Guitar World Magazine Respons To Rolling Stone Magazine:Top 100 Rock/Metal Guitarists List GW Style

Guitar World Magazine -March 2004 Issue | 2-16-04 | my favorite headache

[nonliberal]

Tolkki is rapidly becoming one of my favorite guitarists. That guy can throw down.

[Uncle Meat]

Half the people that voted for this list don't know shit about true guitarist.Half of these do belong but there's more to a good guitar player than just metal.You can't tell me the other half could even compare to the masters.I don't see Frank Marino,Robin Trower,Rory Gallagher or Warren Hayes and a lot of those mentioned who were left out also.Sounds like some of the voters are wet behind the ears to me.

[who knows what evil?]

No kidding...that first Montrose album with Hagar is an absolute MUST for anyone's rock/metal collection. Ritchie Blackmore belongs in the top ten.

[vetvetdoug]

It took three guitarists to replace Lindsey Buckingham when he left Fleetwood Mac. Finger pickers can play way above chicken pickers.

[gg188]

I just looked at the Guitar World website....Isn't this list the 100 Greatest METAL Guitarists??

[Paul_B]

This list shows one thing - the power of the dominant culture. A mere popularity contest.

[Revolting cat!]

Top 100 Big Hairs!

[RobRoy]

You're right. I stand corrected.

[nonliberal]

Poland was a better guitarist than Friedman. Speaking of which, I did not see Jason Becker on here.

[Defend the Second]

Re: Your number 8: The Onion once ran a picture of Malmsteen over the headline: "Yngwie Malmsteen Officially Changes Middle Name to 'F***ing'" (Original was not bleeped!)

[Defend the Second]

You got that right, dfwgator. I'm going home to McKinney and put that CD on...

[nonliberal]

Bass: Lemmy.

There are other bass players?

[dfwgator]

Chris Squire.

[RightWhale]

Bass players: Paul McCartney, Prince, Suzy Quattro. That's honest bass. A lot of bass players sound like guitarists or sax players, probably because they started in other instruments.

[AmericaUnited]

Where's Phil Keaggy?!

[Rebelbase]

Has to be a joke. The first three shouldn't be in the top ten.

[SelmaLee]

What? What? I can barely hear you for the ear-splitting sounds of the drop-D bar chords that are emanating from my daughter's room.

She hasn't seen this list yet, but I expect an interesting reaction. She has griped about the RS top-100 list since it came out, I suspect that she will like this one better.

[nonliberal]

D.D. Verni from Overkill is an amazing bassist.

[Viking2002]

Oh, it's a well known fact that he's a difficult priss. Doesn't take away from the fact that he's one helluva guitarist. It just means he's a pain in the ass to work with. LOL

[who knows what evil?]

Thanks for the mention re: Frank Marino. Forgot that "What's Next" is missing from my CD collection. I have several Trower CD's, as well. An unforgivable omission.