mjp
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I was thinking the same thing, not surprisingly.
Greatest Guitarists - Yesterday & Today
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Abord the Yorikke!
I heard of Ronnie Earl last year,bought a cd.
I think that he is one of my favorite guitarists.
I think that he is one of my favorite guitarists.
I actually kind of dug the buckethead thing. You know, in a whatthefuck kind of way.
Here's a great guitarist that usually goes unremembered and all too unheralded: Terry Kath of Chicago. They toured with Hendrix back in '69, and Hendrix told Bob Lamm that Kath was better than he was. Them's some praise:
Funny too that Peter Cetera could actually play that damn bass. Can't remember how many times I puked listening to his insipid ballads in the 80s...
Here's a great guitarist that usually goes unremembered and all too unheralded: Terry Kath of Chicago. They toured with Hendrix back in '69, and Hendrix told Bob Lamm that Kath was better than he was. Them's some praise:
Funny too that Peter Cetera could actually play that damn bass. Can't remember how many times I puked listening to his insipid ballads in the 80s...
My main electric guitar influences are:
Tom Verlaine (Television)
D Boon (The Minutemen)
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
John Fogerty
Robert Quine (The Voidoids)
Marc Bolan
Andy Gill (Gang of Four)
Steve Albini (Big Blacck/Shellac)
Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks)
Neil Young
Jimi Hendrix
Robby Krieger (The Doors)
Tom Verlaine (Television)
D Boon (The Minutemen)
Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
John Fogerty
Robert Quine (The Voidoids)
Marc Bolan
Andy Gill (Gang of Four)
Steve Albini (Big Blacck/Shellac)
Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks)
Neil Young
Jimi Hendrix
Robby Krieger (The Doors)
I dont mind now and then when the instrument gets to just make glorious noise...dont care if its Buckethead or Thurston Moore. Melody and "feeling" and "soul" are not ALWAYS what I want. Sometimes I want it to wreck things, sometimes just feedback is enough. Those eighties shredders didnt understand this at all...Buckethead does.
mjp
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The only thing those two have in common is they both play guitars. Otherwise it makes no sense to compare them or group them together.
Noise can create a lot of emotion (positive and negative). What those shredders like the Kentucky Fried Chicken guy do isn't noise, it's just a tape stuck on fast forward. It's a meaningless exhibition of their thousands of hours of playing scales. A lot of music leaves me cold, but none more than that shit. The granddaddy of that decade of stinking spawn, Eddie Van Halen, at least had an ingrained sense of melody. Add he payed at downright moderate speeds compared to the speed-for-speed's-sake crowd.
I think thou doth protest too much about lightening-speed licks and practising.
Like anything else, it can be taken to unusual territory or crammed into a dissonant context that properly unnerves a listener. Sometimes you want to groove and sway; other times you want to get spanked. That s all.
Like anything else, it can be taken to unusual territory or crammed into a dissonant context that properly unnerves a listener. Sometimes you want to groove and sway; other times you want to get spanked. That s all.
A few personal faves are Johnny Marr, Steve Hillage and Jim Martin.
Having never played guitar, I'm not qualified to answer this question: Should greatest guitarists be broken out into Lead and Bass? They have much different roles in not only sound, but also in context of live and recorded music...
(I know it could be broken out more by acoustic; verticalled down to # of strings, etc. But more curious about Lead and Bass.)
(I know it could be broken out more by acoustic; verticalled down to # of strings, etc. But more curious about Lead and Bass.)
I'm not sure if you're talking about rhythm guitar or bass guitar players, but hey,
here are some great bass guitar players:
Mike Watt ( Minutemen, Firehose... )
Jean - Yves Theriault ( Voivod )
Les Claypool ( Primus )
Jasonic aka Jason Newstedt ( Flotsam & Jetsam, Metallica, Voivod )
Mike Dean ( C.O.C., Snakenation, Ninefinger )
Maitri ( Christian Death... )
Paul Raven ( Killing Joke, Prong )
There are tons more, but these came to my mind.
Strings hate me, I can do some strange noise on guitar but wouldn't be able
to play the same noise again, it's pretty uncontrolled.
Nah, I'm no guitar player - I'm a drummer for 15 years now.
here are some great bass guitar players:
Mike Watt ( Minutemen, Firehose... )
Jean - Yves Theriault ( Voivod )
Les Claypool ( Primus )
Jasonic aka Jason Newstedt ( Flotsam & Jetsam, Metallica, Voivod )
Mike Dean ( C.O.C., Snakenation, Ninefinger )
Maitri ( Christian Death... )
Paul Raven ( Killing Joke, Prong )
There are tons more, but these came to my mind.
Strings hate me, I can do some strange noise on guitar but wouldn't be able
to play the same noise again, it's pretty uncontrolled.
Nah, I'm no guitar player - I'm a drummer for 15 years now.
mjp
Founding member
I think thou doth not know thy ass from thine elbow, but so what? I would, however, implore you to learn the difference between protest and opinion. It will help you in all areas of life. And chicks dig it when you know those kinds of things. Seriously.
No, no, no! Despite the claims of musical instrument manufacturers, the bass is not, and never will be a guitar. Damn fools who try to make it socially acceptable to use a pick on a bass! Damn you all to hell.
It's a bass, dammit. Completely different animals. The guitar is a pterodactyl, and the bass is anything that eats everything.
chronic
old and in the way
You mean like Rush Limbaugh?
Thou shalt have a curse on you until your final days for that, Sir Chronic!
May I recommend A 200?
And I don't mean the Deep Purple track; althought that's what that was about.
And I don't mean the Deep Purple track; althought that's what that was about.
You got some nice picks there-especially like the Quine, Gill choices.
mjp
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I think the Kinks started that.
I take it you're a T-Rex fan? :eek:
Bang a gong, get it on!
Rumor has it, that's that new theme song for Michael Phelps' wholesome ad campaign.
But they've remastered/switched the words a bit, kinda like Stone did in The Doors movie, with Kilmer. ;)
But they've remastered/switched the words a bit, kinda like Stone did in The Doors movie, with Kilmer. ;)
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Did he kill himself? Yep, that's good for business.