Got to laugh at this, back in the 1970s I remember the Dr Pepper ads were so lame I never wanted to taste it. There was even an Urban Legend that Dr Pepper was Carbonated Prune Juice. Wasn't until the 2010s sometime when fast food chains had those serve yourself drink dispensers, and I actually tried a sip. and thought it was way better than Coke and Pepsi. Amazing how a total crap ad campaign can ruin sales.
@@garyolshan4177, I listen to Trump for truth, and to the Deep State (Biden, Hillary, Wray, FBI, DOJ, et al. ) and the mainstream Mockingbird, legacy media for lies and propaganda.
Rolling Stone is a joke. Stopped caring about what they peddled a long time ago. Mustaine and Friendman's absence means the list was created by jokers.
ewwwwww, cisgender male, cisgender male, cisgender male... EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joni Mitchell is better... She was just born this way!!!!!!!!
This is the problem with Rolling Stone, they think a mediocre "Folk" player strumming the same 4 chords in 1/4 th notes or 1/8 notes with absolutely no variation in rhythm and singing about the Vietnam war is being edgy.
Mustaine and Friedman got snubbed so hard man. those two have influenced countless guitarists (myself included) and completely revolutionized thrash metal. honestly infuriating
No Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman but they listed James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett? There is no comparison Mustaine and Friedman smoke them no contest. They also omitted Neil Schon, Rick Emmitt, Tommy Scholtz, Yngwei Malmsteen, or Guthrie.
@@Donjasoni You are right. I don’t know why it annoys me. Joe Bonamassa and Tommy tour all the time. They are famous in the guitar community. Neil Young is a better guitarist than Joe Bonamassa, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins. Jack White is better than Holdsworth? It is laughable. It is a stupid list, by a woke magazine, that nobody reads anymore.
I just checked out the list. No surprise on how they made it their politically correct , “want list” steeped in woke ideology rather than an actual objective list. I know judging guitarists is subjective but when you have Joe Perry at 135 and Joni Mitchell cracking your top 25, that’s not objective….that’s propaganda. But does this shock anyone? This isn’t a music magazine; it’s a political one, therefore picking top 🎸 becomes yet another opportunity for the clueless social justice warriors of Gen Z that now write this baseless crap to sneak guitarists in that don’t belong their because they share the same genitals and politics rather than being a guitar hero. At the beginning of the list RS states that the list they complied on 2011 were essentially picked by guitarists and leaned classic rock. But now, this “new and approved” list is chosen by writers of RS…in other words, social justice college grads. I knew what that meant. Every other guitarist was female…not that there is anything wrong with females making the list…but are they serious? I didn’t know this many females even played guitar. It’s freaking ridiculous. If RS ever wants to be considered viable by people that actually appreciate music they need to cease their political agenda as it’s obviously seeing into even their guitar lists. What a joke!
Tom Morello a better guitarist than SRV??? Dave is a good guitar player no doubt but honestly Marty not being on there is much worse. Also no Yngwie in the top 10? top 100? No gary moore, shawn lane, allan holdsworth (who I don't even like) gunthrie govan, PAUL GILBERT in top 100, let alone top 10. Didn't even bother going down the list any more than that. Way worse than the last one somehow.
Yeah, but Joan Jett did! 🙄…and I love Joan Jett but give me a break. This list is politically driven (as usual). Chosen by woke hacks who value diversity and genitalia instead of objective journalists who care about musical merit.
Eric Clapton behind Joni Mitchell. Terry Cath not in the list, Glenn Campbell. Eric Clapton 35. Dave Mustaine. BTW Rory Gallagher was better than 90 % of the list.
Ted Nugent was the first great heavy rock guitarist from The United States and he didn't make the list.😂 But I guess they only had room for so many straight white guys.
EVH was number 4. LOL he should be number 1 with all that he did. I love Jimi Hendrix but come on, he had such a short career and Eddie did way more for music and guitar. I hate comparing guitarists so these lists are always dumb to me. Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan not on this list but some acoustic strummers are? Come on! It's a popularity contest by people that don't actually know guitar playing. I don't recall seeing Buckethead either. I could be wrong, the list is painful to go through. I couldn’t find Yngwie either.
Michael Schenker wasnt on the list. I mean ive already heard that Yngwie, Morse, Holdsworth, DiMeola, Friedman, Mustaine, i just keep hearing names that didnt make it and i laugh harder....what was that? Roy Clark. Not on the list...smh laughing harder, what a rag
@bjr4567 I know. It's pretty sad.what a worthless rag, just one of several moronic things it's done of the last several years including being a corporate shill for the government, Establishment garbage at its finest
What is this list for you ask? It had nothing to do with guitars or players, it was for clicks, and getting influencers to make content about it to generate more clicks. Seems it was highly successful.
@pkats9093, No bout a doubt it my friend. Like you said to leave either one of the "Al's" off that list is criminal really. Not to mention they also didn't acknowledge any of the quiet yet iconic guitar players such as the Wrecking Crew & the Funk Brothers. Who whether or not you know their names, the guitar work they did on albums as studio guitarists speaks volumes for sure. I mean c'mon no mention of, "Tommy Tedesco, Glenn Campbell, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel, Joe Messina, Robert White, or Eddie Willis. Say what you want, but if it wasn't for those guys right there alone, much less any of the other great studio session players we wouldn't have heard even half of the iconic R&B, Soul, Pop, Rock, & Funk, etc... songs there is today! Just bcuz they were on the DL & not seen on the forefront doesn't make them any less of a guitarist than all the others who were on center stage, IMO anyways. Don't quote me on this but between those 7 guitar players I mentioned, I'd say they've got to be responsible for playing on around at least "7,000" albums. 🤔 Many of which created vibe & riffs on songs themselves, for the artist. Just saying.. 🤘😉🤘 +Peace, Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+
Dave Mustaine, Terry Kath, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Misha Mansoor, and Adam Jones all didn't make the list. I mean, heck prog metal got almost no love, I think Tosin and Tim Henson are the only ones who made it, and most prog rock guitarists made it, but were insanely low.
i recall a 100 best which had alex lifeson of rush as 98. now they now have him at 58. did he take a magic pill? rory gallagher is listed very low. funny as alex in an interview how much he admired him. they toured together and he said he listened to him every night and was so inspired by him.
