[Burr5]

Here are some that the powers-that-be have (thankfully) chosen to be remembered for a long, long, long time:

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Van Halen

Here are some that should be, but might not be:

Yes
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Rush

And here are some that might be remembered, and which therefore require immediate, violent action to burn and destroy all evidence of their existence (including the burning and the crushing-by-bulldozer) of existing CDs, tapes and vinyl discs:

Eminem
Sheryl Crow
P. Diddy
The Sex Pistols
The Pretenders (featuring Chrissy Hynde)

And for fellow guitarists, here are some who will NEVER be remembered, but ought to be appreciated now:

Joe Satriani
Tony MacAlpine
Vinnie Moore
Yngwie Malmsteen
John Petrucci

[small voice in the wilderness]

Yep. As long as there's a Dorito available, there will be Led Zeppelin.

The first classic I remember hearing on a commercial was Walk on the Wild Side, for a motorcycle, I think. Loved it then, love it now.

[Captiva]

Joe Satriani
Tony MacAlpine
Vinnie Moore
Yngwie Malmsteen
John Petrucci

Ahhhhhhh!! Rock Guitar snob alert!!!

;)

[maxwell]

HEY! You fergot AC/DC! DUDE!

And G&R. And REM. (Mid-career.) And Eagles. And George Thoroughgood. And uhhhhh my brain is fried right now or I'd think of more...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I think you'd have to put Steely Dan in the list with Yes and Jethro Tull.

[freedumb2003]

Don't forget Robin Trower and Nigel whats-his-face from Dire Straits

[Archimedes2000]

Good post. A small disagreement, however.

Joe Satriani will be remembered as a pioneer, like Django reinhardt. Maybe not well known, but still appreciated. The others, good as they are, will fade.


You may be right about Chrissie Hynde. I shudder to think of this dolt remembered, when Tull masterpieces may be forgotten.

[Kenno]

Put Ronnie James Dio in the second column.

[Hank Rearden]

Can I add Nils Lofgren to your list of ought-to-be-remembered guitarists?

[djf]

150+ posts and yours seems to be the only mention of Gilmour and crew...

Dark Side of the Moon

Can't even remember how many stoned evenings we spent wearing out the needles on our turntables on that one

[contributor]

Jim Morrison and the Doors were overrated (not bad, just overrated).

Death was Jim's best career move.

[Wolfie]

You don't need Tony and Vinnie when you've got Yngwie.

[vollmond]

You forgot Yngwie's middle name. Freerepublic being a family site, I'm not allowed to repeat it here :).

[majordivit]

Here are some that should be, but might not be:

Yes
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Rush

Interesting list. It maybe because these bands were progressive rock bands. Baby boomers tired of prog rock in the mid seventies and turned to earsier/softer rock as performed by simple bands like The Eagles.

I think the prog rock bands like Yes and Jethro Tull will always be remembered. In the case of Yes, they morphed into a very successful pop rock band in the 80's releasing a string of hit songs like 'Owner of your lonely Heart'. Of course i will always remember Yes for their progressive albums, Fragile and Close to the Edge..etc..

On the other hand, Jethro Tull started out as a terrific blues/hard rock band before temporarily releasing prog rock albums like Thick as a Brick and Passion Play. Most people probably are not aware that Tull released a string of hit singles in the late 60's and early 70's. If memory serves me correctly, some of the singles were songs like 'Teacher', 'Living in the Past', 'Witches Promise', 'Sweet Dream', 'Inside', 'Rainbow Blues', 'Bungle in the Jungle'.

[activationproducts]

And for fellow guitarists, here are some who will NEVER be remembered, but ought to be appreciated now:

Joe Satriani
Tony MacAlpine
Vinnie Moore
Yngwie Malmsteen
John Petrucci

And of course few know of the most groundbreaking guitarist from the last 25 years. The one and only.
Allan Holdsworth. He is a giant amongst guitarists.

[DeathfromBelow]

hey you forgot the Ditzy Chicks in the burnin' and crushin'