i couldn't fail to notice, working my way thro past posts, some of you guys are keen musicians, so i got to ask who is you fav guitarists?
*if Jimi sez jimmy Paige i'll fall of my chair!*
Mine is *loud riff* Brian May (queen), Tony Iommi(black Sabbath) comes a close second
then there's clapton, hendrix,blackmore.....on and on.
heres a tester... does anyone know the artist of Deep Purple's album " Deep Purple" album sleeve? i've seen the picture on the net but it was only tiny and wouldn't enlarge, and its a proper painting not just an album sleeve
woodz
Does it have to be guitar heroes and not general musical influence? I wouldn't say I admire these folks, which is why they're not in my top 10, but they make some darn fine music:
Billy Joel
The Beautiful South
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
Queen
Boublil & Schonberg
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Diane Warren
Hamell on Trial. I fuckin' love that guy.
Does Bass count cause my favorites are
Robert Trujillo: Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, and now metallica (I'm not a metallica fan, and I remember them paying out funky bass players, saying they didn't want one after their first bass player died)
but he's awesome.
Les Claypool: Primus, probably one of the most talented I've seen
and as far as normal guitar goes
Brian Setzer: Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra, awesome rockin' guitarist
generals good! ;D thing with music its timeless, its one of the only things that stands the test of time, ask any teenager here to name a beatles track or album and i bet they can ;) it doesn't matter if its mozart to modona, some one will be playing it now.
i like any music, from some classics to the beatles, floyd, sabbath, to punk, ultravox, queen, anything heavy, maybe not the glammy 80's stuff, dark gothic even cradle of filth! musically they are talanted, some of the backing track are pretty good, abit iron maiden-ish
woodz
Depends on my mood.
Bob Dylan for contemplative wit.
Pete Townshend for brash and choppy.
Trey Anastasio for winding and elegant.
Neil Young because he's too damn cool to leave off of any list.
aha, another Trujillo fan ! that guy is incredible, easily my favorite bass player.
he also played with Muir in Cyco Miko..
right now, my 3 favorite guitarists are :
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar)
Walter Schreifels (Rival Schools, Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits,...)
but tomorrow it might just be Greg Ginn...
Well, most of my musical inspriation comes from all kinds of Heavy Metal, such as Black Sabbath,(Best band ever) old Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Entombed, Slayer, Kiss, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Electric Wizard, and many, many more... So therefore, all my guitar-heroes are mostly from Heavy Metal-groups.
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
One of my first heroes. Don't know why, but his cool style and energy really appeals to me.
- Tony Iommi
The inventor of the doomy, gloomy, and heavy sound that came to represent future metal bands.
- Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters, ex. Entombed)
This guy is incredible. Not only does he play guitar incredibly good, he's one heck of a drummer, and has a voice that can go from bluesy rock n' roll-tones into deep, Death-metal growls... How does he do it?
And bass players are just represented by two people on my list:
Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath - Still is one of the most amazing bass-players I've seen. I get tired just by watching his fingers in action...) and Clifford Burton(Metallica - May he rest in peace).
Brian May, I love the solo in Innuendo.
Paco de LucÃa, the spanish guitar-man who teached the man above. You may remember him because he played with Bryan Adams in "Don juan de Marco"
Jimmi Hendrix. What more can i add?
Mark Knopffler. Maybe it´s misspelled... Well, Dire straits.
George Harrison... Teacher of:
Eric Clapton.
BB King.
Quote from: Farlander on Mon 12/05/2003 18:35:58
Jimmi Hendrix. What more can i add?
Too right!
I'd say.....Jimmy page! ;D
Seriously....
Jimi Hendrix (Favourite song is Voodoo child. That Wah wah bit at the start rocks, not to mention his switching between Rythmn and Lead including the solos. *Jimi daydreams for 10 minutes*. I also like All along the Watch tower. The best solo in that is the 3rd which i can play. ;D)
BB king,
Freddie king (too many kings)
Peter green (from Fleetwood Mac)
Gary Moore
Dave Gilmore
I have a DVD of Gary Moore and BB king in concert playing "The Thrill is Gone" together, which I am also learning.
