I would like to be the first to comment here and say that if the guitar had never been invented, we would get less traffic.

Good to see Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap quite high up the list; he's too often maligned, and that travesty of a film made him look like a dork.

No sign of Karl Tolhurst of Umlaut, though :)

Though there was no shortage of umlauts in the list itself - I had to delete a ton of them.

Äs för Ümläüts, Blue Öyster Cult stärtëd ït äll...

Guitar World includes Fripp and Neil Young to its HM list - but not Lee Pickens?

Do I hear a 'who is Lee Pickens?'

Dude - if you've never heard the solo on Bloodrock's doomsday classic 'Breach of Lease,' you don't know your HM history.

These lists are always about blowing the record companies!

Though the order can be forever disputed, I like this list better than the other one.

34. C.C. Deville
53. Steve Vai

I mean seriously, WTF? CC get rated higher than Steve Vai? That's seriously making this list a little more worthy of toilet paper than the Rolling Stone list.

20. Other, other, dude from Iron Maiden
19. Ms. Lita Ford
18. Dude from Black Sabbath
17. Dude from Accept
16. Dude from Slayer (one with hair)
15. Mr. Kirk Hammett
14. Dude from Lamb of God
13. Dude from Anthrax
12. Other dude from Iron Maiden
11. Dude from Slayer (bald one)
10. Other dude from Judas Priest
09. Dude from Judas Priest
08. Dude from Ac/Dc
07. Chick from WASP
06. Dude from Iron Maiden
05. Dude from Converge
04. Chris Haskett
03. Page Hamilton
02. Gregg Ginn-He's better than everyone, except...
01. Dude in the Gorilla Suit who plays the guitar solo in the Beastie Boys "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" video

Did I miss something? What about Clapton? B.B. King? and why the heck is Steve Vai in the 50's? Why aren't Slash and Hendrix in the top 10? Man, this list is severely twisted.

This is a great list and should promote quite a bit of argument. However, as mentioned, many of the guitarists are not even remotely metal. Hard Rock is a good label. But you cannot call Queen, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Van Halen, SteppenWolf, Rush, Ted Nugent, etc....metal. They are not metal. But call this list Hard Rock, and then you must name those guitarists much higher. I think Metal music is still too young to really have an adequate Top 100 list. Maybe a top 50?

Clapton & BB King - did you miss something. I'd say if you miss anything it's probably your brain. This is a HM list, and those 2 aren't even close to being HM guitarists (IMO BB King isn't that great a guitarist anyway). These lists are always BS anyway. Just a way for crappy guitar mags to sell a few more copies of their crappy ad filled record company ass kissing propaganda filled rags. Half those guys shouldn't be on the list. They either aren't HM or they aren't that good.
Scuse me while I flush!!

I agree with the notion that this is a hard rock list, but remember that Deep Purple and Blue Oyster Cult were considered metal 30 years ago.

Of course, this is only ONE of the many terrible errors in the list but....

26. Head & Munky (KORN)
27. John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER)

Don't get me wrong i like Korn but how can you put super down-tuned simplistic chugging higher than dream theater's super technical flare?

not everyone values "super technical flair" equally

??????

why are metallica second place? hetfield doesnt even play lead!!!! megadeth kick their behinds so bad!!!! and whats with tool up there? and korn???? arrrgghhhhh

this list must have been rushed up in 10 minuutes by 3 ten year olds

It's true this list is a popularity contest and not a measure of talent, but it's better
than the lame Rolling Stone list! Also, the guys like Nugent WERE considered metal in their day. Compared to the extreme metal styles of today, MOST metal bands don't fit, and when fans argue that bands like Dimmu Borgir aren't metal, I have to laugh! For the guy who said there aren't enough for a Top 100 Metal guitarists, there are too many to include all the deserving players in a
list of ONLY 100.

Ritchie Blackmore at #16?! The man should be #1. The only reason that Iommi is #1 is because his guitar riffs are so famous. But as far as soloing, he's nothing special. Blackmore has the riffs AND the solos.
And Jimmy Page at #6? He never even played heavy metal for God's sake!
What planet are you people living on?

I'm so happy to see my hero in this list under only two steps of steve vai...TREY YOU RULES!!!

Yo guitars suck. Yall need a bass.
Listen to Tupac ya little metal punks.

Hey California Boy, the bass in rap is all fake. Seriously, it's just programmed through a fucking machine. Any braindead fuck can do that. Why don't you try playing a REAL bass?

Josh Machine or not the bass sounds
much better than guitars.

"Machine or not the bass sounds much better than guitars".

Let me guess, you're one of those dorks who likes to crank up the rap "bass" so loud that it vibrates your car, right? Wow. I just love that annoying distortion. It's so cool.

Josh if it is programed through a
machine than how come they have a
different beat every time.
Different beats means that someone has
to play that new beat every time,geneis.

Machines can program more than just one beat, genius.

You never see any metal fans playing
their music loud in cars.

The reason is that metal fans dont
want anyone one to know that they are
metal fans.

Rap fans are proud of it dogg.

You never see metal fans playing their music loud in cars?! What planet are you living on? Personally, I play mine so fucking loud that it totally overpowers any fucking rap song. In fact, whenever some rap fan is playing his shit loud, I turn mine WAY UP, and the poor little punks can't compete with me, so they just get mad. It's funny.

and together your cars make "rap metal"

One of these days we'll get Barry Manilow fans joining in, and turning their car stereos up past the pain threshold. It will get ugly....

YO metal isnt loud at all
you liar cuzz i overpower
any metal guy anywhere and they
dont get mad at me cuzz they are scared.

Josh if you want to overpower Me your
only chance will be if you swith to hip hop cuzz hip hop is the only thing that
over powers rap.

You guys are silly. I got two words for all y'all --- Marshall Stack. Ever heard of him? They be real loud speshully if you turn it to 11.

Metal isn't loud? Well, no music is loud UNLESS YOU PLAY IT loud. Use your head. So you overpower metal fans' music? That's funny, I thought you said that you never see any metal fans playing their music loud. So how can you overpower them if you have no competition?

Looks like you backed yourself into a corner, "dogg".

Yah i do always overpower metal punks
cuzz they are afraid to play it loud
cuzz their reputation is at stake.

Well, let's just say that I'm one rock fan who IS NOT afraid to play it loud, believe me. Rap fans won't even be able to hear their shit if they challenge me.

california fag:
now you've done a pretty good job of making yourself look like a complete waste of tissue, but i'd like to highlight some of your more mindnumbingly uneducated opinions and banter. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say your a white suburban kid who'se probably never left his neighborhood and obviously doesn't pay attention in grammar class. See, rap music is completely generated by "machines". These "machines" program rythm patterns and bass lines that no actual rapper could play on his own because he has no musical talent. Now, there are a select few "hip-hop" groups that do play their own instruments (roots, j-5) but you've probably never heard of them, and if you do listen to them, you most certainly don't have the mental capacity to comprehend any message that they are trying to get across. See, you listen to rap music because it is the current trend, as it was with punk last year and metal in the late 80's and early 90's. See, I, along with several other intelligent members of this board, have the capacity to form my own opinions on what I like and I can respect other peoples differing opinions, but in your case you just listen to rap because it is the only thing mtv is playing right now, and thats why you are the dumbest son of a bitch mankind will ever know. i hope your house gets shot up in a drive-by and your mother takes one right in the uterus so we dont have to worry about her having any more kids. i'm sure if any REAL music fan ever heard you talk like that they would kick you so hard in the nuts that it would hopefully prevent you from ever having children and thus saving us from another dumb bastard like yourself. Now i play guitar and bass, and bass has 4 huge strings, which are played one note at a time (in most cases), and guitar has 6, now you learned in proficiency math that 6 is more than 4, so i'll let you think on that. Now leave the real music discussion to the coherent post-neanderthals and make your way back to the icp message board.

