Best rock guitar player... ???? and WHY?
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CHOICES
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1. Jimmy Hendricks
2. Dimebag Darrell
3. Dave Mustane (Before the accident)
4. Zakk Wylde
5. Jimmy Page
6. Randy Roads
7. Tony Iommi
8. Brian May
9. Kirk Hammett
10.Joe Satriani
11.Steve Vai
12. or SOMEONE ELSE

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My pick is Zakk Wylde...because he is probably the most versitile guitar player I've ever heard. He can jam to acoustic, B.L.S , classical, southern rock , and even Keep OZZY able to keep rockin' an OZZFEST year after yr.

Also, he records every instrument (Except the drums) on his Black Label Society stuff. That's pretty amazing.

Don't stone me BUT,
I think he kicks the S--T out of Randy Roads too.

[ June 08, 2003, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: bigdaddydanman ]

 

and for those of you who thought I might have forgotten Edward Van HAlen....WEll I did.

I think his best guitar work was on someone elses disc....

Mr. Jackson's ........you know "BEAT IT"

 

Frank Zappa is God.


Warren.

 

Angus Young..


All the headbanging rules..

 

ME!
j/k

I think technically Yngwie Malmsteen is the best player. Download the short video "arpeggios from hell" of Kazaa and see for yourself. Runner up is John Petrucci of Dream Theatre. He is also a very versitile player.

As for pure brilliance and creativity, Hendrix for sure, Wylde, SRV. I also like John Mayer, he plays some interisting stuff on Acoustic.

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Hendrix forsure, as B2B said, nobody will ever match him. Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi are both revolutionary as well. Can't believe Angus isn't on that list, his instrument is apart of him as well heh (and I have one just like it! [img]smile.gif[/img] ) John Petrucci is a madman when it comes to technical knowledge of the guitar and music in general. Dream Theatre and Liquid Tension Experiment are nuts. Kim Thayhil was/is always a personal favorite for his work with Soundgarden as well, wish he would have came back into the mix instead of Cornell. As for newer guitarists I love Adam Jones' work. He doesn't tear it up, but his guitar work adds so much to Tool's music. Another fav is Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age fame. I personally liked him alot better when he was with Kyuss as he didn't have to concentrate on singing and could play alot crazier ****...which he did [img]smile.gif[/img]

 

1.Jimmy Page(who else plays an electric guitar with a bow?..too cool)

2.Jimmi Hendrix(I say no more)

3.Eddie Van Halen(dito)

4.Angus Young(The chiropractor's best patient)

5.Allen Collins(Lynard Skynard)(Listen to "Freebird"-the live version is best...sometimes a half hour guitar solo...and how can any forget the first few riffs of "Sweet Home Alabama...)

6.Pete Townsend(Any man that plays so loud he inflicts a permanent hearing problem on himself gets my salute)(did you know that "The Who" were in the Guiness Book at one time as "The Loudest Band in the World"?)

7.Kane Roberts(Alice Cooper(mid 80's)(also had a solo album too...and this really cool flame throwing guitar...)

8.Paul Dean(One Hit Wonder during the mid-80's w/"Sword and Stone")awesome tune!!

9.Ritchie Blackmore(Deep Purple)"...SMOOOKE ON THE WAAATERRRR....and fire in the skies!!" [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

10.Edgar Winter(Edgar Winter Group(Frankenstien)


Those are my top 10 picks...

Let me know when you want to know my fav drummers...looooooonnnnggg list of them...

 

Wasn't Hendrix left handed and weren't there only right handed guitars available at the time or some such nonsense that he had to learn to play the guitar upsidedown, therefor having to learn everything himself, and basically backwards? Thought I heard this somewhere...

[ June 11, 2003, 03:03 AM: Message edited by: MrEastSide ]

 

my top 3

1. Jimmy Hendrix
2. Frank Zappa
3. Jimmy Page