Top 100 Guitar Solos Of All Time: Unbiased This Time?

About.com recently reported on a Guitar World Magazine readers poll. The poll was to determine the greatest guitar solos of all time, and they listed the top 100 solos. While it's bound to spawn some controversy, it certainly hits closer to the mark than most of the recently published "best guitarist" polls by various magazines and online publications. With a top 10 that includes "Eruption" (Eddie Van Halen), "Crazy Train" (Randy Rhoads), and "All Along The Watchtower" (Jimi Hendrix), it's obvious the poll has a rock music bias, but there is no disputing the impact that these artists have had on popular music.

Jimi Herdix's songs listed three times in just a top 20. Having said this, a dispute over best guitarist of all time can be ended.

What follows is the list of top 20 solos, listed with the guitarist who played the solo, the band who released the album, and a link to the tab.

Top 100 Guitar Solos Of All Time List:

 

01. Stairway to Heaven by Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) (tab)
02. Eruption by Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) (tab)
03. Freebird by Collins/Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (tab)
04. Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) (tab)
05. All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix (tab)
06. November Rain by Slash (Guns N' Roses) (tab)
07. One by Kirk Hammett (Metallica) (tab)
08. Hotel California by Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles) (tab)
09. Crazy Train by Randy Rhads (Ozzy Ozbourne) (tab)
10. Crossroads by Eric Clapton (tab)
11. Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix (tab)
12. Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry (tab)
13. Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan (tab)
14. Layla by Clapton/Allman (tab)
15. Floods by Dimebag Darrel (Pantera) (tab)
16. Heartbreaker by Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) (tab)
17. Cliffs Of Dover by Eric Johnson (tab)
18. Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix (tab)
19. Highway Star by Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) (tab)
20. Bohemian Rhapsody by Brian May (Queen) (tab)

Get the rest of the list at this location.

Comments

[Joekaffy2724]

Nice to see the best Jimmy at the top

[dotheevolution_]

There is going to plenty of people saying 'oh you missed this, you missed that', but I can't see too many glaringly obvious errors with that top 20

[dotheevolution_]

Well, any errors really

[ninjai]

Randy Rhads

[jhardee7]

Hell Yeah go Jimmy Page!!!

[mikeyharms]

yer i heard most of them n ther like all worthy

[chinko]

wooo led zep!

[Butterknife]

***ing awesome to see Nirvana and the smashing pumpkins in the top 100

[G-Rock]

That's an actual good list for it to be a poll. G'job.

[faqu]

I agree with Randy being in the top 10 but I wonder where's iommi...
the guy listed as the greatest guitarist in the world and dosent have good solos??
I think it's shit but whatever.
Good list though.

[DrowningPool]

i can play the worlds best 7th solo?? thats a nice thing to know

[the_beastly_one]

Hangar 18 my Megadeth should be up there.

[Mikkel]

how the *** did smells like teen spirit get into the top 30? that solo is ***ing grade A SH!T!!!!!!! im real pissed off now kurt cobain deserved to die.

[erling]

i think the solo on the end of fade to black is the best solo ever

[Mikkel]

im with erling but ONE is much better

[azerty_66]

there's some errors with the top100, i didn't know Eric Clapton was with the Beatles? and Van Halen with Michael Jackson?...

[pluckin crazy]

WOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...finally
good news on UG, ive bin waiting for ages to see some recognition for the crazy train solo, randy rhodes is a guitar god, so are all the others like but yay

[Jason_877]

I'm not going to say this is the best or the worst list ever. Its really its not that bad. The only real mistake that i caught right away is like ninjai said.... Randy Rhads??? come on.. you can't goof up ONE of the greatest guitarists of all time.

[FREE BIRD 5150]

FREE BIRD SOLO #3 F U C K YEAH!!!!!!!! WOHOO!!!

azert_66 van halen did the guitar part to beat it.

[Abstract_Man]

04. Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Absolute class.

[icebreakeribs]

i love crossroads, but the solo is typical blues, clapton tinkering around. definitely not worthy of being in the top 20. just my opinion.

[JB2500]

sweet child o' mine?! anyone?!

[ledzepplin101]

i think that this is pretty accurate...all good choices

[FREE BIRD 5150]

prett good pole, it needs more AC/DC the ony AC/DC in there is "shook me all night long" @ # 80

[ultradogfromhel]

im surprised no john frushanti, i mean come on he is freaken on awsom

Yeah, I'm happy with that list, obviously there's a few I'd change for personal preferences, but for a wide range of people's views, that's a good list.

[robert_smith]

good to see no nirvana in there, shows it ain't biased after all

[Tall_Dwarfs]

I'm surprised there isnt more metalica solos in that top 20, but jimmy page is the obvious number 1

[The Jin]

seems ABOUT right, thing is got nothing i could add or change to it at the moment

[Encore_God]

I would have replaced November Rain with Sweet Child O Mine probably, but that list is pretty damn good.

Nice to see a Top anything that doesn't pamper to modern bands.

[the fendernator]

Yeah thats a good list i think. Freebird is one of my favourite songs so its nice to see it near the top.

[monoshoe]

smells like teen spirit #30!?!...really its just the vocal melody...its not the 26th best solo ever

[gasay]

icebreakeribs, I just have one question, can you play the solo on Crossroads? I thought not. I'm not bagging on you or anything, I am merely pointing out that Clapton's solos may be typical blues, but no one can play them like him. That is where his talent is, he can play the blues in a style that is unmimicable. I think that this list was excellent because it looks at that very thing. There are a lot of amazing INDIVIDUAL solos out there. They can be played by others, but they are not the same.

[mark276]

there's some errors with the top100, i didn't know Eric Clapton was with the Beatles? and Van Halen with Michael Jackson?...

Eric Clapton was a great friend of George Harrison and he played on While My Guitar Gently Weeps as a guest star. Eddie Van Halen was brought in by Quincy Jones to do the solo for Beat It.

As for the list... well besides Smells Like Teen Spirit its an alright list I guess. Its actually more like the "Top 100 Most Famous Solos" of all time because they're are plenty of great ones that are missing, simply because no one recognizes them. Still, not a bad list I guess. I don't really think this is news though, because I've known about this list for quite some time.

[Valhalla]

I'll never hear anyone play "Cortez The Killer" LIVE like Neil Young.

[Valhalla]

I also think that STEVIE RAY VAUGHNS version of "Little Wing" Is better, it should be up there.

[stiff-upper-lip]

wheres Angus Young? wtf, in at number 80, com on, Whole Lotta Rosie is way much better, better song and better SOLO, pa

[bkutch81]

For those of you wondering about the Van Halen/Michael Jackson thing...Eddie was featured on "Beat It"...which is why it says his band was Michael Jackson

[bennybeast1]

WHY ISN'T JOHN FRUSCIANTE IN THE TOP 100?

[bennybeast1]

FUCKING RIDICICULOUS, SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPRIT GETS IN THE TOP 30, BUT NOT EVEN ONE RHCP SONG IS IN THE TOP 100. IM REALLY PISSED OFF NOW.

[Blackbullet]

I also think that STEVIE RAY VAUGHNS version of "Little Wing" Is better, it should be up there.

sorry, dont agree with you there the original was the best, hendrix owns that song, no1 can touch it.

[bennybeast1]

^RIDICULOUS

[fuzzyshamjammer]

Ya? And why is purple haze not in the top ten? or at the top 20?

[frigginjerk]

now, if this was a Rolling Stone Magazine list, we would see "Seven Nation Army" by Jack White at about #9 or so... lol

[Immortal Hippo]

This is actually a decent list. Whatever list they put out, there is bound to be dispute as to why people's favourite artists aren't included. If its not there then there's a simple reason- it didn't get voted in. Stop bickering, and live with it.

[fuzzyshamjammer]

bennybeast1:
WHY ISN'T JOHN FRUSCIANTE IN THE TOP 100?

bennybeast1:
FUCKING RIDICICULOUS, SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPRIT GETS IN THE TOP 30, BUT NOT EVEN ONE RHCP SONG IS IN THE TOP 100. IM REALLY PISSED OFF NOW.

I Completly agree. there was a poll on Vh1 about what the greatest song of the last 25 yrs. and Nirvana won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could think of 10 songs off the top of my head that can beat that!!

[J0NNYBRAV0]

Long before this list was made I knew that the solo from Stairway To Heaven was the best solo I had ever heard. Good to see other people beleive so too. But why isn't yngwie malmsteen's stuff higher up? Every one of his songs is basically a 5 minute solo!!!

[bonman9856]

before anybody rags on this, alot has been done with solos thus there is a lot of room for error. and this was a readers poll. seemingly this was peoplse choices. vote your opinion then say this shouldnt be here or that shouldnt be there. im not complaining. i think its not half as bad as many i have seen before that were totaly biased.

[Rattlehead]

okay stairway to heaven #1 yea that's good but no metallica or megadeth in the top three what the ***? those bands were known for solo's! jimi hendrix just sucks.

[zed leppelin]

only thing wrong that i see is little wing, i know hendrix wrote it, but...well SRV made it good

[psychodelia]

fuzzyshamjammer:
Ya? And why is purple haze not in the top ten? or at the top 20?
[POSTED: 30 April 2004 - 14:53]|
its his most famous song not necessarily his best

[Flemingoboy]

Coheed and Cambria should have been in the top 100.

[Y2A 66]

Not a bad list i'd have to say. Better than most

[Deathbass89]

Go Dimebag Darrel!!!!

[yertletheturtle]

Sabbath is there for War Pigs

[civildp1]

how come every metallica solo ever recorded wasn't in the top ten. ***ing shit

[civildp1]

and power chords suck

[chemicalsolutio]

Nirvana, Michael Jackson in the top 100 solos of all time...Ya right, i think they never heard of a thing called metal. Even though Metallica , Pantera, Sabbath and DT are up there, many metal solos just beats pretty much all the classical rock solos.

