[kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

[Alexander Smith]

There are a million other things I should be doing like sending out  
cover letters or re-tooling my resume or scouring the job sites for  
new opportunities, but I can't concentrate on that right now, so here  
is my list of worthy guitarists (who crucially didn't make the cut on  
this inane list)


Great guitar playing -- as far as I'm concerned -- has less to do with  
musical chops and more to do with individual style.

Geordie K. Walker of Killing Joke
Andy Gill of Gang of Four
Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd.
Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers
Ron Asheton of the Stooges
John McGeogh of Magazine/Banshees/PiL
Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd of Television
Billy Duffy of The Cult
Ivan Julian of Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Daniel Ash of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets
Wayne Kramer/Fred "Sonic" Smith of the MC5
Stuart Adamson of The Skids/Big Country
Jon Spencer/Judah Bauer of the Blues Explosion
Dr. Know of Bad Brains
East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys
Greg Ginn of Black Flag
Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols
Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls/Heartbreakers
Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins
Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground
Fast Eddie Clark of Motorhead

and

Dave Gedge of The Wedding Present (can you play that fast for an  
entire show? I thought not).

Alex in NYC




On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:35 PM, melinda grant wrote:


> yeah there follow up album sucked big time,it was a total let down ; 

> ( i think they should now pack it in lol and i dont know how they  

> got on that list- there were alot of cheap editions on there,so  no  

> suprise they got in!

>

> milindafgrant ps and where was steve jones  ;D))))) ?obviously to  

> good for that list!

>

> From: choonyfish at biftas.co.uk

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:21:19 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

>

> I’ll agree with that.  (I would.)  Second one was shit.  Not  

> bothered after that.

>

> Still no room for them in a top 50 of anything decent list.

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of melinda grant

> Sent: 07 April 2009 19:53

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

>

> im with you there darren-the killers first album-hot fuss is  

> suprisingly good ;)

>

> milindafgrant

>

> From: dpeace at bigfoot.com

> To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk; gathering at misera.net

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:34:22 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

> Outtakes : http://gallery.qthemusic.com/gallery/thekillers/ 

> Default.aspx

>

> Some of the photo-shoot : http://covers.q4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=6117&year=2009

>

> Tools.

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

>

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of Darren A. Peace

> Sent: 07 April 2009 19:21

> To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

>

> That photo is one of the less ludicrous from a shoot that was  

> published in Q magazine in the UK. They all looked like total knobs,  

> especially Brandon, who will always be a little altar boy to me,  

> spiv moustache or no spiv moustache. I’ll see if I can find a link  

> to the pictures, as they’re hysterical.

>

> Actually, I quite like some Killers tracks, mostly from the first  

> album (the second Springsteen-esque one was an abomination), but  

> they don’t half look daft.

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn

> Sent: 07 April 2009 18:03

> To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

>

> And they fucking look like this:

>

> http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/2304846/The-Killers-apologise-to-Christchurch

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of folk devil

> Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 02:35

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

>

> I cannot listen to them, ever since the end of 'Control' happened..

> They seem to spend half their life suing people, too..

>

>

> From: fatpotanga at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:31:53 +0100

> Subject: Re: [kj] O/T 50 guitar legends

> On 7 Apr 2009, at 17:26, folk devil wrote:

>

> why are the killers mentioned here?

>

> they're on the radio & play guitars & looking at that list it's a  

> wonder McFly aren't in there :)

>

> Actually - try & play the intro to Mr Brightside - sounds simple but  

> it's a - erm - killer.

> Actually #2, I think the guitar in that song is fantastic as is the  

> song.

>

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