‼️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

[@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?

[@contracthit9839]

Vai has no soul

[@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!

[@PharaohHowell-mb6bo]

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

[@MetalHeart8787]

True, But it wasn't the Guitar mags main editors, I forgot who did this artical. and they didn't ever Put CC Devil OR Michael Angelo on the Cover, Not Fully

[@TMoody]

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

[@laurentpedemay5711]

I remember buying it in the early 90's while living in Ireland. Totally worn the tape and CD out. Awesome album!

[@MetalHeart8787]

I remember seeing that Artical & the only thing i can think of The song perpetual was basically Black star re recorded. other than that i thought Fire & Ice was Great.

[@DMDvideo10]

Ynwie's playing is insane especially live. But it's definitely a one trick pony and gets old fast.

[@BoomerBends]

Steve Vai transcribed ALL of Frank Zappa's music on a casette deck by ear. That feat alone gives him more cred than the sum total of the entire editorial staff @ Guitar World.

[@DavidB.Rockin]

True

[@Imperialmusicfan]

....at the ripe old age of 18!

[@DMDvideo10]

No doubt Vai is an amazing musician and guitarist. Bit seriously don't find his writing to be all that great. That Hydra thing he did was about the best and most memorable.

[@BoomerBends]

@@DMDvideo10 Strangely, I'm actually not much of a "fan" of Steve Vai's music or guitar playing. I do respect him though.

[@DMDvideo10]

@@BoomerBends There are loads of great players that don't reach me the way others do. Bonamassa, Satch, Mancusco, they all strike a chord with me. Others like Vai, Malmsteen and Govan don't.

[@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.

[@endtyme1345]

Not to mention LOTS of people stopped buying Guitar World magazine during that time. People wasn't interested about guitar heroes paraphernalia except for me lol. I hated ñu & most alternative stuff except for Alice In Chains or Soundgarden and a few more. I wanted guitar solos not pop songs with distortion. The trend at that time was treat the genre and the "guitar heroes" in the most despicable way, guitar magazines included. It was just absurd considering metal almost die for this situation and other survivors from the 80"s tried to modify their own sound with terrible results on most cases. Not even me imagine something like "Solo of the year" courtesy of the mighty Nuno Bettencourt in 2023 for "Rise". Metal in 2024 maybe is not having the relevance that deserves but at least the interest for learning guitar and thousands of new great talents is really impressive.

[@MetalHeart8787]

all those magazines did. i did Videos about them, they just all jumped on the "Alternative band wagon" By 1992 small articals on Good Guitarists. They did cover Metallica, Van Halen & AC/DC / Bands that were already popular

[@lfader]

Circus & Creem fanboy mag rags 🤣👌

[@travisazzopardi8024]

Grunge was huge

[@MetalHeart8787]

@@travisazzopardi8024 Yes it was "Huge" But also Sucked and didn't have Real Good Guitar in it.

[@cainm8808]

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

[@k2rocksstl]

@@cainm8808 dude, I worked at a Pizza Hut in Crystal City, Missouri when this came out. It was on the jukebox, along with about 3 other good rock songs, and I opened every weekday. Well, we got calls from stores and offices on the OTHER END of the mall(yes, indoor mall) that they could hear it when that shit was on😁😁😁😁🤘🏻. When I rock, so does everyone fucking else.🎸🤘🏻😁

[@jenniferanne4143]

Been awhile, but didn't he play some crazy guitar with a bunch of necks on it in that video, i remember it was a very popular video around 86 ? or something.. around the time Dokken was popular as well...

[@k2rocksstl]

@jenniferanne4143 the hydra

[@archibalddickworth6588]

​@@k2rocksstl It's the heart guitar, the Hydra came much later.

[@k2rocksstl]

@archibalddickworth6588 yeah! The double neck. Ok, I remember

[@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.

[@christopherpara6183]

Fire & Ice is one of Yngwie's BEST albums, period.

[@frankwithrow377]

Shred is dead? So are guitar magazines.

[@incarnate6779]

lol not even just guitar magazines but magazines in general!

[@MetalHeart8787]

yeah those Dummies pushed for that SO by through the 90's Their Magazine sales plummeted

[@gokhanersan8561]

They suicided themselves throughout the 90s-by preaching that well played guitar isn’t cool.

[@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....

[@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.🤘🤘🤘

[@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.

[@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.

[@felixayala05]

Fire and ice was Malmsteen's best record. Live string section anybody?

[@michaelkeudel8770]

The Whitesnake Slip of the Tounge was an awesome album, the guitar playing was phenomenol.

