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@exploringthemusicaluniverse

2 ай бұрын

Who are the greatest song writers who are also very capable guitarists.

@MenChooseSlavesObey

2 ай бұрын

@@exploringthemusicaluniverse Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee & Slash would clearly be at the top of that list.

Watchmojo is like buying, and eating, sushi from a gas station.

@matthewduncan9405

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 best comment I’ve seen all week

@JakNasty69

2 ай бұрын

I've never had gas station sushi but I'm guessing it's pretty bad 😂

@raidknight

2 ай бұрын

“Wha oh! Looks like someone put a roofie in our gas station sushi, we wake up in a sewer full of fish…”

@1MusicsMyLife1

2 ай бұрын

That's offensive to sushi from a gas station. And my comment is as original as WarchMojo.

@Warlock_UK

2 ай бұрын

And then needing their bathroom, but they tell you that you have to buy something else first and suddenly a queue formed and the assistant can't work out how to do their job. So you finally get to the checkout and pay for a pack of gum, barely holding the sushi in... only to discover that not only is the bathroom out of order, but it's just a fuckin' painting of an Acme toilet door on the wall and they have no toilet.

Mike is pissed off that Lil Wayne didn't make it onto this list. Understandable

@daydragoon331

2 ай бұрын

He’s too good to be on the list

@johnzahm193

2 ай бұрын

Ah yes Lil Wayne, the greatest guitar virtuoso of all time no one can come close to his mind blowing talent

@RatelHBadger

2 ай бұрын

TO THE WINDOW.... TO THE WAAAAALLL

@eduardoromero2611

Ай бұрын

OMG! I'm shocked... I feel you bruh... 💔

@SesamemeFrog429

Ай бұрын

He was snubbed

Not even a mention of Guthrie Govan, I’m in pain

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

And to miss Alan Holdsworth while we're at it...

@benjaminbrownbass

2 ай бұрын

@@BecomeTheKnight Oh holy shit, you’re right. Insanity.

@MidnightAvalon

2 ай бұрын

What a terrible day to have eyes. And ears.

@EpictheEpicest

Ай бұрын

Guthrie is great, but do people who don't play niche technical guitar know who Guthrie is? He has 1 album and has been a guest players on some other tracks. If you're going by influence/output, he isn't on this list.

I disagree on the criticism of Yngwie. Just because he got sloppy during later eras of his career doesnt make him a sloppy, unclean player as a whole. Absolutely not. He also basically created the entire music genre of neo-classic metal, without him the entire league of shredders like Michael Romeo wouldnt exist or the lot of insane Japanese guitarists like Syu (Galneryus) or Takayoshi Ohmura. Talking about putting Jason on the list out of sympathy, now you want to exclude Yngwie out of dislike for his personality. Yngwie is also a phenomenal blues player and your Paul Gilberts and hair metal shredders in general would not be around if it wasnt for Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie.

@vince8081

Ай бұрын

I Agree, Malmsteen defined a style of sound and playing and is one of the most influencial rock/metal soloist. But yeah he's stuck.

@porkypile

Ай бұрын

@@vince8081 Yeah, Yngwie get shit on for stuff he did or said 20 years ago. You ignore what he did because of this. The dude knows Blackmore and Hendrix like the back of his hand. Clearly not a bad player by any means.

@ralcogaming7674

Ай бұрын

​@@porkypilehe wasn't a part of a G3 for no reason.

@lostalone9320

Ай бұрын

Yngwie is just a deeply dislikable person, and I do kinda dislike his music because I dislike him. But he can shred like absolute crazy.

@porkypile

Ай бұрын

@@lostalone9320 And he can blues. Look it up! :)

Bro got his script from Chatgtp

@belltolls1984

Ай бұрын

Definitely.

Yngwie was a huge influence on your heroes Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci. You can't deny his influence on shred guitar, he was revolutionary for his era. He lost a step in the 90's on, but his playing is monumental in the 80's. BTW, Vai has a tremendous amount of respect for him for changing the game and could not replicate his solos when he took over on guitar in Alcatraz for him.

