The other day Musicradar posted the results of their "Greatest Guitar Solo In History" poll. There was certainly some surprises on the list, some people could not believe that Alter Bridge's "Black Bird" made the #1 spot. I'm not going to debate who is the #1 spot because that's just the point to this blog post, can you really define the greatest?
For years different "Rock Mags" have made up lists of Best Rock Vocalist, Greatest Rock Band, Best Guitarist etc. It seems to be an annual thing with some of them, "the best of the past 25 years", but really how is it possible to define the best of anything. I've heard the claims, the praise from critics & fans and even other artists, but to be the "Greatest" is subject to taste. There are days when you might think Kerry King of Slayer is the greatest guitarist, you may have days when you think it's Kirk Hammett of Metallica, or maybe you're not a metal head and your fav happens to be The Edge from U2.
Inevitably, these lists get made. Whether the guilty party is Rolling Stone, Spin, NME or in this case Musicradar; these lists continue to appear and nobody ever agrees with them. You've got the difference of opinion of the indie rocker, metal heads & the old school rock guys. Until every rock fan in the world has voted on a poll and only once (no repeat votes by the cheaters) I will continue to ignore every list of "Greatest of All Time in History for the Past 25 Years That 100 People Voted On This Week." You got your favs, I got mine. Let's leave it at that and rock out together.
For those curious about the Musicradar poll and want to debate it, check it out here.