@@yvettelearnshowtoshredI don't know about that. Some of these picks are really good. The problem with such a vague list genre bias and huge generational bias. It also depends how much you think influence matters or doesn't matter. Not setting any clear criteria makes a list on the subject ultimately meaningless. Slap names of guitar players people know. Make it easily agreement. I mean it is why Frank Zappa will always rank under so many even if he's a great guitar player with a unique vision of music.
Actually they seem to have pissed everybody off, that's usually a good sign of neutrality. I don't think they're woke, whatever that is, and I don't think they're the opposite of woke, whatever that's is, slept? I don't know as I'm not American. But it is clearly demonstrated that they're not experts on guitar playing))
I think it belongs in the best/worst toilet paper, with Charmin easily #1 and Rolling Stone fighting with the NewYork Times to stay off the bottom (pun intended)
They missed Segovia, Baden Powell and Michael Hedges for me. Ali Farka Tour is awesome too. I love Rob Cavestany from Death Angel. Dave's playing is so cool. Just off kilter and kinda Cap Beefhearty. Really unique. The heart of Slayer was Jeff Hanneman. I like that Wilson of the B52s is on there. Underrated. Wino of St Vitus and the Obsessed is my fave. Never makes any list
Classical and it's players always get screwed even though the attention to detail and playing is off the scale. That's how I started. Think I still have an old Fernando Sor workbook somewhere lol.
@@minkorrhThat's how I always feel, like I could comprise a list of 250 classical guitarists, most of which most people have never even heard of, and they can play circles around most of the popular guitarists most people usually list.
Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix should have shared #1 spot. Page bit less technical live but unmatched composer. And Since I've Been Loving You is quite unmatched studio secording for guitar.
Let’s be honest here, folks. RS did this 100% on purpose. Obviously a ranking list like this featuring the “greatest” of anything will have haters no matter what, but they absolutely made it as absurd as they could specifically to get more people talking about it. They knew a whack list like this would get way more of a reaction from people than a “safe” list would. Turns out they were absolutely correct lol. I doubt we’d see anywhere near as many reaction videos or people talking about the list if they had just gone with the obvious, safe choices. I don’t agree with the list either, but let’s not act like it is anything more than a tabloid-level rage bait article. It’s just a garbage junk food magazine at this point, nothing more.
They'd get hate and reaction with a 'safe' list as well! Take any two talented guitarists of different genres and how do you say who's better. E.g. Marc Knopfler v Marty Friedman? Or BB King v Graham Coxon? It's not easy, like comparing football players of different generations. You're not comparing like for like and it's difficult to know what criteria to use...
@@nickvickers3486 yeah m8, I just said they’d get hate even with a safe list 😂😂 but yeah, I think you’re right for the most part. There could possibly be a solution to that by creating some sort of completely objective variable to apply to every guitarist to help decide between two obviously great players. I’m not sure what that objective variable could be, though. Maybe some sort of average score of a few different categories based on things like number of albums sold, number of live shows played, number of charting songs, things like that? Maybe if the two players in question are more or less equal in terms of guitar playing ability, the auxiliary objective score could come in to decide between the two. Of course, then it wouldn’t be a solely guitar playing-based evaluation (which, it’s basically that way now anyway), but it could make for a fun list either way. But yeah, ranking lists like this will always have detractors.
Which is not necessarily a problem, I don't paint but I can still have an opinion about art. I get what you mean though, it's probably worth checking out similar lists on guitar mags
@@nickvickers3486 its like me doing a list of 150 best artists of all time and putting Hunter Biden at the #5 spot behind goya, van gogh, da vinci, and andy warhol
I didn't think about Dave. What about Jake E Lee, and Zack? Not to mention if ur going for all different types, what about Roy Clark, and Jerry Reed? It's a damn joke!
Dude, the Judas Priest thing isn't even that egregious compared to some of the other things wrong with that list. Kerry King being 105 spots higher than Eric Johnson and 97 ahead of Nuno Bettencourt is sheer lunacy. Not to mention Annie Clarke being ranked at 26 above David Gilmour, Brian May, Wes Montgomery, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton, ect. is absurd. Add to all of that no inclusion of Al Di Meola, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Paco De Lucia, Alex Lifeson, Jim Hall, or Joe Pass makes this list a colossal failure.
Guthrie Govan Les Paul Jason Becker Marty Friedman Yngwie Malmsteen Rory Gallagher Gary Moore Alex Lifeson Dick Dale Dave Mustaine Buckethead Shit list!
This list is a joke... Slash is #107 and St. Vincent (who ever she is) is #26. Nothing personal against her but she shouldn't even be on a 50,000 greatest list. Who has more iconic solos and riffs than Slash and with so many different bands and artists?
If so many of you seem to dislike Rolling Stone why is their list seemingly so important to you? A lot of people seem to be emotionally hurt that Rolling Stone didn't mention your favorite guitarist or ranked him so low.
A lot of people complain about the lumping together. Lead and Rythm are 2 distinct and not comparable. Also I hate the fact lists like this are America centric. I have not seen the whole list but the last time the top 100, nearly everyone on it was American or British. There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players who are way better than 99% of the American players. Yet they don't get on these lists. I could give you ten bands whose playing will blow you away. But they'd never get on these types of lists.
"There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players *who are way better than 99% of the American players."* This is a ridiculous exaggeration that kills your whole point.
“Lead & rhythm are 2 distinct & not comparable “….not to people who actually PLAY guitar. There is no such thing as a “lead guitar” or a “rhythm guitar “ it’s just a guitar, when you learn to play it, you play both
@@williamandrews3648 I am referring to bands that have exclusively one lead and one rythm guitarist. Most Metal band have either one who plays both or 2 lead who also play both. But a lot of rock bands with 2 have one exclusively playing each.
@@bjr4567 Again you start with the default Ameri-centric view. And probably never listened to any other music from other countries. In 1990 US Music turned into total crap, so I started listening to music from other countries. And I found way better music. Case in point Paco DeLucia, Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman LI, Midori and Miyako, Teru and Hizaki, Eddie Iron Bunny.
Incredibly funny to see everyone complaining about the list when it's just a list about one's personal taste. I will always hold Ritchie Blackmore higher than both Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi. There are many who quite rightly complain that Yngwie Malmsteen is not on the list, but I have only seen a couple of comments that point out that Alexi Laiho is not on this list as he should be. For me, there is probably no female guitarist who beats Tina S, and you can only go on her cover on Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement).
