200 greatest guitarists in rock (electronic, blues, funk, metal, single)

lucifer_sam · 07-10-2008, 03:49 PM

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Eddie Glass - Fu Manchu, Nebula
Ed Mundell - Monster Magnet, Atomic Bitchwax

You would put Ed Mundell and Eddie Glass in before Josh Homme? He might be a little full of himself, but Josh Homme completely created desert rock with Kyuss. He was really young when Kyuss was in their prime and later went on to achieve commercial success with one of the most dynamic rock acts. He simply shits on others in his genre and is a great modern guitarist.

God, Fu Manchu brings tears of laughter to my eyes. How they ever achieved success with that ignorant prick and his formulaic riffs I'll never know.

almauro · 07-11-2008, 07:59 AM

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You would put Ed Mundell and Eddie Glass in before Josh Homme? He might be a little full of himself, but Josh Homme completely created desert rock with Kyuss. He was really young when Kyuss was in their prime and later went on to achieve commercial success with one of the most dynamic rock acts. He simply shits on others in his genre and is a great modern guitarist.

God, Fu Manchu brings tears of laughter to my eyes. How they ever achieved success with that ignorant prick and his formulaic riffs I'll never know.

The point is I'd put them ahead of Trey Gunn. I don't know what personal problem you have with Eddie Glass? Fu Manchu's "Daredevil" and "In Search of..." are classic Sabbathy/psychelic riffs inspired by Fun House era Stooges and Kyuss. Josh had already been edited out by Boo Boo so I didn't feel like beating a dead horse, but he was very influential with guitar tone, and I agree should be higher.

lucifer_sam · 07-11-2008, 06:46 PM

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The point is I'd put them ahead of Trey Gunn. I don't know what personal problem you have with Eddie Glass? Fu Manchu's "Daredevil" and "In Search of..." are classic Sabbathy/psychelic riffs inspired by Fun House era Stooges and Kyuss. Josh had already been edited out by Boo Boo so I didn't feel like beating a dead horse, but he was very influential with guitar tone, and I agree should be higher.

Eddie Glass is responsible for some of the worst guitar riffs ever. They are formulaic bordering upon insanity. In Search Of... is complete dreck. Every riff is laden with heavy distortion and the songs are trite and prescribed. He took from Kyuss and other desert rock acts and made it ****tier and ****ter until it was utterly indistinguishable as music. I tried time and time again to develop some respect or like for the band, but I have come to realize that Fu Manchu was nothing. They may not be the worst band ever, but I wouldn't call it a stretch to imagine it.

No, Eddie Glass doesn't deserve to be in the top 200 guitarists. Or 200,000, for that matter.

almauro · 07-12-2008, 06:33 AM

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They are formulaic bordering upon insanity. In Search Of... is complete dreck. Every riff is laden with heavy distortion and the songs are trite and prescribed. He took from Kyuss and other desert rock acts and made it ****tier and ****ter until it was utterly indistinguishable as music. I tried time and time again to develop some respect or like for the band, but I have come to realize that Fu Manchu was nothing. They may not be the worst band ever, but I wouldn't call it a stretch to imagine it.

Now listen, Luci...You don't know WTF your talking about. Fu Manchu were awesome up until "King of the Road". It's just ridiculous to call anything Glass did as formulaic because half the time he played by feel and flat out jammed. Lastly, if you actually did know anything, you'd realize they were bedrock of the stoner scene Kyuss created, with Brandt Bjork (in case you don't know, he was Kyuss's drummer) producing them in 94' and latter joining them on another one of their classics, "The Action is Go." Your comments "Taken from Kyuss"..."Indistinguishable music"? Have you actually played a Fu Manchu record. If you actually had listened to Fu you'd realize two things: A) They don't sound at all like Kyuss. For starter, they had a dual guitar attack. B) Fricken NOBODY sounded like Fu Manchu. Why? Because they were originators. Deal with it.

lucifer_sam · 07-13-2008, 09:42 PM

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Now listen, Luci...You don't know WTF your talking about. Fu Manchu were awesome up until "King of the Road". It's just ridiculous to call anything Glass did as formulaic because half the time he played by feel and flat out jammed. Lastly, if you actually did know anything, you'd realize they were bedrock of the stoner scene Kyuss created, with Brandt Bjork (in case you don't know, he was Kyuss's drummer) producing them in 94' and latter joining them on another one of their classics, "The Action is Go." Your comments "Taken from Kyuss"..."Indistinguishable music"? Have you actually played a Fu Manchu record. If you actually had listened to Fu you'd realize two things: A) They don't sound at all like Kyuss. For starter, they had a dual guitar attack. B) Fricken NOBODY sounded like Fu Manchu. Why? Because they were originators. Deal with it.

Sigh...

Yes, I have. I actually met a one-time Fu Manchu member (he's leading a band called The Freeks now). I have In Search Of... and I regret ever purchasing it. I know they don't sound like Kyuss; Kyuss was good, and Homme didn't feel the need to employ distortion on every song. You're right: nobody sounded like FU. Nobody else wanted to. If you really do enjoy FU's sound than I suppose it would be folly to try to convince you otherwise. But I, I never enjoyed them. And I listened to enough of them to figure that out.