[@tunglam8210]

I was in junior high in 93. If you mentioned anything from the 80s , you'd be persecuted . There was a general feeling that we had reached the pinnacle of music and nothing else would exist on this planet apart from grunge and alt rock. I'm happy I survived the 90s

[@jimkon1479]

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

[@greendayray]

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

[@MihaiSorohan]

Of course people who wanted to became guitarists and couldn't, so they got "guitar journalist" instead, will have a HUGE grudge against people who CAN actually play guitar.

[@Hykje]

The magazine for people who have their guitars permanently hanging on the wall.

[@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.

[@dlmyrs]

This is the “guitar magazine” that once put Tommy Lee on the cover. That was my last time reading it.

[@BasedGuitarist07]

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

[@jfo3000]

Judgement Day on Slip of the Tongue is an epic studio construction by Mr. Vai. Greatness.

[@woodsnstrings]

Remember, 1993 was 2 years after the release of "Nevermind," and the whole teen scene was veering heavily towards NOT learning to play complex guitar parts. Grunge had fully replaced hair metal as the "mainstream" of alternative music, and shred just wasn't selling albums anymore. It was more about songwriting -- which is 100% fine, but the ethos was a movement AGAINST the excess of the '80s. The hair, the costumes, the daily scale practice, the theory lessons...grunge wanted to push back to the roots of rock in the way punk pushed back against 70s prog. Guitar magazines just printed validation pieces like this to sell copy to the new players.

[@ChowYunFattty]

I liked Guitar School magazine. They had the most tabs of anyone. And they tabbed songs that weren't just the current hits.

[@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. 🎄🤘🏻

[@instrumentalist28]

I was an aspiring shredder when i started in '95.... Being surrounded by people more into alternative, punk and ska.... needless to say i wasn't very popular lol

[@frankiethefixer]

CC Deville was underrated, didn't have the chops of the other two but was a riff master back in the day.

[@pointdevue9062]

Slip of the Tongue is a fantastic album. As the 87 was, in a different way. Steve vai made a wonderful work, no doubt of that. It doesn't make sense to blame him or to depreciate the album.

[@ginoames]

I remember reading that comment about Yngwie and then a couple years later the said the same album was one of Shreds best. GW is awful.

[@lincthomas7178]

these guys have fucking rocks in their heads!!

[@pbosche]

Why is the name C.C. anywhere near the word shred?

[@ScreamingStevenHoward]

Articles like this are what contributed to killing the live music scene. I love grunge, but it wasn't something that promoted a party atmosphere, and we never fully recovered.

[@normanderson01]

I just got to play on stage with Joel's old buddy, Eric Levy last Sunday. It was amazing to play with him. I asked about Joel. Eric said Joel is the funniest guy. What an honor to play with him. Wish I could play with Joel next as he's always been a huge inspiration to me. Cheers 🍻

[@lonelydwightfrye]

Pretty shameful for a faltering magazine to bash the players that once sold so many copies of their magazines.

[@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😮

[@bubbles3161]

I seen eat’em and smile tour. Steve and Billy were absolutely jaw dropping. Vai is truly amazing. They were shredding with accuracy percussion and complete clarity amps on 110 while literally throwing there guitars around 15 20 feet in the air. Cross Roads live to perfection. 100% guitar god. Hall of fame.He is legendary. Timeless music. A part of the historical record.

[@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.

[@hon8177]

This 90's guys you mentioned could really shred. They did shred! But they did in boring songs.

[@jerrymckenzie1858]

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

[@xaviergough9359]

I had that issue and always thought it was them roasting some of these artists. They also had a section where they trashed metal bands that were in the underground scene.

[@anthonylv64]

I listen to Music, I don’t read Magazines 😂😂😂…

[@kslock1975]

Its ok, Guitar World is the “Good Housekeeping” of the guitar magazines.

[@adamfindlay7091]

Vai also plays with Adrian Belew's version of King Crimson ( Beat lp version).

[@9unslin9er]

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

[@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.

[@ibanez33150]

No hates metal more than metalheads.

[@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.

[@julioocasioalbino1782]

Holly shit thats crazy

[@koyjonplaysguitar]

Miss Guitar Techniques magazine from the early 2000s

[@karilamervo5343]

Guitar Techniques ceased on December 2024, I bought the final paper issue. And from now on, Guitar Player is a part of Guitar World. Talk about irony...

[@ChrisP3000x]

We LOVED the era where the media couldn't care less about worshipping every artist...all the time, and dished lots of criticism, right or wrong. The perpetually-offended couldn't cancel them. It kept everyone sharp and on their toes. Kept things interesting. This all before every media outlet was controlled by corporations. So much pearl-clutching today just over OPINIONS that differs from your own.

[@shane1v]

How is CC mentioned in the same context as Vai and Yngwie?🤔🧐

[@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.

[@ciaranmeeks9431]

There's a difference between Pearl Jam remaining successful and whether or not the genre that birthed them remains successful. What PJ have been doing for at least the last 20 years isn't arguably even 'Grunge' anyway - it's essentially just Modern Classic Rock that has more in common with Tom Petty than Nirvana - not that that's a bad thing. That whole scene came and went fairly quickly really. Basically it lasted from about 1990 to 1995 in terms of peak popularity. PJ, Soundgarden, and AiC kept going awhile, but it was really over by the early 00's. Like with all genres, individual, standout artists obviously do weather the trends and continue, but the genre itself is largely a thing of the past. Ironically, by example there are objectively far more young, NEW Hair Metal acts internationally who are active, touring, and enjoying varying degrees of success than there are Grunge bands. And that doesn't even touch the plethora of other great NEW Rock, Metal, Prog, Extreme Metal, and Fusion acts out there. The only reason the term 'Grunge' even exists any more is because the same 20-somethings who pushed that material into the mainstream back in the 90's stubbornly refuse to move beyond that very brief era now that they're well into their 50's. They just won't let it go. It's why every time I turn on the radio I'm trapped in a 1000-year-Reich of Cobain's angst-ridden rants and Eddie Vedder's PC pretensions. It's like the last 20-30 years of great, new Rock/Metal never happened. That's a shame and it needs to end. Time to put Seattle to bed and start playing something else.

[@AutisticVaxtard]

Grunge is gay and Jewish

[@BaggeyTrowsers-w2n]

I've been saying that since 1993

[@ciaranmeeks9431]

@@BaggeyTrowsers-w2n We all need to keep saying it!

[@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. ❤

[@dominysynclair]

This all lines up perfectly with the release of Nevermind. I'm sure it was just a coincidence to keep selling magazines.

[@robbiegarnz7732]

It sounds like these reviews were written by a Nirvana fan….

[@BaggeyTrowsers-w2n]

CC was never revered. Poison had fame without the glory. If you ever saw one of CC's live solos from the 90s, it makes you wonder if he recorded the solos on the albums. In fact, i saw a poster for a Michael Angelo Batio guitar seminar once. He listed Poison as a band he had done studio work for. Makes you wonder!

[@philiplombardo249]

I read GW back in the day. But I always liked Guitar for the Practicing Musician more (and their tabs were way better). I also read Maximum Guitar lots and loved it! Shred ain’t dead, btw!

[@HallqvistOfficial]

The only problem with Slip of the Tongue is that the guitars are mixed WAY too LOW. Any magazine that bashes Yngwie Vai and Zakk can just FO.

[@stud5588]

Guitar world always dumped on metal artists even though they knew very well that these were some of the most talented players around. And then they would champion players like The Edge from U2 who's solos consist of three notes repeated over and over very slowly but made sound faster by using an excessive amount of delay. Basically the magazine was written by talentless, jealous people with massive chips on their shoulders.😂🤣

[@anthonymcgill8035]

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

[@themadmattster9647]

Bro I own this issue and was gonna do a video about it. Man I wish I would’ve done it

[@BubbaZen10]

Rolling stone was the same. All these magazines slammed so many of these ppl back in the day, then once they realized how popular they were 20 years later, they use the bands they slammed to try and sell their ragsno one buys anymore

[@GuitarTotality]

Yes, Guitar World and other guitar magazines, very much followed trends. When they relied so heavily on "opinions" based on what "sells" at the time - looking back... That approach NEVER ages well. Sadly, is the internet any different? There is Truly Excellent Content that NEVER gets a fair chance because of algorithmic design making content creaters having to follow what's popular at the time, in the hopes they get "seen". So, I guess this "americanized," trendfollowing society doesn't age well altogether... The Truly Greatest Guitarists are most likely busking on a street corner. Sad, but True😔

[@bhutchin1996]

They must have put alternative rock fans in charge. Shred never went away in countries like Brazil.

[@alessandrociapica5180]

Slip Of The Tongue is a superb album, and so No More Tears.