I'm surprised Dimebag isn't here, I certainly would put him up there

@chetwilson

Ай бұрын

Wait the black tooth grin maker dimebag darrrell wasn’t on here?

@maxjudge2318

Ай бұрын

Should of had dime instead of zakk

Jason becker left alot of impression in music listeners that go beyond the shred guitar communities. Also, he is one of those guitarists that wove his legacy into the the many recent guitar heroes that we look up to like herman Li, John mayer, guthrie etc. Most apparant of his normie reach is 'altitudes', you have all these 80's shrapnel shred-era guitarists with their solo albums/works but NO ONE has ever had normie reach as much as jason becker did from that era. As an anecdotal I've had 2 instances when I was discussing music with a bunch of normies and the mention of Jason Becker's altitudes flew out of their mouth, no one knew who Marty, George, Paul was and yes not even wingy momsteen, but because of altitudes Jason Becker was put on the map beyond our zeitgesit and may have spawned a huge amount of interest in the instrument more than any other shrapnel shred guitarist of that era.

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I agree, but I'm more than willing to take another look at it! Appreciate you sharing your opinion. Jason Becker is a true BA \m/

I would argue that Tosin Abasi, Jason Richardson, Plini, and the Polyphia guys have had the greatest influence in the era of internet/bedroom recording guitarists that popped off hard in the 2010s to now. These guys don’t get the most airplay or recognition but their impact to the modern aspiring guitarist is incredible.

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

I think that's a totally understandable position to have! I'm even inclined to agree in a way. Just not sure yet....but. 🤷‍♂️ They're amazing and I love them lol

Akira Takasaki was the guitarist for the band loudness. Pretty big band back in the day. I remember my dad showing me some of their songs as a kid.

@timmywarren3996

2 ай бұрын

Akira is absolutely brilliant. His guitar sound on the album thunder in the east is still one of the best guitar sounds I've ever heard.

@75190255508

2 ай бұрын

Also, he was absolutely huge in Japan back in the day and a major player when it came to get kids to pick up the guitar. Jason Richardson, Tosin and some of the other guys are big in the anglosphere, but Akira was a rock god in the late 80ths Japan.

@timmywarren3996

2 ай бұрын

He was known as the Eddie Van Halen of Japan and a big influence on me as a young teenager. All the best to you.

@Ogrelord5150

Ай бұрын

Guy doesn't know who he is, so much for the credibility of this video, had none anyway.

@timmywarren3996

Ай бұрын

I am so tired of guy's like this and I guess I'm not the only one.

Mike… you’re definitely wrong on Jason Becker. Since when do we rate players based on how long they are playing? Jimi Hendrix is on every list and he lasted nothing, same with Randy Rhodes Fact of the matter is Jason was one of the craziest shredders back then, and he’s left his mark on plenty of people

Akira Takasaki was recording those arpeggios way before Michael Angelo did, of the Disillusion album, '84 or '85, can't remember, but he was ahead of his time

@themadmattster9647

Ай бұрын

Loudness even injected a prog metal edge on their albums before many others.

@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi

Ай бұрын

I totally agree! This guy does not know Akira? He knows little of the history of shred guitar!

I'm actually surprised that they didn't put Alexi Laiho in a spot. Probably between 20 and 15. The only thing that he has in common with Syn. Gates is that they both kept shredding even when it was out of style in their genres. Aside from a small handful, Alexi's solos were just so well structured and musical. Every note felt like it had purpose. He's definitely NOT the greatest, but he certainly deserves to be towards the bottom of the list.

The clip in the intro was basically spot on

Jason Becker absolutely deserves to be on there. Not only was he an amazing songwriter and musician but just talking about technque alone, nobdy was doing 5 string sweep arpeggio sequences before him, he brought sweep picking to a whole new dimention

When you talked about Victor Wooten's thumb technique, I believe you were referring to his double thumb slapping. Double thumb is when you slap up and down with your thumb, allowing for greater speed. Some other individuals who have done this technique are Marcus Miller, Charles Berthoud, etc

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

YES!!!! Thank you for clarifying! All the bassists you mentioned DESTROY

Says "6 String wizards" in the exact moment Steve Vai is shown with the hydra, having 4/7/12/[whatever amount of strings that Harp thing has] strings

This feels like WatchMojo just put 20 names into a random number generator

Akira Takasaki is one of the best metal guitarists/most unique shredders of all time, listen to Solider of Fortune that one of the greatest metal solos ever!

Virgin teen guitar players are into Yngwie Malmsteen? I kind of doubt that. He wasn't even hip with the kids in the 90s. I think that description would better fit Tosin Abasi or that Polyphia guy.

@gergoretvari6373

Ай бұрын

nah, it's Dave Mustaine for sure. just think about it

on the jason becker stuff: If you're arguing that Jason shouldn't be on this list (or that high) because he currently can't play guitar, then technically Eddie Van Halen shouldn't be on this list, and Jason is still composing music today. Most of the people on this list can't play guitar to the technical level they used to be able to and most of their best songs are from the past, so for me it's about "best shredders in their prime". Unless I misunderstood your point I agree with most of your points otherwise though

@darkdudironaji

2 ай бұрын

Jason Becker didn't make it to his prime though. The last time he played guitar on an album, he was 19. He was a really good guitarist. But he didn't actually play much professionally.

@chetwilson

Ай бұрын

So dime and Randy shouldn’t be on the list even though their playing kept on improving until their death?

Jason Becker was a technical and compositional monster, probably the most technical for the late 80's, but it was the fact he was so good so young

5:37 that was fucking cold 😂 i love it also they messed up Tosin's name too, they put Ton Abasi

14:13 Freddy Krueger and then the Chucky laugh Mike does lol.

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

Lmao!!! Didn't even notice that

Akira Takasaki was arguably the first major shredder from Asia, he has his own line of guitars "Killer Guitars" and has a huge influence on Asian guitarists. He has a style that incorporates pinch harmonics into rhythm. Id suggest listening to thunder in the east (by loudness) to hear his actual playing instead of him just messing around.

Only a handful of youtubers can get me to stick around for nearly 40 minutes. Thanks for this kisses BTK

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

Honored and flattered! Happy you enjoyed it!!!

Buckethead is a great songwriter. The hell are you talking about. Population Overide, Electric Tears, Enter The Chicken, Colma, Electric Sea, Welcome to Bucketheadland Giant Robot and Crime Slunk Scene are fantastic albums also his pikes aren't albums most of them are throwaway aside from obvious examples (most pikes released in tribute to people are really great) And he's one of the most popular shredders around today and he's only getting more popular, and started in the 1980's so his staying power is good. Yngwie does really suck though, don't know why he's at 1, good call there

@riverdunlap5826

Ай бұрын

Albino slug is my personal favorite. Buckethead rules.

@predeterminedmeat5024

Ай бұрын

@@riverdunlap5826 Good one! Slipped my mind while writing the comment but it is a great record

Usually an enormous fan of your takes, and I was for most of this list, but not liking Buckethead being on the list at all is a bridge too far for me. Not top 5? Sure. Not top 20? C'mon now. The entire album "Population Override" is a masterpiece, and it doesn't include any of his "popular" songs. If you haven't heard it, try it out. You'll enjoy it.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

Fr Same. Mike just sounds like a guy with very little patience honestly, so I doubt he would even like that album. He is correct that Bucket has been shitting irrelevant filler albums for a while now, but why does that matter? His good albums are still there, and most people don’t release anything at all anyway, let the guy relax

Well at least we had a video game celebrity narrating this. I felt very special being in his presence. I almost asked for an autograph.

I've been rewatching your older reaction vids about guitarists. Kinda funny you just uploaded a new one, damn.

BRO EJ's playing isn't even that exciting? You're baiting for hate harder than Mojo ever did. It's not even possible to have taste that trash.

