Favorite Guitarist(s)?!
Question: 60s:
70s:
80s:
90s:
2000s:
e.g.
60s: Pete Townshend (the Who)
70s: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
80s: Chris Holmes/Randy Rhoads (W.A.S.P./Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne)
90s: Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine
2000s: Dan Hawkins (the Darkness)
Answers: 60s:
70s:
80s:
90s:
2000s:
e.g.
60s: Pete Townshend (the Who)
70s: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
80s: Chris Holmes/Randy Rhoads (W.A.S.P./Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne)
90s: Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine
2000s: Dan Hawkins (the Darkness)
60s: Jimi Hendrix because he changed the way guitar was played/sounded
70s: Tony Iommi for the same reason as above
80s: Eddie Van Halen for same reason as above and Randy Rhoads because had he not died he probably would have gone down in history as the greatest guitarist ever.
90s: Tom Morello because absolutely NO ONE plays like him.
2000s: Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) because he is the best neo-classical style player I have heard since Randy Rhoads. A.J. Minette (The Human Abstract) because no one has better technicality and fluidity thatn him, and he's only 21!
Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello
60s: Jimi Hendrix
70s: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
80s: Randy Rhoads, Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield (Ozzy Osbourne/Metallica)
90s: Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
00s: Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
70s-2000s: Eddie Van Halen
60's don't know
70's Ted Nugent/ Alex Lifeson
80's Adrian Smith/Brian May/ Rikk Nielsen
90's Kerry King/ Kirk Hammett
00's Me/Esteban/Herman Li
60s:Jimi Hendrix
70s:jimmy Paige(Zeppelin)
80s:Eddie Van Halen(Van Halen)
90s:Slash( Guns n Roses
2000s: Synyster Gates (A7X)
In no specific order
BB KING
RITCHIE BLACKMORE
DAVID GILMOURE
JEFF BECK
GARY MOORE
SANTANA
JOE SATRIANI
ERIC CLAPTON
MARC KNOPFLER
they are all still alive ( only Frank Zappa is unfortunately dead r.i.p ) so I can't stick them into a period... they are still working and are still great.
Jimmy Page
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Michael Angelo Batio
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Joe Stump
Frank Gambale
Kirk Hammett
Jimi Hendrix
Dick Dale
Stevie Ray Vaughan
BB King
...i cant think
60s through 2000s -- Richard Thompson (electric and acoustic) and Doc Watson (acoustic only). Deceased: Chet Atkins.
60s: Jimi Hendrix
70s: Steve Jones, Joe Strummer
80s: Bob Mould, Brian May
90s: Kurt Cobain
2000s: Chapstique
Hah. I guarantee I'll get some Thumbs Down for this:
60s: George Harrison (The Beatles)
70s: Brian May (Queen)
80s: Brian May (Queen, Some Solo Work)
90s: Brian May (Finishing up Queen, Solo Work)
2000s: Brian May (Queen + Paul Rodgers)
Yes, he played/recorded guitar in every decade since the seventies to today. I can prove it. Queen was from '73-'91. Queen recorded from '71-'98. And he's recording right now (well, he's taking a break for the holidays) on a new album.
60s: jimi hendrix
70s: keith richards(rolling stones)
80s: angus young(ac/dc)
90s: dave grohl(nirvana/foo fighters)
00s: josh homme(qotsa)