3 Doors Down and Staind

[Thrilla]

This whole art/music debate got me thinking about Wes' greatest guitarist thread a while back.  When it comes to art forms..especially music..it's all a matter of taste and what appeals to the individual.  I recall several people putting up their lists of great guitar players and someone had Kurt Cobain on their list.  I looked at that and thought, what the F'n F is that all about?  If you actually play the guitar...I do, along with Wes and several others on the board I'm sure..you know that without a doubt that Kurt GoBang was about as talented a guitar player as my next door neighbor's Black Lab.

His stuff was simplistic, mindless drivel and his "Lead" riffs were nothing more than distorted 4 note repititions.  HOWEVER...while I found 96.8% of their music to be crap, that's strictly my opinion and reflects my taste in music.  I am the first to admit that Nirvana had a huge following in their day and their sound appealed to a whole generation.  They broke a lot of ground for that type of sound/band and paved the way for a lot of grunge bands coming out of Seattle etc. during that time.   

Good point.  I think he was on my list...but not for necessarily being a great guitarist, but for changing the landscape of alternative/grunge sound with what he did on his guitar and with his band.

It would be like saying that Billy Jo of Green Day is a great guitarist.  Doesn't each of their songs only consist of, like, 4 chords?

But in the end, what looks and sounds good is in the eye of the beholder.

[RWS]

Nobody puts out a good beginning to end album anymore. Alot of bands put out some good songs here and there. I can listen to Linkin Park's albums usually front to back, and some older stuff. I dunno, I listen to such a wide variety of music its hard to narrow things down. As far as greatest guitarist, I love Carlos Santana. He's a bad motherfucker. He may not be the very best, but he's damn good. I grew up listening to him, Great White, ZZ Top, Guns N' Roses (Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City are two of my ringtones), Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen shit like that. I was born in 1983, so its not like I'm a geezer, but thats some pretty good shit to listen to. Now I'm into stuff like Apocalyptica, Hollywood Undead, Seether, Seven Mary Three, Sublime, Ozzy, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, etc. I still like all the older stuff, just new stuff added into there.

[The Prowler]

Nobody puts out a good beginning to end album anymore. Alot of bands put out some good songs here and there. I can listen to Linkin Park's albums usually front to back, and some older stuff. I dunno, I listen to such a wide variety of music its hard to narrow things down. As far as greatest guitarist, I love Carlos Santana. He's a bad motherfucker. He may not be the very best, but he's damn good. I grew up listening to him, Great White, ZZ Top, Guns N' Roses (Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City are two of my ringtones), Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen shit like that. I was born in 1983, so its not like I'm a geezer, but thats some pretty good shit to listen to. Now I'm into stuff like Apocalyptica, Hollywood Undead, Seether, Seven Mary Three, Sublime, Ozzy, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, etc. I still like all the older stuff, just new stuff added into there.

I concur, Carlos Santana is Bad Ass.

[Thrilla]

Haters, Three Doors Down have about 15 good songs and they put on a great concert. Aaron Lewis has an impressive voice live, His acoustic version of Outside was kick ass.

You know, I've heard Aaron Lewis live and you're right...he has a good live voice.  I think his most famous live song everyone has heard is "Outside" with Fred Durst.

But WTF happened to his band and their music?  I mean, they rocked my face off with their first single "Mudshovel"...it was a hard sound, kind of dark, but metal nonetheless.  It had some kick ass guitar sounds and sounded like it was influenced by Korn/Pantera/Deftones/etc.

Then they come out with all this pussified shit, such as "Outside", "It's been awhile", and "Right Here".  It's more of a ballad-ish rock sound, without the metal influences.  They lost me because of this. 

[The Prowler]

[AWK]

That bald dude in the middle served me some seafood which led to diarrhea.

[Jumbo]

That bald dude in the middle served me some seafood which led to diarrhea.

The liter of Makers Mark helped me loosen up!

[Thrilla]

Gene Simmons has shed a tear.

[The Prowler]

The liter of Makers Mark helped me loosen up!

If I remember correctly, Litre is French for give me my fuckin' cola before I break VOUS FUCKIN' LIP!!!

[Saniflush]

Now if we could get Jumbo to quit drinking that headache in a can.......

[boartitz]

Now if we could get Jumbo to quit drinking that headache in a can.......

That's the weapon of choice for litterbugs.

[Jumbo]

Now if we could get Jumbo to quit drinking that headache in a can.......

It was only $9.50! What a steal!