I just have one thing to say about this performance, a warning: the lick at 1:37 may cause face-melting.
Tonight's musical interlude features the kind of performance that traumatizes guitar players: Paul Gilbert doing "Will My Screen Door Stop Neptune" from his new album Fuzz Universe. The guitar solo in this one is a jaw-dropping example of Shreddus Maximus. Listening to it may cause permanent alterations to your genome. [Video]
Here’s some totally sick shredding on a power trio version of an Irish reel, by John Petrucci of Dream Theater. This tune is on John’s solo album Suspended Animation. (And it’s actually musically interesting too.) [Video]
Steve Vai shreds the living heck out of the tune “Juice,” from the album Alien Love Secrets. [Video]
Totally sick shreddage from Paul Gilbert and band, live in the studio with their astronaut suits. [Video]