‼️Guitar World BLASTS Yngwie, Vai & CC Deville?! 🤯🎸 Shred is DEAD

[@guitarzarfun]

I miss Guitar For The Practicing Musician. That was the guitar magazine.

[@MastersofShred]

GFTPM was an such an amazing magazine! I’m a big fan of them! 🙌🎸🎸🎸

[@aquabot]

@guitarzarfun It truely was. I've got plenty of GFTPM issues, I must have 2 or 3 Guitar world copies.

[@guitarzarfun]

@@aquabot Yep, i have 2 xerox boxes plum full of GFTPM from the late 80's to about maybe 1991 or so. The only other mags I have is because maybe they had an interview with my fav players at the time Jason Becker, Marty Friedman , Nuno, or Yngwie. That February 1991 issue with Jim Martin and Becker on the cover had the music for "Air". I swear the first time i looked at that music I wanted to just quit!

[@aquabot]

@@guitarzarfun 🤣🤣🤣 I can understand that.

[@mike_money69]

don’t forget guitar player magazine

[@cainm8808]

Steve is the reason I play guitar.I saw Steve in the Yankee Rose video and that was it for me.

[@jnorthrop70]

Guitar World follows trends…in ‘93 it was not really in vogue. GW was pandering. They were always the Circus Magazine of guitar rags.

[@TMoody]

That Fire & Ice is a killer record and Yngwie is a master.

[@MonkHoward]

Music critics have always been some of the rudest, least talented individuals. they are so envious of these talented musicians, that they have to tear them down in order to feel relevant, and powerful. I hated those days. some slob, without any musical ability, could rip apart a great album, with no regard for the talent, creativity, and painstaking collective effort it took to create it. 30 years later and Yngwie is still driving Ferrari's, and the music critic is probably scrubbing urinals, or flipping burgers.

[@pinkyellowblue007]

It's really dumb when a guitar mag shits on talent like that, it's like you're punished for being good at something.

[@Carlito_Sway]

Amen! Musicians have it hard enough trying to make a living. I've always been of the opinion that music "reviews", especially in the era of streaming music, should stick to promoting albums that the reviewer likes! Most music "journalism" is paraphrasing press kit info from label publicists anyways, so it's all marketing one way or another. No one is well-served by someone else's negative opinion of a recording! Now, I love learning about music I haven't heard before, learning what other people love about it, and forming my own impressions as I listen- if I think something sucks, I can figure it out myself! There's no risk if I listen to something and don't enjoy it, certainly not in today's music listening climate!

[@GeneralTHC]

How dare Steve Vai get paid for all the countless hours and dedication he poured into mastering his craft to become the incredible guitarist we all admire. Imagine that-someone being compensated for their hard work! And let me tell you something else. I started playing guitar in 1984, at the age of 11, long before the days of the internet, KZbin, and all the modern resources we take for granted now. Back then, we had guitar magazines, and I spent an alarming amount of time in the '80s and '90s immersed in their pages. I can assure you, those magazines had no issue putting Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen on their covers year after year. In fact, they did so disproportionately often-and not once did they mock them or label them sellouts while profiting off their fame to sell magazines. Funny how that works, isn’t it?

[@PharaohHowell-mb6bo]

How many times did this magazine put these exact people on their cover? GFTPM was the best mag of the genre...

[@jimkon1479]

Anyway, to those who love the shred stuff and love to learn it, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you🎅🎸

[@Gmanrushfan]

Ha! I still have this issue (as well as most of the early to mid-90’s). Shredders, traditional Metal like Maiden and Priest…etc. GW was picking at all of them during this period and just pandering to the ‘cool kids’. Nobody could foresee that all of these artists would have a resurgence one day.

[@frankwithrow377]

Shred is dead? So are guitar magazines.

[@incarnate6779]

lol not even just guitar magazines but magazines in general!

[@RastaSaiyaman]

The thing is that those people didn't really pay attention. Because... - Dimebag Darrel was breaking big in those days. - Likewise, Frank Gambale was making people go "What the hell is he doing and HOW is he doing so?" - Charlie Hunter also had people scratching their heads with that amazing ability of his. - Need I remind people that Extreme broke through in those days with Nuno Bettencourt shredding away? - And what about DREAM THEATER, did everybody forget about John Pretucci? - Brian Setzer revamped his career in those days, shredding away with The Brian Setzer Orchestra. And to those who say that there were no shredding solos on Grunge songs. - Listen to Mike McCready and Stone Gossard shred away and trading solos in "Even flow" - Or listen to the severely underrated Dave Navarro shred on Jane's addiction's "Ritual" or RHCP's "One hot minute" Shred wasn't dead, it just wasn't clad in neon spandex.

[@dilo777]

I remember reading these and thinking “they don’t know what they are talking about” then they go on to tell us how amazing the guy from dinosaur jr is compared to guys like Vai.

[@danriley5848]

Great video as always and those comments are way off base it's ridiculous. Hope that you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a a Happy New Year. 🎄🤘🏻

[@greendayray]

I think Fire and Ice is Yngwie’s most complete album and it’s underrated

[@ZalMoxis]

It's not always these artists fault..... it's the producers and record labels forcing their hands.... but listening to their comments makes me realise why I never bought this magazine unless it had transcriptions I really wanted... which wasn't that often....

[@lincthomas7178]

these guys have fucking rocks in their heads!!

[@rickdrumm6055]

I am not a shredder and will never be. I love rhythm guitar BUT!!!!!!, I respect the heck out of these guys. Slow or fast music is music. These guys are not only fast but create. I believe the writer at GW has shredder envy. lol. I love Tony M., Greg H, Alex S. and many others. I don't/can't play like them but they inspire me to be better. Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell are some of the best Nashville shred kings. Respect to all who shred.🤘🤘🤘

[@BasedGuitarist07]

Give me the names of the writers of this article please. Just want to see if my suspicions are correct. Thanks

[@patrickkeenan6331]

Guitar Player magazine taught people about how to play guitar. Guitar World magazine used its pages to talk about artists prison records. Guitar World was NEVER a legitimate publication; it was written for teenage boys who think they play guitar.

[@Brent-tn1yn]

Picking up that magazine at the time broke my ❤️ heart...I was all into the shred style...it said shred is dead lol.i was like aww man😮

[@Counsel-fires]

YJM is the King.... i don't think anyone else has style and tone above his endeavor.

[@JimboSlicePFC]

Not a great sentence, but i get what you are trying to say.

[@tymanngruter1808]

Get yourself sum books about special guitars, they are expensive but they tell you all you wanna know by all kind off guitars and their players! Beautifull photo galleries to. ❤

[@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510]

LOOOVE SHRED!!!!’❤❤❤😍🙏🏻🤘

[@BeamRider100]

I remember GW went through a phase of not having the transcriptions of the songs we all love. I'd typically only buy it if it had a song I knew and liked in the transcribed section. Ideally you just use your own ears and learn to transcribe ASAP.

[@9unslin9er]

Guitar World has always been embarassing. Their current existence is puzzling, just like internet forums.

[@flazjsg]

The point of the commentary on Steve Vai was that he's very talented, yet sold himself out for money playing dumbed down hair metal. I can't think of another Frank Zappa alumni that wound up in a hair metal band apart from Missing Persons - Warren Cucurillo (sp) and Terry Bozzio might be the only other ones I can think of - but at least the guys made the music pretty interesting at times. Magazine writers love stirring the pot. It gets people talking about the article and generates a lot of letters to the editor FWIW.

[@flazjsg]

Guitar Magazines MADE Yngwie Malmsteen. He was a product of guitar magazines. He sent in a tape to Mike Varney for his Guitar Player Magazine's "Spotlight" column and Varney flew him over to the US and got him recording. Everyone reading this probably knows this. Yngwie never had a hit album or hit single. If it wasn't for the magazine, he'd be nowhere - basically playing clubs in Sweden. He was the first of many "guitar heroes" that were crowned by the press initially, not the fans/public. Mike Varney basically invented "shred" for better or worse. He would find fast guitar players, book a studio with a bassist and drummer, and more of less tell the guitarist to "play fast."

[@jimkon1479]

Steve Vai was working at a breakneck pace working for Zappa and even got jaundice. He then worked for Roth at an easier schedule, and even with Alcatrazz, Vai has more than paid his dues. What is this joker thinking running him down? Just....wow.

