Is shred coming back??!!

[A GUY NAMED JON]

I think music will become a bit more complex to make it interesting but I don't expect to see shredders on TRL any time soon. It has an underground scene that is pretty strong and it's better that way.

I've seen jazz and fusion players shred too, it's not only popular in rock.

 

[Ray J]

I'm ok with more guitar playing coming back. I do agree with Jimistone (I think it was) that said the 80's were the worst decade for RnR. To me, all of the glam bands just made basically pop music only with distorted guitars. Most of the songs were about partying or some type of booty chatter. Nothing really hit me in my backbone until Nirvana and STP came around so I dealt with the lack of guitar work.

A shred comeback I can deal with but for selfish reasons, I hope the high-register singing doesn't come back. I couldn't sing anything that was on the radio in the 80's.

 

[Newbie-Doo]

...Two years later...Nope, still dead...

I couldn't resists.

 

[tourettes5139]

Honestly, I was never into the whole shred thing (frankly it just gets really annoying), but I agree that there needs to be more talent in the guitar players today. Sure they may be able to play what the public wants, but they really aren't all that good. They can play power chords. Woo-hoo.

IMHO.

 

[taintedeity]

Im 19 and Im in an 80s cover band with a bunch of old foagies. You people who voted "No Thank Goodness" could learn a thing or 2 from 80s shred guitar.

 

[zer0sig]

there is a difference between a guitarist and a musician.

the former plays well, the latter makes music well.

if the latter is playing complex parts, they make it enhance rather than drag out a song. i don't really see any conflict about it.

a lot of fine bands have technically gifted string players, though they don't necessarily use it.

i err toward music that moves me. unfortunately, virtuosity in technique rarely mixes with that. a bad song with an amazing solo is just that. a bad song.

 

[taintedeity]

there is a difference between a guitarist and a musician.

the former plays well, the latter makes music well.

if the latter is playing complex parts, they make it enhance rather than drag out a song. i don't really see any conflict about it.

a lot of fine bands have technically gifted string players, though they don't necessarily use it.

i err toward music that moves me. unfortunately, virtuosity in technique rarely mixes with that. a bad song with an amazing solo is just that. a bad song.

So true.. tho crazy guitar solos are sometimes fun to show off and play they really are hard to actually sit down and listen to and feel.

 

[Newbie-Doo]

So true.. tho crazy guitar solos are sometimes fun to show off and play they really are hard to actually sit down and listen to and feel.

True, my dog loves it when I wail on a 10 minute solos. He just sits there smiling and wagging his tail. Now, no one else will stay within earshot for more than 37 seconds (It's true...I timed it) but Ralphie thinks I kick ass.

THAT my friends, is why Dog is Man's best friend.

 

[the edzell]

Shred will come back when someone reinvents the guitar and the way it’s played al la Van Halen and Malmsteen.

The problem in the hey day of shred was everyone could play fast and everything sounded the same. Everyone was sweeping and tapping at it just got to the point where nothing was different.

Notice that the guys who could burn tastefully (Wylde, Dimebag, Vai, Satch) are still around and making records.

There are still great players who play tastefully (Slash and Henry from Los Lonely Boys) but no one is reinventing the wheel. It’s going to take someone special to do that and we better enjoy it when it first arrives. Because when it does everyone and their dog is going to go out and copy it.