Kevin i am goin out on the limb
here but i think you are somekind
of computer nerd. I do pay attention in
my english class. Infact i have an Ap
class in english, but this site isnt school its the internet dummy.

Kevin i cant even afford mtv. Trust me
i heard the other kinds of music. My sister is a punk fanatic, my brother is a hip hop fan, and my parents are oldies fans and my stereo overpowers all their stereos, exept my brothers
stereo who likes hip hop.

Kevin stop trying to act all kool saying names
of groups that you believe no one ever
heard of.Yes i know who The rooots are
and i know why they fell off
cuzz they sucked.

Hey josh. dont you relize that you cant go to site without me showin up dogg.
And it looks like you cant go nowhere withot makin enemies(california boy).

I would think that you posted as Kevin,
but you will never have the patience to write that much dogg. So give it up homie.

Josh you know what i was wrong you are
not a punk you are a tree hugger.

nowhere in any of your messages did you make one valid point. I seriously doubt that you have an advanced placement english class, you cant even spell the word "genius", genis. See, the reason you have bad grammar is because you don't...ahh nevermind its way over your head i guess. your a fucking stupid white kid. listen to you brag about how loud your stereo is. no one gives two fucks you little mtv faggot. Why are you talking about rap on a music site? rap isn't even music, its beats programmed by a machine by some hack in a studio. Your right the roots do suck, and so does every other rap/hip-hop group in the world. Now like i said, drag your knuckles on over to the icp site.

Rap is music you liittle punk. Who
cares if i am white(not in the suburbs
in east la). IO have a
feeling that you are one of them kids
that arer always taking about there body
piercings. Yo piercings are for girls
and hippies ya hipie.

And again i never even seen mtv or any
kind of cable t.v. cuzz where i am
from we got better things to do than
sit around and watch t.v.
you little earing punk.

haha well its nice to know that you recognize a hessian when you see one, but no, i do not have any peircings, they are in fact pointless and really femmy. how do you manage to spell "hippie" with two different spellings back to back? i suppose i shouldnt complain, at least i could make out most of the bullshit you wrote this time. Anyway, back to your ridiculous theory of rap being considered music... What exactly are the guidelines of music? well, im sure if we asked one of the early influentials such as bach or motzart, they would say that it has to have a melody and meter, of which rap has neither. They would also tell you that music is performed on an instrument, like a guitar, or drums, or bass (metal bands use all of these instruments, and a beat box certainly is not an instrument, and neither are turntables. Your fucking dumb. Time to grow up and learn to type properly. The nigger-wannabe whiteboy trend is about to die, and hopefully you will die with it. Go listen to classical or jazz, throw that (c)rap shit out the window, it gives black people a bad name, and makes white kids look ridiculous trying to be a thug.

Yo dogg do ever wonder why Mozart and Bach went out of style? Cuzz no one cares anymore dogg. Sure rap will go
out of style soon, but something simular
will replace it, just like rock.

P.s I dont think Mozart would like yo
music either dogg. He wouldnt like these
punker guys screaming about the devil
in their mikes.

once again your message proves how horribly uneducated you are. Bach and Mozart never went out of style, they aren't a fucking trend, they're originators. And no, im sure they wouldnt dig metal, but im sure they would have a hell of alot of respect for it, specifically guys like yngwie malmsteen and randy rhoads. My point is musicianship. Despite the fact that you hate metal, your one of those dumbasses who claims that they have no talent. Also, metal isn't "punker guys" screaming into a microphone about satan. Bands like Hatebreed, Napalm Death, Metallica, Megadeth, etc. are extremely pollitically charged/emotionally charged. At least they dont just sing about smokin dope and getting laid or how fucking "gangster" they are. Rap lyrics are absolute garbage. It doesn't even matter if it doesn't make sense, as long as it rymes, the little kiddies will still buy it.

korn suck

The top 10 is fairly accurate but George Lynch of Dokken should be in the top 8. From the late 80's to early 90's a lot of better known players acknowledged him as a genious. A lot of what some of these guys play sounds tough to play but isn't. Georgr Lynch is a master. If you could ever find old archives from MTV and Listen to comments made about him by other guitarist and listen to his work you would agree. He was at times ranked up there with the likes of Randy Rhodes. I put him ahead of Eddie VanHalen any day.

Man im so impresses by the talking of Kevin. He's so right
But you forgot one band: Biohazard
And for the faggot of california man stop lying about cars and alll the stuff im sure ur just a f***ing little guy of 12 years old that gets all on mtv
Rap is stupid. Metal is loaded of emotions and political points of views. Im tired to heard black guy saying that his girl his hot and so naughty. Man get real lyrics like Biohazard and Napalm Death!!!! you such a faggot that listen everything that is weel seen. Just stop listen wht people in general like just listen the music you like. And its impossible for me to say that all rap bands are bad.Only one is good and it is Onyx


Nyway my message was : Why Meshuggah guitarists are so hi ranked. Man the only innovaion of those guys is 8-strings guitars. And where are ahrue Luster and Jardel Paisante from ill Nino. They are almost the best guitarists of ESp.

And Why Jimi is in 12th place.He owns all those guys. He can play a solo and accompagnement at the same time!!!!

California Boy, First there was Mozart, now there is Eddie Van Halen. And all what those blacks talk about is getting stoned and licking pussy.

No point of that music, Even the backstreet boys sold more albums then Tupac did, its a fact.

And if u think that Rappers are all religious, they aint. Theyd shoot there neighbors for a bag of coke.

Rap- No Skill, No Music, Just distortion and depression.

This list is worth nothing!! It can only be a bad joke to rate Hetfield higher than SATRIANI(!!!!), VAN HALEN(!!!), VAI(!!!!), BEACH, LYNCH, DI MARTINI, MALMSTEEN etc.! PLUS: These bastarts even dared to forget guys like VITO BRATTA (WHITE LION)!!!!; ANDY TIMMONS (DANGER DANGER)!!!!!!!; RICHIE KOTZEN (POISON; MR. BIG); CHRIS OLIVA (SAVATAGE)!!!!!;AL PITRELLI; ADRIAN VANDENBERG (WHITESNAKE)- THESE HEROS ARE NOT EVEN LISTED!! WHAT A SHAME!! CAN´T BELIEVE IT!!

alright back to the metal guitars. well where the hell are mick thompsom and jim root of slipknot???? huh? and what about paul from cradle of filth? not even fucking mentioned in the top 100 but we have c.c.devill in the top 20? where is the justice.........

what have jim root or mick thompson done for metal guitar besides taught kids to tune their guitars to A and play the same two riffs throughout an entire song? poison sucked but at least c.c. could solo.

