Bands with the highest musicianship

[Metaphor]

Alright fellas. you can hate on me for hating on you but two wrong dont make a right. i hope your advanced musical tastes and integrity lead you to an inner peace far greater than i could ever achive.

[FourTwenty4Life]

This is unforgiveable

lol Phil Colleen of DL is phenomenal on guitar and I own his Jackson PC1 guitar. I admit the band doesnt fit but they were better than anything else that spawned in the early/mid 80s. RUSH was the first one to pop in my head though. No one can deny the outstanding high quality musicianship of Alex, Geddy, and Neil. Their song XYZ, especially when live, is one example of their expertise.:hippy:

[overgrowthegovt]

Alright fellas. you can hate on me for hating on you but two wrong dont make a right. i hope your advanced musical tastes and integrity lead you to an inner peace far greater than i could ever achive.

I don't consider my tastes to be more advanced than yours, just different. You seem to dislike most of my favourite music, but I'm not going to give you shit and say you give all our kind a bad name and an ignoramus image. I can respect the taste of anyone who listens to music outside the populist trash, which you clearly do, so well done there.

[Its a Plant]

lol Phil Colleen of DL is phenomenal on guitar and I own his Jackson PC1 guitar. I admit the band doesnt fit but they were better than anything else that spawned in the early/mid 80s.

Not true. I'd take Van Halen over D.L. any day of the year. Personally Collen is nothing more than a footnote at best as far as great guitarists go. So many other names seem to overshadow his, at least in my mind.

I will agree with you though that Rush is downright sick. YYZ () is a true masterpiece.

[FourTwenty4Life]

Not true. I'd take Van Halen over D.L. any day of the year. Personally Collen is nothing more than a footnote at best as far as great guitarists go. So many other names seem to overshadow his, at least in my mind.

I will agree with you though that Rush is downright sick. YYZ () is a true masterpiece.

I respect Eddie Van Halen because he taught himself guitar however DL had better melodies/more raw rock sound in their pre Hysteria days. "On Through the Night" and "Pyromania" are amazing DL albums if you listen to the songs besides their hits. Live performances lend a different perspective to how well a guitar player is and I've seen DL about 7 times now. You're right though, his name isn't too well known as being in the top 10 guitar players or anything. I love the sustainer/overdrive on the PC1 though.

Blah thanks the for the Rush fix, I type high sometimes :stoned: Rush are one of my favorite bands ever. I've seen them three times and everytime was just one big musical mind fu**. lol

[boaz]

... RUSH was the first one to pop in my head though. No one can deny the outstanding high quality musicianship of Alex, Geddy, and Neil. Their song XYZ, especially when live, is one example of their expertise.:hippy:

Yeah, RUSH was the first to pop in my mind, too. I've seen them several time and I'm always blown away. Just how can three dudes put out so much music live. Especially Geddy, playing the bass, singing and playing keyboards with his feet. :smokin:

I saw Eddie and crew last year and thought they still rocked! I was impressed. I've yet to hear anything that tops Eruption and Eddie can still nail it live. imp:

Also Robin Trower, one of my fav guitarist and, as mentioned, Jeff Beck are both incredible. And Mark Knophler, too, is one of my all time favorite guitarist and singer and Chris Cornell one of my favorite singers.

[Stemis516]

yeah, neal peart is fucking god

subdivisions for the win

[aceanihilator]

The Pat Metheny Trio with Pat Metheny, guitar, Christian McBride, bass and Antonio Sanchez, drums. They are virtuosos who play incredibly tight jazz, prog rock, and other types of music. I saw them a year ago in concert at Town Hall, NYC., and one number was very psychedelic - it included special colored lights, and sound effects by Pat Metheny.

This is one of the greatest guitarist i have ever heard. What about lamb of god?

[suhl]

lol Phil Colleen of DL is phenomenal on guitar and I own his Jackson PC1 guitar. I admit the band doesnt fit but they were better than anything else that spawned in the early/mid 80s. RUSH was the first one to pop in my head though. No one can deny the outstanding high quality musicianship of Alex, Geddy, and Neil. Their song XYZ, especially when live, is one example of their expertise.:hippy:

I have no complaints with the mention of rush. they are about as tight as a group of musicians can possibly get though i am not a big fan of their music i will never say they aren't insanely talented. i do with def leppard. There was nothing unique about his guitar playing, let alone the band as a whole. they were the same as a lot of the other bullshit that came through the 80s. better than ratt, not even as good as motley crue. there were many functioning bands and guitar players that were better than def leppard.

[FourTwenty4Life]

I have no complaints with the mention of rush. they are about as tight as a group of musicians can possibly get though i am not a big fan of their music i will never say they aren't insanely talented. i do with def leppard. There was nothing unique about his guitar playing, let alone the band as a whole. they were the same as a lot of the other bullshit that came through the 80s. better than ratt, not even as good as motley crue. there were many functioning bands and guitar players that were better than def leppard.

I guess it depends how you define musicianship. Playing fast doesn't make someone an outstanding musician IMO. Motley Crue's Vince Neil sounds like someone squeezing his balls when he sings. You have to know the songs besides what's played on the radio and also see a band live in concert to get a true taste for their abilities. I was at Cruefest last year and they goofed on a few songs and even had to restart one of them lol, not what I would call musicianship. I already stated DL probably shouldn't be in this list but musicianship taste is individual . I might say Tom Petty belongs here...doesn't have crazy solos but has written catchy song after catchy song and has tons of fans, still sells out when he tours and is a master of hit songs. A lot of great bands listed here so far, keep it up :stoned::hippy: