There has been a lot of talk lately about the ’100 greatest solos of all time’, well this has probably been talked about since the creation of mainstream music. I just thought i’d share the list that people have come up with and the order and sequence, and see what anyone else thinks? For me personally there are a lot on the list that should be where they are (maybe in a different order) but there are also some that didn’t make the list which is a real surprise – Jason Becker for starters (I know he may not be as mainstream but listen to the album Perpetual Burn and tell me he shouldn’t be on this list!).
I guess it comes down to what is popular and heard and voted by the masses, and that’s where most lists come from. However it happens, i want to know what real guitarists think and what they would change and add to this list!
Here it is, all feedback is welcome…
01. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
02. Van Halen – Eruption
03. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird
04. Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
05. Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
06. Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
07. Metallica – One
08. Eagles – Hotel California
09. Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
10. Cream – Crossroads
11. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
12. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
13. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood
14. Derek and the Dominos – Layla
15. Deep Purple – Highway Star
16. Led Zeppelin – Heartbreaker
17. Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover
18. Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing
19. Pantera – Floods
20. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Pink Floyd – Time
22. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
23. RATM – Bulls on Parade
24. Metallica – Fade to Black
25. Jethro Tull – Aqualung
26. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
27. SRV – Pride and Joy
28. Ozzy Ozborne – Mr. Crowley
29. Steve Vai – For the Love of God
30. Joe Satriani – Surfing With the Alien
31. Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
32. Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun
33. B.B King – The Thrill Is Gone
34. Radiohead – Paranoid Android
35. Pantera – Cemetery Gates
36. Yngwie Malmsteen – Black Star
37. Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
38. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
39. Neil Young – Cortez the Killer
40. Steely Dan – Reelin’ in the Years
41. Queen – Brighton Rock
42. Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
43. ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
44. Pearl Jam – Alive
45. Doors – Light My Fire
46. Van Halen – Hot for Teacher
47. Allman Brothers Band – Jessica
48. Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
49. Santana – Europa
50. Kiss – Shock Me
51. Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
52. Jimi Hendrix – Star-Spangled Banner
53. Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You
54. Smashing Pumpkins – Geek USA
55. Joe Satriani – Satch Boogie
56. Black Sabbath – War Pigs
57. Pantera – Walk
58. Eric Clapton – Cocaine
59. Kinks – You Really Got Me
60. Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures
61. Metallica – Master of Puppets
62. Pink Floyd – Money
63. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
64. Prince – Little Red Corvette
65. Allman Brothers – Blue Sky
66. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
67. Michael Jackson feat. Eddie Van Halen – Beat It
68. Yes – Starship Trooper
69. Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing
70. Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze
71. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
72. Aerosmith – Walk This Way
73. Phish – Stash
74. Deep Purple – Lazy
75. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
76. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
77. Alice In Chains - Man in the Box
78. Grateful Dead – Truckin’
79. Van Halen – Mean Street
80. AC-DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
81. The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
82. King Crimson – 21st Century Schizoid Man
83. SRV – Scuttle Buttin’
84. UFO – Lights Out
85. David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
86. Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post
87. Johnny Winter – Highway 61 Revisited
88. Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne
89. RATM – Killing in the Name
90. Eric Clapton – Let It Rain
91. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Heard It Through the Grapevine
92. Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut
93. The Doors – The End
94. Rush – Working Man
95. Pearl Jam – Yellow Ledbetter
96. Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
97. Judas Priest – Beyond the Realms of Death
98. Dream Theater – Under a Glass Moon
99. Jeff Beck – ‘Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers
100. Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
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