[@TheSledgehammer2024]

I think this guy is very experimental on guitar. Just because it doesn't sound melodic doesn't mean he isn't skilled. Its actually difficult to make it sound weird like this... He knows what he is doing. I actually love experimental stuff like this...

[@el.blanco552]

Exactly, it's really new sounding to be honest.

[@XXjg_]

Not difficult to sound like this. The pedal is doing all the “experimenting” while he plays sub par blues box licks. There are great experimental guitarists out there who use their hands, not stomping a pedal. This guy isn’t one of them.

[@Vinterbukser]

Nope. He doesn't know what he's doing. When he's not faffing around with that weird vibrato, he's off key and playing the kind of pedestrian caterwauling "I'm-a-genius" licks you play in your first year of learning before you meet someone who can actually play and you realise how much you suck. This is the king's new clothes of guitar licks.

[@XXjg_]

@@el.blanco552 You're obviously not a guitar player.

[@el.blanco552]

@@XXjg_ but this is just a demonstration, and the effects were probably throwing him off because of how off time they are. It's just wild how you guys make a quick judgment call with a demonstration of a weird uncommon effect and use that as proof that he's not good. Are people even claiming he's a great experimental artist? I think most people are impressed with the pedal not the guy.

[@n.s.3410]

I liked the part where he bent the high G note to a G# and then bent it all the way to an H.

[@marksulkanon2363]

H is the note B in the German notation system, so something akin to Van Halen, Vai or Govan I suppose

[@dickstryker]

G# - B would indeed be one of the bends of all time.

[@Dondjauf]

@@marksulkanon2363 you haven’t heard of a joke I suppose

[@heftycat]

Doooooooood. 1am and I'm laughing to almost shittin myself at all the way to an H hahahhahaha

[@bryand9689]

😂

[@arthuroliveira4326]

If Tom Morello did the exact same thing, no one would complain. Henry has tons of skill and knowledge of his gear and knows exactly how to make each and every sound he wants.

[@eightcoins4401]

The problem to me seems like he is mainly visible to the metalhead crowd.....people obsessed with sounds stale since 89 with their head far up their ass. The ones who made most of it stagnate.

[@denrico777]

....I'd complain.

[@gigatronicdeth]

If Fred durst did this they would give him a Grammy. 😂

[@Dhakadice]

This actually sounds a lot like something Tom Morello would play. Only difference is that he plays it over heavier, less gentle music, so it fits the tone of the song in a whole different way.

[@joeblog2672]

Interesting point AO. You made me think about that for a little while. I would still say that it stunk even if Morello had incorporated this into Rage or Audioslave, and I definitely see the similarities from this to Morello's solos. I was never a fan of Morello's useless staccato like solo's in either project. It always sounded to me like he was trying to do something haphazardly techno - like he wasn't sure what he was doing (and I really can't see why Chris Cornell went along with them)! But I agree with you that many would have accepted something like this just because it was Morello, or simply because it was coming from Rage or Audioslave. What really disturbed me about this player here is that he is playing this experimental static over top of a cool ZZ Top rhythm from their early song "Just Got Paid" (or previous artists who did this song before ZZ Top). This kind of thing (refined) would have been a better (though still not good) fit into Rage's or Audioslave's harder edge music (than ZZ Top or Johnny Paycheck). I'm not offended by the mix. Hell, he or anyone else can fart on their guitar for sound if they want to for all I care. What disturbs me here is the dissonant and out of step rhythms with the other guy's song part. Obviously this guy has talent as a guitar player. It is clear that he could play a more conventional guitar style with a great degree of competence. This just doesn't work for me though(see my own post from about 5 days ago if you like). Very good point made by you here though.

[@marlonriesgo]

if this solo was on a pink floyd album it would have been called a masterpiece

[@dewok2706]

fr fr he spittin fax no cap

[@joeysplats3209]

Syd was on-key and in-tune. His alphabet soup meant something. I gotta hand it to the rhythm guy. He really tried to make his lead look good.

[@JasonGabler]

If this was on a Pink Floyd album, hardly anyone would know who they are. Just like this guy.

[@Afghamistam]

It only sounds like straight ass because it's being played over this top of boring-as-shit blues lawyer groove. This sounds almost identical to some classic Jonny Greenwood solos.

[@taikamiya8214]

You should ask yourself why there's no solos like this on a Pink Floyd album.

[@andrewcarmona]

Props to the rhythm guitarist keeping tempo that whole time

[@thvamvakoudes]

This is Alexander Dumble, probably the best guitar Amp builder and modifier in the world.

[@LordHighness]

He deserves a medal for that.

[@cami2882._.]

fr lmao

[@Prousto]

He’s actually been a force for endless good in the guitar community for eons.

[@marksulkanon2363]

Don’t know about “endless”, but all the profits from his most popular album with David Lindley and musicians from Madagascar go back to the African musicians. I think it’s well worth the effort to at least give an open minded listen to boundary pushing musicians (of both conventions and your own current taste). It’s not too hard to see that many currently well respected musicians often started in that context. Any number of Rock, Jazz, and musicians of many other genres were originally perceived that way.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@marksulkanon2363 Well, it's quite easy giving profits from a few album sales away when you're stinkin' rich.

[@clancykobane9102]

hey stop being so nice and supportive! :)

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@clancykobane9102 lol

[@jackmaniacmusic]

What he’s playing is actually both really good AND in tune. The effect isn’t for everyone, but he is by no means a bad guitarist

[@heavenshound6775]

really not that good, you clearly aren’t familiar with skilled guitarists… Always a shame to see people thinking this is so hard, you do realize people were playing stuff more complex than this in the 80s right.