[jelleman]

C'mon.. you guys gotta admit: Sweet Child O' Mine by Slash has to come in the top 20 AT LEAST!! It was amazing!!

[thejester]

unbelievable for some and understandable for others

[guitardude72565]

why is nirvana on the full list that solo is terrible

[OnspringFan]

aright...3 or more of you(didnt read everybody)are def right; sweet child o mine should def b in the top 20, and in my biased opinion its the best solo ever. another thing..whoever took this poll obviously has never heard of John Petrucci or Dream Theater, because if they had then the top 20 would b all him.

[guitar_freak333]

01. Stairway to Heaven by Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) (tab)
02. Eruption by Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) (tab)
03. Freebird by Collins/Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

I would have put Freebird as two Eruption as 1 and Stairway as three, just my two cents on this.

[axeslinger]

uh. its pretty bad when curt cobain out ranks joe satriani and steve vai on a guitarist poll, mabey you guys need to have a little more respect for the difficulty of things these guys are playing, not just who your favorite bad is

[Valhalla]

Blackbullet:
sorry, dont agree with you there the original was the best, hendrix owns that song, no1 can touch it.

Im talking solowise, I think Hendrix is better to, SRV's solo is better.

[)Eric(Draven]

Great list this time.

[BlackSabbath_88]

nice to see good bands up there...but i don't think "smells like teen spirit" should be there...

[Cameo]

now, if this was a Rolling Stone Magazine list, we would see "Seven Nation Army" by Jack White at about #9 or so... lol

hahah, no kidding.

As to Nirvana, I could play that solo flawlessly after playing for 6 months. I'm sure a lot of others could play it sooner. It's a great solo, but nowhere near the greatest of all time.

hahah... I can see that. Or maybe

[mcsm1]

Sweet child o mine 37th? man i feel betrayed.

[Metal Matt]

Very impressive list.

[Bluejay451]

A decent list, finally. That being said, I think that Comfortably Numb should have been switched with Stairway. Maybe that's just me, though. I'll tell you what, though, I think I would have voted pretty similarly to that.

Its actually more like the "Top 100 Most Famous Solos" of all time because they're are plenty of great ones that are missing, simply because no one recognizes them.

That's why their not "great." If they were, people would recognize them. Or maybe not. Heh.

[JesusSlap]

hit the lights by metallica should be up there...that is truly one of, if not, the sickest solo of all time...if u havent heard it..listen to it...you'll be amazed and how inhuman the solo really is

[LpBlack_Beauty]

Rattlehead:okay stairway to heaven #1 yea that's good but no metallica or megadeth in the top three what the ***? those bands were known for solo's! jimi hendrix just sucks.

what the fuk is wrong with you man jimi hendrix is god i hope your guitar blows up you bastard

[ensaepit]

Top 5 - damn nice.

Glad to see Skynyrd and Floyd up there. That's the way it should be.

[Rattlehead]

haha bitch i play bass\m/ hey if he's god why'd he OD on drugs? he's not good have you ever listened to a solo by metallica, dave mustaine, or chris poland who did the most original solos cuz he got one of his tendon's in his hand messed up in an accident so he could play harder notes that most people couldn't do.

[Rattlehead]

and i knew eventually some whineass would bitch at me cuz i said jimi hendrix sucks, someone was gonna say it so i figured i should

[Rattlehead]

God i love how easy you people can be pissed off

[MrScary07RR]

teen spirit one of the hundred best solos ever? yeah right, how can they even think of putting mr crowley behind that, or anything else for that matter. as for eruption as number two, no way. that solo is way over-rated, and isnt all that impressive. i still dont get what it is with people and the stairway to heaven solo, its just descending/ascending the a minor scale, and very slowly i might add. there are so many other bullsh*t songs on there and/or in the wrong place i wont begin to list them. one thing i feel i must note is the absence of mr. scary, that is ten times better than eruption.

[Mr_A_Misterio]

are you havin a laff the sweet child o mine solo is ten times better than november rain you idiots get it right who made this up a fookin panzy

[JHKH]

THE MASTER OF PUPPETS INTELUDE NEEDS TO BE NUMBER 1 THAT TOTALLY ROCKED !!!!

[Towllie]

hendrix is the man, i bet if hendrix was alive today,
he would be f*cking insane with the nEW gear out there
man....you can only imagine.
jimi hendrix owns all.

[Rocks Saviour]

There's more to a solo than speed, it's also how melodic it is and how well it fits to the song.
Smells Like Teen Spirit I wouldn't even consider that a solo, it's more like a fill, complete shit, it's just following the lyrics. Definitely not better than Mr Crowley and such. I'm glad Randy Rhoads (not Rhads or Rhodes, bloody hell) got some credit for being a genius. I agree with a lot of them, really just the Nirvana one I disagree with completely.

[bennybeast1]

Although i am biased towards John Frusciante and freely admit it, i still think he desrves to be in the top 100 solos. His solos in BSSM and Mothers Milk are sweet.

[Seany]

why does it say Layla - Clapton/Allman, but it has a link to the Unplugged version??? which is the one on the list?

[marcusr2121]

nirvana sucks i've only been playing for 2 months and i can play smells like teen spirit wheres the metallica at? but randy rhoads is a god not jimi he sucks AC DC got shafted too

[Immortal Hippo]

Do I really need to point out that the list states "greatest" solos. Not to be confused with the most technical. Just because a solo is difficult to play doesn't make it great. Of course complex solos can be great, but it's all about the feel. Alot of the solos are not particularly difficult, but they fit the feel of the song and carry it further. Therefore Nirvana have just a right to be there as the others.

[meadowskid]

Just because Hendrix is in there three times doesnt necesarily meen he's the best guitarist of all time, Jimmy Paige is in there twice and one of those is apparantly "the best guitar solo of all time" it doesnt necesarily meen that hes better just cause he's mentioned one more time in the top twenty. ill admit i do believe he is the best of the best but it doesnt necesarily meen that the dispute over who the best is is over

[Rocks Saviour]

Nirvana don't have the right to be there though Immortal Hippo, Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't even a good song with the "solo".

[meadowskid]

why arent there more solos by slash? the guys a genious!

[meadowskid]

i meen honestly his solos in perfect crime and coma were just amazing! and he's only mentioned twice!

[Rocks Saviour]

I think the greatest solos should be complicated so that not everyone can play them like the Nirvana solos and Red Hot Chili Peppers solos, they're not great if anyone can play them really are they? Kinda makes them unspecial.

[jeeba jaba]

Im suprised there wasnt any more Skynyrd on their, great solos on like tons of their songs, but Smells Like Teen Spirit shouldnt be half as high up there on the list as it was

[ESPbassdude]

i'm happy with list, its actually a good one. My only problem is that there isnt more Tony Iommi in it.

[FaLsE MeMoRieS]

Immortal is right, but it goes even farther. I'm not a Nirvana fan or anything, but think of the impact that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" had as a whole on the music world. Whether a solo is great or not goes beyond how difficult it is to play. Glad to see that Geek USA made it in there, I love that song. Surprised to see Cherub Rock, too, I love SP. Anyway, don't get mad simply because you think Kurt Cobain was a terrible guitarist.

[Rocks Saviour]

I won't get mad, it's just opinion I guess and my opinion is it's a pathetic solo and that seems to be the view of a lot of people on here so I don't know why it's in there because obviously there'll be many others with that view.

[psychodelia]

not gonna really argue even though i have my disagreements... overall its pretty good. but the fact that i can play so many of those is kinda weird, although the originals cannot be replaced of course

[Seany]

I think the greatest solos should be complicated so that not everyone can play them like the Nirvana solos and Red Hot Chili Peppers solos, they're not great if anyone can play them really are they? Kinda makes them unspecial.

The best way to determine a good solo is to look at it from a non-guitarists perspective. It has to be something that makes you want to be able to play guitar, just to learn it.

hey btw, i'm on 28k so i couldnt look at the whole list, but is Sultans Of Swing on there anywhere? if so, what pos?

[Strat_Monkey]

For Christ's sake, guys! It's a readers poll, ok? Why isn't the world used to Nirvana winning everythng yet? You should be!

many metal solos just beats pretty much all the classical rock solos.

That depends how you define a good solo. If you like shredding (which you clearly do) then obviously you're gonna go for metalsolos , but if you like more tuneful solos, which, to put it bluntly, aren't based solely on speed, you're gonna like the more bluesy classical rock solos.

[Riaghan]

good to see cliffs of dover

[MrScary07RR]

marcusr2121:
nirvana sucks i've only been playing for 2 months and i can play smells like teen spirit wheres the metallica at? but randy rhoads is a god not jimi he sucks AC DC got shafted too

randy is a god, not jimi? your two months of playing guitar has not served you very well if you think hendrix sucks. although randy is a god, jimi is too, dumbass. and i dont think anyone cares which of these solos you can play, even though what i said earlier made it seem like i only think hard solos should be on here, some insanely easy solos are the some of the best(although the people picking these solos didnt pick the right ones. i mean, teen spirit? come on, seriously. maybe that was a joke. we can only hope).

[~Rock~Guitarist]

not a bad top 20 at all, im not going to critique the rest.

[Backup Guitar]

I'm glad that the Crossroads solo is on there - its an amazing solo, definitely ranks on my top 5 list, along with stairway and crazy train. Mmm...

[Immortal Hippo]

Rocks Saviour:
I think the greatest solos should be complicated so that not everyone can play them like the Nirvana solos and Red Hot Chili Peppers solos, they're not great if anyone can play them really are they? Kinda makes them unspecial.

Based on that assumption if you wrote a solo containing every guitar technique known, played at a 240 bmp, it would be better than most based on the fact it would be very difficult to play? I don't think so.

[Jhon_césar_]

one is off course the best solo...but nirvana rules in rythm!

