Guitar World's "100 greatest metal guitarists of all ti

[yurich]

ok so they use the exact same people every year just in different order, so WHY DOES THE LIST CHANGE? did Toni become better than everyone else last year?

screw this, Kurt Cobain is number one!

[Petie]

Originally Posted by yurich

WHY DOES THE LIST CHANGE? did Toni become better than everyone else last year?

Yeah, his finger injury finally healed.

[pawel]

Originally Posted by Kev Brigden

dammit

I think the general public shoud be banned from making any major decisions... I say let the guitarists rule the world!

Well, it's a "Guitar World" poll...

[Break Zero]

Pft, no Jeff Loomis?

Nice mention of Jim Matheos though

[Fry]

There are only a handful of actual heavy metal guitarists on the list. Shouldn't it have just been the best rock guitarists of all time? ac/dc?.... ya that is heavy metal man. And why isn't megadeath right behind metallica? That seems stupid.

[matt_cater]

megadeth aren't as popular as metallica.

jack white for no.1 next year.

[jimmi]

So CC Deville is a better metal player than both Vai and Nuno?????

Kirk Hamett is better than Vai, Nuno, Satch, Page, Blackmore.......


Really???

[Dave Goodland]

Okay i think i have a theory on this list

Vai is not a metal player but has some tunes that can fall into the category, that is why he rates so low on this list. As for players like kirk and james, and tommy, well the majority of stuff they play is metal.

Not every song an artist plays falls in the same, 'rock', 'metal', or 'pop' category, so the songs that the artists write in each category are what they are judged on. I love vai more than any other guitarist but i think
james hetfield and kirk hammet are better metal players.

So on a different list such as, best creative guitarist, vai may well rank in the top 3 if not 1st

Just my concept anyway
(the lists are crap)

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

Originally Posted by Anton

21. Brian May (QUEEN)
ok , since when have queen been a metal band ?
that goes for most other bands too...it should be 'rock guitarists' , muppets

"I Want It All" is pretty heavy, and their first albums were Sabbath-heavy.

[Anton]

Yeah but i wouldn't call it 'metal' by a long way. alot of bands bring different types of albums now and then , for example , Metallica - St Anger , but would you class Queen as a metal band ? I certainly wouldn't... nor would any die hard queen fan

[jim777]

Originally Posted by AndersPGM

simply laughable.


kirk on 2nd place...it certainly is mind boggling.

I´m looking forward to Guitar Players readers poll.

There's a list on Usenet purporting to be from Guitar Player, and it's been floating around (and widely commented on) since about the 4th. Here it is:

> 1. Jimi Hendrix
> 2. Stevie Ray Vaughan
> 3. Eric Clapton
> 4. Jimmy Page
> 5. Jeff Beck
> 6. Steve Vai
> 8. Joe Satriani
> 9. B.B. King
> 10. Carlos Santana
> 11. Eric Johnson
> 12. David Gilmour
> 13. Chet Atkins
> 14. Randy Rhodes
> 15. Duane Allman
> 16. Angus Young
> 17. Zakk Wylde
> 18. Alex Lifeson
> 19. George Harrison
> 20. Slash
> 21. Wes Montgomery
> 22. John Petrucci
> 23. Django Reinhardt
> 24. Mark Knopfler
> 25. Steve Howe
> 26. Buddy Guy
> 27. Yngwie Malmsteen
> 28. Steve Morse
> 29. John McLaughlin
> 30. Keith Richards
> 31. Kirk Hammett
> 32. Danny Gatton
> 33. Pat Metheny
> 34. Al Di Meola
> 35. Allan Holdsworth
> 36. Warren Haynes
> 37. Albert King
> 38. Billy Gibbons
> 39. Frank Zappa
> 40. Pete Townshend
> 41. Rory Gallagher
> 42. Peter Green
> 43. Ritchie Blackmore
> 44. Tom Morello
> 45. Monte Montgomery
> 46. Roy Buchanan
> 47. Robert Johnson
> 48. Freddie King
> 49. Johnny Winter
> 50. Larry Carlton

jim (not vouching for it here, just sharing)

[fettouhi]

Originally Posted by jim777

There's a list on Usenet purporting to be from Guitar Player, and it's been floating around (and widely commented on) since about the 4th. Here it is:

> 1. Jimi Hendrix
> 2. Stevie Ray Vaughan
> 3. Eric Clapton
> 4. Jimmy Page
> 5. Jeff Beck
> 6. Steve Vai
> 8. Joe Satriani
> 9. B.B. King
> 10. Carlos Santana
> 11. Eric Johnson
> 12. David Gilmour
> 13. Chet Atkins
> 14. Randy Rhodes
> 15. Duane Allman
> 16. Angus Young
> 17. Zakk Wylde
> 18. Alex Lifeson
> 19. George Harrison
> 20. Slash
> 21. Wes Montgomery
> 22. John Petrucci
> 23. Django Reinhardt
> 24. Mark Knopfler
> 25. Steve Howe
> 26. Buddy Guy
> 27. Yngwie Malmsteen
> 28. Steve Morse
> 29. John McLaughlin
> 30. Keith Richards
> 31. Kirk Hammett
> 32. Danny Gatton
> 33. Pat Metheny
> 34. Al Di Meola
> 35. Allan Holdsworth
> 36. Warren Haynes
> 37. Albert King
> 38. Billy Gibbons
> 39. Frank Zappa
> 40. Pete Townshend
> 41. Rory Gallagher
> 42. Peter Green
> 43. Ritchie Blackmore
> 44. Tom Morello
> 45. Monte Montgomery
> 46. Roy Buchanan
> 47. Robert Johnson
> 48. Freddie King
> 49. Johnny Winter
> 50. Larry Carlton

jim (not vouching for it here, just sharing)

that list I can actually in someway accept, if you kick Slash completely out you got my ok !

Regards

André

[AndersPGM]

jim777
thanks.

I just got the March issue of Guitar Player and it was presented there as well.

[Fry]

All these lists are stupid. No two people are going to agree on the same list. It is all opinion. My opinion is that the top three should be:

1. Metallica
2. Megadeth
3. Yngwie

But, no one else is going to agree with it. And no one else is going to agree with anyone elses list if they made one. It is like having a top 100 list for the hottest women in the world.

[babahi]

I saw that list too and laughed. May as well consider Jethro Tull metal, once again...