[@pimposki6232]

@@heavenshound6775 this is way more interesting to listen to than any long haired, fretboard tapping cock rocker from the 80s. the guy is doing the same thing without any effects that it would take years for jonny greenwood from radiohead to get close to, and he was using a digitech whammy and coded an audio processing program on his macintosh just to get anywhere close to these sounds. this is incredibly impressive, far more than, idk, fucking thunderstruck or eruption

[@DAMusic-qu2ec]

In tune if your ears are broken

[@StopRequested]

​@@heavenshound6775 It's not about complexity, my friend, it's about the sound itself. Yes, some can strive to be Alex Lifeson, but does every track NEED an Alex Lifeson? Some tracks could use more of a Henry Kaiser, at least in my opinion.

[@danyeo]

Ok, but it sounds like a mosquito that needs to be squashed.

[@Tri0de]

I will say two things here: 1., Henry is one of the coolest, kindest musicians anyone would ever meet. 2., if he *wanted* to, he could toss off Clapton or Bumblefoot riffs all day, or just jam on some Allman Bros stuff. The fact is that he was born into F.U. Money and can pursue weird shit because it interests him. Dude can completely play rock, jazz, or prog but since he as absolutely no need to do anything he doesn't want to, he doesn't bother.

[@keithskegwin]

He can play for sure

[@webcityguymyclubb4032]

I call bullsht. Tone deaf is tone deaf…let him FO with his FU money.

[@angels77100]

So why play this then? That was terrible.

[@ViaticalTree]

⁠​⁠@@keithskegwinso why didn’t he play here instead of doing whatever that was?

[@jaqcowell919]

@@ViaticalTree bc he can. He already has money and doesnt need to constantly play popular hard riffs. He is 100% allowed to screw around and experiment with his guitar

[@lanet.2934]

He's not a bad guitar player he has some odd effects running through.

[@PepitoMegaChocolato]

'' quite a weird one '' he confessed at the end haha

[@bloodsports94]

He is a fucking awful guitar player. You clearly are not a good musician either LOL

[@jager9022]

@@bloodsports94 rather ironic… Sure he might be a bit sloppy, but he’s clearly using that “glitch” pedal (like the Catalinbread CSIDMAN) that loops/repeats whatever you’re playing randomly at different speeds and lengths

[@MrJackal43]

No he sucks..

[@CorbCorbin]

He should’ve done the bagpipe solo from Let There Be Rock.. 😆

[@troyfunk5578]

Henry Kaiser is an excellent guitarist. He's an experimental musician who's been making records either as a bandleader or a sideman since 1977. That he doesn't play classical licks on his guitar doesn't make him the "worst guitarist ever." It means that during his decades-long career he's always followed his muse and done what he wanted to do with his music.

[@SlickArmor]

Well then he needs to keep experimenting, practicing whatever. Another 40 years should get it.

[@emanemantsal9789]

Bullsh|t. A "guitarist" is a person who makes music with a guitar as their instrument. Music however, is not *just* an expression. It also involves craft. Neither pure emotion, nor wrote technique alone, is "good music." An "excellent guitarist" is someone who has a) mastered the manipulation of the guitar to b) sufficiently convey emotion to their audience. Henry Kaiser simply does not excel at actually playing the guitar. His technique is, and always has been, awful. Through all of his years of playing, he hasn't cared to - or been able to - improve his technique. He's happy just making noise. Infants are also happy making random noise. We don't however, refer to them as "excellent" at whatever item they are banging on the floor to make a racket. This emperor never had any clothes.

[@paulf6784]

Troy Funk I hear you; I used to catch him playing with all these downtown free form improvisors (Frith, Cora, Zorn, early Golden Palominos etc.), at the dawn of his career - but you're casting pearls before swine, trying to explain to the brain-dead low-brows here.

[@robertdenniston5858]

This guy goes into coffee shops that say worlds best coffee and is like. Wow, this is what the worlds best coffee tastes like. Get it together Starbucks.

[@billyray4147]

Grateful Dead inspired weirdness that I've heard is good. Just not everyones cup of tea. This video ain't helping his cause.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Henry Kaiser is well known avantgarde or improvisational artist, active for the last 40+ years. He is far from the worse guitarist ever

[@Tomislav_B.]

Amen bro.

[@Tomislav_B.]

Also check out Fred Frith and Derek Bailey

[@SiDoesMinecraft]

He's not the worst, but for those who generally dislike avant-garde like me, it does sound like shit. He's obviously a competent player, I just don't like his style. It's certainly a step above noise music for me, though. lmao

[@jamesbond-mb5ws]

OH IS A REAL SHIT....

[@runrig97]

@@Tomislav_B. On the French, Frith, Kaiser, and Thompson record, Richard Thompson commented (something like) "You know you're in trouble when I'm the most commercial artist in the group".

[@dawntreader7079]

kaiser is a genius, anyone who doesn't know about him should read up on him. he's played and recorded with practically everyone, and scored some of the best films ever made. anyone dissing him doesn't know squat about music or his contributions to it.

[@whitneysmiltank]

lol that's a good one, I laughed

[@flazjsg]

Yes none of us have ears like you do.

[@LordHighness]

Don't care.

[@volpeverde6441]

could always join THE SHAGGS....

[@acetechnical6574]

And the guy playing something low down is Alexander Dumble FFS.

[@kentuckychromedesign]

Dude is a ripper. You may not like the effect but he's absolutely on point.

[@mbgmail5911]

His phrasing is terrible, technique is terrible, tone is terrible, note choice is terrible. Everything is terrible.

[@RobFeldkamp]

in what way? Timing? Phrasing? Harmony? Tone? Fashion Sense?

[@braddotson3429]

​@@RobFeldkamp yes

[@chad9166]

​@@braddotson3429 Nope. None of those

[@braddotson3429]

@@chad9166 yes. All of those

[@3badthebad]

He’s not a bad guitar player, he’s just channeling his inner Jonny Greenwood

[@JoaoPedro-le8ib]

Just the ebow missing

[@watermusic4381]

Jonny Greenwood used a similar sounding effect on the recording of Go To Sleep. But I thought the effect was created using MAX MSP. I would be interested to know what Henry is using here. Need to see more of this clip.

[@lew1689]

I thought the same

[@coryleblanc]

is this a diss?