Regarding comments #36 and #37:

Anthony, please give up. It's pointless. Talking to you is like talking to a brick wall, except a brick wall is more intelligent. This is a GUITAR poll, so why the fuck are you on here?! None of us give two shits about your worthless, trendy, punk-ass rap "music". You're a joke.

And Kevin, way to put California Boy in his place. Keep slamming that stupid rap fan. Hell yes!

Also, Tony Iommi was a master of riffs, but his solos were rather dull. Blackmore has the riffs AND the solos!

Okay, I was wrong. Rap sucks and rock is glorious. Why didn't I realize that before? What was I thinking, listening to that rap bullshit?!

Wow! Anthony G finally came to his senses. I guess he finally stopped smoking that crack...

Alright I am sorry for posting Anthonys
name. That was a punker thing to do.

P.s. why can't we all get along here
rap isn't that bad.

PEACE!

Thank you for apoligizing for what you
did on 52.

I am sorry but there will never
be piece until you admit that rap
fans are not punks. Homie

Yes, Anthony likes to hang around where he's not wanted. He's worn out his welcome on virtually every poll on blogcritics.

Anthony says: "There will never be peace until you admit that rap fans are not punks".

Okay fine, rap fans are not punks. There, are ya happy now? Now let's cut this childish crap and get on with our lives.

I am happy but not enough, I want
you to apoligize rap fans on the
Eminem site and the Ja Rule /50 Cent site
by posting an apology for dissing
at both of those sites. If you do that
i will leave all your sites and stay
on rap sites.

This is a P.s. for possting # 56.
Admit to #74.

FOrget about that last 2 postings(too many mistakes) and consentrate on this:

Josh I will let you and rock fans be if you
go to the Eminem site and the Ja Rule/50 Cent site
and apoligize for even being there.

Then go to Ja Rule/50 Cent site and tell
everyone how you posted #374.

By the way, everyone, check out the e-mail address on comment #54. It's proof that Anthony is back to his old tricks again.

Sorry, Anthony, but I'm not going to admit to something that I didn't do. And I won't apologize just because I expressed my opinions, fuck that. So you can hang around here if you want, but don't expect me to keep arguing with you. It's a waste of time and it's childish.

Later, "dawg".

Josh I thought you were more crazier than I BUT NOW YOU give up, I guess
I am more crazy. IM A PSYCHO.Well good riddence dogg. Now I will go in my
victory chant.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIAN, WE ARE THE CHAMPIANS WE ARE THE CHAMPIANS,
WE ARE THE CHAMPIANs.

I am the champian dogg. So later.

Anthony, why are you on a guitar site? You whine about rock fans being on a rap site, but then you pull this shit!

Leave him alone, Cannabus, he's a rap fan and he doesn't know any better.

Yo Josh now you go back to your old tactics posting under other peoples names.

Josh there is no Cannabus, give it up dogg you lost.

Why do you think they call the punks
that listen to rock PUNKers. Cuzz they punks. I know what you are trying to say
that we that listen to rap are punks.
You are thinking of the word THUG.

I am a thug and proud of it. Dogg.

THUG LIFE.

Tony Iommi was a master of riffs, NOT solos.

Anthony says "I am a thug and proud of it. Dogg".

I rest my case.

anthony G: shut your white illiterate suburban stupid ass mouth. Your not a "thug", your not from the streets, your a stupid fucking white kid who cant spell.(champiAn? try champiOn dicksmoke.) You are so uneducated on the subject you are trying to argue its ridiculous. Punk Rock and Metal are two totally different forms of music you fucking dingleberry. Rap isn't music, it's shitty beats processed on a machine. Go die now.

Kevin (even though Josh posted it)
whats wrong with being white. I live in
East L.a. not no subburbs dogg.
You say I am unedecated and you
say I live in the subburbs, I am sorry
but that dont mix.

Anthony, what the fuck do you mean "there is no Cannabus"? I'm right here, moron! If you believe that every comment against you is posted by Josh, then you have some problems, my friend.

Now little Anthony is accusing me of posting under some guy named Kevin? Listen, Anthony, I'm gonna say it one more time:
YOU'RE AN UNEDUCATED, IGNORANT PUNK. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. GET THE FUCK OFF THIS POLL. GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM, CRANK UP SOME OF THAT WORTHLESS RAP CRAP AND GO STEAL A CRACK ROCK OR SOMETHING. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE TRY TO SHOW SOME INTELLIGENCE FROM NOW ON, MMMKAY?

Poll is: 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time.

Nice to see the 48 yr old hippies are still writing up these lists. Obviously they know little about true metal guitarists.

At the very top, in no particular order.

Vito Bratta
Reb Beach
Jake E. Lee
Paul Gilbert
Nuno Bettencourt
Zakk Wylde
Chris DeGarmo
Marty Friedman
Warren DiMartini
Eddie Van Halen
Rex Carroll

and..

George Lynch. Period.

Other categories could include: Solo artists, Founding Fathers, Rock, Pop, etc.

On a side note, I'd LOVE to see the immortal Jimmy Page accurately play any 1 solo from any of these guitarists. I'd pay money.

-Glick

Anthony G is on welfare.

Good point about Jimmy Page, Glick. On another subject you brought up, I would like to start a founding fathers of bad music list.

1. Cobain
2. Joey Ramone
3. Johnny Ramone
4. Sid Vicious
5. Vanilla Ice

Just a few.

Oh yeah, and best frontman of all time? Gotta be David Lee Roth. Anyway, those would be some fun lists to start.

As far as posting as someone else, don't do it. It's lame. It's dumb. If you have a good point you don't need to do it to prove yourself (Which is why Anthony G does it).

I won't make any accusations, but Cannabus's writing style is very similar to Josh's, especially the obligatory "my friend." Could just be a coincidence. Kevin has a totally different style, though; I think Anthony G is just taking some shots in the dark there.

As far as "Anthony G is on welfare," I don't know what you mean. My guess is that he is not on welfare, but I wouldn't bet anything on it. His frequent access to the internet suggests he has at least some money and less street cred than he thinks he has. Also, I have talked with inner-city people and they actually talk fairly normally. Only the wannabe gangsters use liberal amounts of "dawg," "homie," "thug", "cuzz," and several others.

Since Anthony's in a gang and never went to school, maybe he can tell us how he learned to read and write at all.

C'mon, just because those guys are fast, that doesn't mean they're any better than Jimmy. Let's see any one of those guys play their guitar with a violin bow!

96. Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM)

He should be on the top 10...

Right on, Red! Way to stick it to that punk Anthony!

By the way, me and Cannabus are NOT the same person.

Look Josh I checked out all of the
postings that this so called Cannabus
did, and all of his postings were about me. And he only shows up at
times when Josh is there, check the
posting times and find out for yourself.

And when I said I was a thug I didnt
a gangsta. Thug means you dont take
nothing from anybody, far different
form a gangsta.

And I am probabally better eduecated
than all you put together, cuzz I
have a 3.8 and ranked 27 out of 927.
I am literate its just that I am not
the best typer.

Yo Josh Red knows that you posted as
Cannabus also(comment 75). So just stop
posting as Cannabus and we will never
mention it again.

JUST ONCE I WOULD LKE TO SEE A LIST THAT IS RESEARCHED,INSTEAD OF A POPULARITY CONTEST,THE TERM HEAVY METAL WASNT USED UNTIL BLACK SABBATH AND ALL BANDS AFTERWARDS,I COULD DO A MUCH BETTER LIST OF BANDS THAT ARE TRULY METAL

Shitty list!

