Then, like the rest of his brethren, he could stop on a dime and downshift into the slowest, deepest. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, is where punk meets the skilled musicality of, s first guitar hero and secret weapon. Anyways, Happy Go Licky and Nation of Ulysses and some early Sonic Youth have that going on for them. Time For Heroes - The Best of The Libertines, Clevelands Dead Boys were a bizarre, crossbred mutation of the Stooges and, Slapstick nihilism, anyone? The singer plays rhythm guitar, he doesn't play that well, but that's a good thing. This became punks standard rhythm guitar method. arcade fire?they have like 30 band members, surely at least two of them play guitar. Incredible intertwining of the 2 guitars. One of the greatest 2-guitar bands ever! yeah i know it didnt last all that long but after over 40 years that album still stands as claptons high water mark and duane had a lot to do with that .. and then last but not least .. whats the beef with the eagles ?? You may not dig his music, but the guy's an amazing musician. Powered by Invision Community. It's a beautiful work of art. 1880 or So and Call Mr. Leegreat stuff.and, yes, killer tone on that whole record. soungarden's "superunknown" album had a lot of guitar layering kinda the same as what you're looking for. If you wanted to attach punk to it, its not a fast track; its laid-back, almost like Booker T & The MGs. Other than that though, great piece! SIGNATURE MOVE: Johnny Thunders might be the definitive punk-rock guitarist. why even limit yourself to the term post-punk? Then Powers joined Pierces band, blues-punk desperados the Gun Club. Try to find counter-melodies, counter ryhthms too. Slang. Yet Ramone is as much a child of Thunders as the rest of this list. Along the stylistic vain of those bands, I would also add The Gun Club, during their Kid Kongo period(s). Howzabout Peter Green and Danny Kirwan in Fleetwood Mac? I'm the singer, but I really think of myself as more of a guitarist than anything, and love playing guitar and singing. BA1 1UA. All of those records are a primer on simple, blues-based twin guitar arrangements. Especially if one you plays the main rhythm and the other just adds stuff that maybe isn't that noticeable, but still fits in and fills out the songs. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, LOVE it! Equally a hero to the metal and industrial genres, Geordie gave Killing Joke haunting arpeggios and remains a cult figure. MC5 (Fred Sonic Smith & Wayne Kramer) His guitar work grew with it. Original six-string Stooge, learned on the job and reduced rock guitar to a series of drones blasted through what sounded like The Worlds Biggest Fuzz Box. Some of them are big and youll have heard of them, some of them should be bigger and you might want to check them out. And the comments that call for the Beatles and the Dead clearly didnt read my lead/rhythm distinctionthe Beatles and the Dead have some fine guitar work, but they are traditionally-structured where one player (such as Weir in the Dead) plays rhythm and the other (Garcia in their case) plays the lead. They don't have specific roles for guitarists. One, they owed as much to 70s Camaro rock as to classic punk. Incredible. The band is known for their catchy songs and energetic live performances. Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir) SIGNATURE MOVE: Fire-breathing Southern punk outfit Nashville Pussy stood out in a couple of different ways. There was also Kramers idea of playing the amp, cranking it so loud that overtones spill all over the place. The pair also shared a yen for cheaper 60s student-model guitars and ancient British tube amps various Epiphone models with batwing headstocks, Gibson Melody Makers, Vox AC30s or early Marshall non-master volume half-stacks. Few realise Johnny produced thattirade of powerchords using all downstrokes even live, when the Ramones often played at adrenalin- (or substance-) fuelled tempos far in excess of their albums. Johnny Thunders. Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton of the original Alice Cooper band for sure fit the criteria you established. Butto address some of the contentious ones: As I DID say in the introand repeated in the commentsthis was NEVER meant to be (NOR was it stated to BE one) a comprehensive list of ALL the great two-guitar bands, but a list of SOME great ones.and there are issues of taste that made me leave some of them off (all the metal bands mentioned in the comments section, for instance). Black Flag, the Hermosa Beach riot squad that helped initiate hardcore, , saw endless lineup changes across the years. By the by, that picture was probably from this (http://www.terrymike.com/life.html) webpage, which may explain the wrong picture choice. . He was a musical pioneer with no equal. This conversation is older than 2 months and has been closed to new posts. . I can think of a dozen, but will give you 3 notable omissions. Records, he achieved a nice, thick blast-and-grind. A couple of picking and fretting tricks will help you play like the pop-punk great - see below. The original Allman Brothers with Duane and Dickey raised the bar on a two guitarist band. He accomplished all this with a Gibson Les Paul Custom originally belonging to the Dolls Syl Sylvain and a Fender Twin Reverb pilfered from Bob Marley And The Wailers. Guitarist Dr. Know is especially adept, spewing volleys of 16th notes like some people yawn. The heady mix of free jazz improvisation, Chuck Berry raunch and the Yardbirds feedback-drenched experimentation gassed up MC5s guitaristic engine. Employing an Eventide Harmonizer electronically created a 12-string-like ring as 60s pop melodicism sank more into his work. Once they signed with Reprise, their expanded recording budget enabled him to make it bigger and wider. Bands like CCR, the Beatles, the Byrds, Big Star, the Replacements and the Kinks are filled with great guitar work. But great guitar work done (usually) in the traditional rhythm/lead style. This has resulted in misguided notions that musicianship is absent from punk. Youngs experimental band (Dream Syndicate) that John Cale was playing in before he joined Lou Reed and started VU. So not only should you be skilled, but you need to distinguish your. They INVENTED 2 guitar harmonies !!!! Two, half the personnel were women. . Probably a very mundane answer, but its a toss-up between Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) and Johnny Ramone (The Ramones). And her tone is the thickest and juiciest. What a maroon. I didnt know Karl played a Silvertone on that album, and Id only seen him perform with a black Strat, which met its demise at one show in my hometown (Keystone Theater in Berkeley) when he smacked it against a support beam on the stage.. So, they were left off as a taste issue. SIGNATURE MOVE: Billie Joe Armstrong contributed a lot to the art of punk guitar. The goth genre might never have been born without this top Jazzmaster exponent and his band, The Birthday Party. Please enjoy our custom playlist as you read about what makes all these six-stringers unique. The Austin-spawned Butthole Surfers initially described their So even though we loved Chuck, we decided to do all we could to not have that influence. Instead, punkabillys queen concentrated on. Always gotta educate the yutes! Every time he took a lead, he peeled out, saying hed see you on the other side and dishing out this haphazardly beautiful cluster of single notes. Someone else mentioned it, but I have to echo that the Grateful Dead were one of the most distinctive two-guitar bands. 8. He reduced rock n roll guitar to a relentless chainsaw drone, accomplished via viciously downstroking two barre chord positions played up and down the neck, fed through Marshalls cranked to maximum distortion. This doesnt mean you NEED two guitars to make a great bandId be leaving off a lot of great guitar music if I scratched Hendrix, Cream-era Clapton, The Who, early Uncle Tupelo and a ton of other great bands. Annie Clark of St. Vincent All rights reserved. lead guitar. GnR (the Slash/Izzy era) Nice article on a good subject. As far as the added lists in the comments go, I think theyre great. Try listening to F.U.B.B., a totally instrumental cut on Theres the Rub, another truly great guitar alubum. Find Punk stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Most importantly, like Ronson, Jones arranged expertly. Rick Sims. And Argus is just one of the many albums they did to prove that. Wayne Kramer and Fred Sonic Smith of the MC 5 I think fit the bill as well. 3. a spongy substance derived from tree fungi. not the music style or the post punk is the problem, i rember at hard talks in my last metalcore band bout two guitars. They both have that no-nonsense fast 3-chord buzzsaw guitar sound which is so crucial Great topic and article. But shes also a