[@watermusic4381]

@@coryleblanc No, quite the opposite infact.

[@krelbar]

He's just demonstrating some outside sounds he likes. He can play guitar.

[@glennhecker4422]

True! He's just being a little warped and having some fun with it. Kind of like what you might get when you listen to someone like, say, Arto Lindsay, Eugene Chadbourne /Shockabilly, etc. Not for all tastes, to be sure! Fun for screwball so like me, though! (Wave dat freak flag!)

[@glennhecker4422]

+Glenn Hecker Sorry; meant to say "screwballs like me" -- this Autocorrect function is really annoying sometimes!

[@ekpil]

+krelbar I've heard a lot of Kaiser's work. If he doesn't use effects he's pretty pathetic. Quite sloppy and limited in his knowledge of the guitar neck.

[@krelbar]

+ekpil What do you consider pathetic...because he cant shred? Listen to his album 'Those who know history are doomed to repeat it'...he is a more than competent guitar player. Not saying he is amazing or anything, but he is far from pathetic. There's a reason Mike Keneally plays with him...unless you think Keneally is pathetic as well. Well, you haven't proven it, but if its true that he has a limited knowledge of the guitar neck, and that means he's pathetic, that would mean a whole slew of world renowned guitar players are pathetic. Stevie ray Vaughn only knew pentatonic scales...is that pathetic? When Eddie Van Halen improvises it is blues licks mixed with trademark licks he's been playing for years. Give either one a song with changes more complex than the usual I IV V and they're lost. There are many that say Yngwie has a mastery of the neck, but he knows blues scales, harmonic minor and minor/major. That's about it.

[@ekpil]

He's sloppy .

[@betoneiracromadarebaixada8187]

I never played a guitar in my life, but i can say 100% sure, this guy knows exactly what he is doing, and he looks very skilled in it, like you or not

[@Malachibadgerman]

>I have never played a guitar in my life Yeah, you instantly lost all credibility. He doesn't know what he's doing. When he's not faffing around with that weird vibrato, he's off key and playing the kind of pedestrian caterwauling "I'm-a-genius" licks you play in your first year of learning before you meet someone who can actually play and you realise how much you suck.

[@LordHighness]

Yeah just a shame it sounds absolutely shit.

[@plashe9041]

@@LordHighness that's why it's short, he clearly wasn't trying to make something that sounds good just showing off the effect

[@RothBeyondTheGrave]

You are correct. Glad a non-guitarist could make that observation. This is an experimental clip with a showcase of an experimental guitar effect (similar to what a ring modulator does), taken somewhat out of context. This is clearly a clip from a longer showcase of various effects Henry is having fun with. Here, he's choosing to do exactly what he wants to do.

[@ViaticalTree]

@@RothBeyondTheGravehe’s choosing to suck? If he’s such a good player why wouldn’t he try to make the pedal sound good?

[@smokernoker]

It baffles me to know that this guy knows his gear well enough to make weird sounds come out of a guitar only to get called bad Edit : 😎🍿

[@kyles5513]

You can make weird sounds sound amazing (like David Gilmour early Pink Floyd) but this guy just doesn't have it in him.

[@truescotsman4103]

its horrible. do you know what music is? im a musician i play saxophone guitar a number of instruments. this is pure noise playing guitar is barely music anyway.

[@FernieCanto]

Welcome to the Internet: the place where, the less you know, the more of an authority you are.

[@truescotsman4103]

he's literally faking being able to play. you dont make noise you don't play random notes with weird glitchy sounds this is just him improvising some crazy non-musical sounds. he may be able to actually play guitar but this isn't music this is garbage. i have a hunch he doesn't know any theory and can't figure out what note or key he's in. its not music.

[@smokernoker]

@@truescotsman4103 ikr

[@pthibault630]

This dude is actually pretty brilliant. Joe Satriani has used a technique to achieve a similar sounding effect called lizard down the throat. Actual guitarists know that this guy is the real deal. He's just having a bit of fun here.

[@frankcastle5294]

If you could say actually and actual a few more times it would really tie this all together quite nicely.

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

@@frankcastle5294 fuck off punisher wannabee

[@pthibault630]

@@frankcastle5294 Yea... I really went overboard 🙄

[@Ar1music]

@@frankcastle5294 he just said it twice, you’re reaching. He’s actually valid about this.

[@frankcastle5294]

@@Ar1music Actually, I might actually be reaching.

[@freakcream2694]

sounds like my old gameboy trippin out on a pokemon battle

[@canteenboy2118]

FreakCream dude, i bout fuckin lost it

[@pierresmusic]

+FreakCream Bwwwhahahaha!!

[@yamiimax]

+FreakCream its the hidden death track from pokemon cover

[@acaftermath]

rofl

[@aarushknag4448]

lmaoo

[@electricdreams5327]

a boring person's idea of a bad guitarist. this is awesome

[@vootee1]

Henry Kaiser has always been a green light for creative people.. i really appreciate his approach to the guitar. I believe he is in the tradition of composer Edgard Varese who said," The modern composer refuses to die."

[@johangambleputty7658]

I do recall learning about Varese's belief regarding modern composers. Just curious, how's the old chap doing? Haven't heard a peep out of him in 55+ years. Nothing to fear though, modern composers and all that. Pip pip, cheerio!

[@vootee1]

@@johangambleputty7658 I never thought of it that way! That is the best!

[@markusaurelius777]

Mark Fisher is tone deaf...

[@vootee1]

@@markusaurelius777 Maybe. The clip isnot just tone. There is rhythm and more basically some unique motion.

[@markusaurelius777]

@@vootee1 Of which there is ZERO of in this clowns playing.

[@stratmagic6893]

henry Kaiser is an experimental guitarist-here he is experimenting on how to completely screw up a simple zz top riff to make it unlistenable-the experiment is a sucess

[@turbodistortionirmc]

Of which ZZ top composition is this an extract of?

