The Iron duke: the_celt: That list is an abject failure and the author should be locked in a small room loaded with Yoko Ono combustibles and a microphone set ablaze. on meth until he's dead
Adn w....

Okay, that's a bit too cruel.

"b.b..but Rush, Clapton, Gilmour!!"
Yeah, shut the fark up. Robin Guthrie is on the list. If you haven't heard of him, you're really not interested in music.

I think we should toss Lita Ford on the big board, too.

oh, and Alex Lifeson just for opening riff on "Spirit of Radio." How many wanna be guitarists had to learn that?

MBK: Jesus Christ, this writer is just farking stupid.

First, he claims this: "As you will see, our list embraces outsiders, trailblazers, outliers, and Eugene Chadbourne playing a rake. We don't worship "guitar gods," but prefer our axe-wielders to be resourceful, egalitarian, flawed, and human. We're not drawn to Olympic feats of fleet-fingered athletics, unless they're used for unique and exploratory ends. We see the mewling histrionics of Jeff Beck as tyranny instead of catharsis. The name Derek Trucks is practically alien to us."

And yet, the list is "TOP 100 GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"

It is like making a list called "Hottest Women of All Time" then disqualifying actresses and super models and somehow putting Rosie O'Donnell as #1 because she "doesn't convey the qualities of what is considered beautiful".

Well-put. On a similar subject, how is there no Eddie Van Halen?

The Iron duke: the_celt: That list is an abject failure and the author should be locked in a small room loaded with Yoko Ono combustibles and a microphone set ablaze. on meth until he's dead
Adn w....

Even better

The List:

100 SKRILLEX

99 Paul Saulnier (PS I Love You)

98 Mark Morgan (Sightings)

97 Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo)

96 David Pajo (Slint)

95 Bill Steer (Napalm Death/Carcass)

94 Ibhahim Ag Alhabib (Tinariwen)

93 Annie Clark (St. Vincent)

92 James Blackshaw

91 Viv Albertine (the Slits)

90 Trey Azagthoth (Morbid Angel)

89 Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

88 Dylan Carlson (Earth)

87 Marnie Stern

86 Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto (Fugazi)

85 Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)

84 Lydia Lunch

83 Josh Homme

82 Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)

81 Keiji Haino

80 Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers)

79 Duane Denison (the Jesus Lizard)

78 Vernon Reid (Living Colour)

77 Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females)

76 Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order)

75 Bert Jansch

74 Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group)

73 Mick Barr (Orthrelm/Krallice)

72 Arto Lindsay

71 Adrian Belew

70 Jerry Harrison

69 Eugene Chadbourne

68 Ben Weinman (Dillinger Escape Plan)

67 Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)

66 Rowland S. Howard and Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party)

65 Mick Ronson (David Bowie/Morrissey)

64 Wino

63 Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)

62 Tony Maiden (Rufus)

61 Shuggie Otis

60 Chuck Schuldiner (Death)

59 Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)

58 Syd Barrett

57 Doug Martsch (Built to Spill)

56 Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders)

55 Fred Frith

54 Euronymous (Mayhem)

53 Greg Sage (Wipers)

52 Johnny Thunders

51 Robbie Basho

50 Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)

49 Zoot Horn Rollo (The Magic Band)

48 Bob Mould

47 Marc Ribot

46 Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)

45 Rhys Chatham

44 John McLaughlin

43 Nels Cline

42 King Sunny Adé

41 Nile Rodgers (Chic)

40 Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

39 Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag)

38 Stephen Malkmus (Pavement/The Jicks)

37 Ali Farka Touré

36 James "Blood" Ulmer

35 Dr. Know (Bad Brains)

34 Justin Broadrick (Napalm Death/Godflesh/Jesu)

33 Jack White

32 Robert Quine

31 Derek Bailey

30 King Buzzo (Melvins)

29 Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)

28 Glenn Branca

27 PJ Harvey

26 Johnny Marr

25 Robert Fripp (King Crimson)

24 Steve Albini (Big Black/Shellac)

23 Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins/This Mortal Coil)

22 Jimmy Nolen (James Brown)

21 Sonny Sharrock

20 Neil Young

19 d. boon (Minutemen)

18 Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)

17 Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison
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16 Frank Zappa

15 Greg Ginn (Black Flag)

14 Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
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13 The Edge

12 Andy Gill

11 Ron Asheton (The Stooges)

10 Jam Master Jay (Run-DMC)

9 Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic)

8 Johnny Ramone

7 Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd (Television)

6 Prince

5 J Mascis

4 Kurt Cobain

3 John Fahey

2 Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)

1 Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)

MBK: Jesus Christ, this writer is just farking stupid.

