i'm a friedman guy. but trying poland stuff is way harder for me personally. total respect for this man. such and insane player.

His 1/4 & 1/2 bends are the most recognized in all guitar players..

@@aryinc literally nobody Megadeth had post Poland could even come close to his style

@@MegaWumba noone can match his style. Marty friedman style same thing. they are both players very recognisable by their style. Both very dynamic. I prefer friedman but thats more personal and style, but chirs poland stuff is reall really hard. I there wasn't chris poland in megadeth we would really have missed out on one of the very best. At the time, if you compared poland to any guitarsits in thrashmetal he probably would own them all.

I thought the same thing. I would have parked right in front of him and could watch him play all day!

It did happen! Back in the early 2000's, they did a tour together with Alex Skolnick. They each had their own band but I'm sure they all jammed at some point during the tour. If you do a Google search, you can find pics of them together and stuff. They both have a ton of respect for each other.

@@whereisevan Yep, in an interview Marty said Chris has an instantly recognizable style.

It would be magical for sure

@@irieeyes12 woah woah woah

Marty and Kiko will be playing together at the Budokan.

beebala3 magnetic

@Dissonant Timbres his phrasing also reminds me of jeff beck

@Dissonant Timbres This is the right answer. Chris is a huge Jan Hammer fan.

drmmuzik I like Schecter, will gladly buy another.

I agree. Schecters sound muddy and just don’t sound as good as other brands.

I was bewildered at that throughout the video! How could these people just meander past THIS without even pausing to stop and take it in for a second? Astonishing. Poland is a god among men. Sounds like no one else, ever.

They operate solely off of name recognition, and because they haven't heard his surely he can't be good, gotta run to see Jared Dines or Rob Chapman That's where the *real* taste is

@@Ayyem93 I hear that. It’s a shame so many people operate that way.

It's not his pinky, it's his pointer finger. He can't fully straighten it out. My right hand ringer finger is like that after it was cut just above the last joint.

Agreed. It bums me out that he isn't mentioned in the same breath as those dudes.

crusTodd you would like Alan Murphy check him out.

Yeah! Somebody mentioned Jeff Kollman .

Love Jeff and Chris together on Cosmosquad's 'Jam for Jason'!

Glad you liked it. He’s such an amazing player.

As a fan since Peace Sells I was looking for some clean footage of this megaplayer. I have to join banana statement.

Hear his Megadeth solos, AMAZING

He does use his pinky. Not a lot but he uses it. And he severed tendons in his hand as a kid apparently. He can’t bend his index and can’t feel his pinky. If so that’s even more impressive lol

I hear a lot of Alan Alda.

rattlecage666 Holdsworth is Chris’s favorite player.

Yep, Holdsworth brought me here. I was listening to him and it immediately made me think of Chris Poland.

You are right! Legato technique.

@Gideon October That might be because he is the guitarist on Peace sells?

Yes I can't comprehend that motion.

Sorry that this a late response, when he was young he punched through a window and the glass cut tendons in his index finger, he can’t bend it nor can he feel anything in his little finger apparently

Number of reasons. But we should be glad that he got out when he did, because he probably would have died if he stayed much longer. Dave has approached him to rejoin on at least two occasions since he left, but I think Chris' self-preservation instincts probably kicked in.

Kiko

He was in Megadeth's The System has Failed album (2004) but that's it. He didn't tour with Megadeth.

how bout kimb and peace?

@@perrymason9279 yeah, he was there in the good ol days

MENZA

It's not genetic, it's from a severed tendon.

Jimmy Johnson Ouch !! Not stopped him becoming a magnificent player :◎)