You don't know Akira, but you should most definitely check out his work with Loudness. Thunder in the East is an absolute diamond of an album and one of my favorite 80's shred classics.

I think you're wrong about Becker, while he cant play now, the few albums he released was just so much better than anyone else, he could literally play anything. I'd say hes second place technical wise to Shawn Lane.

Yngwie is the King of Shred guitar and Steve Vai is my top player, I can't entirely agree with your thoughts on Jason Becker and Zakk, but I agree about that Japanese guy and Syn as well Shawn Lane, such charts are mostly ridiculous also very personal but in this one, I agree for the first place, Yngwie invented the shred, long live the King!

6 albums a year? At one point when Buckethead was releasing the Bucketheadland series I think he was releasing an EP a week lol.

@hhgreg2969

2 ай бұрын

He's been averaging around an album a week for a very long time. He came out with roughly 500 albums in the last decade. And yes, many of them are not very good, but a surprising number of them are pretty good. But I think it's very apparent he's not exactly right in the head and never has been.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

⁠@@hhgreg2969 Honestly still found the comments by Mike very disappointing. Like, most bands and celebrated classic musicians take years sometimes decades to release anything, and many time it’s average compared to their classics. Yet that never affects how people rate them Bucket already has a shit ton of great music, and just happens to want to release whatever comes through his mind nowdays. So what? Some people find value in it. He could be releasing nothing at all like most people

@hhgreg2969

Ай бұрын

@@Johnnysmithy24 Yeah, he was really reaching for negative things to say. Very lame. Respect for the BH and EJ acknowledgement 👊 both are awesome.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

@@hhgreg2969 Yep 🐐

@riverdunlap5826

Ай бұрын

@@hhgreg2969 asked mike one time if he would ever put a video out on buckethead and he said " theres really not much to say." Like really? Of every guitarist you look at the guy with a kfc bucket on his head and theres not much to say?

Ngl, I’m pretty tired of Michael Romeo always being omitted from these types of lists. You’d think his work with Symphony X would cement him as one of the greats, but I guess not

@andymccallum8090

2 ай бұрын

He's one my favourites for sure what an killer player so underrated

@hank35682

Ай бұрын

Him and symphony X didn’t sell out and go mainstream, that’s why you’ll never hear him talked about

@williamlanger9229

Ай бұрын

@@hank35682 who on this list is mainstream? Van Halen. that's pretty much it. Most people on the list are unknown to almost everyone.

The title was "Top 20 Most Insane Guitar Shredders". Not influence. Not stage presence. Not staying power. I like your channel, but your rants were waaaay off the topic. That said, I didn't agree with most of their picks either.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

Right, that’s such a weird rant. If you put Shawn Lane next to Eddie Van Halen and simply told to judge who’s playing is more “insane” are you seriously telling me it would be Eddie?

hate to sound basic asf, but how are you gonna include zakk wylde instead of dime?

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

Fr

I have a few problems with some of the analysis in this video, Saying Paul gilbert doesn't belong in the top 10 shredders list??! he has one of the best right hand picking techniques of all time better then Yngwie, Petrucci, batio etc. And I love all those guys. Batio also doesn't hold a candle to Yngwies technique. If you actually listen to both of them Yngwie's synchronization is way better then Batios. Also Doesn't even play as fast as Yngwie, but it may seem like that will all the effects and delay. I would recommend Anton Oparins video on Universal guitar technique its quite illuminating. Speaking of Petrucci his picking technique has changed for the worse where he picks more from the arm then wrist so he plays double notes on fast runs, not sure why because in the 90s and early 2000s it was mostly wrist picking from him. I don't disagree with Yngwie not being as good of a writer as the rest of the guys but I think you severely underestimate how much of an impact he had on guitar after he came on the scene. Yngwie pre car crash was insane technique wise, as far as Yngwie hitting the stereotypes im not sure who was doing anything like him before he came out.