capable lead guitarist. Of the seven members, only King and Regan have been in the lineup since the beginning, when they played every Monday night at the famed Molly Malones pub in LA. He accomplished all this with a Gibson Les Paul Custom originally belonging to the Dolls, And The Wailers. The sound that comes to mind is Bloc Party. I've seen all of them live and I'll put Matt Bellamy ahead of both on the talent scale. Pete Kourim (bass / lead vocals) Scott Ozark (guitar / back-up vocals) Brian Czarnik (drums) vocals) Brad McMahon (guitar) Oblivion (stylized as ObLiViOn) was a punk rock group from the Chicago area. BEST HEARD ON: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, CLAIM TO FAME: The Runaways, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts. His raw power chords with those barbed-wire blues guitar breaks became The Punk Guitar Primer. But shes also a capable lead guitarist. a young male partner of a gay man. So, there you go. Brad Whitford and Joe Perry of Aerosmith! California-based band Bullfight was started by two seven-year-old friends, Patrick Baggett (lead vocals/guitar) and Joaquin Cunningham (drums/percussion), who Also there's a whole genre based on this phenomenon called Shoegaze. Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory are both amazing guitar players. He reduced rock n roll guitar to a relentless chainsaw drone, accomplished via viciously downstroking two barre chord positions played up and down the neck, fed through Marshalls cranked to maximum distortion. Yes, the basis of any great band is the drumming the beat has to be solid. Yup, The Dream Syndicate got their name from LaMont (sp?) WebAnswer (1 of 8): It depends on what you mean by two lead guitarists. Records, he achieved a nice, thick blast-and-grind. WebSuburban Home (1999) Past members. come on even radiohead (not post-punk) plays with 3 guitars sometimes Two guitars sounds muddy if you don't know what you're doing. Bad Reputation (Music from the Original Motion Picture). Know of any?My band is one of these and we play punk/indie, and I'm just wondering which bands pulled it off the best.I usually occupy a more prog rock scale around the root note which in a way holds down the rhythm and give the 4th away to the more classic rock guitarist.I've heard metal bands and some world bands pull it off - but it's rare.I'd like to think that harmonically I have it worked out - but it's always tough to know for sure.We're not looking to make it, we're all to old for that, just looking to make a great show.Youtube links would be great.Looking for sounds. No debate! WebWhen there are two guitarists, usually one will be assigned the lead sections, and the other the rhythm sections. 4 minutes ago vu n. says:greateful dead=================the title of the thread specifically says "good bands". Sparks especially stood out, with her inside-out blues licks and melodic sense, and for consistently employing the thickest, loudest fuzzbox this side of Ron Ashetons. SIGNATURE MOVE: Steve Jones stands at the intersection of Thunders and heavy metal. Never mind the dull New York type stuff what about WISHBONE ASH! Im older th dirt but I guess way out of the loop,. But thats where the DKs diverge, mostly via the sonic science laid down by guitarist East Bay Ray. Both Brian Jones and Keith Richards played lead guitar at different times, although, to my knowledge, they never traded off leads onstage. SIGNATURE MOVE: The sarcastic clown prince and best songwriter of 90s punk was also one of the scenes best ax-mashers. He had the keen sense of knowing what to play and when. Mezcal Head is a good album to start with great hooks, sounds, and images. in 1970 at the height of their powers they were almost untouchable ..or eric clapton and duane allman on the derek and the dominos album ?? Then singin/strummin janitor Paul Westerberg changed all that, adding his incredible heartfelt songs. The mid-1990s saw the rise of alternative rock, led by bands like Radiohead and Beck. has always been that anyone can do it. So much great music by these guys. His CV reads like a who's who of the most musically advanced roots/punk outfits. 