Blogcritics Comments on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Comment by Fat boy phil on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:45:19 EDT

why the hell didnt u include Buckethead hes fuckin awesom

Comment by Fat boy phil on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:43:55 EDT

why the hell didnt u include Buckethead hes fuckin awesom

Comment by MK on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:37:55 EST

Anyone who thinks Malmsteen is unmatched for speed hasn't listened to much Classical or Jazz. There's alot of guys like Yngwie that play scales and arpeggios fast but can't make it work in a song. I have much more admiration for someone like Pete Townsend or Ian Anderson. They may not play fast but they see the big picture. Real composers imagine how all the instruments will work together in a song, and then make their vision reality. How cheap is it to come up with a cheesy progession just because it works with some scale that you can play fast if poorly? What's fast without melody or harmony? Noise, that's what. I could explain these things all day long but if you could appreciate what I was saying you would have already thrown your metal cd's in the garbage by now. I take that back. You would have not bought them in the first place.

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:32:41 EST

Haven't had your morning coffee yet?

Comment by Rafi on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:29:41 EST

All of u fucks should cut it out. For all you guys bitchin about how metal is gay, go suck a nut. For everyone generalizing all rap music as gay......I guess youre not wrong especially with all this bullshit on the radio now. But if anyone wants to do more then fuckin yell and scream through their damn keyboard about how gay this list is...go ahead and do it but keep it out of my sight man...that shits not cool.

Comment by Slix36 on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:02:26 EDT

hey, if u don't like metal then fuck off and let everyone else enjoy it... what's the point in coming here if you're just going to annoy the hell out of everyone? i'm not gonna hold you here, and i'm sure no one else is... i myself do appreciate classical music (and don't you dare say i don't), and i'm a full on metalhead. people can enjoy more than one style of music. when you said "Metal is about a half step away from rap, and that's being generous." i was utterly disgusted. rap being nothing more than nursery rhymes for adults, the same old stuff over and over... sure, a lot of old metal/rock bands did that, but i never used to like that anyway. anyone can rhyme... you say "I could give more facts, if you want to keep beating yourselves up. I would have to warn you though that the facts are not on your side." yet you have not actually proven that any of these "facts" are indeed true... as far as i'm aware it's an opinion from someone who doesn't look at both sides of the argument, just his own... please, link us to some hard evidence that what you say is indeed true, if you can find it. and i'm pretty sure that the facts are indeed very much on our side... i agree there's more to guitar than shredding the same stuff all the time... but the novelty with malmsteen is that he's virually unmatched in speed, and for a metalhead, that's really cool. i don't know why, but the reasons why metal appeals to some people is that it gives them a feeling of raw power and speed, which i can't exactly explain. lets see you perform as well as metal guitarists mythkiller... i'm sure we'll enjoy it...

Comment by Mythkiller on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:15:03 EDT

Great spelling bonzo. You make this too easy. I'm just giving you a taste of the crap that metal heads put out. Only the difference is I'm right. Gluteusmaximus, you want facts? How about there's is more to playing guitar then running through the harmonic minor fast. Yngwie can compose? When is he going to start? His songs? are just feeble excuses for doing the same old harmonic minor badly. The same harmonic minor which was used to infinately better effect hundreds of years ago. I could give more facts, if you want to keep beating yourselves up. I would have to warn you though that the facts are not on your side. Furthermore, stop pretending that you appreciate Classical music. If you did you would not listen to metal. Your'e just trying use Classical to validate the mindless garbage you listen to.

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:48:57 EDT

well then, too bad ya ain't made anybody shut up yet...and ya will find "stupid people" when you look into your mirror try harder, cuz you seriously suck at this...and not in the good kind of way, but in the awful "drag your teeth" way Excelsior?

Comment by Mythkiller on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:11:50 EDT

Brian-Was there a question in there? I couldn't get past your bad spelling. For a second I thought I logged on to a foreign website. Oh well, that's my job. Making the stupid people shut up. You're right guitarkid Metal is a completely different kind of non-musical garbage altogether. Why don't you just listen to monkeys bang on guitars.

Comment by Guitarkid on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:44:00 EDT

Who ever said "Metal is about a half step away from rap, and that's being generous." IS WRONG. Metal is miles away from rap.Rap is the way people sing in their song. rap comes from a different style of music all together and its mostly used with electronic music such as Techno etc. So Metal is real music form thanks to using live instruments. I know of metal bands that rap(Vocals in this particular style) in there music but thats how they sing using their vocals.!

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:05:16 EDT

"Metal is about a half step away from rap, and that's being generous." Blah,Blah,Blah... Sure, whatever you say. You win! You are so intelligent and I can't spell nor do I know anything about music. That's kinda funny seeing how you haven't pointed out one fact other than that you have a retarded opinion. You still haven't answered my question from post# 604...

Comment by Shouldhavestoppedwhileyouwerebehind on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:01:08 EDT

Metal heads are all the same. They sit around and talk down to the rest of the world about that which they know little if anything about. That being music among other things. Then they act angry when someone who knows better gets the upperhand in the conversation. So they isolate themselves, and pat each other on the back attempting to legitimize one another. When someone offers up something they can't understand they simply dismiss it saying thats not metal. And people say Classical musicians are arrogant. At least Classical players have a point. Metal is about a half step away from rap, and that's being generous. As far as your retorts, maybe if you learned to spell I might get something more out of them. You spell about like your metal head heroes, or is it whoroes, play

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:27:22 EDT

Most Definitely, I do concur with your points 100%. I do get carried away with labels but that's how I was introduced and that's how I "kept it real" with my friends back in the day. "Motorhead showed the Way in that bands had one foot in the Punk ethic, and the other in Metal." Yea, Maiden was that way for me, especially with their s/t & Killers album. Then I stumbled upon Ironchrist(Sorry,couldn't find an A/V link). Unfortunately, they only had one major outing & disappeared but they definitely blurred the lines of Punk & Metal.

