The Top Ten Punk Guitarists Of All Time

[ozzfan1317]

I though this article would interest someone.
http://tunesnews.com/the-top-ten-punk-guitarists-of-all-time/

[thesafeword]

Pete Wentz!!!!!

[shit stroll]

he plays bass.

[Carlo Marx]

this list is fucking awful. much respect to greg ginn, but i wouldn't call him one of the greatest punk guitarists of all time. johnny ramone and steve jones were atrocious. kurt cobain wasn't much to listen to either. they completely left captain sensible off of this list, and he shreds everyone on it. chris hannah is easily one of the best punk guitarists of all time. the forget melvin and el heefe from NoFX, who can seriously wail some incredible solos. Ron Asheton deserves to be on this list as well. It's clear that whoever wrote this has no interest in punk music whatsoever.

[thesafeword]

he plays bass.
I know, but he's the best at everything.

[Machu505]

he plays bass.

o rly?

[versus_god]

Steve Jones? Hahaha.

[thesafeword]

o rly?
I believe in HARV-E Dent. How's that for a campaign slogan?

[shit stroll]

wait, nirvana was a punk band?

[BSS182]

this list is fucking awful. much respect to greg ginn, but i wouldn't call him one of the greatest punk guitarists of all time. johnny ramone and steve jones were atrocious. kurt cobain wasn't much to listen to either. they completely left captain sensible off of this list, and he shreds everyone on it. chris hannah is easily one of the best punk guitarists of all time. the forget melvin and el heefe from NoFX, who can seriously wail some incredible solos. Ron Asheton deserves to be on this list as well. It's clear that whoever wrote this has no interest in punk music whatsoever.
totally forgot about el hefe and melvin, el hefe is a little bit better but melvin isnt bad damn thats who they left off. i love brett but definatly not in the top ten

[Machu505]

I believe in HARV-E Dent. How's that for a campaign slogan?

Haha genius. I had to capitalize on this.

[thesafeword]

Haha genius.
I thought so.

[Machu505]

I thought so.

You are a God among men, my friend.

[thesafeword]

Thank you. I went and saw TDK again today and that movie makes everybody a little bit better at everything.

[theguy77]

they just namedropped all the main guitarists of the token mainstream-acclaimed influential punk bands and put them in some kind of order. they probably didnt narrow down a list of more than 20 guitarists.

[RyanDamage]

I'm ok with numbers 3 - 7, I gotta say. I really can't feel all the Sex Pistols hate, still one of my favorite bands and one of the first punk bands I listened to. And not to quibble over things, but skill aside, the list is about the best punk guitarists, and I think those five for sure represent some people who wrote great punk songs.

[ForeverDelayed]

Is Television not punk enough to be considered? Cuz they had TWO guitarists who would pwn most of those guys in their sleep.

Happy to see Billy Zoom on there. And Mick Jones is just awesome.

[versus_god]

Television was actually the first band I thought of when I saw the title of this thread.

[Ruki Katiakicz]

How many power-chords does it take to make a whole punk album?

One. 'Cos they all sound the same!








yeah, lame. I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist =\

[thesafeword]

You are a God among men, my friend.
Avatar and headline combo is fucking amazing.

[thesafeword]

How many power-chords does it take to make a whole punk album?

One. 'Cos they all sound the same!








yeah, lame. I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist =\
The bold font makes me want to harm you.

[Ruki Katiakicz]

Please don't.

[thesafeword]

Oh no you di'in.

[AP_Punk]

Chris Hannah should be on that list.

[myantiyou]

swing and a miss.

[versus_god]

Better or worse than this list?

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/punk_rocks_10_mightiest_guitar_gods .html

[Chris Fallon]

Crappy list.

[thesafeword]

I didn't see you on it. Zing!

[Chris Fallon]

:banned:

[thesafeword]

Abusing power are we?

I'm sorry.

[EchoPark]

this list is fucking awful. much respect to greg ginn, but i wouldn't call him one of the greatest punk guitarists of all time. johnny ramone and steve jones were atrocious. kurt cobain wasn't much to listen to either. they completely left captain sensible off of this list, and he shreds everyone on it. chris hannah is easily one of the best punk guitarists of all time. the forget melvin and el heefe from NoFX, who can seriously wail some incredible solos. Ron Asheton deserves to be on this list as well. It's clear that whoever wrote this has no interest in punk music whatsoever.