@lassemaja8382

2 ай бұрын

Your reply is more impressive than many of the guitarists on the list. I love Michael Romeo's work but it seems to fly past many heads, what's your opinion of him whether it's Symphony X or his solo endeavours?

@andymccallum8090

2 ай бұрын

@@lassemaja8382 I'm a huge symphony x fan so he's one of my all time favourites. He's someone who really understand composing and classical music as opposed to some other so called neoclassical guitar players. His guitar playing is amazing too. He has a unique tapping technique and his solo albums are fantastic too. As far as my original comment goes i was worried about it because i wrote it so quickly off the top of my head but I'm glad someone else agrees, and I say this as someone who is a fan of this channel.

As somebody who's recently gotten into Japanese metal a lot over the past couple years, I'm actually gonna stick up for the Akira Takasaki selection. Metal is obviously huge over there, and Loudness is one of the biggest (probably THE biggest in my understanding) bands in popularizing that. Have they crossed over into a Western sphere of influence all that much? No, but there are undeniably a HUGE amount of incredible guitar players in the Japanese scene who take as much influence from early Japanese shredders like him and Kyoji Yamamoto as they do from Van Halen and Rhoads and the like. Particularly when one considers the different harmonic vocabulary of Japanese metal, I do think that's a real and notable contribution, and Takasaki was doing some pretty inventive post-Van Halen/Rhoads stuff by the early to mid '80s that the one solo you looked at doesn't really capture. He's not like a *necessary* inclusion or anything, the sloppy listmaking overall feels like he was just a token nod anyway, and I'd pick Syu (from Galneryus) if I had to pick one Japanese guitarist, but I could see a more appropriately-compiled list putting Takasaki 17th and that being a legitimately solid call. Otherwise, the only quibble I'd have with any of this analysis is that I think that you maybe undersold Becker's influence a bit--Loomis, for one, has always been very vocal about how influential Becker was on him. Totally get where you're coming from in thinking 7 is really high, but having him on the list to begin with does feel appropriate to me. I guess I'd also say Buckethead has a lot more thoughtful stuff out there than you portray, but there's also such a massive volume of it that sifting through it to actually find the quality material is indeed a crapshoot.

Loudness were a huge influence in Japan. They had a hit here in the US too. Crazy Nights (i think).

@FuzzyGaKill

Ай бұрын

Crazy Nights, Let It Go, and Soldier of Fortune

If they’re going to have pretty obscure guitarists like Shawn Lane on here, I feel like Muhammed Suicmez should be included. The dude was super important in pioneering tech death. Plus Necrophagist still gets a pretty solid following despite only releasing two albums.

Uh you had a slight inconsistency here. You wanted to disqualify Becker because he can't currently play, but you say EVH, who also currently can't play, deserves #3 is logically inconsistent.

@leerobbo92

Ай бұрын

That literally wasn't his argument. It was about not having enough of a discography to properly judge him.

You could argue that the list was not really supposed to be about who is the best guitarist or the most influential, but specifically about who is the most "insane shredder". And if you were to ask me what guitarist shreds the most, I think Yngwie and Michael Angelo Batio would actually be one of the first to come to my mind... because shredding specifically is kind of their main thing (to a point of complete self indulgence). Then again, this take doesn't reeeeally fit with some of the other players on the list, but I don't think WatchMojo spent too much (or any) time actually defining what the most "insane shredder" means. They just threw a buncha well knows guitarists with a couple curve balls in a list knowing full well people would argue about it in the comments lol.

I understand he isn’t very well known whatsoever, but to shit on Buckethead like that when he’s objectively one of the most talented and unique musicians ever is crazy.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

Fr, literally unsubscribed over that arrogant shit take

I like that in the beginning on the Synyster Gates-bit, it was all pictures of Zachy Vengeance 😂

Jason becker's 10 second recording of him playing serrana is enough to top this list lmao

The guy almost sounds like someones sonic impression after they got kicked in the balls and are trying to hide the pain

20:51 speaking of obscure shit you should check out bumblefoot if you dont know him. He plays with guthrie govan here and there and he is actually incredible and has a very unique style combining punk, some like blugrassy stuff, operatic vocals and he also plays fretless guitar

This narrator’s voice is what I’d imagine an enlarged prostate would sound like if it became sentient

@scottsmith8162

2 ай бұрын

Lol

@asloii_1749

24 күн бұрын

Lol

"Akira Lack-a-Sacky" got me LMAO

Thanks for recommending the Paul Gilbert track. Checked it out and all I can say is the guy's a freak of nature!

