TOP 4 RHYTHM GUITAR PLAYERS | Garza's Mount Rushmore

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Hosted by guitar player & founder of Suicide Silence, Chris Garza
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[@RobbieDigglers3rdEye]

Corey Feldman 🐐

[@rockboy360]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@GarzaPodcast]

Let's go!

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

He is my inspiration

[@mr.craysee3653]

He seems more like a lead after that viral solo…

[@pizzaface4079]

Pulling on the whammy bar 😂

[@TT-df9hp]

Wes Borland doesn't get enough credit for how creative his riffs are. I mean listen to Out of Style, who else comes up with riffs like that?

[@preston2636]

@@TT-df9hp yes he does. Wes gets a ton of respect in the guitar world. Have you been living under a rock?

[@jarrettchristensen_music]

At this point he's slightly overrated

[@primuzad7264]

He plays in stadiums for over 25 years, seems pretty well rated to me.

[@ytormentory2369]

@@jarrettchristensen_music not even close

[@AmericansforTrump]

Big dumb face is my favorite Wes project

[@Chovieisin08]

you are a legend yourself Chris, keep smashing it brother, you are loved ❤

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

Head is my fav guitarist, i think without Head, korn wouldnt have been as heavy as they were. He was the metal fan

[@RiffGrimez]

@@Patrick-mg3jp it was evident thru his side projects and then how korn sounded in his absence- that Head is a huge fore in korns sound. I feel like the 2 together in a room creates the magic experience we love them for…but yea head is that dude lol.

[@TT-df9hp]

Korn are one of those rare bands where they have 2 guitarist and neither is lead.

[@darylandcat]

@@Patrick-mg3jp Head is great, but I for some reason have always preferred Munky. Hearing them independently of one another, Head’s solo stuff, and Munky alone on Korn III, was quite interesting. You get a better feel for what the two of them do and what they contribute. Could be my bias, but I’ve always gravitated more towards rhythm guitarists than lead. Head feels more like a lead role, while Munky feels more like the rhythm role.

[@raulfigueroa588]

Munky is the more creative of the two. Munky’s new project Venera is impressive. Most of what you hear is his guitar! Head is fantastic at melody but at this point I think Munky is the more diverse and technically better player. He even plays the solos now for example Another Brick In The Wall

[@preston2636]

Briam esbach is the dark horse of rhythm guitar. The goat imo

[@NadaXVII]

Brian Eschbach from The Black Dahlia Murder is my favorite! He makes such good melodic deathmetal riffs

[@preston2636]

@@NadaXVII facts. Hes so under rated. Its a travesty. Hes the goat imo. Everything went black is a riffing masterpiece.

[@echobutcher7027]

Dimebag,Toni iommi,James Hetfield, Ritchie Blackmore

[@thomasbaldiscola4671]

Joel Stroetzel (Killswitch Engage), Willie Adler (Lamb Of God), Wayne Lozinak (Hatebreed), Eric Peterson (Testament) GET IT!!! 🤘🤘

[@heelgill]

Joel's awesome.

[@akuma9901]

Joel deserves love. Adam is a mastermind and his riffs are iconic. I give Joel his credit though.

[@BEANSON98]

Devin Townsend, Mark Morton, Kim Thayil, and James Hetfield

[@jarrettchristensen_music]

@@BEANSON98 Kim usually played lead

[@jhamilton1007]

That's a great list. Good to see Hevy Devy there

[@BEANSON98]

@jarrettchristensen_music Yeah you're right, but I feel like he doesn't get enough love.

[@jarrettchristensen_music]

@@BEANSON98 his playing style is really unique

[@silentgnome]

James Hetfield (Metallica), Malcolm Young (AC/DC), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and Scott Ian (Anthrax).

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

I don't do top lists, but among my favorites.... Marc from Veil of Maya, Eddie VanHalen, Eric Gales, Diamond Darrell, Tosin Abasi... Hendrix.... oh yeah, Wes Hauch... and Fred and Mårten from Meshuggah....