[bigballz4u]

hmmm.. when he said the dispute over the best guitarist of all time can be ended, did he mean that jimi is definately the bast or he isn't?

[IbanezRG14]

Good top 20. ^^ That does mean he's the best.

[PsychoWolfD]

Jhon_césar_:
one is off course the best solo...but nirvana rules in rythm!

Nirvana is like ONLY RHYTHM! I hate Nirvana! Anyhow, this list is NOT a piece of crap like other types of lists in articles are. All those guitarists are good!

[Jhon_césar_]

Fuc# you all! teen spirit is a great solo. if its so bad why aren t you all a rockstars you suckers! Its not a hard solo but it f$#in sounds very great!

[danielreid]

i was dissapointed to see that maiden arent in the list at all. maiden are always left out of these sort of lists for some reason :-s

[Smashing Aztec]

it was great that they had bulls on parade in there, but where the hell was "sleep now in the fire" and "guerilla radio", those solos are way better than the ones in certain songs like "in bloom" and "smells like teen spirit"

[reed]

How the crap did Bulls On Parade make it to like 25?!?!?!?! That's a crap solo! Ok, it sounds cool, but definetely not one of the best ever.

[`NeXxuS`]

of they were just naming the top 100 then its a good list, if number 1 is meant to be the best and 100 to be the 100th best then i think its kind ***ing warped.

[MrScary07RR]

so because i am not a rockstar, it makes teen spirit good? millions of other people arent rockstars either, but over 90% of them(excluding punk fans)are better than kurt cobain, and are also obviously better than you, seeing as you like that solo, probably because its the only solo you can play, you douch. 4000 years of music theory got thrown out the window when kurt cobain graced us with his prescence(do you detect the sarcasm?).

[Rattlehead]

needs more metallica, megadeth, and randy rhoads. this list is pretty biased even tho it says it's not(gotta love irony)

[MrScary07RR]

you douch

[MrScary07RR]

my last two posts were directed toward Jhon_Cesar, not anyone else

[nasty_santa409]

i don't care

[Wounded Hamster]

AAAAAAHHHH! No I'm not going to complain about Nirvana or not enough Metallica, but why oh why is Maggot Brain, one of THE greatest solos ever played at number 71!!

Just because most people haven't heard of the guitar genius Eddie Hazel and Funkadelic, it gets pushed down the list! 9 minutes of pure brilliance, and it was all recorded in one take. And no, not your 90mph shredding, just piercing melodies, but some of it is pretty damn fast. Hazel has to be one of the most underrated guitarists of all time, and that solo should be MUCH higher up on the list. Can anyone else who has perhaps heard the song please back me up here?

And for everyone else, buy Maggot Brain by Funkadelic or at least download the song. You will be blown away.

Oh yeah, and on another note, I agree with danielreid, Maiden should definately be on the list and are criminally overlooked far too often on these lists.

Rant Over. (but download Maggot Brain, and tell me how right I am)

[Jhon_césar_]

mrscary07rr
hoo... you must be the god of the guitars!! hey, listen to the song, and tell me that the solo sounds bad. come on. hey asshole, you can sey a lot aof shit but you don t know how play guitar. for you information i guive guitar lesson. so F#"$# You! this is only to mrscary

[Wounded Hamster]

Never mind that, you should be downloading Maggot Brain, not swearing at some guy over a comments page.

[boxcarblink41]

what about the all the small things solo?

[jasonbecker]

this list is horrible....i is not the best, it's just popular solos.....stairway to heaven solo is not that amazing, nor is smells like teen spirit....or all along the watchtower...

eruption
is, though...

[meadowskid]

Blink doesnt really do solo's, Tom's a mediocre guitarist, hes not great and he's not bad. thats why theres so many tabs for blink, their a good band but their material is easy.

[Troy Simple]

A Solo doesn't have to be complicated. It just has to be good. I dont care if you can play the solo too easily doesn't mean it isn't a good solo.

Time by Pink Floyd with Gilmour at Guitar is the greatest solo I have ever heard.

IT doesn't matter if any of us can play these solo's too easily or whatever. I am sure a ton of us can even play Stairway rather easily. It doesn't matter if you can play these solo's or some other bands songs. We still didn't write them and we didn't come up with them.

So just because Jack White's or Kurt Cobain's solo's may have been simplistic and easy for us to play doesn't mean they aren't good.

In metal music especially there are a lot of great soloists - it's just a shame most of them aren't that great of musicians.

[fishboneul03]

whoa whoa guys, this was a readers poll! ever get the idea that your opinion might represent a minority? that metal isnt the end-all, be-all music? that speed doesnt mean shit? difficult doesnt mean good. Drawing a perfectly straight line freehand is difficult, but would you consider that great art?

i do agree that SRV's little wing got the shaft though, probably because its not as well known

[shreddgod]

rattlehead says hendrix sucks, this is why I was asking if his name was rattlehead because his brain rattles around in his head

as for the list??? I totally agree with it....

[ad_lib_oz]

To all you kids who are having a teary about
"why the hell are there classic rock solos in there, metal ones are so much better"

If it was that way, the list would be ***ing boring. Itd be like...1. Metallica. 2. Metallica 3. Metallica. 4. Megadeth. 5. I Eat Puppies. 6. Tear My Throat Out With A Fire Hardened Stick. 7. With A Hook On The End.

Christ...

[ad_lib_oz]

fishboneul03:
whoa whoa guys, this was a readers poll! ever get the idea that your opinion might represent a minority? that metal isnt the end-all, be-all music? that speed doesnt mean shit? difficult doesnt mean good. Drawing a perfectly straight line freehand is difficult, but would you consider that great art?

i do agree that SRV's little wing got the shaft though, probably because its not as well known

Ahh, you beat me to it. Nice. I agree with you very much...

[hololos]

Great to see Jimmy Page up on the first spot. The solo was damn amazing. Slash kicks serious ass, GnR are my fav band but I think that the solo on Sweet Child O' Mine was probably a slight bit better than the ome in November Rain.

[charger356]

I have no problems with this top 20 list. All of these guitarists are kick ass, and I hope they keep on rocking!

[mark276]

First of all...Rattlehead, you are an idiot. Not because you don't like Hendrix, but because it seems to me that you are just trying to be bold. And by the way, I'd rather listen to Hendrix any day over some lame, masturbatory shred solo by Dave Mustaine.

Second, Bluejay451, I see what you're saying, but in my opinion some of the greatest solos are never in these polls. Bold As Love, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Train Kept A Rollin' by Aerosmith, Shapes Of Things etc... are all great solos with some inspiring lead work that didn't make it.

Third, Wounded Hamster is totally correct. Maggot Brain has some of the greatest most emotional playing I've ever heard. Eddie Hazel is one of my favorite guitar players, and I've heard very little playing by anyone to rival that song. I made my own list recently and I had it at #7.

[Erich yeung]

Needs some Iron Maiden

[keithman45]

wheres chicago 25 or 6 to 4 ????

[Erich yeung]

i was looking at he whole list and i saw smells like teen spirit by nirvana and one thing came to mind, WHY!? that solo is horrible, takes no skill to play and is too short. and what made me mad is fade to black by metallica was placed 24 while the nirvana song was placed 26. the fade to black solo should be put in the top ten and not by such a stupid solo like smells like teen spirit. not that i don't like nirvana but they're nothing compared to the greats like metallica, iron maiden, black sabbath and led zepplin.

[MyDogAteAString]

this list is oldd! GW ran this years ago...

[metallica68]

Kirk is God (hit the lights solos rule)... Kobain killed himself cuz he knew he sucked and Smells Like Teen Spirit shouldnt be there I learned that solo in 2 minutes...

[Rattlehead]

i knew you'd bitch at me 4 voicing my opinion.

mark276:First
of all...Rattlehead, you are an idiot. Not because you don't like Hendrix, but because it seems to me that you are just trying to be bold. And by the way, I'd rather listen to Hendrix any day over some lame, masturbatory shred solo by Dave Mustaine.

hmm let's see i mentioned metallica too did you forget that? and let's see hendrix dead mustaine alive. i like megadeth more than hendrix deal with it, not everyone thinks hendrix is god or whatever.

shredgod: rattlehead says hendrix sucks, this is why I was asking if his name was rattlehead because his brain rattles around in his head

*sigh* Rattlehead comes from Vic Rattlehead the mascot for megadeth i thought that someone in a GUITAR FORUM would know this. shows how lame you really are.

why the hell are ya bitching at me i voiced my opinon and you're critisizing me for it. i can say what i want god you're dumb

[Rattlehead]

and for the....damn i lost count now. nevermind it's too damn ez to piss you people off.

[moonraker]

hey mikkel, shut the f*ck up u douchebag. its not how fast or difficult a solo is, its the feeling that drives it, and the feeling that it gives you. nirvana had great solos even if they are easy. and how low can you f*ckin go to say that someone deserves to die, especially of they're already dead. other than that stupid rant, the list looks good.

[Rattlehead]

...shredgod i just read your bio cuz i got a bit curious and megadeth is in your favorite groups list. what the hell is wrong with you not knowing that RATTLEHEAD was referring to VIC RATTLEHEAD!!. are you some kind of speed metal poser or somthing??(not bitching here)

[viking99]

Especially happy to see:

Black Hole Sun
Man in the Box
Cult of Personality
Yellow Ledbetter
Cherub Rock

Just some I think are deserving that I didn't necessarily expect to see on the list.

[mattallica]

y isnt there any blink 182 or incubus songs there?

lol jk

[rocker]

uhh, i think fade to black is a much better solo then one, thats kinda wierd. and also, i think dream theater should have been in the top five, man that guitarist from dream theater is amazing!

funny, guitar one rates heartbreaker as one of the worst solos by a great artist. . . I agree, there are better zeppelin solos than heartbreaker

[mattallica]

i rekon speedball by zakk wyldes bls is crazy. but i guess the whole song is a solo

[titanguy3]

metallica solo one wasnt the greatest..... i like blackened or to live is to die solo

[mattallica]

wat r the solos based on? speed? melody?

[mark276]

Rattlehead: hmm let's see i mentioned metallica too did you forget that? and let's see hendrix dead mustaine alive. i like megadeth more than hendrix deal with it, not everyone thinks hendrix is god or whatever.

You're so right. Dave Mustaine is alive so he's obviously more relevant than Jimi. And Beethoven's dead, so I'm better at piano than him. Anyway, if you really read what I had to say, you would've realized I could not care less about your opinion. I said you are an idiot because you go on a guitar forum and deliberately say something to piss everyone off. Frankly, your opinion is just as valid as mine, but it just seems like you want to be controversial, which is a bit pathetic in my book. But, if you really do dislike Hendrix, then go ahead, dislike him as much as you want, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.

keithman45: wheres chicago 25 or 6 to 4 ????

Nice, I was just thinking the same thing. No one ever recognizes that solo, but its amazing. I've listened to that song a million times and I still go crazy when I hear him start doing that wah lick toward the end. Terry Kath really was some guitar player, what a shame the way he died.

[punkguitar15]

what i thought was cool was the fact that the Stairway To Heaven solo was supposedly an improv, where Paige recorded 3 improv solos for it and just picked his favorite

i'm surprised "smells like teen spirit" didnt make it to the top five, lol.

wait, NO I'M NOT!


bah, hednrix's start spangled banner deserves a top-10 placing. ac/dc seems to have taken one in the ass... none of their stuff really made a showing on the list. zeppelin's "since i've been lovin you" has top-15 potential, but at least it wasnt forgotten.

i'm think it's a great list. none of the real, true, die-hard greats were left out. i looked at the list, especially the top-20 part posted in the articel, and rarely saw one i didnt think deserved the spot it held.


oh, and spam deleted.


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[iwannabeanarchy]

haha they said herdix... her dicks hahaha

[SeeinYellow]

Congrats for Slash! the ***ing dick axl..

well now Velvet Revolvers out... good expectations.

[arguy337]

unbiased my ass

[rockpunkzer0]

IM SICK OF STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

[assualtonguitar]

THE BEST SOLO IN THE WORLD IS ANY SOLO BUY ALAN JACKSON!!!YYYYYEEEEAH !!!! GO COUNTRY GO!!!!....(I"M STONED AS F***!!!)

[EamonDoyle]

Gee, classic rock much? How 'bout a little more '90s and '00s stuff, you dinosaurs? For example (in no particular order):

1. "Thanks a Lot," Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind)
2. "Deathly," Michael Lockwood/Patrick Warren (Aimee Mann)
3. "The Middle," Tom Linton/Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World)
4. "Take Me Home," Dave Rick (King Missile)
5. "The Kids Aren't Alright," Noodles (The Offspring)
6. "Homesick," Craig Nicholls (The Vines)
7. "Smoke and Ashes," Adam Levy (Tracy Chapman)
8. "Betray Me," Brian James (paredim shift)
9. "En Masse," Sam Chase (Entropic)

...and the asskicking Rivers Cuomo/Brian Bell solo of your choice (God knows there's a lot of them from which to choose).

[Castro29]

I think the list is very accurate, I mean Jimi,Page,Slash and Kirk all on the top 10 as it should

[Dave_Grohl]

looks alright but i like fade to black better than one, and eruption is just about the coolest thing i have ever heard. and by the way... EamonDoyle youre not serious are you?

[Dave_Grohl]

WHERE IS TOM MORELLO?

[XNiRvAnAX]

WHERES ACDC?!?!!?!?!?!??!

[XNiRvAnAX]

BIAS

[CvPrEpKiLLaH]

Umm... I think Heartbreaker should be one, for respect to Page, Van Halen at 2 is good, but wtf, only 3 Metallica solos?! I don't think it should all be Metallica or anything, but c'mon. Creeping Death, or ...And Justice for All should be there somewhere. And the ones that ARE there should be higher. I think One should be 3 personally. (No pun intended)

[koreazz7]

[Merge]

I'm glad to see Jimmy Page still on top, althought I think Heartbreaker has a better solo than Stairway. Gilmore's solo in Comfortably Numb is another classic. I am surprised that Satch and Vai didn't make the top 20.

[Dave_Grohl]

its alright i found tom morello, i love that scratch solo on bulls on parade

[Dave_Grohl]

where's john frusciante? not happy

[Vilg Oayg]

Why is there not a single Iron Maiden solo in the top 100? It just doesn't make sense to me at all. I mean if smells like teen spirit is in the top 30 then what is going on. I don't agree with the large majority of this poll (Also needs more Metallica)

[EamonDoyle]

Dave_Grohl: To which of those suggestions do you have burning objections, and why?

[Sorceres_Knight]

Coño de la madre, Where is "Speed of Light" from Stratovarius, the all song is a solo, a great solo, Timo Tolkki is the RADIST guitar player in the world ... he plays so fast its sick, another thing, Led Zeppelin rules.

[mattallica]

the art of shredding by dimebag

all the small things by blink 182(one hell of a good solo there)

Not 1 bls song i no thwere was zakk with ozzy but no bls

[Saltank]

Being a massive TOOL fan, I think Adam Jones should have been in there.

[robert_smith]

what saltank said x10
need....more.....pan
tera....

[Resiliance]

Nobody cares what you guys think, so don't bother voicing your opinion in here

[Mike_uk2k]

THERE ARE NO IRON MAIDEN SOLOS? THEY ARE THE SOME OF THE GREATEST SOLOS EVER! IM PISSED NOW...how do i complain to these biased bastards?

[Emo_Surf_Punk]

ok dunno if somebody else has said this, but incase u didnt notice, Teen Spirit came 26 and Master of puupets came 51, when surely almost every guitarist in the world agrees that the puppets solo owns teen spirit. and this ISN'T a biased survey... umm ye rite.

[super666fender]

Jimmy is the man! rock on!

[Jack*3]

go van halen!! eruption is awesome! and go hendix voodoo child is awesome too!!

[behn_rocker]

i actually have this issue of guitar world. it's a guitar world "special" issue, and the whole thing is the list, and tabs at the end of a few of them. this is a 2-3 year old magazine too, so i don't know why it is coming out now here. but i have to agree with the whole list of the 100 greatest solos. they are unbiased too, since the readers sent in their opinions of the best. so anyone whining that "my favorite nu'metal song didn't make the list", don't blame the magazine, it's the people to blame for once. but this is a totally true list and totally great.

[Aero_Zeppelin17]

Where the hell is Kurt Cobain on the list? Meh, at least Kirk is on there.

[titanguy3]

Ya see guys when a guitarist sux he dont make solos, there your kirt cobain problrm

[lee_lee]

Kurt Cobain?! What great guitar solos has he ever done that compares to Stairway to Heaven, he just harmonizes with the lyrics? I haven't seen the whole top 100 but from what I've read from other people, Smells Like Teen Spirit over Master Of Puppets?! What a joke. I agree with most of the top 20: Stairway To Heaven, Eruption, Comfortably Numb (2nd solo especially), November Rain (1st solo) and One are amazing solos. Isn't Cliffs Of Dover more of an instrumental than a solo? If it isn't they I think you Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen should've been there (Cryin' and Summer Song by Satriani and For The Love of God by Vai especially), if they aren't in the top 100 that is. Fade To Black by Metallica (only 2 places above Teen Spirit, wtf?!) and Iron Maiden, none in the top 100?! What about Fear Of The Dark?! As I don't know the top 100 I can't say what should be there and what shouldn't. Could someone message me the top 100 list?

[FlyingFuc!<]

I'm pretty sure even number 46 Van Halen "hot for teacher" is better than number 26 Nirvana. KUrt Cobain just had to die and get all the attention. that solo sucks ass.

[lee_lee]

Never mind, I've seen it now. It's not very well compiled. In Bloom as well as Tenn Spirit in the top 100!

[MiNDspiN]

I personally enjoy Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien. That whole song is badass..not to mention that practically the whole damn thing is a solo!!

[j-rad]

van halen sucks and flyingFu!< can go hug a tree

[ShutDown785]

mi surprised call of ktulu didnt make it on there, its a hell of a lot better than a lot of the songs on there.

[ed_banger]

Where the f*ck is OVER THE MOUNTAIN by Randy Rhoads because that solo never gets any recognition in any polls. One more point what the f***ing hell is shitvana doing in the list come on they don't even deserve to be in a list of the top 500 but overall pretty good.

[ed_banger]

oh, and i would like to have seen more Sabbath and Dream theatre, one more we need some maiden.

[dyzntarygari182]

yeah i think that page is awesome but eruption just blows past stairway in my opinion. anyone who thinks cobain had any considerable talent must be just as ***ed up as he was. and yeah we definately needed some maiden on there and some more rush. alex lifeson is a god when it somes to this crap. the only rush song on the whole thing was working man and he did that song when he was like 20 years old. same thing with van halen and eruption. the ones who made the list should have put some more thought into this one but it is still pretty good. oh and hendrix doesnt desrve to even be on the list. the only reason he is famous is because he was the first one of his race to have some considerable talent. oh and the fact that he was lefty but other than that there is nothing about him that should give him any recognition at all.

[cannonball_900]

man..david gilmour made the list..even chuck berry did..ofcourse,no one could top Jimmy page wit stairway to heaven..that wuz d greatest for sure..hendrix deserved the first spot i think over all..rock on

[P_WiseGuy]

eruption is an awsome solo, for some reason, i still havent heard stairway to heaven, lol

[celluloid_dream]

billy corgan ... and kurt cobain

[ed_banger]

My top 10 in no particular order:

1.Cemetary gates (Pantera)
2.Mr crowley (Ozzy)
3.As i am (Dream Theatre)
4.Fade to black (Metallica)
5.Over the mountain (Ozzy)
6.Stairway (Led zep)
7.War pigs (Sabbath)
8.Wherever i may roam (Metallica)
9.Eruption (van halen)
10.Sweet child o mine (guns n roses)

Theres propably 1 or 2 i would change but thats just my opinion.

