Rolling Stone Top 100 guitarist

[bgivens33]

1.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


Couple of thoughts -

85 - Randy Rhoads.... should be MUCH higher
82 - David Gilmour... should be MUCH MUCH higher
12 - Kurt Cobain... should be MUCH lower
Didn't suprise me but I wanted to see McCready on there.

[JenRN]

What is up with Cobain beating out Carlos Santana? I hate lists like this, who really decides them anyways?

[TeriB19]

I'm sorry, Joan Jett? Pete Townshend at number 50?? Eddie Van Halen at number 70??? What 9 year old girl made up this list anyway?? Christ, no wonder I don't read that rag.

[hotforscott]

Tell me about it. What a crazy list. That is as bad as the 100 moments that rocked us. Bill Clinton playing the sax on the Arsenio Hall show in 1992..................Gimmie a break.

[HigherGirl]

uh.....wheres Tremo????????????

[facelessman]

Quote:

Originally posted by HigherGirl
uh.....wheres Tremo????????????  

yeah man

[facelessman]

My thoughts:
Kurt Cobain should be lower
Kirk Hammock should be higher
Jack White? are you kidding me? way lower!
santana higher
Tom Morello higher
Angus Young way way higher

[Marty]

Notice where it came from "Rolling Stone". Its a coperate magazine. Moreorless, who ever is the most "popular" is on that list. Not whos better.
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[Aimee]

Quote:

Jack White? are you kidding me?

That's what I'm screamin! And I'm not surprised that Tremo's not on the list. Rolling Stone never could tell talent from the hole in their

[JulieCitySlicker]

Kurt Kobain How the heck did he get #12

I agree on the "wheres Tremo"

[bgivens33]

Quote:

Originally posted by Marty
<b>Notice where it came from "Rolling Stone". Its a coperate magazine. Moreorless, who ever is the most "popular" is on that list. Not whos better. </b>

Give me a magazine that isn't a corporation.

Give them some credit... the top ten aren't all that bad of choices. The problem is... as soon as they left off tremonti(as they should have), most of the people here consider them a joke.

[Aimee]

First of all, Utne magazine
Second of all, maybe you don't remember that RS once dissed Creed (along w/Mtv) until the third album came out. Then they were all about kissin butt.
Third of all, Pleeese don't tell me that you don't think Tremo deserves the credit his talent warrants!!

[Marty]

Quote:

Originally posted by bgivens33
Give me a magazine that isn't a corporation.

Give them some credit... the top ten aren't all that bad of choices. &nbsp;The problem is... as soon as they left off tremonti(as they should have), most of the people here consider them a joke.

No when you see Randy Rhoads, and Kurt Cobain where they are, you get tipped off that way.
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[bgivens33]

Quote:

Originally posted by Aimee
First of all, Utne magazine
Second of all, maybe you don't remember that RS once dissed Creed (along w/Mtv) until the third album came out. Then they were all about kissin butt.
Third of all, Pleeese don't tell me that you don't think Tremo deserves the credit his talent warrants!!

I don't think after 3 albums and ~6 guitar solos, tremonti is part of the top 100 guitarist EVER. Maybe if he was in a Metallica setting type band where he was able to really exhibit his ability, he might have an argument.

Marty:

I think it's a joke too. The top 10 choices aren't all that terrible, but the rest of the list is pretty bad. And just for the record, I would put Tremonti over Cobain any day of the week as a guitar player, but not as a musician.

[Marty]

I just saw it on the magazine "Top 100 Guitarists". Hendrix is on the cover. True, but they said guitarists, not musicians.
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