Got to agree on Slayer of the Big 4 they are #3 in album sales. When Raining Blood came of a big Metalhead I was friends with got it and he hated the whole thing and gave it to me saying here this is more your style. I listen to it though Angel of Death was fairly interesting, but the rest was exactly the same. As far as I'm concerned,Slayer only has 2 songs, South of Heaven, which I like and everything else which sounds exactly the same, and is mostly crap. No way on the list of top 50,000 guitarists. I've seen 8 yr old kids on UA-cam that are better. And tell me how King from Slayer is better than Al DiMeola, Roy Clark, Gary Moore, Paco DeLucia, Alan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen. And tell Mr also how Is Joan Jett above Lita Ford. Or how is Paul McCartney a bass and piano player, who barely plays guitar so high on a list. And how is the guy from the White Stripes on this list when far better players are not. If these are the best then why so many mediocre Blues Players on this list and so many top Jazz guys are not...Every song is a one four five with zero variety... on the list but Technically proficient player with massive discographies of musically complex songs are not.
Yes, anytime I’m looking at lists or rankings on the internet, if it’s the type of website that you have to keep clicking & loading pages, then I back out 99% of the time.
I mean, I agree Dave Mustaine should be on the list. But omitting Marty Friedman is the much greater offense. Dave is a fine player and deserves a lot of credit for his riff writing, legacy, influence, etc. But Marty is a prodigy of a player. I would bet money he's inspired and influenced more guitarists in the last 30 years than just about anyone in the whole 250.
Some of those young, nobodies are just getting participation awards. Just like they've been handed their whole lives. They're not influential, they haven't moved guitar playing forward.... Undeserved to say the least.
Yes Dave Mustaine should be on the list. To be fair though Dave is mentioned in James and Kirk's entry (no.23) and he is credited as one of the innovators of the thrash
The Rolling Stone mag fell off the cliff after releasing this list. They have zero credibility. The top 10 is a politically correct statement. Got to have 1/2 black and white guys. Jeff Beck was by all accounts one of the best ever. He’s not even in the top 10. Hendrix #1 (yawn and cliche). EVH at #70 (sad, he was innovative, fast, melodic, and clean - one the greats). Joni Mitchell #72 (a songwriter extraordinaire but not a good guitarist). Same with Neil Young (in fact he has poor technique). The Edge #24 (he’s only adequate - nobody knowledgeable would rate him this high). OMG are the judges eating out of lead plates. Mark Knopfler #27 (masterful guitarist) Steven Stills #28 (not great). Almost every entry and the corresponding ranking shows poor judgment and a complete lack of journalistic integrity.
It’s a diversity list compiled by kids that got their jobs at RS the same way they made this shit ass wokester list….diversity. Before the list was even considered they did this: okay, find x many minority players, x many females, and prioritize the most publicly woke guitarists and exclude (how ironic) anyone that disagrees with us politically. I.e. Ted Nugent, Eric Clapton, etc. Not a viable, objective list by any means…because it’s not written by real journalists that give a shit about music. Music/art is just another vehicle/excuse to spread their woke propaganda.
RS never includes any CRITERIA on which they base their rankings. Well...there obviously are none. If you're in for anything but a good laugh... simply forget these lists. They are crap.
I don't have time to scroll through this stupid list. WHERE WAS STEVE VAI? SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME. And Chuck Berry at NUMBER TWO? Joni Mitchell at NINE? SHE PLAYS WITH A CAPO! LOL
It seems a list of influential musicians/singers-songwriters. There was no criteria given, this is not a list by someone knowledgeable about guitar technique and guitar history.
It's irrelevant who Rolling Stone put on their list (irrelevant just the same as it is with the Grammys, which are a joke) There's dozens of people on this list who shouldn't be anywhere near it as there are dozens who are not on it who should be in the top 100;- Benson, Malmsteen, Govan, Holdsworth & dozens more. Yeah & Gary Moore isn't on and he is some peoples favourite. They're just being inclusive for the sake of it and they're wrong! They could say the most influential or innovative but they'd still be wrong so wrong certainly 'Not' the Greatest
Geeze stop worrying about Kerry King and Dimebag Totally Different Types of Bands..and totally different Types of Guitarist...Dimebag Is king...lol Kerry is Amazing and Mustaine is a Master of all ha ha ....and Marty is a Genius..What list...Should be independent Guitarist...I would say even the younger generation that really listen to older metal and classic rock would even agree with you about the list ..
I don't know a lot of guitarists so I honestly wouldn't know most of the names on the list; however, these lists are 100% subjective, and they were clickbait before clickbait was even a thing. If I saw a Rolling Stone magazine in the store that said "250 Greatest Guitarist List!" my interest would've definitely been piqued. I remember when I was in my early teens and I was into bands like Motley Crue and Poison I read an article in one of those rock music or guitar magazines that C.C. Deville was voted "the worst" rock guitarist. As a kid I thought he was pretty damn good. As an adult I still think he's pretty damn good. Is he in the top 250 of all time? Probably not. But he's far from the worst. There are so many guitarists in the world, many whom aren't in famous bands and will never get the recognition they deserve. There are hundreds and thousands of UA-cam and TikTok videos dedicated to unknown guitarists who are insanely talented. But you won't find any of them on this list.
LOL, you are fact checking yourself a TON in this video. WOW- Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman not on list and Kerry King at 100. That's insane! Mustaine is the best guitarist in all of metal. I can understand them not including Gary Holt. He might actually be as good in terms of skills as Mustaine but Exodus is just not as important of a thrash metal band despite a number of people saying they actually invented it (!!!). The trouble is their debut was released way too late in the scheme of things far behind Metallica's first and second albums when both of those had already changed the landscape. I chalk it up to luck but Holt is actually the best guitarist Slayer has ever had. Sorry, Kerry King. BTW, I've heard say Holt is actually Kerry's best friend. I get people getting mad about what you said about Kerry King, by the way. He himself has admitted multiple times to not being the best guitarist. He said Slayer was never about being the most technically great on guitars. He's said that on Reign In Blood he wasn't playing anything that had anything to do with the songs and he was still getting praised, which was funny. And he's said that on South of Heaven that was his worst performance. His explanation was that he had gotten married so he was the odd man out at that point. The Judas Priest guitarists are both criminally underrated. It seems like so many want to put the guitarists from Iron Maiden above them but Iron Maiden just turned their guitars into violins. Judas Priest actually treated their guitars like guitars. I even got into an argument with my friend over that saying, "Guitars aren't supposed to be violins." He said, "Yes they are!" Uh, no. One has a pick and the other has a bow. Stop being stupid, people. And what Iron Maiden do is good for Iron Maiden but I Judas Priest have been more effective in putting across rhythms and perhaps even more impressive despite not putting out albums that are as great, they've been more diverse in their styles handling AC/DC open rhythms and covers with equal dexterity besides their own pioneering sound. Plus they're probably entirely responsible for Iron Maiden. YES! Dave Mustaine is the best guitarist in all of metal. I could tell before I even started playing guitar. You just know it on an instinctual level.