Damn, you beat me to it.

Don't forget best lyricist of all time too

[born to expire]

How the FUCK are you not gonna put Dr. Know on that?

[Neo Cassady]

lol @ throwing nirvana on there because it's expected, even though they weren't even close to being a punk band.

[Carlo Marx]

Better or worse than this list?

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/punk_rocks_10_mightiest_guitar_gods .html

better than the first list, but it still annoys me to see johnny ramone and steve jones on a "best punk guitarists" list. maybe if it was the top ten most well known punk guitarists.

[fran.182]

hmm

tom delongeX-)

i know i'm stupid

[miketrondson]

No Jack O'shea?

[ForeverDelayed]

Television was actually the first band I thought of when I saw the title of this thread.
At least the second list mentioned them. Not high enough IMO, but better than nothing.

[guitarpickheart]

wait, nirvana was a punk band?


What I was going to say.

[SLoT]

wait, nirvana was a punk band?
Wait, more importantly Kurt Cobain was good at the guitar? That's news to me.

That list left my dick soft in spots.

[SLoT]

No Jack O'shea?
I fucking love Jack O'Shea. The only problem is he's probably not considered punk under that category they were talking, nor has he been around long enough to really catch people yet. He's great though.

[miketrondson]

I fucking love Jack O'Shea. The only problem is he's probably not considered punk under that category they were talking, nor has he been around long enough to really catch people yet. He's great though.

Did we just become best friends? I was really expecting someone to bash my opinion. Haha.

[Angylion Gefell]

wait, nirvana was a punk band?

Duh?

[Angylion Gefell]

do people seriously not think that Nirvana was a punk band?

[jster2000]

where is the guitarist/lead singer of husker du
i'd say they are fairly underrated

[theguy77]

i half expected to see billie joe armstrong on this list.

[versus_god]

Does he even play guitar anymore?

[AP_Punk]

air guitar

[versus_god]

kman1224

GDvnM6sE8zs

[AP_Punk]

keep it up, man!

[jster2000]

i half expected to see billie joe armstrong on this list.

really?

[theguy77]

really?

yes becuase its such a terrible namedrop list. "oh that guy, hey hes in a mainstream 'punk' band, he doesnt fuck up his power chords too bad at shows, lets list him"

[versus_god]

I can dig about half of the list. Greg Ginn is the man.

[jster2000]

yes becuase its such a terrible namedrop list. "oh that guy, hey hes in a mainstream 'punk' band, he doesnt fuck up his power chords too bad at shows, lets list him"

thats why i was thinking you said it
but really the list needs to stop pointing out the obvious
they're are more deserving "punk" guitarists
and sticking kurt cobain on there didn't make much sense

[EchoPark]

Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein's playing is quite remarkable as most of the time he is playing downstrokes and he does it with such fluidity you think is doing up/down.

I wouldn't say GREATEST of all tiime but definetley one of the most innovative. I've never heard anyone that can play like him.

[ForeverDelayed]

do people seriously not think that Nirvana was a punk band?
I've never considered Nirvana to be a punk band. Punk influenced, most definitely, but not punk themselves.

[thesafeword]

I agree with theguy about Birry Armstrong.

[Carlo Marx]

do people seriously not think that Nirvana was a punk band?

there was nothing punk about nirvana.

[Carlo Marx]

I agree with theguy about Birry Armstrong.

are you asian?

[ugman_2000]

are you asian?

That made me laugh

[Regards]

lol @ Kurt Cobain.

[SLoT]

Did we just become best friends? I was really expecting someone to bash my opinion. Haha.
Yes, I believe we did. I too was expecting someone bashing your statement, and I was completely not expecting someone to mention him in the first place.

[mansonchick101]

lol @ Kurt Cobain.
R U serious? Where have you been?

[Regards]

R U serious? Where have you been?
Could you please explain what you mean by this?

[Superunknown]

I'm a Nirvana fan but even I had a little laugh at Kurt being in that list.

