I miss guitar solos

[dretti]

Where have they gone?

[aminorthreat55]

I like your sig.

[exthuse]

I dunno.

Last one i heard today was in AFI's Dancing Through Sunday.

[GoodCoreRecords]

nothing like a giant ego-centric, jerking myself off with my guitar solo.

[dretti]

I like your sig.

Thanks. I'm hoping we get some more album of the years to come.

nothing like a giant ego-centric, jerking myself off with my guitar solo.

Yeah, exactly. I need more fucking guitar solos

[Drew Beringer]

Thanks. I'm hoping we get some more album of the years to come.
What have been the three? Spill Canvas, Gatsbys, and what else? I'm behind the times.

[dretti]

What have been the three? Spill Canvas, Gatsbys, and what else? I'm behind the times.

Acceptance I believe...

[aminorthreat55]

Thanks. I'm hoping we get some more album of the years to come.
The way things work here, you should get at least 2 more.

[AShannon04]

Wasn't there another one today? Fall Of Troy, I think...

[dretti]

If there was, that would be pretty much one of the best things ever. I want atleast 2 more.

[AShannon04]

If there was, that would be pretty much one of the best things ever. I want atleast 2 more.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=80038

[dretti]

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=80038

I'm doing the official count though. JT has to say it.

[AShannon04]

ohhh ok

[Sureshot182]

i think guitar solos are rad. however, i don't think in all genres of music they are necessary or even work. take a band like unearth for example..they are a hardcore/metal band. they shred all the time but have few solos. i love that about them. i think, a lot of the time, solos are pretentious and are the boring, stereotypical thing to do.

[VeloriumCamper]

Van Halen - "Eruption"


:love:

[dretti]

Van Halen - "Eruption"


:love:

Yeahhhhh the great old songs with guitar solos. The only band I can think of right now that still does solos is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I love it.

[VeloriumCamper]

Yeahhhhh the great old songs with guitar solos. The only band I can think of right now that still does solos is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I love it.
Also Jimi.

Jimi is the man

[aminorthreat55]

Yeahhhhh the great old songs with guitar solos. The only band I can think of right now that still does solos is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I love it.
The Matches have them.

[xsilencedx]

I find guitar solos very boring and very annoying,maybe its because i naturally hate metal.Just an opinion dont attack me for this :D

[Brandon Allin]

This is why we have Aaron Barrett.

[lmalmalma]

I dunno.

Last one i heard today was in AFI's Dancing Through Sunday.Are you okay?

I find guitar solos very boring and very annoying,maybe its because i naturally hate metal.Just an opinion dont attack me for this :D*attacks*

Children of bodom, megadeth, and dream theater are all current day bands with amazing solos.

[dretti]

I find guitar solos very boring and very annoying,maybe its because i naturally hate metal.Just an opinion dont attack me for this :D

I actually wasn't really just talking about metal, I was more talking about rock in general.

[Rohan Kohli]

Listen to A Small Victory's El Camino, they've got some kick ass solos on there.

[ArTkY_]

Between the Buried and Me.

[Kid Kilowatt]

Listen to A Small Victory's El Camino, they've got some kick ass solos on there.
Ahahahahaha. Oh, wait, you're being serious.

I listen to "Slaughter Of The Soul" when I need a fix of guitar solos.

[when 4ever ends]

the new sum 41 cd has some great ones

[ArTkY_]

When AILD actually plays solos they're pretty good.

[YearsGoneBy]

there are a lot of solos out there, just nothing out standing

[ArTkY_]

It Dies Today - A Threnody For Modern Romance has a kick ass solo in it. So does Thrice - A Subtle Dagger. I'm bored.

[poppa Q]

Pop in some Weezer. Oh man, when I saw them live, they played an extended improv guitar solo during Death and Destruction. It pretty much made my heart melt.

[Rohan Kohli]

Ahahahahaha. Oh, wait, you're being serious.

I listen to "Slaughter Of The Soul" when I need a fix of guitar solos.
That's a good CD--I just wish every 'metalcore' band would stop trying to copy At the Gates though. Necrophagist has some pretty cool solos too.

Just cause I listen to a lot of pop rock/pop punk doesn't mean I can't like metal too.

[Kid Kilowatt]

As I Lay Dying's solos are for pop punk kids. That isn't to say their music isn't enjoyable, but their music is to metal as The Starting Line's music is to punk.

That's a good CD--I just wish every 'metalcore' band would stop trying to copy At the Gates though. Necrophagist has some pretty cool solos too.

Just cause I listen to a lot of pop rock/pop punk doesn't mean I can't like metal too.
Honestly, I'd like to see the metalcore scene purged, so that bands with substance will thrive.