[@stratmagic6893]

Green Pretzel Just got Paid

[@turbodistortionirmc]

vibrato6 Thanks

[@jimrileymusic]

Sorry...audio and video really don't match up...it's a shreds parody...end of story... Unless you think "Clapton Shreds" is real too...

[@Bub123]

As a guitarist myself, i actually think that sounded badass.

[@chegadesuade]

As a deaf person myself, I totally agree

[@hazardeur]

let's be real man. it has some cool moments for sure but also completely absolutely terrible stuff

[@frtard]

It's chopped- it doesn't match the fingering at all

[@ColtStone]

​@@hazardeurThrow enough darts at a dartboard and you're bound to hit a bullseye eventually. 😂

[@axelbruv]

Sounds like Polyphia!

[@alessandroguarrera2203]

The "entry-level prog song" your friend introduces you to.

[@ofcanjan]

lmfao

[@greenbeangreg2552]

"Now I know you may be intimidated, but trust me, you'll love Henry Cow's 'Ruins'" I'd get punched in the face when they get to that Oboe-Violin duet part.

[@alessandroguarrera2203]

@@greenbeangreg2552 Very interesting song. I've heard some strange bangers and this was one of them, thanks for the recommendation.

[@CosmicMapping]

@@greenbeangreg2552 Just listened to it, oh my god thank you SO much for putting me on to this, this is incredible.

[@BurnedRetical]

Because of the type of music I like, I actually really enjoyed this. He could be considered "bad" in the eyes of some, but in my opinion he is great.

[@epiphany55]

It wasn't bad in my eyes, I'll grant you.

[@agony664]

Some? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@judejude433]

I agree, and it doesnt have to be a guitar solo for one of those obscure black metal, black midi, contemporary, jazz, math rock, grunge indie band either (basically I mean those bands that sound like toilets that are really obscure and sound like white noise). This would fit well in a nirvana or rage against the machine song. It's not meant to be good, it's not meant to stick to a scale, its *MEANT* to sound like that. People dont get it.

[@HighestPower]

@@judejude433 So it was meant to sound like someone who's never played guitar, and completely out of key, with absolutely no musical quality to it? Riiiiiiiiiiiight! And no, this wouldn't even fit with a shitty Nirvana or Rage song either. 🙄

[@judejude433]

@@HighestPower If it wass played the notes in key and tom morello was the one using the pedal its be good I mean

[@sirfizz6518]

His intent here is to demonstrate ideas, and he lays a lot out clearly so that guitarists (probably best for advanced players tbh) can apply it more musically. This might not be a good performance, but obviously this an educational video, and based on this the guy is a solid teacher.

[@SexonToastable]

it is a good performance.

[@deadlyoneable]

People that like this are the same ones that get duped into buying expensive abstract art. They will pretentiously say “you” just don’t know art while knowing it’s shite themselves. It’s about projecting this air of sophistication to quell their own lack of self importance and self esteem.

[@SexonToastable]

@@deadlyoneable you are stupid.

[@peacock797]

@@deadlyoneable this is funny because this comment is the most pretentious shit ever. is it hard to accept that people like different things? is it? are you retarded? do you see the irony yet?

[@gilbert4394]

@@deadlyoneable you’re going to accuse me of being pretentious but I can tell you don’t play guitar. He literally did give an idea for a certain tone. It’s literally about the tone. The notes he’s playing are completely irrelevant. Hes not trying to show that he can play guitar, he’s demonstrating the tone. If you were actively involved in the world of music and musicians you would know that most guitar players are nerds about tone and will spend ridiculous amounts of money on gear to achieve certain sounds. What you see in this video is a tone nerd demonstrating a tone that he’s stoked about lol Edit: spelling

[@patata4799]

It's not objectively bad It's just not for everyone, I actually enjoyed his performance

[@josephtravers777]

Some of the Crazy Backwards Alphabet is actually good stuff.

[@ensar4115]

Yea, if you like corrupt broken demonic sounding guitars then yea i would get why.

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

@@ensar4115 ...demonic?

[@ensar4115]

@@thescatologistcopromancer3936 yes, demonic or in other words, corrupted

[@patata4799]

@Patrik Givens If its "objectively bad" then why some people including me thinks it's alright? please use your brain before typing, objective and subjective are two different things.

[@cheapguitar1]

I saw Henry play in San Francisco with the Golden Palominos in the mid-80s. He was a stunning player and totally unique. I still recall how other worldly he sounded and yet fit within the band perfectly.

[@minkahl1644]

So you mean he was tasteful and melodic with his phrasing?

[@michaelproano1449]

The effect is actually pretty cool. The way it cuts in and out like some kinda lost radio signal transmitting "old earth music"

[@OliveAmanita2682]

I'm a diehard Captain Beefheart fan. This shit fucking slaps bro.

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

"Hast thee a smile stuck and hath been exiled from thine frownland?"

[@NickWeissMusic]

My only regret is that I had but one like to give to this comment

[@frankzappa3834]

Captain Beefheart: Enter the Zappaverse

[@slimyfister]

Exactly I'd hold his big toe!!

[@camelat7228]

im glad everybody's clowning on this toxic ass title, this guy is clearly talented and this sounds good

[@RiffShark007]

true! This playing sounds like hot ass!

[@rockallmusic]

I'm so glad I got lured in by the title

[@chad9166]

sounds like utter shit lol

[@fred0002]

On a technical level he is genuinely awful and I think most half good guitarists can tell this very quickly (and no, it's not down to taste). To me, his music is the stuff most of us were doing a year in and just got our first multi FX pedal. What I'm trying to work out is why he has a following and gets to play with some decent people, if it's some kind of ironic thing or what?

[@Malachibadgerman]

He doesn't know what he's doing. When he's not faffing around with that weird vibrato, he's off key and playing the kind of pedestrian caterwauling "I'm-a-genius" licks you play in your first year of learning before you meet someone who can actually play and you realise how much you suck. This is the king's new clothes of guitar licks. So no, hes not talented in the slightest.

[@CoopMusic247]

A unique sound isn't a bad sound. At least he doesn't sound like a million other people. Sounds pretty cool actually.