@@klauswigsmith Nope, he's the best. In metal. Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, and everything in between. Dude shreds. Hard. I'm not saying he's the best across all genres. But in terms of metal, absolutely. I'm not even sure how you can question that. But I'll give you this much. There are a lot of riffs that Chris Poland actually plays better than Mustaine but I don't think that work has been on record. I think Mustaine actually plays most of the rhythm guitars on Megadeth's albums. And let's not forget he wrote most of the material on Metallica's first three albums plus pretty much all the solos Kirk Hammet played on their first album. Hammett was just drawing in the lines that Mustaine created.
@@klauswigsmith Oh yeah, he calls Kill 'Em All Wrote 'Em All. Because... he wrote 'em all. Frankly, I don't blame him for being as pissed off at Metallica as he is for what they did to him. At the same time I'd say he should let it go. But I also fully support his holding back Metallica's demo releases until Lars's name gets yeeted from the songwriting credits because we all know he has not written sh*t.
@@VolvoImpala Mustaine did not write ALL the songs on Kill'em All, lol...he wrote a good chunk of it, but you are giving him far more credit in every category than he deserves. I could name 10 metal guitarists without even pausing that are technically far better than Dave (don't get me wrong, Dave's amazing, but every lead guitarist he's hired in his long career is better)
I look to Rolling Stone for musical guidance like I look to Dr Pepper for medical advice
Ha, 😂
Got to laugh at this, back in the 1970s I remember the Dr Pepper ads were so lame I never wanted to taste it. There was even an Urban Legend that Dr Pepper was Carbonated Prune Juice.
Wasn't until the 2010s sometime when fast food chains had those serve yourself drink dispensers, and I actually tried a sip. and thought it was way better than Coke and Pepsi. Amazing how a total crap ad campaign can ruin sales.
or listen to trump for the truth
@@garyolshan4177, I listen to Trump for truth, and to the Deep State (Biden, Hillary, Wray, FBI, DOJ, et al. ) and the mainstream Mockingbird, legacy media for lies and propaganda.
Rolling Stone is a joke. Stopped caring about what they peddled a long time ago. Mustaine and Friendman's absence means the list was created by jokers.
Rolling Stone is for music, as Mens Health is for Health
Let's be honest here, it is shocking that they did not list Dylan Mulvainy as the #1 guitarist.
You hit the nail on the head.
Celebrating day 132 of being a guitarist. I heard he was getting bored so he snipped two strings and now he's a bassist.
@@bshingledecker haha…well done
No he's the number one on the top 100 fagott players list. Also somehow they forgot all the ukrainian presidents on this list.
He’s number 251
Kerry King at 96, while Eric Johnson at 205 and Malmsteen nowhere to be found 😂
Allan Holdsworth didn't make it either!
What a joke.
@@lonestar6709 Not at all? That's obnoxious LOL. Holdsworth is a GOD !!! :O
What's funnier is that King wasn't even the best guitarist in Slayer
Even within Slayer, I thought Hanneman was a notch better...
Forget Mustaine...placing Andy f**king Summers at 250th was the worst crime of the whole damned list.
Should've stopped right there
I can play faster and more difficult things than him and i know 6 year olds who were taught police songs and can do most their riffs!!!!!!!!
@@v4v819 yeah, sure you can, big fella.
I CAN ASK MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@klauswigsmith
@@v4v819 OK!!!!!!!!!!!
Joan Jett is in the top 100. That's all we need to say.
And she is higher up the list than Lita Ford. I've seen both play live and Micheal J Fox is better than Joan Jett any day of the week.
Joni Mitchell #9
Joni Mitchell at #9, Eric Johnson at #205. What could possibly be wrong here?
ewwwwww, cisgender male, cisgender male, cisgender male... EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joni Mitchell is better... She was just born this way!!!!!!!!
This is the problem with Rolling Stone, they think a mediocre "Folk" player strumming the same 4 chords in 1/4 th notes or 1/8 notes with absolutely no variation in rhythm and singing about the Vietnam war is being edgy.
@@gerardcote8391Worst comment ever written
Mustaine and Friedman got snubbed so hard man. those two have influenced countless guitarists (myself included) and completely revolutionized thrash metal. honestly infuriating
Preach!
No Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman but they listed James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett? There is no comparison Mustaine and Friedman smoke them no contest. They also omitted Neil Schon, Rick Emmitt, Tommy Scholtz, Yngwei Malmsteen, or Guthrie.
Rolling Stone was pretty legit up until about 30 years ago.
Terry Kath, George Benson, Roy Clark, Al Dimeola, Yngwie Malmsteen and Tom Scholtz are all better than the guys you talked about.
Gary Moore too
Holdsworth wasn’t on the list. Joe Pass wasn’t on the list. Tommy Emmanuel is not on the list. It is absurd.
I doubt these diversity hires at RS even know who these guitarists are.
@@Donjasoni You are right. I don’t know why it annoys me. Joe Bonamassa and Tommy tour all the time. They are famous in the guitar community. Neil Young is a better guitarist than Joe Bonamassa, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins. Jack White is better than Holdsworth? It is laughable. It is a stupid list, by a woke magazine, that nobody reads anymore.
I can't believe that any serious music fan thinks there are 250 guitarists better than Steve Morse, Tommy Emmanuel, Ingwe Malmsteen, and Guthrie.
On the jazz side, George Benson, Joe Pass, and Allan Holdsworth would like a word.
I just checked out the list. No surprise on how they made it their politically correct , “want list” steeped in woke ideology rather than an actual objective list. I know judging guitarists is subjective but when you have Joe Perry at 135 and Joni Mitchell cracking your top 25, that’s not objective….that’s propaganda. But does this shock anyone? This isn’t a music magazine; it’s a political one, therefore picking top 🎸 becomes yet another opportunity for the clueless social justice warriors of Gen Z that now write this baseless crap to sneak guitarists in that don’t belong their because they share the same genitals and politics rather than being a guitar hero. At the beginning of the list RS states that the list they complied on 2011 were essentially picked by guitarists and leaned classic rock. But now, this “new and approved” list is chosen by writers of RS…in other words, social justice college grads. I knew what that meant. Every other guitarist was female…not that there is anything wrong with females making the list…but are they serious? I didn’t know this many females even played guitar. It’s freaking ridiculous. If RS ever wants to be considered viable by people that actually appreciate music they need to cease their political agenda as it’s obviously seeing into even their guitar lists. What a joke!
