Favorite Metal guitarist??

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Hugh Jazz said:
He doesn't stand a chance against the likes of Sean Malone, Tony Choy, Tony Perez, and Lars Norberg. :D
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Yeah I agree. Sean Malone Rulz. How about Tat dude that played with Control Denied, testament and Death..another scary fretless dude.

clif
 
Ahh yeah!

A big "hell yeah" to Cyrokk for including Chris Poland. I don't know of any guitarist who sounds like him or uses scales the way he does. Also big kudos for the breakdown on what's metal and what ain't.

Speedy my metal brutha, glad you're in on this one. But don't get too cocky on the Dutch Connection thang, since you can only count EVH as having been born there. He's otherwise an American. But then again, maybe it's something in the Dutch water/milk/whatever that infused him with the ability to play, eh? :D :p :D At any rate, y'all get to claim Jan Akkerman, too; I still love the song "Hocus Pocus" to this day.

BTW, seeing the Speedster reminded me of a few other metal players I like:

Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn (Saxon) — Nobody ever mentions these guys when it comes to twin-guitar attack, but I think they deserve to be named right along with Tipton/Downing and Murray/Smith. Not as much in the way of harmony leads and whatnot, true, but they rock nonetheless.

Michael Schenker — Without this guy you don't eventually get players like Yngwie, RR, and so forth. Not just a phenomenal player but a tone king, too. He gets his own preset on the SansAmp PSA-1, for cryin' out loud.

Dave Meniketti (Y&T) — I saw Y&T twice within a span of a few months, and both times he was on fire. Great stage presence, too; just never caught the right break.

Larry Barragan and Andre Corbin (Helstar) — Although I don't know much about the group in general, I love the Nosferatu album. These fellas definitely didn't play Texas blues, either.

Kurdt Vanderhoof, Craig Wells, and John Marshall (Metal Church) — These guys were the Seattle sound before there was a Seattle Sound (i.e., before the grunge thing). Big influence on lots of players, including me.

Gotta run for now. Can't wait to see who else gets mentioned!
 
OMG Chris Poland, how could I forget! Poor guy, with the narcolepsy and all, but his Megadeth stuff was pretty amazing. I heard a solo album he did too, he was awesome, though his drummer brother drove me nuts.

Also, I just have to say Tommy Victor again, since not enough people are mentioning him. You all owe yourselves "Beg to Differ" for the New Year.
 
Marty Friedman
Dave Mustaine
John Petrucci
Al Pitrelli
 
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beaverbiscuit said:
BTW, seeing the Speedster reminded me of a few other metal players I like:

Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn (Saxon) — Nobody ever mentions these guys when it comes to twin-guitar attack, but I think they deserve to be named right along with Tipton/Downing and Murray/Smith. Not as much in the way of harmony leads and whatnot, true, but they rock nonetheless.
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DAMN RIGHT! I've seen 'em live 2 times, and although hitting 50, they still know how to rock. I got some old Saxon albums on vinyl as well (Denim & Leather, Wheels of Steel, Eagle Has Landed Pt I., Innocence is no excuse)

But to me, there are a bunch of great duo's in the following bands:
Iron Maiden
Saxon
Judas Priest
Mercyful Fate
Exodus (everyone forgot Hunolt/Holt)
Agent Steel
Laaz Rockit ( I forgot their names, but those guys rock like hell! "Know your enemy" is a classic album!
"We're calling Euro-shima, laid everything to waste!
Remember Hiroshima, before it's all to LAAAAAAATTTTEEEEEEE!!!" :cool:
 
Harem Scarem

I´d have to say Dave Mustaine as a riff master and Pete Lesperance from Harem Scarem as a complete guitar player, I totally relat to his guitar playing style. For you guys who don´t know Harem Scarem do yourself a favour and listen to their last release Weith of the world;)
 
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beaverbiscuit said:
At any rate, y'all get to claim Jan Akkerman, too; I still love the song "Hocus Pocus" to this day.
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"Hocus Pocus" by Focus right? (lol.. I love saying that). I never heard the song, just read that the riff was stolen for "Blitzkreig", a song that I can play at least up to the solo, then I go sit in a corner and weep with envy.

Someone mentioned in another thread that Tony Iommi was overrated. I also knew a professional drummer that stated Bill Ward was not a good drummer.

Now that I've cracked open and completely enjoyed the "Never Say Die" album, I have to say that I will never understand the people who made those anti-Sabbath comments. Tony had note selection that would stop a scale runner in his tracks. I saw him live in '84. I stood right in front of him while he played his solo spot. I can't describe in words the feeling I had watching him play dissonance with such power and finesse (and to top it all off, he nodded directly at me and we exchange the devil sign when he finished).

As for Bill, you can't convince me that he wasn't part of the Geezer groove that drove Sabbath. He played that Keith Moon/cymbal ride/messy sound because it was the style back then. And he proved his worth in spades on "Born Again" with solid snare-whacking drumming. I hear his post-Sabbath work was actually quite good too.

Yeah, I know. This thread ain't about drummers. Sorry. I get a little twinged when I listen to my favorites.

