Mark Saleski offers us his own unique take on guitarists...
After reading that list of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Guitarists I felt the need to chime in. Not that there's a problem with the list or anything.…
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The Top 100 Guitarists According to Mark Saleski - Comments Page 7
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276 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
8.Kurt Cobain
You've got to be kidding...Right?!
277 - Chris Beaumont
My guess would be "yes"
Brian, What's your thoughts on Winter? Just posted a review, would be intested in your thoughts.
278 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Chris... I've never heard of 'em(Winter) either till now. Nice Review! Though I have a feeling that is due to Candlemass' existence. Not much made an impression on me in the Doom Metal genre when I was younger like Tales of Creation...
279 - chickenman
its not jimi hendrix's guitar skills tht puts him in the top 10 its tht he uses a combination of fuzz and feedback to make beautiful music, n to be honest if jimi hendrix never existed im pretty sure tht none of the other famouse guitarists we no today will be playin such amazing stuff....hendrix started the world of rock of.
280 - John
Wow, I simply can not believe how horrible this list is. Eddie Van Halen, Jimmi Hendrix, and Jimmie Page aren't even on the top 10! Not to mention Slash, or even Kirk Hammet! One question I need to ask you, who in the world is Mark Ribot. Mark Saleski, you are probably the most inncompetent, imbecilec, unintellegent, unobserving man I have ever met in my entire life. And by the way, the Rolling Stone top 100 guitarists list is rated 1 and 1/2 stars out of five. So get that through your thick skull. You should win an award for being the worst music obbsesive ever. Your not even good accidently! I am amazed by your stupidity.
281 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
@280,
Obviously you don't have a f*cking clue about music never mind about Mr. Saleski. Mark has more of an understanding about talent than you'll ever acquire in your measly, pathetic existence! AND,Stop dropping the most known axe slinging names, it still doesn't show that you know jack about music. Just a quick FYI... Leo Kottke has more skill in his pinky than that overrated hack named Slash has had in his whole career!
Take a hike Bozo!
282 - zingzing
"who in the world is Mark Ribot."
wow. look it up. you've probably heard him. he's the only good thing about tom waits. fuckin' tom waits... go home and think up another schtick.
john, you make me agree with the guppy, and that takes some doing.
here's a name bound not to show up on this list, or any other of greatest guitarists, but well deserved anyway:
ian crause
283 - zingzing
thought i might add that this is really funny: "inncompetent, imbecilec, unintellegent, unobserving"
284 - Christopher Rose
Aw, guys, you spoiled my fun. I wanted to beat up on the passing moron we know only as John. John the moron as he is now universally known!
285 - The Haze
@280- it is better to have been thought the fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
@281- you can't fix stupid....so why try?
@282- here's another name: Phil Keaggy.
286 - hmMM
What about stephen stills?
287 - RaZOR
1. Hendrix [i can't object]
2. John Frusciante [from RHCP - the new god of the guitar]
3. Slash
4. Clapton
5. David Gilmour
6. Satriani
7. Angus Young
8. Steve Vay
9. Joe Perry
10. Kurt Cobain
288 - robert lawson
1.jimmy hendrix
2.eddie van halen
3.randy rhoades
4.jimmy page
5.slash
6.eric clapton
7.zakk wylde
8.kirk hammet
9.ace frehly
10.gary rossington
11.john petrucci
12.angus young
289 - John
@281, for your fucking information I've been playing guitar since I was 6 years old. So I think I know a little fucking more than you about the world of guitar music. Here's a little tip for you when your having a convo, don't give tips to people who are three times as smart as you. And the only f'in reason i was dropping of the biggest names is because THEY SHOULD BE ON THE FUCKING LIST!
290 - Pico
The internets is serious business!!!
291 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
FYI.. When you insult a true music lover & gentleman on this board because you think that not mentioning the three most over-used,exploited & overrated names are grounds for abuse then don't get bent when other people here call you out...
Here's a little tip for you when your having a convo, don't give tips to people who are three times as smart as you.
Yea, cuz we all know that convo is short for convoy.
Why are you bringing up trucks during a versation 'bout music??
So, you're 3x smarter than me & have been playing guitar since you were six, yet, you have no clue who Marc Ribot is?? Tell me, How do you know more than I do about the guitar world,huh?
How about:
Christopher Parkening
Will Ackerman
Rocky George (Who hardly gets any credit but would blow the f*ckin doors off of Hammet)
Steinar Gundersen
Mikael .. .kerfeldt
I guess they don't deserve a space on any list either...