[@preston2636]

@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power those are all lead guitarists dummy. The subject is rhythm guitarists not lead guitarists. Try to keep up with the conversation if youre going to participate

[@Meshuggapeth]

Head/Munk, Dino Cazares, Fredrik Thordendal/Marten Hagstrom, Akerfeldt/Akesson

[@pauliewalnuts829]

Hetfield, Mustaine, Scott Ian, Malcolm Young, Munky/Head.

[@addictivetackleco]

Head, Garza, hetfield, and Jesse ketive are my goats

[@darkkrenaissance42]

My personal fav is the Dark riffMaster himself ""Galder"" of Dimmu Borgir and Old Mans Child fame... Thomas Rune Anderson

[@fonzcarrillo3355]

Darrell Abbott and Dave Mustaine are my two favorites. Always seem to really enjoy there albums start to finish and amazing riffs.

[@Themixedmetalhead]

Dime, Gary holt, Peter tagtgren, Devin Townsend, Tony Iommi.

[@sleepbetraysme]

Jon Schaffer, James Hetfield, Tony Iommi, Malcolm Young. 😎

[@Charliee2002]

James Hetfield,Dino Cazares, fredrik thordendal, mick thomson, Stephen carpenter

[@wanderergrim]

Jim root, John 5, Adam De Micco, Daniel Ash (Bauhaus without them goth wouldn't be what it is today as they are known as the god fathers of goth rock) Honorary mention would be Ricky Olson (Motionless in White), as I quit guitar during my early teens and picked my guitar backup when I was 16 because of his playing and I sort of saw a bit of myself in him. (I am 23 now)

[@razorgemTTV]

lil Wayne is got to be up their in the mount rushmore.

[@toyotaecw]

When the James Hetfield mentions someone…you know they are the greatest down picked of all time.

[@anthonykyle2429]

Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled , and Steven Segall.... Best guitarist of all time

[@Unl1sted]

Dimebag, Dimebag, Dimebag, Dimebag with a top hat

[@atmydesktyping]

Steven Seagal 🎸

[@visionop8]

especially on that one song where he says "me wan de punani"

[@lesliefarlow5734]

Munky is aweome in 2010 I got to meet Korn except Fieldy then the next time I seen them Munky through me his pic

[@n1troni]

Mustaine, Iommi, vivian campbell and eddie 'fast' clarke

[@martindewhurst2485]

John Reis, Izzy Stradlin, James Hetfield, Malcolm Young

[@soulfate2]

Dime ..what a fantastic human too

[@Cosmic5144]

I wish I saw Dick Dale, too. But, I did get see Jeff Beck.

[@tomtomthebear]

Willie Adler has to be up there, dudes playing is fucking killer 🤘🏻🔥🔥🤘🏻

[@raulfigueroa588]

Agree great player

[@visionop8]

Nice picks! I'm into Dick Dale as well. People hardly mention him when they talk about proto-shredders but he was certainly one of them. And of course here's my 4: Dave Mustaine, Wes Montgomery, Ty Tabor, Chuck Schuldiner, however the last one could really be any one of founding or 90s, 2000s death metal guitarists.

[@frymi6734]

Please bring Suicide Slience to Birmingham/Huntsville Alabama sometime soon, or One day! Garza, You rock...

[@Kcutthth]

I hope Mr Garza reads this comment. The reason why you feel like you are becoming more you when playing these other songs written by other people is because you are having to interpret the song. You are stepping into their shoes and navigating something that came natural and from within them and you are having to internalize that. When you do that you become more aware of what comes natural to you and you are more aware of it. Well that’s just my take anyway. I enjoy the podcast. Keep up the good content!