Yeah a TON of no name female guitarists above a lot of legendary players...
You sayin you have doubts that Joan Jett is a better guitarist than Segovia?
Tom Morello a better guitarist than SRV??? Dave is a good guitar player no doubt but honestly Marty not being on there is much worse. Also no Yngwie in the top 10? top 100? No gary moore, shawn lane, allan holdsworth (who I don't even like) gunthrie govan, PAUL GILBERT in top 100, let alone top 10. Didn't even bother going down the list any more than that. Way worse than the last one somehow.
No Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, or Terry Kath did it for me. Nobody from Wishbone Ash. No Steve Morse?
No ALVIN LEE .
Yes St. Vincent is better than David Gilmour………………….NOT
Any americans who havent heard of gary moore you need to check him out he is absouktely nuts top 10 for me
I think they put Kerry King higher than Steve Vai. I shook my head at that.
Ted Nugent didn't make the list, can't imagine why?
Because he's an A$$?
Yeah, but Joan Jett did! 🙄…and I love Joan Jett but give me a break. This list is politically driven (as usual). Chosen by woke hacks who value diversity and genitalia instead of objective journalists who care about musical merit.
Agreed. I can’t stand him but must concede, the man can play a guitar.
Based on this Trolling Stone top 250 list, I'm going to make a top basketball players list where half of them are white, and 25% is female.
Haha…exactly…and they should be under 5’10. We want to be inclusive.
@@Donjasoni Just make sure to include one dwarf. We wouldn't want to leave *anybody* out.
You said it all man. Megadeth will always have to live underneath the other band that starts with M.
How can they be 23 and their teacher is 93
Slayer doesn’t start with an M?
@@christjerky2320 I was talking about Maroon 5
@@dreamcastkid3064 😂
Putting musicians with different styles from different ages in the same category is stupid. These types of lists are useless.
The only reason I would ever buy an issue of RS is if we had another toilet paper shortage. And even then there's way better choices.
No Billy Strings, Tommy Emmanuel or even Buckethead!
Eric Clapton behind Joni Mitchell. Terry Cath not in the list, Glenn Campbell. Eric Clapton 35. Dave Mustaine. BTW Rory Gallagher was better than 90 % of the list.
He wasn't very influential, and he didn't really move guitar forward. He was just doing what everyone else was doing at the time.
Ted Nugent was the first great heavy rock guitarist from The United States and he didn't make the list.😂 But I guess they only had room for so many straight white guys.
It's Rolling Stones, the most inaccurate magazine of all time.
And now I must also include the adjective of “shitty” to its description as well. RS is now an official disgrace to anyone that loves music,
EVH was number 4. LOL he should be number 1 with all that he did. I love Jimi Hendrix but come on, he had such a short career and Eddie did way more for music and guitar. I hate comparing guitarists so these lists are always dumb to me. Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan not on this list but some acoustic strummers are? Come on! It's a popularity contest by people that don't actually know guitar playing. I don't recall seeing Buckethead either. I could be wrong, the list is painful to go through. I couldn’t find Yngwie either.
Michael Schenker wasnt on the list. I mean ive already heard that Yngwie, Morse, Holdsworth, DiMeola, Friedman, Mustaine, i just keep hearing names that didnt make it and i laugh harder....what was that? Roy Clark. Not on the list...smh laughing harder, what a rag
You're just touching the surface of who's been omitted.
@bjr4567 I know. It's pretty sad.what a worthless rag, just one of several moronic things it's done of the last several years including being a corporate shill for the government, Establishment garbage at its finest
Any list that doesn't contain Tommy Emmanuel is automatically invalidated. Also, Paul Simon at 249? WTAF!
Right??!! This list is bogus. Sheer diversity picks. Rewriting history like all good communist publications do! 😂
What is this list for you ask? It had nothing to do with guitars or players, it was for clicks, and getting influencers to make content about it to generate more clicks. Seems it was highly successful.
Nice rant.
I agree seems like a joke of a list. So many left off - Dimeola and Allan freaking Holdsworth two of the most notable.
😂😂😂
true!! leaving those two makes any guitar list invalid
@pkats9093, No bout a doubt it my friend. Like you said to leave either one of the "Al's" off that list is criminal really. Not to mention they also didn't acknowledge any of the quiet yet iconic guitar players such as the Wrecking Crew & the Funk Brothers. Who whether or not you know their names, the guitar work they did on albums as studio guitarists speaks volumes for sure. I mean c'mon no mention of, "Tommy Tedesco, Glenn Campbell, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel, Joe Messina, Robert White, or Eddie Willis. Say what you want, but if it wasn't for those guys right there alone, much less any of the other great studio session players we wouldn't have heard even half of the iconic R&B, Soul, Pop, Rock, & Funk, etc... songs there is today! Just bcuz they were on the DL & not seen on the forefront doesn't make them any less of a guitarist than all the others who were on center stage, IMO anyways. Don't quote me on this but between those 7 guitar players I mentioned, I'd say they've got to be responsible for playing on around at least "7,000" albums. 🤔 Many of which created vibe & riffs on songs themselves, for the artist. Just saying.. 🤘😉🤘 +Peace, Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+
Dave Mustaine, Terry Kath, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Misha Mansoor, and Adam Jones all didn't make the list. I mean, heck prog metal got almost no love, I think Tosin and Tim Henson are the only ones who made it, and most prog rock guitarists made it, but were insanely low.
Weird Adam Jones wasn’t on there. Not a huge fan but I would think Rolling Stone would worship him
Tim Henson lol. Participation award
i recall a 100 best which had alex lifeson of rush as 98. now they now have him at 58. did he take a magic pill? rory gallagher is listed very low. funny as alex in an interview how much he admired him. they toured together and he said he listened to him every night and was so inspired by him.
Jimi Hendrix, who they say was the best guitarist ever, said Terry Kath was better than him, yet he ranks nowhere in the top 250.
