533 attempts in the making, this is a video of Guitar Hero 2 world record holder CarnyJared full combo-ing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’ at 300% speed. Talk about fingers of fury! Jared says he has all the Guitar Hero 2 world records now, which I can neither confirm nor disconfirm,
This is a video of percussionist El Estepario Siberiano (aka The Groovefather) discussing his homemade tubulum PVC pipe drum kit, and performing AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on it, just 24 hours after constructing it and playing it for the first time. I assume that’s where his percussion background comes in handy. You
This is a video of musician Moyun, who never shows her face, performing Michael Jackson’s 1982 banger ‘Beat It’ on a traditional Chinese guzheng. She does a great job. Me? I never show my face either, although likely for completely different reasons. Maybe she does it for an air of
This is a video of very talented bagpiper Piper.Ally performing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s epic ‘Free Bird’ guitar solo on her instrument. She does a fantastic job, and I’d like to request that instead of a bagpipe rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ being played at my funeral, I want this instead. And I
This is a video of the Epic Cello Quartet (part of Epic Symphonic Rock) performing a medley of Nirvana songs, Iron Maiden’s ‘The Trooper’, and System Of A Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ during a concert in Lima, Peru. They do an excellent job — I always enjoy hearing songs performed on
Because it seems appropriate for the US Army Band to cover a medley of songs from a band with Fighter in its name, this is a video of the band covering a number of tunes from Foo Fighters. They do a fantastic job. Possibly even better than I sing ‘Learn
This is a video of the entirely robotic One Hacker Band performing a rendition of Nirvana’s 1991 banger ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. Even without watching the video, you can tell it’s a robot band playing it. It sounds robotic. Like I’ve often been accused of, it has no soul. Also,
This is a video of Brazilian pianist Glaucio Cristelo of Youtube channel Piano Rock performing a cover of Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’ for shoppers at a mall outside of a clothing store. It’s nice, and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that clothing store had a record sales day