Dave_Mustaine84
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WHAT THE FUCK!!!
how could *copypaste*Nick Bowcott come in at 100!!!! he should have easily been put in at #5
how could *copypaste*Nick Bowcott come in at 100!!!! he should have easily been put in at #5
Guitar Worlds top 100 metal guitarists
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Dave_Mustaine84
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spawn said:Megadeth are awesome, but Risk and TWNAH were both awful albums made just before the band broke up, plus the fact that they never had a stable lineup for more than a few albums in the guitar department probably didnt help. Megadeth arent more respected than Slayer though, Mustaine has said a few too many stupid things, and only wanted to write metal again because everyone hated Risk. Not that anyone would have minded had TWNAH been any good but it wasnt
I think Paul Stanley is a great guitarist, he never stays still on stage, and manages to play everything pretty much note perfect and sings great as well!
that album was the best album released of the year that it was released im going to kill u or wound, it depends on how good a shot i am im making my own list and your gonna be #1 on it HMMPH
When comparing Megadeth to Slayer for the purposes of this poll, yes. Kerry and Jeff pretty much split the writing duties in Slayer, in Megadeth Dave does 95 percent of it.The Trooper said:So in your book, a guitarist is better if his band has been going longer
Its a poll about the top 100 METAL guitarists, thus you need to take into account the albums they played on. Doing that, Slayer kills Marty/Dave because they only did 5 albums, one of which was borderline metal and thats only when being generous.
And only 2 of the 4 others could be considered metal classics, even though Youth and CW are good albums.
Slayer have 4 that are widely regarded as some of the best metal albums ever (by people other than Troops anyway
) I dont know what the reaction to Show No Mercy is in general (Goreripper probably does) and how well regarded that is, but the next 4 albums are ALL metal classics, and whats more, none of them sound the same, which goes to show you how versatile they are within their given genre on their chosen instrument.If your aim is anywhere near as bad as your taste in music im quite safe indeedMetalMeshuggahMan said:
im making my own list and your gonna be #1 on it HMMPH
Dave_Mustaine84
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i'll make sure i use a tripodspawn said:If your aim is anywhere near as bad as your taste in music im quite safe indeed
mattt
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that list is fucked
Tony Iommi at #1?! come on!
Angus and Malcolm Young above Eddie Van Halen, Malsteen, Satriani and Vai? FUCK OFF!
Joe Perry aint that flash, Nigel Tufnel is a fictional charachter, the dicks from RATM and KORN ahead of John Petrucci????????????? WHAT THE FUCK! Scott Ian admits he ain't that good, the guitarists in Deftones suck balls, Dino Cararez sucks, Neil Young? Come on! Jim Martin is ok but hardly top 100 material! this list is fucked!
Tony Iommi at #1?! come on!
Angus and Malcolm Young above Eddie Van Halen, Malsteen, Satriani and Vai? FUCK OFF!
Joe Perry aint that flash, Nigel Tufnel is a fictional charachter, the dicks from RATM and KORN ahead of John Petrucci????????????? WHAT THE FUCK! Scott Ian admits he ain't that good, the guitarists in Deftones suck balls, Dino Cararez sucks, Neil Young? Come on! Jim Martin is ok but hardly top 100 material! this list is fucked!
Spiff
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Nigel Tufnel may be a fictional character, but the actor who plays him, Christopher Guest, is a great guitarist. Methinks he was put in there as a joke though.
I agree with Haupassia 
Spawny, Hell Awaits is one of the shittest metal albums I have ever heard. Once again I find it a great piece of evidence in my argument that Slayer are overrated. I reckon if another band nobody gave a shit about released that album people would say it sucks, but coz its Slayer they like it. On the whole album there were only 2 parts which stood out to me at all, the intro of the title track and the breakdown in the middle of one of the other tracks. The rest was some of the worst writte, worst produced and worst played z-grade thrash metal I'd ever heard. And Tom sounded worse than ever on it, and he always sounds bad! Just my opinion though
I actually do kinda like "Show No Mercy". I think it has catchy riffs, a cool attitude, better production than their other records up until (not including of course) Reign In Blood. And Tom's voice isn't quite as out-of-time with the music as it is on Hell Awaits and in parts actually has a certain innocent charm about it. Show No Mercy and Seasons are the only 2 Slayer albums I can listen to.
Spawny, Hell Awaits is one of the shittest metal albums I have ever heard. Once again I find it a great piece of evidence in my argument that Slayer are overrated. I reckon if another band nobody gave a shit about released that album people would say it sucks, but coz its Slayer they like it. On the whole album there were only 2 parts which stood out to me at all, the intro of the title track and the breakdown in the middle of one of the other tracks. The rest was some of the worst writte, worst produced and worst played z-grade thrash metal I'd ever heard. And Tom sounded worse than ever on it, and he always sounds bad! Just my opinion though
I actually do kinda like "Show No Mercy". I think it has catchy riffs, a cool attitude, better production than their other records up until (not including of course) Reign In Blood. And Tom's voice isn't quite as out-of-time with the music as it is on Hell Awaits and in parts actually has a certain innocent charm about it. Show No Mercy and Seasons are the only 2 Slayer albums I can listen to.
