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@BradleyHallGuitar4 ай бұрын
Who are YOUR picks for most underrated guitarists ever??
@GardenYourHeart984 ай бұрын
chriss oliva
@SuperFlyingGlydon744 ай бұрын
Yohio
@krsr_mg4 ай бұрын
lil wayne
@DeC11184 ай бұрын
Gary holt and glenn tipton
@lacalacadevic28874 ай бұрын
Phil Demmel and Eric Meyer, such a bangers
@trl7684 ай бұрын
Glenn Tipton. People talk a lot about Randy Rhoads, Dimebag Darell, Marty Friedman, Kirk Hammett etc when it comes to metal. But he definitely is right up there as one of the best metal guitarists of all time. He belongs to be known among them.
@fabril26734 ай бұрын
Tf is that surname
@sinnerboy60094 ай бұрын
Dave Murray
@MrSatanislav4 ай бұрын
maybe because tipton is a very average guitarist, no? he really is just a usual common average guitarist.
@biffsaxon38084 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@williepete454 ай бұрын
@@MrSatanislavThere may be better guitar players than Tipton and Downing but there are very few that influenced an entire genre like they did.
@jamesgandolfo55004 ай бұрын
In my opinion Jerry Cantrell from Alice in chains is slept on. He has made some of the tastiest riffs in the modern rock and metal era, but somehow theres a dark, moody, and even bluesy feel for it. Not to mention he has a very soulful voice who paired perfectly with Layne Staley.
@speedkrieg994 ай бұрын
Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) & Dave Carlo (Razor)
@rizzo_grt4 ай бұрын
Andy LaRocque is one of those people that you immediately know who it is as soon as they begin to solo
@ghostofyourmom4 ай бұрын
Death -- "Trapped In A Corner" LaRocque's solo fuckin rips on that one. Favorite King Diamond/LaRocque solos: "Welcome Home", "A Visit From The Dead", "Black Horsemen". "The Trial" is also a cauldron of sick riffs that stick in your head for days.
@YesMan-uy4cj4 ай бұрын
Riot!
@kjone50864 ай бұрын
Literally guitarists from my top 3 favourite bands. Stace Sheepdog Mclaren deserves to be in a list of underrated vocalists, king diamond I feel like has rightfully earned his reputation and isn't underrated.
@IllustrateTheHorror4 ай бұрын
Dave Carlo is the best rhythm guitarist ever, no one can create riffs like he did
@rafaelnegri75644 ай бұрын
Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Dickey Betts, Michiya Haruhata, Michael Amott, Bill Steer, Jeff Hanneman, Mick Taylor, Andreas Kisser, Al di Meola, Scott Gorham, John Sykes, Brian Robertson...
@repentnow17204 ай бұрын
That first Blue Murder album is Priceless!
@danielschuler67174 ай бұрын
Gates of Babylon solo is indeed a great one
@zdenkonouzovsky69474 ай бұрын
And many more from Blackmore. Best guitarist imo.
@mriyoi4 ай бұрын
Yes, Ritchie Blackmore is indeed the GOAT and imo better than Page, Iommi, Clapton and other guitarists of his generation. He is the vital link between Jimi Hendrix and EVH that many people decide to overlook. Without him, sweep and tremolo picking and neoclassical shred wouldn’t even be mainstream.
@zdenkonouzovsky69474 ай бұрын
@@mriyoi very well said. Blackmore is better than any of his contemporaries.
@Hentarded4 ай бұрын
@@mriyoi you're right. Blackmore along with Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker are like godfathers of shred, the guys who bridged the gap between Hendrix/Page/Beck/Clapton and Van Halen/Rhoads.
@sugarnads3 ай бұрын
Lost in hollywood. Amazing.
@siedra49694 ай бұрын
Uli Jon Roth from the Scorpions. He is at least in my opinion right up there with Randy Rhoads and all the other legends.
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
Incredible. Sails of Charon is just incredible. Especially when you consider it was released in like 1976.
@davenotstaine56464 ай бұрын
Uli Jon Roth is on par with Blackmore in my opinion, definitely SUPER underrated
@Turquoise6364 ай бұрын
@@davenotstaine5646 One of Blackmore's biggest fans here, Uli is superior on every aspect. He was more disciplined, more technical and more neoclassical, yet Blackmore gets bigger credit for creating neoclassical. Both are incredible at the end of the day.
