God bless KISS!!!



Enough said!

Mf

Ace Frehley? Hmm. Seen him once. Can't remember him "shredding" but ok. I think Hotter than Hell is KISS's best album.

personally brewer has never bought into kiss being a great band. theatrical band yes, a illusion band is more accurate. the shredding was the name of the youtube video.

my theory of the infamous smoking guitar is simple. it's a dummy and freheley is not trully playing it during this solo. however he does do a real solo with the 2nd guitar.

i bring this up because i rember kids and people talking about this smoking guitar solo he does and how he did it. i was 12 at the time.

a brewer side note to this kiss thread is that rush was a regular opener band for kiss in rush's early years. i don't know how peter chris could have the balls to come out and play the drums. knowing that the "professor of the drum kit" had just put another drumming clinique of awe inspirering technical drumming......

Thank goodness! Mikespike thought Brewer had lost all common sense regarding rock 'n' roll, that is why Mikespike posted Nigel Tufnel's solo. Notice the same level of ability and technical prowess exhibited by Nigel as a musician.

Mikespike was 12 when he saw Kiss and he remembers Ace's guitar shooting bottle rockets from the neck of the guitar. Decades later, Mikespike realizes Ace Frehley was just a bad guitarist wearing makeup and the original version of superhero under-roos.

actually i really enjoyed the nigel youtube piece. very funny! spinal tap was a great movie.

Mikespike has always held George Lynch in high esteem - here are some examples of his "work":

1st one, he "rocks" out, you'll see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUXXgiKpfrE

2nd, nice cover without "apeing" the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiBMvp4fxT4

c) great jam for fish whistle and non-fish whistle users

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGeg5iEvBE0

I'd love to hear him cover YYZ with NP!

Lynch has great chops and dexterity. Ace....not so much. But pretty much Randy Rhoads was my favorite of the rock and roll guitar players.


Here's my top picks...

1. Frank Zappa
2.Jimi Hendrix
3.Tony Iommi
4.Randy Rhoads
5.Eddie Van Halen
6.Michael Schenker
7.Gary Moore
8.Jeff Beck
9.Brian May
10.Angus Young
11.Alex Lifeson
12.Steve Vai
13.Ronnie Montrose
14.Ritchie Blackmore
15.Ace Frehley.......just kidding

aphid, the simple fact that you failed to have jimmy page on your list,,, sucks!

Brewer plays dumb, but this was his best non-typo in a while!

As great as I thought Jimmy Page was at writing songs, producing and arranging... if you go back and watch a copy of Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same" on DVD... his guitar solos were about the same caliber as ol' Ace's there.

Here's a list of some of my favorite rock guitarists:

Eric Johnson
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
Nuno Bettencourt
Paul Gilbert
Tony Macalpine
Vinnie Moore
Neal Schon
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci

Just to name a few.

Check out this 1980's era Paul Gilbert shred. Makes Ace look like he's strummin' a tennis racket.



Or the the king of taste and tone... Eric Johnson:

Jimmy Page
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Brian May
Glen Tipton
Angus Young
Eddie VanHalen
David Gilmour
Zakk Wylde
Alex Lifeson
Rick Nielsen

Mf

You did NOT just list Eddie Van Halen above Angus Young on your list.

Tell me you were having a siezure or something.

Wow- No mention of Darrell Abbott, For a heavy metal act Pantera
ruled the 90s and that dude could flat out shred!
Chrome

hmmm, no slash mentioned. mike mckready of pearl jam can surely put a shred on too.

You pathetic yankee wankers! Not one mention of the Queen's own gift to guitar, Eric Clapton. You people never would have discovered your own black, blues legends if it had not been for our boys!!! Cheers you silly sods...

pete, the slayer of big natives chimes in. how's that fish tasting?

The pic's photoshopped....

Mf

The late Chet Atkins...

RIP

Mf

Must say you have some ball's.....Either that, our your a complete idiot.

Location....upyourarseland

My mind is made up.

Hey EP, How about starting an new members thread, introducing and telling us a little about yourself...?

lol

Mf

I'll take David Gilmour over EC any day of the week, seeing as how he's never been an alcoholic, heroin addict, wife stealing, piss-poor-father that let his child fall out a penthouse window to his death. I'm just sayin'

i was going to mention chet, but someone beat me to it.

how about mark knopfler?

zakk wylde is a hell of a guitarist, but i don't really care for his band so much. saw a video of him playing some bluesy stuff, too bad you don't hear much of that out of him.

Eric Clapton is the most OVERRATED guy EVER to even pick up a guitar IMO!

Guess who Eric Clapton's favorite guitarist is though?

Yep... Eric Johnson!

There's a million good rock guitarists out there... and I like 'em all!

Guys like Angus Young and David Gilmour are great because event though they may not be technically that proficient... you can recognize their playing after just a few notes.

Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen were innovators... and took the art of rock guitar playing in completely new directions.

Darrel Abbot, Zakk Wylde, George Lynch etc... I consider to be excellent, distinctive players... but not quite up to the virtuoso level of an Yngwie Malmsteen or Steve Vai for example.

Then when you get into different genre's of music like country, jazz, fusion etc... there's a whole 'nother group of virtuoso players... most of whom you've probably never even heard of.

Like I said... I pretty much like it all... and I remember as a kid pretendin' to play along with Ace Frehley's solo on Kiss Alive II... thinkin' that was the [censored]!

What about

I can't stand it anymore!

dude from the presidents plays a mean geetar too.

Eric Johnson Rocks and Cliffs over Dover is the shiznit!
Chrome

I listed those guys in no particular order Dan. Just a few of my favorites. And I omitted the real metal guys otherwise James Hetfield and Dime would be up there as well as Glenn Tipton,and [censored] the list could go on.




English Pete......

Rah-row-raggie!

Mf