[@ViaticalTree]

🤦‍♂️ Let me guess, you think Yoko Ono is a great singer too? Here…have another 🤦‍♂️

[@CoopMusic247]

No, she is objectively horrible. There is no clip, song, etc of her doing anything remotely well. This guy has lots of great work that is very likable. ​@@ViaticalTree

[@rotunda_]

@@ViaticalTree do not speak its name

[@justmarc2015]

0:41 That's the sound of the guitar powering up.

[@blackgoatwithathousandyoun5785]

hahah

[@PunishedWolf]

Best comment ever

[@fuckenps3]

lmao

[@Dejay06]

😂

[@MrTheHappyDog]

It may sound bad, but he knows how to play it.

[@masongaine1204]

+FaZe Illuminati No he doesn't

[@MrTheHappyDog]

Mason Gaine No, he's on not on the right distortion level.

[@Average_Libtard]

+FaZe Illuminati Your mom's on the right distortion level.

[@MrTheHappyDog]

john papple Mom jokes? What are you 9?

[@Turismo860]

+FaZe Illuminati "he can play" what are you deaf?

[@Yeldineyintun]

This dude is the opposite of the worst guitarist ever, he sounds like Adrian Belew, one of the all time greats. He’s doing shit that most of the boring, cliche “guitar gods” in the canon of mainstream music couldn’t pull off.

[@princemjbp695]

You can pull of unique sounds and techniques whilst playing good. This one, is just bad.

[@jameswilson807]

@@princemjbp695 disagree. Acclaim comes from playing mild shit with showmanship. Exciting music is exploratory

[@aliceborealis]

@@jameswilson807 It's terrible tho.

[@johnevered9640]

I haven’t listened to any of his music but in this vid he’s literally just playing a generic dad blues solo with some gross and kinda fun rack effects going on

[@rainman3164]

@@jameswilson807 It still has to sound good though. If you want experimental done right, look at Primus, Devo, Ween, etc. This is a decent amount of skill put to awful use. Just because it’s considered avant-garde doesn’t mean it isn’t shit.

[@BenCDaugherty]

It’s a rack mount ADA pitch transposer if anyone is wondering

[@jayssonblack3179]

When you get to a point of mastery on guitar, you either stay at that level, or you keep going into styles that most people won’t understand. Henry has done this, IMO. It’s often off-putting to the average joe, but he’s too good to play typical shit. He needs to keep doing crazy, new shit or it probably bores him to tears.

[@emanemantsal9789]

But he never even came close to any type of "mastery" of the guitar. Link to anything he's done that shows technical proficiency and a deep harmonic understanding.

[@jayssonblack3179]

I don’t know what a “deep harmonic understanding” is. I’m not a fan of his, I just know what he is because I’ve been a guitarist and bassist for 35 years.

[@emanemantsal9789]

@@jayssonblack3179 If you don't know what a “deep harmonic understanding” is, then you've been a mediocre-at-best guitarist and bassist for 35 years. Some places for you to start: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faWVq6iYfch4iJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6vdfZ1nqceJpKM kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXecn2yro8Z1js0

[@percymiller8967]

😂

[@bobbymcfee2974]

@@emanemantsal9789 stfu you music theory nerd. Most music theorists have no soul

[@FreneticZetetic]

Guy is innovative AF you can hear the standard blues licks bleeding through his avant-whammy style. This shit is dissonant deliciousness.

[@LordHighness]

It's out of tune and out of time. It's shit.

[@BtotheCtotheH]

LOL

[@reddragdiva]

this title is incorrect, Kaiser knows precisely what he's doing and it's awesome

[@pootums3643]

some of the craziest tones and sounds ever created, so many different noises in 45 seconds. innovator

[@migzsweets]

He's inspired so many other guitarist and is a force in our community. It's not what you're hearing because to the untrained ear it sounds like weird noise but it's the innovation and the time and how he revolutionized the sounds that weren't available at that time. Genius pure genius.

[@ProudCommie]

It’s garbage

[@KindaKaon]

@@ProudCommiego listen to interesting music or smth do something valuable with ur time

[@jakeqwaninne8502]

ya man , i think he inspired all of curt cobain's solos, lol, it sounds like nirvana's engineer said , "ready curt ? go, and then turned off the chanel going to curts headphones and let him just rip, and they put that on the record, lol

[@R3TR0R4V3]

This has _clearly_ been altered to make him sound "shitty". I'd like to see the original unedited clip. 👍

[@zanderclark1461]

​@@TheGgreen100 That's a whole lot of words to say that you're just not personally a fan and don't see it. That's fine. This is ultimately a matter of personal taste, art is subjective. If you're a musician you should know that. Some people hear genius, some people hear garbage. That's just how it is man.

[@derekhenriquez5740]

This is not the worst, this is deep art

[@rickleblanc8900]

Ya, it's pretty deep. Like, laid to rest. He intentionally fooled around and wtf is this lol

[@derekhenriquez5740]

@@rickleblanc8900 I was tryna be funny 🤣

[@bluesoddity2094]

More like a deep fart.

[@jefrix01]

do you share the same sentiments towards yoko uno and ryosuke kiyasu's "art" because if not you are inconsistent.

[@bluesoddity2094]

@@jefrix01 Who's Yoko Uno?

[@datuman2548]

people can call this bad, but honestly i think its fucking cool lmao, music is subjective, solos dont have to be fucking perfect all the time. it's all different sounds and notes. You can play them whatever way you want.

[@sydnayallen6762]

I was going to tell a time-traveling joke, but y'all didn't like it.

