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coldrumhead
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 20:24
Andrew Ridgeley anyone?
shanshee_allures
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 20:45
His playing was so sublte you could hardly hear it.
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keith a
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 20:45
Jim Tones wrote:


KEITH LEVENE

The sound he had when he was with PiL, influenced so many other 'post-punk' guitarists that came later on.




Yeah! And though probably fairly limited in ability, I'd have to include early Banshees guitarist John McKay here. I think both he and Levine were hugely influential.
riotmaster
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 20:49
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Jim Tones
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 20:56
keith a wrote:
I'd have to include early Banshees guitarist John McKay here.


I love that totally paranoid sound he has on the likes of "Poppy Day" =8-o
keith a
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 21:33
D'ya know I just dug out Join Hands a few minutes ago! Can't remember the last time I heard it.

I went years without playing The Scream, too, and was amazed when I got that remastered cd just how great it sounds. It brought it all flooding back just how remarkable it sounded at the time.

Lav it!
Stevo
Stevo
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 21:54
Jim Tones wrote:
Too many to mention really, but here's a few (IMHO) ...

MICK RONSON

A man who could make your heart twist inside out!
Good example- the playing on "Time" from Bowie's 'Aladdin Sane'.
He was also a very talented arranger and multi-instrumentalist.

PAUL LEARY

He was the icing on the Butthole cake.
I love the way he would sometimes do a blistering 'parody' of a typical 'rock guitar' solo in a completely different key and make it sound marvellous.
Everything he did with BS was excellent, especially the first four albums.


TED FALCONI

The unsung guitar presence with Flipper


FRED FRITH

'Underrated' in the grand scheme of things.
I like the fact that he could always give the muso folk a run for their money and can also push the envelope with the avant-garde folks.



JOHN McGEOCH

In particular, his playing on The Banshees' "JuJu" album.

CHRIS SPEDDING

He played marvellous skewed lines with Ian Carr's Nucleus, recorded with Gilbert O'Sullivan (!), strutted in a leather jacket on Top Of The Pops, was a shadowy figure on the early british 'punk' scene...to name just a small amount of his activities.

KEITH LEVENE

The sound he had when he was with PiL, influenced so many other 'post-punk' guitarists that came later on.

ROBERT FRIPP

Ok, not 'underrated' as such, but forget about the sustain-o-rama that he's known for and get to hear the track "Suite Number 1" on the album 'The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp' from 1968-
He's only 21 on this recording and he sounds like a seasoned old cocktail-lounge lizard!



I think all of these were supposed to be on the list. Especially ted falconi since i have the Flipper poster from their galway date up in the gallery corridor into my bedroom. dunno why he slipped my mind 3x.
Ronson I've seen as sideman to Dylan and Van Morrison on video & in both he acquits himself totally.
fred frith is one of my favourite guitarists on Henry cow stuff esp Concerts & the Freedom sets.
Fripp was questionable since I don't know if he is underrated. He is brilliant though & I did put Thompson, garcia and Mclaughlin in my list
Stevo
paradox
paradox
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Re: Cap'n Crunch !!
Feb 13, 2008, 22:16
Was playing Strawberries just t'other day and the solo on Under the floor again is fuckin fantastic!

In fact Strawberries is class from start to finish and well up there with Damned,D,D. M.G.E and The Black Album.

Grave Disorder is great too and hopefully a new double album is on the way!

Ey Capt.
paradox
paradox
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Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 22:21
Clarence White-Absolutely jaw dropping picking and so fuckin cool with it!

Any idea what bands he played with pre-Byrds?

Another great forgotten guitarist taken from us far too early.
1001realapes
1001realapes
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Edited Feb 13, 2008, 22:44
Re: underrated guitarists
Feb 13, 2008, 22:42
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/I.E.M.)

Syd Barrett

Johnny Echols (Love)

Conny Veit (Gila/Popol Vuh)

Daniel Fichelscher (Amon Duul II /Popol Vuh)

Makoto Kawabata (Mainliner/Acid Mothers Temple)

Pete Townshend

Richard Pinhas (Heldon)

Massimo Morante (Goblin)

Phil "Snakefinger" Lithman

Steve Jones

Marc Bolan
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