Hey Anthony, believe whatever you want to believe. To claim that I posted as Cannabus is stupid. You know nothing. And there's no difference between "thug" and "gangsta". They're both just different words for WORTHLESS PUNK. Period.

Also, you don't have no 3.8 GPA, quit bullshitting us. That makes me wanna laugh my ass off! And no, Red didn't accuse me of posting as Cannabus, he just thought that we are both similar. He even said, and I quote, "It could just be a coincidence".

Sorry, but you've lost. Game over. Try again.

A thug is much different than a gangster.
A ganster is a hitman or a husler. A gangster could be a thug, but a thug is
not nesesarily a gangster. A thug is a
tough guy who does not take anything
from anybody.

I am not a punk. I agree someone who
guys around killing people is a
worthless punk. I have knocked people
out for talking trash wich makes me
a thug, if a was in a gang and go around shooting people I would
be a punk. So how dare anybody call
me a punk.

I swear on MY life that I have a 3.8.

Red may have not came right out and say
you are cannabus but he sure did infure
it.

Cry some more dogg.

Yes, people like Anthony are the reason why these polls get so ridiculous.

Hear that, everyone? Anthony has knocked people out for talking trash about him. Wow! Everyone be scared of him because he's a thug!

Also, "infure" is not a word. I realize that rap has polluted your brain, but if you're gonna make up words, at least try and make them sensible, alright?

By the way, you did a good job of posting as Guitar Freak over at the Greatest Guitarist poll. Congratulations! You even spelled his e-mail address right! You're learning, my son!

Sorry, Josh. I just get carried
away sometimes dogg. I want to
stop fighting just like you do.
Let's quit this stupid crap and
get on with our lives. It would make me much happier.

Stop posting my name its getting old man. I am a thug and proud of dogg. So what goin to do, talk more trash. And why are you talking about a guitar poll this is the guitar poll. Wow maybe there is two guitar polls, after all there is two hip hop polls, you tree huggers are sure spoiled. I am goimg to find this poll and diss you tree huggers there also.

sorry, but there is no way that the SOAD and Korn guitarists are better than scott Ian, its just wrong, also dave mustaine should be higher, higher than kirk hammet and hetfield anyway

Numerous things wrong wit this list.
It shows loack of thought and knowledge on guitar playing worldwide. I agree wit numerous things but come one? This list is HORRIBLE. I think that many guitarists got it bad on this list.
For example:
-Hendrix at 12? U gotta be fuckin kidding me, he should be in the top 5 easy
-Ace Frehley at 14? I understand Paul there but Ace? The guy made metal what it is today.
-Mick Mars at 46? MARS is GOD, and the fact that he rates lower then people like CC Deville from Posion, guys from Korn, Def Lep, and SOAD, NO WAY!!!
-Dave Mustaine at 20? more like top 10
-James Hetfield at number 2? Him and Hammett aren't even on the same playin level
-Ted Nugent at 46? Gotta Be Shitin Me, this guy is amazing should be in top 30, or even top 20
-Vai and Joe Satriani not in the top 30?

This list is a BIG piece of crap, and Guitar should really revise before putting shit out.

Take 9 and 10 and replace them with George Lynch and Fast Eddie Clarke.

The End...

This list is a huge improvement if any of you saw the Rolling stones list. However I still agree that this has some major flaws. Once again. Michael Angelo Batio barley mentioned at 98. WHAT EVER!!!! Does anyone around here play the guitar. This says the GREATEST guitarist. That meants the most talent. It doesnt mean who inspired someone at a certain time. They had just as much time when they were alive back then to do something amazing like michael. NO ONE does what michael can do. Doesnt mean hes my favorite but it does mean he as the most ability to do WHATEVER THE HECK HE WANTS. Rock on ya'll
POIU

This list is a huge improvement if any of you saw the Rolling stones list. However I still agree that this has some major flaws. Once again. Michael Angelo Batio barley mentioned at 98. WHAT EVER!!!! Does anyone around here play the guitar. This says the GREATEST guitarist. That means the most talent. It doesnt mean who inspired someone at a certain time. They had just as much time when they were alive back then to do something amazing like michael. NO ONE does what michael can do. Doesnt mean hes my favorite but it does mean he as the most ability to do WHATEVER THE HECK HE WANTS. Rock on ya'll
POIU

Great list! Was proud of numbers 5, 15, 18, and 58.

While not a HM rock guitarist, David Gimore of Pink Floyd should be on every guitar list. If not for his playing alone, but for his innovation as well.


As for the rock/rap vs. Mozart battle. True genius, be it Dr. Dre, Alex Lifeson, or Bela Fleck, should be able to appreciated by anyone in any genre. And to belittle a genre outside of your preference demonstates not only a lack of musical intregity but frightneing lack of courage to explore original thought.

OKHHAY!LEMME TELL U WHAT---THERE IS NO MUTHER FUCKIN WAY BY MEANS OF WHICH THAT SON OF A WHORE------KIRK HAMMET STAYS AT NO.2.
WHERE THE HELL IS SLASH,SNAKE SABO,MALMSTEEN......
AND THERE IS NO WAY ...I MEAN I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ASSHOLES FROM KORN OUTDO PETRUCCI.
ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAy IS----------I DONT GIVE A FUCKIN SHIT WITH YOUR LIST
'COZ IT'S CRAP AND IT SSSSSSSUCKKKS

Cool!

That argument between the rap fans and the metal fans was hilarious..congratulations to the rap guys for making complete idiots of themselves...and congratulations to the metal guys for burning them so bad...me and my friends laughed our asses off at them...how more stupid can you get...dissing metal fans on a metal poll...complete idiots.

YOUR SHITING ME RIGHT?!?!
How could some one like Alexi Laiho get 96?!?! THE BULL SHIT!!!! He should be like.... in the top 20

this is shitty as hell.
eronymous beats steve vai! enough said, and satriani isn't even in the top 70! hahaha

My comments on this subject may not be totally agreeable because every one different tastes. But since there is no way to really measure a guitarists talent, why is every one upset? You like who you like and thats cool. I personally believe that Michael Angelo Batio #98 on the list is amazing but I'm not whining that he's not higher on the list. Also, for the people commenting on Tony Iommi being a riff maker not a soloist, I dont believe the title of this list is 100 Greatest Guitar Soloists of all time. If a man can make a riff that can make your bones rattle and the hair on the back of your neck stand up every time you hear it maybe he should be number one.

Hendrix & Blue Cheer's Leigh Stephens is without a doubt the guitarists that have had the most overwheliming impact on the hard rock scene. Both of them were many years (& lightyears) ahead of their time. Lots of kids listened to: Zeppelin, Purple, Stooges, MC5, Who (Tommy), Sabbath etc... but they never understood (or cared) wich guys went there first. Blue Cheer's one of the most underappreciated & ripped off hard rock groups of all time. i mean their "OutsideInside" album was recorded as early as in the summer '68 (a full year before "Kick Out The Jams" & 2 years before Sabbath first showed up)! & that album rocks the shit out of everything Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stooges (etc) ever did! Leigh Stephens is god (& the other two too)! So now you know! Ok, take care boys & girls! peace.... P.S. Those totally soul/blues/vibe/coolness/good looks/talent-lacking assholes from Metallica on second place?! c'mon, give me a break! D.S.

