Anyone see this joke of a list yet?

[Platinum Maze]

This is the list of the greatest guitarists of all time according to the new issue of Rolling Stone. I know, it's Rolling Stone, but some (actually most) of these are borderline hilarious.


1 Jimi 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


There are so many people missing it's ridiculous. And even more that have no business being on there.

 

[Yngvai X]

Its Rolling Stone what did you expect? It seems like after the first 15 or so they just chucked guitarists on based on popularity in any random order.

 

[Dado-x]

Yeah, it's definitely Rolling Stone...

 

[Platinum Maze]

I hear ya, it's just funny because something I read said that they were rated on creativity and how influential they are/were, and Eddie Van Halen is #70?!?!?! and Les Paul at #46???

 

[Manga-San]

Steve Vai isn't even on the list...

 

[The Metal Chick]

It's just a popularity list....I hate those crappy magazines

 

[Luis]

This is shit, Num 69 Steve Howe??? He is much much better than Santana, Clapton, Cobain and all those shams.

 

[SilentRealm]

like ya'll said.. its rolling stone.. they know nothing about talent, and only about mainstream hum drum based on commercial success. It isnt an accurate list.

 

[Knight of the Templar]

#17 - Jack White of The White Stripes?!?!?!?!

WTF?!

That list is pure crap. It's Rolling Stone. Equal of MTV in music bussiness.... yeah, sure... Jack White is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar better than Blackmore, and Romeo... yeah, sure.... he can do a lot of incredible stuff with his guitar.... yeah, sure...

That pissed me off. If that imp is 17... dammit!

 

[urinalcakemix]

how does Kurt Cobain - the WHINER of Nirvana, who couldnt even TUNE his guitar, let alone PLAY it, score higher than Eddie Van Halen... that alone makes me want to knife Rolling Stone.

 

[Demonspell]

Holy shit, this is musical ignorance personified...at least Robert Fripp, Steve Howe, and David Gilmour are on there which means prog wasn't completely ignored, but...this is a massive insult to anyone who takes musicianship seriously.

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

ah, c'mon...thats nothing
i've seen alot worst

 

[arglebargle]

Pretty crappy list, but at least they didn't put down too many nu-metal guitarists. I read one list that was like TEH GUY FRUM DROWNIGN PUL SI THE MOST TEKNICUL GITAREST EVRE.

 

[shred faster]

The sad thing is, is that most americans feel this way. America is in a biased society. To many extremes. The music we are forced to endure is horrible. Just like on the MTV movie awards. Those fools don't even write their own music most of the time yet they are given rewards. Oh well. Thank God for real musicians.

 

[Yngvai X]

The sad thing is, is that most americans feel this way. America is in a biased society. To many extremes. The music we are forced to endure is horrible. Just like on the MTV movie awards. Those fools don't even write their own music most of the time yet they are given rewards. Oh well. Thank God for real musicians.

Im pretty sure its not just limited to America, tho I'd imagine we have it the worst.

 

[MorphineChild205]

I wasn't surprised that Romeo didn't make it, but I thought for sure that Petrucci would.

 

[Yngvai X]

I wasn't surprised that Romeo didn't make it, but I thought for sure that Petrucci would.

You actually thought Petrucci would be on a Rolling Stone 100 greatest guitarists list? I guess you have a lot higher expectation for mainstream media than I do

 

[The Stormbringer]

You actually thought Petrucci would be on a Rolling Stone 100 greatest guitarists list? I guess you have a lot higher expectation for mainstream media than I do

Well, Dream Theater are pretty popular, John P is a recognized guitar maestro... I was surprised he wasn´t included as well.
By the way... the fact that Mr. Hammet is included makes the list a bunch of crap by default.

 

[Hyoukinmono]

I don't have a problem with the list at all. It's "The 100 Most Over-rated Guitarists in History," right?

What? It's not?

Uh, never mind.

I wasn't even aware that Whiney-boy Cobain was even considered to be a guitarist. Seriously. I didn't think that the meaningless, empty-headed, ho-hum, plagiarized "playing" he did even counted.

By the way... the fact that Mr. Hammet is included makes the list a bunch of crap by default.

Ah, you beat me to it...

 

[Grom Hellscream]

Ritchie Blackmore #55
Van Hallen #70

mm,da. (hm,well.. in English )