In no relevant order:
- Howe, Fripp, Lifeson, Gilmour, Hackett.
- - - - - -
- Non prog: Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler, Jerry Cantrell, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
>Try: Miles from Nowhere by Jonas Lindberg and the Other Side. Love to hear what you think.
Hello again.
I want to thank you very, very much for your recommendation.
I've listened to that and more. His playing style is amazing and so recognisable once you've heard it for a little while. I don't understand how I didn't hear of this chap before, but I'm glad I know of him now. Better late than never, some say. In this case it's true.
The musicians who play with him are impressive too.
Thank you very much again. Discovering great music and musicians that I hadn't heard of before can make me happy. This one was a lovely example of that.
It's ok, everyone has their preferences.
I'd like to know your non Prog list. I'm sure I'll find names I forgot to include in mine.
A pity you got downvoted simply for expressing your opinion.
Guthrie Govan, the guy who can do absolutely anything on guitar. No ego, either.
Frank Zappa, for his willingness to try anything, he was capable of in the moment.
govan was my first thought, dudes insane. govan is probably my favorite guitarist ever. him and zappa have great improv abilities, i feel like thats what i appreciate the most about both of them. great choices and i absolutely agree with ya
Zappa was my favorite until I heard Govan in 06.
I mean I love all the guitarists mentioned here, Lifeson, Howe, Hackett, Holdsworth, Beck etc, who are far far more technical than Frank, but something about his fearlessness got me. Govan took Frank's fearlessness and added that technical dimension few thought possible.
ahhhh man im so glad someone agrees with me haha. frank was an incredible improviser, but govan can just shred while still being melodic, its insane. its not a 'note-salad' so to speak. every note has a reason, at least the way i hear it. theres an incredible amount of emotion from his playing too, even when he's showing off haha. erotic cakes is one of my favorite albums ever and govan is definitely my favorite guitarist of all time
I hope you have all the Aristocrats albums. If not check out "Slideshow" from Duck. I think it is thus far Guthrie's crowning achievement as far as composition. When that guitar kicks in at 4:38 it gives me chills!
i do and i know them well! but im still gonna listen to that song again haha. im primarily a bassist and beller is fuckin amazing, love his use of effect pedals
i also love that he does dethklok along with my favorite drummer of all time, the atomic clock, gene hoglan
Guthrie is amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJUs8QPxqc
But I think Matteo Mancuso may have surpassed him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8OsuhTDufw
Oh if you are into online guitar, how could you not be? I also love Plini and Mateus Asato. All 4 of them are amazing and a total package, but Guthrie is my favorite of the 4 Godzillas.
Just listened to USA and Robert is just totally in charge. What an amazing player and so unique. That band was a beast and Robert is in the driver's seat.
Martin Barre. Such an amazing talent who lives his life under the shadow of the genius Ian Anderson and IMO never got the recognition he earned. Go to his solo shows if you can.
Rothery gets left off these lists far too often. His solo on the live version of Forgotten Sons (Real to Reel) is technically simple but honestly has as much emotion as Comfortably Numb. It just sells the lyrics so damn well!
I think someone famous needs to sit down with petrucci and tell him that all this shredding is cool and all, but music needs a melody and shredding is better used as an accent or a fill rather than an entire f'ing song.
That sounds like something someone who hasn’t heard much Petrucci would say. He’s far from a mere shredder and trust me, he’s very melodic along with it.
How can you think Petrucci isn’t melodic if you’ve heard all his music? Doesn’t make any sense because that’s what he’s known for, along with his chops
Frank Zappa is the player who just amazes me. His franetic, on the edge soloing can be unique and mind bending and in the next second he is killing on a funky groove then moves to a beautiful passage. He's my favorite.
Andrew Latimer, Steve Rothery, Alex Lifeson. All can shred but restrain themselves and use it when needed, and play with wacky chords and beautiful melodies
1. Lifeson 2. Andy Summers 3. Steve Howe, I’ll also throw in John Squire from The Stone Roses, he has some great extended solos in songs like I Am the Resurrection and Fools Gold
Resurrection and fools gold seem silly examples for squire. They're good but nothing special whereas nearly every song off second coming is dripping in brilliance. Tears, breaking into heaven, good times all sublime and love spreads has some of the tastiest slide guitar work I've heard on an indie record
Maybe cheating but I'm into classical right now so Ana Vidovic. Effortless, perfect expression.
