Rockstep: guitarist shreds dubstep jam "Cinema (Skrillex Remix)" by Benny Benassi

By: Bailey Johnson
Topics: Viral Video

(CBS) - You don't have to be a fan of dubstep to appreciate this video (though it helps.) All you need is an appreciation for one talented guitarist going where no guitar has gone before. Electronic music is computer-based, and by rights no physical instrument should be able to replicate the screeches and squalls of a dubstep jam. And yet that's exactly what this young man does, adding his rock star styling to Skrillex's remix of Benny Benassi's "Cinema."

Welcome to "rockstep." The guitarist's name is Ben Matthews, and while he only has one video so far on his YouTube channel, we hope to see more soon. He clearly has some genre-bending, not to mention guitar-shredding, talent.

Edited Sept. 7 10:39 EDT

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by jazzexpected September 11, 2011 1:50 PM EDT: i am lost for words!! wow is a understatement!; Reply to this comment


by lmatthews54 September 8, 2011 12:14 AM EDT: Hope he continues to go viral. He deserves it.; Reply to this comment


by lmatthews54 September 8, 2011 12:12 AM EDT: Ben is a modern day Jimi Hendrix!!; Reply to this comment


by kfarrell711 September 7, 2011 10:54 AM EDT: And Ben is a righty not a lefty, the editing on this video makes him look like a lefty; Reply to this comment


by kfarrell711 September 7, 2011 10:50 AM EDT: i went to school with him, and i am friend of his. back in highschool he would bring his quitar to school with him and play music in class. ben is an amazing guitarist; Reply to this comment


by rexxcarz September 7, 2011 5:56 AM EDT: Dude, I am almost 60 and hard rocking SINCE the 60s! You are a shredmaster! As a musician, I don't care for "computer-based" so-called music, but the gig you just did was awesome! You know your axe, no doubt! Keep it up and you will be on stage, big league...and a lefty to boot!! Rock on.; Reply to this comment


by valerie6142 September 7, 2011 4:54 AM EDT: Badass. This is the direction music is going. Great Job man.; Reply to this comment


by KamikazeKarthik September 7, 2011 2:10 AM EDT: The guitarists name is BEN MATTHEWS from Texas, here is his youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Benzo1hoe; Reply to this comment


by KamikazeKarthik September 7, 2011 2:07 AM EDT: The guitarists name is BEN MATTHEWS from Texas, here is his youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Benzo1hoe; Reply to this comment