hello banger fans and welcome to Shredders of Metal. I'm Blayne Smith coming to
you absolutely not live from our studio
in Toronto, the Banger Hangar but the
friendly Hangar no longer it has been
transformed into a merciless Thunderdome
we put in a call to the shredders of the
world to submit their best shred for a
chance to be part of Banger TV's first
guitar shredding competition. seven
shredders will compete in six
ax-wielding challenges to determine who
is our ultimate shredder. we've never
done anything like this before so here
goes nothing.
we'll meet them soon but first let's
introduce our esteemed panel of judges.
up first
it couldn't be a Banger production
without him the man that's brought us all
together co-founder banger films, bass
player, and all-around nice guy
Sam Dunn. How you doing Blayne?
I'm feeling all right
what are you gonna be looking for from
these guys you know this is exciting no
one's really done a show like this
before and I think it's a show called
shredders so maybe the assumption would
be it's like all about speed but I think
for me it's ultimately about creativity.
fantastic you heard him get creative up
next our own resident shredder
Brenda banger TV gentlemen Daniel DK
how's it going Blaine it's going just as
well as when Sam asked me what are you
looking for from these guys uh
absolutely looking for a well-rounded
musician full of talent but also not
afraid to show off a little looking for
a little bit of flair today blame and it
is my great honor to introduce our final
judge they master shredder member of Bay
Area thrash legends test
mr. Alex Skolnick this is gonna be
really fun
I think what's most important to me is a
sense of individuality I want to see the
real you who are you
all right each of our six episodes will
feature a different challenge up first
we wanted to keep things simple each of
our shredders will have 60 seconds to
prove to us who they are we're looking
for what's in here and that's why this
is Trevor's choice for our first
contestant please help me welcome Tim
Braun okay how would you describe your
playing style let's go for six beers
deep that's my flank style hey that's
something I can certainly relate to so
you'll have 60 seconds on the clock are
you ready I sure hope so
tinman toughest job first guy first
competition a brave man we lost you a
bit in the finger-tapping
section yeah this is the hardest thing
to do and I'm very sympathetic just to
play on a company and its really tough
let's welcome the next one
Darryl V Errol hey guys head her up man
when did you pick up the guitar I was 13
yeah and I had a friend of mine who just
said hey you can play guitar too I was
like how I was like well there's a
something called tablature so there's
six lines that represent six strings and
it's just like oh that's how you do it
okay and brings me over here
yo man you came like out of the gates
like hard I think just for me I would
have liked to have her just a little bit
more variation or someone who learnt
based on tablature or not even theory
that's impressive to see you play like
that
what is tapping it's when they tap to
knowledge bring up our next shredder
welcome Frankie C heavy metal when how I
started playing guitar when I was about
12 and some of the first stuff that I
like really blew me away when I was
growing up was like van Halen
yeah supple Tora Metallica Testament the
list goes on and on you seem ready to
get into it so let's dive in thanks man
dude composition was fantastic the
pickup switchings flawless and really
clean playing great job thanks very much
man thank you very much two things stuck
out for me I love the tone like really
warm my bass player yeah it's um bottom
and I really like the way you moved from
one idea to the next like really
smoothly great job man thank you very
much guys well let's get you out of here
before Sam keeps going on about bass all
right our next contestant sim diamond
how would you describe your style melody
melodic yeah okay great let's see a
little bit of melody this time yes
I've really appreciated that it was
compositional I would have liked it for
a little bit more rhythmic variation
kick I don't think there was a quarter
note or a half note in there it's very
good let's add a little bit of variety
Thanks
please welcome Bree Lou Camp metal what
was it about it that you thought that's
for me I grew up listening to classical
music and I just wanted to hear it
plugged in and loud and faster
it was almost like a song intro like I
could hear a band coming in it did go
places that it needs needed some
tweaking yeah the use of effects -
you're like the first person you know
use the octave effect there I think that
was pretty cool astounding don't be
afraid of feedback so much bring back
that noise suppressor and you know let
that sustain sing a bit because you're
choking your cell phone I found some
tech knowledge from DK okay your man sir
what is sweet picking sweet picking is
hard the only thing harder it's
explaining it that's all from blame
take it away blame welcome our next
shredder Alex Zubair who was it that
made you want to pick guitar Marty
Friedman Jason Becker
where's mr. Alex don't like my favorite
band is actually custom invested so uh
that wasn't kissing ass it's on the card
in his bio that his favorite band was
Testament before he knew you'd be here
so flattered
Alex meant good to see a full disclosure
Alex and I played in a band
years ago
so yeah burned a black insert plug I
missed those days the tone is different
nobody's quite had that tone yeah there
were some bends there which is something
I haven't heard enough of today good job
thank you
last shredder coming up please welcome
Rick Rick let's do this what are you
gonna bring that we haven't seen that's
a combination of melody and shredding
okay
Rick dude unbelievable sense of melody
and you showed a good variety of
mid-tempo and blistering fast speeds
very very good job thank you now a
hammer must fall
it's the elimination ceremony I don't
want anything to do with this it's cruel
it's unusual so I leave it up to our
heartless judges we appreciate that it's
not easy to get up there alone under the
lights in front of us in front of the
cameras and and do your thing but moving
on there's two of you that really stood
out to us as particularly strong Frankie
and Alex you guys are safe three more of
you stood out is grasping the challenge
and doing a good job at it sim Bree and
Rick you guys are all safe we're down to
our final two
so Daryl the standout thing for me was
just real lack of variation in what you
did that was a pretty big knock against
your particular piece you definitely
showed a lot of speed but there wasn't
much substance to it other than that and
Tim Jim man you get the weight of the
world on your shoulders you know I think
you know I speak for everyone you know
being first is by far the hardest that
said that could also be a big
opportunity to set the bar and to kick
things off in a big way and I just felt
that you weren't as well prepared as
everyone else and when you moved into
the tapping section it just the rails
came off yeah it needed some more
preparation and just some real
acknowledgement about okay what's
working and what's not working and
sometimes that that's one of the hardest
things to do it alright boys I know you
don't want to be up here any longer so
the name on the paper will be eliminated
sorry Tim Tim you've been shredded thank
you
how you feeling I feel good I mean
thanks for having me out it was a
pleasure to come down here otherwise I'd
just be in bed sleeping right so what is
hey come on Hank you know your
disposition is sunny infectious you
can't be stopped so no thanks
we'll be back next time more challenges
more shredding more highs or lows more
heartbreak and we hope you'll join us on
our quest to find the ultimate shredder
signing up
