FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY: VIDEOS OF METAL & HARD ROCK GUITARISTS PLAYING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July here in America, which means MetalSucks will be closed for the day while the staff goes to cookouts, gets drunk, watches the new Spider-Man movie, and, in at least one case, gets drunk at the new Spider-Man movie. We’ll be back to our usual posting schedule on Thursday. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this collection of various metal guitarists playing the National Anthem through the years. And if you don’t, well… you must be a dirty Commie or something!!!

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

DAVE MUSTAINE

ZAKK WYLDE

SCOTT IAN & ROB CAGGIANO

ADAM JONES

JOE SATRIANI

JOHN 5

ACE FREHLEY

TED NUGENT

SLASH

BUCKETHEAD (starting at :44)

Dj ASHBA

CLIFF BURTON (yes we know he’s a bassist not a guitarist but still)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIobdmQCCZs

ZACH BRODERICK

NUNUO BETTENCOURT (with GARY CHERONE)

And not a metal guitarist, but still the best:

JIMI HENDRIX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnMLHTKcH50