Garza Podcast - 220 - Hardest Riffs, Meta Glasses & Valentine’s Day

Episode Date: February 16, 2026

Garza is back for a solo episode reflecting on 5 years of the podcast, buying Meta glasses & much more!SPONSORS: DistroKid - https://distrokid.com00:00 - Valentine’s Day01:53 - Being Sick07:20 - 5 Year Anniversary!16:06 - J Check-in17:09 - Meta Glasses28:32 - Experience with Drums33:10 - The Cleansing & Emotions39:12 - AI & Metal45:56 - Hardest Riffs to Play55:26 - Metallica vs Megadeth1:02:58 - Hot or Shot1:10:31 - New Merch1:11:38 - Superbowl & Bad Bunny

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That's distrokid.com. Link and the description below. And now, let's get to the podcast. Oh, my goodness. People are hearing the chugs right now. Man, what am I going to do for, uh, for Valentine's Day? I don't know.

Whenever, whenever it came around, it was always like, I don't know, either. I'm busy. or the ladies busy it's always hard to it's going to sound cheesy

it's going to sound cheesy but uh every day you got to show love to your your woman or married person or every day it's kind of like what we were talking about with the last guest

Jay like a treat every keep treating it like it's the first date do I still look at my lady like it's the first date just like it's a freaking just just a freaking purve damn it's a freaking chick dude

it's a hot chick just want to freaking just grab them dude that's that is like wild like being um oh it should probably do a proper intro

thank you for listening watching I apologize in advance if I'm a little bit more nasally the old light flu got me and I was laying in bed this morning I'm like am I gonna show up or am I going to be a bitch

and keep playing in my bed so this one's for all you I'm glad I got up it's like one of those sicknesses where is that the word sicknesses where you like when you wake up and you're in bed

like you feel terrible terrible like your like your meat body is this like it's done but when you get up and you shower you have like a warm shower your body kind of okay you have a healthy breakfast you kind of get going um so i apologize in advance there's any choppy uh edits i might i might be coughing throughout but again thank you for listening watching um valentine's day yeah um it's not even on my subject manner but what is going going there uh I remember being in junior high school or even sooner. Like all you want,

all you wanted was just even attention from a, from the opposite sex. That's all you wanted. Through a junior high and a high school, I'm like, man, and now to be where I'm at now, it's just, wow. You know, when you're in high school, you're just a loser.

You think no one likes you. And then then you find someone, oh shit, they like me. I like them. Like, what a moment. And I, man, all you wanted to, in high school, you just like, dude, what am I going to, what am I going to do it? I remember freshman year in high school. That's when I was dating somebody, eighth grade, ninth grade. And then I didn't even think about it until, um, um, this.

it's not malice but i didn't even think about like sex really it was more like i'm just stoked to have a cute girlfriend and then i remember like my friend uh telling me in freshman year like hey like when you guys gonna when you guys gonna fuck i remember i didn't even think about it like shit i don't know i guess when it happens and then i remember it it got on my head i'm like am i am i supposed to do it now like and it kind of ruined like like my relationship. And then we ended up breaking up, uh,

made away through freshman year. It was a beautiful time when you're heartbroken, man, you thought that the whole world is just like, it's over. But yeah, it's Valentine's Day. Treat. So,

for, I guess for me, the risk is sounding like a cheesy idiot. Um, treat every day like it's that day. What's like the normal thing to do on, on Valentine's Day? Are you supposed to, just bringing up some activities.

I'm curious what you're supposed to do. The dinners. Okay, so we got, according to AI, which we're going to dive into throughout this episode, a few things are going on. Valentine's Day activities for 2006 range from romantic dinners and spa days to creative workshops

like pottery, or mom's say poetry. Pottery. That's kind of cool. painting oh cocktail making classes that's pretty cool that's really cool let's see

at home spa night DIY kind of light dinner dude you can't beat dude for real like I love when this is a candle is right there just chilling like

when you have a dinner and it's just there's something about the candle which actually why we have a candle here every time there's just something about it I wonder where that came from

but uh man word of south I don't know how this happened we're now we're just in the fucking talking about relationships right off the bat it should I guess for me I should probably work on this like should be a more special time

I just treat my lady like it's just the first date like holy shit it's a freaking hot chick I just want to freaking make out you know what's underrated making out that takes you right back

to high school. For me, it doesn't get old. That first kiss to the first kiss, there's a lot of embarrassing moments there. Because you're learning it older. It's all about like the small moves and then that will lead up to the kiss. But when you're in junior high and high school, you don't know how to build up to the kiss. I remember that was some awkward times. But that's why, that's where we're here. That is why we're here. Also, uh, Let's just dive into it. So the birthday of the podcast is February 15th. So we hit five years officially, which is a trip.