@davenotstaine56464 ай бұрын
@@Turquoise636 also huge Blackmore fan, I don't disagree with you AT ALL
@Sabbath-f9k4 ай бұрын
RR sucks
@metalben0054 ай бұрын
FUN FACT! Charlie Benante, the drummer for Anthrax, is a very good guitarist and actually wrote like 70% of Anthrax's riffs, including A.I.R.
@salty_snowboarder4 ай бұрын
I just watched a Drumeo video of him having to play to a song from the Barbie movie haha 🤘
@metalben0054 ай бұрын
@@salty_snowboarder same here. He's a beast
@jyejye10774 ай бұрын
and the best riff in Mad house!
@cattycats44 ай бұрын
good pick I remember realizing this seeing him play guitar on the nisefukinvideo VHS
@GordonHeaney4 ай бұрын
And a lot of the riffs for SOD's Speak English and Die
@thekivster4 ай бұрын
Don't know if Ritchie Blackmore is underrated. He's very highly acclaimed.
@-ac-82963 ай бұрын
yet still underrated
@reverendbrotherlove6332 ай бұрын
He is over-over-over-overrated.
@-ac-82962 ай бұрын
@@reverendbrotherlove633 🤡
@-ac-82962 ай бұрын
@@reverendbrotherlove633 🤡
@-ac-82962 ай бұрын
@@reverendbrotherlove633 🤡
@TheOnlyHollywood14 ай бұрын
Jake E Lee, Mick Mars, Warren DeMartini, Paul Stanley, Glenn Tipton, KK Downing
@RandomKissFan08154 ай бұрын
Thx for mentioning downing, Tipton, STANLEY, and Mars!!!
@Michael-nu9ky4 ай бұрын
Jake wrote the best material and did randy justice, best guitarist ozzy had
@EliRicke-xl9mw4 ай бұрын
@@Michael-nu9ky fr. I love randy but Jake is a whole other kettle of fish
@vaughanphillips3 ай бұрын
I vote Lars johanson
@tsnamm2 ай бұрын
Ronnie LeTekro
@mavez63224 ай бұрын
Rory Gallagher
@Kampfwageneer4 ай бұрын
Hellyeah
@Hungyball_4 ай бұрын
YES
@Ilovephilcollen3 ай бұрын
looked for this
@teslife63833 ай бұрын
Yes!!!
@Numfuddle4 ай бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore is underrated now? Ritchie effing Blackmoore? Have we forgotten everything?
@eoinjennings5194 ай бұрын
He is under rated and yep !
@user-xv9fe4eo1b4 ай бұрын
Cause one simply cannot overrate his heritage!
@Dreyno4 ай бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore underrated 😂 This is getting silly now.
@EliRicke-xl9mw4 ай бұрын
Next it will be randy rhoads 👀@@Dreyno
@voodude10744 ай бұрын
I mean, he is. Everyone, musician or not, knows Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, but Blackmore is really only known to guitar enthusiasts despite being just as talented and influential.
@fuzzybunny44074 ай бұрын
Greg Howe. He really evolved and has such great phrasing and technique.
@joe.osullivan4 ай бұрын
Terry Kath and Alex Lifeson. They might be too many people's go to answers for most underrated guitarists that they have stopped being underrated, but they are so perfect for their bands and incredibly influential.
@Mike805284 ай бұрын
Alex keeps getting mentioned as underrated because he *still* keeps getting overlooked as one of the best guitarists of his era. At least he is in good company...
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
@@Mike80528Yeh I don't think it helped him being in a band with Neil Peart either lol.
@Boydman4 ай бұрын
Mike slammer of city boy could play some tasty solos. Bill Nelson is also great. Also the guy in golden earring (idk if they have changed alot but the one who played on moontan)
@John-k6f9k4 ай бұрын
Alex seems to appear high on every underrated guitarist list so ironically I'm not sure if he's that underrated.
@DeC11184 ай бұрын
Glenn tipton from judas and gary holt from exodus
@Sadion6664 ай бұрын
I really like Andy Larocque of King Diamond. His work with Death is just superb
@zatoichi75404 ай бұрын
One of my picks is Mark Reale (R.I.P.), founder and former guitarist of one of the first U.S. heavy metal bands Riot! ”Narita”, ”Road Racin'”, ”Outlaw”, ”Swords & Tequila”, ”Loanshark", "Restless Breed” on the more mellow side, and the Power/Speed metal anthem Thundersteel are only several examples of his unique guitar playing and writing. Lars Ulrich has cited Riot as an influence on Metallica as well, another reason to check out the band if you haven't yet!