"P.S. Those totally soul-blues-vibe-coolness-good looks-talent-lacking assholes from Metallica on second place?! c'mon, give me a break! D.S."

You might want to check Rolling Stone's top 100 guitarists, chemical angel. You'd be much happier with their soul and blues players crushing the talented metal guys.

-Glick

above "bricklayer" stated that he thought that "the dude in the gorilla suit who plays the solo in the video for the Beastie Boys No Sleep Til Brooklyn video should be number 1" He also stated that "The bald dude from Slayer should be number 11" when actually Kerry King (the bald dude) is the one playing the solo for the video

Sir, I am not familiar with this Kerry King fellow, but I will check him out! Many thanks!

u r all wasting your time trying to argue with each other, all of u r sad to waste so much time, i feel sad goin to the effort to say this. IM a huge metal fan but who gives a shit and just enjoy the music ALL MUSIC , all this bullhit about who knows more about music or a given genre who gives a shit
OPEN YOUR EYES

Actually KoRn has really good guitarists and they can play very well, if you ever go to their concerts and hear the instrument checks. They play to Metallicas: Master Of Puppets. And they concieved the U-Bar. So they are actually very intelligent, but the reason you hear not much guitar playing in some of KoRn's songs is because the lead singer waters it down to match his emotions.

I think this list is the right list...Just I do think Hendrix and Slash deserve to be in the Top 10....But overall,GREAT and CORRECT list.Some positions are wrong,but would you rather have the Rolling Stone list?I don't think so.

This list is crappy. Here is mine.

1.Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
2.Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King (Slayer)
3.Kirk Hammet & James Hetfield (Metallica)
4.Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
5.Randy Rhoades (If you don't know who this is then you should not consider yourself a metal fan)
6.Dave Murray & Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
7.Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
8.Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
9 John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
10.Joe Stump
11.Yngwie Malmsteen
12.Hank Shermann & Michael Denner (mercyful Fate)
13.Paul Stanley (Kiss)
14.Andre Olbrich (Blind Guardian)
15.Mike Wead & Andy Larocque (King Diamond)
16.Munky & Head (Korn)
17.Dave Linsk & Darek Eailer (Overkill)
18.Eric Rutan & Doug Cerrito (Hate Eternal)
19.Chuck Schuldiner (DEATH)
20.Jimi Hendrix

I hope this list enlightens you. This list is far superior to all.

Guitars Suck!!!!!!!!

Yeeaaaah

yeah, too bad they were ever invented

I thought this plug was banned long ago

I was never banned. Why would you think that my freind.

KORN CAN KISS MY ASSSSS

KORN CAN KISS MY ASSSSS

[edited]

Why you edit me.

All these guitar sites have been ghost towns ever since I was band. Do realize no one has posted here for three days. Before I was band there was about five postings a day because I was the center of attention. All the guitar sites are like that.

Banned
B - A - N - N - E - D.

Jimmy Page was in a BAND, his band was amazing, and he made it better.

You were BANNED from this site.

I have an Idea!!
Put in a time period on one of these lists, because there is absolutely no way that anyone will ever be satisfied with lists that cover evertthing from Hendrix days to today.

i think you lot need to listen to... Cacophony ( Jason Becker & Freidman )
Racer X ( Paul Gilbert )
DragonForce ( Herman Li & Sam Totman )

Now they are proper guitarists

I don't believe you can put both the guitarists from metallica infront of becker and freidman
they are the best pair ever they feed off eachother so well it's not funny...i advise you lot to look for Cacophony... 80's speed metal
it rules
i have a video of him soloing one handed and with the other hand playing with a yoyo.. seriously it 0wnz

and i mean how can you have any numetal bands up on that list at all... just because little shits like it don't mean it's good.
i'd like to say you have seriously missed out one metal genre that has the best solos and the fastest riffs and thats Power Metal
check out Lost Horizon
and what about all the Neo-classical guitarists?
check out At Vance or Windham Hell.
you lot have over looked so much it's just blind arrogance.

sorry i correct myself.... you haven't even got Jason Becker or Marty Friedman
in the list at all
(refering to post 122)

i dont really know why Chuck Shuldiner
isnt in top 5. man just listen to story to tell or flesh and voice of the soul to see how his talents are godly. And Wtf?? I Just saw Steve Vai placed 56 and the guy from children of boddom 96 lol they should at least in top 10s why? cuz they rule! and yngwie malsmteen 17? he should be 3rd easy he made some great metal solos that even kirk Hammet cant play. And for the bastards that come up with names like BB King And Clapton u just suck they're great but way not metal musicians. Tommy Ionni should'nt be 1 maybe top 10 but not first. first should be the guy from dream theater. Anyway this list sucks and every one here will agree with me. And how could you make a list of top 100 best metal guitarist ever in 1 month, it should take at least 1 year to make on right listen to all metal guitarists. Its like passing over 30 years of the existance of thousands of guitarists. Just think about it. Now im gonna walk with my dog in the street to calm down LOL.

peace

iommi in front of hammett??? but hammetts solos are so much better....WTF!!!!!!!!!!?

Definitely missing is Savatage's Criss Oliva. No surprise he is left out as he was maybe the poster boy for underrated and underappreciated. But especially if you want to do a purely metal list, he should be included. But he was absolutley better than many players on the list. RIP Criss and now, tragically and preventably, Dimebag Darrell as well.

Man personally I beleive Dave Murray & Adrian Smith (IRON MAIDEN) should atleast be in the top 5 if not #1 in my personal opinion...like just listen to the guitar solo's in "Run To The Hills" or "the clarvoyaint" even maybe "dance of death"!
but as I have said this is 1 man's opinion....but most of my freinds that LOVE metal would agree with me.

Ah, good stuff. Now this, my friends, is why the internet was invented. So rock dorks like us could sit around all night and argue about the greatest metal players. Seriously, as a monster music fanatic... this type of dialogue is only second to porn.

my thoughts: Jimmy Page should be higher, way higher. Dude damn near invented heavy metal.

last thought, though I am above flame wars

California Boy: you are the biggest fucking tool on the internet.

that's ok, you have the right to be here. but you are really really really doing a dissevervice to yourself each time you post. Your mother is calling you. Get out of the basement and take out the garbage, B'Rad (or whatever toolbax fruitcake rap name you have given yourself).

oh yeah, one last thing: major props for them referencing Spinal Tap! It is the reason I got a DVD player a few years ago when it was re-released.

one other thought, technically the dudes from Steppenwolfe should have gotten a higher mention. The reason being: the etymology of the term 'heavy metal' is a direct reference to the lyric in 'Born to be Wild'
I like smokin' lighting
Heavy Metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
and the feeling that I'm under

See, I told you guys I was a rock dock. Perhaps the greatest rock dork of all time.

Ok, still thinking about this. How about Tom Scholtz (spelling?) from Boston? Those riffs are insanely powerful. Granted, it was done with the studio trickery and genius of layering the same riff about 30 times.

also, Billy Corgan. Listen to some of the heavy shit from Siamese Dream (Cherub Rock, Quiet, or Silverfuck). Then, and only then... wrap your brains and ears about 'Siva' from the first album.

my last point deserves it's own line below

Somebody find California Boy and unhook his modem please. We don't need to call him a fag or fucker or beat him up. This is just a dialogue... but a dialogue dude needs to be removed from.