Five years, man. I would like to say. And shout out to you, Alex, for being the first guest. I saw him a few weeks ago. And speaking of my lady, she always, like, will remind me of Alex. Hey, do you have to talk to Alex? You text them? I'm always like, no.

I don't, I just forget living life. And she would tell me, like, whenever he asked him to do something, like, he was always kind of, he was always there. And then that is true. If I ever deigned something, I would just text him or call him. He would always just drive over. And this particular, this was also in the evening. I think the next day, the next morning, maybe even that night, he was flying to the Ukraine to hang out with his woman.

But yeah, shout to Alex, always being there as a friend. Man, five years. I was, it was during, it was during COVID. And in, I remember there was like some issues. where we were in the inland empire, especially Corona, there was like some fires going on. I remember driving around up and down the freeway and streets in Corona with my lady.

Just looking at like, looking for used furniture places and just trying to find like the best of like couches, which is the ones we would end up having now. And a fan of a very pleasant, innocent, memories and I yes we uh we found some couches and got them I think we have a I sent I I send you some photos again I apologize if I sound a little bit nasely but uh so this was the if you're just over watching this is the garage this is my parents garage before

anything so it's it's a mess and uh I asked my parents if I could build a little a temporary endeavor and they were sweet and let me do it and then so it was this first and then to what it would eventually become what's the next picture

me Alex Joan and that's the couch which is no that I was off the 15th freeway right by In and Out Burger um it's the straw what is it Maple Street right off Maple um

Maple or Surface Club. There is a really cool furniture outlet, which isn't there anymore. And we found this couch. It was 320 bucks on sale. And it's this one right here. Still use it. And obviously, it was still COVID. So we have the mask on. We still have the couch. And the people that have sat on this couch, especially recently, it's pretty, it's pretty unbelievable, which I'll tell which we'll tell you later who's in coming in next week and then uh what's the next one jay just the following couch one i think's the next one and then another one up in kenley we we found these ugly well i guess it's objective i guess this is my personal opinion hey jay

do you think these couches are ugly kind of got like grandma vibes yeah yeah so we found like these white chairs and but but they're on sale though i think they're 50 bucks um the price tag is there i don't is jake can you uh zoom in there yeah 49 99 and we bought both because uh cc told me that you know you could like there's like there's uh what is it vinyl paint or you could like there's paint specifically for a I apologize specifically for vinyl I was like huh

I was worried like if you spray paint something oh like you'll sit on and they'll come up on you or wear off and nodded it worked so 100 bucks for those two chairs and boom

took these outside fucking spray painting them it was awesome and still the one that I sit down here today made a lot of tough decisions here in this 4999 chair slash couch pretty cool

what's what's the next one jare we were we were at home depot quite often which yeah was buying wood that would be eventually the the table here it's painting it pretty sick um was it it was amazon

Amazon had like these weird Like piping for tables So it's like a really cool look And yeah I just do yourself paint it Save money and I still Still use it here It's right here the uh

There's two connected And um Yeah jay found it boom It's like this really cool piping Kind of like like a rustic It's actually might be the exact Yeah this exact thing yeah pipe leg

coffee table DIY boom same money same money look cool a little bit more time and then I think the last photo J is the subscriber account I remember dude

when we when we crossed episode 6 when we crossed 100 subscribers holy shit oh like damn dude this shit's just blowing up holy shit and during this whole process I don't know if I ever talked about it,

but I never once used suicide silence. Like, nothing gets other guys, but they have something going on. They will always collab with the band, social media. And I was like, you know what?

I want to avoid that. Like, I didn't make a post. The band didn't make a post. It wasn't even in the stories. So it was just like, like, all right,

if I announced it at my personal one, what's going to be the actual, what's going to actually happen? Like, where am I? I like knowing, Well, I don't like it. It kind of sucks, but knowing where you're at.

