I was thinking about redoing my ginormous list of the 10 best everthings, but I decided to do this instead, since most of my issues were with the guitar list. So, here you go:
Guitarist (bands)
Rock
1. Eric Clapton (Cream, solo, Yardbirds, Derek & the Dominos)
Clapton at his finest: "Crossroads" with Cream (1968 )
2. Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience, solo)
Hendrix at his finest: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" with the Experience (1968 )
3. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds)
Page at his finest: "Stairway to Heaven" (1971)
4. Pete Townshend (the Who)
Townshend at his finest: "Won't Get Fooled Again" (1971)
5. Joe Perry & Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
Perry and Whitford at their finest: "Love in an Elevator" (1989)
6. Dickey Betts & Duane Allman (the Allman Bros. Band)
Betts and Allman at their finest: "Blue Sky" (1972)
7. Angus and Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
the Youngs at their finest: "Back in Black" (1980)
8. Keith Richards (the Rolling Stones)
Richards at his finest: "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968 )
9. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Van Halen at his finest: "Eruption" (1978 )
10. Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Lifeson at his finest: "Working Man" (1974)
Alternative
1. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Cobain at his finest: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
2. Mike McCready & Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
McCready and Gossard at their finest: "Alive" (1991)
3. John Frusciante (the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Frusciante at his finest: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (album) (1991)
4. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
Corgan at his finest: "Geek U.S.A." (1993)
5. Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
Cuomo at his finest: "Say It Ain't So" (1994)
6. Tom DeLonge (blink-182, Angels and Airwaves)
DeLonge at his finest: "Enema of the State" with blink-182 (album) (1999)
7. Jonny Greenwood & Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
Greenwood and O'Brien at their finest: "Paranoid Android" (1997)
8. Dave Baksh (Sum 41)
Baksh at his finest: "In Too Deep" (2001)
9. Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
Thayil at his finest: "Black Hole Sun" (1994)
10. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Grohl at his finest: "Everlong" (1997)
Real Metal
1. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
Iommi at his finest: "War Pigs" (1970)
2. Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield (Metallica)
Hammett and Hetfield at their finest: "Master of Puppets" (1986)
3. Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
Mustaine and Friedman at their finest: "Hangar 18" (1990)
4. Chris Poland (Megadeth)
Poland at his finest: "Good Mourning/Black Friday" (1986)
5. Glen Tipton & K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Tipton and Downing at their finest: "Painkiller" (1990)
6. Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Slash at his finest: "Paradise City" (1987)
7. Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot)
Rhoads at his finest: "Crazy Train" with Ozzy (1980)
8. Dave Murray & Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Murray and Smith at their finest: "Number of the Beast" (1982)
and for lack of any other guitarists in this category...
Glam Metal
1. Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
Sambora at his finest: "Livin' on a Prayer" (1986)
2. Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
Mars at his finest: "Dr. Feelgood" (album) (1989)
3. Ace Frehley (Kiss)
Frehley at his finest: "Shock Me" (1977)
4. Steve Clark & Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
Clark and Collen at their finest: "Photograph" and "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (1983, 87)
5. Robbin Crosby & Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
Crosby and DeMartini at their finest: "Wanted Man" and "Round and Round" (1984)
90s/00s Metal
1. John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Pertucci at his finest: "Under a Glass Moon" (1992)
2. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
Morello at his finest: "Rage Against the Machine" (album) (1992)
3. Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
Gates and Vengeance at their finest: "Beast and the Harlot" (2005)
4. Herman Li & Sam Totman (DragonForce)
Li and Totman at their finest: "Through the Fire and Flames" (2006)
5. Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
Cantrell at his finest: "Man in the Box" (1990)
6. Daron Malakian (System of a Down)
Malakian at his finest: "BYOB" (2005)
7. Dan Donegan (Disturbed)
Donegan at his finest: "Indestructible" (2008 )
And there you go. My first blog post in forever. How'd I do?