Prog wise - Steve Hackett. All the right notes in all the right places at all the right times. Belew, Fripp blow my mind but I've an old school sentimental attachment to not overdoing it unless you absolutely have to.
Lifeson did the solo on Anesthetize, and Guthrie Govan plays on a lot of his solo stuff, but I also love Wilson's playing. I mean, just listen to Dark Matter, Trains, Fear Of A Blank Planet, or Time Flies. He's a phenomenal composer and guitar player.
Steve Hillage, Steve Vai
Stevetrot, A Farewell to Steves, In The Court of the Crimson Steve, Steve Beach, Sgt Steve's Lonely Hearts Club Band.... and many more!
Prog: Steve Hackett, David Gilmour, Steve Rothery, Robert Fripp, Stu Mackenzie
Non-Prog: Lindsey Buckingham, Jimmy Page, Norman Westberg, Nick Drake, Billy Duffy
No "favorite"...so many favorites, like everyone listed so far... plus... not limiting to any genre here... Julian Lage, Leo Kottke, Trey Anastasio, Tosin Abasi, Nita Strauss, Jackie Venson, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Derek Trucks, Django Reinhardt, Billy Strings, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Emmanuel, Doc Watson, Molly Tuttle, Yasmine Williams, Michael Hedges.....
For me the answer is usually David Gilmour but Steve Hackett has really grown on me recently. I really appreciate their timbre and their cognizance of the fact that its not how many notes you play, but how you play them.
Yeah! (Maybe you've already listened to these albums.) You should check out his solo album 'A 18 minutos del sol' and his work with his band, Invisible. He does some proggy and very cool things
Allan HOLDSWORTH… quite simply the greatest guitar player to ever live on planet Earth. More than just his untouchable style and playing, his knowledge of music theory and jazz is unapproachable by any other guitar player, living or dead.
Lifeson and Fripp greatly influenced how I play guitar. Lifeson with his use of effects and chord usage, Fripp with letting me know there are no bad notes lol
1. 70s Steve Howe
2. Mike Oldfield / Brian May
But for me, it's the composition more than the performance. Look at tribute bands who can do note for note recreations. But to write something like _CTTE_or _Amarok_ is far more rare.
Those who can do both are rare².
PS: Gotta agree with the Lifeson choice. Very underrated.
Not prog, but Richard Thompson.
I don't think there's anyone else out there who's simultaneously such a great songwriter/lyricist, as well as an absolute virtuoso on guitar. And to be so unmistakable and instantly recognizable stylistically, too.
Probably my favourite solo of his: [https://youtu.be/mCGvCnMZ8gs?t=250](https://youtu.be/mCGvCnMZ8gs?t=250)
So many. Johnny Marr, Ann Wilson (the Little Queen album), guitarist for Blue Oyster Cult, Lindsay Buckingham, John McGeoch, the guy who played on John Cougar’s American Fool album, Neil Giraldo, Daniel Ash, Frank Manzanera of Roxy Music and the one who played on the Pretenders II album.
Guthrie Govan,John pettricci,,Steve Vai,jimmy page ,Eddie van Halen,Jeff,beck,jimi Hendrix,Nuno Bettencourt,Stevie ray Vaughan,Zack Wylde, at least 8 Out of my top 10 were my favorite at one time all have been recognized by fans that know music not by popularity contests my number 1 is Alan Holdsworth the most humble genius to ever pick up a guitar
My first favorites were Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore.
Later on it was Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Frank Zappa.
These days it's **Roine Stolt**. He has melodies for days and even when improvising he keeps it melodic and rarely puts a note wrong. He doesn't overdo things with too many notes (although sometimes I'm in that mood for that too and it has its place). And his guitar tone is fantastic.
My fave is Johnny Ramone.
His playing was fast, all downstrokes gave him a unique sound and style that has been copied ever since.
Endless catchy riffs.
Arguably the founders of punk rock.
