HollywoodRose525 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) Alright I just came across this list Rolling Stone magazine made in 2003 and Im sure u guys discussed it back then but oh well. I read it and I think its crap, I just want to see what you guys say about it cuz everyone has their own opinion, some might think its perfect. Here it is: 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 11 Kirk 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 of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule 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 Dick Dale 32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service 33 Lee Ranaldo and 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 and Hot Tuna 55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple 56 Tom Verlaine of Television 57 Roy Buchanan 58 Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band 59 Jonny Greenwood and 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 80 Robert Quine of The Voidoids 81 Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band and The Derek Trucks Band 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 Fred "Sonic" Smith and Wayne Kramer of the MC5 94 Bert Jansch 95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine 96 Angus Young of AC/DC 97 Robert Randolph of Robert Randolph & The Family Band and The Word 98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer 99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag 100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden I understand that some of these guitarits were influential in their time, like Kurt Cobain and Johnny Ramone, but they shouldnt have recieved such a high spot because they really weren't that great of players. And where's Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen??? And the worst is that Eddie Van Halen was put at 70, and Kurt Cobain at 12?!?! Thatz just wrong.... Edited December 30, 2005 by HollywoodRose525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnezz Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 having EVH at 70 is high treason. I mean fucking hell he is one of the most influentual guitarists ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANGMAN Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Isn't Slash there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian 1200 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 no gary moore or johnny marr but jack fucking white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack_the_ripper Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 cobain?? I'm a better guitarist then cobain and wheres slash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdo242 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Good to see Paul Kossoff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightrain_Kid Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 there right not putting Vai and Malmsteen in there, and damian i agree with you, where is Johnny Marr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The only list Ike Turner should be on is the top 10 wife beaters list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn_It_Up Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) That really may be the shittiest guitarist list EVER. Cobain at #12 and EVH at #70 pretty much sums it all up. Oh, and wouldn't we all rank Joan Jett higher than Angus Young?!! Freakin' joke... Edited December 30, 2005 by Turn_It_Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodRose525 Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 woah i didnt even notice Slash wasnt on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ohdistortedsmile1789 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Here are my injusticesEric Clapton and B.B. King over Robert Johnson? They would both be working in factories if it weren't for Johnson. Jeff Beck behind Kurt Cobain? GUITAR key word right? 17 Jack White, what the fuck? EVH at 70, ANGUS AT 96! WHAT. Joni Mitchell on the list at all, why? Tony Iommi AND Randy Rhoads should be top 50.However here are some players that are a bit more obscure and although they should've been higher, I'm glad they are on here.65 Hubert Sumlin - One of the most demented guitar sounds ever, if you didn't know, he was Howlin' Wolf's guitarist.63 Danny Gatton - Mixed rockabilly and jazz to great effect, we lost him too soon. Check out "Redneck Jazz".57 Roy Buchanan - Extremely versatile, along with Danny Gatton was a leader of the DC scene. He could play you rockabilly, blues, or do some Rock N' Roll balladry that would make you cry. Died too young and very tragically.49 John McLaughlin - Simply played with more fire than anyone before or after, played on some of Miles Davis' early fusion records before doing some brilliant Indian music with the group "Shakti".25 Freddy King - The man could swing like no one else.8 Ry Cooder - Best slide player there is, really should be ahead of Duane Allman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy's Girl Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 cobain?? I'm a better guitarist then cobain and wheres slash Come on this is fucking Rolling Stone magazine! Possibly one of the most dire music magazines ever created. None of their issues have ever grabbed my interest. Actually I'm not even sure if most retailers even sell the magazine as its so crap! I should have known a list created by the losers of Rolling stone would disappoint a lot of users and no doubt me, they always do! They have absolutely no hint of acknoweldgement of DECENT music. Rolling Stone= Rolling eyes, yet again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest katie Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 i'm sure they just apeal to thier audience, the majoroty just want to look at people theyn know so as they can word vomit it later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Who the fuck made that list?! Even though I think Kurt Cobain is a kickass singer and songwriter, he's not good at guitar.And Carlos Santana on 15?! He should be 5 or higher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumin Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I stopped reading when I saw Kurt Cobain's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appetite18 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Absolutely shit list. I already took out my anger on another forum so this is all I will say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 hahaha Zoot Horn Rollo owns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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