KeyserSoze Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 #7 Gilby Clarke http://www.vh1.com/news/23139/greatest-replacement-guitarists-in-rock/Band: Guns N’ Roses Replaced: Izzy Stradlin Tenure: 1991-1994Back in late-1970s Indiana, high school longhairs Jeffrey Dean Isbell and William Bruce Bailey formed a garage band that went by multiple monikers. A few years later, they hightailed it to Los Angeles, changed their names to Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose and, after hooking up with cabal of like minded punk-loving fans of metal, glitter, and arena-rock, settled on calling their group Guns N’ Roses. As a rhythm guitarist, Izzy Stradlin brought gutter-glam soul and sartorial splendor to GNR, a genuine classic rocker amidst the high-’80s heavy metal madness of his bandmates. His contributions to the group’s classic albums are unmistakable and enmeshed DNA-deep in GNR’s greatness, up to and including 1991’s Use Your Illusion I and II. Alas, at the very peak of Guns’ utter dominance of rock, Izzy called it quits. He was the first member of the band to get sober and, as such, the first to find it no longer bearable to endure Axl’s antics such as delaying shows for hours at a time and/or cursing the audience and then storming off stage after a song or two. Knowing that there really is only one Izzy, GNR opted to hire Gilby Clarke on rhythm guitar. Clarke loomed as a local hero among the Sunset Strip hair metal scene from which Guns initially emerged, and he brought dynamic, up-to-the-minute energy to the group throughout their epic Use Your Illusion tours. Clarke’s influence is also quite palpable on the final release by GNR Mach I, the 1993 covers collection, The Spaghetti Incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 absolute shitClarke’s influence is also quite palpable on the final release by GNR Mach I, the 1993 covers collection, The Spaghetti Incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maynard Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Cool, Gilby is a nice guy and was part of one of the coolest tours in Rock history. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Cool, Gilby is a nice guy and was part of one of the coolest tours in Rock history.So was Reg Varney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 No complaints with Gilby but I immediately clicked on the link to see if Mick Taylor was correctly placed at numero uno and who should be there but Ron Wood!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Article refers to Done With Mirrors as "criminally overlooked" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ronnie Wood? Maybe in getting the Stones back to proper guitar interplay but I was expecting Hammett or Mick Taylor as number one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 This is how I rate GN'R's replacement guitarists#8 Tobias#7 Dj Ashba#6 Gilby Clarke#5 Robin Finck#4 Bumblefoot#3 Richard Fortus#2 Buckethead#1 SlashAm I missing someone?There's, at least, 5 better replacements than Gilby ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 No Kirk Hammett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseIRS Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This is how I rate GN'R's replacement guitarists#8 Tobias#7 Dj Ashba#6 Gilby Clarke#5 Robin Finck#4 Bumblefoot#3 Richard Fortus#2 Buckethead#1 SlashAm I missing someone?There's, at least, 5 better replacements than Gilby ...Slash isnt a replacement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This is how I rate GN'R's replacement guitarists#8 Tobias#7 Dj Ashba#6 Gilby Clarke#5 Robin Finck#4 Bumblefoot#3 Richard Fortus#2 Buckethead#1 SlashAm I missing someone?There's, at least, 5 better replacements than Gilby ...Slash isnt a replacement...Yes he is ... and he is the best one, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 This is how I rate GN'R's replacement guitarists#8 Tobias#7 Dj Ashba#6 Gilby Clarke#5 Robin Finck#4 Bumblefoot#3 Richard Fortus#2 Buckethead#1 SlashAm I missing someone?There's, at least, 5 better replacements than Gilby ...Slash isnt a replacement...Yes he is ... and he is the best one, IMO.What did Tracii even contribute to GNR except for the "Guns" name? back in those days LA had many bands, all of them were in different bands, if one member left they changed the name of the band, Traci was not there when GNR signed, Wes Arkeen has contributed more in GNR than Tracii, just cause its on wikipedia it doesn't means you can call Slash a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 What did Tracii even contribute to GNR except for the "Guns" name? Nothing ... that's why Slash replaced that useless GN'R's original member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseIRS Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 What did Tracii even contribute to GNR except for the "Guns" name? Nothing ... that's why Slash replaced that useless GN'R's original member.Ur grasping at nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 David Gilmour as well. You'd have to pretty cynical to argue that Gilmour doesn't belong on the list . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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