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Because the thesis corrections are truly making me homicidal (more so than usual):
Highly overrated guitarists
Kirk Hammett - Metallica
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple/Rainbow/His own ego
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Slash - Guns n' Roses/Velvet Revolver
Angus Young - AC/DC (kind of "well, durrr", really)
Carlos Santana
Generally underrated guitarists
Tom Morello - Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Opeth
Syd Barrett (dec.) - Pink Floyd
Michael Romeo - Symphony X (note to self - must make a new category: "Ugliest Guitarists Ever.")
Chuck Schuldiner (dec.)- Death/Control Denied
Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains
Kim Thayil - Soundgarden
Claudio Sanchez - Coheed & Cambria
Generally unknown yet awesome guitarists
Steve Sparks - JAR
Claudio David - Overdose
The Great Kat
Guitarists whom I know I would hate, and are demonstrably utter fucktards, but have to grudgingly admit are spectacular at their craft, and thus deserving of the hype that surrounds them
Yngwie Malmsteen (Oh man. The hatred.)
Dave Mustaine - Megadeth/the depths of his own emo
Eddie van Halen - Van Halen/bad pants/worse music (after 1984)
Paul Gilbert - Mr Big/Racer X (watch any Mr Big live clip where he solo shreds, and note how big and of how much value he thinks his appendage is.)
Shayne's List of Greats (may denote not only ability but may also take into account sheer influence on music)
Jimi Hendrix (dec.)
Steve Vai - originally Whitesnake, after that: his own freaking orbit.
John Petrucci - Dream Theater
Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
Dave Gilmour - Pink Floyd
Django Reinhardt
Fucktards who shouldn't even be thought of as guitarists
Kurt Cobain (dec.) - Nirvana
Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day
Jamie Slocombe - Love Outside Andromeda (I love this band, but this guy is a bleedin' joke of a guitarist.)
That prick from Blink-182 (I'm not even going to bother looking his name up)
Guitarists who fall just short of greatness
Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott - Pantera/that waste of CD space Damageplan
Explanation required. Django Reinhardt was an absolute master jazz guitarist. And the proof:
Anyone can play fast. But they usually need more than two fingers... Forgetting the speed, the guy was a true innovator. Must remember to pick up some of his stuff, which I've been meaning to do for years. And one can't forget his co-lead, Stéphane Grapelli. Unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge of great violinists to make up such a list, although Martin Hayes would sure as hell be right up there if I did.
Now. Back to Thesis Corrections of Ball-Breaking DoomTM. Bugger.
Highly overrated guitarists
Kirk Hammett - Metallica
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple/Rainbow/His own ego
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Slash - Guns n' Roses/Velvet Revolver
Angus Young - AC/DC (kind of "well, durrr", really)
Carlos Santana
Generally underrated guitarists
Tom Morello - Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Opeth
Syd Barrett (dec.) - Pink Floyd
Michael Romeo - Symphony X (note to self - must make a new category: "Ugliest Guitarists Ever.")
Chuck Schuldiner (dec.)- Death/Control Denied
Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains
Kim Thayil - Soundgarden
Claudio Sanchez - Coheed & Cambria
Generally unknown yet awesome guitarists
Steve Sparks - JAR
Claudio David - Overdose
The Great Kat
Guitarists whom I know I would hate, and are demonstrably utter fucktards, but have to grudgingly admit are spectacular at their craft, and thus deserving of the hype that surrounds them
Yngwie Malmsteen (Oh man. The hatred.)
Dave Mustaine - Megadeth/the depths of his own emo
Eddie van Halen - Van Halen/bad pants/worse music (after 1984)
Paul Gilbert - Mr Big/Racer X (watch any Mr Big live clip where he solo shreds, and note how big and of how much value he thinks his appendage is.)
Shayne's List of Greats (may denote not only ability but may also take into account sheer influence on music)
Jimi Hendrix (dec.)
Steve Vai - originally Whitesnake, after that: his own freaking orbit.
John Petrucci - Dream Theater
Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
Dave Gilmour - Pink Floyd
Django Reinhardt
Fucktards who shouldn't even be thought of as guitarists
Kurt Cobain (dec.) - Nirvana
Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day
Jamie Slocombe - Love Outside Andromeda (I love this band, but this guy is a bleedin' joke of a guitarist.)
That prick from Blink-182 (I'm not even going to bother looking his name up)
Guitarists who fall just short of greatness
Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott - Pantera/that waste of CD space Damageplan
Explanation required. Django Reinhardt was an absolute master jazz guitarist. And the proof:
Click to viewAnyone can play fast. But they usually need more than two fingers... Forgetting the speed, the guy was a true innovator. Must remember to pick up some of his stuff, which I've been meaning to do for years. And one can't forget his co-lead, Stéphane Grapelli. Unfortunately I don't have enough knowledge of great violinists to make up such a list, although Martin Hayes would sure as hell be right up there if I did.
Now. Back to Thesis Corrections of Ball-Breaking DoomTM. Bugger.