Top 100 Guitarists by Rolling Stone

Every time I've seen this list debated, people knee jerk react against Jack White. The man's a ****ing genius. Go see them live, and then decide. I wouldn't necessarily put him so high, but why does he always catch the flak? It's hardly like saying Nick Valensi or someone, Jack can play like hell.

It's funny how always in those "Best list" they always put Nirvana or Kurt Cobain in the top 😖
Why was he so famous? Just because the band was the first commercial grunge band?
😖

I like Nirvana but I just don't understand that fact, it just gets me a little mad when I see Kurt put before than Santana, George Harrison, the Edge even Tom Morello 😖

Well it depends on your judging criteria. He is one of the most influential, and one of the best songwriting guitarists. These factors are definitely relevant, otherwise the top 5 would be Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie, EVH and Paul Gilbert or something like that.

Yes, as you said, songwritters not guitarrist and the list is for the best 100 guitarrist 😐

Now it would be the same as putting him in the top 10 in a list for the best singers

But if you are talking about songwritting, he has to be in the top ten, I would not fight about that

Well then, about 80 of these guitarists should not be there. None of them can play like Vai.

He's not a great guitarist... Great songwriter, yes, great guitarist, no. Slash from GNR should definitely be there. And about Jack White... He's not doing anything that hasn't been done before, he's just taking some older blues elements and applying them to a different genre. There are other bands that have done the same, and better at that.

Again. This is reducing the category to pure technique or innovation, in which case Slash would be nowhere.

They really should do separate categories... best songwriting guitarists, best innovators, best technical guitarists, etc.

Yeah I guess.

I suppose the true genius is they encourage debate.

I do think they should exclude Hendrix. Because it's blatant no one will ever equal him. Ever.

My favourite guitarist is Tom Morello or Adam Jones.

As with all instruments, I don't judge guitar ability by ability to play someone elses songs. Morello could play a Hendrix riff but he could never dream one such riff up in his mind. Hence why Hendrix will forever be the best.

-AC

Eddie Van Halen
Jonny Petrucci
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Steve Vai
Carlos Santana
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
Brian May of Qeen
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
Kirk Hammett of Metallica
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

giljotiini

THESE SHOULD BE THE 10 FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

FIRST SHOULD BE SLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kurt shouldn't be at the top ten

When it comes to actual guitar playing, Kurt Cobain was diabolical! FACT!!!!

Without trying to sound mean, just because the man is dead, it doesn't mean he was a good guitarist!

Orlibabe... all the guys you listed are good, but none of them will ever be better than Hendrix or Robert Johnson. Slash is great, but no way is he the best guitarist in the world.

John Petrucci is awesome.

-AC

YEAH SLASH ISN'T FIRST

I THINK john petrucci or eddie van hallen
and ok kurt cobain wasn't very good i just like his songs. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT!!!

Yeah, me too, but that makes him a good songwriter, not a good guitarist.

And still... John Petrucci and Eddie Van Halen, as much as I like them both, will never be on the same level as Hendrix. Or Robert Johnson, just because he was such an important part of blues as a genre... And as most of us should know, we wouldn't have rock without blues.

Prince- i've said it before and i'll say it again. He is outrageously good but, on this board, barely anyone has seen him at his best. He should be in the top 20 no question.

Kate xx

Originally posted by Difrycheulyd
1 Jimi 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 Bod Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
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

wHAT the hell is this nonsense? No Wes Montgomery? Django Reinhart (the fastest guitarist in the world and he only had three fingers on his left hand!) Grant Green!?

F*CK that list