And so looking back, I'm glad I didn't. I'm still very happy that I didn't use the band to kind of get like a little push, you know. Alex was enough, you know, having a really great first guest. We talked a lot of, we talked about Corona being on fire, recovery. It was really cool. so I know some of you have been there since the first episode

so that's it's been five fucking years dude five there it says five years boom four years or five years and my parents were episode seven and I've been debating

if uh which Jake could probably help me with this or all you I wonder if I should bring them back because now I have like that's me just not shit I still don't know shit but it was like maybe having some kind of structure more like structure and it was fun man it's hanging out with mom and dad um we kind of cool to have like

kind of like a part two you know so that's been in the back of my mind we might might might bring him back remember my mom being a really great podcast guest I was like damn she's fucking talking telling stories okay shit all right who knew who fucking knew but again that thank you for the five years and here's to uh five more 10 more 20 more I don't know when am I going to die when am I dying probably dying from the flu something like that but um cool move on to my uh well well before we hit up the last subject uh how's uh how's jay doing good are you sick yet Not yet. I felt a little heavier, a little more sluggish, but that could just be fucking Thursday

happened to me. Slugged up? Yeah. Slugging. Slugging. Do you have any plans for Valentine's Day? Probably going to do the candlelit dinner. Fuck, yeah.

You know, why go out and getting all that crowd and... Yeah. Yeah. Probably hike in the day and make something nice. Nice. Hold hands. Again, dude, like, just like the classic stuff holding. I like making out holding hands.

I'll be lying to all of you. I said I wasn't grabbing. That's the purpose of being in a relationship. I'm just going to, like, my girlfriend's right. I'm just like that first date. Well, cool. I made a purchase and I want to talk about it because kind of also ties.

into a future question we have later but uh oh it's on my chest I did I got the meta glasses um I got the Rayban meta glasses

Gen 2 uh not Gen 1 and I'm very satisfied with my uh purchase and I learned a lot I went to Sunglass Hut uh

at the what's it called I think it's called the block of Orange in Orange County somewhere. And, yeah, I walked in and I was talking to the person that was helping me. And they were very helpful. They actually had the same glasses that I wanted. Or the outlets at Orange, I'm sorry for my nasally. Boom.

I knew I want it. I'm going to walk in. I'm buying the metal glasses. It just depends on the style. If the style was there, I'll buy them. I wanted the matte black, large wayfair. Is how you say it? Wayfair?

And that's what I got. Boom. Pretty crazy. I got the last pair, and I was going to go at night because there's less traffic. But for some reason, I came here. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to go in the morning. I don't know why.

I feel like going in the morning. Sure enough. It was the right call. When I walked in, there was an older gentleman. I want to say older. I mean, probably like late 40s, probably. And he was trying on like Oakley's, Raybans. But he wanted like the meta thing.

And then the person helping him was like, yeah, we just got two yesterday. And he's always sell out. This particular pair always sells out. Like, okay. I mean, I want him. Let's just buy them. I was in there from looking to, I'm buying these was less than a few minutes. And it turns out, which I didn't know, which I mean, that we got to get into the technology that's happening because, you know, me being there, I was asking, I was basically podcasting them, just asking them all these dumb questions.

And I got a lot of answers. so anyway I was like okay I want them I'm gonna buy him turns out they were the last pair and then out of nowhere the gentleman next to me was like oh no I want I want the pair he has and I could sense this energy being mad that I was literally taking the last pair right right next to him like well you got to know what you want man I walked in I knew what I wanted and all of a sudden he sees the he sees that they're desired

And it's funny how that awakens something, right? In you? Like if he's, when there's like the scarcity there, I think he realized that he fucked up. That I got the last pair. And I didn't know until the gentleman showed me that was helping me. Oh, yeah,

their, the lenses are transition. So they're, so inside, they're cleared and outside. They turn into sunglasses. I'm like, what the fuck?

Like two glasses and one? I don't fucking know that. So that was a really cool thing that he shared with me. I was like, I didn't know I was paying for this, which is, that's a plus. I also didn't know that they had speakers in them. There's little speakers in the end. Do you imagine to sponsor the pot? I'm supporting it hard right now.

So I don't know that. So that's a big plus. I was just buying slowly for the camera. And so since he works there, I guess he has some more. intel about what they have coming in or what they're planning to do and from what he tells me I'm not saying I'm 100% right

but from what he was telling me when I was with the answering my questions so he said they're trying they're treating the glasses meta is treating glasses like iPhones and they're pushing technology on these things

extremely aggressively. So again, it might not be Gen 3, but he's saying for Gen 3, they're trying to make it to where the inside of the lenses are screens, which is insane. So they're trying to make it to wear

basically like a phone. So you could basically do all your business while wearing the glasses. I was like, there's, wow. If that's true, I think this is the first step This is like legitimately Like the

I think this is the only thing That could rival The iPhone So so we're looking I tested meta Meta's display glasses So it's already a thing Yeah it's probably some prototypes

They're trying to make this A fucking screen in there So it says display glasses Some kind of a prototype we're looking at. Dude, if this happens, this is like the legit, I think I,

right now, I think this is the real next step to having, I mean, will you still need your phone at this point? I mean, do you still need a phone? I don't know.