A) Nirvana weren't a punk band.
B) Kurt wasn't that good of a guitarist anyway

[CellarGhosts]

I can dig some of this list. Greg Ginn and Mr. Brett are good, and Mick Jones is good. But Kurt Cobain? Steve Jones? C'mon.

[mansonchick101]

I'm a Nirvana fan but even I had a little laugh at Kurt being in that list.

A) Nirvana weren't a punk band.
B) Kurt wasn't that good of a guitarist anyway
NIRVANA was, and is NOT PUNK! Kurt was a sucky ass guitar player. I don't think i can explain that any clearer. Any Questions?

[Superunknown]

NIRVANA was, and is NOT PUNK! Kurt was a sucky ass guitar player. I don't think i can explain that any clearer. Any Questions?

Yeah I got a question for you. Did you actually read the post that you were just quoting?

[Regards]

NIRVANA was, and is NOT PUNK! Kurt was a sucky ass guitar player. I don't think i can explain that any clearer. Any Questions?
I have a feeling you won't be posting on here much longer than a week.

[versus_god]

I could be your
punk rock
princess, you
could be my
GARAGE BAND
KiNG.

[mansonchick101]

Yes. I was just making sure you could actually get the point. Like restating the statment for absolute verification of said opinion.

[Superunknown]

Yes. I was just making sure you could actually get the point. Like restating the statment for absolute verification of said opinion.

Ok just giving you a heads up. Because to some people it might have looked like you were agreeing with me yet sounding like you were disagreeing because you hadn't read my post properly.

[mansonchick101]

I have a feeling you won't be posting on here much longer than a week.
Please Explain.

[Regards]

Please Explain.
No, no I won't.

[mansonchick101]

I'm getting quite confused. I'm not sure where we are, in the post, at the moment. Could you possibly explain. please

[Regards]

Well, your last post with #74, and this one will be # 75. You're currently posting in a thread called The Top Ten Punk Guitarists Of All Time. Its on a website called absolutepunk.net.

You are here.

And more questions?

[mansonchick101]

I know that. I would like to know why it seems that your pissed about what i wrote. It's my opinion.

[mansonchick101]

I apoligise if i offened you .

[miketrondson]

Yes, I believe we did. I too was expecting someone bashing your statement, and I was completely not expecting someone to mention him in the first place.

Well, I guess you could consider Bayside a punk band. Jack kills it. Everytime I've ever seen them, I've been on Jack's side of the stage watching him. What he has recorded is amazing, but watching him live is mind blowing.

[mansonchick101]

Fun

[SLoT]

Well, I guess you could consider Bayside a punk band. Jack kills it. Everytime I've ever seen them, I've been on Jack's side of the stage watching him. What he has recorded is amazing, but watching him live is mind blowing.
I too tend to watch Jack the most live. Do you have the Walking Wounded deluxe thing they just put out? It's got him talking you through his set up.

[nikaidoh]

I'm about to go into conniptions here. Why isn't East Bay Ray from the Dead Kennedy's on this fucking list? If Kurt Cobain's #10 on this list then East Bay Ray should be #1.

[mansonchick101]

i agree

[mattmatumbo]

Kurt Cobain was in a punk band?

[mansonchick101]

No.

[mattmatumbo]

oh, cause he was on that punk guitarist list so i assumed haha

[mansonchick101]

I think it was a joke. haha funny.

[Angylion Gefell]

there was nothing punk about nirvana.

Quoted for irony. Nirvana, while not a stereotypical punk band, was WAY more punk than any of the shit around now, and anything around then either. They practically invented the sound used by modern punk.

[shit stroll]

false. they are not "way more punk than any of the shit around now" and they didn't invent "the sound used by modern punk"

nirvana were not a punk band, and they were not very good.

[nikaidoh]

false. they were not "way more punk than any of the shit around now" and they didn't invent "the sound used by modern punk"

nirvana were not a punk band, and they were not very good.


Firstly it's "nirvana WAS not a punk band" and secondly, yes they were. I don't see how you could even say they weren't punk. They had the punk ideologies, they fucking recorded under Steve Albini, so he must've thought they were real enough, and In Utero and Bleach were straight Sonic Youth-esque noise rock. If you can consider Sonic Youth as a punk band, or even Patti Smith as a punk artist, then I don't see how you can say Nirvana wasn't a punk band, or at least heavily influenced.