Cy
 
Wow! Out of all the fine players nobody mentioned Jennifer Batten or Tony McAlpine. For bass players let us not forget Victor Wooten from Bella Fleck and the Flecktones.

This is interesting as I too would have chosen a few years ago the likes of Vai, Satch, Malmsteen (flame me all you'd like, but he is very good at his style) along with a variety of others. However, now i would lean more to B.B. King, Muddy Waters, James Cotton and a newer kid on the back yard stump... Eric Sardinas. That is one bad cat at www.ericsardinas.com

All in all, I would have to say everyone is great in the moment. So picking an all time best is kind of rough. ;)

What about Zappa and then there is that Spears chick... LOL. ;) Have a good holiday everyone.
 
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EVH
Vito Bratta (White Lion)
Derik Frigo (Enuff Z Nuff)
Nuno (Extreme)







Shssshhhh - Brent Mason (Country) :D
 
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Originally posted by Speeddemon But to me, there are a bunch of great duo's in the following bands:
Iron Maiden
Saxon
Judas Priest
Mercyful Fate
Exodus (everyone forgot Hunolt/Holt)
Agent Steel
Laaz Rockit ( I forgot their names, but those guys rock like hell! "Know your enemy" is a classic album!
"We're calling Euro-shima, laid everything to waste!
Remember Hiroshima, before it's all to LAAAAAAATTTTEEEEEEE!!!" :cool:
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Speedy, thanks for mentioning MF. I don't care too much for their subject matter in general, but I absolutely love "Curse of the Pharaohs." I wish I could find a CD single of that one song somewhere.

Saw Mssrs. Hunolt and Holt when Exodus was touring in support of their Fabulous Disaster album. The show was at Bogart's in Cincinnati, OH, with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies. Unfortunately for Exodus ST stole the show, although "Toxic Waltz" was pretty good.

And as long as we're talking metal guitar duos. . .

Chris Degarmo and Michael Wilton (Queensryche)
Rob Cavestany and Gus Pepa (Death Angel)
Jay Abbene and Terry Carter (Wrathchild America)

More later! :D
 
What about Oz Fox and Michael Sweet of Stryper??
I know this was pop metal but those 2 guys rocked some cool harmony lines!!!
 
Lotsa great ones mentioned. Special kudos for Chris Poland and the new guy from Rage.

Two that weren't mentioned that deserve it are Rocky George and Mike Clark of Suicidal Tendencies.

Rocky can really shred and Mike really plays a tight rhythm guitar that gives power to the tunes. Before Mike, the songs lacked the tight rhytms. After Rocky, the songs lacked the shred aspect.

Both together rocked.
 
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josesequeira said:
...Pete Lesperance from Harem Scarem as a complete guitar player, I totally relat to his guitar playing style. For you guys who don´t know Harem Scarem do yourself a favour and listen to their last release Weith of the world;)
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TOTALLY!! I listed Pete Lesperance in my list too! He's such an awesome player, yet relatively unnoticed as his style of playing was pretty much starting to go out of style by the time they hit big with Mood Swings. (big in some places, anyway...) I haven't heard Weight of the World yet, though. I'll have to check it out.

Chris
 
Funny you mention that, as probably 90% of the music I listen to has been released in the last 12 months. Out of the remaining 10%, it is players like Pete Lesperance that help me to pick a Harem Scarem record over, say, a John Mellencamp record. (or a Jimi Hendrix record...;) )

Chris
 
HEY Men, Dont forget Michael ROmeo of Symphony x, i think it´s one of the most finest guitar of the present, Of Course, the legato of Satriani, Creativity of Steve Vai, Picking of John petrucci!

Go ROMEO!

Yeah, Kerry king and hanemman are SLAYER!

And Trey Azagthot of Morbid ANgel!!
 
John petrucci and jeff hanneman from slayer without a doubt
 
darknailblue said:
John petrucci and jeff hanneman from slayer without a doubt
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Oh, yeah...I've seen 'em opening for Metallica, which had Slash and Yngwie as their guitarplayers... :rolleyes:

John Petrucci plays in Dream Theater, dude! Btw, I think he lacks balls. I must admit I prefer his style to Vai/Satriani, but still, he ain't no Van Helium... :D (right, Molly?)
 
oh i know he plays for dream theater.... sorry that was unclear... its just most people know who kerry king is and not jeff. jeff is the other guy... and compared to satch and vai i think petrucci is technically better and plays with WAY more clarity but not as much emotion as them
 
Meshuggah said:
You guys need to hear new music... reallly..
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Well, you see that's the thing — I haven't heard anything new that resonates with me like many of the players mentioned already. Granted, I'm not going out every week and buying new CDs or seeing the new bands play live, but what I'm hearing on radio just doesn't impress me. In fact, most new music depresses me to no end.

But maybe I just need a refresher course on "What's New." Let's make sure we're on the same page, okay? I think it would be helpful to have a quick list of what you mean by "new music" so that I'm not putting my foot in my mouth. Seriously, no sarcasm here, Meshuggah, 'cause maybe I'm missing something. After all, I'm pretty old at 36. :D :p :D
 
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