Crash Kings: Evolution of Guitar – With No Guitar

Brothers Mike Beliveau (bass) and Tony Beliveau (keyboards and vocals) formed the trio The Crash Kings with drummer Jason Morris. But they approach it with a twist: to “create a band that once and for all could be ‘The Big Rock Sound’ without guitar.”

The two brothers trade handling the guitar-like duties, with Mike hitting the tube overdrive and Tony using a modified clavinet.

In this video, the trio gives a look inside the studio, where the band is working on their new album.

Be sure to check out their version of “Crosstown Traffic” around the mid-way point!

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  1. matthew f

    haha heck yea

  2. Chad Grant

    AMAZING!!! Please come to Nashville!!

  3. art

    I don’t get it. Nice bass though.

  4. Eric H

    Awesome bass tones. Definitely digging it!

  5. Every guitarist I have shown this to cringed. (then seemed to get very ticked off)

  6. Clifton

    Now this is Creative!! :^D

  7. Geoff Kovarik

    Nicely done! Remember that Jan Hammer went note-for-note on his Moog with John McLaughlin in the Mahavishnu Orchestra years ago…

  8. Bill Goodwin

    great beans of coolness….

  9. Martin Malenfant

    I thought that modified clavinet looked familiar…turns out I saw a video of them covering War Pigs a few months back.

  10. Mark Bezanson

    Sweet!

  11. Very tight! Love band ideas like this.

  12. This is so good, hope this catches on!

  13. why not use a regular synth patch.

  14. Great tones! Loved this, very creative! and digging the bass overdrive and that autowah, banging! :D