I mean, this is like, once I heard that, that's probably what could really rival the iPhone. So it's kind of cool to get some Intel. there but think about it this is on your fucking face dude

this is directly almost on your eyeball and soon this is gonna be normal this is gonna be normal all this shit is gonna be normal then once that's normal what's next or how do we get the screen

in their fucking skull man like straight up black mirror shit like I think this is a really a big step good or bad I don't know It's kind of funny that I own these glasses because when I first came out

and I'm like, that's creepy. There goes privacy and here I am. I own them. And most importantly, the most important thing about these glasses,

I'm just going to show you. I put them on in front of my lady and she approved. So once she approved, that I don't look like a fucking idiot. I'm like, oh, that's, I got the final. It does feel weird wearing glasses

knowing that I don't need glasses, but I can't say exactly why I got him, but a couple reasons. I mean, you could kind of maybe make some guesses based on what I do with the podcast. I'm trying to film some cool shit. I did test them out on the last guest. So you'll probably be seeing something.

Let's see. So we're talking. Valentine's Day You should be seeing something in the next two weeks I'm gonna edit it See how it looks And then I'll approve from there

Yeah you might see something last week A February 1st 5 May March I'm some psycho shit I'm trying to do with the glasses But it's cool They film in 4K or I guess Technically 3K But it's still like

Dude looks fucking awesome You could take photos Um When you press record for a video. I'm not this light starts to flash, which is annoying. So

what people are doing is they're going on Amazon and buying these little things that covered the LED light, which is what I did. But I think this is, I'm not the problem. I know people are going to take advantage of the privacy issue and stuff. I'm just doing it for like this.

I'm fucking 40 years old, dude. I just want to film podcast shit and then that's it but other people who know us but they're fucking filming I mean that's pretty normally

so yeah these these glasses are really cool um one thing I didn't like was um some privacy stuff there was a few

you had to download the app and I recall allowing some stuff that I wouldn't normally allow because I'm not unlike the cloud or anything like I'm an iPhone but I don't use it

to cloud just because i guess i'm kind of worried um but these remember like you had to give them access to my photos which i'm in the hide but this one one more thing but other than that um pretty pretty fucking sick dude pretty sick i was planning to buy two of them like one clear and then one for outside but it's really cool they have the transition uh option so yeah you'll be seeing some weird shit pop up on the old social media and then I uh

I had to return some Wi-Fi stuff to to spectrum curiosity is looking I like to see where technology is at like I went to look at iPhones and I was looking at the Google phone and it looked pretty

it looks identical but I was like shit I wonder what it I know the iPhone is a thing. I know it's convenient. In my mind for years it's been closed off why you can't compete with the iPhone,

but I wonder where it's going. Because now, you know, what's going to work better with glasses? Is it going to be an iPhone? Is it going to be the Google phone? Which we're all on Google anyways. Searching for our dark art. So I wonder where it's going.

going, dude. There's a few things. Dude, right off the Baptist 26, I just hit me. Like, my belief system's been pretty like, oh, shit. First I said no. Now I'm like, oh, I'm wondering where it's going.

Pretty sick. Well, yeah, shout out to you. I have many glasses. We'll see, we'll see where this goes. Uh, yeah. Uh, Jay, should we pop into some, uh, questions? Let's do it. This episode's brought to you by Scotty's.

Scotty's tissues shout out to Tylenol I don't like using pain pills but this is solely for the podcast this is for you guys okay first one oh whoops

I forgot it but I remember it's name Captain clincher a really cool question what what's your experience with drums I think I have the mind of a drummer. Do you think about drums first? Like I always drawn the drums for people.

Everyone thought I was going to play drums. Because my dad, his band would rehearse in the garage, which is the garage, same picture you were looking at. That room has a lot of history. and being in diapers, like watching, uh, I mean, it was a text mex. So you're, they had like keyboards a mass. They had a fucking massive PA system in there. Like it's like it covered that that whole wall.

It was nuts. And the drummer. Um, I remember the, remember the guitar player Robert Ripper played a Fender Strat. Um, the bass player that's all watch him play. And then, um. then drummer giving me like a practice pad of some sticks and I was you know banging on pasta pans in the kitchen so I thought uh so maybe I was attracted to uh to drums first and then um well I think we all are right we're all drawn to the E kit when we see E kit like when everyone everyone sees the E kit they're like oh you know what I think I could play drums I think I could I could play drums it makes you sound so good too like there's something about the e kit like

no matter who you are like you can sound pretty uh pretty decent always been drawing the drums always um the big I mean a massive piece to new metal is the drums very unique drumming um

remember back in a day on eBay I bought a I bought a DVD Fuck, oh man, you guys You guys are gonna talk shit to me What is his name? Used to play drums for chimera Dian Fetus

Kevin Talley I'm sorry, I'm sick I apologize, my brain's not firing right now He had a A DVDs He was sold on eBay, I bought it It was like had a blast beat

At the time the high school I wanted to learn how to blast beat so I learned through him and watching the DVD. Yeah, this is it. I had it. I bought this motherfucker and it was really cool like

him breaking down you know you gotta match the kicks and you match the kick with the ride and then he switched the ride from the bell to the other part of the ride. I was like oh shit so you do that first for a while was matching the kicks in the ride then you put the snare in between that I was like oh shit

that's how you get that fucking sound so that's the one thing I could do on drums for a long time just a solid blast beat just a solid just European blast beat I show up quick shout out to Kevin Talley I wonder if you still find him

it helped me dude like you're a drummer i mean i would say get it i mean i mean i mean i was a i mean yeah i couldn't play guitar even but that should help me like learn some drum beats man pretty sick so yeah uh captain clencher thank you for your question i think we could uh i think we could uh think we just freaking move move on oh oh all right h this is from h walker eat walker eat 11.08. What was what was or what were

the emotions you were going through in your life while writing the cleansing? Nice. Now these questions like this never get old to the answer. It's always like, depends where I'm at in the day. You could

go down different pathways, but what were the emotions? I was pissed. Those pissed off a little kid. I stole it from corn, man Like not Treating rifts Not as

Like a technical aspect But more of like what are you feeling And uh Of course at the time I mean this didn't exist Like there's I wasn't I don't know

What you call me right now A host But uh So at the time I mean Yeah I wasn't talking At all At all

I was a very mute kid Um But this was like I just whatever I wanted to say I figured out How to I guess put it Made the guitar of my own language Um

With what I was feeling Because I couldn't write lyrics either Definitely it was always very feeling based Very emotion based Pist Um unconsciously channeling some

childhood trauma which I think is what music actually is channeling whatever I haven't processed in my life and also at the same time it was fun

like it was so it was so fun there's no you know we weren't like not being put through the ringer yet of the music industry

not completely fucked over and lose all your money just I guess more of like an innocent time which will never happen again just pure pure emotion

hate love why rejected abandonment dealing with my abandonment issues um might be the main emotion just like that abandonment issue um when you're a kid man you just

you're just fucking sad all the time you're depressed and you don't know how to process it so I'm very lucky in an aspect where I found music to whatever I was feeling I was able to channel but man it was fun probably the only

it is sad to look back it'll never happen again no too much been fucked over too much too much money lost innocent friends also so I guess also not being selfish looking towards the other guys

they're also having fun and dealing with their own life and issues and channeling that as well their own insecurities remember also when like man when you were like when something would hit because we're jamming garbage.

Like we're talking like you're in a garage. Just hammering out riffs. A lot of blasting. But man, when something would stick and hit, it was just like this. How would you explain? How would I explain it? You just knew when it was like,

okay, this feels good. This like feels right. Not caring what the. riff was like this feels okay this feels right to play it this way and keeping it that way i'm not sure what happened to that uh mindset or feeling but uh when we will play a breakdown and it hit it was like oh this is this is different it was like just playing this heavy shit in the fucking garage it's it just so yeah i haven't like i haven't i haven't i haven't heard this before this is this is different and i'm always fascinated by that fine line

of confidence and illusion. Because, uh, yeah, death, they're out, they're out this whole journey. I met some delusional people. It's like, man, what was that back then? Like, I don't know. Like, music definitely did help me feel very confident as well. You know, give me some confidence, talk to some chicks here and there, you know, you know, is, so that might have helped me out there.

But it was just an innocent feeling, too. All of it. I guess you could say all of it. Hate, love, insecurity, trauma, evil, heaven. It was all there. It has it all. It was definitely very emotion-based. But yeah, I appreciate your question.

Thank you for that. Oh, yeah, this is, all right, here we go. Here we go. All right, this is from Patrick Allen. Yep. Got it. Okay, what do you think What do you think the future

A metal holds? Will AI take it over? I kind of waited because I know a lot of people kind of touching on this. Will AI take over? I don't know. I think it's way too soon to tell.

I think eventually it's going to be a part of the music. Eventually it is. I mean, it's already happening in pop. It's just a matter of time before it comes over here. And I think, I think what the future holds, really, um,

it's weight with AI and music. I think it's going to happen. And it's going to be so subtle, just like everything else, like the cell phone, like everything else, it's going to be subtle. And you're not even going to know.