Maybe if I rephrased that in a terrible, terrible ryhyme dude would get the idea?

why am I so angry? because music is not a joke.

welll..i think slash, the guns n' roses and actual velvet revolver guitarrist must be considered in that list

i mean...it couldb be considered the number 3...he's better than many of the 5 first

jimmy page is better than anyone on this list

Why is Jeff Beck on a list of top Metal guitarists?
I've been a Beck fan for years - I bought Blow By Blow shortly after it came out in, what, 1972? I have most of his recordings - he does some stuff on Who Else and You Had It Coming that might qualify as metal with a stretch, but calling him a metal guitarist is strange, to say the least.

IMHO, Beck would blow away most of the guys on the list above in a cutting contest, but I don't think of him as a metal guitarist.

Why is Brian May on the list? Does anyone in the world think of Queen as a metal band?

The little I've heard of Michael Angelo makes me think he should be above Sammy Hagar and Angus Young (side note - I think Angus Young is a talentless three-chord hack who doesn't deserve to be on ANY top 100 list, but that's another matter) and probably above most everyone on this list. Granted, I haven't heard everyone on the list.

Neil Young? Neil Young? WTF? Neil Young? What the hell were they thinking? That guy can barely strum folk music on guitar, much less play heavy metal. Put him on stage and have him test his skill against Petrucci, Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, Thayil, Dime, Beck or Slash (and probably most of the others on this list, except Angus Young), and he'd look fucking ridiculous. One-note guitar leads do not qualify someone as a great guitarist, much less a great metal guitarist. Nor does friendship with Eddie Vetter.

Top ten metal guitar dudes are like this
or something close to this dudes:

1)Janis Ian

2)Hong Kong Phooey

3)DJ Red Alert

4)That guy at the guitar store that can
play "Back In Black" almost as good as
Angus can.

5)Pol Pot

6)California Pot

6)Sweet Charles

7)That one bitch who used to play for
"The Runaways" about 30 years ago.

8)The other ho from The Runaways.

9)Ricky Skaggs

10)Ritchie Blackmore

There is way to much wrong with this list,like hetfeild even being compared to kirk,korn and soad even in that list is a discrace.now maybe if there there looking for pple who changed metal forever then maybe its fair enough to have not the technically awsome guitarist.but if they were going for guitarist that changed music heres a bit how the list should have gone

1.Dimebag darrell(extreme riffs)
2.michael angelo(alroundly insane)
3.tom morello(never seen affects used like him

4.dave mustain&kirk hammet cant seperate them
5.head and munk.NOW B4 u kick up a stink that there crap this is my list on innovative guitarist.b4 there hip-hop style metal there was none
6.jimi hendrix(just nice!)
7.FUCK i 4got zakk wylde oh well 7th will do
8.eddie van halen
9.Tony Iommi
10.Angus young

now heres how the technically perect list goes
1.Van halen
2.michael angelo
3.dimebag darrell
4.jimi hendrix
5.zakk wylde
6.dave mustain
7.kirk hammett
8.angus young
9.steve vai
10.tom morrello

Hold on......am I really seeing Jimmy Page in front of Dime? WTF man? When it comes to metal dime should be #1. How is jimmy page on this list? or any list? Hes the sloppiest player out of all the so-called "legends". Although I am surprised the guys from meshuggah got some credibility, im glad they finally get some recognition

Try this link and you won't believe how some journalists view the heavy metal scene.
www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3412 I sent him an e-mail, but do not expect a reply.

Yr next - the Illuminati have your number

my top 5 is
1. bender for futurama
2. homer for simpsons
3. stimpy for The Ren & Stimpy Show
4. IBM the computer
5. TV

Euronymous is at #51 with Michaelangelo Batio at #98 and Steve Vai at # 53. that just proves that this list was just random assortment of names of guitar players... Come one!! Euronymous cooked and ate the brains of the vocalist of his band! and was (2 years later) stabbed 23 times (in face and back) by the bassist of the band. Good publicity; guitar playing and musicianship? hell no!

Wow, people are so dumb. Josh, all you have to do is check your IP to see that you and Cannabus are coming from the same computer....Lame. Anyone who posts on here to argue about shit other than how the hell Brian May made a heavy metal list is a tit.

P.S. Fuck I hate rap, anyone I meet that figures rap is good that isn't also a decent person deserves to have their rap CDs shoved up their ass.

Oh, by the way this is a different Josh from that other guy. I live in Canada, and my favorite band is System of a Down.

does any one know the exact model jackson mark morton from LAMB OF GOD uses thanks alex

100 greatest METAL guitarists of all time
THE WHO r not a metal band
82. Pete Townshend (THE WHO)

Where's Rich "The Duke" Ward on the list?

Poor list there.Marty Friedman and Mustain should be much higher.James Hetfield and KIrk Hammet are more talented than Iron Maidens guitarists and Megadeth's???Big fat useless list there.You idiots also forgot Vivian Campbell from Dio.Kerry King and his gang stuck to the same formula for years.They are a complete mismatch.Though they are talented,all Slayer songs have the same blueprint of brutality.THINK BEFORE YOU MAKE A LIST!!

Hard to take these greatest of all time lists very seriously, regardless of who compiles them. How can you be the "best" at something like music, which is judged so subjectively by people of differing tastes?

They're just trying to sell some metal albums, which I do not object to. Now if they were trying to sell that hip-hop rap crap, I would have a problem. Sorry dogg!

Who put that God dam C.C. Dickville from Poison at 34?? and Mick Mars (who I do like) at 44? above Jake E Lee. AND more importanty why is Akira from Loudness at ninety fuckin seven?? John Sykes/Leslie West and Vernon Reid and MANY more should be higher up on this list of shite! And not even a mention of Accepts' Wolf Hoffman. Guitar World seems to be run by know nothing-band wagonning-num nuts.

these lists exist because they generate attention and controversy, the more the better

Tiny Tim was a shredder

Without the inclusion of Trey Azagthoth, this list is meaningless and reveals the lack of knowledge of the Guitar World Staff. Did they simply forget?

This is my techical Skill list. It goes like this: (no particular order but something like this)

Jason Becker
Van Halen
Michael Angelo Batio
Dimebag Darrell
Jimi Hendrix
John Petrucci
Zakk Wylde
Dave Mustain
Kirk Hammett
Steve Vai
Paul Gilbert
Alexi Laiho

man stop all dreaming on michael angelo he fucken suck . damn he isnt even picking all his fucking notes. John petrucci is faster with picking than him hammering damn! god! this list sucks ! chuck schuldiner should be at least top 5 (emotion + techincally skilled = great metal guitarist)

jimmy page my man
kirk hammet
and tony iommi
and randy rhoads

i hate mtv now it doesnt even play music anymore and not even headbangers ball(well in australia anyway) and heavy metal overules rap in australia and soon we will take over the world agian and never stop cause rap is something i can do with my ass so fuck the ass up u turd wanking rappers go suck your fat black girls asses

Damn man I hate ppl who bag the shit out of classic guitarists and only think nu-metal is any good, FUK U!!! most nu metal is fuked these days. and only a handfull of bands are any good these days (SOAD, SLIPKNOT) and all the european bands but there not getting anywere cause nu metal is fuking taking ova. Weres michael ammot in that list? and bill sterr should be higher. And the maiden guys should be 2nd. LONG LIVE PROPER METAL

alright im sick of all this hate! sorry jon but i think you are thinking way to narrow minded. Tonni Ionni created and was considered what we call metal. with iron man war pigs and paranoid and the people he influenced (dimebag darrell, kirk hammet, dave mustain) you cant argue with that, not taking anything away from Blackmore, but ionni should be #1. and one more thing all the little shits on here that said Jimmy Page sucked are half retarded he created music ten times better then you ever will and is ten times the guitarist you ever be.