@MartinMaat4 ай бұрын
Roaoaoaoaoaoad ra-cing. Guy Speranza, so exciting.
@danieldeshotel52304 ай бұрын
Also great guitar work on the albums you didn't mention... Mark Reale and Mike Flyntz together were great. Shame I had to scroll down this far to see his name on here.
@Hungyball_4 ай бұрын
Riot are SUPER underrated i love thundersteel and narita
@tsnamm2 ай бұрын
@@Hungyball_ Thundersteel is a great album
@aliksandrdzemchanka92614 ай бұрын
Wolf Hoffmann of Accept. His riffs are very powerful. He also plays great solos. He also incorporates classical music into his solos. He deserves to be one of the greatest guitarists.
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
Bro, Balls to the Wall is one of my favourite albums for guitar playing of all time. The tone, the riffs, the solos. Has it all.
@Boydman4 ай бұрын
Metal heart is such a W it’s great all the way through
@tsnamm2 ай бұрын
The soloing on the entire Restless and Wild album is epic
@b.e.88454 ай бұрын
Criss Oliva was a beast.
@mr.g31764 ай бұрын
One of the best!
@AndyD0705684 ай бұрын
It staggers me that he doesn't get more recognition. You can see my stream comment mentioning him at the start of this video!
@dakotataylor80774 ай бұрын
I'd never have picked up the guit-fiddle if not for that amazing man. A true wizard.
@ghostofyourmom4 ай бұрын
Hell yes. When I discovered Savatage and binge-listened all of their albums, it was one of the most fun weeks of my life. A great soloist, and songwriter.
@naturadventur74254 ай бұрын
Gutter Balets is an amazing album
@edwardplain46884 ай бұрын
Devin townsend is definitely underatted as a gutarist his solos are pretty mind blowing
@RC32Smiths014 ай бұрын
Shawn Lane was simply not from Earth. It is rather terrifying how brilliant he was a musician and a composer. Definitely one of my top 5 guitarists ever
@geraldbabin68284 ай бұрын
Steve Howe is probably the most underrated considering that he's a musical genius and no one ever mentions him!
@ianhewitson27383 ай бұрын
Howe won Guitar Player's 'best overall guitarist' award for five consecutive years back in the mid to late 70s. He's virtually unknown by modern rock players with whom he has very little in common. He mostly played a hollow body jazz guitar with little, if any distortion and in a band of virtuoso players whose best albums require repeated listens for their greatness to be revealed.
@endtimesprophecybroadcasti23114 ай бұрын
Jake E. Lee. innovative chordal work, did crazy things with his hands that it would take effects pedals to do, iconic solos and riffs. Also he could play any style.
@Fiction_Supreme4 ай бұрын
Bruce Bouillet from Racer X is definitely underrated. Dude can keep up with Paul Gilbert where they make amazing harmonies and guitar duels. He has projects after Racer X too.
@ivka43364 ай бұрын
Larry LaLonde for sure. How he highlights the bass of Les and makes Primus’s even funkier is just great. Also Mick Mars. Nobody really talks about him that much while bringing up the 80s
@puff82934 ай бұрын
BUCKETHEAD is sooo underrated omg. People often assume hes just another mindless shredder who plays without feel. But his music is some of the most beautiful ive ever heard.
@shadowspider41404 ай бұрын
I agree, I love buckethead for both his shredding, and his emotional songs. Plus, he has over 500 albums by now, so it's hard to get bored of listening to him.
@rogue37244 ай бұрын
100% agree, what are your favorites? For me it’s gotta be, Nottingham Lace, Jump Man, Hold Me Forever, and Project Little Man. There are so many other great ones but those are the ones that come to mind.
@johndcoffee6324 ай бұрын
Colonel Claypools bucket of Bernies brains has some of the most beautiful solos every
@mindseyemusicreview4 ай бұрын
Can you tell me a track to check out? No offense but he's just a dude with a bucket on his head, what's the big deal? Show me a song that will blow me away
@shadowspider41404 ай бұрын
@mindseyemusicreview try pike 26 if you like metal. If you prefer soft, calming music I recommend pike 5, electric tears and electric sea
@giladbaruch1474 ай бұрын
I want to suggest my own top 10, each from different genre: Wolf Hoffman - Accept Andy Powell - Wishbone Ash Vito Bratta - White Lion Paul Masvidal - Death/Cynic Eddie Hazel - Funkadelic Jim Matheos - Fates Warning Michael Stutzer - Artillery Victor Smolski - Rage Andrew Latimer - Camel Vinnie Moore - Solo
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
Good man for mentioning Accept, Fates Warning, Artillery and Camel.