The 2nd Cacophony and Prepetual Burn albums are enough for Jason to be on this list

I've been enjoying the No Cover show. Tosin is a judge there and he always gives such insightful suggestions to the bands. And he's memable af 😂

A shred /guitar authority, never even heard of Takasaki or the Great Kat? Not saying they should be on this list or that i even listen to them, in fact, i find the [mediocre] Kat mostly unlistenable. But how would you be completely unaware of them while assuming the position as some sort of knowledgeable expert in the subject? Comes off as just another metal guitarists that lets his ego spill over into faux intellectualism. Not saying this is accurate, but he comes off that way in this very small sample. He's judging, so am I. But he's admitted to his lack of knowledge of guitarists, the very subject on which he implies expertise. Maybe needs one more semester in metal guitarist history. I agree with most of his commentary. No dimebag on the entire list? Trash it.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

Mike’s whole skit is being an asshole tbh

@themadmattster9647

Ай бұрын

He’s a cringe lord. Watch his Metallica remix videos where he makes classic Metallica sound like modern corporate rock crap

@maxvonattica4744

24 күн бұрын

@@themadmattster9647 Cool. I'll add this to my bucket list right below peeling the outer layers of my eyeballs off with a potato peeler. Actually, taking what little integrity Metallica can still lay claim to, and bastardizing it, does have a marginal comedic value. But it's very very marginal. lol

@maxvonattica4744

24 күн бұрын

Maybe an interesting alternative? Maybe everybody's heard it, idk, but if not, the video of "If Black Sabbath played Joline" a very impressive rendition that deserves some kudos. no link, search it.

Buckethead should be there

@RatelHBadger

2 ай бұрын

#5 though?

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

@@RatelHBadger It depends on what the criteria is, this list was all over the place and it didn’t know if it was ranking based on how influential they are or how “insane” they are. I’d argue in terms of over the top shredding insanity, Young Buckethead from the 90s would absolutely would be #5 if not higher. #1 would be Shawn Lane without question, literally no one in this list is even close, like at all

@leerobbo92

Ай бұрын

@@Johnnysmithy24 People always cream over Shawn Lane, but I wouldn't know his music if it hit me in the face. What would you recommend for someone starting out with his music?

Got it wrong. Yngwie deserves #1 for pioneering neoclassical rock, spanning over 20 albums. Steve Vai is a good guitarist, but he falls short because his appearances on famous rock artists albums (eg Frank Zappa and Whitesnake) are simply not the artists best albums. Eddie Van Halen was a great guitarist. But, let's face it, Steve Hackett brought guitar tapping to mainstream rock audiences first and Ritchie Blackmore did far more to pioneer early guitar shredding in the '70s.

Jason Becker absolutely deserves a spot on the list because he is STILL WRITING MUSIC WITH HIS EYEBALLS. Sure he has other artists perform the piece, but he still writes the music through a very complicated translation process. Listening to the new music and knowing how it had to be written is absolutely insane

That riff that you pointed out is totally Evenflow in a different register haha

I can remember the days of Hot Licks VHS tapes and Shrapnel Records. These are some of the artist that I would say fall into the "shredder" category, because that's when the term was coined. Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Tony McAlpine, Michael Angelo, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Chris Impellitteri, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Shawn Lane, Michael Romeo, Bruce Bouillet, and these are just the guys that I had instructional videos by.

