Guitar: who are the new gunslingers?

[hmarq]

The guitar/music virus that lay dormant for the last decade has come out and flared up again ... bought a practice amp, pulled out the electric and started listening to something other than kid's movie soundtracks ... I'm looking to hear who's hot from the last couple years -- new guys.

The 80s and early 90s were my 'era' ... who are today's guys that have a 'wow' factor the first time you hear them. Today's Brett Garsed, Frank Gambale, Greg Howe, SRV, Satriani, Vai (I still have the 10" original issue of Flexible someplace) ...

Any genre is good ...

Hoping to find some new stuff to listen to.

Thanks!

 

[JKestle]

Search for some Trey Anastasio or Phish for some truely amazing modern guitar technique.

 

[Bianchi Joe]

I don't know about gunslingers, but if you want to hear some guitarists really pushing the voice of the instrument, I suggest Explosions In The Sky. They have two cds: "Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever" and "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place." I recommend the first, but you also should check out the soundtrack to the film "Friday Night Lights," which they scored. This is all-instrumental music, at times delicate and at times raucous and bombastic; they're using electric guitars in ways that most people would use orchestral instruments, if they could get them to feed back. If this stuff grabs you at all, you should also check out Scotland's Mogwai or Japan's Mono. It's all under the banner of rock and roll, but it's not put together the way you're used to thinking about it. You won't miss the vocals, I promise you.

 

[mharr552000]

Looking for the shredders, eh?
Try Joe Stump, Rusty Cooley, Zakk Wylde and they guy from Children of Bodom, just to name a few.
Go to www.ibreathemusic.com and www.insaneguitar.com. They have all of the crazy shred shit you can handle. Nice people in the forums too.

 

[hmarq]

Interesting stuff guys ... some more my cup of tea than others, but I like to hear different stuff ...

Not really sure I'd say I was looking for shredders ... though depending on ones definition thereof, I might have to conceed ... but yes I'm looking for the guys with chops, though I wouldn't put Lukather, Carlton, etc. in the shredder camp.

I've listened to most everything listed so far ... couple from the last post I have to lookup yet ... though Zaak is anything but new, hasn't he been around for at least a decade at this point

Keep 'em coming if you got 'em!

 

[Atterion]

Check out Luca Turilli of Rhapsody http://www.mightyrhapsody.com/
An extreme gunslinger!!!

Erno "Emmpu" Vuorinen of Nightwish
http://www.nightwish.com/english/
Symphonic Metal at its finest.

 

[jacksl1]

I started playing again about 5 years ago. I just pulled out all my 80's stuff as well as bought CD's of good bands I missed out on because of my dissappreciation at the time. I can't really get into alot of the angry, downtuned stuff these days...all kinda sounds the same. Great guitar playing is definately making a comeback though.

 

[shredfit]

For the past 6 years I've taught several young guitar students... Many have come to me with the desire to learn nu-metal (tune down stuff) and I make them a deal... I'll teach you to do in full a song of your choice (to begin with) but you MUST also learn scales that I give you and Chords (not just power) in standard tunings.... Many have reluctantly agreed.

After they know the variations of the pentatonic scale and a few others I start them on some improvised leads that then a break out some old CD's (ie Van Halen, Dokken, Stevie Ray, Led Zep, Ozzy...etc). and intoduce them to great guitar lead playing...

Then the questions come... (ie Why don't bands to play like that?... it's fun...)
Tapping is great...(Why doesn't Sum41 do it?) I can make my practice amp scream with artificial harmonics... (Why doesn't "New Found Glory" do it?) etc.. etc.. etc...

My answers are usually... Perhaps they never learn how... or Cannot do it... or something to that effect...

Then, more often than not... the kids get mad at the new music... they start calling it crap and only buy 80's type guitar stuff...( yup they search it out themselves) It is too funny... one even brought an Yngwie CD to his lesson and said... Listen to this guy (Like I never heard of him...) So I start teaching them about sweeps and harmonic minor etc....

The bottom line is that many of these kids like to learn the stuff... and they work hard at learning it... many of them are doing it quite well too... so I guess with a new generation... great lead playing is bound to come back!

Shred

 

[choldy]

Actually the guys from Sum41 are great guitarists, I'm not a fan of them, but have heard some good guitar work from them. Modern metal bands are bringing back guitars in a big way, check out Shadows Fall and Lamb of God for some interesting work, Shadows Fall more in the lead department and Lamb of God in the rythm work. Also Meshuggah cannot be overlooked.

 

[distortedrumble]

if kids cant understand why their bands like sum 41 and new found glory dont shred, thats probably because the cds they hear of the bands have been commercially modified. most bands go crazy on solos on their original demos and once they start honing the songs, one of the first things to go are 16-32 bar solos. they usually keep their look and their sound but the lead guitarist is cut down to 8 bar solos (if that) and predominantly lead fills and a lead hook if it happens. the nu-metal and ACM music (Angry Christian Music) uses some serious finger movement but its hard to tell sometimes because you cant get passed the guy whos growling. but if you go to a live show....you'll be amazed...just stand off to the side, these kids are wild and nutty

 

[distortedrumble]

www.goodfellowrecords.com theres a band called bloodjin. i used to work with these guys at a rock club here in town. these guys go off. both guitarists have mesa dual rectifiers and use that C# tuning. at the begining of the show, the guitarist stand on each side of the stage and hit an E power chord and then go up that upscale fast and synchronized. they look at each other and give a nod of approval and a smile and then all hell breaks loose. i thought that was cool but what shocked me the most was the next show i went to, i noticed the bass player does that same thing.

 

[gvarko]

Jim Root

Slipknot !!!

 

[mishagolin]

ACM music (Angry Christian Music) uses some serious finger movement but its hard to tell sometimes because you cant get passed the guy whos growling.

haha, thats hillarious. i never heard anyone call it Angry Christian Music. Screaming is ok, when in its place. I'm not too fond of the growling but i can definitely get passed it.

As I Lay Dying
Haste the Day

and if you want to hear something absolutely chaotic listen to "Everything is Alive, Everything is Breathing, Nothing is Dead, Nothing is Bleeding" by The Chariot. At first it sounds like they have no idea what their doing but they are pretty good at it. The whole album is tracked live at Glow in the Dark Studio in Atlanta. Its definitely got all the finger movement and timing changes but understanding the vocals will take a lot of work. i doubt its what your looking for in guitar playing but it is an interesting listen.

 

[distortedrumble]

that music is alot like when fast rapping came out. you definitely look in the booklet of the cd to find the lyrics

 

[-=¤willhaven¤=-]

Also Meshuggah cannot be overlooked.

WORD. these guys are amazing. some of the stuff off of chaosphere has really intricate timing as well.