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Post by blackjack on Jan 20, 2016 8:44:11 GMT -6
Which of these guitarists was most influential as far as the number of guitar players they influenced and just as or even more importantly, which of these guitarists developed the most dramatic change in the way guitar was played in metal and hard rock?
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Post by Blue on Jan 23, 2016 4:27:29 GMT -6
Not going to vote since I think all of them has contributed a lot.
The only opinion I'm going to have is that I think that Randy Rhoads doesn't belong in this poll. As much as I love him I don't think he was quite as influential as the others in this poll.
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Post by blackjack on Jan 23, 2016 6:03:23 GMT -6
Not going to vote since I think all of them has contributed a lot. The only opinion I'm going to have is that I think that Randy Rhoads doesn't belong in this poll. As much as I love him I don't think he was quite as influential as the others in this poll. In the early 80s the two most influential guitars were Eddie and Randy. Most metal guitarists were learning as much Randy Rhoads and Van Halen as they could. They were the two most influential guitarists at that time and remained so until Yngwie started to be known (around the time he made the cover of Guitar Player magazine which had an insert of a recording of Black Star). Before Randy Rhodes not many rock guitarists used the diatonic modes more than the pentatonic and blues scales in their leads. Roads brought a strong classical influence into rock whereas Van Halen says his biggest influence was Clapton. |
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Post by jacoby3mnk on Jan 23, 2016 11:20:55 GMT -6
I agree with Blue that all of them contributed a lot. The reason I chose EVH over any other guitarist is because out of those listed he is the one that influenced me the most.
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