@burieddreamer4 ай бұрын
Jeff Loomis - The 7-string guitar god. Why isn't he like.. the most popular guitarrist ever? He is an absolute beast. Loomis was enlisted into Arch Enemy a few years ago, but Michael Amott kind of steals the show there because he is a more upfront guy and he is the legendary Carcass guitar player. But I think Loomis has more range than Amott. Check his solos when he played at Nevermore. It's sick, man.
@counterflare4 ай бұрын
Totally agree, but wouldn't call him underrated, I think he is totally respected at least in the shred community, what is very well-deserved. Btw he is free from the band now, his place in AE was taken by Joey Concepcion:)
@Norpal4 ай бұрын
FUCK YEAH John Norum. Dude has some proper emotion in his playing. And really just Europe in general is hella slept on. So many people just get hung up on The Final Countdown, eventhough the band has put out SO much great material. Hell, their best album came out less than 10 years ago. War of Kings is an absolute masterpiece of a hard rock album.
@Boydman4 ай бұрын
John norum with Eddie Meduza was goated lmao
@theyetidude3 ай бұрын
He also played on Don Dokken's solo album. It's amazing and underrated.
@connordix18594 ай бұрын
Vinnie Moore is a guy I don’t hear enough about. His playing is just so fluid and clean and the tone is just perfect
@cattycats44 ай бұрын
minds eye is awesome
@jakubexner90114 ай бұрын
Vinnie is the best. I like him much more than Satriani, Vai etc.
@themadmattster96472 ай бұрын
Mind's Eye is amazing and takes me to another realm
@Sappy-jg1cw4 ай бұрын
Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson solo guitarist) is one of the most underrated metal guitarists. His riffs and Melodie’s are so fucking good and his solos are always perfect for the song
@theyetidude3 ай бұрын
Also played on Rob Rock's solo stuff and Driver as well as some Rob Halford projects.
@robertesensee34944 ай бұрын
Akira Takasaki from Loudness
@kimchi27803 ай бұрын
Yes!
@linusfotograf4 ай бұрын
Lars Johansson from Candlemass is criminally underrated!
@Kampfwageneer4 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
Good shout.
@itookallthenames4 ай бұрын
Into the unfathomed tower!
@Opuskrokus3 ай бұрын
Great pick! He just keeps evolving too.
@MetalPersonJ4 ай бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore is indeed underrated and slept on. Thank you for bringing him up. There is so, SO much more to him than Smoke On The Water. Scott Ian....no denying he's a great rhythm player, but Charlie comes up with all the riffs.
@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy4 ай бұрын
I can name 15 songs off the top of my head that are far better than SOTW but sadly it overshadows his other work due to simplicity. He’s easily my biggest inspiration!
@Mart_75124 ай бұрын
@@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy Highway Star's easy. In fact, it's more enjoyable so it's *AT LEAST* easy as SOTW.
@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy4 ай бұрын
@@Mart_7512 what’s odd is that I never found it to be easy yet tracks like Perfect Strangers should be more difficult but I can do a lot more of that than Highway star. Then again, I only tried to play it twice and kind of forgot about HWStar
@tomy83394 ай бұрын
There is no way Ritchie Blackmore is underrated. He's a very well rated and acknowledged guitarist. That would be like saying Tony Iommi is underrated.
@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy4 ай бұрын
@@tomy8339 no, he’s extremely underrated in metal. In general he certainly isn’t underrated, he’s often cited as one of the greatest and sometimes referred to as the king. But in Metal??? He’s hardly mentioned. His music was Metal btw, just look at Perfect Strangers and Machine Head. They both fit the Metal genre and MH fits the old school heavy metal formula. Perfect Strangers was actually my intro to metal.
@Kampfwageneer4 ай бұрын
Robin Trower, Michael Schenker (particularly on the UFO phenomenon album), all of the Thin Lizzy guitarists, Andy Powell!!! Larry Wallis, Rory Gallagher, Vincent McAllister(do yourself a favor and listen to the 70s Pentagram stuff), Larry Reinhardt cause Captain Beyond Fn rips! just some off the top of my head not quite shred but all groups that laid the foundation and worth checking! Props for King Crimson inclusion those guys rule.
