Bands dominated by a single guitarist ?

[GRAHAM SG1]

How many bands have had their sound dominated by a single guitarist in an original way, obviously Hendrix etc but how about Dr Feelgood, Wilko is a great player with style and is still going strong, he is no great singer but his guitar speaks enough !

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimn3Y19R-A&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimn3Y19R-A&feature=related[/url]

[LukeFRC]

It's a funny one, it would have to be a band where the guitarist was amazing. But someone like Jeff Buckley would be ruled out as he's got a pretty good voice too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74csZ-wBSU&feature=related
but then everyone I can think of has a great band around them too.... Johnny Greenwood, Nick Zinner, Graham Coxon, the fella from the smiths, John Squire...

[All Four Down]

Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold is the king of fretw***ery

[Lozz196]

Mick Mars of Motley Crue. I think if any other guitarist was in the band instead of him, their music would have been radically different.

[christhammer666]

how about john petrucci the man is like a machine the man can play 3 hour shows 100% note perfect
some of his playing is beautifully majestic and some of the heavier stuff is up there with metals heaviest

[steve-bbb]

there is only [i]one[/i] guitarist whom all the above, and all those to follow, can stand aside for ....

[url="http://youtu.be/w0w3V_-A1XI"]http://youtu.be/w0w3V_-A1XI[/url]

[Wil]

Pink Floyd.

[christhammer666]

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1333137110' post='1598061']
there is only [i]one[/i] guitarist whom all the above, and all those to follow, can stand aside for ....

[media]http://youtu.be/w0w3V_-A1XI[/media]


[/quote]

john petrucci cant talk enough about a allan holdsworth he loves the guy and you can see why

[nick]

Johnny Marr - The Smiths

[steve-bbb]

[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1333137273' post='1598064']
john petrucci cant talk enough about a allan holdsworth he loves the guy and you can see why
[/quote]
Frank Zappa also apparently rated him very highly - imo this even surpasses Zappa's best solos - if carlsberg did guitar solos then this is it! it is probably the most 'complete' guitar solo ever laid down - you need to listen to it right through to appreciate the sheer briliance of the whole structure

[media]http://youtu.be/mrXPVAHFjdc[/media]

Edited March 30, 2012 by steve-bbb

[Evil Undead]

Mark Knopfler? But I think there was another guitarist... he definitely dominated the sound though

Edited for typo

Edited March 30, 2012 by Evil Undead

[steve-bbb]

how could we forget Britains most underestimated and underrated guitarist

Mick Ronson

[media]http://youtu.be/CGQo6zpVzt8[/media]

Edited March 30, 2012 by steve-bbb

[flyfisher]

Hank Marvin in The Shadows. Not exactly my thing but pretty dominant and original in its time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n3DqWmKkO0

Edited March 30, 2012 by flyfisher

[discreet]

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1333138028' post='1598074']
Johnny Marr - The Smiths
[/quote]

+1

[leftybassman392]

One of my personal favourites:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7R_x8ihC80"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7R_x8ihC80[/url]

Or perhaps this from Guthrie Goven (with a tasty little solo-ette from brother Seth in the middle):

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5xa4Lqbenw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5xa4Lqbenw[/url]

[anthomp]

SRV

[alyctes]

Stuart Adamson - Big Country (the Skids, not so much)

Bill Carter - Screaming Blue Messiahs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yc-X2lG_HM

[flyfisher]

EC in Cream

[paul_5]

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1333138028' post='1598074']
Johnny Marr - The Smiths
[/quote]

This.

Also Alex Lifeson and Andy Summers - that fella from 'the Police'- brilliant rhythm work.

Edited March 30, 2012 by paul_5

[PURPOLARIS]

Brian May, I wouldn't say he dominated because Freddie was such a great front man but his guitar dominated. .

[LiamPodmore]

Herman Li of Dragonforce. Although he's crap, and easily the worst guitarist in the band, he does dominate.

Liam

[andrewrx7]

Sabbath & Iommi

[andrewrx7]

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1333145135' post='1598231']
Herman Li of Dragonforce. Although he's crap, and easily the worst guitarist in the band, he does dominate.

Liam
[/quote]

[Hobbayne]

Lindsey Buckingham - Fleetwood Mac
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNM6IuA87eM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNM6IuA87eM[/url]

[flyfisher]

What a travesty. They should have had the decency to change their name when they went all west coast AOR. Peter Green would be turning in his grave if he hadn't come back from the dead.