My top 10: Jiminy Hendrix, Duane Allman, Duane Allman, Duane Allman, Duane 😁
Duane Allman, Duane Allman Duane Allman Duane Allman, Dickey Betts!!😁
1.Jimi hendrix 2.Richie blackmore 3.Mark knopfler 4. Terry kath 5.Eddie van halen 6.Jimmy page 7.Adrian smith 8.Brian may 9.Glenn tipton 10.Jeff beck
Too many boomer picks.
@@WuwuWuwuTV maybe his Top 10 is in the top 30 of everybody.
@@yvettelearnshowtoshredI don't know about that. Some of these picks are really good. The problem with such a vague list genre bias and huge generational bias. It also depends how much you think influence matters or doesn't matter. Not setting any clear criteria makes a list on the subject ultimately meaningless. Slap names of guitar players people know. Make it easily agreement. I mean it is why Frank Zappa will always rank under so many even if he's a great guitar player with a unique vision of music.
Jeff Beck 10 lol
@@Biozene That's what I think, what's your problem?
Rolling Stone is a woke magazine.
but left off Dolly Parton, Sheryl Crowe, Alison Krauss, Carole King, Memphis Minnie, and Charo. IOW, they don't even do woke right.
Actually they seem to have pissed everybody off, that's usually a good sign of neutrality. I don't think they're woke, whatever that is, and I don't think they're the opposite of woke, whatever that's is, slept? I don't know as I'm not American. But it is clearly demonstrated that they're not experts on guitar playing))
They just entered greatest guitarist into google and took the first 250 names as they scrolled down.
How about we cook up a list of 'The Worst Magazines of All Time', with Rolling Stone somewhere around the National Enquirer?
I believe the NE before RS.
I think it belongs in the best/worst toilet paper, with Charmin easily #1 and Rolling Stone fighting with the NewYork Times to stay off the bottom (pun intended)
They missed Segovia, Baden Powell and Michael Hedges for me. Ali Farka Tour is awesome too. I love Rob Cavestany from Death Angel.
Dave's playing is so cool. Just off kilter and kinda Cap Beefhearty. Really unique.
The heart of Slayer was Jeff Hanneman.
I like that Wilson of the B52s is on there. Underrated.
Wino of St Vitus and the Obsessed is my fave. Never makes any list
Classical and it's players always get screwed even though the attention to detail and playing is off the scale. That's how I started. Think I still have an old Fernando Sor workbook somewhere lol.
@@minkorrhThat's how I always feel, like I could comprise a list of 250 classical guitarists, most of which most people have never even heard of, and they can play circles around most of the popular guitarists most people usually list.
Julian Bream .
Ricky Wilson does NOT deserve to be on such a list, not with all the monster players out there. Give me a break.
@@bjr4567 I love his playing
Allan Holdsworth didn't make it!!!
Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix should have shared #1 spot. Page bit less technical live but unmatched composer. And Since I've Been Loving You is quite unmatched studio secording for guitar.
Let’s be honest here, folks. RS did this 100% on purpose. Obviously a ranking list like this featuring the “greatest” of anything will have haters no matter what, but they absolutely made it as absurd as they could specifically to get more people talking about it. They knew a whack list like this would get way more of a reaction from people than a “safe” list would. Turns out they were absolutely correct lol. I doubt we’d see anywhere near as many reaction videos or people talking about the list if they had just gone with the obvious, safe choices. I don’t agree with the list either, but let’s not act like it is anything more than a tabloid-level rage bait article. It’s just a garbage junk food magazine at this point, nothing more.
They'd get hate and reaction with a 'safe' list as well! Take any two talented guitarists of different genres and how do you say who's better. E.g. Marc Knopfler v Marty Friedman? Or BB King v Graham Coxon? It's not easy, like comparing football players of different generations. You're not comparing like for like and it's difficult to know what criteria to use...
@@nickvickers3486 yeah m8, I just said they’d get hate even with a safe list 😂😂 but yeah, I think you’re right for the most part. There could possibly be a solution to that by creating some sort of completely objective variable to apply to every guitarist to help decide between two obviously great players. I’m not sure what that objective variable could be, though. Maybe some sort of average score of a few different categories based on things like number of albums sold, number of live shows played, number of charting songs, things like that? Maybe if the two players in question are more or less equal in terms of guitar playing ability, the auxiliary objective score could come in to decide between the two. Of course, then it wouldn’t be a solely guitar playing-based evaluation (which, it’s basically that way now anyway), but it could make for a fun list either way. But yeah, ranking lists like this will always have detractors.
Not having srv in the top ten is pure insanity.
David Gilmore was 28, while St. Vincent was 26. Like, whaaaat?
The list was compiled by sum1 who does not play guitar
Which is not necessarily a problem, I don't paint but I can still have an opinion about art. I get what you mean though, it's probably worth checking out similar lists on guitar mags
@@nickvickers3486 no but the list itself is a problem
@@nickvickers3486 its like me doing a list of 150 best artists of all time and putting Hunter Biden at the #5 spot behind goya, van gogh, da vinci, and andy warhol
Not that's not true, it was made by a deaf person
I didn't think about Dave. What about Jake E Lee, and Zack? Not to mention if ur going for all different types, what about Roy Clark, and Jerry Reed? It's a damn joke!
Reed made their dumb list but not Clark. They're all over the board.
Greatness? Influence? Technique? Creativity? In any case, this is another political list.
Bye RS.
Any list that doesn't have Terry Cath..in it, 🫣
Is just beyond belief 😱
They make the list awful on purpose to get people talking about it. Seems to have worked to a degree. They spend credibility each time though.
Dude, the Judas Priest thing isn't even that egregious compared to some of the other things wrong with that list. Kerry King being 105 spots higher than Eric Johnson and 97 ahead of Nuno Bettencourt is sheer lunacy. Not to mention Annie Clarke being ranked at 26 above David Gilmour, Brian May, Wes Montgomery, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton, ect. is absurd. Add to all of that no inclusion of Al Di Meola, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Paco De Lucia, Alex Lifeson, Jim Hall, or Joe Pass makes this list a colossal failure.
If Guthrie Govan is not on this list, it is irrelevant. Hendriz is the most overrated player in history.
Guthrie Govan
Les Paul
Jason Becker
Marty Friedman
Yngwie Malmsteen
Rory Gallagher
Gary Moore
Alex Lifeson
Dick Dale
Dave Mustaine
Buckethead
Shit list!
And yes, the ads on their list are incredibly frustrating.
There I fixed it.