Django Reinhardt, anyone?
Eric Clapton, Brian May, Blackmore and so on...
I'd have to put Jimmy Page first, not because he's the most technically incredible guitarist or anything, but because he really "led" (haha) rock into new directions. I'm aware he often ripped off blues riffs, so don't feel compelled to let me know. Nobody can deny, however, that he had an incredibly unique style and with the rest of Zeppelin really brought a lot to the genre. This whole band deserves a spot (I could talk about any of those four ages), but I'll stick to Page and Jones, since they were guitarists. John Paul Jones was Zeppelin's bass guitarist, and again, while he wasn't the craziest bassist you've ever heard, he also played guitar, organ, keyboard/mellotron, mandolin, and seemingly countless other instruments. That guy has also maintained enormous artistic integrity since Zeppelin's break-up in 1980, and his solo work has been great; he never sold out.
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd brought so much to Pink Floyd's signature style. This guy is like the opposite of Page, but just as awesome for different reasons. Whereas Page was raw and improvisational, Gilmour was note-perfect and immaculate. You get the feeling that he would hever have played a single note that didn't belong. Every bend was perfect, every tremolo was used tastefully, and he has the absolute best tone I've ever heard in my life. I don't know what setup he used, but he's got it dialed in right.
Brian May of Queen: more than most guitarists,
May played for the song. It's even hard to assign him a personal style (though it's definitely there) because he was such a consummate musician that he would always perfectly complement the rest of the band no matter the style--and with Queen, they had almost as many different styles as songs. Also, this guy's guitar tone is almost up there with Gilmour for me to be honest.
Pete Townshend is, to me, much more impressive for his thematic brilliance than his mastery of the guitar, but his style is so damned energetic and driven that it's hard not to like it. He's not in the league of the guys listed above, but it's okay, because he always considered himself a rhythm guitarist. One of the coolest experiences I've ever had is Towshend playing live. I don't know how he can maintain such precise control over his chords while playing as aggressively as he does. He really set the stage for that style of playing in bands to come, but he could always scale it back if he needed (which was often in The Who's repertoire).
Angus Young--well, I can't say he's nearly as versatile as the above guitarists, but he's damned good at what he does, which is rock out in one of the msot explosive ways possible. His style is absolutely unmistakable. Like Towshend, I don't know how he manages to play so well while being so crazy on stage.
There are plenty more, but I tend to write too much (as I'm sure you all have noticed), so I'll cut myself off here. I could add so many more if the category wasn't just "guitarists" but that's probably for another thread.
i didn't put pete townsend mainly because like the beatles, The Who worked together best as a whole band, probably the worlds most distructive band with endless energy, keith moon the ultimate nut case, who else would take a 50 foot extension lead to a hotel so he could see what happens when a telly hit a swimming pool switched on? like remixor sez townsends ability to hit the right cords, the power in roger d's voice and jon entwistle's ability to play on as the end of the world looms near, who else had a top 20 hit, in the 60's with a song about wan****..........*pictures of lily* top band
woodz
Quote from: TìmôsÃtÂ¥ on Mon 12/05/2003 15:24:15
Does Bass count cause my favorites are
Robert Trujillo: Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, and now metallica (I'm not a metallica fan, and I remember them paying out funky bass players, saying they didn't want one after their first bass player died)
but he's awesome.
Les Claypool: Primus, probably one of the most talented I've seen
and as far as normal guitar goes
Brian Setzer: Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra, awesome rockin' guitarist
you've got great taste
Gilmour is so slow... and so very predictable. I love Floyd's middle period, but it's certainly not because of the guitar work.
My picks would include:
the allmighty Robert Fripp, from King Crimson.
The guitar duo, Dan Rock and McAlpine from Psychotic Waltz.
Ron Yarzombek of Watchtower/Spastic Ink.
The first Sieges Even guitarist, Macus Steffen.