[@Tognar]

I mean… is “gloriously obnoxious” a dig or complement? I feel like ZW would laugh and agree with that. LOL. 🤘😎🤘

[@EricFansher]

I never will get why people bag on C.C. they way they do. Do you think it gives you more street cred in the metal community or something? In an era of every guitarist sounding the same and being just as replaceable as a lightbulb, there was this blond ball of energy. C.C. came up with his own signature sound and phrasing. Within 5 notes you know it's C.C. playing on a song. Poison tried replacing him with extremely talented players (Blues and Richie) which I happen to be a huge fan of, but C.C.'s style plays such a huge role in Poison's sound, the band no longer sounded like Poison. From the first bar of the solo in Cherry Pie, you knew that was a guest appearance of C.C. That says something. I really wish people would grow up and stop bashing the guy. It's totally fine not to like Poison, but to say they suck because of them being 80's and you're just too hard and cool to indulge in such a band is pretty lame. They are one of the few bands from that era that can get on stage with zero help via backing tracks and put on one hell of a show. C.C. is a good, positive person that we are lucky is even still with us. He completely turned his life around and entertains like no other on a live stage. Let's give the man the respect he has earned. I'm not afraid at all to say it. I am a metalhead and still love me some C.C. DeVille!

[@anthonymcgill8035]

GW then turned around and put Zakk, Dime, Edward & Vai on multiple covers over the years…

The people who work at Guitar World only identify as Guitarists.

[@jerrymckenzie1858]

You know who's dead? Guitar World is dead. This is sheer desperation.

[@VictorVectorMusic]

Go watch that video of the dudes from Polyphia, the 'new breed' of re voicing virtuoso's', get absolutely schooled on stage in a back and forth by Vai.

[@soundzznetwork]

I can't say that i disagree with those reviews. . .

[@droopyd203]

Blasphemy

[@punkgerbil]

Guitarists are the only musicians that face abuse for being able to play properly - this would never happen to a violin or piano virtuoso - it was a pile of bollocks then and it's a pile of bollocks now.

[@douglasnisbet1189]

Shred is brilliant. Always will he.

[@BryanClark-gk6ie]

What about Richard Benson while you're on the subject? Richard had to legit excuse.

[@ashleyjackson8538]

All this type of media , is written by people who produce nothing good themselves . They are basically talking about themselves , and sticking a talented persons name as the title .

[@retiredsuperstar7780]

Guitar World is interested in selling magazines - so promotes what the “in thing” is at the time to appeal to as many people as possible to sell as many copies as possible. Zero integrity, simple as that, and not really surprising given that 50% of their pages are sold to the highest bidder

[@paulolsen6870]

The new crop of shredders can’t write a hook to save their lives, and very very few of them have their own sound. No one goes back to the roots anymore. Artistry is bit by bit being watered down.

[@huntergatherer4223]

Grunge is dead

[@flazjsg]

Really? In 2024 Pearl Jam sells more tickets than Whitesnake, Yngwie, Priest, Mr. Big, LA Guns, Zakk Wylde and Poison combined. Vai/Satch aren't selling what these guys are, neither was G3. Top songs and albums will beat hot guitar in concert venues anyday of the week. Pearl Jam is headlining Stadiums and doing a couple nights in a row at MSG. I'm not even a fan, but c'mon man! You're joking here. Not trying to be a jerk here, but I have to call it as I see it.

[@justplayqueen]

could be an ACT

[@canyonproductions7683]

Fire n Ice sucked and Slip was nit Steves finest moment- wasnt BAD but wasnt as great as 87’ from Sykes

[@fclefjefff4041]

Watching someone “shred” is like watching someone trying to win a hot dog eating contest 😆

[@CloudsBeyond]

Yngwie was influential when he emerged but now a washed up irrelevant has been, playing with a really crappy live band and releasing badly produced awful albums. Steve Vai did indeed ruin Skip Of The Tongue with his self indulgent playing and s guitar sound and tone that just did not fit Whitesnake. Vai and Yngwie are not good songwriters not do they claim to be, they are stunt guitarists and nobody in 100 or 500 years from now will remember their music. In saying that Yngwie, Vai, Satriani, Michael Angelo Batio, etc thoroughly deserve the success and acclaim they have had, they've worked hard at it and for every one of them there is millions of wannabes that never made it and never will! GP were happy to have these people on the cover in 80's, 90's and praise them, so this article is just sheer flatulence and hypocrisy bowing to current trends.

[@totalbullion5882]

Probably written by someone who has their associates degree in music but doesn't play any instruments 😆

[@robertfisher4689]

Gw is crap since it changed from Guitar for the Practicing Musician. HW is more like 16 magazine or Hit Parader now

[@stevedahl]

Have they gotten 20 year olds writing there now ?

[@TheHardStyleLife]

Wht tf wrote this xD 😅

[@shawnstarks1743]

It just goes to show. Just because you like something doesn’t mean somebody else does.

[@stevedahl]

Are the new writers also mad Trump won ?

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

CC deville, is deserving of the "shit player awards", that's for sure.