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Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
Source : RS.
Statistics show that the average rock fan spends roughly 4.7 hours per year arguing over who's the greatest guitarist of all time (see: Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time). We asked you who's most criminally left out of those discussions '” in other words, who are the most underrated guitarists ever? Here are the results:
1. Prince
2. Kurt Cobain
3. Neil Young
4. George Harrison
5. Ace Frehley
6. Mike McCready
7. Lindsey Buckingham
8. Mick Taylor
9. Nels Cline
10. Johnny Greenwood
11. Tom Verlaine
12. Carrie Brownstein
13. Mick Jones
14. Robert Fripp
15. Johnny Marr
16. John Frusciante
17. Izzy Stradlin
18. Daniel Johns
19. Vernon Reid
20. Robbie Robertson
21. Mick Ronson
22. Billy Corgan
23. Elliott Smith
24. Eddie Hazel
25. Phil Keaggy
Probably would have posted this sooner but my opinion of Rolling Stone is at an all time low, and this list doesn't really fill me with confidence.
Great to see Izzy on the list (and Elliott Smith for that matter) but KC at No. 2?
Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
Cobain isn't overrated. Is RS insane? They put him at the top of every list. I would actually put Izzy in the top 5. The biggest band of the past 20 years was unable to do an album of original material without him.
Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
i actually googled the topp 100 list....half the underrated ones made the top 100 
Cobain was 12, harrison was 21
funny how no Zakk or Dimebag on either list...nor Mustaine..nor slash
I fucking hate RS 
The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Posted Aug 27, 2003 12:00 AM1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
The Top 100 list is a joke. Metal guitarists never get the respect they deserve.
Good to see Izzy making it. He deserves it. Kurt was overrated in most lists and now he's underrated too? He wasn't a good guitar player. Good list mostly though.
- Communist China
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Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
I think Corgan is a great choice, Neemo. People talk about if they like his voice or not all the time, but he's been the entire guitar faction of the Pumpkins for well over a decade. His riffs and solos are among the best of the 90s.
- A Private Eye
- Rep: 77
Re: Izzy listed as one of The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists
That top 100 list is horrible, Jack White 17th ahead of EVH, Dave Gilmour, Angus Young......it's physically hurting me. At least Mark Knopfler made it, although I don't know he should be so high up. I know I'm biased but no Slash either? Did a deaf man make the list?
OT it's good to see Izzy get recognition, even if it's in the underrated list.