[@vendetagainst3050]

@@sydnayallen6762 it's like DatuMan said it's subjective, sounds nice to me

[@niiiiiko]

@@sydnayallen6762 dude….. you completely contradicted yourself in that sentence. Music is objectively an art form. you can’t not call it art while also calling it music

[@sydnayallen6762]

@@niiiiiko Who are you? Get out of my bathroom I'm trying to shit

[@amedeobini7517]

jonny greenwood from Radiohead basically uses this same effect in the solo from go to sleep

[@gaijingabber1056]

as someone who has learned to like noise and terrorcore and 300+ bpm rave music its all about pushing the boundaries of what you could find love in, the first time I heard the music I love I thought it was total garbage. there is something here that someone could do something with

[@Studio-62]

Adrian Belew did lots of weird effects with his home made pedals, esp with King Crimson. I saw him with KC on the discipline tour. He was making all sorts of strange sounds, then he suddenly stopped playing, but the sounds continued. He calmly walked to his pedal board, pressed the foot switch, and the noises stopped.

[@tomdecuca3627]

Exactly. That actually sounded like "Elephant Talk" solo.

[@jivadaya6439]

Adrian doesn't just make "noises" like this person did.

[@BootsORiley]

So sick you saw Discipline tour

[@rookmaster7502]

@@jivadaya6439 The difference is, "this person" didn't practice with this effects pedal. When Adrian gets on stage, you can be certain he's not trying out a pedal for the first time; it's all well rehearsed.

[@jivadaya6439]

@@rookmaster7502 didn't practice yet made video lol

[@ansem2382]

Sounds pretty cool to me

[@777theneighborofthebeast9]

That guy's playing was weird. It wasn't bad. He seemed like he knew what he was doing and seemed to play the right notes at the right time (for the most part). Your video title is misleading.

[@BraydenM014]

I think it was titled like that for satire purposes. Idk if it is but it's a guess

[@Brokenface]

@@BraydenM014 i think more out of ignorance but that's just my guess

[@ramonhamm3885]

My cat made some new faces that I've never seen.

[@Squibblez]

ngl i can see why some people dislike this sound, but for me, each time i come back is another layer of love i have for this sound. I must get this pedal one day

[@Pico_lo_do_sho_no_do]

think hes using a few different ones, not entirley sure, but I've got a Zoom G5, and its got a specific effect on there like the one he plsys at 0:19 But yeah I thinks its pretty sick too, fuck musical knowledge and conformative note construction.

[@israelaeon3639]

Alexander Dumble effortlessly lays down that fabulous riff line. God Rest His Soul.

[@DerEchteBold]

That's who this is? Oh interesting, why did he play with such a hack? Yes, yes, I know, the guy is famous but c'mon, this is utter crap he's doing.

[@russianvideovlogguy]

WTF - you sonofabitch! I had no idea he died. This is Fucking Bullshit. Goddamn it! Fuck you, Fuck the world - This SUCKS!!!!

[@kazoolordhd6591]

It's a zz top riff. Just got paid

[@illuminutteh_2033]

It sounds like cats being raped by dolphins. :(

[@palehorseoftheapocalypse4366]

that's the effect, not his playing.

[@MrGreg830]

Nope. Thats his playing. Watch his other stuff

[@STEVE-ki9th]

Hahahahahhaga

[@Qwerttyuiop1]

That is one way to put it

[@bokehintheussr5033]

Hes ahead of his time. Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead copied his style.

[@wisteela]

I thought that sounded pretty damn cool.

[@syndrodome]

It’s actually hella difficult to make it sound this off and still perfectly performed. Everything was intentional.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

It's not hard for someone to edit the video and alter the pitch in certain parts to sound "shitty".. You don't see him rocking a Digitech Whammy pedal back & fourth, so it's obviously been done in editing as a joke. I'd like to see the original unedited clip.

[@syndrodome]

@@R3TR0R4V3 I was wondering why it sounded like that. How it sounded like that rather.

[@kirkhunter146]

For goodness sake, no it wasn't. He was playing the wrong minor pentatonic, overbending and had no control over his effect. It isn't difficult to make something that sounds that off at all.

[@syndrodome]

@@kirkhunter146 You say all this as if you know it for a fact but the video was literally edited haha.

[@mccartney2]

its been overdubbed.......@@R3TR0R4V3

[@yubia5216]

He's a hundred times better than most people making fun of him

[@CravenPark-116a]

Why am I instantly reminded of Yoko Ono's vocals

[@gingerdaddy8483]

It does, it reminded me of that video where she’s screaming “why” while John’s playing slide guitar

[@Maggikhor963]

Too unique for me to judge. Need to hear more from this man.

[@PutItAway101]

Trust me, it's better if you don't

[@evansgate]

Don’t sell yourself short. Trust your instincts

[@U2WB]

Don’t you realize this is a replaced audio track ? I’ve seen the original, and this is NOT what he played. It was an interview with Alexander Dumble.

[@christschinwon]

It clearly is! Not as funny as the Kirk Hammett one and less people fell for that. Crazy world

[@andthebeatgoeson69]

Thank you. Holy shit, so many stupid folks took this at face value 😂

[@chrisstcharles8682]

The whammy pedal gave it away for me. The licks being played don't even match the audio. Any seasoned guitarist would know this is a troll video. lol

[@thehouseofcrumblingidols2694]

So many people can't tell reality from fiction

[@davidsheriff9274]

I just wanted the original full video, and you are not correct, this is the actual solo he played. I know it looks like one of those "shreds" videos, but it is not. Watch the full video again.

[@RaymondPeckIII]

I absolutely love Henry's playing, including this. Man, just go listen to some guy playing recycled blues licks and leave the creative playing for we who appreciate it.

[@Vanthdreadstr]

Brilliant actually

[@travisgoesthere]

@@Vanthdreadstr Garbage

[@Andoroid]

"c r e a t i v e" in all seriousness, don't use blues scales and riffs as a defense for this style. They're two entirely different things. if you like this style, it's fine. but it's completely, 100% expected that a style like this will make the majority of western musicians cringe, simply because it's so far out of the scope of what we are used to. that doesn't mean it's any more creative than blues, or rock, or jazz. it just makes it completely different

[@runrig97]

He actually does that in this tune: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKmqomawd7utrLM

[@runrig97]

...and it's still more creative than 99% of other guitarists out there.