[ed_banger]

what about billy corgan and kurt cobain, to sum it up they both suck.

[Black_Flame]

it's a good list but ... everyone reading this post should listen to sonata arctica they have a godly guitarist and crazy sweet solos

[IAMIRONMAN]

come on man! Iommi! Warning? Iron Man? PARANOID? HELLO!~

[guitarjared]

ONE BY METALLICA IS THE SHIT! by the way check out my tab for it here on UG (version 3).

[IAMIRONMAN]

this list is incredibly biased. there are solos that should be up there and bands that arent mentioned. Dreamtheater, AC/DC, Black Sabbath should be mentioned more, Iron Maiden, and many others. Iommi from Sabbath, Van Halen and John Pertucci are all better than Hendrix and deserve more credit. this is so biased

[Jimmy_Page_Fan]

No RHCP.... No Iron Maiden... AC/DC's only appearance at 80?? One by Metallica ranking anywhere high on the list?! They don't know much. And where's the Clash?

[IAMIRONMAN]

and hammet should be on there more too. and Rhoads, and Zakk Wylde, and Malmsteen. Jimmy Page can go f*** himself, thats a good solo but not #1. I can name 10 solos better than that one. And Hendrix is on there like 20 times, and he was #12 on the "best guitarists ever" list. IOMMI IS #1, LETS SEE HIM ON THERE MORE! and btw Nirvana is just bad music ppl decided to buy

[IAMIRONMAN]

O yea dont forget Clapton either, man.

[IAMIRONMAN]

j-rad:van halen sucks and flying FU

[IAMIRONMAN]

well j-rad download Eruption and then go *** yourself.

[Gilidude]

How the hell did smells like teen spirit get in there. That has to be one of the easiest solos ever made. Still a good somg, but easy solo, it's not that great.

[life_247]

I like the way the credit the guitarist that played it rather than who rote it. November rain was completly written by axl roses but agreed no-one plays it like slash.

[benjaminr]

I think alot of solos from the 90's that are awesome got left off. Instead of trying to include nirvana in order to be updated, they should have included awesome solos from newer bands, because they do exist.

[ed_banger]

lets face it nu-metal sucks cause quite frankly most of them aren't good enough to play guitar solos and even if they can play solos they cant't compare to people such as halen,rhoads,page,vai,sat
riani etc. and i wish everyone would shut up about nirvana because everyone knows they suck and couldn't even put a good solo together to even compete with any of the players i have listed.

[GuyLeDouche]

no way eruption should be in the top 10, or even top 20...just because it's played fast doesnt make it #2 solo of all time. i'm a fan of eddie van halen but c'mon, gimme a break.

[laughing_rat]

agree with encore_god, sweet child o'mine or Paradise City should replace November Rain. Can't fault it too much otherwise tho...

[ed_banger]

where's some Jake e lee stuff bark at the moon being the main one.

[60shout]

I can play the best solo in the world.

[ed_banger]

for me iommi was is better known for kick ass riffs than great solos but i still think there should be more sabbath in there though eg: iron man, children of the grave, paranoid, symtom of the universe, fairies wear boots, sabbath bloody sabbath. These solos are all worthy of being in the top 100.

[ed_banger]

what about some stuff from blaze's tenth dimension album maybe getting a look in.

[dyzntarygari182]

the only thing Page is doing is playing the dominant 7th number 9 scale through half the thing. i could probably play that song(stairway) if i wanted to.

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[dyzntarygari182]

THIS MAG HAS TONS OF TOP 100 LISTS FOR METAL INCLUDING BEST SINGER(ROBERT PLANT WON) BEST GUITARIST(TOP 3 WERE 1. VAN HALEN 2. HENDRIX 3. PAGE) BEST ALBUM (HIGHWAY TO HELL) BEST UNDERGROUND BAND(SLAYER) AND A LOT MORE. YOU SHOULD DEFINATELY PICK UP A COPY

[bullfridge]

i think kirk shudda bin in there a bit more he has some amazing solos but stil its good list!

[AngryBen]

I'll make my own top 100 list thankyouverymuch, I don't see why people give so much importance to these top 100 lists...

[AngryBen]

...and it's not an amazingly bad list, although I don't agree with the nirvana solo, and acdc "whole lotta rosie" is missing - great song that

[CKYmark83]

i can play the third best solo....***in sweet

[Roadkill_1]

I love RHCP but I agree that their solos are not spectacular. The solo of Stariway to Heaven on the DVD is 100 times better than the origional too.

I pretty much agree with most of the list but I think that Sweet Child O' Mine should be up around the same as November Rain.

[CKYmark83]

guy up there says he's been playing for 2 months and can play Smells Like Teen Spirit! it's possible to play it, but if you play a song, play it well. i'm not knockin him, but really, how good can he play it. BTW, it's nice to Phish somewhere on there but where the *** is John F. of RHCP!!!!???

[pluckin crazy]

and actually, if anyone has seen the live at budokan dvd by ozzy, you'd realize that zakk wylde defonately should be up there, that solo kicks major butt cheeks...ASS should I say

[Teq]

why did they put nirvana earlier than master of puppets ...jesus...

[Bluesbreaker7]

Eric Clapton was a great friend of George Harrison and he played on While My Guitar Gently Weeps as a guest star.

The friendship extended to Layla being named after Harrisson's (then) wife.

[p1234]

valen verga

[Matty Ramone]

WE WILL ROCK YOU SHOULD BE AT LEAST ON THE TOP 100 but I did not see it there.......that is my only problem with the list other then that its pretty standard

[Lucifer II]

yay, go slash. shame there wasnt sweet child o' mine, or and john frusciante

im well pleased i can play the best guitar solo of all time!

[Matty Ramone]

oh and also agree with everyone on Nirvana being rated really high Kobain was never ever a really good guitar player at all he was just a good songwriter and why is ther more STEELY DAN THAN ACDC BLACK SABBATH IRON MAIDEN OR KISS FOR THAT MATTER

[Ozzy_Zack_Randy]

WOOO Yeah finaly man somebody has seen how ***ing class the Crazy train solo is but id also liked to have see Eruption by Van Halen and some Iron Maiden then that list would be complete but hey i think its class as it is gooo Randy Rhodes FUCKING GUITAR GOD!

[iampinkfloyd]

OK, im probably biased here (the name) but its great to see Gilmour up at the top there. His solos may not be the hardest, but he is by far the best string bender in rock music. Just try to keep some vibrato going when playing one of his licks with compound bends and the like, and you'll understand. Good list, nice to see that they recognized that a solo doesn't have to be supreflashy and overplayed to be good.

[superbaa1]

Agree with #2,#4,#12 oops...and #3 some of the others though.... gotta wonder who it is that compiles these statistics. Wonder if there's ever been a "Worlds greatest Intro." chart?

[puddler]

there needs to be more Satriani and angus young up there and paul gilbert

[superbaa1]

I know it's about the indiviual solo but Jimmy Page above Eddie Van Halen? M.F.'er please.

[pluckin crazy]

kurt cobain???? solo???? he almost killed solos goddamn it, or the good bands that did good solos

[superbaa1]

Right you are "Puddler"... rock on.

[shreddgod]

paul gilbert is an asshole, I know I met him, as for the comment about "Rattleheads" name, I know its from vic rattlehead, but why do you think you're worthy for a name like that? someone said "all the small things by blink 182" haha do you really think that would look good in the top ten?? do you think people would take it seriously????

The "worlds greatest intro" chart?? yeah it goes like this:

1. stairway to heaven- led zeppelin
2. paranoid- black sabbath
3. back in black- ac/dc
4. enter sandman- metallica
5. smells like teen spirit- nirvana
6. satisfaction- the rolling stones
7. whole lotta love- led zeppelin
8. crazy train- ozzy osbourne
9. sabbath bloody sabbath- black sabbath
10. symphony of destruction- megadeth

[shreddgod]

oh yeah, heres number 11. sweet child o mine by guns n roses

[Rattlehead]

ya wanna know why i think i'm worthy for the name Rattlehead? why the hell not nobody else had it and i think megadeth is one of the most influential bands around that's my reason. i also was refering to the song on killing is my buisiness... so that's it not much of a reason just that i liked it.

[Rattlehead]

this article should be delted by now it's just getting spammed with comments like you suck, no you suck more. damn this is gettin really old.

[Rattlehead]

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[evilville]

if you put a list of your personal oicks..are are a ***ing asshole.

[LoveMyGuitar]

i knew fade to black would be on there

[Lost_Rose]

hmm kinda strange that SWEET CHILD was not in the top 20

[pluckin crazy]

thats a pretty good intros chart son

[evilville]

and EamonDoyle...are you retarded, those bands suck..except the offspring

[LoveMyGuitar]

i wonder why they only had 1 of the beetles songs on there

[pill2comawhite]

wheres children of bodom?

[Rattlehead]

hey, instead of bitching at each other why not save up enough money to go to a avril lavigne concert and egg the hell outta her? sound good to anyone

[JBMetal311]

how is it that nirvana(26) is ahead of steve vai(29) for best guitar solo???? Once again another ass backwards means-nothing guitarist pole. Kurt cobain didn't even have 10% of the ability that steve vai has to solo.

[riffer_raffer]

im surprised no john frushanti, i mean come on he is freaken on awsome

........ seriously?... he's a good guitarist, but his solo's (or lack there of) are kinda weak...

[bullfridge]

ozzy_zack_rhandy, eruption is second in the list :P lol syil y isnt Metallica one further up its amazing that solo, and wel actually the top 10 shud jus consist of jimmy hendrix van halen tallica and ozzy! in my words neways!

[Wounded Hamster]

Thank you mark276, you are one of the few people here who can recognise the amazing emotional genius of Eddie Hazel. Are there any more people who have heard Maggot Brain and would like to agree with me?

[uberfag]

Randy Rhoads damnit, not rhads!

[meadowskid]

this is getting very pointless, everyone is complaining about why there favourite solos arent mentioned. but they are missing the point, would you concider it biased or not? i'd say no, All of the guitarist mentioned in the top ten have skill above most if not all of the thousands of users on this site. they've all worked hard to get up there and some of them are dead and need some recognition, and i also am surprised that there arent many newer songs on there.

[meadowskid]

and like 80 people now have complained about randy rhoads not being spelt right

[superbaa1]

Tipton and Downing shoulda at least been in the top ten. Sucks that they weren't.

[superbaa1]

I take everything I said previously back. Having seen the intire pole; I think it stinks. Where's Procol Haram and Pat ? I could name a whole list of others. I think the list was compiled by hippies. LMAO

[tdacdc]

why is AC/DC and KISS only on it once, Angus young rocks same with ace frehley AND why is smells like teen spirit on the list

[tdacdc]

nirvana and Metallica suck so much

[MetallicAddicct]

Slash deserves to be in 2nd or 3rd place is unfair the sixth...

[MetallicAddicct]

Bohemian Rhapsody its bad at that place id place it in the top 10, and in the complete list, theres missing the solo of 25 or 6 to 4, by Chicago, its a great damn solo.

[RageOfMike328]

how can anyone stand there and say jimi hendrix wasnt the greatest guitarest ever? hendrix, clapton, eddy van halen, and randy rhoads should be dominating that list. but i thought it was pretty accurate all things considered

[Sum1]

listen.. kurt kobain was a bad guitarist.. theres no doubt about that.. but he could put sounds together really really well... no matter how simple they were.. simplictic solos arent bad..


but yes metallica does own.. usually they dont get as much credit for their solos because people think its pure shred but kurts got some damn good solos.. and as someone else said hit the lights has three very very good solos and have a different sound

but all things considered its a very good and unbiased list.. usually youd see one group dominating the top 20.. like led zepp or someone.. not doubtintg their greatness but usually lists are biased and have one person at the top dominating it

[Sum1]

sry make that part about kurt songs not sounds.. he could put sounds together well too.. and im not even that big of a nirvana fan

[deftones17]

eat a fat meat stick

[stratplayer11]

good list, but pretty obvious for the most part

[Cyborg]

Well there's no "Errors" its just a matter of opinnion.. but i still think John Frusciante shoulda been in at least the top 50 but hes not in the 100 at all...

[ThePunkRocker86]

chemicalsolutio:
Nirvana
, Michael Jackson in the top 100 solos of all time...Ya right, i think they never heard of a thing called metal. Even though Metallica , Pantera, Sabbath and DT are up there, many metal solos just beats pretty much all the classical rock solos.

Exactly what i was gonna say.

[ThePunkRocker86]

And to all those who are like "Why doesnt metallica have more?" Listen to some good metal, and you'll see there are better solos than those of kirk hammett.

[Emenius Sleepus]

of course this list may be argued, but at least this is probably the closest it will ever come to - and the list is pretty good, you have to admit.

[IAMIRONMAN]

did anyone see Detroit Rock City? it shoulda been there

[07Hoobastank07]

kinda funny how names are spelt wrong..ug needs and editor

[superbaa1]

The reason Michael Jackson is noted ( Strangely once I had accessed the hyper-link I saw nothing noted) is because ( I guess "??") because Eddie Van Halen did the solo for the song "Beat it". Did they note it? If they didn't whats that say about thier credibility? An oversight? I gotta go look again.

[superbaa1]

((ThePunkRockers86)) sorry... thought I'd contribute in the above post but forgot to include your name.^^^^

[ThorOfValhalla]

i think yall are taking teh technical and musical aspects of the solo too much into mind, i think that the amount of influence also has somethin to do with a great solo because while smells like teen spirit doesnt deserve the place, it should be on the list because im sure many people were inspired to play guitar after that song...not me but others

[GuitarJunkie]

wtf is nirvana doin in the top 30...they were a good punk band ill give them that...but their guitar wasnt all that technicall and dont you dare try to tell me that smells like teen spirit had a better solo then purple haze, or machine gun, or the star spangled banner, or cocaine...no goddamn way...thast my only complaint.

[Jason144]

My sentiments exactly. While Kurt's not much of a guitarist, SMLT influenenced a lot of people. There's many ways to judge solos. Complex solos are better, but they should belong in the song or there's no use for it. As for the list, it's not that bad. I agree with top 5 at least.

On a personal note, i didn't expect bohemian rhapsody to be so high. Time and BH are among my fave (as well as Teen Spirit).

[praise2hendrix]

Page definately sould be in the top 3 but not with stairway to heaven, he has so many other better solos. And hendrix at #5 hmmm thas not right either and especially with van halen ahead of him theres something wrong there. This list needs a lot of work and i think that goes without saying.

[thegenerator]

Everyone just calm down. Be grateful that The Darkness didn't feature in the Top 20. :P

(or from the sounds of things, the Top 100. Havent checked yet.)

[zeusplayer44]

DrowningPool:
i can play the worlds best 7th solo?? thats a nice thing to know

....umm......i can play the worlds 1st best solo? thats nice to know.....haha

.....im not cocky....im just good

[assualtonguitar]

who cares about playing the worlds best solo. there is probaly some dude in some bar in the middle of butt*** nowhere is playing a solo a 100 times better than any solo out in the mainstream.

[EamonDoyle]

evilville, in response to your missives:

1) Last time I checked, I was not retarded.
2) None of those bands suck. All the solos I mentioned are excellent.
3) Learn to spell "picks."

[halenfan2003]

how the fuk did balls on parade and smells like teen spirit get put ahead of mr crowley!!! the list started off good then it became mostly bullshit

[superbaa1]

Yeah,... but can ya play the "cutting heads" solo's from the movie Crossroads? Ya know that Ry Cooder/Steve Vai stuff? Why aren't they on the list??? Either one of them? It's the Canadians! It's a dirty plot just like with Shania Twain. All the people in the top twenty are all Canadians who pretended to be somebody else! (That would almost be easier to believe than the ignorance of this list;

[superbaa1]

LMAO...ya gotta huh?

[Sir RocksAlot]

Good list apart from the fact stairways at number 1. Great song but not the best solo ever

[monoshoe]

shut up

[Caution hot]

one is cool it should be first kirk rules

[Caution hot]

one is the best kirk rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Caution hot]

who thinks that one should be top

[BradRocker]

Here are my top five:

1)Dry County - Bon Jovi
2)I Believe In a Thing Called Love- The Darkness
3)Little Wing- Jimi Hendrix
4)Voodo Child - Jimi Hendix
5)Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

Say whether u agree

[Chili_dog]

YES! they put dave navarro in there! woohoo! yeah, he just scraped in at number 100 by the skin of his teeth, but he deserves to be on there as much as anyone! three days is a sensational song.

[TaterSalad101]

RITCHIE BLACKMORE GETS SOME RECOGNITION!!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! Tom Morello should be on that list as well, though

[Walla_Walla]

You'll probably think i'm gay, but i like the solo to "The Rocker" by Thin Lizzy. I'm not saying its the best ever but i cud be in the top 100. Page shud be no.1 though, or Freebird, whatever, they're both quality.

[GuitarJunkie]

im not familiar with that bon jovi song...the darkness is a good band...but there is no way in hell that solo is better than any of hendrix's...id put the darkness in the top 70 maybe 60 which i think is high considering they just made their appearence, and they do have better solos on their cd permission to land.

1)Voodoo child (slight return)-J. Hendrix
2)Cliffs of dover-E.Johnson...nobody gives this guy the credit he deserves
3)Stairway to heaven-J.Page
4)Crossroa
ds-E.Clapton
5)All along the watchtower-J.Hendrix

.
..this took a while..there many solos that could be conceived to be in the top five of all time. but i dont think this is bad

[alexxx152]

stairway to heaven is the b-e-s-t song ever written

[saucehead]

Has anyone heard of Harry K. Cody from Shotgun Messiah? The guy smokes. Listen to "The Explorer" from their first album. It's guys like this that will never been seen on this kind of list because their band isn't huge. It's a shame.

[IAMIRONMAN]

ok.
1)Eruption
2)Crazy Train
3)Master of Puppets
4)Iron Man (or Paranoid)
5)Over The Mountain
6)Mr Crowley
7)Little Wing by SRV
8)We Will Rock You
9)One
10)Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

tell me what you think

[IAMIRONMAN]

and 11) anything by AC/DC

[d_t_m]

its a good list in my oppinion....but its pretty much the same list that was in Guitar World magazine in 2001. Oh well.

[d_t_m]

and we will rock you definatley deserves to be in there, just not the top ten.

[DemonRiffs]

very well compiled, apart from im a bit disapointed 2 see Sultans Of Swing all the way down at no.22!!!

[IOnceWasAFaggot]

Does anyone else think The Beatles "Let It Be" Solo
should have been on the list?

[Brooky22888]

There should definitely be some Iron Maiden on there. Songs like Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Trooper, The Number of the Beast etc deserve more recognition. AC/DC should feature more often and higher up the list. I'm surprised I didn't see the Beatles around and about on it as well. Sweet Child O' Mine should also be higher along with other GN'R stuff like Paradise City or Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Slash's huge solo on Use Your Illusion II DVD should be on as well. That's all my opinion though. A pretty decent list overall.

[bennie_2006]

I'm suprised more people haven't mentioned Dimebag's solo on "Floods", that solo is one of the greatest ever.

