Two totally different styles, but my votes:
Daniel Ash - Bauhaus, Love and Rockets
Andy LaRocque - King Diamond
Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor - Tool
Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon - Sonic Youth
Efrim Menuck - Godspeed You Black Emperor
Aaron Turner, Michael Gallagher, Jeff Caxide, Bryant Meyer - ISIS
Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith, and Micahel James - Explosions in the Sky
Josh Homme - Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age
Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins
"That’s what takes place when a song is written: You see something that isn’t there. Then you use your instrument to find it."
- John Frusciante
Haven't read all these posts but, Heeeeere's Joey Santiago of the PIXIES!
#4491....
Kurt Winter-the guitar player in the Guess Who after Randy Bachman left
speaking about replacements, Tommy Bolin was an excellent guitarist who replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple in the 70's. Sadly he died in 1978.
Now Ritchie has been replaced , this time by the great Steve Morse.
[quote="Rgalvez....Hey and nobody mentioned the Spider from Mars Mick Ronson !!..
I did - way back in August, 2005 - and CNev agreed with me a couple of weeks later.....
go back a couple of pages......
:D :D :D
Vicc
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
[quote="Rgalvez....Hey and nobody mentioned the Spider from Mars Mick Ronson !!..
I did - way back in August, 2005 - and CNev agreed with me a couple of weeks later.....
go back a couple of pages......
:D :D :D
Vicc
I meant ...nobody mentioned him this year ;)
You're right Vic!! i hadn't seen your post before I wrote mine.
It's a pity Mott the Hoople - with Ronson on lead - never recorded more than just one single, "Saturday Gigs." MR's lead was sheer class.....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
let's have some nostalgia Vic...
ladies and gentlemen: the one and only: Mick Ronson . RIP ol' spider
Jim Heath (A.K.A. Reverend Horton Heat!) I've seen him live twice. He's amazing!
http://www.reverendhortonheat.com/
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reverend+horton+heat&search=Search
Gotta love Mick he was the first guitar player that I actually wanted to research who was playing when I first heard him with Bowie..loved his stuff
"It's all about stickin it to the man!"
It's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll!
rick emmett--- triumph
buck dharma---blue oyster cult
alex lifeson--- rush ( way underated)
even god loves rock-n-roll
Ronnie Earl. Tremendous blues guitarist who is ridiculously underrated.
Last but not Least:
Tom Scholtz - Boston
Johnny Marr - The Smiths
Peter Buck - REM
Mick Jones / Joe Strummer : The Clash
Anson Funderburg
Curtis Obeda - The Butanes http://www.thebutanes.com/butanes_website_pages/index.html
Paul Kossof - Free
