rolling stone top 100 guitarists

[Mariner]

hilaric. but hey they need to please the youngsters who are buying the magazine, right?!



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 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
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

 

[Judge gsz]

hilaric. but hey they need to please the youngsters who are buying the magazine, right?!

There are some strange names at strange positions.
But a lot of those people deserve a place in that top 100...

 

[pistol_pete]

if Chuck Schuldiner isn't there ....then its bollocks

 

[flebbie]

82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd


82???

 

[Cerulean]

It's is absolute utter shit, David Gilmour and Neil Young should be in the top 10, and they're loads better than that Kurt Cobain. (nothing against him, but it's all so horribly over-hyped after his death)

 

[Mariner]

what about the fuck from the white stripes..... dzeezes. he dont even deserve to be in the top 1000....

 

[Allan]

How could you ever make a list like that without everyone having sth to complain about? I doubt I'd even be able to make a list myself I'd be satisfied with.

 

[Mariner]

yeah true. but the point is that they wanna please the youngsters. this list has nothing to do with being a reference. its about commerce.

 

[Loona]

hum I have no problem with Nirvana, I don't wanna blame the dead and I simply don't know much about it but Kurt was not that one of the best guitar players actually... the music he did wasn't that difficult I think, but he might have been able to play something more difficult... damn I may never know it...

 

[Mariner]

kurt is there because
1. cobain is a myth (and i hate that cause nirvana is really superb)
2. kurt had lots of feeling in his guitarplay

but still... its not right to put him on 12. even in the list. tho i adore nirvana.

 

[DragonLady1]

agree Mariner

and yes it misses Chuck Schuldiner...

hm, is there even one women in this list? I think one no? strange, is guitar playing a male thingie?

 

[Achernar]

malmsteen got pissed about not being there I guess...and where the hell is Steve Vai? Well, most of the guys on that list are dying or dead anyway...

 

[Achernar]

hm, is there even one women in this list? I think one no? strange, is guitar playing a male thingie?

As one of my music teachers once said:

"Women are only great at playing music, men are great at creating it..."

I don't totally agree but when I look around it's maybe 80% true innit?

 

[Alwin]

agree Mariner

and yes it misses Chuck Schuldiner...

hm, is there even one women in this list? I think one no? strange, is guitar playing a male thingie?

Well, we have Joni at 72, Joan at 87 and Kim at 100

 

[DragonLady1]

Well, we have Joni at 72, Joan at 87 and Kim at 100

3% ... thats really poor

 

[Alwin]

Well, actually 2% cause Kim is really a man !!!! (shocking)

 

[Loona]

but still... its not right to put him on 12. even in the list. tho i adore nirvana.

yes, the place was, what I found strange a bit...

 

[Mick Moss]

Jorma Kaukonens there and thats a bloody good choice

 

[Falconspirit]

I think Dave Murray, or at least one of the maiden guitarists deserves a spot, well that's just imo.

 

[GarrinchA]

and Danny??