Wow, really wasn't expecting that kind of take on Yngwie. Maybe he just really doesn't like Yngwie? I don't know. But Yngwie is undeniably one of the most influential guitarists of all time, arguably the most influential in the neoclassical genre, next to maybe Rhoads or Blackmore. In his prime (Alcatrazz and after til I'd say around 1987) Yngwie was, imo, very creative and tasteful, and balanced his melodic playing well with his shredding (which obviously was insane, at least for that time period). Sure, I think he became a bit uninspired as time went on, but to deny his lasting impact, as well as his earlier works and his playing is pretty ludicrous. Overrated and highly popular or not, Yngwie inspired numerous guitarists who came after him, and during his prime he was practically untouchable EDIT: I am by NO MEANS claiming he's the "greatest guitarist ever" or even the "greatest shredder". I'm simply saying that in a top 20 list of greatest shredders, Yngwie by default has to at least make the list. I personally wouldn't put him at number 1, but honestly I do think he's an easy top 5, top 10 at the very least

So... Then Did your boy Steve Vai write anything more interesting than "Manhattan" by Eric Johnson which you couldn't have missed cos it's right there in "G3: Live In Concert" album? Okay, Apparently Prince covered "Tender Surrender" so I'll give you that. (And Steve Vai seemed to be quite a cool guy on the KZread clip talking about it.)

@hhgreg2969

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the disrespect of EJ was embarrassing. EJ is a better songwriter than most everyone else on the list.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

@@hhgreg2969 Right, lot of shit takes here tbh

He's actually right about Syn and Alexi. It's in an article with Revolver M. Shadows said that for City Of Evil, Children Of Bodom was a huge inspiration guitar-wise as the band they were looking up to at that point saying they "wanted to play better than Children Of Bodom; be an American-style band but still have euro elements"

And John 5 should totally be on this list

That was an excellent ad read for strike force. Nice job there Mike.

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

Dude, how do you NOT know Akira Takasaki?! He is a LEGEND! The guitarist for Loudness! You heard literally 2 min of his playing..but he has 4 decades of albums out! You have to hear SDI, Let It Go, Soldier Of Fortune..... I totally agree, what you heard wasn't much, but like I said, he has 4 decades of music.

I remember seeing the great Kat In the mid 2000s when I was searching for fastest guitar players ever. This was before Facebook took off, and KZread was only barely a year old. She would show up on these lists on these obscure websites of players who play really fast. She’s obscure now, but I think she had a little bit of a following back then. I wonder if she put on any records since. I do know that she stirred up some controversy in the late 90s for something that I can’t remember.

They put Zack Wylde but don't even include Dimebag? TF? I get neither probably belong on the list but that's fuckin atrocious.

@delta_moo6125

Ай бұрын

In terms of influence, stage presence, popularity, and the intangible things, Dime ABSOLUTELY deserves to be on the list.

Im curious, and I'm sure you have a video on your channel somewhere where you talk about it, but the mention of Alexi Laiho in this video made me wonder, what is your opinion on Alexi as a guitar player/overall musician? Personally, I absolutely loved him and more or less alla his music, but I'm probably biased as Children of Bodom was my "gateway drug" that opened my eyes to the world of more "extreme" forms of metal, not saying they are extreme, but they have some elements of it such as the vocals that I never really listened too before I discovered them In fact, out of all the musicians that we have tragically lost in recent years, when I heard about Alexi's passing, that was the first one that genuinely made me upset for more than a few minutes, I spent pretty much that entire day listening to CoB, being nostalgic and even shed a tear or two. He had that much of an impact on me personally!

You clearly don't have an idea, how much of an influence Yngwie had outside USA. Back then people didn't even believe that is possible to play such passages,licks and runs. And by the way Akira Takasaki is pretty famous guitar hero, however I respect your opinion. :)

This video pinched my harmonies. Thank you.

Loomis auditioned for Megadeth in 1990. Dave hired him until he found out he was 16, so Dave signed him to Sanctuary Records (in the band Sanctuary) and Dave then hired Marty Friedman (obviously)

I honestly would put Syn in my top 5 lead players of all time.. His melodies are hardly ever beaten for me. But as this is a list specifically for pure "SHREDDING", I can see why he is 19. and why he probably shouldn't be on the list.

