Why does the band have so many guitarists?

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musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited July 2008 in The Porch
Not that I am complaining, but why 3?

Can anyone else name any other bands with 3 guitarists?
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  • Brain Of E
    Brain Of E Posts: 499
    i think iron maiden has like six guitarists.
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  • billtospill
    billtospill Posts: 60
    one my other favorite seattle bands, 70 proof has, on average, four guitar players, a b-3 player, two drummers, a bass player and paul passerelli as the singer and even though the stage gets crowded you can't beat the sound!
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Not that I am complaining, but why 3?

    Can anyone else name any other bands with 3 guitarists?

    Ed is just sometimes a guitar player... In my opinion him playing guitar (mostly power chords I believe) make the song feel bigger in the live setting.

    edit: and not that I like them at all but I think slipknot has like a shit load of guitar players... amirite?
  • voodoopug
    voodoopug Posts: 1,011
    No different than the Rolling Stones. They have two full time guitarists and a third guitarist on about 2/3rds of their songs when played live (Sometimes it is Mick Jagger, and sometimes it is Blondie Chaplin).
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Not that I am complaining, but why 3?

    Can anyone else name any other bands with 3 guitarists?

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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,991
    Ed just likes to play rhythm on songs he writes the music to. who wouldn't?
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Foo Fighters?
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    Jeff plays bass. 2 guitarists and a bassist.
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  • electronic_dreams
    electronic_dreams Posts: 70
    The Eagles....
  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    joint in a tree wrote:
    Jeff plays bass. 2 guitarists and a bassist.

    Um...Eddie plays guitar sometimes...actually, about half of the songs...

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    joint in a tree wrote:
    Jeff plays bass. 2 guitarists and a bassist.

    Haven't seen the band since the Ten tour, eh?

    Ed plays a lot of guitar now, just so ya know. ;)
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  • AtlantaJammer
    AtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Pappas
    Pappas Posts: 809
    it allows them to add more depth to their songs. take note when eddie has his electric most of the time stone has an acoustic. ie it allows eddie to play rhythm, stone to play acoustic to give it a diff edge (eg betterman in my tree etc list goes on) and mike can play leads. when they have all 3 electrics they emphasize power and loudness eg RVM.
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  • i_am_mine
    i_am_mine Posts: 53
    when bruce is with the e street band there's 3 guitar players... bruce, little steven and nils. patti rocks the acoustic when shes with them too!
  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Haven't seen the band since the Ten tour, eh?

    Ed plays a lot of guitar now, just so ya know. ;)


    HAA. i WISH i saw them on the Ten tour!!

    i wouldn't call ed a guitarist, exactly. Maybe a part time guitarist.

    edit...yeah, for some reason i thought the OP was referring to Jeff. Duh.
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  • ovechkin8
    ovechkin8 Posts: 491
    he plays what he writes....

    plus i like watching him play, he's enthusiasitc about playing guitar...probably because his hero is a guitar legend (legend because of the way he plays/writes more than his skill.....but i digress). he enjoys it and he riffs out hard...its fun.....sometimes.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    The Tragically Hip, Gord picks up an acoustic occasionally.
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    joint in a tree wrote:
    HAA. i WISH i saw them on the Ten tour!!

    i wouldn't call ed a guitarist, exactly. Maybe a part time guitarist.

    edit...yeah, for some reason i thought the OP was referring to Jeff. Duh.

    I guess. Ed plays on a shitload of songs, though.
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  • blackmosquito
    blackmosquito Posts: 59
    Bad Religion has three guitarists
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