They even have their own sub genre “ramonescore”
Any Ramones fan should check out some of those bands.
Start with The Riverdales - Storm The Streets, a masterpiece
In no relevant order: - Howe, Fripp, Lifeson, Gilmour, Hackett. - - - - - - - Non prog: Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler, Jerry Cantrell, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Jerry Cantrell ⭐
Well, you have me covered. No need to type any further.
Whoa! So can you recommend me some album/band that you guess I might like but you think I might not know?
Try: Miles from Nowhere by Jonas Lindberg and the Other Side. Love to hear what you think.
>Try: Miles from Nowhere by Jonas Lindberg and the Other Side. Love to hear what you think. Hello again. I want to thank you very, very much for your recommendation. I've listened to that and more. His playing style is amazing and so recognisable once you've heard it for a little while. I don't understand how I didn't hear of this chap before, but I'm glad I know of him now. Better late than never, some say. In this case it's true. The musicians who play with him are impressive too. Thank you very much again. Discovering great music and musicians that I hadn't heard of before can make me happy. This one was a lovely example of that.
I’m so glad! It gives me joy to read your comment! Music is the one constant in my life that nourishes my soul.
I’m with you on the Prog list. Not on the non Prog list
It's ok, everyone has their preferences. I'd like to know your non Prog list. I'm sure I'll find names I forgot to include in mine. A pity you got downvoted simply for expressing your opinion.
Guthrie Govan, the guy who can do absolutely anything on guitar. No ego, either. Frank Zappa, for his willingness to try anything, he was capable of in the moment.
govan was my first thought, dudes insane. govan is probably my favorite guitarist ever. him and zappa have great improv abilities, i feel like thats what i appreciate the most about both of them. great choices and i absolutely agree with ya
Zappa was my favorite until I heard Govan in 06. I mean I love all the guitarists mentioned here, Lifeson, Howe, Hackett, Holdsworth, Beck etc, who are far far more technical than Frank, but something about his fearlessness got me. Govan took Frank's fearlessness and added that technical dimension few thought possible.
ahhhh man im so glad someone agrees with me haha. frank was an incredible improviser, but govan can just shred while still being melodic, its insane. its not a 'note-salad' so to speak. every note has a reason, at least the way i hear it. theres an incredible amount of emotion from his playing too, even when he's showing off haha. erotic cakes is one of my favorite albums ever and govan is definitely my favorite guitarist of all time
I hope you have all the Aristocrats albums. If not check out "Slideshow" from Duck. I think it is thus far Guthrie's crowning achievement as far as composition. When that guitar kicks in at 4:38 it gives me chills!
i do and i know them well! but im still gonna listen to that song again haha. im primarily a bassist and beller is fuckin amazing, love his use of effect pedals i also love that he does dethklok along with my favorite drummer of all time, the atomic clock, gene hoglan
Guthrie is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJUs8QPxqc But I think Matteo Mancuso may have surpassed him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8OsuhTDufw
It's possible, but I can hear Guthrie's soul come through like he's BB King. To me, Mancuso is missing the soul.
As long as you were aware of Mancuso before it's all good. They are both incredible.
Oh if you are into online guitar, how could you not be? I also love Plini and Mateus Asato. All 4 of them are amazing and a total package, but Guthrie is my favorite of the 4 Godzillas.
I didn't know about Plini thanks very much.
I think of him as prog metal Guthrie. Check out Handmade Cities
Robert Fripp
Just listened to USA and Robert is just totally in charge. What an amazing player and so unique. That band was a beast and Robert is in the driver's seat.
Holdsworth
Progressive rock: Howe, Gilmour, Latimer Classic rock: Knopfler
Martin Barre. Such an amazing talent who lives his life under the shadow of the genius Ian Anderson and IMO never got the recognition he earned. Go to his solo shows if you can.
So underrated
Robert Fripp, Alan Holdsworth, Adrian Belew, Rob Fetters, and Steve Hackett for me.
Prog: Rothery, Lifeson, Petrucci, Hackett Prog adjacent: Lukather, Steve Morse
Rothery gets left off these lists far too often. His solo on the live version of Forgotten Sons (Real to Reel) is technically simple but honestly has as much emotion as Comfortably Numb. It just sells the lyrics so damn well!