Yeah, metal is in a bad bad place these days. Hell, rock is too.

Maybe its all over and all we have to look forward to is more retro-retreaders that act like no one ever came before them and did everything already.

We all agree that the list is shit...i am dissapointed that hammet and hetfield of all people are way before dave mustaine..who believe it or not made metallica even though he was ousted. and most of all i cannot believe that there were no talks of Jeff Loomis of nevermore! OMG has anyone ever even seen him play??? hes a freakin god on the 7 string! soo dissapointed in these soo called guitar world editors or whatever...Horns up!

WHERE THE HELL IS MICK THOMPSON HE IS CLEARLY ONE OF The WORLDS GREATEST GUITARISTS U DUDES GOTTA GET SOME TASTE

JON DONAIS (SHADOWS FALL) should be there (anywhere, you'll decide when you hear his solos), try listen to Mystery Of The Spirit!!!

this list is alright, i guess...
in my opinion, tony iommi should be a bit further down on the list, and randy rhoads should be at the top, but thats just a 15 year old kids point of view.

my top 20 list would look a little like this, i guess...

1. Randy Rhoads
2. Zakk Wylde
3. Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman
4. Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield
5. Edward Van Halen
6. Dave Murray and Adrian Smith
7. Yngwie Malmsteen
8. Steve Vai
9. Joe Satriani
10. Slash
11. Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman
12. Dimebag Darrell
13. John Petrucci
14. Angus Young
15. Tony Iommi
16. Mick Thomson and Jim Root
17. Munky and Head
18. Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing
19. Jake E. Lee
20. Michael Angelo Batio

pff this is so fucking difficult but my favourit band is children of bodom alexi just totally rules
1.alexi laiho
2.jimi hendrix
3.john petrucci
4.yngwie malmsteen
5.zakk wylde
6.roope latvala
7.jeff loomis
8.dimebag darrel
9.tony iommi
10.adrian smith and dave murray

where is Victor Smolski? He should be at lest 20th!

Have yall forgotten bout Dimebag Darrell? He solod fast, created some of the sickest sounds on guitar as we know, he and Pantera made undoudably the heaviest msuic of all time. He was pure power, bone shifting rhythms was all Dimebag. And for four years straight he was voted best Metal guitarist in the werld by Guitar World.He was the heaviest out of all. Pure raw aggresion he had on his guitar. No let up ever. Dime was god in my eyes.RIP

And 1 more thing. Jimmy Page, Hendrix,Young,Perry and others should NOT be on this fucking list. It sickens me. If u wanna put em on it then re-name it the classic guitar list. Heavy metal lingered with Sabbath then exploded with Metallica. Then bands like Pantera, Napalm Death, and Slayer came in and made it even heavier. So all you geezers who vote for Page and them. Stop bitching. It makes me mad already just think he beat out Dimebag Darrell on this frikin list. Its pure heavy metal not soft rock. And I pitty who say Zeppelins music is heavy. re-think dudes. re-frikin-think

i thought the list was well done the only thing i feel is you should switch james hedfield & kirk hammet with adrian smith and dave murray. Thanx for putting jon schaffer and andre oblrich. also thanx for putting hank shermann. i like how you respect more metal guitarists.

one more thing if you guys say stuff about tony iommi writing good riffs so he should be up there, than jon schaffer should be at the top he is the riff king, best rythm guitarist ever hell best song writer ever (apart from steve harris) plus all of u that like korn slipknot soad you all suck they cant play or sing listen to power metal thrash metal or if u wanna get really heavy than melodic death and black metal bands like in flames children of bodom dark tranquility cradle of filth Dimmu borgir stuff like that for heavy but these days power metal rules it stays true to classic metal,


P.s we need a revival of thrash, like true thrash, when metallica sold out all of thrash whent down with it

my top 15:
1) adrian Smith & dave murray
2) kirk hammet & Dave mustain
3) jon schafer
4) andre oblrich
5) hank sherman
6) janick gers (iron maiden)
7) Dimebag Darrel
8) alexi laiho
9) alex skolnick & eric peterson
10)kerry king & jeff henneman
11) tony iommi
12) kai hansen
13) gary holt & rick hunolt
14) james murphy (testament)
15) glen tipton & kk downing

these are really just my influences and only metal ones i do respect the more classic rock guys just on my guitar playing these are my main influences in order.

Well, I can't really choose for a top 10...so I'll go for 5.

1. Randy Rhoads...by a long shot
2. Yngwie Malmsteen
3. Steve Vai
4. Toni Iommi
5. Jimmy Page

what are all those rock guitarists in this list and what is satriani doing so low in this list ??? and alexi laiho so low while the guitar player Of SOAD is so high on this crappy list some things are right but this list doesn't make a lot of sense

1.I thought it was a metal guitarist list.
2.The best metal guitars is Dimme Darrel.
3.Guitars of nu-metal (KoRn ShIt) would be mentioned only if it is called Top 10.000 metal guitarist
4.Meshuggah ( inovative) guys would be more credited.
5.Fuck U stupid Hip-Hop dude. Bass is great but not in Hip-Hop.

i think that the list of the greatest metal guitarsts of metal not is good.
cause joe satriana is the best guitarist
and michael romeo is better than other guitarist like the guitarist of sistem of a down, korn, iron maiden,fates warning, mayhem.........

I really think Daron Malakian from SOAD deserves his position, if not a better one. I've seen him live several times and this guy really kicks ass! ... But I guess everyone's got his own opinion.

What about John 5? He's quite a good guitarist. Why hasn't he been mentionned?

1.Slash

2.Randy Rhoads

3.Dave Murray & Adrian Smith

4.Kirk Hammet

5.Dimebag

yee

well i personally think that alot of these people on this list suck. and malmsteen should definitely be #1. and TIm Hall. the guy who posted second.. nigel tuffnel isnt a real guy. thats christopher guest dumbass. and it was a band that they made for that movie. u should probably know what your talking about before u comment

ALEXI OWNS ALL THIS LIST IS DEF WRONG IT SUCKS HORRIBLY ALEXI SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 10

alexi is good but not the best. if u want to hear somene incredible listen to yngwie malmsteen. started in 83 and still plays today.

dude this list is shit i am a big fan of korn but not for the guitaring munky and head are good but not great the main hero in korn is jonathon the vocalist and fieldy the bassist!
i think that alexi laiho should be way fucken higher daron malakian shouldnt be there as with stephen carpenter malmsteen should be higher and is dime even on the list cos i didnt see him pantera fucken rules!! r.i.p dimebag darrel eat shit and die anthony G rap is for tossas that dont have the intelligence to comprehend real music

rap is crap! rappers are all dumb necro fucking bastard! if you dont like to play guitar, hold your mic and suck it like dick! LONG LIVE METALfans!

hiphop rappers are all hijo de puta! sons of osama bin laden!! heheheheheh

Funny how Maiden guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith's have been positioned near the top of every list and not attracted a single comment.