[@uhj4]

Kaiser is in fact one of the BEST guitarists EVER!!!!

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

Thin line between insane and genius, he is both.

[@tobiasklevig6971]

You'd have to have zero listening experience to call this bad. I'm getting huge early John Frusciante vibes from this.

[@gerdbenn4475]

Kaiser has done amazing work with Fred Frith. His impro-style might not be everybody's cup of tea, but he's genius.

[@leebarbier5257]

I'm glad that the comments have turned in favor of Henry since the last time I looked at them years ago... Henry is not like you and I... an heir to the Kaiser Permanente fortune who unfortunately lost his parents very young and had what he describes as a tough childhood fitting into his uncle's family and military-type boarding schools... he does what he wants. His main "gig" these days is as an antarctic deep sea diver for research. He is an interesting guy, to say the least. More power to him!

[@Urdatorn]

Thanks, never heard his story! I love his appearances on Charles K. Noyes’ album “The World and the Raw People” as well as his own eclectic record “Popular Science”.

[@Zycthe]

He is incredibly professional, I think that sounds pretty cool honestly.

[@kpax45]

Glad you like it, I think it sounds awful. And what is he playing? That is one UGLY guitar

[@jamescovan8853]

I think that the backing guitar is pretty generic, and so it throws you off to hear it paired with that solo. That technique could probably find a place in a different song, but with... I don't know what you call what the other guy is playing? I want to say like a southwestern form of country that you'd find in an area where there were cacti... in any case, we all know what it is normally paired with, and it certainly isn't THAT.

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@kpax45 apparently, this guy is awesome, according to the commenters here lol ! That's not what i heard !

[@harleymendez3968]

He’s great. He clearly knows his stuff! This isn’t making a piece of music so much as demonstrating an effect and techniques’ musical possibilities. It’s different. I mean it’s not like he’s one of those 5th wave blues guys they play on NPR patching together tired runs and tones over sterile recordings And narcoleptic rhythms.

[@bidensuxtrublow1999]

💩💩💩💩💩

[@brianwells4507]

Sounds like the early 60's Phycedelic guitar solos in San Francisco

[@granthambeard]

This guy knows what he's doing, also despite it being unpredictable and mental, it's still better than oasis.

[@JDAfrica]

… Maybe

[@JDAfrica]

… I said maybe

[@pantsedjuniorhayseed4816]

... Maybe

[@pantsedjuniorhayseed4816]

... I said Maybe

[@STATUStheSHOKWAVE]

unpredictable and mental like oasis

[@linkintheskywithrupees]

That "shutter effect" is actually pretty good. This isn't that bad.

[@rickleblanc8900]

It isn't that bad. It's the worst !

[@rickvenlo1362]

Yes It Is.

[@linkintheskywithrupees]

@@rickvenlo1362 nah

[@WickerWickedWickWick]

dang that backing guitar riff is catchy

[@josephf426]

this video and the comment section is wonderful proof of how subjective music is, and how beautiful subjectivity in art forms is. I don't like this at all, but a ton of other people in the comments do. It reminds me to stop talking about what's definitively "good" and "bad" when it comes to music, and just talk about what I personally enjoy. I find that to be an incredibly liberating and freeing mentality as a music listener/musician. We don't always have to be right or wrong all the time, we can just have preferences and respect eachother for those preferences and I think that's fucking great.

[@peterbognar6663]

I agree with everything you said, only wanted to add, this is not just for music. It goes for life all around. For example: there can't be a GOAT debate about anything. No thing such as best. In anything. There is: "my favourite" Like MJ is the goat basketball player. Well he couldn't shoot like Steph if he was born twice. Jet Steph couldnt be MJ the same way. The two sides of a coin mostly applies to coins. Everything has a lot more sides than two.

[@josephf426]

@@peterbognar6663 great comparison. While there definitely is objectivity to sports in a way that there isn’t with art (the objective is to win) I agree that deciding who the “greatest” is simply cannot be done

[@mikesimonian484]

Maybe this is a form of meth metal.🤪

[@gkarone3228]

@@mikesimonian484 or perhaps a hearing aid malfunction 😂

[@mickavellian]

Actually NO.. we ALL hear , Interpret ., comprehend differently BUT Principal Patterns of Art (PPoA) determine MUSIC but some believe that RAP is MUSIC. or a single dot in the very center of a hand drawn circle is ART

[@JakeyBro69]

“I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it” -this guy

[@adequategaming9642]

This is actually pretty cool

[@adamhildebrand3560]

Notice how u said cool not good 😂

[@agony664]

For torturing people...yes!

[@rabbitmane9265]

im not gonna lie, its takes skill to sound this abrasively bad. its like he studied music theory just to learn how to NOT sound

[@XxGenghisKonxX]

God it's like dial up internet

[@alexplorer]

Loaded up fine for me. No buffering or nuthin.

[@rahulbhandari4847]

This guy inspired Tom Morello. Tom Morello himself confessed in an interview that he stole this guy's licks and sound.

[@Bleda412]

Tom Morello sucks too.

[@RayC234]

I can tell...

[@SmokingRat]

you really know absolutely nothing about music and playing guitar in particular if you look at this and think he is a bad guitarist.

[@djuka7566]

Really?How so?what did he play here that is suppose to catch my ear?Id rather put on some cardi B god forbid me,than this horse shit…

[@timofeie]

@@djuka7566 hey that's your problem if you can't appreciate art

[@djuka7566]

@@timofeie i can appreciate art,but this isn’t art…far from it.

[@krautgazer]

@@djuka7566 Define art.

