The top 100 metal guitarists? Let the debate begin...
Let the flailing begin! Guitar World picks the "100 greatest metal guitarists of all time" in its March issue, due out next week. Tony Iommi is numero uno - pretty hard to argue with that.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - Josh
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.
27 - Eric Olsen
and together your cars make "rap metal"
28 - Tim Hall
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....
29 - California Boy
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.
30 - duane
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.
31 - Josh
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".
32 - California Boy
Yah i do always overpower metal punks
cuzz they are afraid to play it loud
cuzz their reputation is at stake.
33 - Josh
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.
34 - kevin
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.
35 - Califrnia Boy
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.
36 - Anthony g
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.
37 - Anthony g
Josh you know what i was wrong you are
not a punk you are a tree hugger.
38 - kevin
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.
39 - California Boy
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.
40 - kevin
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.
41 - California Boy
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.
42 - kevin
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.
43 - Richard
korn suck
44 - Roger
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.
45 - 24/7 of anger
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!!!!
46 - Grant
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.
47 - Midnight Rider
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!!
48 - random hero
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.........
49 - kevin
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.
50 - Josh
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!
51 - Josh
Also, Tony Iommi was a master of riffs, but his solos were rather dull. Blackmore has the riffs AND the solos!
52 - anthony g
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?!
53 - Josh
Wow! Anthony G finally came to his senses. I guess he finally stopped smoking that crack...
54 - Josh
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!
55 - Anthony G
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
56 - Josh
Yes, Anthony likes to hang around where he's not wanted. He's worn out his welcome on virtually every poll on blogcritics.
57 - Josh
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.
58 - Anthony G
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.
59 - Anthony g
This is a P.s. for possting # 56.
Admit to #74.
60 - Anthony G
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.
61 - Josh
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.
62 - Josh
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".
63 - anthony g
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.
64 - Cannabus
Anthony, why are you on a guitar site? You whine about rock fans being on a rap site, but then you pull this shit!
65 - Josh
Leave him alone, Cannabus, he's a rap fan and he doesn't know any better.
66 - Anthony G
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.
67 - Guitar Freak
Tony Iommi was a master of riffs, NOT solos.
68 - Josh
Anthony says "I am a thug and proud of it. Dogg".
I rest my case.
69 - kevin
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.
70 - Anthony G
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.
71 - Cannabus
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.
72 - Josh
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?
73 - Me
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
74 - Cannabus
Anthony G is on welfare.
75 - Red
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.