Tony Iommi, the most influential heavy metal guitarist ever? The one who EVERY SINGLE METAL BAND KNOWS OF AND LOVES shouldnt be number one?Haupassia said:
Joe Perry isnt that flash? JOE PERRY FROM AEROSMITH ISNT THAT FLASH? GET OFF THE CRACK, THE GUY WROTE THE RIFF TO WALK THIS WAY.
Dino Cazares sucks? Would that be because of his extremely individual guitar style, the great riffs or the great songwriting without needing to solo like a wanker over everything?
Angus and Malcolm Young over Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen? Yes. Because nobody but technical guitar heads gives a shit about Vai, Malmsteen and Satrianis music. Whereas everyone on Earth loves the brilliant riffs, great songs and bluesy swagger of the ALMIGHTY AC FUCKING DC. Anyone who doesnt like ACDC should be shot to Mars.
Scott Ian deserves to be there, not only because Weve Come For You All is one of the best albums of the last 5 years but because he has AWESOME rhythm chops.
Spiff
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Rhythm guitarists are VERY overrated. Great rhythm guitar is much more important IMO than great soloing.
Spiff
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Every guitarist who is good enough to play in a band should be a great rhythm guitarist anyway though, thats just a given. If you're not a good rhythm guitarist then you shouldn't even be playing in a band. I agree that its alot more important than being a good lead guitarist, as my above comment states coz if you're not a good rhythm guitarist you simply aren't good enough to be in a band. But that's why I think in alot of cases you can separate the great guitarists based on lead guitar, because everybody should be excellent at rhythm guitar anyway. Being good at lead guitar is a bonus..
Don't misinterpret that though like people always do with my posts. I'm agreeing that rhythm guitar is underrated and alot more important than lead guitar. Just putting forward a reason as to why maybe lead guitar gets looked at more. Simply because its alot harder to be a good lead guitarist than a good rhythm guitarist. I can't think of any bad rhythm guitarists in bands, because if they were bad they wouldn't even be playing. But I can think of plenty of terrible lead guitarists.
The best rhythm guitarists in my opinion are the ones in one-guitar bands who really kinda combine rhythm and lead fills during the songs. Eddie Van Halen is a standout at rhythm guitar, so is George Lynch, Jake E Lee, Randy Rhoads, Vinnie Vincent and Zakk Wylde. Because everything they play throughout the song is exciting and creative and always surprising and they add their little fills here and there. Robbin Crosby from Ratt is also a killer rhythm guitarist, so is Dave Mustaine.
Don't misinterpret that though like people always do with my posts. I'm agreeing that rhythm guitar is underrated and alot more important than lead guitar. Just putting forward a reason as to why maybe lead guitar gets looked at more. Simply because its alot harder to be a good lead guitarist than a good rhythm guitarist. I can't think of any bad rhythm guitarists in bands, because if they were bad they wouldn't even be playing. But I can think of plenty of terrible lead guitarists.
The best rhythm guitarists in my opinion are the ones in one-guitar bands who really kinda combine rhythm and lead fills during the songs. Eddie Van Halen is a standout at rhythm guitar, so is George Lynch, Jake E Lee, Randy Rhoads, Vinnie Vincent and Zakk Wylde. Because everything they play throughout the song is exciting and creative and always surprising and they add their little fills here and there. Robbin Crosby from Ratt is also a killer rhythm guitarist, so is Dave Mustaine.
That's one thing I'll say about Zakk Wylde actually. I've never been a big fan of him really, I think he's a very average lead guitarist, but he is certainly by far one of the best rhythm guitarists in metal ever. He makes all his riffs sound totally unique and personal to him, and always exciting to listen to, and also has a very unique tone.
Tim Kelly from Slaughter is an extremely underrated rhythm guitarist in my opinion. If you listen to the stuff he plays, particularly on The Wild Life album, its so creative and very different to what all the other guitarists are doing.
Tim Kelly from Slaughter is an extremely underrated rhythm guitarist in my opinion. If you listen to the stuff he plays, particularly on The Wild Life album, its so creative and very different to what all the other guitarists are doing.
He is a killer guitarist to watch on stage thats for sure Very exciting player!!
You know who had the best guitar poses ever though, and deserves to be top 10 on the guitar list just for his poses? STEVE CLARK around the Hysteria era
Slash had rokkin' guitar poses too haha, similar to Steve Clark's but Steve's were cooler coz he moved more! Ohhhh and Jeff from Cinderella should be there just for the way he swings his guitar around his body in his video clips!
Very exciting player!!You know who had the best guitar poses ever though, and deserves to be top 10 on the guitar list just for his poses? STEVE CLARK around the Hysteria era
Slash had rokkin' guitar poses too haha, similar to Steve Clark's but Steve's were cooler coz he moved more! Ohhhh and Jeff from Cinderella should be there just for the way he swings his guitar around his body in his video clips!
Cooperman
...to the rescue!!!
You know you aren't gonna win an argument about who's the better guitarist when you use their poses as a basis for comparison.
The March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine includes a list of the 100 greatest heavy metal guitarists as selected by the magazine's staff. "This is not a list that ranks who can play the fastest or with the most taste, feeling or technique (although many players on our list have all of those arrows in their quiver)," the editors stress in the accompanying introduction. "It is, rather, a tribute to the great men who shit iron and piss stainless steel razor blades, and do it every time they plug into an amplifier."