Shawn Lane No.18? Thats how you know this is bullshit, hes No.1. Also where is Guthrie Govan?

Previously on Law and Order: Special reactors unit: Victim's body is identified as Mike, aka, Become the knight. Cause of death: overdose of booming radio VOs from watching watchmojo tierlists.

I won’t tolerate the bucket head disrespect, dude’s got a unique sound, and crazy technical talent, I couldn’t play any of his crap, unlike everyone else on this list, I think he deserved top 20

Buckethead should've had the Takasaki spot.

You're absolutely right. Alexi Laiho's phrasing bears no resemblance to Synister Gates whatsoever. Danny Elfman would be a more appropriate comparison to Gates.

Nah the Buckethead slander is crazy. He is the 🐐

Song For Irene is also a beautiful Eric Johnson song. An acoustic instrumental

A very unique one would have been Devin Townsend.

Akira Takasaki is the guitarist for the Japanese band Loudness and they're SO fucking great.

Pre-video thoughts: if George Lynch, Warren Demartini or Nuno Bettencourt aren't on this list I'm gonna be pissed...given the fact that it's WatchMojo I highly doubt they'll be on here Post-video thoughts: wow! Didn't expect to see Akira Takasaki on here (Mike, check out The Loudness catalog. Songs like Crazy Nights, Heavy Chains, You Shook Me, Like Hell). Very glad they included George Lynch!

Huge Buckethead fan here, as are a couple buddies of mine. They dont get to just put the guy that TAUGHT HIM HOW TO PLAY way below him. Totally agree he shouldn't be top 5. Still love his stuff as weird as that may make me 😂

Your reactions from 5 to 1 are hilarious 😂

This was a great video. I loved seeing you tear apart that video, and I would actually love to see you do more WatchMojo content. I find it very entertaining.

I consider Buckethead to be my favorite guitarist which is because he got me into shred guitar and influenced me quite a bit but I would have to agree he isnt very well known and his pike albums for the most part aren't good and are forgottable. I wish he would make an actual album again.

@Johnnysmithy24

Ай бұрын

I too wish he made a normal album again , but honestly he has a lot of great pikes too

Where the fk is Buckethead?! He beats most of the players on the list for sure.

Thin is the first time I've watched your channel and i agree with you about mojo. This will be the first and only time I watch your channel. Goodbye and all the best to you and your channel.

Are you familiar with Ron Jarzombek work? I honestly feel he is truly one of the most underrated guitarist of all time, if you arent familiar with his work check out his Spastic Ink albums.

You can't be objective on this list. Yngwie is my personal favourite but damn everyone on this fucking list has their own sound that can be just a personal preference to choose what is the best. I apsolutely respect your words on this...

i think Andy James should be very high on this list. I know.. he's a youtuber..not very well known to the general public. But just read the comments on ALL and EVERY one of his videos. You'll find very few if any negative comments. I think he's one of the best ever.I am a long time guitarist and shred fan,and feel like i know what im talking about. I dare you if you have never seen him to not think he is exceptional.

@ChangGang

Ай бұрын

He's awesome. I also like Sithu Aye.

The part where the I love logo came up took me back! I watched the shit out of those programs on VH1 classic

@BecomeTheKnight

2 ай бұрын

They were fun haha

Akira Takasaki Never heard of him But this is how you correctly should pronounce his name 😅😅😅

Who let the editor cook 🔥😂

When mike does voice overs of accents people have its the funniest shit I swear. Like ITS MYYYYY WORLD NOOOOOW

Judging by the numb-nail, I clicked on this video thinking it was about some KZread copyright drama Yngwie got himself into. But hey, I’m not complaining! And the narrator definitely slumbers a cucumber. 😂

Based Mike, as usual 💪🏼

Shawn Lane might as well be the most underrated piano virtuoso as well its incredible how talented he was