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Johann Sebastian Bach

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You win.

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Why? Because he was the first to do it? I'd say he was one of the most talented musicians of all time, but not the most technical.

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Agreed.

Besides, I'd say Paganini pwns Bach in the technical department.

And listen up metallica fans, Metallica IS NOT THAT TECHNICAL... In this category it's not even close.

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Anyway, bands/artists that are worthy of being mentioned here.

Dragonforce, even though I dispise them.
King Crimson, pretty much everyone who has ever been in the band is technical pwnage, except Boz Burrell, who only played on one Crimson album.
Return To Forever.
Weather Report.
Bela Fleck And The Fleckstones.
Dixie Dregs.
Yes.
Symphony X.
Yngwie Malmsteen, no comment.
Rush.
Meshuggah.
Deep Purple.
Iron Maiden.
Racer X.
Shawn Lane.
Miles Davis, duh.
Colonal Claypools Bucket Of Bernie Brains... Great name huh?
Jeff Beck.
Steve Vai.
Marty Fieldman.
Terry Bozzio.
Mr Bungle.
Stu Hamm.
P-Funk.
Steve Morse Band.
Billy Sheenan.
Danny Carry.
ELP.
Michael Manring.
Frank Zappa and everyone who has ever played with Frank Zappa at some point in time.
Camel.
Gong.
Alan Holdsworth.
Pat Metheny.
Tony Levin Band.
Genesis.
Dream Theater, as downright horrible as their music is, even I the greatest DT hater of em all can admit that these guys have talent, even if they don't know how to use it.

...Am I forgetting anyone?... Oh yeah, an endless sea of prog, metal and fusion bands that I wont bother to name.

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You forgot Cacophony and Jason Becker? They might sound like pure wankage, but they have great melody in the shred department and great technicality. (Speed Metal Symphony ftw)

riseagainstrocks

Techicality isn't based on speed. I can play Dragonforce on the piano. It's a very basic chord progression simply played fast. I like Dragonforce but they are no where near a "technical" band

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Speed is a part of technicality, though it's far from being very important.

Saying they are not technical at all is a bit much, you don't always have to play very complex chords/scales to be technical, as precision is just as important.

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