The 250 Randomest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone
I quit scrolling through the list with its incessant ads and pop ups.
Eric johnson at 205 had me scratching my head. Same with steve lukether... Both should atleast be top 100. Goofy list imo
This list is a joke... Slash is #107 and St. Vincent (who ever she is) is #26.
Nothing personal against her but she shouldn't even be on a 50,000 greatest list.
Who has more iconic solos and riffs than Slash and with so many different bands and artists?
Welcome to the woke world.
@@bjr4567 I’m no Trumper, I think Republicans are nuts, but I agree that this particular type of wokeness needs to stop.
If so many of you seem to dislike Rolling Stone why is their list seemingly so important to you? A lot of people seem to be emotionally hurt that Rolling Stone didn't mention your favorite guitarist or ranked him so low.
Rolling Stone comes in at #1 in the Top 100 "Dumbest Top 250 Lists" of all time. Seriously, Tom Morello ahead of SRV? GTFO.
This useless rag has been extremely unimportant for a very long time.
A lot of people complain about the lumping together.
Lead and Rythm are 2 distinct and not comparable.
Also I hate the fact lists like this are America centric. I have not seen the whole list but the last time the top 100, nearly everyone on it was American or British.
There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players who are way better than 99% of the American players. Yet they don't get on these lists.
I could give you ten bands whose playing will blow you away. But they'd never get on these types of lists.
"There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players *who are way better than 99% of the American players."* This is a ridiculous exaggeration that kills your whole point.
“Lead & rhythm are 2 distinct & not comparable “….not to people who actually PLAY guitar. There is no such thing as a “lead guitar” or a “rhythm guitar “ it’s just a guitar, when you learn to play it, you play both
@@williamandrews3648 I am referring to bands that have exclusively one lead and one rythm guitarist.
Most Metal band have either one who plays both or 2 lead who also play both. But a lot of rock bands with 2 have one exclusively playing each.
@@bjr4567 Again you start with the default Ameri-centric view. And probably never listened to any other music from other countries.
In 1990 US Music turned into total crap, so I started listening to music from other countries. And I found way better music.
Case in point
Paco DeLucia, Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman LI, Midori and Miyako, Teru and Hizaki, Eddie Iron Bunny.
Incredibly funny to see everyone complaining about the list when it's just a list about one's personal taste.
I will always hold Ritchie Blackmore higher than both Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi. There are many who quite rightly complain that Yngwie Malmsteen is not on the list, but I have only seen a couple of comments that point out that Alexi Laiho is not on this list as he should be.
For me, there is probably no female guitarist who beats Tina S, and you can only go on her cover on Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement).
Eric Johnson at 205? Remove the zero is more apt.
F rolling stone mag . Tina S is a better guitar player than Eric Clapton, don't believe me look her up
Andy Summers is better than 90% of the guitarists on that list and they placed him at 250, lol
Got to agree on Slayer of the Big 4 they are #3 in album sales. When Raining Blood came of a big Metalhead I was friends with got it and he hated the whole thing and gave it to me saying here this is more your style.
I listen to it though Angel of Death was fairly interesting, but the rest was exactly the same. As far as I'm concerned,Slayer only has 2 songs, South of Heaven, which I like and everything else which sounds exactly the same, and is mostly crap.
No way on the list of top 50,000 guitarists. I've seen 8 yr old kids on UA-cam that are better.
And tell me how King from Slayer is better than Al DiMeola, Roy Clark, Gary Moore, Paco DeLucia, Alan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen.
And tell Mr also how Is Joan Jett above Lita Ford. Or how is Paul McCartney a bass and piano player, who barely plays guitar so high on a list.
And how is the guy from the White Stripes on this list when far better players are not.
If these are the best then why so many mediocre Blues Players on this list and so many top Jazz guys are not...Every song is a one four five with zero variety... on the list but Technically proficient player with massive discographies of musically complex songs are not.
Gary Moore ?
My list :
1 Yngwie Malmsteen
2 Gary Moore
3 George Lynch
4 Michael Schenker
5 Dave Mustaine
None of them on the list.
Rolling Stone is a joke!
Yes, anytime I’m looking at lists or rankings on the internet, if it’s the type of website that you have to keep clicking & loading pages, then I back out 99% of the time.
I mean, I agree Dave Mustaine should be on the list. But omitting Marty Friedman is the much greater offense. Dave is a fine player and deserves a lot of credit for his riff writing, legacy, influence, etc. But Marty is a prodigy of a player. I would bet money he's inspired and influenced more guitarists in the last 30 years than just about anyone in the whole 250.
Some of those young, nobodies are just getting participation awards. Just like they've been handed their whole lives. They're not influential, they haven't moved guitar playing forward.... Undeserved to say the least.
I was done with RS when they put John Travolta on the cover!
RS Magazine has been a joke for a very long time
Warren Haynes? Jack Pearson?? Dickey Betts? Toy Caldwell?
Yes Dave Mustaine should be on the list. To be fair though Dave is mentioned in James and Kirk's entry (no.23) and he is credited as one of the innovators of the thrash
The Rolling Stone mag fell off the cliff after releasing this list. They have zero credibility. The top 10 is a politically correct statement. Got to have 1/2 black and white guys. Jeff Beck was by all accounts one of the best ever. He’s not even in the top 10. Hendrix #1 (yawn and cliche). EVH at #70 (sad, he was innovative, fast, melodic, and clean - one the greats). Joni Mitchell #72 (a songwriter extraordinaire but not a good guitarist). Same with Neil Young (in fact he has poor technique). The Edge #24 (he’s only adequate - nobody knowledgeable would rate him this high). OMG are the judges eating out of lead plates. Mark Knopfler #27 (masterful guitarist) Steven Stills #28 (not great). Almost every entry and the corresponding ranking shows poor judgment and a complete lack of journalistic integrity.
It’s a diversity list compiled by kids that got their jobs at RS the same way they made this shit ass wokester list….diversity. Before the list was even considered they did this: okay, find x many minority players, x many females, and prioritize the most publicly woke guitarists and exclude (how ironic) anyone that disagrees with us politically. I.e. Ted Nugent, Eric Clapton, etc. Not a viable, objective list by any means…because it’s not written by real journalists that give a shit about music. Music/art is just another vehicle/excuse to spread their woke propaganda.
RS never includes any CRITERIA on which they base their rankings. Well...there obviously are none.
If you're in for anything but a good laugh... simply forget these lists. They are crap.
