I found this yesterday

Which is pretty funny if you know the original song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfm-17pu6SQ

Dragonforce is an interesting live band. Li and Totman play too fast to play perfectly in one run (whereas, they can redo it over and over again in the studio), so their usual solution is to get drunk and act like dip****s on stage. Log in to see images!

Lara Croft Posted:

Dragonforce is an interesting live band. Li and Totman play too fast to play perfectly in one run (whereas, they can redo it over and over again in the studio), so their usual solution is to get drunk and act like dip****s on stage. Log in to see images!

So they’re both shams and unprofessional, then? Not trying to be a troll, but there are guitarists who play fast who can manage to reproduce what they do in the studio on stage. I’m always dubious about excuses like ‘we’re just too damn fast!’

Lara Croft Posted:

That’s a valid argument…but most other guitarists at their skill level stand almost completely still while they play, which is something that a solo career allows them (Michael Angelo Batio, Buckethead, Satriani, etc.). When Dragonforce plays live, they’re moving around, jumping, etc. – and the purpose is to get people excited, despite making more mistakes that way. The difference between recording a studio track and playing live is performance – even Buckethead, who plays almost PERFECTLY still as a part of his persona, still practices some martial arts, pop and lock, etc., between songs.

And if you’re going to call them shams for redoing sections of their songs multiple times while recording, than you can call just about every mainstream recording artist a sham as well. Some people claim they play slowly while they record and speed it up later, but that’s entirely false.

Alls I know is that I like their music. I hear people bash them all the time for their live performances and whatnot, but as far as I care these are still good mp3s.