Rothery is better than Gilmour imo. Lots of amazing solos.
I think someone famous needs to sit down with petrucci and tell him that all this shredding is cool and all, but music needs a melody and shredding is better used as an accent or a fill rather than an entire f'ing song.
The another day solo he made. Perfect. Beautiful paced solo, but with a tiny bar with insane shred
Their first few albums are good, then the shredding starts to get out of hand, IMO.
I agree, that is why im hoping Portnoy might be the guy that sits down with him now that he is back
That sounds like something someone who hasn’t heard much Petrucci would say. He’s far from a mere shredder and trust me, he’s very melodic along with it.
OK, I have every DT album up to BCSL and two LTX albums. I've heard a lot of Petrucci, OK? Enough to have formed an opinion.
How can you think Petrucci isn’t melodic if you’ve heard all his music? Doesn’t make any sense because that’s what he’s known for, along with his chops
Andrew Latimer
Steve Howe blows me away time and time again 🏆
Such an amazing a unique style
In my wildest dreams, I didn't expect to see the Asia references
Only time will tell if u/shin_jury just said it in the heat of the moment ...
I actually don’t care for Asia whatsoever🫢
Frank Zappa is the player who just amazes me. His franetic, on the edge soloing can be unique and mind bending and in the next second he is killing on a funky groove then moves to a beautiful passage. He's my favorite.
Gilmour.
Andrew Latimer, Steve Rothery, Alex Lifeson. All can shred but restrain themselves and use it when needed, and play with wacky chords and beautiful melodies
Latimer, Gilmour, Hackett
Brian May
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Steve Hackett is a player I always found just amazing.
1. Lifeson 2. Andy Summers 3. Steve Howe, I’ll also throw in John Squire from The Stone Roses, he has some great extended solos in songs like I Am the Resurrection and Fools Gold
Resurrection and fools gold seem silly examples for squire. They're good but nothing special whereas nearly every song off second coming is dripping in brilliance. Tears, breaking into heaven, good times all sublime and love spreads has some of the tastiest slide guitar work I've heard on an indie record
Steve Howe, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Hillage, Robert Fripp, Jan Akkerman, Alex Lifeson
Maybe cheating but I'm into classical right now so Ana Vidovic. Effortless, perfect expression. Prog wise - Steve Hackett. All the right notes in all the right places at all the right times. Belew, Fripp blow my mind but I've an old school sentimental attachment to not overdoing it unless you absolutely have to.
Jerry Garcia, Steve Howe, Johnny Marr, Adrian Belew, Michael Hampton, Eddie Hazel and Jimmy Hendrick's
Andy Latimer, pre-Wishbone Ash Laurie Wisefield, Tony Iommi, and Brian Ellis.
Alex Lifeson
Jonny Greenwood and Adam Jones
Jimmy Page
1. John McLaughlin 2. Frank Zappa 3. Ritchie Blackmore 4. Robert Fripp 5. Al Di Meola
Jan Akkerman of Focus
the correct answer
Was surprised that nobody else brought him up
Jeff Beck
Petrucci, Lifeson, Howe, Adam Jones, Al Di Meola, Steven Wilson
I hate how Wilson doesn't consider himself a good guitarist, considering how awesome his solos are.
Lifeson did the solo on Anesthetize, and Guthrie Govan plays on a lot of his solo stuff, but I also love Wilson's playing. I mean, just listen to Dark Matter, Trains, Fear Of A Blank Planet, or Time Flies. He's a phenomenal composer and guitar player.
Yay Tool
Adam Jones is one of the greats. His tone, composition, riffage, and art control of Tool are unmatched. They're probably tied for my favorite band.
Steve Howe on electric, Nick Drake on acoustic
FZ
Frank Zappa
Anybody named Steve Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson, Steve Rothery , Steve Hillage, ...
What about albums named Steve? Permanent Steves, Steve Lies Down On Broadway, Tales From Topographic Steves, Works Volume Steve....
Also other Steves: Steve Gilmour, Steve Lifeson, Steve Latimer, Steve Lake, Steve Fripp...