[mattmatumbo]

see when i think punk, i think black flag, the misfits, the unseen, anti flag and the like. I dont think punk as AFI or Rufio or Nirvana or anything like that. I always thought punk was fast and angry, not slow and depressing or happy and uplifting.

[nikaidoh]

see when i think punk, i think black flag, the misfits, the unseen, anti flag and the like. I dont think punk as AFI or Rufio or Nirvana or anything like that. I always thought punk was fast and angry, not slow and depressing or happy and uplifting.

That's such a narrow view of punk. It's not just about the music you play, it's about how you carry yourself, and how you express your art. And Nirvana has it's fast and angry songs, just look at the album In Utero or Bleach.

[shit stroll]

Firstly it's "nirvana WAS not a punk band" and secondly, yes they were. I don't see how you could even say they weren't punk. They had the punk ideologies, they fucking recorded under Steve Albini, so he must've thought they were real enough, and In Utero and Bleach were straight Sonic Youth-esque noise rock. If you can consider Sonic Youth as a punk band, or even Patti Smith as a punk artist, then I don't see how you can say Nirvana wasn't a punk band, or at least heavily influenced.
there is a huge difference between being influenced by punk rock, and being a punk band. tell me, do you consider the foo fighters to be punk band? nirvana did nothing original or special, yet they get credit for creating a new movement.
also, what punk ethics did the band carry?

[Regards]

see when i think punk, i think black flag, the misfits, the unseen, anti flag and the like. I dont think punk as AFI or Rufio or Nirvana or anything like that. I always thought punk was fast and angry, not slow and depressing or happy and uplifting.
Have you listened to anything from AFI pre Sing The Sorrow?

[nikaidoh]

there is a huge difference between being influenced by punk rock, and being a punk band. tell me, do you consider the foo fighters to be punk band? nirvana did nothing original or special, yet they get credit for creating a new movement.
also, what punk ethics did the band carry?

Have you ever read the book "Milk It" by Jim DeRogatis?

[shit stroll]

no, i haven't.

[nikaidoh]

maybe you should

[Regards]

Reading is for terrorists.

[shit stroll]

no thanks.

[nikaidoh]

whatever

[PDon11]

Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith
Greg Ginn
D. Boon
Dr. Know
East Bay Ray
Ron Asheton
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine
Ian McKaye and Guy Picciotto
Walter Schreifels


The list should look something like that

[nikaidoh]

Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith
Greg Ginn
D. Boon
Dr. Know
East Bay Ray
Ron Asheton
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine
Ian McKaye and Guy Picciotto


The list should look something like that

:-d

[Praetor]

So they just took the ten most popular punk bands (and bands too often confused for punk) and gave the names of their guitarists. Oh. Cool.

[Dr. Acula]

Have you listened to anything from AFI pre Sing The Sorrow?

"Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes", ftw. :-)

[Carlo Marx]

Quoted for irony. Nirvana, while not a stereotypical punk band, was WAY more punk than any of the shit around now, and anything around then either. They practically invented the sound used by modern punk.

Quoted for sheer stupidity. Fugazi, Leatherface, & Bad Religion were all active at the same time as nirvana.

[CellarGhosts]

Quoted for sheer stupidity. Fugazi, Leatherface, & Bad Religion were all active at the same time as nirvana.
A+ post.

Nirvana didn't "invent" the sound used by modern punk whatsoever.

[shit stroll]

i hate nirvana with a passion.

[versus_god]

Quoted for irony. Nirvana, while not a stereotypical punk band, was WAY more punk than any of the shit around now, and anything around then either. They practically invented the sound used by modern punk.
hockeyguitar100

[CellarGhosts]

hockeyguitar100
hahahahahaha

[Smoochey]

No Steve Soto M-(

[Carlo Marx]

shit, you know who needs to be on this list? Jeff motherfucking Ott.

[Nourez]

wait, nirvana was a punk band?

They were grunge, but they had a strong punk influence.

[Rodeo]

Chris from the Living End.