Like you're not even going to know or even at that point care. So I'm like I'm like When When is this When is this going to happen? I think it's going to start being very subtle I think people are also

overly focused on things that don't matter Like People get pissed when someone uses AI for some artwork Or something like you're looking at the wrong shit dude Like they're going to figure out ways That this is going to be in the music and you're not even going to know. You're not even going to know.

I'm not going to know. Shit, I was reading something yesterday how they're, I mean, they're close to the fucking robot. I think they have one million robots on deck, AI robots. So, I'm obviously not going to be part of the first wave.

But there's been a lot of people that fucking have robots. Dude, what, what's the future? there's robots going to fucking start riding music, who knows? But I think we've been connected with technology for a long time. I mean, technically like a guitar is what? That's not exactly flesh. You know, there's some electronics in there and some futuristic shit in there. I mean, I have, you know, a quad cortex in front of me.

That's, that's, that's, that's, uh, technology. We've been, the purpose of, of this thing in front of me is, uh, what am I feeling? this is going to help me put it in the computer and this is going to come out to speakers for people to hear and then you're going to hear it, you know, whatever. My opinion, it doesn't matter on it, but it's going to come out through their phone, their phone, I wish it was their speakers,

but I mean, that's, this is technology, this is the future. And it's helping me express my soul and my feelings. So it's weird, so it's already happening. And it's like this little subtle. And this is just this. You know, where's this going? So AI is going to figure out a way to express human soul. And when that happens, dude, like, no one's going to fucking tell.

It's already helping it. It's already happening. I mean, for music, I like personally, for music, I like to look at other things. Because eventually if it happens here, there, it's going to have. in music like um i mean i really try to avoid cat videos dude like um so i don't even know that's real anymore i'll pop in i'm like um it's getting a ton of fucking shares like thousands of shares thousands of comments i'm like you there needs to be some responsibility like if you're sharing this and you're showing your friends this you're

comedy on it you're just what's that word you're just like you're just putting it out there you're like like you can't hate AI but you're just promoting it so hard like dude that just there's something I can do with guitar that's going to get that amount of sharing

but someone else could do an AI bullshit and then shares so you're just kind of like perpetuating what you say you don't want or don't like but so it's just so people are it's already becoming normal so once that happens

it's already happening to music with a pop and stuff and they're going to figure it out of way dude we're talking glasses robots I mean the amp technology is insane I think it's gonna be but yeah gun to my head

I think it's gonna be subtle and no one by the time it happens no one's even going to fucking care it's gonna be so far I've had conversations about this out in the world. I'm like, I wonder if playing live is just going to, I wonder if it's going to be like a circus, you know, like, oh, you're going to see a band because you're celebrating a certain

moment of time. So depending on your perspective, I can either be really depressing or they can be like, oh shit, I saw the future. Like people are going to watch live band solely for like, this is a moment in time before the robots and AI took over. no matter what I hope the live shows continue and this is going to be like a

it's going to be like a circus it's going to be like a like a like a like a like a Las Vegas show you go there because of all the history seeing like Santana like you're gotta see it

man where's it going where's it going it ain't stopping but yeah man appreciate your question trying not to dive too far into the AI stuff but uh it's going

and it's evolving so fast, dude, like, who knows? Yeah, thank you for a question. Next one, AC Ray Reeves. Is that a J? you think? AC, right? Yeah. Cool. Chris, what's the hardest riff you ever played?

I thought about that. I don't think people will like my answer, but I think... So two riffs popped up first. in my brain. And this, I mean, I guess I could just play it, probably.

I don't mind sounding like shit, uh, in public, but, so I'm gonna, so this particular riff, um, this tells me right out of the gates

if I'm sucking, or, yeah, this is a good day. This is a really good day. And to play it right is, uh, I probably never played it right before.

It's a riff that I struggle with doing. How are you supposed to pick it? How are you supposed to play it? And so, like, the riff as a whole. I can't play it, right? But I think maybe I could just play it, and maybe you could guess it. Everyone's going to know.

But this riff, for me, it's like, it's such a, it tells me really quickly where I'm at in my plane. Like, if I'm warmed up, if I'm not, if I'm going to play, like, shit later. But playing it, how you're supposed to play it at the speed is why I picked this riff. Doing headphones on. And am I going to play it fast or slow? Fuck, I don't know.

