The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time according to rolling stone

[YYZ2112RUSH]

1Jimi 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
11Kirk 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
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 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, 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
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, 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 (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
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 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

i have to disagree with a lot of them but mostly where eddie van halen is placed 70th

[SurferD]

Was it general guitarists or just rock? Some of the guys mentioned wouldn't know a scale from a ruler. What are the guys at Rolling Stone smoking?

[Xerosnake90]

Worst list I've ever seen in my life. Jimmy hendrix as greatest guitarist? Are we talking about most skill, song writing, influetnal? You've got to be kidding me. Eddie van halen at 70. Wow, seriously, this is a horrible list. TOM MORELLO at 26..... *shakes head* ~.~;

[Leni Pocky]

How did the guitarist from Tool get on there but not Dimebag? WTF.

[WingsOfSteel]

TRANSLATED:

Hey guys, these are the guitarists of 100 randomly selected popular bands, arranged in no particular order!

[WiseOldUnicorn]

It's Rolling Stone, what do you expect?

[BearFan51]

Quick question.
In what year, was Rolling Stone last relevant to music?


Yeah......me either. (and I'm 37)

[polishdog90]

I agree with some but not a lot of it.

Stuff I dissagree strongly with:

Ranked Too High:
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana he was good, but not that good. Partially why Nirvana was so good was because of the lyrics which don't make him a better guitarist. Most Nirvana songs can be learned by someone who has played guitar for like 1 month.

16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones Kind of the same thing as Kurt. He might have been in the birth of a certain style of music, but his playing really wasnt that innovative. I would say Iommi popularized powerchords, and thats all Johnny Ramone ever really played.

17 Jack White of the White Stripes I dont even know how to respond to this. This is just wtf for me.

Rated Too Low:

85 Randy Rhoads Honestly Randy Rhoads was a guitar god. He wrote both of his albums with ozzy in 1980 and they were amazing albums. If he were to have lived longer he could easily be the greatest guitarist ever.

86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath The man invented metal. He popularized power chords. He was an amazing guitarist despite the fact that he lost fingers in an accident. People today still take his riffs because he was just plain amazing.

82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd His solos are some of the most beautiful I have ever heard. He was also an amazing song writer and great with effects. He has been playing since the 60s and been making great material every decade since then.

[Nazo64]

Where. Is. SLASH?!

[smash88]

I agree where the hell is Slash?? some of his solos are ridiculous... I agree also that Kurt Cobain shouldn't be that high and maybe not even on the list ( i'm a big nirvana fan.. but i cam play most of the songs on guitar and i don't play!) but Jack White definitely deserves to be on the list maybe not that high but he comes up with some pretty interesting stuff...