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:56:18 EDT

ripping tune d00d! well am i Aware of what they called Anthrax...and my band at the time, among many others... the HC scene in NYC and down the Jersey Shore and Philly was a bit of a catch all for many new modes of Sound at the time...most within it referred to Anthrax and the like as "skate rat"...a new version of Surf stylings to many but the HC at the time, which spawned all kinds of sub-genres, tended to have one common Concept in it... Motorhead showed the Way in that bands had one foot in the Punk ethic, and the other in Metal (Sabbath and the like)...skate rat, grindcore, thrash...all came from that Scene, those and more so i tend to take the various Spawn stylings of Metal and differentiate on their Labels... but it's still all Metal...and still all Rock 'n' Roll ta yer olde gonzo... Excelsior?

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:30:11 EDT

"nuff said..." & Well Said!! Just an F.Y.I.(Not a diss @ Mr. Marx): Anthrax was considered NYHC before & during their reign of success, thus, that is why they covered hardcore & punk influencing tunes such as the Joe Jackson cover(which is f*cking great, might I add)and "Protest & Survive" which was a Discharge tune. While you're catching up on some Anthrax, check out these guys because they took it to another level!!

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:09:14 EDT

how about some Education here... this is a song by the original Artist...New Wave...well written/composed...solid stuff of Rock this is the same song....but done in Metal mode if ya can't hear the difference, there ain't no helping...but i'd advise having headphones crazy glued to yer ears while the entire discography of this band plays on an endless loop nuff said... Excelsior?

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:04:56 EDT

Well, Thank You Gonzo!! I do truly appreciate the B.C. back-up!! "I'm pretty sure he could compose any of that basic easy shite that The Who has ever released. Actually, I apologize, I shouldn't have dropped to that @$$hole's level. I like The Who and Pete Townsend was a great guitarist. I may not have liked Jimmy Page but I cannot deny his talent. The Blue Oyster cult was pretty damn good as well. Personally, I'd much rather listen to classic rock than any of the boring, mediocre modern rock that's choking the airwaves...

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:57:48 EDT

Come on now, don't cry lackofanamebecauseyourascaredasslittlef*ckingpanzy. It makes you look useless...I'm sorry, your writing already does that. Keep whipping out all your useless dated,non-metal guitarists because you have no sense of anyone that f*cking Rolling Stone magazine hasn't mentioned. "If your going to rant at least make sure you know something about the subject to begin with, you music hating fool." Hey, you're the moron who says Yngwie can't compose.LOL!! I'm pretty sure he could compose any of that basic easy shite that The Who has ever released...Yea, I'm pretty sure I could do that as well.

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:50:55 EDT

for comment #16 - you are so full of shit, yer eyes are brown and seeping... do show something to back up yer claims of pwnage... ya can't nowhere did Brian ever state that Townsend, Page et all weren't great fucking guitar players... they just ain't Metal...and if ya look at the topic...well, either ya can't comprehend simple english...or ya know shit about the genre step up or step off, junior... Excelsior?

Comment by Youjustgotyourasskicked on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:28:28 EDT

Ok doofusmaximus, Buck Dharma. Oh wait a minute. He actually plays leads that work so he is not metal. Page, oh no wait he can play songs that make sense too. Pete Townsend, whoops, he has a sense of composition, sorry. If yngwie is going to pretend to be classical then comparison is unavoidable. If he doesn't measure up who's to blame for that. I've also heard the rest of the poser bands you listen to and they're all about as much of a joke as you are. You don't even know when you've been bested. I'm obviously not the first to make an ass out of you. But, I'm sure you were the first. Here's a clue. If your going to rant at least make sure you know something about the subject to begin with, you music hating fool.

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:34:22 EDT

Oh Yes...Thin Lizzy:) My fav is the Cowboy Song. I can say they had the twin leads first & the celtic feel. I do give'em props. Little did people know what to do when they heard these guys nor did they realize how much this band influence metal nowadays. Here's some more crazy Stuff for ya... I love the leads.

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:16:42 EDT

yer a bit younger than me, so it all makes a lot of sense no worries, bro' and for you, a Treat...we all know how important Maiden was in the genre... but before them, there was this Stuff... but this guy changed my View on so much in Music way back when videos could only be found on Don Kirchner or the Midnite Special Excelsior?

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:05:08 EDT

I totally agree, Gonzo. I'm a Metal/(wannabe)Fusion drummer and I have always loved when a musician could spin my brain with emotion filled complexity. Though, for me, in H.S. people were stuck on 80's new wave & glam rock. I was always looking for something challenging and was dropped into the world of Watchtower,Death,Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Atheist and OFCOURSE, first and foremost, Iron Maiden.

Comment by gonzo marx on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:39:07 EDT

i hear ya Brian..as a former *metal* bassist, i've always been about innovation...bringing something new to the table, as it were hence my early predilection towards Rush and Sabbath when my high school contemporaries were listening to Zeppelin and Floyd but i digress... Excelsior?

Comment by Brian aka Guppusmaximus on Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time"

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:26:13 EDT

"...without objective criteria" My criteria has always been about the guitarists that not only influenced others but re-invented the genre.Plus, I feel that alot of people are stuck on this heavy Blues/Doom kick when they speak of metal. Imo, that narrows the field significantly.