Underrated guitarists

[Death Star]

Larry LaLonde. when people think about Primus it is always Les Claypool never Larry. That is why I think he is underrated

[4geowobo]

Adrian Smith and Buckethead

Your kdding me

there both well known and credited for their skills

I mean a guitarist from Maiden & just Buckethead alone underrated

HAHA ever since Guitar Hero 2 Buckethead has been bloated to the point were he could be considered overrated since all these 14 year olds go

"ZOMG BUCKETHEAD ROX JORDAN IZ UBE RROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Oh and Slipknot guitarist underrated?

All those flaming idiots from Hot Topic that think Slapnuts kicks "ass" are stupid

Slipknot are on the level of ICP, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park in terms of skill

I mean it takes 9 guys fro the band to suck

they suck, there no talent all show

and there nu-false-metal idiots who think their satanists

stupid shit right there

Edited April 9, 2007 by 4geowobo

[*FiberGlass Doll*]

Johnny Ramone.

[damagedgoods]

c.c. deville

haha j/k

i can't really think of any guitarists that are "underrated" that haven't been named and it's all just opinion anyway. just guitarists that are not really well known such as phil keaggy or guthrie govan.

here's a good video of prince rockin' out. when i first watched it i thought who is this guy playing clapton's parts? then it panned out and i saw prince and i thought "did he just jump in or something?" then he showed why he was there.

prince jammin' on while my guitar gently weeps

the dude rocks on the guitar.

[BassLikeHot]

o!o Pete DiStefano o!o Edited April 9, 2007 by BassLikeHot

[FunkyMonk]

Been listening to Silverchair a lot so I'm gonna say Daniel Johns.

[Projected]

Neal Schon

[Chris Axl]

Janic Gers - Iron Maiden. Most definitely.

agreed!

and hes my fav Maiden guitarist

[The Third Man]

Adrian Smith and Buckethead

Your kdding me

there both well known and credited for their skills

I mean a guitarist from Maiden & just Buckethead alone underrated

HAHA ever since Guitar Hero 2 Buckethead has been bloated to the point were he could be considered overrated since all these 14 year olds go

"ZOMG BUCKETHEAD ROX JORDAN IZ UBE RROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

No I'm not.

Adrian Smith is one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time, yet gets no where near the credit that Kirk Hammett (complete one trick pony) gets, or that Dimebag Darrell gets or even that Zakk Wylde gets.

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

Janic Gers - Iron Maiden. Most definitely.

I'd disagree with that one. He gets a reasonable amount of respect but is still the weakest guitarist in the band (not that that's a really bad thing in a band with the guitarists it has).

Edited April 9, 2007 by The Third Man

[Projected]

It's not because of his looks. It's because he's shit.

[The Sandman]

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

Word.

[The Third Man]

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

The other side of it is that I have yet to meet a Buckethead fan who isn't stuck so incredibly far up chickenman's ass that he can understand people not liking him.

Every time I hear a Buckethead fan respond they just say "you can't look past his appearance!"

Let's turn things around, you're not capable of comprehending that some people might simply not like his crap music.

I wouldn't even consider myself a big Buckethead fan, mate. I just have a lot of respect for someone who can play as well as he does and produce as much varied material as he does.

[Projected]

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

The other side of it is that I have yet to meet a Buckethead fan who isn't stuck so incredibly far up chickenman's ass that he can understand people not liking him.

Every time I hear a Buckethead fan respond they just say "you can't look past his appearance!"

Let's turn things around, you're not capable of comprehending that some people might simply not like his crap music.

I wouldn't even consider myself a big Buckethead fan, mate. I just have a lot of respect for someone who can play as well as he does and produce as much varied material as he does.

Bwahahahahaha!!!

Varied!!!

[Estranged Reality]

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

The other side of it is that I have yet to meet a Buckethead fan who isn't stuck so incredibly far up chickenman's ass that he can understand people not liking him.

Every time I hear a Buckethead fan respond they just say "you can't look past his appearance!"

Let's turn things around, you're not capable of comprehending that some people might simply not like his crap music.

I wouldn't even consider myself a big Buckethead fan, mate. I just have a lot of respect for someone who can play as well as he does and produce as much varied material as he does.

Bwahahahahaha!!!

Varied!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Tears-Bucke...d/dp/B00006JTH4

... is nothing like http://www.amazon.com/Peppers-Ghost-Buckethead/dp/B000NZP7Q4

[Marky]

Izzy Stradlin

Gem Archer

[Guest Ohdistortedsmile1789]

We've all heard about Robert Johnson, but it's about time Charley Patton, Skip James, Son House, Blind Willie McTell, and others receive the credit they deserve. Very few people realize just how innovative Muddy Waters was as a guitarist. I think Mike Bloomfield is underrated today, he came before, and was as good as, the men who popularized Blues Rock guitar later on. The same goes for Elvin Bishop. Too few know just how amazing John McLaughlin is, and fewer know that he very quietly carried the torch for progressive guitar after Jimi Hendrix's death. Rod Price was as phenomenal as any other 70s Hard Rock guitarist. I feel like most guitar aficionados are too into soloing to appreciate Johnny Marr enough. Roy Buchanan was about as good as anyone to have ever played the instrument. Kurt Cobain had a great attitude as a guitarist, and definitely possessed his own sound. Alvin Youngblood Hart is one of the best rhythm guitarists alive today. There are a lot of killer Jazz guitarists in New York that you're unlikely to hear about, including Ben Monder, Jonathan Kreissberg, and Mike Moreno.

[The Third Man]

Robert Fripp.

[Iceman24]

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

The other side of it is that I have yet to meet a Buckethead fan who isn't stuck so incredibly far up chickenman's ass that he can understand people not liking him.

Every time I hear a Buckethead fan respond they just say "you can't look past his appearance!"

Let's turn things around, you're not capable of comprehending that some people might simply not like his crap music.

I wouldn't even consider myself a big Buckethead fan, mate. I just have a lot of respect for someone who can play as well as he does and produce as much varied material as he does.

Bwahahahahaha!!!

Varied!!!

He is one of the musicians who have an incredible variety of different styles. He plays Trash Metal, Jazz, Blues, Hard Rock, Experimental, Free Jazz, Chill Out, Psychodelic, Funk...

He can just play anything. Compare stuff like Inbred Mountain with Colma, totally different.

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

The other side of it is that I have yet to meet a Buckethead fan who isn't stuck so incredibly far up chickenman's ass that he can understand people not liking him.

Every time I hear a Buckethead fan respond they just say "you can't look past his appearance!"

Let's turn things around, you're not capable of comprehending that some people might simply not like his crap music.

This still doesn't mean you have to walk around and offend him all the time. Say you don't like him, okay.

And I can understand that you might not like his music, but you can't deny he is incdredibly skilled.

[moreblack]

Bert Jansch, he basically wrote most of Zeppelin's acoustic material...

[Iceman24]

So when Buckethead does all the chicken stuff and the weird outfits and the stuff on his website it's part of the joke,

and I just don't get it, and when I call him chickenman I'm insulting him?

Also, I don't insult him all the time. I've criticized his playing, his style, his look, his (lack of) emotion.

Basically I criticized everything about him. And will continue to do so.

If you look at Buckethead you will have to admit that it's impossible not to make a joking comment about his so called gimmick while doing so.

But in my opinion I never did that in an unfounded way.

If people find that insulting that's their problem.

I've constantly said I acknowledged his technical ability.

But I still think he sucks and for a lot of people that's hard to understand.

That pisses me off.

I don't know what pisses me off more. Buckethead, or how far up his ass some (emphasis, some, not all) of his fans seem to be...

How anyone is criticizing his emotional skills is beyond me, he has such an wesome and beautiful way to play.

Of course his outfit is wierd, but it's what makes him Buckethead. In the beginning, I alsways thought Buckethead sucks. I thought he is a wierdo who can't play with emotion (basically I had the same thoughts as you). But some day I just decided to give Buckethead a try and bought his album Colma. And tried not to be prejudiced and it blew me away.

By the way, check your mailfolder, I sent you something.

[sweetness]

Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold

Edited April 9, 2007 by sweetness

[FunkyMonk]

I still don't get how people can say that Buckethead doesn't play with emotion . Just because he doesn't make faces when he bends a note, or sways ridiculously back and forwards every time he plays a solo doesn't mean he has no emotion. How about listening to the music? Just don't care about all the shit he's wearing.

Next time you complain about how there's no emotion, ignore that he didn't throw his head back when he played a note and listen to the music.

[4geowobo]

I think Buckethead conveys his emotions when he does his weird motions or when he solos he break dances and starts doing the "robot"

not everyone shows emotion by making faces or using your body to sway back and forth

his image is a gimmick, and im a big BH fan but I can say he has some songs that just "suck"

He is very talented but does make some crappy songs/albums

Adrian Smith and Buckethead

Your kdding me

there both well known and credited for their skills

I mean a guitarist from Maiden & just Buckethead alone underrated

HAHA ever since Guitar Hero 2 Buckethead has been bloated to the point were he could be considered overrated since all these 14 year olds go

"ZOMG BUCKETHEAD ROX JORDAN IZ UBE RROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

No I'm not.

Adrian Smith is one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time, yet gets no where near the credit that Kirk Hammett (complete one trick pony) gets, or that Dimebag Darrell gets or even that Zakk Wylde gets.

Buckethead is vastly underrated. How many people refuse to like or even listen to him purely because of his appearance? He seems to only be truly respected in musician circles, and for someone of his talent, that is nowhere near the respect or exposure he deserves.

That is true about Adrian, Zakk, Kirk, and Dime are severely overrated

as for Buckethead those people are a minority now to his legions of (now even young) fans

Im a myspace user and I have noticed how since late 06 (when GH2 came out) how his name started popping up more

He is highly respected by musicians (and by me I love the guy) I just don't think he is underrated

Edited April 9, 2007 by 4geowobo

[Iceman24]

Username, you still think he doesn't play with emotion?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CcZFJZZsg

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