Favorite Megadeth Guitarist excluding Dave Mustaine

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Which was your favorite Lead Guitarist from Megadeth not including Dave Mustaine? ... mine has always been Chris Poland.. he kicked ass on Peace Sells.. especially on the song My Last Words.. the leads were awesome.. has anyone heard Chris's solo stuff or recommend it? i think one album is called Metalpolis or something like that... after Chris Poland it would definetly be Marty Friedman..

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

Yeah, Poland rules for me too.

He did "Return To Metalopolis", an instrumental album and also he played on the classic "Damn The Machine" ST.

 

[Clammy]

Chris Poland for me as well.

He's doing a fusion band now named "OHM".

Cheers!

 

[Wyvern]

Marty Friedman

 

[Victim of Deception]

Friedman, but Poland is right behind him.

 

[tedvanfrehley]

I gotta go with Poland. Followed by JEFF YOUNG because SFSGSW is a great album and he did good!

 

[DrillSergeant]

Hmmm, tough one... I'd say it's Friedman, Poland, Young. Of course, if this collaboration between Dave Mustaine and Jeff Waters really happened Jeff would probably take the pole position.

 

[SickBoy]

Which was your favorite Lead Guitarist from Megadeth not including Dave Mustaine?

Marty Friedman, one of my favorite players, no question about it!
Aside for having great solos, he had a distinctive style and personality as a player which is very very rare to find!
His solo on Tornado Of Souls pretty much sums all of his genius, although I've yet to hear his bad solo...
What I absolutely adore about his playing is that he's not a speed freak as many of 80s players were, wanking up and down the fretboard.
His solos are incredibly technical and hard to play, but more in ways of rhythm and unorthodox melodies and phrasing...

MARTY IS GOD!!!

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Marty was a wanker when he was on Shrapnel Records label before Megadeth but I think when he joined Megadeth Dave showed him how to write songs and not play fast every second just for the sake of playing fast... he matured with Megadeth and played brilliantly on Rust in Peace... but I always liked Chris Polands playing better on Peace Sells album... but i love both there leads..

 

[melodicmetalhead94]

MARTY

 

[Hawk]

Can't really choose between Poland and Friedman. Although I really love what Poland has been doing since Megadeth. I tend to choose Poland but with an extreme small margin.

 

[SickBoy]

Geez, the topic resurrected after 6 years

 

[Morbidness]

I love Cacophony so I must say Marty Friedman.

 

[poundingmetal74]

Friedman was probably their most technically proficient and wrote some incredibly adept solos (Symphony of Destruction's is at once easy and quite hard). Poland was cool (I also liked Damn the Machine, using the word "classic" for that one might be a bit strong though). I was sad when Drover left. He played all the classics well, and wrote some great songs. Plus, he did a fantastic job on backing vocals in a live setting.

 

[razoredge]

Friedman his solos made a statement not just rambling madness. Rust in Peace and Countdown have some of the most tastefull metal guitar work out there.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i guess i'd go oldschool and say poland

 

[kittybeast]

Friedman, but Poland is right behind him.

+1

 

[Vicious Robbie]

For me it's a tie between Friedman and Poland. I love both of their styles.

 

[Wyvern]

For me it's a tie between Friedman and Poland. I love both of their styles.

Let's see after Sunday what Broderick have under the sleeve

 

[Bryant]

I also have to say Friedman just edges out Poland.

Bryant