That's how awesome they are.

Funny how Maiden guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith's have been positioned near the top of every list and not attracted a single comment.

That's how awesome they are.

Oops

Whoa!!!! Steve Clark and Phil Collen from Def Leppard at number 41, what are they insane, steve and phil friggen fathered the twin guitar harmony riffs, and if there is any question about their solo capablity watch them play Die Hard The Hunter live on the In the round In your face DVD, they kick everyone's ass. What the FUCK is Vivian Cambell even doing on the list he sucks. Steve and Phil should be no.1
List should be
1. Steve Clark and Phil Collen
2. Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen
3. George Lynch/CC Deville/Warren Demartini/Slash
4.John Sykes/Adrian Vandenberg
5.Ted Nugent
6.Matthias Jabbs and Rudolf Shenker

And Yes, I do play guitar, what I meant by twin guitar harmony riffs is they always played two different riffs, never the same. Anyway, ROCK ON, and remember, if it ain't METAL...its crap

angus and malcom young are the greateat guitarist in the world no doubt brian may is good and hendrix is the best at creating new sounds but hes just a fucken racet!!!!!!!!!!Eric clapton is good and Slash is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ACDC ALL THE WAY ANGUS PRESIDENT by the way im a 12 year old kid from new zealand

This is probably the crappiest guitar list there is, other than the Rolling Stone list. Kirk Hammet and James Hetfied at number 2? What the hell did they innovate?

The fact that nigel tufnel is on this list at all - and as highly as he is rated makes this list a farce. The fact that CC deville is even on the list makes it total garbage.

CC Deville is awesome, and he can wipe his ass with dimebag darrel.
As I said before the list should be
1.Steve Clark and Phil Collen
2.Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen
3.George Lynch/CC Deville/Slash/Warren Demartini/Angus Young/
4.John Sykes/Adrian Vandenberg
5.Ted Nugent/Robbin Crosby/Zakk Wylde/Brad Gillis/Ty Longley(Great White)
6.Matthias Jabbs and Rudolf Schenker
7.Tom Keifer and Jeff Labar/Vito Bratta
8.Dave "The Snake" Sabo/Richie Sambora
9.Mick Mars/Aldo Nova

comment 193 by chris is bullshit ive never even heard of half those idiots ANGUS YOUNG AND MALCOM YOUNG are the best nobody doubt that!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, how can you guys be so ignorant. Some of these lists are actually rediculous. CC Deville? That dude is total wank. Kirk Hammett should be nowhere near the top 20 let alone the top 2. Have you guys heard of Ron Thal? Paul Gilbert? Buckethead? Steve Vai? Marty Fucking Friedman? Dave Mustaine? Vinnie Moore? Yngwie Malmsteen?


Also, metal didnt explode with Metallica, it exploded with bands like Iron Maiden and Motorhead.

Also, Anthony, youre not hard core man. If you were so tought and such a "thug" you wouldnt be on the internet talking about how tough and cool you are. You are from L.A.? Who gives a shit, I'm from Seattle and I would still crush you. So dont pull that thug wigger bullshit anymore.

I cannot for the life of me understand where anyone with a clear conscience and half a brain would even consider CC Deville even a "good" guitarist. He embodies all that is wrong with much of music (not just metal) today - all flash and no substance. All style and no ability; anyone can make noise - but can they play.

To say that he would wipe Dimebag is a joke - even though Dimebag is gone, he is still a better player than CC ever thought of being. I would like to see Dimebag's buddy Zakk Wylde just thump the crap out of CC with a single power chord. The guy just sucks, so did/does Poison - go soak yourself if you think otherwise.

Alright man, I'll give it to you, Zakk is awesome, but if you think he could beat CC you're nuts. Zakk recycles alot of his solos again and again, Kirk Hammet well, he just rips alot of fast crap over and over, usually about 2 minutes into a Metallica song I'm bored as hell, and James cannot sing! If you have any question about CC's solo ability listen to Life goes on by Poison, that solo kicks ass! Poison does not suck, they're no Def Leppard but they're a hell of alot better than any Thrash Metal band. Steve Vai, well he's just fast, but what about songwriting ability, what about structure, what about being memorable. I wouldn't even know about Steve Vai if he hadn't played for Whitesnake on Slip of the Tongue. If you haven't heard of the guys on my list, then please go back into that coma you must have been in. These guys all played for some of the most popular bands in the world. Steve and Phil from Def Leppard played for the most popular band on this entire list. Def Lep's album Hysteria has sold more than 21 million copies, all of black sabbath's stuff together can't touch that, it would take four of Metallica's albums to come close to Hysteria. All in all Leppard has sold nearly 70 million albums and still going. In fact only five groups in history can claim to have two albums sell more than ten million copies in america alone, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and The Beatles. I will however educate you in who each of the guys on my list are.
1.Steve Clark and Phil Collen(Def Leppard)
2.Randy Rhoads(Ozzy)Eddie VH(Van Halen)
3.George Lynch(Dokken),CC Deville(Poison),Slash(GNR),Warren Demartini(Ratt),Angus Young(AC/DC)
4.John Sykes/Adrian Vandenberg(Whitesnake)
5.Nugent(I think you know him),Robbin Crosby(Ratt),Zakk Wylde(Ozzy),Brad Gillis(Night Ranger,Ozzy),Ty Longley (Great White,listen to save all your love)
6.Matthias Jabbs and Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
7.Tom keifer and Jeff Labar(Cinderella),Vito Bratta(White Lion)
8.Dave "the snake"Sabo(Skid Row,Bon Jovi),Richie Sambora(Bon Jovi)
9.Mick Mars(Motley Crue),Aldo Nova(solo artist, maybe you remember the song Fantasy)
But all these guys are awesome, there are many other greats but I don't have time to list them all. I hope you see my point, but then again, all these lists are just our own opinions, I have mine, you have yours, I'll respect yours, and I hope you'll do the same for me.

Where's the guitarists for REM, Replacements and the Clash?
Any list without them is missing some important influential guitarists.

what do you know about guitar players....
1.Dimebag Darrell
2.Zakk Wyldd
3.Chuck Schuldiner
4.Kirk Hammett
5.Satriani
6.Vai
7.Eric Johnson
8.Steve Ray Voghn
9.Yngvie
10.Slash

ummm -chris, I don't need to be educated on anything - I have heard (and listened) to every guitarist on and way beyond your list. I own something from just about everyone on that your as well (except Poison, Cinderella, and White Lion... urgghh). To say Leppard is a great band becuase they sell albums is silly - it just means they appeal to more people than most. Michael Jackson should be on your best seller list too, but I see you forgot to acknowledge him. I am not saying Leppard aren't good, but the guitar playing there is less than stellar. And to knock Steve Vai as only a fast player is just ignorant. He was playing with Frank Zappa (though not a metal guitarist, one of the best the planet has ever produced) when he was 19 and went on from there. He ansd Satriani actually trained many of the metal guitarists out there today.

Obviously you are going to have your opinions and you are welcome to them (and I can respect them) - but for me, CC is a hack and cannot hold a candle to 90% of guitarists out there today, let alone anyone on the original 100 list in this discussion.

I would produce a list, but then again what is the point?