All right. And that's he. That riff fucks me up, dude. I think it's one of the best riffs written all the time as well. Because you got the downpicking. you have multiple strings you have the fingers going up going down you're using your pinky

it says everything it's just everything in one riff and uh shout out to what james had feel for probably writing that riff I still um I haven't played a riff in a while though but

it just fucks me up like my brain is can't like but he's downpicking the whole thing and it's going crazy crazy fast so I'll try to speed up for you. The worst riff, the warm up riff, oh, warm up with as well, my goodness, that's a dumb idea. But that riff is every time, it's the hardest riff.

I still can't. Even if you do it, if I do it slow, I can't. Yeah, warms up the right hand. fingers, the chugging, the right hand, all at the same time. It's a timeless, hard riff. So that'll be my number one pick.

Jake, can you play that riff? That's Master Puppets. Oh, yeah. It also works out your brain, too, which very rarely do I use my brain, but that's a rare time where got to get to That just gets the juices flowing.

And for me to play that correctly, it takes me a while. I'm probably playing guitar for at least 30 minutes of just like chill shit. So going straight into it is like almost like impossible. I'm probably doing that for a while. Just filling my fingers on the strings and then I'll try to work my way up there. Play some Fear Factory or something. And once I feel comfortable there, then I'll go to Master of Puppet. and it's just get annihilated.

But it's been a rare few times when I'm like, oh shit, I hit it. I did it. But it's, it's rare. You know what? Now, this, this reminds me,

I should really relearn that riff, like, just really hammer it down. Cool. Yeah, shout out two of that riff. And in the set, uh, no pity pissing me off.

It's still, like, after after so many years because my weakness but also why I let the rip prior my weakness is my pinky

like really getting really getting my pinky focused and like articulate and really getting that note to come out like my pinky is just like it's been a very it just it's been pissed me off

really but I mean It sounds easy, but once you do it, it's like, oh shit, it's kind of weird. So you have like the, yeah, the triplet with the speed picking, and it's all on my pinky, and I fucking hate it. So here's the riff. Yeah, I don't know what it is, but the going from the triplet to the speed picking just fucks me up. And it's all, and it's all on the pinky still for this reason. When that song comes on, I'm like, no.

Can we just skip it? Please not play this song ever again. harmony all then it goes then it's those two back to back i'm like why again it's more pinky and uh god just so back to back though it just fucks me i guess it's one like it just feels like one big riff and that's the so to me it doesn't feel like two riffs it feels like one big riff that's the hardest riff ever i fucking hate that i hate that riff but also love at the same time it's like a i don't know it's like you're just waiting for the end i'm waiting for the end i'm waiting for the end because once the chugs come in i'm like okay this is what i've been waiting for and this all makes sense because

you're building towards this uh whoops building towards this really a big moment but the yeah so it's like one big riff fucking dog yes like that together i oh my fucking it pisses me off never i i wish that song didn't exist but it's a it's a massive song so kind of we're just waiting for the fucking outro tuggy tone going See that's See that's my style So those I guess you would say

What is that two riffs Two three riffs Hardest riffs ever And you know one day dude I'm actually gonna 20 years later I'm gonna sit down Actually really execute

No pity It's kind of been on my To-do list But it's just a fucking It's a bitch dude But gotta play it I cannot play it It's, I guess you could say, I don't know, iconic song.

But, yeah, A.C., thank you for the thoughtful question. You got that time for one more? Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, I have a nice, I think I have a fresh perspective on this. I'm not sure if people are going to like it or not, but we'll go into it with my sick brain. Okay, how do you say this name, Jay? I'm gonna say Zaccano

Oh nice Zichano 9942 Metallica or Megadev Okay so When I saw this My mind went here I mean it's

They're two different bands Like you're talking like They're just I always thought it was kind of like unfair to Man man what would i do about was damestine would i be a fucking asshole too um they're two different

bands like you can't even like i mean i guess they're both thrash but they're just different they made their own lane i mean how many people have broken off one band and literally they're successful it's a rare thing man and uh i i really don't like the comparison to Metallica because you can't compare anyone to them. They're number one. So when people say Megadeth is number two, I'm like, yo, everybody's number two.

No one's ever going to like achieve that. Like that's fucking Metallica is one of the biggest bands on the planet, dude. Like that's like you can't compare anyone to them. So, so when you say Megadeth is number two and Damien sucks, I'm like, what, what do you

saying about everybody else. So I also thought that was kind of weird. It's unfair. Because compared to Metallica, we're all number two. A far, far number two. And I remember I was thinking like,

that's why I'm being very like emotionless and ejective because I have a past with this band being kicked off a fucking tour. But it's all good. When was it? It was, wow, I was, when was this?

At this point, probably been a couple years ago. Megadeth was, they were playing the five-point amphitheater here in Irvine, which is gone now. I mean, Irvine is Kent. Keep a venue. It sucks. It was a really cool vibe there.