@kogotoobchodzi56744 ай бұрын
Thin lizzy :D
@Enoskjp4 ай бұрын
I wish people talked more about Mathias Jabs from Scorpions, his solos are great and also he has a huge presence on stage.
@marcelriemann57672 ай бұрын
I remember Jeff Waters from Annihilator once stated, that Jabs is one of his favorite guitar players.
@FinThrasher874 ай бұрын
Roope Latvala, Tim Calvert, Derek Sykes, Axel Katzmann, Rocky George, Rick Hunolt, Josh Christian & Merritt Gant
@Sausagepanman4 ай бұрын
And Markku Niiranen
@archersomers4 ай бұрын
Roope mentioned 💪 Id add Jeff Loomis 100%
@CasperHaasnoot4 ай бұрын
Since you mentioned Roope: A similar style of player who is massively overlooked, is Antti Kokko of Kalmah. His lead playing is great, some may know the song The Blind Leader as the most insane example as far as speed goes, but he has excellent lead melodies and phrasing in most of their songs!
@cIappo8964 ай бұрын
Can't believe you fuckin forgot Jeff Waters. Dude handles the guitar like a fuckin weapon. Probably one of the best thrash guitarists right now.
@theyetidude3 ай бұрын
Yeah, he's great and probably the best thrash guitarist of all time, but you can't include everybody.
@dredhead1174 ай бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore is indeed, incredibly slept upon. He was one of the many guitarists of the late 60s/early 70s who’s playing was instrumental in creating hard rock as we know it, then went on to form Rainbow which was crucial in the early shred genre The dude basically invented 2 different genres of music
@MartinMaat4 ай бұрын
In his hay day he was considered the absolute top rock guitarist. So I don't quite understand what he's doing in this list.
@pedrofelipefreitas26664 ай бұрын
People nowadays don't give him that cred, that's why @@MartinMaat
@shadowyashatoura4 ай бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore, underrated!?!
@tomy83394 ай бұрын
Agreed. He's very well acknowledged, known and rated.
@TheBfutgreg4 ай бұрын
I guess since he's not on the shortlist of GOATs....I see him in tons of top 10 lists though from "official" sources
@MonadTransformer4 ай бұрын
Out of curiosity, which country are you from? I'd say Blackmore is very underrated in the US specifically, and somewhat overrated in Eastern Europe.
@shadowyashatoura4 ай бұрын
@@MonadTransformerI am from Greece but never in my life I have heard that Blackmore is underrated
@MonadTransformer4 ай бұрын
@shadowyashatoura makes sense. You are from Europe. Somehow he's just not being mentioned in the US.
@rockydempsey944 ай бұрын
Richie Blackmore is my favorite guitar player ever. His playing in both Deep Purple and Rainbow is so good and is Classical playing with Blackmore's Night is very under rated.
@Droops244 ай бұрын
Regarding older generation rock guitarists (pre-80's;) I think it's criminal not to mention Jan Akkerman (Focus). For the time period, this guy was on another level and barely ever gets mentioned (Blackmore wasn't the only dude sweep picking). Jan was totally innovative and technical, often incorporating jazz/classical fusion licks into his playing. He's one hell of a Lute player as well. TBH the whole band is underrated- the true pioneers of prog rock IMO.
@MrTurnerm4 ай бұрын
Glad to see John Norums playing on The Final Countdown album getting some recognition. Super tasty leads. Proper melodic solos.
@tiagoramalhais54934 ай бұрын
John Norum and Sykes are the Archerype of the 80's player, amazing melodies, great vibrato and blasting solos
@DigitalBath7424 ай бұрын
Blackmore is why I play guitar. My favourite solo is the whammy-bar breaking Black Night. Pure noise ❤
@albertsumi4 ай бұрын
Michael Romeo, Josh Middleton, Rex Carroll, Marco Sfogli, Roine Stolt.
@thomasolney54584 ай бұрын
Chris Impellitteri. The guy he's most frequently compared to is Yngwie. I know that won't endear him to everybody, but his technique is second to none. And he's got a lot of songs that are just straight up fun to listen to.
@creepysplatter92604 ай бұрын
Michael Romeo (Symphony X) - if he wasn't an insane guitar player he would be a film score composer, just listen to his last two solo albums. Also listen to John Macaluso talking about the difference between working with him and Yngwie
@DeathTimer4 ай бұрын
Louis Dambra of Sir Lord Baltimore. The entire band is incredibly underrated in general, but I see Dambra's playing as truly representing what will become of heavy metal back in 1970.
