Rolling Stone's "Greatest Guitarists of all time" GRRR!!Music

[James2097]

I know this "list" is a bit old (2003 I think), but I haven't found a thread on it and it makes me sooo MAD!

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 Bo 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
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

Ignoring the general stupidity and idiocy of the whole thing (apart from putting Hendrix at #1), there are some obvious exclusions (and some that could have easily been included (you could think of hundreds that should take Jack White's placement up near the top):

Chet Atkins!!!
Joe Satriani!!!
Eric Johnson!!!
Steve Vai!!!
Slash!!!
John Petrucci!!!
Leo Kottke!!!
Muddy Waters!!!
Andres Segovia!!!
Charlie Christian!!!
Django Reinhardt!!!
John Lee Hooker!!!
Wes Montgomery
Phil Keaggy
Robin Trower
John Williams
Yngwie Malmsteen (hahahaha don't flame me)
Allan Holdsworth
Al Di Meola
Steve Morse
Albert Collins
Albert King
Zakk Wylde
Gary Moore
Pat Matheny
George Benson
Billy Gibbons
Robert Cray
Larry Carlton
Paco De Lucia
Uli Roth
Andy Summers
Bill Frisell
dimebag darrel
dave mustaine
James Hetfield
paul gilbert
marty friedman
Jerry Cantrell
...... etc etc etc etc etc etc


Even the guy from Spinal Tap is better than Jack White it must be noted.

Go nuts guys... this list has one or two probs....

 

[Shannon]

Yeah, I've seen this before. Like all other "Greatest _____ of All Time" lists, this one sucks.

The fact that Jack White is even on their makes me sick. And Dave Gilmour at #82?!

 

[Zardoz]

Of all the aburdities, the burying of Mark Knopfler at 27th is perhaps the most ridiculous of all...

 

[Gil]

What, no Doyle Dykes or Merle Travis?

Obviously, you cannot trust a magazine that puts Britney Spears on the cover more than once.

And while Cobain was a ground-breaking song writer, he wasn't that great a player.
They also left of Albert Lee, and many of the really good country guys.

 

[Saleen Man]

I'm pretty sure the worst placement on that list is Kurt Cobain at #12. Maybe there should be a "GTP Top 100 Guitarists of All-Time" list made?

 

[daan]

Welcome to 2 years ago. Hope you enjoy your stay.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30949&highlight=greatest+rolling

 

[Ev0]

Obviously, you cannot trust a magazine that puts Britney Spears on the cover more than once.

It makes sense though. She was very sexy, and sex sells.

But you do have to be a flaming idiot to trust anything Rolling Stone puts out.

 

[Touring Mars]

I agree with bost original posters of this list (both old and new) in that it's simply ridiculous... Chuck Berry above Jimmy Page?? Where's that "Rolls On The Floor Laughing Until I Have A Cardiac Arrest" smiley?.... Zappa, Townshend and Steve Howe at 45, 50 and 69 respectively, whereas Kurt Cobain, Jack White and The Edge are 12, 17 and 24??? .. what absolute twaddle... also, I like the way they say "Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits" as if you're not meant to know who he is, but then just say "James Burton" as if you're meant to know who he is ... favourite one, "Johnny Ramone of the Ramones..." well, duh...

Speaking of Knopfler and Dire Straits, did you hear that Chris Rea is to join Dire Straits?! The band will be known as Chris Straits.... (well, it's better than Dire Rea... )

Anyway, since it's been covered before, better close up for now, before the virtriol for Rolling Stone magazine gets ever harsher