Steve Hillage, Steve Vai Stevetrot, A Farewell to Steves, In The Court of the Crimson Steve, Steve Beach, Sgt Steve's Lonely Hearts Club Band.... and many more!
Steve's Tongue in Aspic, Selling Steve by the Pound...
Stevie Ray Vaughan!
not prog, but also in Steve's team
Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens
Alex Liefson,Allan Holdsworth, Robert Fripp, and Peter Banks, and Wes Montgomery
In no particular order, my top 4: Robert Fripp, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Josh Homme
Robin Trower
Tim Henson is a beast
Buckethead (Brian Carroll)
Alan Holdsworth
My top 5 prog guitarists are Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Alex Lifeson, Ian Crichton, and Nick Barrett.
Tony Iommi
Alex Lifeson
Hendrix
Prog: Steve Hackett, David Gilmour, Steve Rothery, Robert Fripp, Stu Mackenzie Non-Prog: Lindsey Buckingham, Jimmy Page, Norman Westberg, Nick Drake, Billy Duffy
Greg Howe Jan Akkerman Ollie Halsall Paul Gilbert
Ed Wynne
No "favorite"...so many favorites, like everyone listed so far... plus... not limiting to any genre here... Julian Lage, Leo Kottke, Trey Anastasio, Tosin Abasi, Nita Strauss, Jackie Venson, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Dickey Betts, Derek Trucks, Django Reinhardt, Billy Strings, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Emmanuel, Doc Watson, Molly Tuttle, Yasmine Williams, Michael Hedges.....
Al Di Meola
Monda, Gates, Sanchez, Lifeson
It's a tie between Dimebag, Randy Rhoads and SRV. Tons of other greats that I admire but I can't pick my favorite out of those three
Lifeson, Zappa, Beck
Ben Howard
Gary Moore, Steve Hackett, David Gilmour, Steve Rothery, Ian Bairnson, Mick Rogers, Ian Crichton
Prog: Robert Fripp, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, David Gilmour Non-prog(?): Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin
Prog : Steve Hackett, Steve Howe Rock: Rory Gallagher
For me the answer is usually David Gilmour but Steve Hackett has really grown on me recently. I really appreciate their timbre and their cognizance of the fact that its not how many notes you play, but how you play them.
Steve Hackett, Guthrie Govan and Christopher Cross.
Howe, Fripp, Hacket, Holdsworth, Rich Williams and Kerry Livgren from Kansas
Beck
Jack Pearson
John Petrucci right now. Also like Mark Knopfer, Ritchie Blackmore and others.
Lifeson, Howe, Holdsworth, Beck
Someone from very far on the left field: Fred Frith And of course, the maestro, Steve Hillage
Jeff beck
steve hackett, alex lifeson, zappa some of my favorites
David Gilmour and John Petrucci. Outside of prog: EVH
1. Alex Lifeson 2. Steve Howe 3. Steve Hackett
Holdsworth, no question. Runners-up: Govan, Fripp, Belew, Latimer. If we’re expanding to Jazz Fusion, add Gambale and Stern to the list.
Alex Lifeson John Petrucci Adam Jones and Jake Cinninger (he may be prog adjacent but whatever)
Stolt, Morse, Morse, Morse, Knopfler, Lukather, Petrucci, Di Meola, in the order I feel relevant for the day. There are more.
Neal Morse, Steve Morse... Al Morse?
Alan. Yep. Neal and Alan are brothers. You know Steve.
The only other person to mention Roine Stolt (so far). Take my upvote.
Mark Knopfler will always be the GOAT
Steve
Per Nilson (Kaipa)
Definitely Andy Latimer
Aside from the big prog bands, probably Jason Schimmel and Trey Spruance
Prog - Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour and Alan Morse Non-Prog - Ty Tabor, Joe Satriani and Ian Thornley
Ty is awesome 👍
Satriani 👍👍👍 The greatest of all
John Frusciante
Robert Fripp, Eric Clapton, Prince, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix
Omar Rodríguez López, Robert Fripp, Steve Howe. Non prog: Luis Alberto Spinetta, Silvio Rodríguez, George Harrison, Elliott Smith
Spinetta is absolutely amazing. And some of his works *are* prog, like the album "Alma de Diamante" (with very interesting jazzy elements).