[dthmtlhd]

1. PANTERA - DOMINATION
2. SLAYER - SOUTH OF HEAVEN
3. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - COUNTERFITE GOD
4. MORBID ANGEL - WHERE THE SLIME LIVE
5. GUNS N' ROSES - SWEET CHILD O' MINE
6. SEPULTURA - ARISE
7. PANTERA - FLOODS
8. OZZY - CRAZY TRAIN
9. BLACK SABBATH - SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE
10. AT LEAST HALF THE SONGS BY MEGADETH

my list. how can u put kirk hammet up there but not dave mustane? hammet sucks. i agree with alot of people ac/dc should be right up there too, with maiden, judas priest, and a newer band - SHADOWS FALL. they missed too much. hotel california? hahahahhah. if u put that shit before anything by kerry king or zakk wylde ur dumb hahah

[dthmtlhd]

1. DOMINATION - PANTERA
2. SOUTH OF HEAVEN - SLAYER
3. COUNTERFITE GOD - BLS
4. WHERE THE SLIME LIVE - MORBID ANGEL
5. SWEET CHILD O' MINE - GN'R
6. ARISE - SEPULTURA
7. CRAZY TRAIN - OZZY OSBOURNE
8. FLOODS - PANTERA
9. SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE - BLACK SABBATH
10. PROBABLY HALF THE SONGS BY MEGADETH COULD FILL THIS SPOT

my list. how can u put kirk hammet, teh most overrated guitar player to ever walk the earth, over dave mustaine? how do you put some of these solo's over any zakk wylde? christ. other bands that have songs taht should definatly be in teh top 20:
judas priest
shadows fall
death
in flames
ac/dc
iron maiden
then obviously ur going to have some hendrix and the other big names like vaugn and van halen. it just confuses the hell out of me how you could put "hotel california" over any of those songs.

[pluckingcrazy]

this list sucks. some songs r repeated and alot of terrible solos got to the top 100. The top 20 are ok but as you go down the list they keep on throwin more sheist in. Whatever at least Page is at the top

[pluckin crazy]

hey you stole my name

[pluckin crazy]

I so agree with dthmtld or whatever his crazy ass name is, zakk wylde should most defonately be up there, the only reason he isnt is because he stays out of the public eye and not many people know of him, only hardcore ozzy fans

[pluckin crazy]

so hows about the top 100 bass solos then, c'mon im not the only 4 stringer here who wants bass solos more recognised man

[bobisonthecob]

james taylor should be up there too, he strums chords really well

[dthmtlhd]

I so agree with dthmtld or whatever his crazy ass name is, zakk wylde should most defonately be up there, the only reason he isnt is because he stays out of the public eye and not many people know of him, only hardcore ozzy fans

lol u got it man. i'd like to see a top 100 bass solo as well. it's been the same arguement about guitar solos as long as i can remember and bass would be an interesting change. plus i'd once oike to hear someone talking about LES CLAYPOOL

[Tom Martin]

How come Don Felder and Joe Walsh don't get bold like everyone else then?

[KillerMonkey89]

Where's Santanna

[punks-not-dead]

viva santana!!!!!!! FREEEEEEEEEEBIIIIIIIIRD

BITCH

[homair]

that list is old. i first saw that on about.com/guitar about 2 years ago.

[LiTeNinbOy]

nirvana wit best solos...wat does it take to be best solo..hardest couns coolest wat? cusz like der sum solos in der dat i jus dun understand...

[nasty_santa409]

santeria rules!!!!!

[meadowskid]

The list was done by votes, probably not all of the people voted played guitar, so they would have greatly different thoughts than the great many of us that do. If they All played guitar the list would probably be different, A good many of those songs are popular songs in place of songs that are just amazing in the way of solos. and alot more in there are in there right place, like Jimmy Paige, Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen all deserve to be where they are. what im trying to get at is that most of the people just voted for their favourites.

[Bob Junior]

azerty_66:
Eric Clapton played guitar on the white album

[Rattlehead]

bass solos would be nice

[(sic) Breed]

I can pick holes but it is a pretty sound poll, no bullshit and i can agree that they are all really good solo's!! NICE!!

[shreddgod]

seems as how we're all doing our own "solos list, heres mine:

1. Stairway to heaven- jimmy page
2. Eruption- edward van halen
3. Revelation (mother earth)- randy rhoads
4. One- metallica
5. Paradise city- slash

those are my top five by BANDS, now heres my top 5 by virtousos...

1. Michael Angelo- no boundaries
2. Yngwie Malmsteen- Black star
3. Joe satriani- surfing with the alien
4. steve vai- "crossroads duel"
5. Jason becker and marty friedman- concerto no. 3

Now I know alot of you are going to be like, *** you, those are all shredders, well yeah, to me a shredder is the best kind of guitarist because they have more control then any other guitarist type, I've noticed that the people that bash shredders the most are those who can't play fast, I've never heard a shredder say "dude speed sucks!"

Like michael angelo says "its okay to take a sunday drive through the park in the rolls royce... but for me, I can't drive 55!!!"

check some of these virtousos out, esspecially michael angelo, whos been voted the number one shredder of all time, by guitar one magazine, and whos also faster and better then yngwie malmsteen!

[Valos_Atreide]

Dude holy S#@% Maggot Brain is such an awesome solo.. it deserves at least to be in the top 10.. whoever recommended it was cockadoodle right

[dthmtlhd]

The list was done by votes, probably not all of the people voted played guitar, so they would have greatly different thoughts than the great many of us that do. If they All played guitar the list would probably be different, A good many of those songs are popular songs in place of songs that are just amazing in the way of solos. and alot more in there are in there right place, like Jimmy Paige, Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen all deserve to be where they are. what im trying to get at is that most of the people just voted for their favourites.

that's for sure. some of the solos they have up for top 10 i've seen played by some with their eyes closed ( metallica "one"). if ur looking for the most talented solos this list is far far off

[LiTeNinbOy]

hmm...that crossroads duel reeli did kik ass

[Oiltown rock]

wow, at the top of the article it says "it's obvious the poll has a rock music bias," I was wondering, what other music styles put emphasis on guitar solos, besides rock and blues? Raggae? I dont get that.

[waldrop_boy_53]

Pretty good list..but Zack Wylde at 61?! come on..there were a bunch of awesome guitar players on that list...but i think he deserved more than 61

[AcrosstheTracks]

I think Avenged Sevenfold deserved a spot for their end solo in "And All Things Will End". Absolutley amazing. Or maybe the end solo in "Second Heartbeat". Or the intro solo in "Eternal Rest". Amazing Stuff.

[fixxxer_928]

What erling says is true about the solo on the end of Fade To Black...it really is one of the best solos

[eadgbe77]

strange i'm not part of the list... strange
hahaha

[fender rocker16]

anyone who says one guiotar solo is better than another is a ***ing moron. as long as both of the solos have it in them (meaning that they are both well constructed and sound fairly good), nobody with a brain can say that one is better than another. i guess this just goes to show most peoples stupidity one more time

[pluckingcrazy]

so would i be a f***ing moron if i said that Hendrix's solos are better than o lets say nirvana's solos (smells like teen spirit) face it some people just rock the socks off the guitars while others just suck.

[afifury69]

shreddgod i totally agree with you very nice finally someone who thinks like me

[biglee525]

is there enough errors i think you forgot some people but if thats what u think go ahead

[harm0n20]

J0NNYBRAV0:
Long before this list was made I knew that the solo from Stairway To Heaven was the best solo I had ever heard. Good to see other people beleive so too. But why isn't yngwie malmsteen's stuff higher up? Every one of his songs is basically a 5 minute solo!!!

5 minute solos??? thats exactly why he wasnt up higher. i, personnally, dont wanna listen to one damn solo for 5 minutes.

[Zosorocker1]

hey what about the solo in NO WOMAN NO CRY by bob ***ing marley. that solo is like liquid motion through sound

[Paco]

the top 100 solos lacks Carlos Santana, he should be raised higher

[Paco]

Im suprised Carlos Santana wasnt ranked higher, he is an awesome guitarist.

[superbaa1]

((Saucehead)) I hear ya...Shotgun Messiah rock....or how about another unsung guitar hero James (Jim) Gustofson of the band "Poobaah" guy originally played with Grand Funk and did some stuff with the Nuge. Face it...they'll never see a list like this. Then again I'm not sure I'd wanna see'em on it. They didn't even include BOSTON on the list did they?

[Hammerfall]

nirvana made it in the to 30 but theres not one Iron Maiden song in there..

[Hammerfall]

^^ not one Iron Maiden Solo sorry

[superbaa1]

Iron Maiden missing from the list. Exactly what I've been saying.... too many TOP solo's missing and too many artists repeated. I question several...."Dimebag" was on there how many times? I think as many as Steve Vai. Thats almost sacreligious. I think they arranged it to please thier customers. "Dimebag"...M.F. Please.

[cannonball_900]

can u believe it?mostly all songs up there r from d 70s n 80s...where do we go?

[jojjelu]

when they say the best solos they dont mean the hardest!.. Smells like teen spirit may be one of the esiest solos ever but still! i think it is a great solo!

[Hammerfall]

yea it may be an alright slol (not much of a nirvana fan) but i still reckon Iron Maiden is worthy of that list.

[Hammerfall]

omg i cant spell or comprehend today ^^ solo*

[Sir RocksAlot]

Where is Classical Gas by Eric Clapton? An why is stairway at number 1. Great song an all but really not the best solo ever

[trecoolpunk]

i agree with Sir Rocks....stairways is nice song but the solo is'nt that good metallica solos are much more nicer,and why isn't The Darkness in the top 100?

[travislausch]

Ok: I'm glad that John Petrucci at least made the list, but I can't see why the solo for Under a Glass Moon ranked so low because it could blow most of the other solos out of the water. Also, I would have much rathered see a song like "Endless Sacrifice" or "As I Am" which have better solos. That's just my opinion though...