[@pranavnnair5]

Matt Heafy is super underrated when it comes to his rhythm guitar playing. His riffs are complex but also have so much groove and melody to them

[@camerongrant9356]

Phil sgrosso, Adam Dutkiewitz, Mark Morton, Oli Herbert are Guitar gods

[@preston2636]

@@camerongrant9356 those are all lead guitar players. Nobody is talking about lead guitarists. The topic is RHYTHM guitarists. Try to keep up

[@camerongrant9356]

@@preston2636 I just figured that because everybody else was putting their favourite guitars down, which obviously included some lead guitarist that it was OK for me to do the same. Sorry I kicked sand in your vagina and ruined your day.

[@akuma9901]

@@preston2636I think a lot of people don’t know the difference. Adam D is an amazing player though.

[@DrScrambles]

I gotta admit, I went from being a sceneicide silence hater in 08 to Garza has made it up on my list of favorite rhythm guitar players.

[@JMW4T20N]

Head, John Frusciante, SRV, Wes Borland

[@VanDiemen1969]

Best rhythm, james hetfield, dino cazares, kevin Frasard, max cavalera. Best of both: dimebag, jo hayley (psycroptic), Bill Steer, Pat O’brien.

[@captainpringles1173]

For me the five guitarist to make me pick up a guitar would be in this order Mikael Åkerfeldt Chuck Schuldiner Both Head & Munky Synyster Gates Garza himself

[@raulfigueroa588]

Cool list

[@captainpringles1173]

@@raulfigueroa588 yeah but only top five was kinda hard 😂 well not the first two

[@bhbuzzco7719]

Adam Jones, Fredrik Thordendal, Marten Hagstrom, James Iha, Stephen Carpenter, John Browne

[@andeeramone89]

Nice to hear some love for Johnny Ramone

[@BimqyMalmsteen]

B.B. King, Chuck Schuldiner, Buckethead, Dave Mustaine

[@jprobertson-e1j]

If You Want Blood, You've Got It the live ACDC album has to be my favourite from the band cause it really captures the ferocity of their performances.

[@FilaDraw]

Love from Indonesia garza❤❤❤

[@LDN76]

Izzy, Jerry, Adam and Kurt

[@mattdedasc]

Dime, Dino Cazares, Mustaine and Erik Rutan

[@pantera6925]

Dime, the duke rich ward of stuck mojo. pat O’Brien, Jeff loomis’s rythms are overlooked all the time.

[@anthonysuski9248]

I remember seeing MISFITS with RAMONE's drummer!! He made the MISFITS heavy as fukk!! Killer gig!! 😎 👍

[@Ssjcloud3]

Brian from Korn is one of the best indeed. For me it's Mike shcelibaum from darkest hour, Phil sgrosso from as I lay dying and Alan from old erra and the artificials.

[@B.Wayne88]

Jimi EVH Billy Gibbons Tony Iommi

[@rafx2014]

Dino is my Dick Dale, i built my alternate rythm picking with Demanufacture.

[@sportscardchannel7353]

WOW finally a top 4 Rhythm Gutiar player

[@andrewtschuta2627]

Hetfield, Mustaine, EVH, and Dimebag.

[@dearquan]

Tim Mahoney from 311 doesn’t get near the props he deserves 💯✔️

[@unsoundproductions-cn1py]

Hetfield #1 , Scott Ian , Mike Clark, Dime. Respect to the Korn fellas as well

[@Haunting1981]

Stephen Carpenter Mike Eizinger Brent Hines and Bill Kelliher Troy Van Leeuwen David Gilmour but I feel like he's a given in everyone's list

[@S133S]

Michael Keene, Morris Kolontyrsky, Rob Arnold, Pepper Keenan

[@preston2636]

@@S133S why do all these morons keep mentioning lead guitarists when the topic is rhythm guitarists?

[@domdomdomdom]

Het, Max, Dino, Scott Ian

[@joshpelton8068]

It is always hard for me to name just 1 or even just 4 guitarists for anything because there are just so many. For me , there is the actual technical sise of rhythm playing and yhen there is the creative side ( riffs). So im going ro name 4 of my top rhythm players eho inspired me and they are James Hetfield, Trey Azagthoth, Kirk windstein and Tony Iommi.