The dude in Jesus Lizard.
Spruance of Mr.Bungle.
The crrazy guy in CAN.
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia. Wee.
Trey Azagzoth from Morbid Angel.
the guitar duo from Cynic, Jason Gobel and Paul Masvidal.
Atheist guitarist/vocalist, Kelly Schaeffer.
Rites of Spring/Fugazi guitarist, Guy Picciotto.
Nirvana guitarist/vocalist, Kurt Cobain.
The Marillion guitarist whose name I always forget.
Steve Albini from Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac.
And Kai Hansen and James Hetfield because I can't forget the impact they had on me, even if there's a trillion guitarists that can play their stuff in their sleep.
Wow after reading this list I must say I'm scared
my "Heros" are
Pete Townshend- One of the best I've ever seen.
Eric Clapton- Clapton is god.
BB King- I like the cool blues sound.
George Harrison- Beatles!
Noel Gallager- I like his beatles like sound.
Rivers Cuomo- For calling his fans little bitches.
Jimi Hendrix- I love it all, so I learned to play his version of the national anthem!
Buddy Holly- Simple yet awsome.
Chuck Berry- come on every one likes Johnny B Good!
theres more but I wont bore you people
I seem to miss a few on your lists....
- John Petrucci
- Steve Vai
- Joe Satriani
- Dave Meniketti
- Guitar player from 'extreme' - can't recall his name
- Steve Lukahter
- Jon Myung
You can't forget these - imo! ;)
Quote from: Helm on Tue 13/05/2003 13:07:06Rites of Spring/Fugazi guitarist, Guy Picciotto.
the man who invented octave chords ! seriously though, i totally agree with that choice.
and the "dude" from Jesus Lizard is Duane Denison, an amazing guitarist too, and very influential.
today, plasticman's favorite is J. Robbins (Burning Airlines, Jawbox)
I forgot to mention Dave Edmunds becuase he did a guitar arrangment for the song "Sabre Dance". I love the song, and have almost learned it..HARD!!!!!
Quote from: N3TGraph on Tue 13/05/2003 13:55:46
- Guitar player from 'extreme' - can't recall his name
The only thing I know this guy from is that "Come and Play" song from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Is that the same one?
Okay, here they are, in no particular order...
Mark Knopfler
David Gilmour
Syd Barrett
Mike Oldfield
Dickey Betts - Duane Allman duo
Martin Barre
Michael Karoli
Steve Howe
Eric Clapton
Neil Young
Chris Rea
Ummm, I probably forgot some of them, but what the hell, I'll edit this post later
Django, Jimi, and that guy Butcher once told me to get an mp3 off, and who blew my mind so completely that I forgot his name. I believe it was a Stevie.
Angus Young.
Skid: Stevie Ray Vaughn? If so, yeah, that guys fucking great.
--Snake
Quote from: remixor on Tue 13/05/2003 19:38:51
from 'extreme' - can't recall his name
The only thing I know this guy from is that "Come and Play" song from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Is that the same one?
Quote
hmm don't know man,
Extreme is that band that also made that soft number called - more than words
Extreme do have a song called "Play with me" Pretty good song actually, starts with a classical guitar riff, there are also some kids in it singing - pretty awesome stuff.
Hole hearted is a famous song of extreme too, I didn't play bill and ted's excellent adventure, so I wouldn't know.
Btw, Stevie Ray Vaughn is a great guitar player indeed!
N3T: Yeha, I was thinking of "Play With Me." It was used in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, which is a movie about time traveling slacker teenagers. To be honest, I thought the kids singing part was kind of lame, but the guitarist doing the classical riff was pretty amazing considering how ridiculously fast it was.
a most execellent film lol, it was the type of film even if you thought it was stupid, it would still have you rolling on the floor laffing, it did well and became a cartoon, i'm sure there was a game too.
i much prefer Wayne's World, the bohemian rhapsody
bit is classic, how many of us have done that in a car?
i had a day of p***ing off the neighbour y'day finding my all time fav guitar solo, i couldn't do it , choose i mean! but heres a few
deep purple- hard luvin man
pink floyd- all the solo's on dark side of the moon
queen-any by brian may :P
iron maiden-mother russia
led zep-stairway to heaven
queen-love of my life
fleetwood mac-albatrose
beatles-while my guitar gently weeps
dire straites-brothers in arms
and the list goes on :-\
woodz
whoa woodz, nice list!
