Andy Summers.

Go!

11/29/2009 9:33:00 AM

it might be nice to post the band for those of us who dont know every member of every popular band in the last 50 years.

11/29/2009 10:28:38 AM

Andy Summers isn't a wretched guitar player, it's just that he's a jazz guitar player in a pop band. That explains both the unnecessarily complicated chords and the horrible over-chorused tone.

11/29/2009 12:14:07 PM

Stewart Copeland was a jazz drummer in a "pop" band

and he's arguably 50% of the reason for their success.

Andy Summers might be a good guitarist, but in his only stage, he was pretty bad outside of the rudimentary stuff he got away with playing in The Police.

11/29/2009 3:04:45 PM

the Edge.

11/29/2009 6:14:13 PM

i can't think of any, but the counterthread to this i have almost an infinite number of bands

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11/29/2009 6:16:22 PM

the drummer for Pelican

[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 6:25 PM. Reason : though i don't really think Pelican is an awesome band]

11/29/2009 6:23:09 PM

you shut your mouth.

pelican is the fucking shit

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11/29/2009 6:26:18 PM

Slash - Guns n' Roses

11/29/2009 6:39:34 PM

^he said awesome bands

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11/29/2009 7:11:43 PM

^ zing

11/29/2009 8:59:20 PM

too many to name

in fact i think i only like bands that have terrible or non-traditional guitarists

11/29/2009 10:07:24 PM

Hate to say it, but, Steven Van Zandt

11/29/2009 11:03:36 PM

Quote :

"the drummer for Pelican "

SOOOOO true.

11/29/2009 11:36:28 PM

this thread is an epic fail.

11/30/2009 2:58:06 AM

howso? because only 5-6 people are fit to contribute?

12/1/2009 8:10:45 AM

I've been trying to think. I know there are examples but they aren't popping into my head for some reason, maybe because I listen to a lot of guitar driven music? I dono. I agree about the Pelican drummer though.

12/1/2009 8:20:56 AM

Steve Vai

12/1/2009 9:04:58 AM

The Edge [Ed Note: I hate U2 but other people like them)
Joey Santiago
Kurt Cobain
Lou Reed
Tom Morello

12/1/2009 9:47:39 AM

wait...i thought this said wicked guitar players in awesome bands..

i was going to say the dude from Scarlett Undercover. how i miss

[Edited on December 1, 2009 at 10:00 AM. Reason : .]

12/1/2009 9:59:56 AM

Haha so the drummer for Pelican is a wretched guitar player? Got it.

12/1/2009 10:01:40 AM

Tom Morello might be the most overrated guitar player in music history.

12/1/2009 10:23:29 AM

maybe, but I don't think that makes him "wretched"

12/1/2009 11:10:29 AM

Lennon Tallulah, the guitarist from Jenny's Hangnail

12/1/2009 12:20:25 PM

^^ Are you saying that only based off of his RATM stuff or just overall ? Cause I agree he might not be the best but he is definitely an innovative player and he can definitely shred his fair share, he just never really did it in any of the RATM albums...aside from a few parts of the first one.

12/1/2009 4:53:07 PM

Quote :

"Tom Morello might be the most overrated guitar player in music history."

i've seen him play live before. he was pretty damn awesome.

[Edited on December 1, 2009 at 7:55 PM. Reason : .]

12/1/2009 7:55:18 PM

Everyone thinks the Edge is overrated.

He is, therefore, in my book, underrated.





I'm gonna say... George Harrison.

Love the Beatles. Love his songwriting. His playing always left ALOT to be desired. Good thing they had Clapton on speed-dial.

12/1/2009 8:00:38 PM

Tom Morello, Edge....

The topic is on if they're wretched, not overrated. Regardless of what you may think about their band or music, I'm willing to bet the majority of guitarists would rate these guys average at worst.

12/1/2009 8:57:32 PM

the majority of Morello's stuff is single note riffs and guitar noise bullshit.

I saw him perform as that Nightwatchman shit and it was horrible.

so I agree with that.

also I said this thread failed because the Andy Summers isnt a shitty guitar player. If anything Sting is a shitty bass player and over all worthless.

12/2/2009 12:38:18 AM