Jimi Hendrix gets #1 guitarist of all time in Rolling Stone

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-09-07 07:58pm

I don't know much about him. In fact, I didn't even know he was black until I saw his picture in the magazine. He looks like he knows the business.

Uh, yeah. I thought someone might be interested.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-09-07 08:02pm

This doesn't exactly come as a surprise to many people.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-07 08:03pm

Jimi Hendrix is a veritable guitar god. Self-taught and he used a right-handed guitar even though he was a lefty - so he had to teach himself to play it backwards!

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-09-07 08:06pm

Jimi rocks!

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-09-07 08:08pm

IIRC John Fogerty took #40. My dad is a big fan of his.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-07 08:09pm

Yeah, and that's about the only guitarist the Rolling Stone magazine fuckers got right when they made up their top 100 chart. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Slayer's dynamic duo of Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman aren't even on the list. And somehow Eddy Van Halen is at #70? This is more a list of "Most popular guitarists" as opposed to "best guitarists".

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-07 08:19pm

Yeah, look at Angus Young, he's #96. Bah.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-07 08:22pm

http://www.rollingstone.com/features/co ... p?pid=1917

You can find the full list here....anyway, who the fuck wrote this shit? Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain, John Frusciante, and JACK WHITE in the top 20? Good guitarists all around, but hardly top 20 material. And Van Halen at number 70 is just a sin against rock and roll. And Angus Young at 96, holee fuckin' shit!

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-09-07 08:29pm

Wait wait wait... Kurt Cobain was in the top twenty? How? Nirvana wasn't even a good band! And he's ahead of Brian May, for chrissakes!

And how is Duane Allman ahead of Slowhand Clapton!?

GAH!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-07 08:31pm

Wait wait wait... Kurt Cobain was in the top twenty? How? Nirvana wasn't even a good band! And he's ahead of Brian May, for chrissakes!

Goddamn Gen-Xers...maybe when they're all done growing up this worship at the Church of Nirvana will cease.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-09-07 08:42pm

Durran Korr wrote:Goddamn Gen-Xers...maybe when they're all done growing up this worship at the Church of Nirvana will cease.

I know, the ones that think that Kurt Cobain was some sort of goddamn hero because he blew his head off...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-09-07 08:42pm

Brian "The Hair" May would whup Cobain anyday... uh, if only he hadn't gone angsty and eaten a bullet.

Glad to see Jimi up at the top, even Clapton said he'd never rival this guy.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-09-07 08:44pm

Dalton wrote:Jimi Hendrix is a veritable guitar god. Self-taught and he used a right-handed guitar even though he was a lefty - so he had to teach himself to play it backwards!

Hes the first guitar god i belive ( by deffinition )

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-07 08:44pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Goddamn Gen-Xers...maybe when they're all done growing up this worship at the Church of Nirvana will cease.
I know, the ones that think that Kurt Cobain was some sort of goddamn hero because he blew his head off...

Not "hero", "spokesperson for a generation."

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-09-07 09:03pm

Hehe, ike turner is on the list

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-09-07 09:07pm

I don't know if Jimi should be #1. Don't get me wrong, he is a guitar beast and sould be no lower than top 5, but there are some technical/speed/soulful geniuses out there.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-07 09:08pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:I don't know if Jimi should be #1. Don't get me wrong, he is a guitar beast and sould be no lower than top 5, but there are some technical/speed/soulful geniuses out there.

Hendrix exists on an entirely different level than anyone else. No one has been able to reach that level, in my opinion.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-09-07 09:11pm

Durran Korr wrote:
StormTrooperTR889 wrote:I don't know if Jimi should be #1. Don't get me wrong, he is a guitar beast and sould be no lower than top 5, but there are some technical/speed/soulful geniuses out there.
Hendrix exists on an entirely different level than anyone else. No one has been able to reach that level, in my opinion.

People say this about him.... like. .... alot of people say this about him, but its such a general statement, it could be said about anybody, or anything, and i dont think people understand what it means.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-07 09:14pm

Reaction to thread title:

Well... DUH!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-07 09:23pm

aphexmonster wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Hendrix exists on an entirely different level than anyone else. No one has been able to reach that level, in my opinion.
People say this about him.... like. .... alot of people say this about him, but its such a general statement, it could be said about anybody, or anything, and i dont think people understand what it means.

In this case it's very simple. While there are people who can play faster & crazier than Hendrix, Ygnwie Malmsteen for example, Jimi Hendrix is the only person who can play ANYTHING on a guitar and have it sound cool & musical. Hendrix can and has played a bunch of random off-key notes on his guitar on a whim and have it sound cool, anyone else doing it just sounds like a goof. That is existing on a higher level.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-07 09:37pm

Jimi Hendrix is be-all end-all to his instument of might: the guitar. There are no exceptions.

As for the rest fo the top 100...Urge to kill...RISING...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-07 09:42pm

If you have any doubts about Jimi Hendrix deserving to be considered the best guitar player ever, listen to his cover of the Star-Spangled Banner. It's hard to imagine a piece of music capturing America at the end of the sixties better than he did with that cover.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-09-07 09:43pm

Jimi Hendrix was the bridge between humans and perfect energy beings when it came to his thang. Case closed.

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2003-09-07 10:23pm

Oh dear fucking god no... Kirk Hammet is on this list, and Dave Mustaine isnt? Dear God. If you listen to the "No Life 'Till Leather" Demo, with Dave Mustaine playing lead, he completely blows kirk away. God damn I hate Metallica.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-09-07 10:30pm

Steve Vai...

Master of six-string masturbation.