Best of list are for children, that's why Rolling Stone insists on continuing with these meaningless and random roll calls.
I don't have time to scroll through this stupid list. WHERE WAS STEVE VAI? SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME. And Chuck Berry at NUMBER TWO? Joni Mitchell at NINE? SHE PLAYS WITH A CAPO! LOL
Is gary richrath on the list? from reo? he was a phenomenal guitarist
No Roy Clark. No Glen Campbell? Did RS ever hear of the Wrecking Crew?
At least they put Django Reinhardt on this time.
Rolling stone blew it. Peace & love
RS is a joke LOL
Rolling Stone is a joke. The propaganda coming out of there is pure trash.
True!!
I won't be looking up this list. They put out lists to get real rock lovers outraged so they stay relevant. There's no reason to pay attention to it
Marten hagstrom or fredrik thordendal shouldve definitely been on the list. What a shame.
It seems a list of influential musicians/singers-songwriters. There was no criteria given, this is not a list by someone knowledgeable about guitar technique and guitar history.
Every person on the list needs to explain why they belong there.
These lists are always a joke! The people doing these lists have no clue...
It's irrelevant who Rolling Stone put on their list (irrelevant just the same as it is with the Grammys, which are a joke) There's dozens of people on this list who shouldn't be anywhere near it as there are dozens who are not on it who should be in the top 100;- Benson, Malmsteen, Govan, Holdsworth & dozens more. Yeah & Gary Moore isn't on and he is some peoples favourite. They're just being inclusive for the sake of it and they're wrong! They could say the most influential or innovative but they'd still be wrong so wrong certainly 'Not' the Greatest
Geeze stop worrying about Kerry King and Dimebag Totally Different Types of Bands..and totally different Types of Guitarist...Dimebag Is king...lol Kerry is Amazing and Mustaine is a Master of all ha ha ....and Marty is a Genius..What list...Should be independent Guitarist...I would say even the younger generation that really listen to older metal and classic rock would even agree with you about the list ..
Neil, Schon and Malmsteen were left off among others
I don't know a lot of guitarists so I honestly wouldn't know most of the names on the list; however, these lists are 100% subjective, and they were clickbait before clickbait was even a thing. If I saw a Rolling Stone magazine in the store that said "250 Greatest Guitarist List!" my interest would've definitely been piqued. I remember when I was in my early teens and I was into bands like Motley Crue and Poison I read an article in one of those rock music or guitar magazines that C.C. Deville was voted "the worst" rock guitarist. As a kid I thought he was pretty damn good. As an adult I still think he's pretty damn good. Is he in the top 250 of all time? Probably not. But he's far from the worst. There are so many guitarists in the world, many whom aren't in famous bands and will never get the recognition they deserve. There are hundreds and thousands of UA-cam and TikTok videos dedicated to unknown guitarists who are insanely talented. But you won't find any of them on this list.
Ok dude. Just go buy the magazine so you can go over everyone, without guessing their places.
Lets all agree Richard Benson should be no. 1
LOL, you are fact checking yourself a TON in this video.
WOW- Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman not on list and Kerry King at 100. That's insane! Mustaine is the best guitarist in all of metal. I can understand them not including Gary Holt. He might actually be as good in terms of skills as Mustaine but Exodus is just not as important of a thrash metal band despite a number of people saying they actually invented it (!!!). The trouble is their debut was released way too late in the scheme of things far behind Metallica's first and second albums when both of those had already changed the landscape. I chalk it up to luck but Holt is actually the best guitarist Slayer has ever had. Sorry, Kerry King. BTW, I've heard say Holt is actually Kerry's best friend.
I get people getting mad about what you said about Kerry King, by the way. He himself has admitted multiple times to not being the best guitarist. He said Slayer was never about being the most technically great on guitars. He's said that on Reign In Blood he wasn't playing anything that had anything to do with the songs and he was still getting praised, which was funny. And he's said that on South of Heaven that was his worst performance. His explanation was that he had gotten married so he was the odd man out at that point.
The Judas Priest guitarists are both criminally underrated. It seems like so many want to put the guitarists from Iron Maiden above them but Iron Maiden just turned their guitars into violins. Judas Priest actually treated their guitars like guitars. I even got into an argument with my friend over that saying, "Guitars aren't supposed to be violins." He said, "Yes they are!" Uh, no. One has a pick and the other has a bow. Stop being stupid, people. And what Iron Maiden do is good for Iron Maiden but I Judas Priest have been more effective in putting across rhythms and perhaps even more impressive despite not putting out albums that are as great, they've been more diverse in their styles handling AC/DC open rhythms and covers with equal dexterity besides their own pioneering sound. Plus they're probably entirely responsible for Iron Maiden.
YES! Dave Mustaine is the best guitarist in all of metal. I could tell before I even started playing guitar. You just know it on an instinctual level.
"Mustaine is the best guitarist in all of metal"
Bruh, he's good.....REALLY good, but c'mon...
@@klauswigsmith Nope, he's the best. In metal. Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, and everything in between. Dude shreds. Hard. I'm not saying he's the best across all genres. But in terms of metal, absolutely. I'm not even sure how you can question that.
But I'll give you this much. There are a lot of riffs that Chris Poland actually plays better than Mustaine but I don't think that work has been on record. I think Mustaine actually plays most of the rhythm guitars on Megadeth's albums. And let's not forget he wrote most of the material on Metallica's first three albums plus pretty much all the solos Kirk Hammet played on their first album. Hammett was just drawing in the lines that Mustaine created.
@@VolvoImpala lol
@@klauswigsmith Oh yeah, he calls Kill 'Em All Wrote 'Em All. Because... he wrote 'em all. Frankly, I don't blame him for being as pissed off at Metallica as he is for what they did to him. At the same time I'd say he should let it go. But I also fully support his holding back Metallica's demo releases until Lars's name gets yeeted from the songwriting credits because we all know he has not written sh*t.
@@VolvoImpala Mustaine did not write ALL the songs on Kill'em All, lol...he wrote a good chunk of it, but you are giving him far more credit in every category than he deserves.
I could name 10 metal guitarists without even pausing that are technically far better than Dave (don't get me wrong, Dave's amazing, but every lead guitarist he's hired in his long career is better)
No Dave Mustaine No Marty Freidman , yet Neil Young is TWENTY 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️.
Come on, you can just say it: kerry king is a pretty bad guitarist
I encourage people to email RS so that they can stop publishing this absurd list
The list is a joke