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View Poll Results: Tony Iommi or Jimmy Page?
Tony Iommi 50 40.98%
Jimmy Page 72 59.02%
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Old 01-24-2012, 10:01 PM   #21 (permalink)
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If you dont think Page was one of the biggest influences in nearly ever blues rock player today your kidding yourself. Sure he wasnt Hendrix, but was about as close as one could get.
Exactly, he wasn't Hendrix. But ya he's certainly up there.

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Old 01-24-2012, 11:01 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Listen to any 2 rock guitarists and their will be similarities. Lets face it though, Page is known or helping write the book on blues rock. Iommi wrote the book on metal nearly single handedly. If you want similar listen to Rush's first album. Working Man could have been Iommi playing.
'Working Man' feels more like Rush doing a Led Zeppelin impression to me. The structure feels more like a Led Zeppelin II outtake and the riff sounds like something Jimmy Page wrote, but Tony Iommi played... if that makes sense.
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'Working Man' feels more like Rush doing a Led Zeppelin impression to me. The structure feels more like a Led Zeppelin II outtake and the riff sounds like something Jimmy Page wrote, but Tony Iommi played... if that makes sense.
Early Rush were often compared to Led Zeppelin, problem was though they just weren't as good as Led Zeppelin and hence the move into their more familiar prog direction.
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Old 01-26-2012, 01:20 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Early Rush were often compared to Led Zeppelin, problem was though they just weren't as good as Led Zeppelin and hence the move into their more familiar prog direction.
I'd take Rush a hundred times over in comparison with Led Zeppelin.
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Old 01-26-2012, 01:35 PM   #25 (permalink)
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When Neil Peart joined Rush, they more or less lead own way, with individual sound, style of progressive rock. Unlike the more Blues/Rock of Led Zeppelin.
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I'd take Rush a hundred times over in comparison with Led Zeppelin.
You think the first couple of Rush albums compare to one of the classic Led Zep albums?

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When Neil Peart joined Rush, they more or less lead own way, with individual sound, style of progressive rock. Unlike the more Blues/Rock of Led Zeppelin.
I'm surprised you didn't take this opportunity to mention Caress of Steel again.
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Old 01-26-2012, 03:59 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I will mention Alex Lifeson. More often underrated in comparison to the popularity of Iommi and Page.
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I will mention Alex Lifeson. More often underrated in comparison to the popularity of Iommi and Page.
Often the least appeciated member of Rush as well.
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Old 01-27-2012, 02:43 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Often the least appeciated member of Rush as well.
Not among guitar fans. Anyone who is a musician always says great things about him. Its everyone else that doesnt. Its because he doesnt fit the rockstar personality and look. Kind of sad really.
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Old 01-27-2012, 09:35 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Lifeson is a very good guitarist.

I've been listening to sabbath all this morning. I think iommi owns page. He can play just as fast, if not faster. He had a great style. He played so many great, classic riffs. He is the king of the heavy riff. He was a pioneer, one of the first to drop his tuning down, which became a big part of heavy metal. You can hear some heavy palm muted riffs in some sabbath songs. Of course the palm muted riffing would become a signature part of heavy metal. I can't think of anyone that was doing that before him. Iommi all the way.

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