@natelecarde9624 ай бұрын
Nuno Bettencourt my beloved
@kietchu27614 ай бұрын
nuno is the opposite of underrated
@joedalton1554 ай бұрын
He was massively underrated in the past but he got the recognition he deserves now
@eugenemonfourny61194 ай бұрын
@@joedalton155 No, his version of "The Flight Of The Bumblebee" even got an award at the times (by Guitar World, I believe)
@jamescocorikis85954 ай бұрын
Syu is so underrated, I've been a big fan of him since Animetal! I also love Scream of Anger by Europe
@torkelsvenson64114 ай бұрын
Martin Barre is extremely underrated, it's easy to be overlooked when working alongside Ian Anderson
@lakabaka4 ай бұрын
Per Nilsson - Any better in the melodic death genre? Even stand in on Meshuggah when they need backup Mikael Åkerfeldt - Among the best solos and phrasings ive heard.
@gkezele4 ай бұрын
Per is a god fs
@mylezalker38464 ай бұрын
Per is one of the greatest metal lead players of all time - definitely my favorite! His incredibly tasteful, lyrical, Holdsworth-inspired (yet still very metal) solos elevate Scar Symmetry into the damn stratosphere. And his rhythm playing is top-notch too considering he filled in for Meshuggah
@repentnow17204 ай бұрын
BH - The bookends (Blackmore & Fripp) encompassed all the others (IMHO). Given those 2 choices, I'd also add Steve Howe as well - then you'd have the original "prog" trinity. Given your Tony MacAlpine choice; another person of that era is Vinnie Moore. His "Mind's Eye" album is amazingly tasty! (FYI) MacAlpine got his break and plays the keys on that album too! : )
@lemonshik4 ай бұрын
Dave Davidson of Revocation deserves more recognition as well
@SuicidalGrind4 ай бұрын
YES!!! I am so stoked to hear Ralph Santolla (R.I.P) mentioned, his solos on that Deicide album The Stench of Redemption and the following as well Till Death Do Us Part are in fact why those are some of my faves, Homage To Satan might actually be at least in my top 3 favorite Death Metal solos that I can't play. Other two being 1. the live version mainly Roskilde live show of Morbid Angel Chapel of Ghouls, I can't play that and 2. Cryptopsy's Slit Your Guts, in fact that guitarist who did the solos on THAT album might have to be my pick for one of the most underrated Death Metal solo players.... So expressive, and evil, yet so beautiful.
@themadmattster96472 ай бұрын
I had finally gotten into Deicide before Stench came out, then it did and it was one of the best I'd ever heard. FINALLY got to see them this year at milwaukee Metalfest
@TheWelhaven4 ай бұрын
Chris Poland should be a superstar!
@raptuous3 ай бұрын
I had his Return to Metalopolis CD in my car through most of the 90s
@Kylora21124 ай бұрын
André Olbrich of Blind Guardian. I've never heard his name mentioned, and the dude just shreds for an hour and a half every night (and he writes basically all their music). How someone can be the lead guitarist and a primary songwriter (and founding member) of one of the biggest metal bands in the world and fly under the radar is just mind boggling.
@tenplex4 ай бұрын
If you don’t have Andy LaRocque on the list, the whole list is null and void.
@pablocuello41843 ай бұрын
Couldnt agree more
@EddieSparxx4 ай бұрын
Kee Marcello’s solos on the Europe album Out Of This World are awesome too!
@generalpixel4 ай бұрын
Vito Bratta from White Lion George Lynch from Dokken Jeff Watson x Brad Gills from Night Ranger Tommy T. Baron from Coroner Piggy from Voivod
@lucasvanti22004 ай бұрын
to add two super underrated 1) Kee Marcello - One of the cleanest shredders I've ever seen. For real, dude never misses a note and it's all crystal clear - He replaced Norum in Europe before the final coundown tour even started 2) Akio Shimizu from Anthem - Not only a super precise shredder, all is done with great taste and an awesome riff master too
@Madbutcher3054 ай бұрын
most underrated metal lead guitarist is jon levasseur from cryptopsy. some really melodic solos with some totally unique phrasing ("cold hate, warm blood", second solo on "Red-Skinned Scapegoat", "Phobophile") some other notable good ones are dave suzuki from vital remains/churchburn (churchburn - come forth the swarm), uli jon roth if he counts (Electric Sun - Sundown, Burning Wheels Turning), bobby koelble (death - perennial quest), benjamin ellis (ex-scar symmetry & bloodshot dawn, fave solo is probably just bloodshot dawn - beckoning oblivion), wolf hoffmann (accept - head over heels)
@ghostofyourmom4 ай бұрын
In regards to Cryptopsy, the album *Once Was Not* featured Levasseur's replacement, Alex Auburn, who's no slouch himself. "Endless Cemetery" has a really tasty melodic breakdown/solo that I never get tired of.
