Rollingstone's top 100 guitarists of all time....BS

**BenPierce** · Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 470

No Steve Vai. I are sad.
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**the4stringking23** · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 421

Joan Jet???
WTF!!
Oh, and why is EVH in the 70's?
Did I even see Steve Vai?

Rolling Stone Mag needs to get out more.
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**anonymous_9** · Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 0

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**1337guitarist** · Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 160

I think that rolling stone tried to put songwriting ability above actual skill at playing guitar, when it should be equal if you are evaluating the greatest guitarists ever. What really pissed me off about this list is that even the greatest guitar songwriters were not included (uh Satch and Vai anyone?). And to whoever said all Buckethead can do is shred, that is a complete lie. If I were to rank guitarists by songwriting abilities, Buckethead would be top 3 behind Satch and Petrucci. He has so many styles of playing, and yes, he can shred, but he also plays with emotion and his genres range from acoustic guitar to death metal to country songs. Buckethead is the most versatile guitarist on the planet, and if you are going to attack him, at least listen to more than his 3 most popular songs. kthxbai.

**Gizzal** · Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 250 Location: Peoria, Illinois

**Muhhrtallicaz** · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 44

**randyrhoads** · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 846 Location: Milwaukee WI

**Antilles** · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 297 Location: Seattle,WA

Gotta remember Rolling Stone is written by normal people, like you and I, they tend to make mistakes as a result of being normal, and it is outdated. At least they got #1 right.

**Quakmybush** · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:39 am Post subject:

they forgot Alex Lifeson....

**homeles** · Joined: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

david gilmour van halen and randy rhoads (r.i.p.) should be much higher... i can agree with a few of the top ones on the list, but ive always thought rolling stone was full of shit. seriously.. see their top 500 songs list. the top two are 'like a rolling stone' by bob dylan and 'i cant get no satisfaction' by the rolling stones... i smell something shitty here

although i love nirvana, kurt cobain (r.i.p. as well) couldnt control his life let alone a guitar... and hes definately not deserving of his place on that list. he was more of a singer than a guitarist, and because of that, his guitar parts and solos are simple. it seems simple is what got people on this list

**LordAnarchy** · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 761

a lot of them are just guitarists from popular old bands, i dont even think rolling stones knows that metal exists beyond metalica and black sabbath, but they dont even have dimebag on this list. the name of the list should be "the guitarists of our favorite 100 mainstream bands". +1 vote for michael amott; amazing writer/guitarist

wtf jack white #17

eddie van halen #70 ...

buckethead/yngwei malmsteen/michael angelo batio = ?
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**IGotSoul** · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 1008 Location: Port Huron MI

im suprised they left out yngwie but Hendrix is #1 no doubt. I dont think theres debate about that spot.
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