[@RobertWeingher]

All the guitar players who are known for their shred guitar playing are over the top in 2024, you can't shred forever! Steve Vai did one great album in all his career, it's the album Passion And Warfare from 1990, Yngwie Malmsteen was a great guitar player in the eighties and the nineties and even on some albums in the 21 century, Gary Moore was smart, he took a new direction in 1990 with the blues and blues/rock music, so he played some 20 years rock music and some more 20 years as a blues guitar player, it made his career varied and more interesting, i wonder if Yngwie will play live tracks like Far Beyond The Sun when he'll be 75 years old, i think it would be ridiculous!!!!!

[@sytharnia1717]

I remember these "reviews" being hilarious back in the day .... they were the OG trolling

[@BeamRider100]

Presumably their readership dropped like a stone after this issue.

[@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 .

[@toddwilliams4442]

The zakk comment was meant as a compliment...in their awkward, poser snob, reviews should all be negative and "hate on anything commercial, anytjing mainstream, anything if it isnt a song about death, war,s♡¡c¡d€, satan, then its trash" mentality.

[@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.

[@Nothing-zw3yd]

I would never bag on Michael Angelo Batio for his skill, he's a phenomenal guitarist and by all accounts a really good guy. However, his rhythm guitar tone on Nitro's O.F.R. album sounded like he was playing through a coffee can and the microphone recording it was in another room.

[@vonclod123]

I remember those old issue of Guitar World..lol.

[@lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510]

LOOOVE SHRED!!!!’❤❤❤😍🙏🏻🤘

[@DamianBaezZumpano]

Sometimes I think talking down was the only thing that worked to get attention. If instead of talking shit they had praised the artists as they deserved, people would distrust criticism

[@kmexperience]

Slip of the Tongue sold 1/8 as much as the self-titled album in the US. I think quite a few people were disappointed with Vai on it. I would have to give it a deeper listen, but I think that Vai’s playing didn’t really fit their style. They were a 70s classic rock band that got an 80s sheen, but I think the shred god approach was just one step too far.

[@1XDroidX1]

HTF did C,C, Deville end up on that list? 🥴 He was terrible... They must really need sales with this shit. lol

[@garyrouleau4676]

CC Deville on Jeopardy! Surreal!

[@dsvet]

Nitro's Long Way from Home was a pretty good song.

[@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!

[@Bricklinsv1970]

Alex Skolnick is my favorite.

[@totalbullion5882]

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

[@trance9158]

Is guitar world still around even? I'm just a life long bass player but miss relevant metal musician magazines unfortunately they're few and far between. The Internet has all the goods nowadays.

[@gerardcote8391]

Who could possibly disagree with the statement that Zach Wydle is obnoxious, i thought everyone had that same opinion.

[@droopyd203]

Blasphemy

[@robertfisher4689]

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

[@user-nk2mj1ry4x]

Dissing Via and Malmsteen is like dissing Gods…..wraths will be upon you!

[@Tonybeheler]

Guitar world and the rolling Stone are great magazines.... For wiping your ass.

[@JW-lq9ow]

Eddie proved technique with some speed with happy rhythm,songs,leads pleases a wider audience. These shredders your listing always were just for the guitar community . Whether or not they were shooting for top 40. Even today's Amazing way out there shredders. Same thing. Until a guitar player with fun,positive technique that doesn't require hitting a lead note at every beat followed by the drummer. We are killing the guitar. Jeff Beck wasn't a shredder. As a player of 48 years. Even though I can lighting speed stuff. Jeff Beck reminds us to play with passion,not just speed!

[@danthegeetarman]

Dang guitar world magazine drinking the shred haterade lol

[@robphillips8351]

Guitar player, guitar interactive, premier guitar.. all good.

[@danyeo]

I didn't like Slip Of The Tongue either because without Sykes Whitesnake wasn't the same. All the balls of the band was gone without Sykes.

[@mhsandifer]

Sorry, the Nitro album had great players, but the songwriting was pretty bad.

[@JW-lq9ow]

Even as a highly experienced player. If it sounds to fast without total passion making a vocal out of your guitar. I instantly tune it out! Guthrie Govan reminds us speed with finesse is much more appealing to a larger audience. Throw in goth vocals, bye bye success. Invaded that when he first came out. All my bay area guitarist friends said back then. They loved him. But the vocals made them shut it off!

[@JW-lq9ow]

i malmsteem

[@soundzznetwork]

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

[@LeopoldoCasillas-k2v]

Yngwie malmsteen great work I love this work fire and ice kick ass

[@bentlight04]

Well it was ‘91 and Pearl Jam and Nerdvana had it was over for shred . Only sloppy guitar playing was acceptable after ‘91 unfortunately. Guitar World is crap anyway. They’re like the “Rolling Stone “ or New York Times of guitar publications. What’s god is bad and what’s bad is good.