Unscientific twang heavy list and I'm sure I'm missing someone and it will bother me: 1. Keith Richards, because its fun to play open G tuning 2. Scotty Moore 3. Chet Atkins 4. Buddy Holly 5. Johnny Marr 6. Clarence White 7. Roger McGuinn 8. Pete Townshend 9. Prince 10. Ike Turner (I guess I had to) Honorable Mention: Mother Maybelle Carter
I am still beyond furious with Mark David Chapman....an absolutely senseless act. He comes up for parole in February of next year and I hope he gets his 13th denial. He should never be released.
Guitarists: 1) Hendrix 2) Knopfler 3) Gilmour 4) Beck 5) Garcia 6) Santana 7) Allman 8) Fripp 9) Prince 10) Trucks I think what really sets these 10 aside for me aside from just loving them is how I could listen to 3-5 seconds of any one of them and be able to spot it instantly.
I am not a big fan of these sorts of lists. 1. Jimi 2. SRV 3. Tom Verlaine 4. Dave Rawlings 5. Lindsey Buckingham 6. Ernest Ranglin 7. D. Boon 8. Mark Gentry* 9. Brent Mason** 10. Joey Santiago * Super obscure. was just watching 1 of only 3 or so vids of him last night. From Jax Band Rein Sanction. Amazing talent that flamed out at a really young age. he & his twin bro still make some private music. Record producer Kramer called him the reincarnation of Hendrix when Mark was about 20 & put him on a record which seems to no longer exist called Guiterrists where he did a cover of little wing. ** mostly studio guy. If you listen to country, you've heard him.
Eddie VanHalen = "guitar wanking." Even Mike Mills & Peter Buck would disagree with you. And I bet plenty of people would have to look up Mike Mills & Peter Buck to even know who they are. Eddie? Not a chance. P.S. REM is a band for people who loved the TV show Friends.
Sure, I mean besides the terrific phrasing, melodicism, and harmonic depth you could be right about Eddie VanHalen.
Being a brilliant musician IMO is a blessing and a curse. I’m talking about you & I hope you know I have always envied & massively admired musical talent that I lack & great musicians like you. But, I have come to terms that I likes what I got cuz I get to love the Ramones & hate Rush. I’m sure you can appreciate music more than me, but what I caint comprehend, I caint comprehend
Here's 'vapid' 'wanking' mindless over rated guitar dude who just got lucky. Rode Diamond Dave's coattails or something, is that how y'all figure? (Fyi, DLR stalked the Halen bros, begging to let him in their band--they finally acquiesced bc DLR had an amplifier they needed...): 2 hours of work: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.okayplayer.com/amp/eddie-van-halen-michael-jackson-2659554045 ...here's 'vapid' venturing beyond the guitar for which he was famous, to a new instrument--though in a way, back to his classical piano roots: ....and... Plenty more, and that's not even including his guitar work....not that EVH needs anyone to prop his legacy up, but just in case anyone would bother to put an ounce of weight on some of the above critiques. (I mean...damn... if yall don't like him or his music just leave it at that, don't make fools of yourselves with ignorant declarations...).
Meh. Kurt Cobain was a better guitarist than EVH despite having 1/100th of this technical prowess. Simply because he could convey emotion and feeling in his playing while EVH could not. Glammed up cock rock is some of the worst American music ever made. And that’s just his playing. Don’t even get me started on his atrocious song writing.
No matter how you may feel about Van Halen, their impact and influence is undeniable. For guitar players, there's before EVH and after EVH. And beyond Eddie's wizardry, the sound and tone of their debut album in 78 was unlike anything out there. It sounds like a mid-80s record.
I’m intentionally being neutral. But the sound was way ahead of its time. I’m not a huge Van Halen fan, though I recognize how influential they’ve been. They were also a killer live band. And BTW, the mid-80s were the most innovative time in modern music outside the 60s.
Too hard to come up with a top 10 list, but I love seeing names like Joey Santiago and Johnny Marr in others’ lists.
I would probably say the 1970s since the record industry was awash in money and they could throw record contracts at anyone and take risks on upcoming artists that were a bit different. The 80s revived a lot of older music in a newish way (40s, 50s, 60s), in a way I think the 80s was really backward looking rather than innovative, but in an interesting way (though plenty of stuff sucked too). But you are correct in that most people just remember new wave and synth rock, but there were lots of other interesting things going on across genres.
Musicians have to be nice to other musicians, call it professional courtesy, or the guitar pickers union. If Mills or Buck owned a VH record that wasnt given to them and not wrapped in plastic, I would be shocked. I knew REM would be a controversial pick, but they are like the connector band through which I've discovered lots of music (from the VU, to Roger Miller, to jangly indie rock). It was the only band my freshman roommate and I could agree on for consistent dorm room play, as his tastes were mostly indie/hardcore that I hadn't got into yet, and mine were heavily hip-hop, which he couldnt stand. P.S. - Outside the first season or two, Friends sucked.