*BTW* I've been playing the kit since I was 10 & listening analytically to music since I was 6.
292 - duane
John (#289) quips, "for your fucking information I've been playing guitar since I was 6 years old. So I think I know a little fucking more than you about the world of guitar music."
Oh, these irrepressible kids! Haha.
Johnny, it's nice that you've been playing the guitar for four years now. You must be really, really good. Do you take lessons? Listen to your Mommy and Daddy when they tell you to practice. Maybe when you're big, you can enter your junior high talent show and win a pretty ribbon to put on your bedroom wall, right next to your Transformers poster. Wouldn't that be nice?
Oh, and remember that playing Rock Band on your Xbox is maybe not the best way to learn guitar. But it is fun!
And don't forget to practice your spelling, too. Even rock 'n' roll guitar heroes have to know how to spell.
And please try to remember that it's not polite to use the "F" word. Johnny ... Johnny, come on now. You know what I'm talking about, so don't try to pretend.
293 - El Bicho
I have been playing the whistle since I was two and have been making a conscious effort to understand sounds since I was in my mother's womb, so I trump you both.
John, considering how poorly written your comments are, it appears you don't know math as well as you think either.
294 - John
@291
If you think that Eddie Van Halen is overrated than you are the stupidest dildo fuck to ever existe on this planet. Eddie Van Halen is the best guitarist ever. I don't care what you assholes say but thats a fact. I bet you havn't even listened to a Van Halen song. Have you even listened to Eruption? One of the greatest guitar solos ever made. And Jimmie Page is also the farthest thing away from overrated. Stairway to Heaven, does that ring a bell somewhere in your small mind? Or can your small mind not comprehend such a vast topic? Stairway to Heaven has the best solo in guitar history. Oh, I forgot to metion that I searched up Mark Ribot on YouTube to see if he really is the god you say he is. Well, he's not. What I was watching was stupidity in the making. He took guitar music and rubbed it in the dirt. It was so boring that it put me to sleep even after twelve coffies. Last of all, Jimmi Hndrix is not overrated. I can't believe that a guitar lover like you would say that about him. Everybody has to say that Jimmi Hendrix is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Besides Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" he invented rock n' roll. You should watch Hey Joe. Jimmi plays with his teech for christ's sake! I bet Mark Ribot can't even tap!
295 - John
@292
My Mom is dead. She died three years ago. So thanks alot [personal attack deleted]. Mabye you should actually think before you type in something stupid that could seriously offend somebody. I don't have an X-box and I don't have Guitar Hero or Rock band either. What I have is Fender Strat, and a Roland amplifier. And an exetremely good guitar teacher thats twice as good as anybody on this godforsaken list.
296 - John, an anonymous commenter impersonating Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Sorry John, I've been a stupid idiot for calling them overrated and insulting you. Truth is, I can't even play the guitar. I'm extremely sorry.
297 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Hey..[personal attack deleted].. Don't ever use my name to make such irrational statements. [personal attack deleted] The fact of the matter is, I've been listening to VH alot longer than you [personal attack deleted] and I have one answer for ya:
Yngwie Malmsteen's intro for "Hot on your Heels" by Steeler kills "Eruption" everytime!
Another fact: I can play power chords on a guitar & have been singing in front of people since '95.
I really don't give a flying f*ck about Hendrix,EVH or Jimi Page. Their old f*cking news.
Get over it!
298 - El Bicho
"Don't ever use my name to make such irrational statements."
yeah, he does just fine on his own.
299 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
yeah, he does just fine on his own.
Good one...But atleast it is my own writing and not some pansy pretending to be me. Talk about having no bicho.
300 - John
Oh ya, I forgot to say something. So fuckin what you can play power chords on a guitar, anyone can do that, except fot Marc Ribot of course, he can't do anything on a guitar. Do you actually excpect me to believe that you've been singing since '95. That is complete bullshit! And you've mever listened to van halen in your life, I can just tell by the way you write. You just lie to make yourself look better, you probably have to lie to get laid......by a donkey. Oh, and I've noticed that you always substitute the u of fuck with an asterix. Why the hell do you do that? It's idiotic! Are you too afraid to swear online or something? If you are, that's pathetic.
