August 31, 2010
Top 25 Rock guitarists…
I posted the best metal/hard rock guitarists a couple week’s ago…here’s a list of the Top 25 Rock guitarists…according to some website. The list seems fairly well thought out…though I don’t even know some of these guys. Feel free to argue amongst yourselves.
1. Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experence, Band of Gypsys, session work)
2. Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, session work, solo)
3. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
4. Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, session work, solo)
5. Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, session work)
6. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night)
7. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, solo)
8. Chuck Berry (solo)
9. Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley)
10. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band, Derek & The Dominos, session work)
11. Robert Fripp (King Crimson, session work, solo)
12. Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, the Syndicats, solo)
13. Brian May (Queen, solo)
14. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo)
15. Carlos Santana (Santana, solo)
16. Pete Townshend (The Who, solo)
17. Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG’s, Mar-Keys, Blues Brothers Band, sesion work)
18. Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo)
19. Yngwie Malmsteen (Steeler, Alcatrazz, solo)
20. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, solo)
21. Eric Johnson (The Electromagnets, solo)
22. Joe Satriani (solo, Chickenfoot)
23. Danny Gatton (solo, session work, Redneck Jazz Explosion)
24. Roy Buchanan (solo, session work)
25. Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo)
Top 20 Greatest Drummers of the last 25 years
Britain’s “Rhythm” magazine conducted a poll to determine The Top 20 Greatest Drummers of the Last 25 Years . . . and after 100,000 votes were counted, the top honors went to SLIPKNOT drummer JOEY JORDISON.
–Here’s the Top 10:
#1.) JOEY JORDISON of SLIPKNOT
#2.) MIKE PORTNOY of DREAM THEATER
#3.) GAVIN HARRISON of the British prog rock band PORCUPINE TREE
#4.) NEIL PEART of RUSH
#5.) DAVE GROHL of NIRVANA, the FOO FIGHTERS and THEM CROOKED VULTURES
#6.) TRAVIS BARKER of BLINK-182
#7.) NICKO MCBRAIN of IRON MAIDEN
#8.) VINNIE COLAIUTA, who’s played with FRANK ZAPPA, STING and JEFF BECK
#9.) PHIL COLLINS of GENESIS . . . I guess
#10.) CHAD SMITH of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and CHICKENFOOT
Best seat in the house
A toilet once owned by John Lennon has sold for nearly $15,000 at a recent auction of Beatles memorabilia in the U.K. Lennon reportedly gave the bathroom fixture to a contractor named John Hancock after moving out of his home in Berkshire in 1971. According to Hancock, the commode has been sitting in a shed since he received it from the legendary songwriter, who reportedly told him to “put flowers in it or something.”
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