Rock Pole: Who's greater - The Living or The Dead?
Rock Pole: Who's greater - The Living or The Dead? 20 votes
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The Dead- e.g., Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix, EVH, Cobain, Morrison, Berry, Bonham, Moon, Garcia, et alI'd need to see a full listing. Going by feel alone here, and I think the deads win it. Maybe not though.
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The Living- e.g., Dylan, McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Young, Fogerty, Simon, Townshend, Angus, et al
I was pondering this the other day. But if you start running through the list of the greatest bands of all time, a majority of the key members are still alive. Same thing with the solo rock acts.chuck said:I'd need to see a full listing. Going by feel alone here, and I think the deads win it. Maybe not though.
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For sex? Definitely the dead. Ammirite @trublue?
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The Dead- e.g., Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix, EVH, Cobain, Morrison, Berry, Bonham, Moon, Garcia, et alOnly the good die young. Plus, EVH.
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The Living- e.g., Dylan, McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Young, Fogerty, Simon, Townshend, Angus, et alThere's a lotta ways to break this down. Let's start with greatest lead rock guitarists:
Dead
Hendrix
EVH
Chuck Berry
Duane Allman
Randy Rhodes
Mick Ronson
Peter Green
Jerry Garcia
Living
Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour
Carlos Santana
Brian May
Tommy Iommi
Mark Knopfler
Angus Young
Alex Lifeson
Joe Walsh
Billy Gibbons
Ry Cooder
Kirk Hammett
The living list seems stronger to my eye.
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The Dead- e.g., Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix, EVH, Cobain, Morrison, Berry, Bonham, Moon, Garcia, et alDid the greatest living guitar players stop being born around 1960? I know rock is dead now, but there have to be some newer-generation guys missing. Or is this intended to only be living from a bygone era?
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The Living- e.g., Dylan, McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Young, Fogerty, Simon, Townshend, Angus, et al
It's hard, because rock is dead. Who are the guitar gods of the 2000's ?BleachedAnusDawg said:Did the greatest living guitar players stop being born around 1960? I know rock is dead now, but there have to be some newer-generation guys missing. Or is this intended to only be living from a bygone era?
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John Mayer and Ed Sheeran lolYellowSnow said:
It's hard, because rock is dead. Who are the guitar gods of the 2000's ?BleachedAnusDawg said:Did the greatest living guitar players stop being born around 1960? I know rock is dead now, but there have to be some newer-generation guys missing. Or is this intended to only be living from a bygone era?
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The Dead- e.g., Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix, EVH, Cobain, Morrison, Berry, Bonham, Moon, Garcia, et al
I dunno. I quit listening to most new music a while back. Matt Bellamy of Muse is the most famous guitar player I can think of who's currently at the top. Dave Mustaine is still shredding in his 60's but he's more of a rhythm guy.YellowSnow said:
It's hard, because rock is dead. Who are the guitar gods of the 2000's ?BleachedAnusDawg said:Did the greatest living guitar players stop being born around 1960? I know rock is dead now, but there have to be some newer-generation guys missing. Or is this intended to only be living from a bygone era?
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The Living- e.g., Dylan, McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Young, Fogerty, Simon, Townshend, Angus, et al
I mean, I've got a fair number of rock albums in my collection that were released post 2000. I just don't know who the rock guitar gods are anymore. I'm totally ignorant of Muse.BleachedAnusDawg said:
I dunno. I quit listening to most new music a while back. Matt Bellamy of Muse is the most famous guitar player I can think of who's currently at the top. Dave Mustaine is still shredding in his 60's but he's more of a rhythm guy.YellowSnow said:
It's hard, because rock is dead. Who are the guitar gods of the 2000's ?BleachedAnusDawg said:Did the greatest living guitar players stop being born around 1960? I know rock is dead now, but there have to be some newer-generation guys missing. Or is this intended to only be living from a bygone era?