If you like deep purple, you should listen to 'sometimes I feel like screaming'
at least - if you don't know it already.
Joe Satriani plays in that song I believe, pretty good song. One of my favo's :)
Josh Homme.
Kyuss AND Queens of the Stoneage. I mean how much influence can one guy have?
Guitarman :D !
Quote from: N3TGraph on Tue 13/05/2003 13:55:46
- Guitar player from 'extreme' - can't recall his name
Nuno Betancourt?? he is amazing.
ok, my favourite:
-Virtuosos:
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Yngwie Malmsteem (sp?) i like the neoclassical stuff
Petrucci
Van Halen
(i dont like the "guitar heroes" kind-of-music, but they are incredible)
-Soulful:
Hendrix (the greatest ever)
Santana (nobody mentioned it before??!!)
Brian May
Jimmy Page (i love led zeppelin)
proskrito - I couldn't agree with you more :)
I'll pick some of the ones that haven't been mentioned:
John Squire (Stone Roses) - Listen to the guitar work in the second half of I Am The Resurrection and you'll know what I mean. (Make sure it's the original version).
Peter Buck (REM) - Listen to All The Way to Reno.
Jeff Buckley - And such a voice to match.
Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) -- They switch from time to time, but Airbag has one of the coolest guitar intros I've ever heard. I'm not too sure who does it. But Radiohead are tops all around.
All of Nirvana - Kurt, Krist and Dave all do a damn fine guitar (bass in Kirst's case).
All the biggies are an obvious influence on most people who play guitar so I won't spend the time mentioning them but I will try to point out those who I look up to personally and get overshadowed by HUGE solos and ballads...
Bradley Nowell, Sublime - Brad didn't bring anything new and innovative to the table but he played with heart and soul and you can feel in every song he enjoys doing it.
Mikey Doling/Sonny Mayo, Snot - I can't even find words for these guys. The best hard rock guitarists in a very long time.
Kristofer/Jon, Refused - I love this whole band...everything about them. I can't even listen to System of a down anymore because Refused was everything Soad is and more times two carry the nine.
Omar, At the drive-in/The mars volta - He has such interesting guitar riffs however he comes up with them I hope he guards them with all the armies of...dark regions.
and that is all I can think of...
I think I'm going mad, because when ever Jimi Hendrix is on TV playing something (Ye, I know hes dead. I mean on a video or DVD) I sorta drift off, and can't hear or see stuff around me.
you aint smoking something funny r u? or maybe you got Smell O Vision and its the fumes from the gig ;)
"i don't remember the 60's...shit i must of bin there!"
woodz
Phil Reed VSc
Andail
2ma2
They play very well indeed!
:)
m0ds
I like Hendrix's playing too!
But I thought it was always shamefull how he put his guitar full of glue and torched it..... oh well....
Better to torch your guitar then your girlfriend (Jim Morisson :()
Harvester, you've got a good taste for music, I must say...
but not as good as Mods :)
Way to go, bro'!
Speaking of guitars, have any of you got the latest edition of Guitar Techniques (Number 86 June 2003)? On page 12 in Ask GT, I am there under "Feedback Attack". My letter.
William Tsamis
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Jimini cricket from the pinochio band
Helm
Frank Zappa
Eric Johnson (only as a guitarist though)
Brian May
Slash
Al Di Meola
Phil's Guitarman
Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Mon 12/05/2003 19:15:06
Django Reinhardt, anyone?
do you know that he had a problem with his harm/hand? Great musician!!!
also, does anybody remember John Squire (Stone Roses)?