301 - zingzing
you two are cute.
john: "i've played guitar since my penis was thiiis big!"
guppy: "well, i've drummed since your father's penis was this big."
john: "well, since my penis was only thiiis big, i know more about music than you do since you father's penis was only this big!"
guppy: "don't you gimme that 'this big' shit, dicklicker! i know more names with funny symbols over them!"
john: "everyone i know has three names or is known just by their initials! and don't call me dicklicker, knucklebutt!"
guppy: "what's a fuckin' knucklebutt?"
john, taking guppy aside: "it means 'gay.'"
guppy: "man, fuck this! you are so much gayer than i am! my dick is thiiiiiis big!"
john: "let's see it then."
guppy pulls out his penis and shows it to john. john touches it. it moves slightly.
john: "what's this?"
guppy: "it's a tattoo."
john: "what's it say?"
guppy: "it says 'hard,' but you can only read it when i'm all excited."
john: "i don't believe you, you fuckin' asshole."
guppy: "keep going..."
john: "what? ...ok... you... MORON!"
guppy: "no, no... dirtier!"
john: "you... CUNTLICKER!"
guppy: "HARDER!"
john: "DIPSHIT KNOW-NOTHING FAKER FAKE DICK-SLURPY MACHINE!"
guppy: "OH! OH!"
john: "OH! OH! ohhhhh......"
guppy: "eeeerrrrrraaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA--GAHHHHHHHHHH."
both lie silent, spent.
302 - Jordan Richardson
John, seek help. Maybe some anger management, a girlfriend, or a hobby. Take up drinking. Do something.
303 - Mark Saleski
you know, this thread hijacking is getting out of hand. but zing's super-excellent comment makes it all worth it.
Where's Slash??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
304 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
HA! This is what I get for standing up for a BC resident. I won't bother anymore for you slouches...
Zing, I'm so glad you took so much time writing your little fantasy. It's a shame that you had to substitute your own name with John's...Are you not telling me something.
*BTW*... The tattoo reads "Zing needs Viagra"
305 - zingzing
oh come on, guppy. it was funny. and if you two weren't having a verbal sword fight, i don't know a verbal dick wrangling when i see one.
oh yeah, and i love you. i want babies. now.
306 - Michael J. West
I hereby nominate comment #301 as the greatest in Blogcritics history.
307 - Pico
So Michael, when do you get to collect that free beer from the writer of comment #301? ;-)
Actually, I got a pretty good chuckle out of it, myself. It was exactly what this thread needed.
308 - John
@302
I have a girlfriend so why don't you drop your male sex slave off at the night club he came from and get one yourself.
@301
Even though its insulting me I think that thats an excellent comment.
309 - Sam
Omg i cant believe people are still commenting on this lol, anyways everybody has there own opinion, and personally i think slash should have been in the top ten. You can't rate guitarists cause everybody will have there own opinion. That would be like saying" Red is better the blue", that statment sounds really stupid but it is equally stupid as a top 100 guitarists list.
310 - John
I agree with you completely but this list is bullshit.
311 - Mark Saleski
309: that's exactly right. in fact, i started off this post saying something very close to that.
312 - duane
That's only because people have a hard time distinguishing "good, better, and best" from "don't like, like, love." There's no question that --- oh, let's say, Pat Martino --- can play most anyone mentioned on this thread under the table. But I don't really like that kind of music, so he wouldn't be on my top ten list. Most Angus Young fans have never heard of Pat Martino, which brings up another problem --- exposure. It would save a lot of argument just to make the list "My 100 Favorite Guitarists."
313 - John
Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
314 - lolz
This list is very unique, I'll give Mark Saleski credit for that, but some of these choises are ridiculous! First of all, Mark Ribot! I would understand if he was number 30 or something but #1! Thats overrateing him a bit too much. He's good but not fantastic. Second, I know its kind of only my opinian but Guy Van Duser for #3! Mabye its just me but I absolutely HATE his playing. More like Guy Van Deucher! It's really not my kind of music. And finally (I know I'm dropping some big names but,) Evh should seriously be in the #1 spot. Or at least on the top ten list! Same with jimmi hendrix, and joe satch, or steve vai! But I guess that's just my opinion.
315 - xjzico
Zing Zing: some of us out here rate Ian Crause very high. Amongst the best, can't say/don't care, but endlessly interesting.
Vini Reilly might be another to consider. For some reason I think he could play most under the table if inclined and was, in his eyes, capable of stooping to such levels.
316 - Davis
What I am wondering... These guys are all good, but where are the good guitarists now? The technicians like Vai, DiMeola, and Satch, the earthy ones like Springsteen, or the innovators or torch carriers like Clapton, Page, Van Halen? Who, under 30, is out there???
317 - hangoverman
I agree with you 100%