[@patches4864]

@@djuka7566 you surface dwelling , and pretentious "guitar" musicians seem to be so fucking narrow-minded.. The entirety of his performance belongs to avant-garde conventions , no wonder it doesn't sound as "apt" you as you wish it did. Shut the fuck up if you can't acknowledge how boundless and free musical composition is , take your narrow-minded standard of music and shove it up your arse. You're the exception here, you're getting brainwashed by formulaic and generic music

[@sixstring1965]

He’s the Yoko Ono of guitarists

[@2amarok]

Henry is unique, sometimes challenging and often unexpected in his playing, but by no means is he 'worst ever'. Labels like that really have no meaning - especially when you consider how many albums the guy has made, and how many great musicians he has worked with. I've seen him live, even met him a few times - he's got a lot to offer if listeners are willing to keep open ears and minds. He can play melodically too - listen to 'The Skunks' Tears' from his album 'Hope You Like Our New Direction'. Or check out his album with the phenomenal Glenn Phillips, 'Guitar Party'. Many other examples, but at least he is one of the few willing to push boundaries and conventions.

[@BlkwtrPrk]

2amarok Who's a worse guitarist? Could you post a link to some playing that you consider worse than this? I've personally never heard anyone as bad as HK.

[@Fatgeologist]

Greg Girardin Who is a worse guitarist than HK? Wouldn't know where to begin. Van Halen? Richie Blackmore? Stevie Ray Vaughan? Any of the guitarists in Lynyrd Skynyrd. Anyone who plays "smooth jazz". Anyone who plays nothing but scales and clichéd rock and blues lick......

[@Fatgeologist]

You are a very ill mannered person you know. Your problem not mine of course but I would try and calm down a bit if I were you. Abusing total strangers because they don't like the same guitar players you do is not a positive trait you know. Les Paul most certainly WAS a mold breaker, and so is Henry Kaiser. I suppose in the end it is a matter of taste. You like familiar old blues licks, sometimes played extremely fast. I like guitarists with an individual voice. Kaiser, certainly, but also Fripp, Frith, Ribot, Bailey, Thompson, Metheny. Doesn't really matter one way or another. A piece of friendly advice though - check your blood pressure.

[@katbaloo3136]

Fatgeologist Don't mind him. Arnie (aka Alfred Radzik) and a friend of his who posts in a similar vein on these threads play in a 60's-style pop band, and it irks them no end that HK has the gall to color happily outside the lines, so they post obsessively on his threads. Their mommies taught them to always stay inside the lines, so they find HK's free-wheeling style threatening to their comfort zone.

[@katbaloo3136]

Arnie Wince Always the charmer, Radzik. You do add a certain je-ne-sais-quoi to these threads, for better or for worse. : p Have you noticed, though, that the tide of public opinion appears to be turning? The percentage of pro-Kaiser opinions has been growing lately. You may have to go find a new whipping boy, if the trend continues.

[@Ainigma]

Worst guitarist ever -> insult imho. Your title is not fair, because he clearly can play guitar but uses many experimental techniques and sounds.

[@Punkpsychobilly]

I love how people defend this hack. Experimental??? Wtf? He has no sense of rhythm or what key he’s playing in. If I strap my guitar on my 6 year old, he can exactly this. And I wouldn’t say my son is an awesome experimental guitarist. IMHO, you have zero musical knowledge.

[@statoilbensin2190]

Mr. Indie Nha its hard to do what he did, I cant even do it.

[@mysterysurf4554]

@@Punkpsychobilly Because nothing says "I totally know what I'm talking about" like tossing out the "my six-year-old could do this" line, right? Yeah, no. And you're telling somebody else that they have "zero musical knowledge"? That's cute. Apparently, the "H" in "IMHO" stands for "horseshit." Just stay home next time.

[@Bedroomrips]

Mysterysurf fr that dude looks like a methed out whiteboy. Dude probably plays 100$ squiers and thinks he’s cool

[@siberiaenfhesm]

What bothers me the most and I hate is the tone of his guitar, it's horrible

[@andyokus5735]

Years ago Henry Kaiser was written up in all the music mags as number one Avant garde Guitarist in the biz. Some trivia for you youngsters.

[@Nafeism]

I'd rather be below ordinary if this is avant garde.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Got a similar effect when a pal started going bonkers with the control knobs on a delay pedal I was playing through. Great guitarist in the vid, not scared to push the limits forward...even if it sounds odd to many ears.

[@johnspokus]

I read he can play every guitar part from Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica album. Now that’s amazing

[@richardsykes9692]

No chance, Henry’s utterly shit, the Magic Band guitarists were really good.

[@divinefallfromgrace]

Zoot Horn Rollo is an underrated Weapon.

[@davekiddie4467]

Why would you learn that shit 😂😂😂

[@CarlosMeza-sp1kj]

The best example of stutter on a guitar is Jack White. The White Stripes-Black Math Solo and The Raconteurs-Level Solo.

[@bannanafruitsalad]

IDK, this sounds pretty fucking amazing to me.

[@agony664]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tuxxy999]

it does

[@DJDustKut]

This is actually really good. It’s dissonant and unusual sounding, but his playing is good

[@Malachibadgerman]

yeah no...his technique isnt great, even putting aside the weird atonal composition and note choices. Hes sloppy, very sloppy. You ever wonder why you dont see him ever playing anything normal? its cause he cant....

[@TechJunky777]

Willing to bet he can play the exact same thing over again. Now that’s talent!

[@genericusername1365]

I've seen this man play live with Fred Frith. They put on one hell of a show.

[@cakenbolls442]

People call this shit but forget that if you isolate Jimi Hendrix's reverse solos it will sound shit too lol. Give the man some organs, some synthesizers, bass and drums and REVEEEEEERB and he'll be good to go.

[@bubugaeify]

"Give the man some organs, some synthesizers, bass and drums and REVEEEEEERB and he'll be good to go." So it's not about him being good, but the backing band. The same shit true for Hendrix, Blackmore and other "virtuosos" who are nothing without pumping rhythm section and fancy effect pedals.

[@ducamuk]

If it was Hendrix playing, people wouldn't be able to get enough of it.

[@bidensuxtrublow1999]

Nope.

[@PutItAway101]

You're an idiot.

[@ZacksScraps]

this dude is amazing. This is art for other guitarists to be inspired by

[@rickleblanc8900]

It inspired me to sound nothing like him !