@unicornsupreme2254 ай бұрын
Mike McCreedy from Pearl Jam (not sure if I spelled his name right). He definitely has accolade but I rarely hear his name come up when talking about guitar. Easily one of the most powerful blues and grunge guitarists I’ve ever seen, when I saw them a few years back, his solo for Alive (which was the closing song of the night) quite literally melted my face clean off. It was like 6 straight minutes of absolute warm bluesey shreddy bliss as Eddie Vedder threw tamborines into the audience and adlibbed over the band’s sound. I’m not easily impressed to the level I was, but wow his guitar playing was STELLAR that night. So nuanced, in time, and VERY tastefully phrased.
@stephenhughes51564 ай бұрын
I think Jerry Cantrell needs to be talked about more too. I think there's a video of Phil Anselmo talking about how awesome he is, probably explain better than I could lol.
@RanterInShades4 ай бұрын
Andy Timmons
@eugenemonfourny61194 ай бұрын
YES, his work with Danger Danger is really good !
@RanterInShades4 ай бұрын
@@eugenemonfourny6119 Was hoping someone would bring up D2! His solo work is also excellent instrumental stuff.
@joaquinlezcano23724 ай бұрын
Mike Oldfield. Just the fact alone that he's barely (if not at all) mentioned when it comes to "great guitarists" is incredible.
@insertnamehere12584 ай бұрын
I think Paul Masvidal is another massively underrated (and Cynic as a whole).
@asb1jou4 ай бұрын
Rocky George from Suicidal Tendencies has a perfect combination of being technical and melodic. Andy LaRocque from King Diamond is also wrote a huge amount of memorable things.
@pauleaxe94074 ай бұрын
Jeff Waters of Annihilator, riff monster.
@Fancis-ql6mf4 ай бұрын
I think Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols is a really underrated guitarist. He wrote some fire riffs, and the riffs of two of England's most famous punk songs, God Save The Queen, and Anarchy In The UK. And not to mention, his guitar tone is amazing.
@joeyslootjes56074 ай бұрын
Blackmore's solos on the live version of the song Black Masquerade (Rockpalast, Düsseldorf 95') is imho the tastiest guitar playing EVER! 🔥
@bananasplit79844 ай бұрын
Jeff Waters is super underrated. Annihilator’s riffs and solos in the first couple albums are so catchy and unique
4 ай бұрын
Joe Satriani, Billy Corgan, Steve Stevens, Richie Sambora, Andy James, Derek Trucks, Tom Hess, Yohio, Francis Rossi
@ReidReynolds-lx7gr4 ай бұрын
Seen Brandon Ellis play live 3 times (each in a different band)and every time he stands out and blows me a way with his playing
@Goose214 ай бұрын
Saw him a couple weeks ago with TBDM and the man windmill headbangs whilst still nailing every part. Absolutely insane levels of clean
@diamondsfuns9244 ай бұрын
Jason Becker ❤
@GooseGumlizzard4 ай бұрын
lol I love Jason but he’s not exactly underrated
@ThorsShadow4 ай бұрын
Jason is absolutely not underrated. Maybe underappreciated since he isn't that well known compared to other guitarists. But those, who know of him absolutely do rate him as one of the best.
@morpho23164 ай бұрын
@@ThorsShadow Exactly. He plays Paganini the way Yngwie could only dream about.
@leonardocefalo29314 ай бұрын
Not underrated. He is brilliant, poetic and unearthly talented, and he just gets the credit he legitimately deserves
@MrJingles0214 ай бұрын
Richie Blackmore was a big influence for Bjorn Gelotte of In Flames....which makes him partially responsible for melodic death metal.
