- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Best guitar player of the Hair Band era
Posted on 9/22/20 at 11:01 am
Posted on 9/22/20 at 11:01 am
Who you got??
Me: George Lynch
Me: George Lynch
32
Posted on 9/22/20 at 11:10 am to ALLTIGER
I read this thread's title and logged-in to vote Lynch. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform live at Clicks Billiards, back in the day. There's some amazing riffs and solos on those Dokken records.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 12:21 pm to ALLTIGER
RR was 23 yrs old when Blizzard of Ozz was released. One of my greatest concert memories is seeing Randy play live.
I can listen to Blizzard and Diary all day long
Sadly he left this earth way to soon at 25 yrs young
I can listen to Blizzard and Diary all day long
Sadly he left this earth way to soon at 25 yrs young
Posted on 9/22/20 at 12:35 pm to ALLTIGER
You could make the case for several guys. Lynch, Rhodes, etc.
I'll throw out a few that never seem to get recognized in general discussion.
Reb Beach
Paul Gilbert
Vernon Reid
Akira Takasaki
John Sykes
I'll throw out a few that never seem to get recognized in general discussion.
Reb Beach
Paul Gilbert
Vernon Reid
Akira Takasaki
John Sykes
Posted on 9/22/20 at 12:40 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Reb Beach never gets the respect he deserves. He's awesome.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 1:04 pm to ALLTIGER
quote:
Hair Band era
EVH
Steve Vai
Paul Gilbert
Satriani
George Lynch
Warren DiMartini
Brad Gillis
eta: Steve Lukather
This post was edited on 9/22/20 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 9/22/20 at 1:14 pm to BayouBlitz
Tom Keifer deserves a mention for Long Cold Winter alone.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 1:16 pm to ALLTIGER
quote:
Me: George Lynch
Purely from a technical standpoint, it is probably Yngwie Malmsteen or Satriani.
A lot will depend on how far we extend hair band? Are the NWOBHM bands, by extension, incorporated into the "hair band/hair metal" scene? Do we only include Def Leppard from that group (and not Maiden or Priest)?
Ditto for Van Halen.
Assuming we consider at least Def Leppard, then Phil Collen is right there at that top tier. If we consider Van Halen, obviously Eddie is one of a kind, too.
But, I would also consider, after Malmsteen and Satriani, Collen, EVH, Lynch and Vai would all be right on their heels. If we expand just a little bit more, Eric Johnson and Neal Schon would be in that same category as well.
Realistically, there were about 100 guys out of that scene who could have played with anybody.
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 9:26 am
Posted on 9/22/20 at 2:41 pm to ALLTIGER
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Sykes
George Lynch
Reb Beach
Vito Brata
Jason Becker
Paul Gilbert
Andy Timmons
Nuno
Adrian Vandenberg- Dude never gets any shine from the '80s. Saw him and Vivian Campbell with Whitesnake.
GCT mentioned Vernon Reid, I wouldn't really classify Living Colour as a hair band, even though they caught the tail end of it. But Vernon is a fricking monster guitar player and one of my favorites from the '80s.
Joe Satriani
John Sykes
George Lynch
Reb Beach
Vito Brata
Jason Becker
Paul Gilbert
Andy Timmons
Nuno
Adrian Vandenberg- Dude never gets any shine from the '80s. Saw him and Vivian Campbell with Whitesnake.
GCT mentioned Vernon Reid, I wouldn't really classify Living Colour as a hair band, even though they caught the tail end of it. But Vernon is a fricking monster guitar player and one of my favorites from the '80s.
This post was edited on 9/22/20 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 9/22/20 at 2:47 pm to ALLTIGER
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
John Norum (Europe)
Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg)—this cat could solo like nobody’s business. Every solo on their debut album was absolutely amazing.
John Norum (Europe)
Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg)—this cat could solo like nobody’s business. Every solo on their debut album was absolutely amazing.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 3:17 pm to ALLTIGER
I don't think he's the best, but always thought CC Deville was the most underrated.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 3:19 pm to tigermeat
The hair metal era had such excellent guitarists paired with mostly podestrian drummers and bassists. The 90’s had amateur guitarists, but some seriously good bassists. Pop punk had amateur guitarists and bassists with elite drummers. It’s a shame so few bands really maximized 80’s guitars with premier bass, drums, and vocals (modern metal doesn’t count because it’s basically all pig squeals).
Posted on 9/22/20 at 3:36 pm to ALLTIGER
Diamond Darrell
Posted on 9/22/20 at 4:54 pm to ALLTIGER
Johnny Marr
Billy Duffy
Elliot Easton
Robert Fripp
Steve Stevens
Andy Taylor
Bob Stinson
Pete Buck
Billy Duffy
Elliot Easton
Robert Fripp
Steve Stevens
Andy Taylor
Bob Stinson
Pete Buck
This post was edited on 9/22/20 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:00 pm to kingbob
quote:
It’s a shame so few bands really maximized 80’s guitars with premier bass, drums, and vocals
Iron Maiden is probably the closest to your ideal here, then.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:29 pm to SEClint
quote:
Diamond Darrell
Looks really, really gay.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:51 pm to Saint Alfonzo
quote:
I wouldn't really classify Living Colour as a hair band,
Christ, of course not. We´re talking about the ´era´.
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:56 pm to Dandy Lion
Vinnie looked gayer
Posted on 9/22/20 at 6:03 pm to Brosef Stalin
To be fair, they all look gay. This was also pre computation. They´d probably all be programmers now.
Page 1 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News