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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 03:59 AM

this is a complete joke. i can understand Hendrix at number 1, but the Ramones guy at #16? or Kurt Cobain at #12 or Jack White higher than Eddie VanHalen (whos 70) or Randy Rhoades (85)?

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 **** 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 ****ey 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

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"Generals dont run; during peace this prompts laughter, during war this prompts panic."

XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 03:59 AM

this is a complete joke. i can understand Hendrix at number 1, but the Ramones guy at #16? or Kurt Cobain at #12 or Jack White higher than Eddie VanHalen (whos 70) or Randy Rhoades (85)?

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 **** 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 ****ey 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

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"Generals dont run; during peace this prompts laughter, during war this prompts panic."

XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 04:03 AM

I don't understand;

Jimmy Page is #9

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This must be a mistake.

He should be much higher [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.gif[/img]

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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 04:14 AM

What about Joe Satriani??

Where the heck is he.

(is he on there? I didn't see him.)

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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 04:15 AM

no he's not, like i said, its a joke

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"Generals dont run; during peace this prompts laughter, during war this prompts panic."

XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 04:21 AM

It's a bad one! [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-mad.gif[/img]

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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 04:21 AM

Exactly![img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-mad.gif[/img]

If it's a joke, why am I not laughing?[img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-mad.gif[/img]

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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 06:31 AM

Ike Turner is ranked higher than Eddie Van Halen?! And Tony Iommi and Neil Young and Robbie freakin' Robertson!?

Ho-ly cow!

Hammett made 11?! Woo hoo!... Not too sure about that, but I'm glad to see it.

James Hetfield however is one of the best rhythm guitar players of all time. And should be on there. Does the fact he can't sing hurt his chances of being included in a guitar list, 'cause it shouldn't. [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif[/img]

Gordie Johnson from Big Sugar? Nothin'... But then again, not alot of people have heard Big Sugar.

NO BOB DYLAN!? The man practicly changed the way the guitar was played! HE WAS THE ONE WHO DARED TO PLUG IT IN!

No Jeff Hanneman or Kerry King?! Slayer invented a guitar sound all their own with that super fast riffing style and hellish squeals that EVERYBODY in metal has mimiced at least once. Does Slayer's lack of commercial popularity mean their guitar players can't play guitar? They're like the third or fourth most influential metal band of all time, for pete's sake (behind Sabbath, Metallica and perhaps G'N R).

Speaking G'N R, no Slash. But I understand that, he sucks.

I could go on and on, but I'll close with Rolling Stone is not to music lists what the AFI is to movie lists. Stick to supplying Hunter Thompson with hotel rooms and booze, you whacko, half-shot publication! [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif[/img]

Oh, and P.S.: Nobody, and I mean NOBODY rocked the only three chords he knew like Johnny Ramone! The guy turned his taste for simplicity into the music we now know as punk rock... yah can't slight him for that.

Edit: No George Thorogood neither... Man. No Dave Mustaine...

EDITING AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S NO ALEX LIFESON EITHER!!!!

Ok, I'm done now...

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XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 07:17 AM

Any best guitar players list that doesn't have Paco de Lucia on is a joke.

Nuff said.

XyZspineZyX · 10-09-2003, 01:12 PM

Jesus, what a joke. No Al DiMeola, no Joe Pass, no Andres Segovia, no Steve Vai, no Steve Morse, no Joe Satriani, no Django Reinhardt, no Steve Stevens? They put Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, but not Lindsey Buckingham? LB can play RINGS around Peter.

They clearly got confused and mixed in great writers that played guitar as well. Kurt Cobain was a horrible guitarist. Tony Iommi? A great guitarist? Jesu Christu. Both of these guys were good writers that penned some of the most memorable songs of our time, but accomplished guitarists they were not.

Bah. Rolling Stone just spit in our faces here.

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