Greatest Rhythm Guitarist of All Time?
Greatest Rhythm Guitarist of All Time? 23 votes
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Keith Richards
Malcolm is 1A, guy was a beast…
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Chrissie Hynde
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Malcom Young
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Uhh, Mustaine is massively better than Hetfield.
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James Hetfield
Would agree technically but Dave is more of a Lead player than James and James had the special sauce for the more memorable jams.
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James Hetfield
Don’t sleep on Rudolf Schenker
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Eddie VH had a lot to say about the lead / rhythm roles. He had great common sense along with musicianship. For the guitar was not a lead or rhythm instrument but both in varying degrees.
“Eruption, like most of the other songs on the first album, was performed pretty much live. We had been in the studio for the first time ever about a year earlier with Gene Simmons of Kiss, and I quickly learned that I didn’t like overdubbing.
"Simmons produced a three-song demo for us that consisted of Runnin’ with the Devil, House of Pain and a song called Babe, Don’t Leave Me Alone. Gene said, ‘Here’s what you do in the studio - you play your rhythm parts on one track, and your solo parts on another.’
“I remember feeling very uncomfortable with separating my lead and fill parts from my rhythm parts. Onstage, I’d gotten used to doing both simultaneously. I’d just noodle in between chord lines. Because it was my first time in a recording studio, it didn’t occur to me to say, ‘Can’t I play just the way I play live?’
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Malcom Young
Das Scorpions?
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Keith Richards
What @JoeEDangerously said, boss.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Mustaine doesn't play lead in his own band. If the qualifications include having the biggest hit songs the poll should probably be re-done.
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Keith Richards
Is he not the lead guitarist for Megadeath? Or is Megadeath like Skynyrd or the Allman bros with like dueling lead guitarists.
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James Hetfield
He is listed as a rhythm guitar player in liner notes yes… but you can see him play several lead guitar solos where as Kirk plays like 90% of the solos in Metallica. Dave is a better guitar player than James. I agree for Christ sake.
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James Hetfield
Lead for Metallica, co-lead of sorts with Megadeth. Great rhythm guitar player as well. James has more memorable riffs.
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Keith Richards
I mean you don't see me putting Dicky Betts or Allen Collins in this pole.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
I would say he plays maybe a quarter of the lead stuff. The rotating lead guitar players handle most of the massive shredding solos.
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Keith Richards
Megadeath is coming to White Wakanda on Aug 13th. You gonna bring the fam down or what @BleachedAnusDawg?
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Malcom Young
Malcolm - quite easily.
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I’ll need to do some study to narrow it down, but I dispute some of the names on list. For one, Keith Richards. This list should exclusively feature primary rhythm guitarists. Also, we should focus only on rhythm guitar and ignore any other aspect, such as singing and song writing. Sorry John Lennon. I’m stuck between Young and Hetfeild when just focused on primary rhythm guitarists.
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Keith Richards
Jesus titty fucking Christ. Keith Richards is 100 percent rhythm guitar and is a hacker at playing lead. Are you high ?
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I’m not a musician, but when I googled the Stones two most famous riffs, it’s Keith. Some bands their guitarists go back and forth between lead and rhythm, like Keith, which is why I don’t put him in this category. You play significant time on lead, then should not be on list.
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Keith Richards
First off riffs are not the same as lead guitar. The opening chords (Open G tuning) of Brown Sugar or Start Me Up, for example, is all about rhythm guitar groove.
Rolling Stones 1.0 from 1963- 68 never had a real lead guitar player. It was two rhythm guys - Jones and Keef- faking their way on lead when needed.
Mick Taylor was lead in Stones 2.0 (1969- 74) and Ronnie Wood in Stone 3.0 (1976 to present).
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Yes, I understand that, but those riffs still quantify as lead guitar, especially in bands with only one guitarist. Those two songs I see credit Keith with both lead and rhythm guitar, hence why I don’t put him on this list.
I remember when Malcolm died and people quickly anointed Hetfield as the greatest living. Keith was never mentioned. -
After much thought my answer:
Using my criteria: Malcom YoungUsing Yellow Snow’s criteria: Jimmy Page
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
They're at White River a day or two prior. Probably less time to drive to Bend than wait in traffic trying to leave parking at that casino.
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Keith Richards
You haven’t listened to many Stones records I take it. Listen to Sticky or Exile front to back. Keith is not the lead guitarist.
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Keith Richards
Stradlin gets on the ballot for the rhythm arrangement to Sweet Child O Mine alone. While the opening riff deservedly is an all timer the backing chords take it to another level.
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Malcom Young
Malcolm is the quintessential rhythm guitarist. Stands in the background driving the riff while Angus is ripping solos and playing to the crowd. Izzy is a close second, but his body of work isn’t as deep as Malcolm
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
This board is whiter than chalk.
Nile Rodgers. Freak out.
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Keith Richards
Forgive me. Greatest *rock rhythm guitarist.
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Like we say, whiter than chalk.
