Rolling Stone's 100 Best Guitarists

[jnd94]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... _all_time/

Well, I guess most of this is right, but there are a few key mistakes. Who can spot them?

I'll give you a clue for one. The duckwalk is in the 90's.

[Syzygy]

Edit: I lied... I'm reading it now.

Rolling Stone can be full of shit sometimes. Some of the reviews they've given albums have been so far off the mark its unbelievable.

[d.gishman]

Why the heck is Kurt Cobain #12? He beat other guitarists who are way better...

[jnd94]

What amazes me is the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers beat out Eddie Van Halen.....

[muy_thaiguy]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/

Well, I guess most of this is right, but there are a few key mistakes. Who can spot them?

I'll give you a clue for one. The duckwalk is in the 90's.

Angus Young!? WHY!?

[suggs]

Well, thers no Johnny Marr so the list lacks any real credibility.
And Paul Weller?
Graham Coxon?

Plus, The Edge is in the list and the guy can barely play achord.
So, nope, the list is a joke.

[d.gishman]

What amazes me is the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers beat out Eddie Van Halen.....

John Frusciante is awesome though. I am still shocked by Kurt Cobain.

[suggs]

Cobain was a great songwriter. But nothing special as a guitarist.
Whereas, Van Halen couldnt write a decent song to save his life, but an awesome technical player.

[F1fth]

Well, I never really liked the Rolling Stone at all. This has changed nothing. This is just a popularity contest.

And "of all time"? What about Niccolo Paganini then?

[Genghis Khan CA]

Rolling Stone knows nothing about music? That's old news...

[suggs]

So, come on chaps?
Top ten/twenty?...

[xtratabasco]

this list is bs

that list is almost 5 years old, if that matters.

[Guiscard]

this list is bs

Yeh I know... where the f*ck is Ron Paul?

[jnd94]

this list is bs

Yeh I know... where the f*ck is Ron Paul?

[jnd94]

this list is bs

that list is almost 5 years old, if that matters.

It doesn't becuase when you think about all of the shit bands that have popped up between 03' and now, there really wouldn't be any changes to the list.

[xtratabasco]

this list is bs

that list is almost 5 years old, if that matters.

It doesn't becuase when you think about all of the shit bands that have popped up between 03' and now, there really wouldn't be any changes to the list.

yeah, thats kind of my thinking too.

but some of them just dont make any sense.

[jnd94]

this list is bs

that list is almost 5 years old, if that matters.

It doesn't becuase when you think about all of the shit bands that have popped up between 03' and now, there really wouldn't be any changes to the list.

yeah, thats kind of my thinking too.

but some of them just dont make any sense.

Like Johnny Ramone at #16. The Ramones were not creative. They were good, but every guitarist from that era could do what he could do. Nothing special about him, and he makes the top 20.

[muy_thaiguy]

this list is bs

that list is almost 5 years old, if that matters.

It doesn't becuase when you think about all of the shit bands that have popped up between 03' and now, there really wouldn't be any changes to the list.

yeah, thats kind of my thinking too.

but some of them just dont make any sense.

Like Johnny Ramone at #16. The Ramones were not creative. They were good, but every guitarist from that era could do what he could do. Nothing special about him, and he makes the top 20.

Yet Angus Young is all the way down at 95.

[jnd94]

Exaclty. I shed a tear at that site. He is a fuckin amazing guitarist! I have a link to Thunderstruck, where the first part has a close up of Angus just doing the beginning. It's outta this world!

[xtratabasco]

and Keith Richards number 10

[muy_thaiguy]

Exaclty. I shed a tear at that site. He is a fuckin amazing guitarist! I have a link to Thunderstruck, where the first part has a close up of Angus just doing the beginning. It's outta this world!

I think I have that video saved on my youtube account.

[unriggable]

Kurt cobain should not be that high. He's not a good guitarist.

[xtratabasco]

where is Alex Lifeson of Rush


and Randy Rhoads and Iommi way up in the high 80s

where is George Lynch and Don Dokken

where is April Wine

Where is the Detroit Rocker Ted Nugent

Where is Aerosmith

Where is Shanker of old Scorpions or new scorpions for that matter

where is Zack Wild

and what about Pearl Jam



i dont know Id probably dump about half of the guys on this list

[F1fth]

Yep, it certainly is a popularity contest. People like Chris Broderick would never get onto lists like that, even though he's insanely good at the instrument. Seriously... he's nuts.

And Scorpions!? You do know that their two most popular songs: "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "No One Like You" pretty much the same song right? Although you're on the right track with Randy Rhoads.

[strike wolf]

What amazes me is the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers beat out Eddie Van Halen.....

Eddie Van Halen is easily better than 70 and David Gilmour should be higher than 82. I thought that the Edge for U2 was a bit too far up. and while I'm sure there are more of them that were misplaced I didn't take but a cursory glance at it.