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Nice to see Johnny Marr on that list.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...ngham-19691231
1.Jimi Hendrix
2.Eric Clapton
3.Jimmy Page
4.Keith Richards
5.Jeff Beck
6.B.B. King
7.Chuck Berry
8.Eddie Van Halen
9.Duane Allman
10.Pete Townshend
11.George Harrison
12.Stevie Ray Vaughan
13.Albert King
14.David Gilmour
15.Freddy King
16.Derek Trucks
17.Neil Young
18.Les Paul
19.James Burton
20.Carlos Santana
21.Chet Atkins
22.Frank Zappa
23.Buddy Guy
24.Angus Young
25.Tony Iommi
26.Brian May
27.Bo Diddley
28.Johnny Ramone
29.Scotty Moore
30.Elmore James
31.Ry Cooder
32.Billy Gibbons
33.Prince
34.Curtis Mayfield
35.John Lee Hooker
36.Randy Rhoads
37.Mick Taylor
38.The Edge
39.Steve Cropper
40.Tom Morello
41.Mick Ronson
42.Mike Bloomfield
43.Hubert Sumlin
44.Mark Knopfler
45.Link Wray
46.Jerry Garcia
47.Stephen Stills
48.Jonny Greenwood
49.Muddy Waters
50.Ritchie Blackmore
51.Johnny Marr
52.Clarence White
53.Otis Rush
54.Joe Walsh
55.John Lennon
56.Albert Collins
57.Rory Gallagher
58.Peter Green
59.Robbie Robertson
60.Ron Asheton
61. ey Betts
62.Robert Fripp
63.Johnny Winter
64.Duane Eddy
65.Slash
66.Leslie West
67.T-Bone Walker
68.John McLoughlin
69.Richard Thompson
70.Jack White
71.Robert Johnson
72.John Frusciante
73.Kurt Cobain
74. Dale
75.Joni Mitc
76.Robby Krieger
77.Willie Nelson
78.John Fahey
79.Mike Campbell
80.Buddy Holly
81.Lou Reed
82.Nels Cline
83.Eddie Hazel
84.Joe Perry
85.Andy Summers
86.J Mascis
87.James Hetfield
88.Carl Perkins
89.Bonnie Raitt
90.Tom Verlaine
91.Dave Davies
92.Dimebag Darrell
93.Paul Simon
94.Peter Buck
95.Roger McGuinn
96.Bruce Springsteen
97.Steve Jones
98.Alex Lifeson
99.Thurston Moore
100.Lindsey Buckingham
Nice to see Johnny Marr on that list.
Keith Richards in the top 5 is bad enough, but I stopped reading the list when I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn at 12.
I like Nirvana, and generally think quite highly of Kurt Cobain, but he's on a list of greatest guitar players and Brian Setzer isn't? I call shenanigans.
Yeah, I never really thought of Curt Cobain being a great guitarist. The same goes with John Lennon. I mean, I guess they did play the guitar.
Ted Nugent didn't even make the list, let alone number 1!?
The list doesn't have Di Meola, Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, Mustaine, Nugent, Keaggy or Kath.
It's a pretty crappy top-100.
lol no Shawn Lane
You have to read their criteria to understand their rationalization/justification of rankings as they say "influence" factors in, so that makes the rankings a bit more understandable from time to time, but they clearly place too much to too many at random while reducing or discrediting on a significant number of legends, even to their absence like the names I listed above. I'm sure there are others, but those exclusions jumped out to me.
Last edited by JMarkJohns; 11-23-2011 at 06:56 PM.
Though any list is debatable, and this one is definitely no exception, it's pretty amazing that 3 of the 5 top 5 grew up a few miles from each other and were all each in the Yardbirds at some point.
I stopped when I saw Lindsey at 100.
Greatest. All time.
"Greatest" is different from "best" in this context.
I'm glad gots like Malmsteen aren't on it. Decent list.
I'm not a big fan of Malmsteen, but he's clearly better than dozens on that list.
Lists are impossible, so I understand that not every great guitarist is going to get on, but some exclusions are absolute jokes.
I mean, I always joke that any list that goes beyond a top-10 is worthless, but this list even managed to screw up significant parts of the top-10, opinion, and many opinions. I'm sure it was intentional to generate buzz, like how Van Halen jumped from the 70-range in their 2003 rankings into the top-10 in this ranking despite both being all-time lists and he not "improving" or becoming greater in that time. I think Cobain, in their 2003 list, was ranked 12th, which is a complete farce, and I'm a huge Cobain fan. Now he's 70ish. They are just messing with us.
LOL Joe Perry at #84? Dude should at least be in the top 25-35 ... what a joke of a list.
Let's get Ice Cube / one of Koolaid fan boys on that ing list:
What's even more amazinger is RS practically shat on every LZ release
I haven't read the actual article, but usually they don't list the criteria that they're basing any of these "best" lists. If it's by popular vote than who knows how bad it'll be. Oh well. They gotta sell their rag.
this n|gaa should be on that ing list as # 1
You piece of , why would you post a video of this dude not play a guitar?
Top 5 tbh.
Cause really, Cobain wasn't. He played really sloppy all the time and nothing to extravagant.Yeah, I never really thought of Curt Cobain being a great guitarist. The same goes with John Lennon. I mean, I guess they did play the guitar.
So, this list isn't going to be the most talented in technical skill, cause there are thousands of insanely good guitarists that are much much better than lots of those artists on the list.
To me(and the list) it's not about being technical unless that is what you are trying to do. Talent includes making good music, and love him or hate him, Cobain has some of the catchiest tunes around.
hey ho's...my n|gga can play guitar and drums too... lol
Whoops....
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Then Rolling Stone should call it a list of the 100 most influential guitar players. Or the most important guitar players. Or their favorite guitar players. Or whatever. Because if you call it a list of the 100 greatest guitar players, that implies you're looking at technical ability.
Horrible list. Almost from top to bottom. Everyone is en led to their own opinion though.
No Buckethead?
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