@Joshua-kt1xq4 ай бұрын
Sooo glad you included Syu
@JKNDBKSAFDBNSAMDSFD4 ай бұрын
My favorite thing about robert fripp in this video is just casual video about him joining only fans and brad no commenting anything. Fripps channel is the best thing on the internet
@Hooeylewissukz4 ай бұрын
Ron Jarzonbeck is slept on beyond belief. Watchtower is great, but Blotted Science consistently blows me away still. Even 12 years after their last release
@AdnanOygen4 ай бұрын
Brett Garsed , T.J. Helmerich , Marshall Harrison.
@dpacula634 ай бұрын
Galneryus jump scare! Love these guys!
@Steamplague4 ай бұрын
Shawn Lane. Absolutely insane speed and technique, also played country which is hilarious.
@lacalacadevic28874 ай бұрын
Phil Demmel should have been here, his solos for Vio-Lence are SIIIIIIIIICK Also, Eric Meyer riffs are almost unbeatable, another worthy of mention Also, FUCKIN' FRANK BLACKFIRE, he did both best riffs for Sodom and Kreator
@RustBunny4 ай бұрын
George Lynch. Had Gene Simmons stuck around to see him play too instead of simply leaving after seeing Van Halen, the world of rock/metal guitarists could have turned out a little different than it is today. Or if he would have actually gotten the job as Ozzy's guitarist either time (first losing to Randy, then being replaced by Jake before he could get started). Apart from the infamous hum often present when he's on stage, there aren't a lot of guitarists (at least that I am aware of) whose playing sounds like him. Of course, Dokken's guitarists have to at least be somewhat close to how Mr. Scary sounded, then there are guitarists like Pier Gonella (Necrodeath, Labyrinth, Mastercastle) or Henrik Rangstrup (Chaoswave, Endarken) who remind me of Lynch at times in their playing.
@Nilli4rock4 ай бұрын
I was so bummed out when I was too late for the Shawn Lane part of your live stream .___. the true GOAT of the electric guitar
@Outmind014 ай бұрын
In discussions like this, I will never not mention Alan Jones from Pagan Altar. His playing is melodious and heavy, and he can shred if he wants to. Criminally underrated, like the band itself.
@melio20024 ай бұрын
Jake E. Lee
@skimees98804 ай бұрын
I have a criminally underrated guitarist hes was the old lead guitarist of sentenced who died 2009. He can shred play thrash,black and gothic metal at the same time and his solos are amazing and his instrumental song ”mourn” for his grandfather is just amazing
@feroxk.92664 ай бұрын
oh yes... Miika Tenkula is his name...
@reubster5294 ай бұрын
Gary Moore, John Sykes
@REDW1NG944 ай бұрын
One that always stood out to me was Vitto Bratta of White Lion. Had some very unique licks and techniques, doesn't just sound like "just another 80s shredder"
@GardenYourHeart984 ай бұрын
first. i think scott ian is simple because he said malcolm young is a huge influence on him
@Minseito4 ай бұрын
Dave Meniketti of Y&T. Awesome songwriter as well.
@MGBP6164 ай бұрын
Steve Clark.
@kaskas35384 ай бұрын
My picks (that aren't already mentioned) would be: Chris Impellitteri: similar to Malmsteen, just not as famous Tommy Johansson (Majestica, Ex-Sabaton): really melodic player, I love his phrasing, also great stage presence Joonas Parkkonen (Ex-Santa Cruz): Slash but modern Tommy Gentry (The Raven Age): Incredible melodies and phrasing
@bastianogr49604 ай бұрын
You're right about the legion of Instagram shredders. One guy who stands out (at least to me), is Roy Ziv. And as for the Shrapnel guys: Greg Howe has always been my favorite.
@repentnow17204 ай бұрын
I can remember working at my college's radio station in the 80's, flipping thru "The NEW Releases bin" - if it was released by "Shrapnel" it was going to be fun-listening! : )
@Steveyneo4 ай бұрын
Haha the falling down the stairs at 0:06 made me LOL
@realpool4 ай бұрын
Michael Schenker for sure. I've also been noticing that Jim Matheos from Fates Warning is pretty amazing....
@davedecker17254 ай бұрын
Ty Tabor!
@jimstewart81224 ай бұрын
Oh, yes. The solo on Prisoner remains one of my favourites to this day.
@ianbraswell3 ай бұрын
I think Steve Hackett is seriously underrated. His innovations and contributions (especially with tapping and sweeping) have influenced many guitarists, while he's often gone completely under the radar
@rafffaaa69754 ай бұрын
Since you talked about frip. How about adrian bellew