[aminorthreat55]

Honestly, I'd like to see the metalcore scene purged, so that bands with substance will thrive.
I second this. Ozzfest was terrible, all shitty metalcore bands.

[YearsGoneBy]

As I Lay Dying's solos are for pop punk kids. That isn't to say their music is enjoyable, but their music is to metal as The Starting Line's music is to punk. good analogy

[ArTkY_]

As I Lay Dying's solos are for pop punk kids. That isn't to say their music isn't enjoyable, but their music is to metal as The Starting Line's music is to punk.
Their music really doesn't have the metalish flare to it but that's probably what I like about them.

[YearsGoneBy]

why is it that when we think of solos we automatically think of metal....why cant rock just get some solo love

[Kid Kilowatt]

good analogy
I am a master of these things.

[ArTkY_]

why is it that when we think of solos we automatically think of metal....why cant rock just get some solo love
Rock does have some good solos, just not as good as the metal ones. ;)

Muse - Hysteria

[IcedOpethBlind]

Where have they gone?

they've never been gone.

[elemenohpe]

there was a thread in the BTBAM group on myspace that was about people's favorite breakdowns.

i just said that i prefered guitar solos.

and someone called me a ***.

they are dumb.

[Ryan Mills]

Jazz my friend, jazz has all the answers. You could start with Metheny and Scofield for current jazz guitarists.

[elemenohpe]

Jazz my friend, jazz has all the answers. You could start with Metheny and Scofield for current jazz guitarists.

agreed.

i don't know if you consider him a jazz guitarist but al dimeola owns my soul

[Ryan Mills]

agreed.

i don't know if you consider him a jazz guitarist but al dimeola owns my soul

Yeah, I think you probably could consider him one. You'd probably find him in the jazz section at any record store too. Metheny does some crazy stuff. I've got one of his live album, and he's just nuts, although I've never really been heavy into jazz guitarists, as I'm partial to saxophones.

[Crocodile Logic]

Between the Buried and Me.
exactly. alaska has a killer guitar solo at the beginning.

[poppa Q]

Jazz my friend, jazz has all the answers. You could start with Metheny and Scofield for current jazz guitarists.
Just earlier today I was looking for some new, good jazz. Would you mind hooking me up?

[elemenohpe]

exactly. alaska has a killer guitar solo at the beginning.

did you hear them play "all bodies"?

that track has an awesome guitar solo too.

Ryan: my dad is huuuge into jazz guitarists. he tried to turn me onto them but i never got a chance to make copies of his cds before i moved out, he gave me a few al dimeola cds though so i break those out every now and then.

[Crocodile Logic]

did you hear them play "all bodies"?

that track has an awesome guitar solo too.
nope, unfortunately i missed it. but thats ok, because i'll be seeing them here on thursday.

[elemenohpe]

mmkay, it'll be the first new song they play when tommy starts singing. you can't really miss it.

[Crocodile Logic]

mmkay, it'll be the first new song they play when tommy starts singing. you can't really miss it.
sweet.

[elemenohpe]

it's not a blistering solo like the intro to alaska. it's real melodic. it's been stuck in my head all day.

[piebaldkid42]

Where have they gone?
oviously you havent heard the new coheed

[elemenohpe]

oviously you havent heard the new coheed

it's a solo, but not a very hard one.

[piebaldkid42]

it's a solo, but not a very hard one.
i know you tabbed the thing out and all, but still a good part of the song is just solos and to those who dont play guitar, a solo is a solo, and i dont have any shot at playing it even though i do play guitar. youre tab was very impressive

[YearsGoneBy]

I am a master of these things. you are the master of everything

[poppa Q]

you are the master of everything
Hulk Hogan's daughter is so freaking hot.

[earlySPIRITtime]

Weezer has the best solos!

[when 4ever ends]

Hulk Hogan's daughter is so freaking hot.
agreed

[Scott Weber]

I'm doing the official count though. JT has to say it.
I am positive Jason has only called Spill Canvas album of the year. The rest were all "front-runner" or "candidate" or "one of the best."

Give him a break. He most certainly didn't call GAD album of the year - that was me.

[monkeyboy14]

I do miss the guitar solo. Some bands still use them but they are rare. Suppose ever since nu-metal solos have become uncool. A good solo just makes a song so much better. But do not fret, I believe that they will return (pun may be intended)

[Hilikus]

Incubus!

[elemenohpe]

the solo to the acoustic version of a certain shade of green (the lounge verison) is fucking awesome. i love it. nothing special but it just sounds sooooo damn smooth.