100 Greatest Guitarists (1 Viewer)

[Keeror]

What make ye of this?

Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitarists

1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bod Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

 

[billygannon]

You typed all that out, didn't you?

Who are the top 100 percussionists then?

And where, prey tell, is Brush Shiels in this list?

 

[Goodbye]

where the fuck is PRINCE!!!!??!!

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

saw it somewhere else
it's rolling stone - y'know?
it's not like people like derek bailey or the dude from melt banna or me ever stood a chance of being included.

andrew

 

[Anthony]

Here, look at number 11 and try not to laugh.

 

[Keeror]

saw it somewhere else
it's rolling stone - y'know?
it's not like people like derek bailey or the dude from melt banna or me ever stood a chance of being included.

andrew

Ya, no Django Reinhard or even Pat Metheny...
But you got to love the irony of ranking Lee and Thurston just ahead of their hero John Fahey.

Agata from Melt Banana is one of the most criminally under-rated guitarists in the world.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5

that kinda shit is so painfully lazy

andrew

 

[Goodbye]

where the fuck is J MASCIS!!!?!

 

[Keeror]

33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5

that kinda shit is so painfully lazy

andrew

Sometimes it's hard to figure out who's playing what part. Be fair on poor music journalists - you can't really expect them to be able to analyse music in any concrete sense, can you?

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

Agata from Melt Banana is one of the most criminally under-rated guitarists in the world.

completely
shit that cat does is unreal

where is mick barr from ORTHRELM / CROM-TECH!!?!?

and if they were doubling up motherfuckers why didn't they include
gorham + robertson? WHY?!?!
smith + murray?! why!??!

andrew

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

Sometimes it's hard to figure out who's playing what part. Be fair on poor music journalists - you can't really expect them to be able to analyse music in any concrete sense, can you?

and yet they can pick out kevin shieldseses bits out of that wishywashy muck?
ha!

andrew

 

[Ex-User (1487)]

there's a black flag reunion show in LA this weekend...

"it's supposed to be gregg ginn + dez and a bunch of the early singers doin the first 4 years stuff, but i keep hearing rumors that it's actually going to be my war played in its entirety with a pre recorded bass track!"

 

[Anthony]

Hey Ian did I ever tell you how much i love you for burning me that Teenage Fanclub best of thing.

 

[Ex-User (1487)]

ha ha ha, the edge, aaaaaaaa ha ha ha.

 

[robmchale]

wheres my name?

 

[Anthony]

Eddie Van Halen number 70????

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

i already made the "where am i?" joke

andrew

 

[rumpus]

52 Lou Reed
??
he wrote some nice ditties, but he aint no special guitarist

 

[hermie]

it's good to see a chancer like kurt coain in there and no sign of those fret-wankers from pearl jam. isaac brock should be in there.and even a braindead poll like this should have nick drake.

 

[sparse]

Eddie Van Halen number 70????

WTF!!!!!! Eddie Van Halen # fuckin 1!

Cobain # 12???? the Edge # 24???
Brian May39?????

did Status Quo compile this list?