Maybe my ego's not ready to cope with these guys yet. Seriously though, every rock player's got to hear the track Baptism of fire from the album of that name. It's not polyphonic, it's not weirdly timed, it's not in weird scales but it DOES show total mastery of everything else you might conceive to relate to electric guitar. He sweep picks pinch harmonics and I'm not even talking little sweeps with straight lines and he's got a fab sense of melody and has awesome tone. It's based loosely on "Mars" (Dvorak isn't it?) which is a great tune to start with. Plus there's Billy sheehan on bass and I think Deen Castronovo on drums.
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
