The GUITAR in rock peaked in the 90s

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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    redsdisease wrote:
    Can people please stop saying grunge. It's a meaningless, dumb sounding word.

    Grunge.jpg
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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    muppet wrote:
    I think people closley identify with the era that they grew up in so it's hard to be objective on the matter.

    My personal favourite would also be the 90s, however. Distortion!

    Oh yes, the best distortion ever sounded. I'm sure that I'm over generalizing, but I just don't hear a better or bigger guitar sound than in GRUNGE. Which band is credited with influencing the distorted guitar sound of AIC, SG and Nirvana???? Is it the Melvins???? I remember Kim Thail saying something about a seatle band with a crazy sound influencing the whole scene.
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  • All Those Yesterdays
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    I'd say check out The Black Keys before you say that.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    because thankfully rock has rediscovered "rhythm" to replace the whiter than white masturbatory guitar wanking that became such a joke in the 90s. why do you think people moshed? becos there was no rhythm to that music so you couldn't dance to shit. why do you think pearl jam was so popular? becos stone had enough funk and soul in his writing and playing to make pearl jam transcend the scene of braindead heroin addicts using pedals to compensate for a lack talent.
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    soulsinging wrote:
    because thankfully rock has rediscovered "rhythm" to replace the whiter than white masturbatory guitar wanking that became such a joke in the 90s. why do you think people moshed? becos there was no rhythm to that music so you couldn't dance to shit. why do you think pearl jam was so popular? becos stone had enough funk and soul in his writing and playing to make pearl jam transcend the scene of braindead heroin addicts using pedals to compensate for a lack talent.

    You could actually HEAR the "rhythm" guitar in the 90s, as oppossed to most of new alternative and nu metal. You can't fucking dance to PJ or most rock for that matter.
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  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    nuffingman wrote:
    I agree with most of this but not the silly topic bit. We all like to discuss who we think is the best and have our own opinions. I don't agree that rock guitar playing peaked with the likes of Nirvana and the so called Grunge era. I feel some of that playing didn't have soul and feel. There again I prefer blues guitar playing. I was a teenager in the 70s and there were a number of guitar rock bands that i don't think have ever been beaten, Zeppelin, Deep Purple. Hendrix was a stunning guitarist but I don't like listening to him. Best guitarist I ever saw was the late great Rory Gallagher. Treat yourselves and listen to Irish Tour.


    I gave a fella three blank cd with one of his choices being the Libertines. Anyway one that I did was a mixture on my computer and the other had mostly rory material from his first three solo albums. He is liking it already.


    What great guitar players are there now in comparsion to Clapton, Gallagher, Page and Hendrix?
  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,012
    fada wrote:
    I gave a fella three blank cd with one of his choices being the Libertines. Anyway one that I did was a mixture on my computer and the other had mostly rory material from his first three solo albums. He is liking it already.


    What great guitar players are there now in comparsion to Clapton, Gallagher, Page and Hendrix?

    Jack White, Derek Trucks, John Mayer... there are plenty more I'm sure.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,096
    fada wrote:
    I gave a fella three blank cd with one of his choices being the Libertines. Anyway one that I did was a mixture on my computer and the other had mostly rory material from his first three solo albums. He is liking it already.


    What great guitar players are there now in comparsion to Clapton, Gallagher, Page and Hendrix?

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  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Johnny Shines > Jimi Hendrix
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    interpol and the strokes are pretty good guitar sounds
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    DOSW wrote:
    Jack White, Derek Trucks, John Mayer... there are plenty more I'm sure.
    +1
    Add John Frusciante, Davey Knowles.
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    mookeywrench wrote:
    michio kurihara
    anything you can recommend outside the Boris release? Rainbow is soooooo good. What a unique guitar sound.
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Want to get an idea of what I'm talking about??? Listen to Sirus's Lithium and compare to everything else.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    fada wrote:
    What great guitar players are there now in comparsion to Clapton, Gallagher, Page and Hendrix?
    In my opinion none! Trucks supports Clapton (roll on Hyde park in June), he's good but nuff said. Don't really listen to any new guys but guidance will be appreciated.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,174
    keeponrockin wrote:
    +1
    Add John Frusciante, Davey Knowles.
    +2
    Add Marc Ford
  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    I know exactly what you mean about "the distortion in the riff." I hate how all these bands have that. Theres no creativity in that at all.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    keeponrockin wrote:
    +1
    Add John Frusciante, Davey Knowles.
    I saw Davey Knowles in his home town when he was a wee whippersnapper and no one had heard of him, no older than 17 or 18. Even then I thought he was the best blues guitarist I ever saw. Puts Clapton to shame. I don't even like blues rock much.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    The guitar peaked in rock on January 1st 1970, at the Fillmore East, first show, second song. Everything after that was scalar wankledoodlage.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    The guitar peaked in rock on January 1st 1970, at the Fillmore East, first show, second song. Everything after that was scalar wankledoodlage.
    So at least we agree that the peak of rock guitar was Jimi :)
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    So at least we agree that the peak of rock guitar was Jimi :)


    Yep. Let these midwestern hicks name these fretwanking nobodies over Lord James, and then run back to their Whiteboy Axe Hero XIV games. :D

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