First, he claims this: "As you will see, our list embraces outsiders, trailblazers, outliers, and Eugene Chadbourne playing a rake. We don't worship "guitar gods," but prefer our axe-wielders to be resourceful, egalitarian, flawed, and human. We're not drawn to Olympic feats of fleet-fingered athletics, unless they're used for unique and exploratory ends. We see the mewling histrionics of Jeff Beck as tyranny instead of catharsis. The name Derek Trucks is practically alien to us."

And yet, the list is "TOP 100 GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"

It is like making a list called "Hottest Women of All Time" then disqualifying actresses and super models and somehow putting Rosie O'Donnell as #1 because she "doesn't convey the qualities of what is considered beautiful".

Flawed...human...you know what, we should throw in the lead guitarist of Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener's favorite song on the list as well, since it matches the criteria.

Once again proving that the writers at SPIN don't know their collective asses from a hole in the ground. No Hendrix, no Stevie Ray, no Satriani, no Orianthi, no Steve Vai... hell I'm surprised they didn't include Neil Young in their list. What a bunch of complete douchebags. I hope the SPIN offices burn the the ground with the writers of this list locked inside.

Gotta agree with what Harry_Sheldon said a few posts up. Lita Ford was pretty rough during the Runaways days, but DAUM did that girl get better with time.

Ishkur: Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana, Eric Johnson, Mark Knopfler, Brian May, Yngwie Malmsteen, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, Les Paul, George Harrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Fogerty, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Slash, Flea, Zakk Wylde, Herman Li, Nancy Wilson, Angus Young and Bootsy Collins are not on this list.

This isn't a real list...

It's a certified troll.

Bootsy and Flea are bassists.

And, yeah, I agree...this should've been monikered something akin to "The Top 100 Alternative Rock Guitarists". But then we wouldn't be, er, "discussing" it right now.

Pandora's Litterbox: The List:

I think there's 16 names I'm familiar with, many that don't impress me. Billy Corrigan? I thought he was the singer.

I bet 90% of the people on this list would say, "Wow, what a stupid farking list, it's obvious that everyone that contributed to writing it hasn't so much as picked up a guitar, let alone know what makes them work."

I've never actually met a guitarist or musician or a music fan that wouldn't say Jimi Hendrix is a certified legend and one of the, at least, top 5 greatest guitarists of all time.

Alphax: Billy Corrigan? I thought he was the singer.

He performed every instrument but for the drums on all of the pre-first-breakup studio albums. He and Jimmy Chamberlain pretty much were the Pumpkins when not performing live.

Out of that abortion of a list, I recognized about 60 (give or take 5) names on that list, but that includes the entries that included 2 names. That said, just because I know the name/or band doesn't mean they should be included in a list of guitar greats. I mean FFS how in the green hell can this author say that Kurt Cobain is a better guitarist then Adrian Belew or Robert Fripp. There are so many things wrong with this list it's not even funny.

Windmill facepalm! Dahnkster does a lot of live music. The Hendrix Experience Tour was tits. Eric Gales was kicking 15 flavors of candy-flavored ass. Skrillex is better guitar than Sonny Landreth?

Troll list is droll list.

If your going to make a list this ridiculous at least put Nigel Tufnel on it.

Since the kids need some learning, let's a studio session player for everyone in the 60-80s session player Hugh McCracken. Most will know his work from Steely Dan

What a load of pretentious shiate. If no one has mentioned him yet I would like to add Pete Townsend.

I think even Kurt Cobain would lose his head to be on that list so high. He was decent, but he still was humbled by his idols and influences.