[pluckin crazy]

yay, so erm...top 100 bass solos, well I can only think of like 6 bass solos...hrmmmmm, so lets have it then some ***er post a bass solo list

[youngrkr]

good list. jimmy paige should be at the top.

[Viscosity]

that wasnt too hard to decide it was an easy thing for the top 10 atleast... Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page were easy choices

[tdacdc]

AC/DC is AWESOME!!

[metOLIca]

Its an aiight list but im sure any kirk solo could beat Smells like teen spirit, how is smells like teen spirit better than the master of puppets solo...honestly there is something seriouisly wrond there, and there is no way that ONE is the best solo metallica have done, i mean yeah its ***ing amazing solo, but i can play it easily, and there are shit loads of metallica solos that i cant play, so theres the hint that there are better solos.... such as The unforgiven solo,thats a solo why isnt that up there??

[jman2oo2]

In my opinion... Hotel California should be at the top of the list, and Stairway should be around 15. Stairway is far too overrated and although it is very melodic, it takes far less ability to play, and I believe solos should be judged half and half on these.
As my personal list, I would say:

1. Hotel California : Don Felder, Joe Walsh (Eagles)
2. Mr. Crowley : Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
3. Rock You Like A Hurricane : Micheal Schenker (Scorpions)
4. Flight of the Bumblebee : Yngwie Malmsteen
5. Flying High Again : Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
6. Sweet Home Alabama : Collins/Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
7. Eruption : Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
8. Comfortably Numb : David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
9. As I Am : John Petrucci (Dream Theatre)
10. You Shook Me All Night Long : Angus Young (AC/DC)
11. Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry
12. Goodbye To Romance : Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)
13. Iron Man : Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
14. Love Is Only A Feeling : Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
15. Liar : Brian May (Queen)
16. Stairway to Heaven : Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
17. Purple Haze : Jimi Hendrix
18: Layla : Clapton/Allman
19. Paradise City : Slash (Guns 'n Roses)
20. One : Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

...Now i judged these songs not only on talent proven, but also, the melody, and the sound.. because music isn't hardcore shredding, or who can play faster, its about which sounds better also. Every solo paints a picture, and to me, these are painted the brightest. I guess its also about taste, but if you know what rocks, you know im right, hoe. And if you dont think I'm right... YOU"RE RACIST.

[devcon1]

they should do one for Metal Guitarist and one for Hard Rock/Blues guitarist that way there wont be so many people fighting

[masta-bs]

crazy train, great solo!

[TeenHendrix]

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT???!?!?!???

what
is this? they call that a great solo? its just the vocal melody played witha couple effects and slurs...

I also agree that they should do separate lists, cause theres so many different types of music that gets played on guitars. This list has a rock bias.
Dont get me wrong, im in love with most styles of rock, its just great guitarrists have been left off this list when they could have scored really high, just because they dont play rock.

Tell me what u think

[superbaa1]

((jman2002)) Your list rocks!!!!!
Finally somebody put something worth reading together!
Can we like all ban together and pressure the dim-wits down at Guitar World to let "Jman" do the polls from now on?

[saucehead]

Since when did playing guitar become a competition? Didn't know that everytime I played a solo someone would be trying to pigeonhole it. What about the songs without solos? I think people are just infatuated with lists.

[pluckin crazy]

Thats a ***in great list Jman2oo2, ...although I think a kick ass solo would be perry mason solo by zakk wylde (Ozzy Osbourne)

[marcusr2121]

dyztarygari182 is basically right bout jimi H he is ok but not great

[Twilight]

if you wanna talk about solos that aren't necessarily the best in terms of being technical but fit in with the song great and sound great

Ladylike - Ian Thornley (Big Wreck)
Whisper - Ben Moody (Evanescence)
Re-Align - Tony Rombola (Godsmack)

not trying to say these solos are better than any others here just bringing up some that would normally not come up.

[kornunit7]

A really god list i think. But i think How they rated Master Of Puppets in the high 50's was pretty lame. THe slow solo is good but once the heavy solo kicks in that is better than the ride the lighting one but i'm not complaining because one got a radical rating.

[Jaymond]

Why Is There A Not More Slash In The Top 20, The Sweet Child solo rules, but 2 b fair its a far better list than the riffs one

[shreddgod]

another good zakk wylde solo?? "gets me through" "facing hell" and a little ditty he did for a guitar cd in the 80s called "the guitars that ruled the world" the song is called "farm fiddlin,"

check em out...

[Metalgrl29]

I think that there should have been way more kirk hammet on that list. His skills make me wet 120% of the time. The shit he does with that guitar just makes me melt...

Anyhow ONE was one of the best songs but master of puppets and fade to black oh yeah dont forget BLACKEND!!!

Well I guess you can see where my heart and mind is...

[pluckin crazy]

yeah man, shredgod knows what hes talking about, thats what ya call bad ass guitaring, and the solos he did for the no more tears album, I dont wanna change the world, no more tears, desire, road to nowhere, he desreves some more respect man

[rouvan316]

any list of guitarists or solo's without Carlos Santana, is not even worth reading....Smooth?? Black Magic Women??? Samba Pati?? whoever made this list does not listen to any latin-american or central american music...and santana's euophoria(sp) should be a lot higher....besides this one big messup, seems fine....as far as nirvana goes....i dont agree with most people who totally diss them, but in the top 26 solo's of all time??? wtf was this guy thinking....AC/DC??? only one of his songs in the top 100??? also not enough metallica....pearl jam?? wht were they thinking with pearl jam?? and purple haze deserves to be higher rated....

[LastoBethLammen]

Weres steve vai in top 20 ?

[LastoBethLammen]

Much ppl likes November rain some hate it..
just like Sweet child o mine.. weird it is

[rockvirtuoso]

the steve vai solos in Tender Surrender and juice deserve to be in the top 100

[dudewowamcool]

no joe s. ? more freakin Guns N roses cuz slashes solos were great my list would have been

1. sweet child o mine
2. stairway to heaven
3. voodoo chile
4. enter sandman
5. novemberrain

[The_One]

Somebody has been taking way too many hits on their crack pipe....... Pertucci only once and 98 at that and no Shawn Lane, Steve Vai ? geeeezz most of the top 50 aren't even worthy to polish his guitars let alone play one F*$^ maybe the list should be the 100 most over played solos and how Prince could even make the top 1000 is beyond thought

[jigamuf]

time should be number one

[AndyVanHalen]

there is no way that stairway is better than eruption

[Page_Wylde]

No woman no cry is awesome go Jimmi Hendrix and also AC/DC should hav been in the top 20

[Page_Wylde]

srry Jimi Hendrix*

[Page_Wylde]

rattlehead jimi died of an acceddential OD by sleeping pills

[hardrock3]

child in time should be in there

[meadowskid]

Angus younge is over rated, by alot. If you listen to alot of his albums the solos are all basicly the same, say for example highway to hell

[meadowskid]

i mean on the individual albums

[JohnPaulPage]

Top ten solos

1.Stairway to Heaven
2.Hotel California
3.Comfortably Numb
4.Dazed and Confused(Led Zeppelin)Great Fuckin Song
5.Bohemian Rhapsody
6.Eruption
7.War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
8.Master of Puppets (Metalicca)
9.Cemetary Gates (Pantera)
10.Dont Fear the Reaper (BLue Oyster Cult)

Best Guitarist

1.Jimi Hendrix
2.Jimmy Page
3.Tony Iommi
4.Eddie Van Halen
5.Randy Rhoads
6.Eric Clapton
7.Kirk Hammett
8.Slash
9.David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
t10.Pete Townshend (The Who)
t11.Brian May (Queen)underrated cause Freddie outshines anybody on stage if Jimi Hendrix was in Queen he would have never been famous.

The reason Stairway is so great. Go Now
http://www3.telus.net/jefmil/stairwaybackwards.htm
its real its even on live versions!!!..
John Paul Jones is the greatest bassist/keyboardist that ever lived!!!..

[antipop]

im_]

[Silvertide81]

Honestly, a favorite of mine is Mean Street by
Van Halen. I actually enjoy it more than Eruption.

Also, I think the solo Civil War by Slash should
be pretty high.

[guitarhead]

good list but it misses sweet child o mine, whole lotta love purple haze etc....not bad though theres only room for 20.

[Orvion]

I just read the hole f#cking list! and all i have to say is i think lots of you dont what your talking about stairway to heaven is a perfect song with a perfect solo smells like teen spirit is mint and blackend should have been there

[jerald999@hotmi]

i have my own list that could have been in the top 100 - goodbye to romance featuring randy rhoads on guitar, sunchine of your love and white room by cream, have you ever loved a woman by EC, red house by jimi hendrix, light my fire by the doors...im gonna think of some more guys..see you next time...

[sologuitarlegen]

no ones been here for a while... metallica wrote better solos than the one in one.

[thegreatmessiah]

Has anyone heard of Michael Angelo Batio? How is his "Double Guitar Solo" not on this list. It should be #1. And people should regard him as the greatest of all time as well because, who else can do what he does? If anyone doesn't believe me they should go to http://www.angelo.com/mp3___video.html and watch the video for the "Double Guitar Solo".

[slug]

04. Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Should be number 1. It's totally insane how you get the chills when you listen to that solo, phew.

[TJ1991]

how suprising, stairway to heaven their at number 1 yet again. i'm not saying its a bad song, but it's ridiculously overrated

[dyjaba]

i dont know if someone already said this, but dream theater switches to keyboards for most of there good guitar solos

[a_n_f_s]

disappointed tht chilis arent there. john's solos might not be really fast but they're really good to listen to.
dont mind most of it though. stairway at no 1 is agreeable. november rain should be much further down. sweet child o mine sounds much better. all along the watch tower should be 2nd though.

[matteo cubano]

i think sweet child o'mine should be up there insteada november rain.