Tony Iommi or Jimmy Page?
 

I think it's a good comparison. They have pretty similar styles. I prefer Iommi's electric guitar playing. I guess I would say that Page is the overall better player when you consider his acoustic playing, but Iommi didn't play much acoustic so it's kind of hard to compare there. I've asked my friends about this and they all easily choose Page. I don't think they're giving Iommi a chance. I pick Iommi.

What do ya'll think?

Well that depends what you're asking. I'd prefer Iommi. Page is fine but he's boring. He doesn't create much of a moon on his own. And I'm no dope, Butler gave a lot to Sabbaths sound, but Page owes a lot to JPJ.

Iommi was more innovative, he was more mood oriented, he was less douchey. Its a personal preference.

Geezer and JPJ were both great bass players. Iommi certainly was less douchey. Of course it's personal preference. And that's what I'm asking. Who do you personally prefer and think is the better guitarist?

I'll go with the less douchey also. Personally i think Page wanks around on guitar and noodles too much for my preference. Iommi certainly had a larger sound and clearly more distorted which i prefer. I'm not discounting what Page did, he obviously was a great influence for many great artists.

Use the poll, man. :laughing:

I love Iommi and his style, his innovation etc. but I believe that Page always plays the right thing. Plus he does provide a lot more variety in his songwriting than Iommi.

polls are the worst thing going on here at Musicbanter. The bump threads with no post and drive me ****ing bat**** crazy.

edit: and **** you.

I wouldn't go so far as to say Page was douchey personally but when compared to the well rounded coolness of tony iommi I would be tempted to say so.

The worst thing is comparing 2 guitarists that are nothing alike.

Jimmy Page. I think he had much more diversity in his work than Iommi and was a better player in general.

Both are great players. But I'd take Heartbreaker over anything Iommi played.

If you listen to their music and don't hear some similarities between their heavy bluesy style then you must be deaf.

Iommi for me

Iommi was an innovator whilst Page just improved what was already around

edit - i believed i said the same thing when blastingas brought up Hendrix vs Page

**** me? **** you.:finger:

If you're heavily invested in those sounds the differences between two players can sound miles apart. If you listen to a more global offering then they start to seem closer together. Its all relative. Page and Iommi sound nothing alike until you ask about Page, Iommi, and Pat Metheny.

They don't always sound alike. Obviously they have their differences, but to say they sound nothing alike is completely wrong. There are some solos of theirs that sound pretty similar. I'll have to post a couple

I was more of a Led Zeppelin fan growing, so Jimmy Page gets my vote. Iommi is a class act and has my respect! I was lucky enough to have seen both Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath in concert.

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.

Eh, I guess. I disagree. Take Robbie Robertson for example, and compare him to Jimmy page. There certainly arent as many similarities between their playing as there are between page and iommi. Not all rock guitarists are as similar as page and iommi. Iommi may have wrote the book on heavy metal, but he was also a bluesy player. And I disagree that page wrote the book on blues rock, but he was also heavy bluesy player.

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.

'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.

I'd take Rush a hundred times over in comparison with Led Zeppelin.

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.

You think the first couple of Rush albums compare to one of the classic Led Zep albums?

I'm surprised you didn't take this opportunity to mention Caress of Steel again.:laughing:

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.

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.

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.

Jimmy Page!

Not only do I think he is a better guitar player (sadly Iommi did lose part of his finger so the fact he is not as good is not his fault) but Page was also into paranormalism which gives him a cool 'image'

[QUOTE=Unknown Soldier;1146707]You think the first couple of Rush albums compare to one of the classic Led Zep albums?

Well i did state that already. I wouldn't say the musicianship falls off much, I just cant stand Robert Plants voice. Alot of people would state they despise Geddy Lees voice, but I find it to be a big part of the Rush magic.

And i'll stand by my original post and say Page does alot of senseless noodling. Hes clearly got a wonderful ability to play blues guitar, which i think was his calling. I still think Iommi's big sound is what speaks to me personally, and his riffs are so chunky he should make peanut butter with them.

[QUOTE=FRED HALE SR.;1146996]People either love or hate the voices of both Plant and Lee, with not too many people falling in between. Personally I love both, as both are iconic with each band's respective sounds. From personal experience though, I think more people are turned off by Geddy Lee's voice than that of Robert Plant though.

[QUOTE=Unknown Soldier;1146998]I would certainly agree with that, From experience this is usually the case.

[QUOTE=FRED HALE SR.;1146999]Glad we agree, as I'm off now to have a pizza:finger:

"djent"

huh?

sub-genre of metal which mostly uses palm-muted riffs

Speed =/= skill, this is but a common fallacy.

I completely agree. I was just throwing that out there for people who love speed. Im not a believer that technical ability is what really matters. But, how do you measure skill?