WHO GAVE THIS GOON A RECORD DEAL?

Anyone who reads this site know that we — and in particular me — have a particular fondness for shred. There’s lots of clowns out there who just play a mile a minute without any sense of song structure or melody, and I’m not even talking about those guys — ok maybe I like them too sometimes — but there’s just something about shred that tugs at my heartstrings. It’s probably because the very first music video I ever saw on MTV was by Van Halen and I was instantly transfixed.

But if guys like Constantine are the future of shred, I want nothing to do with it.

I mean, look at this ass-clown with his dyed jet-black, flat-ironed hair and his flaming guitars. Are you fucking KIDDING me, dude? Shred already gets a bad enough name, and the last thing we need is a cartoon character like this guy giving its detractors more ammunition. “Official Shredspace page?” “Shredcore”? Are you serious?? (PS: “Shredcore” has been done before).

The guy’s got plenty of chops, but so do a lot of other players these days. Who needs this? Not me.

-VN