this guy has a great way of putting it. it's not about being technically impressive. it's about the pure emotion that your instrument exudes. you can tell when a person has a real passion for their craft.
i agree that jonny greenwood should be higher on the list. radiohead has some intense guitarwork. him and ed o'brien made me completely rethink guitar playing. he does this thing live where he tunes the top e so far down that he actually pulls it off the fretboard and makes some crazy noises. how's that for innovation?
haha. you are a badass. i agree that clapton shoul be #1 hands down. but, no offense, i can play guitar better than slash. the only thing slash brought to guitar was playing while smoking a cigarette. guns 'n' roses is, in my opinion, the most overrated band there is. their only good song was sweet child of mine.
i don't know what RS was thinking. this is the worst list of great guitarists of all time. Hendrix at 1? i dunno. he was a brilliant musician and had an exemplary concept of sound but stylistically he didn't really push the boundaries that much. Page should be higher. sure he was a bit sloppy but when you think about it he was excellent at making riffs and composing his songs impeccably. Kirk Hammett Sucks. i'm sorry folks. he fucking sucks. he's hugely overrated. Mustaine left metallica because they couldn't play fast enough. thrash metal is supposed to be fast as hell. mustaine was a much better guitarist than hammett and he's not even on this list. and where's paul gilbert, where's marty friedman, where's jason becker. has anyone ever heard of cacophany. greatest metal band ever. friedman would just shred some insane lick and tell becker to harmonize it and he'd just do it on the spot. Paul gilbert said he was scary good. what about jeff buckley? he was vastly underrated and short-lived. he could play like jimi. his version of hallelujah, or night flight are both great. grace is pretty sick too. you know. he wasn't fantastically intense, but definitely top 100 material. my opinion is that rolling stone should stop trying to decide who's the best and just do their fucking job and interview musicians.
this guy has a great way of putting it. it's not about being technically impressive. it's about the pure emotion that your instrument exudes. you can tell when a person has a real passion for their craft.
i agree that jonny greenwood should be higher on the list. radiohead has some intense guitarwork. him and ed o'brien made me completely rethink guitar playing. he does this thing live where he tunes the top e so far down that he actually pulls it off the fretboard and makes some crazy noises. how's that for innovation?
haha. you are a badass. i agree that clapton shoul be #1 hands down. but, no offense, i can play guitar better than slash. the only thing slash brought to guitar was playing while smoking a cigarette. guns 'n' roses is, in my opinion, the most overrated band there is. their only good song was sweet child of mine.
i don't know what RS was thinking. this is the worst list of great guitarists of all time. Hendrix at 1? i dunno. he was a brilliant musician and had an exemplary concept of sound but stylistically he didn't really push the boundaries that much. Page should be higher. sure he was a bit sloppy but when you think about it he was excellent at making riffs and composing his songs impeccably. Kirk Hammett Sucks. i'm sorry folks. he fucking sucks. he's hugely overrated. Mustaine left metallica because they couldn't play fast enough. thrash metal is supposed to be fast as hell. mustaine was a much better guitarist than hammett and he's not even on this list. and where's paul gilbert, where's marty friedman, where's jason becker. has anyone ever heard of cacophany. greatest metal band ever. friedman would just shred some insane lick and tell becker to harmonize it and he'd just do it on the spot. Paul gilbert said he was scary good. what about jeff buckley? he was vastly underrated and short-lived. he could play like jimi. his version of hallelujah, or night flight are both great. grace is pretty sick too. you know. he wasn't fantastically intense, but definitely top 100 material. my opinion is that rolling stone should stop trying to decide who's the best and just do their fucking job and interview musicians.