Ladies and gentlemen
I once again welcome you back
to Shredders of Metal 2.
Speaking of two,
two men have
already fallen,
and two
men have advanced on.
We're halfway through
the first round,
and already, like,
compared to season one
like, the level of
playing is next level.
We've got, like, four
more players to come
and I'm excited.
All right.
Enough chit chat,
more chit-chit.
You know, kind of like
when you first step.
Anyways.
Our first shredder,
ladies and gentlemen, Nick.
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My name is Nick Miller.
I'm from Ottawa, Ontario.
I am 29 years old,
and I've been playing guitar
for upwards of 15 years.
The music scene in
Ottawa is very small,
everyone knows everybody,
and there's not a lot of egos.
I joined cause I'm dope.
I'm really good.
No, I work hard.
I'm devoted to the shred life.
Shreddeth onwards.
So Nick, we've got you
looking glorious with the bun.
I try to, yeah yeah.
Keeping the hair
out of the way,
are we gonna see some
crazy stuff out of you?
Fingers crossed.
And battling Nick, JT.
Get over here.
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My name is Jimmy Theo Harris,
better known as JT Harris.
I'm from Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
I've been playing guitar
for a little over 20 years,
and I'm 49.
A couple times during my life
I quit the music
business completely
to be the family man,
I'm gonna cut my hair
and get a real job.
I went crazy.
And I said no, I could
never quit this life again.
Ever.
So I'm back.
We're gonna shred
til we're dead.
Would you say you're
the complete package.
Definitely maybe.
Definitely
maybe.
Well, there's only
one way to find out.
And that is with
a shredding duel.
Gentlemen, take it away.
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Well gentlemen,
round one in the bag
and we're both still standing.
Let's see how the
judges felt about it.
Mr. Alex Skolnick.
Yeah, Nick, I think
you gave us some licks
that we haven't heard yet.
Certain types of arpeggios.
You plugged straight
in, so you're--
Yeah, overdrive pedal,
that's about it.
Yeah, I actually thought
your tone could use
maybe a little something,
a little bit of wetness,
delay, or reverb.
Yeah, I mean, it's really
hard to plug straight in.
I would just let it
breathe a little bit.
Sup motherflickers.
JT I liked your energy.
You really, like, went for it,
you took some risks.
I think with those risks
you hit a few weird notes,
which is fine, you know.
But ultimately it
was a great job.
You had some really
awesome squealies.
I love squealies,
and you hit some
really great squealies,
so good job guys.
My critique is the
same for both of you.
I kind of felt like
neither of you were really
playing to the track, though.
You were kind of
playing over it.
So, on the second run,
I'd just like you to
hear kind of, like,
make it work a little
bit more strongly
within the track.
All right, gentlemen.
Get those pit crews in,
make your adjustments,
and fire away for round two.
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Deliberations have ended.
Mr. Dunn.
Yeah, Nick,
unfortunately I think
it sounded sloppy to me,
a little sloppier
than the first run.
And I think it
might be a combination
of the fact that you are
going for so much combined
as Alex mentioned before
with a drier tone is probably
revealing the imperfections
a little bit more
And JT, Justin Timberlake,
I could have used
a little more build,
you know, dynamically.
It was shred the whole time,
but then again, this
is a shred competition.
-So, great job, you know.
-Thank you.
This is another tough one.
We have two different approaches
for presentation I
might vote one way,
musical interest,
I might vote another way.
I thought both of
you guys did better
the second time around.
With that, gentlemen,
show 'em if you got 'em.
Dun dun, dun dun dun dah!
[Host] Dun dun dun.
JT!
[JT] Yes!
Our winner, advancing on.
[JT] Woo!
[Blayne] Shredding great,
and looking fabulous doing it.
[JT] Thank you.
Tremendous playing on this side.
You too, man.
Once again, a touching degree
of shredsmanship, a bit...
You know, it really
makes it hard
for us to manufacture
drama for you.
Oh, oh right!
Yeah, that's what you get!
[all laugh]
[Blayne] There we go,
now we're talkin'!