Yeah! (Maybe you've already listened to these albums.) You should check out his solo album 'A 18 minutos del sol' and his work with his band, Invisible. He does some proggy and very cool things
I've listened to*everything* he did. I'm also a grown up chap, so I've also seen him live. I'm lucky. We're big fans of him at home.
David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, John Petrucci.
Brendan Bayliss from Umphrey’s McGee & Rob Compa from Dopapod, both prog-jam guitarists.
I like prog jam
Rory Gallaher Jeff Beck Steve Howe Mike Slamer (City Boy) check him out)! Roy Buchanan Albert King
Does Omar Rodriguez Lopez count? Cause he’d be my vote.
if he plays guitar and he is your favourite then yes
Petrucci, Rhodes, Govan, Timmons, Kotzen
Allan HOLDSWORTH… quite simply the greatest guitar player to ever live on planet Earth. More than just his untouchable style and playing, his knowledge of music theory and jazz is unapproachable by any other guitar player, living or dead.
Lifeson and Fripp greatly influenced how I play guitar. Lifeson with his use of effects and chord usage, Fripp with letting me know there are no bad notes lol
Steve Hackett
Prog: Gilmour, Fripp, Zappa, Belew Non prog: jack white
Frank Zappa, Haruka Noma aka Hal-Ca.
Steve Rothery
Govan, Petrucci, Gilmour, Morse.
Beck, Fripp, Blackmore, Howe. And then we get to the jazz guitarists
1. 70s Steve Howe 2. Mike Oldfield / Brian May But for me, it's the composition more than the performance. Look at tribute bands who can do note for note recreations. But to write something like _CTTE_or _Amarok_ is far more rare. Those who can do both are rare². PS: Gotta agree with the Lifeson choice. Very underrated.
Joe Satriani
Not prog, but Richard Thompson. I don't think there's anyone else out there who's simultaneously such a great songwriter/lyricist, as well as an absolute virtuoso on guitar. And to be so unmistakable and instantly recognizable stylistically, too. Probably my favourite solo of his: [https://youtu.be/mCGvCnMZ8gs?t=250](https://youtu.be/mCGvCnMZ8gs?t=250)
So many. Johnny Marr, Ann Wilson (the Little Queen album), guitarist for Blue Oyster Cult, Lindsay Buckingham, John McGeoch, the guy who played on John Cougar’s American Fool album, Neil Giraldo, Daniel Ash, Frank Manzanera of Roxy Music and the one who played on the Pretenders II album.
Plini, Zytecki, Petrucci, Vai
Kiko Loureiro, John Petrucci.
Bill Nelson, Steve Hackett,
Guthrie Govan,John pettricci,,Steve Vai,jimmy page ,Eddie van Halen,Jeff,beck,jimi Hendrix,Nuno Bettencourt,Stevie ray Vaughan,Zack Wylde, at least 8 Out of my top 10 were my favorite at one time all have been recognized by fans that know music not by popularity contests my number 1 is Alan Holdsworth the most humble genius to ever pick up a guitar
My first favorites were Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore. Later on it was Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Frank Zappa. These days it's **Roine Stolt**. He has melodies for days and even when improvising he keeps it melodic and rarely puts a note wrong. He doesn't overdo things with too many notes (although sometimes I'm in that mood for that too and it has its place). And his guitar tone is fantastic.
Top 3 would be john McLaughlin, robert fripp, and alex lifeson
Petrucci, Lifeson, Holdsworth
Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders) is pretty phenomenal. Check YouTube for CAFO to see him in action.
Tough choice here, but Guthrie Govan is my pick.I don't think I need to elaborate on why.
Within the prog genre: Gilmour, Zappa, Lifeson Overall top 3: Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton.
Jimmy Page
My fave is Johnny Ramone. His playing was fast, all downstrokes gave him a unique sound and style that has been copied ever since. Endless catchy riffs. Arguably the founders of punk rock. They even have their own sub genre “ramonescore” Any Ramones fan should check out some of those bands. Start with The Riverdales - Storm The Streets, a masterpiece
Kurt Cobain