This list is obviously written by a troll or someone with some really farked up hearing.

outside of the really odd Skrillex addition, I think my only real problem is that the list is random in how it ranked everyone. Otherwise, those in here saying they only know 3 or 4 of the guitarists are kind of full of shiat as it was fairly all over the rock spectrum, though biased towards punk/indie.

Seriously? Whether you like him or not, if you're going to puke out a list of great or influential guitarists, Hendrix has to be put on there. And, unless you title your list "100 of the Greatest Guitarists Not Named Hendrix or Clapton," he's pretty much a requirement.

I'm not really sure what Spin was trying to prove here. This isn't even trolling on their part. It's just a demonstration that they really haven't a clue what music is, they have no respect or understanding of the history of music, and they have no idea why people listen to it.

Strange. Spin used to be good in the dead tree format, but it seems like they've completely given up on anything even remotely resembling quality or intellectual honesty. The writers of this article should be embarrassed.

Alphax: I can't even find the list, what a horrible web site.

This.

I eventually got to view the list, but only after the site crashed my browser three times. And then the list was a vortex of suck.

Fark everyone at SPIN.

Eric Clapton
Paul Kossof
Brian May
Allen Collins/Gary Rossington/Ed King/Steve Gaines
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Kirk Hammett/James Hetfield
Slash
Derek Trucks/Duane Allman/Warren Haynes
Sonny Landreth
Doyle Bramhall II
Eddie Van Halen
Angus Young/Malcolm Young
Buddy Guy
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Tom Morello
Joe Perry
George Harrison
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
Carlos Santana
Mark Knopfler
Joe Walsh
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Randy Rhoads
Peter Frampton
Billy Gibbons

There, I've already made a better list. Do I get a paycheck, Spin?

Lsherm: The lack of a music tab on fark has resulted in this.

The old Music tab eventually got axed because a handful of sad and pathetic basement-dwelling Farkers saw it as an easy way to up their "approved links" count. Every single farking headline on the Music tab was basically the equivalent of "Your favourite band sucks, LOL."

It had more dickish and trolling headlines than the Politics tab, by quite a wide margin.

/playa hata

Oh FFS

I think the author should just rename the list '100 best guitarists from music that I like'.

Problem solved.

I get the feeling this guy isn't listed either:

Lysol_Please: I think the author should just rename the list '100 best guitarists from music that I like'.

Problem solved.

well, that's pretty much what it is. If you know the kind of music Spin covers, it's fairly easy to see why they included the guitarists they did and excluded otherwise rather notable guitarists. Spin is rather obviously skewed toward Punk/Indie, so they're including guitarists relevant to the genre(s).

Granted, I can't explained the inclusion of Skrillex nor the exclusion of Hendrix. I also would've added Killing Joke's Geordie Walker.

The fewer white guys who have mistakenly believed 12 bars + endless wanking = the blues in a list of greatest guitarists, the better.

Mr. Chainsaw: This is an excellent list (aside from the Skrillex thing).
/not trolling

FTFY

Pat Metheny?

Wait, so this a troll article, right? Because no one could possibly believe that. Not even the 'taxbongo is going to turn us all into sex-changed, sterilized, gay college professors before he death panels us to use us for communist biofuel' people.

Where's Lil' Wayne on the list?

Missing:
Steven Wilson
Dean Ween
Don Felder

Just name a few. List IS Fail!

Were these guys on there?

Dean Ween
D. Boon
Billy Zoom
Andy Kerr
Mick Jones

I'm sorry, the correct answer was "Andres Segovia."

It's Spin. It's a magazine geared toward the alterna/hipster crowd.

Once you understand that alot more of it makes sense.

It was nice to see Greg Ginn get some recognition. When I was teen I didn't think that highly of him as a player. After reading "Get In The Van" I gave him a second listen and was quite surprised at what I had missed in my youth.

Oh, and the inclusion of Slayer was nice as well. Those dudes don't get anywhere near enough props.

Good to see Curt Kirkwood, Greg Sage, Johnny Thunders, Dr. Know, and Buzzo on there.