Number 84 Nergal

Adam Darski, or more known by his stage name Nergal, is the lead guitarist and frontman for the Blackened Death Metal band "Behemoth" the grandmaster of the genre, a man so badass and so "tr00" that he even scared the shit out of the cancer that tried to kill him. A very underrated guitar player his solo in "Conquer All" should go down in history as one of metals best solos.

Songs: "Conquer All"

85 Uli Jon Roth

Lead guitar player to the Scorpions and one of the first guitar virtuoso's this man is just awesome. There's no way to say enough about a master of his instrument. Such a master, in fact, that when he had his custom sky guitar designed he added an extra 10 frets and 1 more knob then your normal 4 knob guitar. Not just a guitar player, but a composer and a master.

Songs: "Sails Of Charon" "Enola Gay"

86 Michael Schenker

Many guitar players and guitar teachers alike would lead you to believe that the only way to be a successful musician is to listen to all your heroes and emulate them, creating your own style through theirs, oh and don't forget to learn a shit load of theory as well. Well both cases are untrue in Michael Schenker's case, a fantastic and VERY influential guitar player who doesn't even know what palm-muting is, he just does it. And once he started his career he gave up listening to music and focused solely on writing it.

Songs: "Lights Out In London" "Rock Bottom" "Only You Can Rock Me"

Number 87 Yngwie Malmsteen

Taking shred guitar to the next level, guitar virtuoso and classically influenced Yngwie Malmsteen is the grand-daddy. If Eddie is the father, then Yngwie is definitely the brother of Eddie. Despite the obsession with blues based guitar playing, Yngwie saw past all that and discovered his own way of playing that didn't use the pentatonic and blues scale but played off of minor scales. This was the birth of Neo-classical.

Songs: "Black Star" "Rising Force" "Far Beyond The Sun"

Number 88 Eddie Van Halen

The God-father of the tapping technique, he is responsible for the mid-eighties shred era. Wailing guitars, screaming harmonics, dive bombs, the works this guy coined it all. A master, if you play shred guitar you've got to be influenced by Van Halen.

Songs: "Eruption" "You Really Got Me" "Hot For Teacher"

Number 89 Adrian Smith

I know a legendary guitar duo like Iron Maiden and I'm only putting one of the two guitar gods on the list. I have a reason. During Adrian's hiatus from Iron Maiden he grew as a musician, greatly, adapting new techniques to his style and growing from a typical British Metal Master, into a British Musical Genius despite his lack of theory knowledge.

Songs: "The Trooper" "Hallowed Be Thy Name" "Number Of The Beast"

Number 90 Oli Herbert

He's been called Jesus because of his looks and God because of his skill. I think both accusations are true. This man is living prove that with dedication, hard work, and a great attitude your dreams can come true. Starting off his guitar playing life hating solos and only play Metallica riffs, he quickly realized that not all solos have to be so "High and annoying like Slash and his cock-rock buddies played them," so he took a few lessons and started a band, which eventually flopped due to his "sucky playing, I was playing real melodic stuff, like Kerry King solos ha ha." He went to a musicians institute and got his bachelors degree in music theory, he then joined Metalcore band All That Remains. The rest is history!

Songs: "Two Weeks" "Chiron"

Number 91 Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel

Holy guitar duos Bat-man! I know, I know but these guys really deserve a spot on this list, they started Metalcore, I mean, not a big deal right? WRONG! It's a huge deal these guys are fantastic guitar players the way they play almost makes them sound like 1 amazing guitar player, as opposed to 2 great ones. You count on your fingers how many solos these guys actually do. It's astonishing really how these guys can still be so awesome.

Songs "Holy Diver" "Breathe Life" "Never Again"

Number 92 Mike McCready

Logan what's come over you. Aren't you the guy that said too many guitarists use the pentatonic scale? And now you've got 2 guitar players that use nothing BUT pentatonics on your scale? Well there are exceptions to the rule. Every now and again a guitar player comes around with such unique phrasing and ability it doesn't really matter about his preferred scale. That man is Mike McCready of Pearl Jam. One of the most underrated guitarists ever in my opinion, he rocks that strat just as good if not BETTER then Stevie Ray
Vaughan.

Songs: "Alive" "Yellow Ledbetter" "Even Flow"

Number 93 Jeff Healey

Now normally I think pentatonics are greatly over-used and HUGELY overrated, but every now and again a guitarist rises to kick my ass and show me that even the simplest of scales can be made someones bitch if used properly. Jeff Healey kicked my ass. Forget the fact that he learned to play a six string like it's a steel guitar on his lap. Just listen to a couple of his solos, his technique is pretty much indescribable you have to hear it for yourself, but man, trust me when I say, this mo fucka is bad-to-the-ass. RIP

Songs: "Angel Eyes" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "See The Light"

Number 94 Eli Santana

Now I'm sure some people would disagree with me in putting him above, in fact I think Eli would disagree with me, but give me a second to explain. His melodic control of the fret board is astounding especially for such a young guitar player. He adds speed like a gourmet cook adding spice, not too much, not too little, just the right amount. He knows tons of theory and you think that would make his playing robotic, but nope you wouldn't be able to tell, he wields his axe like a pro, combining feeling and technique like an' old shred master. As an added plus his phrasing and clarity in his notes make even the lowest of gain settings sing like an angel or wail like a demon.

Songs: "My Last Attack" "Immortal Man"

Number 95 Mark Tremonti

I can't say enough about this guy. Just when you think he's another one of the late 90's conformists of the "guitar solos are for dweebs" group (which was a fucking abomination, excuse me,) he goes and forms a band like Alter Bridge where his fret work mastery is almost unparalleled. His work with his wah wah pedal is INSANE I never knew wah could sound that good. He's a humble guy and probably doesn't think he should be on a list, but goddamn it he does!

Songs: "Blackbird" "I Know It Hurts" "Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad"

Number 96 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

This man is probably one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century, a revolutionary when it comes to the Post-Hardcore genre of music. Since the dawn of his guitar career he's been ripping up the fretboard of his signature Ibanez. If you play post-hardcore and Omar doesn't influence you, you're a liar.

Songs: "One Armed Scissor" "L'Via L'Viaquez"

Number 97 Jimi Hendrix

This man is a man that needs no introduction, ranked twice as Rolling Stone Magazines greatest guitar player in the world JIMI HENDRIX. This is a man who could confidentley say (if he was still alive) that he pretty much started 90% of the popular music genres we know today. Probably one of the most, if not THE most, influential guitarists of all time, it was no challenge putting him on the list.

Songs: "Little Wing" "Voodoo Child" "All Along The Watchtower"

Number 98 Munky and Head

I put both guitarists in the same spot because their playing acts as one cohesive unit, like a hip Judas Priest that don't do solos. While you may not think off the bat that these guys deserve a spot on the list because, as previously stated, THEY DON'T DO SOLOS!! Bear with me. They can pull out a mean groove, and pretty much popularized the seven string (I understand Steve Vai or someone before probably used it but Munky and Head made it most popular) and come on you've got to be good to use another string on your guitar! These guys go together like peanut butter and jelly and their guitar playing runs smoother then maple syrup on flap jacks.

Songs: "Blind" "Good God" "Clown"

Number 99 Misha Mansoor

Lead guitarist and primary song-writer for the Progressive metal band Periphery. He took me by surprise when first hearing him, they were recommended to me through a friend, and I have to admit I don't really care for prog-metal there are a few bands I like but I find that it's too much on a whole. But the young Misha Mansoor is, on a whole, a phenominal guitar player. His melodic control is astounding for such a young musician, and he definitely can't be charged for over playing in any sense of the word (the same can't be said for many prog guitarists) not to mention this kid can kick out a groove that makes drummers jealous. He definitely deserves to be on this list!

Songs "Icarus Lives" "Buttersnips"

Number 100 Jerry Cantrell

With his brilliant use of the wah pedal and his "simple riff-messed up timing" technique, Jerry Cantrell has got to be one of the single most innovative guitar players in the grunge scene. Being both lead guitar and primary songwriter for the band Alice In Chains, his spot on the list was a shoe in!

Songs To Check Out: "Nutshell" "Man In The Box" "Them Bones"

Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Guitarists (2011 Edition) List Is GARBAGE!

Well I've just finished reading the most recent bogus list that Rolling Stone Magazine has put out, this one is entitled the 2011 Edition of the Top 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time, and I have to say the entire thing is complete and utter rubbish in my opinion. So for the next 100, count 'em, 100 posts I'm going to be putting up MY version of who I think are the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Feel free to leave a comment below on your favourites.

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