I remember I was watching Meda. They were doing a headlining tour. And then, um, Davey had his, you know, white shirt on. I remember watching him and then leaving him like damn I mean this is like sometimes you get reminded

like oh shit I mean this is like a legendary moment or you're watching legends play like Damon's saying he became regardless of your opinion about him or if he's an asshole or not I don't know

I was watching him I actually began to really appreciate the band and how far he fucking took it It's a, I'm in an amphitheater. Well, there's fucking 10,000 people, 10,000 plus people there. Like, oh shit, I mean, you're, like, that's his failure, I guess, I could say is everyone else's success. It's like wild how far he took it.

Like, wild. Like, regardless what people think about them as a person, like, that's, where how big that band got. Pretty fucking gnarly, dude. Really, it's impressive. for a band to break out I mean that big I mean you're talking it's only a handful of bands so yeah I never like anyone

being compared to Metallica everyone is everybody is number two we're looking at AI Megadeth has sold over 50 million records worldwide I mean throughout their five decade

career five decades wow five fucking decades that is That is unbelievable. Wait, Jay, is that, is that Billboard thing true? The, oh yeah.

The latest album, debut number one. What the, I'm just figuring this out. Their, their 20206 self-titled final studio album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. What the fuck? Wow. Nice way to go out. That's a great way to go out. Dude.

I mean, yo. that is great I mean Middle Bank do that That's fucking wow 17th 17th studio album Damn

Wow that is Okay so I guess we could talk about this So People have been deeming me Have you heard the The Ride the Lightning song I did so this morning I came in here

Sick as fuck You know what I'm going to I'm going to jam it. Because I don't want to have an opinion on it or say anything without even listening because that just makes me an asshole. So I jammed it. I'm like, okay. Let the intro came on. Okay.

This is cool. I mean, because people are telling me that it sucks, but that's just the internet. So you can't really put too much there. Like, I'm not sure what people expect. Like how do you It's tough because you're going into it With expectations That that's

Which have a probably like a 100% fail rate I mean for what it is it's fine I'm not sure you really can't go into this expecting Anything I mean what'd you call this a cover Is it not a cover Yeah you wouldn't call it a cover Yes so this part came on

I was like, okay I think they did a good job on the guitar tone yeah dude I mean do redoing a song I mean I don't know what you expect maybe that might be my age but I kind of go into it knowing like

oh it's this this isn't right the lightning dude like I think it's more like maybe like a more like a celebratory moment head going out this script kind of started a lot

let's fucking record it I think it's unfair to kind of listen to it and just say it sucks. But this is actually really smart. This is how I view it. Robert Anthony 90, 979, he says, I'm glad both versions exist and both bands exist. Straight up.

I mean, would you want this version not to exist? Man, I mean, Damon Stain has so much history in the metal scene. You're like, you can't take it away from him. I mean, that's coming from me. You got fucking kicked off that tour. But it was a fun time, man. It was a fun time. But I was going to say a shout out to Megadef, man.

50 years, finally number one record. Amazing. Cool. I think we're ready to freaking move on. That's it, huh? Woo! Okay. This might be time for...

Man, it might be time for... had her shot so last time you know came in here wrote a riff that morning

I played it for all you um this morning I did the same thing you know I'm not gonna be a freaking bitch

you I'm gonna play guitar right now regardless how I feel which says a lot I mean that's kind of

what you're supposed to do to be honest sometimes you don't feel a certain way but man you gotta you gotta do it man so

last time and this time are similar oh there's my timer it's working all right garza chill out um timer's working it's good um so similar to last time the first thing i flew out is what you heard and i'm going to try it again right now um yeah i had like a couple riffs uh back to back so yeah this is hot or shot so uh this one last one this one The last rip I felt pretty good about this one I don't know. So this is very, I mean, we'll see. All right.

Okay. What's up with my gate? Cool, all right. This is hotter shot. This is like you're in bed. You don't want to get up. You're sick. And you just kind of get up.

Hot or shot. Actually, I had a clean part too. I was doing. Um, I got I got a fucking drumbeat going. Should you try it or no? Yeah, try it. All right.

New metal style. All right, what, what's this? I matched your tempo, so. Okay, cool. Yeah, kind of like a, kind of reminds me like a black label society. Black label society goes fucking death core is pop, dude. Chunky.

You know what that mean? Just you guys get the, full rig before you judge it part probably shot I probably lost you guys alright let's try this

and then I was jamming this a little bit you know I'm going clean you already know and I was like jazz we kind of run on the same frets