20 of punks greatest guitar players. uncertain] punk 2 (pk) n. 1. Many punks talked the DIY talk, but these two lived their principles. But, againif people would read the intro, you would see that this is a list of SOME great 2 guitar bands that people might want to check out. jangle, often at the same time. Truth be told, you only stand out in this scene if you can really play. She also had a knack for writing heartbreakingly beautiful pop songs that resembled the reanimated Buddy Holly now fronting the Hollies. Records, he achieved a nice, thick blast-and-grind. Blue Oyster Cult (sometimes upped to 3 guitars) Few have equaled him, and none have surpassed him. I was hoping someone would mention Wishbone Ash. Regardless its good to see these pee-pod guitarists get some heartfelt recognition. Great article. Then of course in classic metal, bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Saxon and The Scorpions have made the 2 guitar setup a mainstay in that genre. It may still be. I usually occupy a more prog rock scale around the root note which in a way holds down the rhythm and give the 4th away to the more classic rock guitarist. Once they signed with Reprise, their expanded recording budget enabled him to make it bigger and wider. From the Clashs slash-and-burn early days, Jones decorated his brutal chord work with a lyrical lead guitar approach that sang more than screamed. SIGNATURE MOVE: All rock n roll from the '60s, going into the '70s, was based on Chuck Berry, at the exclusion of any other influence, Cramps leader/guitarist Poison Ivy told Guitar World. Go and learn before you make any sort of statement about the best 2 guitar band in the history of Rock and leave them out!!! They also were pioneers of customized guitars witness Kramers American flag motif Strat, or both guitarists loading Gibson humbuckers into their guitars. Youngs experimental band (Dream Syndicate) that John Cale was playing in before he joined Lou Reed and started VU. +1 on the early Stones with Brian Jones. The Clash first album (and 2nd and 3rd) is the first that comes to my mind when you re talking about 2 guitars that really works great together. His chords were the crunchiest this side of, , his lead work was Thunders-esque and his tone was huge and rich, even live. Slang. Denatured surf and rockabilly licks got reprocessed through a surfeit of distortion, via a humbucking-equipped Partscaster. Sparks and Gardner both just seemed to want to outdo everyone, dead or alive, on noisy, messy guitar sounds. He's mostly open or bar chords, so I go up and play high. It is worth mentioning that the Velvet Underground was a very heavy influence to Steve Wynn in forming that band so much so that they took their band name from an early VU-related experimental music(via John Cale) experimental music group. Hes always appreciated and utilized the MXR Distortion + pedals sawtooth wave grit. Only thing about Pearl Jam though is I almost don't look at them this way because I mostly just consider McCready the lead. So, a lot of these bands werent omittedthey just didnt fall into the TYPE of guitar playing I was talking about. I think everyone who has commented on this post has actually named a lot better examples than the ones given in the actual article. Both Brian Jones and Keith Richards played lead guitar at different times, although, to my knowledge, they never traded off leads onstage. Two, half the personnel were women. As for the Allman Bros, I should have put them on my listan oversight, as they were a band I loved and FILLMORE EAST in a incredible 2 git record. . Heres how it works. There was also Kramers idea of playing the amp, cranking it so loud that overtones spill all over the place. As far as the added lists in the comments go, I think theyre great. Also lofi. The heady mix of. Check out their record, "epitaph" for enlightenment.Obscura - same as what I said about necrophagist two of the dudes from the old necro lineup joined this band recently.But to me, it sounds like you're asking if there are bands with two guitarists and that play together effectively, but not necessarily "lead". [168090, Amer. I like the fact that it has two guitar solos. There are some songs where one guitar is playing country, another folk and another blues and they all work perfectly together. Youd have to put these two at the top of any list: Moby Grape just incredible guitar arrangements. Naomi Saalfield, better known by her stage name Nai Palm, is an Australian musician known for her work with the jazz/funk band Hiatus Kaiyote as a vocalist and guitarist. I never meant to suggest here are all the great two-guitar bands. Or Broken Social Scene? He excised blues influences and lead guitar. Know of any?My band is one of these and we play punk/indie, and I'm just wondering which bands pulled it off the best.I usually occupy a more prog rock scale around the root note which in a way holds down the rhythm and give the 4th away to the more classic rock guitarist.I've heard metal bands and some world bands pull it off - but it's rare.I'd like to think that harmonically I have it worked out - but it's always tough to know for sure.We're not looking to make it, we're all to old for that, just looking to make a great show.Youtube links would be great.Looking for sounds. But whats frequently missing from the conversation is what a great guitarist she is. Got on YouTube and checked some of these bands out. Kramer was nominally the lead guitarist, but he and Smith locked into contrapuntal flights of fretboard fancy aimed for the stratosphere. And maybe have some individual ideas, as well. I think thats what makes the Pistols album different from The Clash or The Damned. and how about early fleetwood mac ?? . I used one of those MXR Phase 90s on one of the rhythms as well. Paul Leary Butthole Surfers. Punk (fireworks), a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuse; Punk, a colloquialism for the cattail reed, genus Typha; Punkwood, rotted or fungus-infested wood which is brittle and crumbly. . So, there you go. Two superb non-rock twin guitar line ups to consider: Jazz: Prime Time (Ornette Coleman) with Bern Nix & Charles Ellerbee. A great list, but you missed the greatest twin guitar band of all: Thin Lizzy! Some of Steves best playing with the Sex Pistols was on debut single Anarchy in the UK. I'm the singer, but I really think of myself as more of a guitarist than anything, and love playing guitar and singing. Bob Weir is underrated as he focused exclusively on rhythm guitar, but his sophisticated chord inversions were the perfect foil to Garcias flights (except when the latter was so wasted that he lapsed into snoozedom). Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper wove a wonderful electric guitar tapestry together. Buy some CDs, or download the MP3s or add it to your phone or the chip in your head or whatever it is you kids do to get music these days. Television and Sonic Youth have both done pretty well with two guitars. He used no pedals, save for a phaser on. You don't need a two foot high red mohawk to be a punk, although that is wicked cool. As mentioned above the Scorpions have been kickin butt for a long time. In Hsker D alone, he pioneered and defined a few American punk eras hardcore. 1995-2022 Harmony Central, Inc. All rights reserved. love the play of ness and wickersham of social d. but my fav duo is woods and richards of the stones. defines the term guitar hero. He and fellow bandmate, rock scene. Three bands with intricate dual guitars: Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead & Quicksilver Messenger Service. soungarden's "superunknown" album had a lot of guitar layering kinda the same as what you're looking for. Can be a bit poppy and corny though.Slayer - hanneman and king both drop leads all over the place, and have been doing it since the 80'strivium - i hate this band don't like their tunes, etc. Unison leads and rhythm Equally a hero to the metal and industrial genres, Geordie gave Killing Joke haunting arpeggios and remains a cult figure. I mean come ON, people! It may still be. in stick form, that will smolder and can be used to light fireworks, fuses, etc. Guitarist Dr. Know is especially adept, spewing volleys of 16th notes like some people yawn. growls superbly from both his throat and fretboard, much of their sonic blitzkrieg is down to the gonzo virtuosity of his wife, across every stage the hard-touring band play, handling her Gibson SG like the genetically modified lovechild of, inflicted grievous bodily harm upon land speed records and societal norms, early, stood out. But shes also a capable lead guitarist. Fugazi: shut the door 2. dry, decayed wood that can be used as tinder; touchwood. Judas Priest is also one of the great two-guitar rock bands. BA1 1UA. Most active in the 90s, they still perform occasionally and while actual solos were scarce, Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge made extensive use of opening tunings (on a Jazzmaster and a Les Paul) and lots of effects pedals. But few discuss her guitar work. Required fields are marked *, Powered by WordPress. Then he coated it with the unstable harmonic overspill emanating from the, s amplifiers. . But if we move into more modern times we cant leave out the heavier rock and metal bands like AC/DC. Even in Green Days indie days on Lookout! Yet Ramone is as much a child of Thunders as the rest of this list. BEST HEARD ON: New York Dolls, L.A.M.F., So Alone, CLAIM TO FAME: Sex Pistols, the Professionals. The same goes for AC/DCa fine bandbut not one that falls into the category I define in the introduction. You all forgot Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap. What about The Shadows? When you have two brilliant guitar gurusYou have a lot more opportunities to play with your His CV reads like a who's who of the most musically advanced roots/punk outfits. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Xavior "Soylent" G. says:He has a girly voice on me and thats about it..-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I generally consider lead vocalist who can also play lead guitar to be the most talented musicians around, as far as bands go. come on even radiohead (not post-punk) plays with 3 guitars sometimes Two guitars sounds muddy if you don't know what you're doing. He formed the Stooges with Iggy Pop, giving him a better claim than most to having invented punk. . But thats where the DKs diverge, mostly via the sonic science laid down by guitarist. However, thats clearly not the VU in the bottom photo. That most certainly IS Nico era VU. Just dont tell Rob that I made that mistake! But what Ray ultimately brought to punk was the Echoplex. Pretty sure that last picture definitely is NOT the Velvet Underground. How could you forget Duane Allman and Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band!? This influenced a generation of young Brits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArL94OjZSAU clash hate and war Utilizing a heavily modded Gibson Melody Maker purchased from, , she slashes out the most solid power chords in all of rock. Yes, the basis of any great band is the drumming the beat has to be solid. Then singin/strummin janitor Paul Westerberg changed all that, adding his incredible heartfelt songs. I didnt know Karl played a Silvertone on that album, and Id only seen him perform with a black Strat, which met its demise at one show in my hometown (Keystone Theater in Berkeley) when he smacked it against a support beam on the stage.. Same with the Beatles (with the rare exceptions like the amazing two-part riff in And Your Bird Can Sing). I think you may have got the wrong shot there. 1974-77 KISS (Ace Frehley & Paul Stanley) With The Clash, he expanded the boundaries of punk to help make room for the post-punk scene, and then continued to explore new territory with Big Audio Dynamite. GnR (the Slash/Izzy era) Here are some of the best punk bands from the 2000s, in no particular order. This has resulted in misguided notions that musicianship is absent from punk. COUNTING Crows, while now 3 guitars, is another well orchestrated combination of two (or three) guitars that never double parts. Oh come ON! From the Clashs slash-and-burn early days, Jones decorated his brutal chord work with a lyrical lead guitar approach that sang more than screamed. Original six-string Stooge Ron Asheton learned on the job and reduced rock guitar to a series of drones blasted through what sounded like The Worlds Biggest Fuzz Box. Check out Whitfords counterpoint on Walk This Way, or Perrys funk chops behind Last Child, the trade offs on Same Old Song And Dance where each switch seamlessly between leads and rhythm while most dont even notice. The Gang of Four founders influence dwarves his sales. SIGNATURE MOVE: Wayne Kramer defines the term guitar hero. He and fellow bandmate Fred "Sonic" Smith ruled the 60s Detroit rock scene. Annie Clark of St. Vincent WebW a ndas, Alkmaar, all-women, various line-ups, Arie drums, Jose vocals, Marleen guitar, Geralda guitar/anthropophone, Anne bass, Ccile bass, Lies vocals/flute, Karin bass Waste, Oudenbosch, Puk and Muk vocals Whats My Name, Leiden, Raphaelle Devins guitar/vocals White Lines, Amsterdam, Emilie Blom van Assendelft bass And my greatest is not your greatest. The fringe-jazzy, Televisionesque guitar work on The Las Vegas Story comes to mind, as well as the more lush sounding stuff they did on Pastoral Hide And Seek. Had she dropped more such breaks, wed think of her in the same class as Thunders. LoxleySeptember 15, 2010 in Effects and Processors. A great example of two guitars working as one! California-based band Bullfight was started by two seven-year-old friends, Patrick Baggett (lead vocals/guitar) and Joaquin Cunningham (drums/percussion), who met in preschool. CLAIM TO FAME: The Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds. Even in Green Days indie days on Lookout! Except he took the Dolls advent as permission to play his own way. Black Flag, the Hermosa Beach riot squad that helped initiate hardcore, , saw endless lineup changes across the years. Attacking the strings at about 30 degrees gives Billie an aggressive tone and reduces resistance so he can play faster. And maybe have some individual ideas, as well. Also have to agree with the earlier post about The Allman Brothers, during their Duane Allman/Dickie Betts period. Every time he took a lead, he peeled out, saying hed see you on the other side and dishing out this haphazardly beautiful cluster of single notes. Instead, he played with an abandon that was clearly intuitive, not premeditated, while hardly lacking emotion. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! By the by, that picture was probably from this (http://www.terrymike.com/life.html) webpage, which may explain the wrong picture choice. SIGNATURE MOVE: Billie Joe Armstrong contributed a lot to the art of punk guitar. Hed clearly learned a thing or two from 70s metal, but left the parts he didn't like on the cutting-room floor. My band has had two guitarists for awhile now, and I like messing with the options that having two guitarists provides, but I want to look a little more into how lead I can think of a dozen, but will give you 3 notable omissions. Its truly astonishing. 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