[@papichulobr]

RHYTHM GUITAR PLAYERS: Hetfield, Brian esbach, Chuck, Rob Barrett

[@brandonharris9160]

Brian Eschbach of TBDM Cory Arford of Carnifex Roope Latvala of Sinergy and Children of Bodom Max Cavalera of Sepultura

[@TheGreenMonster666]

Max Cavalera Stef Carpenter Mick Thompson Daron from system of a down

[@Sub4-k7u]

Max on guitar, what a joke lmfao

[@TheGreenMonster666]

@@Sub4-k7u don't care what you think Max can still rip

[@Sub4-k7u]

@@TheGreenMonster666 Yeah he rips.. two strings out of the guitar because he can't mute them lmfao

[@TheGreenMonster666]

@@Sub4-k7u sound a little jealous bro he's better then you with 2 missing strings he had a choice alcohol or a set of strings 😂😂😂

[@Sub4-k7u]

@@TheGreenMonster666 Really? That's your argument? How old are you, 10? A kindergarten girl would probably bring up his composing skills, but oh well..

[@robertkenneth8227]

Riffs are the bones of great metal and hard rock tunes. It requires great rhythm players. My Top 4 Dimebag, Tom morello, Wes borland and Tony Iommi . You have great choices too

[@preston2636]

@@robertkenneth8227 those are all lead guitarists. The post is rhythm guitarists moron

[@jdomin21]

James from Metallica, johny ramone , Billie Joe from Green Day , Malcom young and .. hear me out .. Tom Delonge from blink 182 .. I know I know .. his not the best guitar player but shit! His down picking and the riffs he makes are so dam Catchy and simple. Idk , those are mine .

[@jacintofragoso1211]

I'll go with Vivian Campbell Elliot Easton Gary Moore

[@FiGMiNT]

mine are jim root then munky and id say jerry cantrell dino.

[@orphanuprising]

Keith Merrow is my number 1 of all time.

[@bibiinspades1953]

Sammy Duet (Goatwhore) that guy riff writing is very entertaining, he crosses metal gernes very well and executes it, the guys from V.O.D and Garza cus he did stuff with a 7 string that I didn't hear until Suicide suicide came out

[@deafforever3534]

Any metalhead who doesnt have James Hetfield & Dave Mustaine on Rhythm Guitar Mount Rushmore is trying to be too clever.

[@EclecticDivergent]

Eclectic mix! I’ve gotta put James Hetfield. That dude is amazing as a rhythm guitarist, considering he is him… of that band

[@hectoracevedo5792]

John frusciante , darron malakian, jerry Cantrell and slash

[@AYAiYaiYaiYai]

No love for Stephen Carpenter?

[@mikaelvuorinen3143]

I think you missed the greatest metal guitar player RIP dimebag

[@mbrighton1802]

James Hetfield, Max, Chuck, Dime

[@jimmyt8047]

CARCASS Brutal Bill !!!!

[@sheldonwright8770]

Hetfield, iommi, dimes, marten

[@TheDeadStretch]

Max Cavalera!

[@commentmaster_666]

Duane Allman destroys everyone.

[@countdowntoforever]

Dave Davidson

[@eomerika]

Check out Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold

[@opseudocientista7783]

Pat Smear

[@meganwood2019]

I’ll be the only one that says it but Tim from Protest the hero….

[@Durkhead]

Pepper j keenan

[@DreidMusicalX]

Rudolf Schenker from Scorpions, Eddie Van Halen like it or not, held killer rhythms even though he did both. I know you are tossing out there things that people did for music like cabinets, but I would not call them the best rhythm players. Maybe for you. But there are killer rhythm players out there.

[@christianmorales6519]

My 3 are in no particular order, Zacky Vengeance, Mick Thomson, Josh Smith.

[@logancrusan6336]

Nothing against Munky - but didn’t Head wrote most of the classic riffs in Korn?

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

Head is the reason they went from a funky faith no more lapd band to what korn was on the self titled record

[@rockboy360]

@@logancrusan6336 You can tell Head brought the heaviness and darkness to the band when he dropped his solo record and Love And Death and compare it to how much KoRn sucked when he was gone.

[@JosephSanchez-nc6rg]

​@@rockboy360 I like Head's vocals in Love and Death over anything Jon has done in 20 years!

[@raulfigueroa588]

Definitely not, Munky wrote a great amount of classic riffs and Munky often added the dark atmosphere to the band. Head often wrote the melodies but both shared those duties. For instance, I know Munky wrote most of Take A Look In the Mirror as Head was struggling addiction at the time. Fun fact, Fieldy actually came up with the Here To Stay riff. They all contributed and Head was not always fully involved

[@rockboy360]

@@raulfigueroa588 Maybe but how do you explain KoRn sucking so much when Head was gone and Head's other band being so good?

[@rahbeat9785]

this guy talks really slow.. can someone post the list?

[@fatal567]

Dave Mustaine is the ultimate rythmn guitar player and riff lord. His riffs for Megadeth and many of Metallica songs are legendary. The other 3 riff lords would be Malcolm Young (AC/DC), James Hetfield (Metallica) and Dimebag Darrell (Pantera).

[@EagleHeart19]

This guy and these people in the comments know nothing about rock or metal guitar players, or music in general.

[@Criglet7]

Munky is underrated! The weird sounds on top of the riffs Korn does are so good! Munky also has a good industrial sound!

[@raulfigueroa588]

Incredible industrial sound. Venera is sooo good

[@BigDemz]

Dime, Rob Arnold, Mark Morton, Kirk Winstead

[@cbolton81]

Dime rob and mark are all lead guitarist

[@Durkhead]

​​@@cbolton81but dimes ryhthm was absolutly perfect Just listen to anybody else try to play walk

[@joshpelton8068]

It's windstein ( sorry to be grammar Nazi) and he is an amazing riff / songwriter and writes amazing lyrics and harmony guitar parts! I am glad to see someone else mention him.

[@BigDemz]

@@cbolton81 Missed the RYTHM part of the title. I just gave my top 4

[@travisbrewer5394]

@@BigDemz great guitarists but rhythm guitarist? Either way I love it! Cheers to you! Long live metal!!

[@CantonBruce]

Dimebag Dino Cazares Kerry and Jeff Chuck shuldiner Are my 4

[@fonzcarrillo3355]

Not a bad list. I would definitely put Dave Mustaine right under Darrell Abbott. IMO of course.

[@akuma9901]

Those are all leads

[@CantonBruce]

@@akuma9901 good thing this list was personal to my inspiration and musical journey

[@louiejames626]

Dino!

[@CantonBruce]

@@louiejames626 fuck yeah Dino!

[@HunterRouth]

EVH - Impeccable timing. Every riff he wrote was memorable. Dave Mustaine - No explanation necessary. John Sykes - Put passion into every riff he wrote. Like getting shot with a shotgun. Al Di Meola - You try playing those rhythm patterns.

[@STANGm06deGT]

Dimebag Darrell, James Hetfield,Jim Root, Dino Cazares, and this list could keep going,and going and going ! Very hard to just choose 4 !!

[@alejandro6641]

Dime,Jerry Cantrell,Brian Welch,Zack Wylde

[@nothuman1683]

@@alejandro6641 you forget lil Wayne and Corey Feldman

[@alejandro6641]

@@nothuman1683 jajaj,also forgot that Steve Vai has a big inspiration on me

[@dmusiclife5727]

In the world of Metal Dime is the GOAT. both Rhythm and lead.

[@mikaelvuorinen3143]

100 procent

[@AndreLuis-oo6bf]

Absolutely

[@JohnB-nq4js]

James Hetfield, Claudio Sanchez, Billy Corgan, and Tim Mahoney

[@trad3612]

Head, Stephen Carpenter, Jerry Cantrell, Lee Malia

[@Cosmic5144]

Yes, Dick Dale and Leo Fender, are such wicked awesome innovators.