20 of punks greatest guitar players. No fancy studio effects either, just primitive fuzz-tones and reverb. How do they do it? Products You Loved That They Don't Make Anymore. They also were pioneers of customized guitars witness Kramers American flag motif Strat, or both guitarists loading Gibson humbuckers into their guitars. Usually, Noel Gallagher would play all the just focus on playing complimentary lines or fills. He seemingly tapped into the same free jazz as MC5, plus the guitar gymnastics of Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band. The Offspring. The other guy considers himself a very rhythm oriented guitarist. and how about early fleetwood mac ?? His psychotherapeutic songwriting and loud, aggressive atonal guitar were their cornerstones. Most everyone on this list owes Thunders everything, including the importance of the Gibson Les Paul Junior, rocks perfect raunch machine. Listen to ARGUS if youve never heard them, youre truly missing out. +1 on Television too. Pearl Jam (Mike McCready & Stone Gossard) By this, I dont mean just any band where one guitar strums rhythm, while another player does the lead, but a band where the two guitars work together so symbiotically, they become almost a single great instrument in the band. Can be a bit poppy and corny though.Slayer - hanneman and king both drop leads all over the place, and have been doing it since the 80'strivium - i hate this band don't like their tunes, etc. How could you forget Duane Allman and Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band!? BEST HEARD ON: Bad Reputation (Music from the Original Motion Picture). In Hsker D alone, he pioneered and defined a few American punk eras hardcore. Especially Wishbone Ash, Lizzy etc. Hey there guys! In Hsker D alone, he pioneered and defined a few American punk eras hardcore, pop punk and early stirrings of alternative rock. The sound is wildly aggressive in a way that down-up alternate strumming cant match, and it directly inspired the rhythm styles of '80s thrash and '90s pop-punk, and any song that makes use of a regular eighth-note powerchord part carries Ramones DNA. . The fringe-jazzy, Televisionesque guitar work on The Las Vegas Story comes to mind, as well as the more lush sounding stuff they did on Pastoral Hide And Seek. sounds like he has a big ego and dont want the singer playing a little guitar pere ubu, devo, sonic youth, wire, (later) talking heads, orange juice, echo & the bunnymen. So, a lot of these bands werent omittedthey just didnt fall into the TYPE of guitar playing I was talking about. two of these bands that I think are truly amazing at the 2 guitar level are moe. You know there are some really great bands that are muddy. That two-note, bent-string lead-fest on "Bad Reputation" is all Jett, according to manager/musical partner Kenny Laguna. Death Cab for Cutie started as a side project for vocalist Ben Gibbard and producer Chris Walla. They were pretty wildnotes sustained for 20 minutes and so on. Then Powers joined Pierces band, blues-punk desperados the Gun Club. No, Im talking here about bands where the two guitars are so intertwined, so filled with communication that the players seem to be operating on a telepathic level when playing. Two superb non-rock twin guitar line ups to consider: Jazz: Prime Time (Ornette Coleman) with Bern Nix & Charles Ellerbee. . He combined the Chuck Berry school of bent-note lead guitar with the filthy raunch of Keith Richards (as well as a few of histonsorial and sartorial cues). For instance, while I greatly admire the dual-guitar work on King Crimsons DISCIPLINE record, I dont really love the record, so its not on the list. SIGNATURE MOVE: Wayne Kramer defines the term guitar hero. He and fellow bandmate Fred "Sonic" Smith ruled the 60s Detroit rock scene. Also applaud mention of King Crimson, early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Allman Brothers and Quicksilver Messenger Service, not to mention one of my favorite movies, Spinal Tap. Great article and great comments! an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Pretty sure that last picture definitely is NOT the Velvet Underground. This group was one of the first to incorporate Celtic music elements into the punk genre. But thats where the DKs diverge, mostly via the sonic science laid down by guitarist. Interesting stuff. Oh, Pavement, too But the electric guitar is punks sonic signature. In 2012, Steve told TG We banged it out in rehearsal while John was in the corner figuring out the words. SIGNATURE MOVE: All rock n roll from the '60s, going into the '70s, was based on Chuck Berry, at the exclusion of any other influence, Cramps leader/guitarist Poison Ivy told Guitar World. When two guitar players are truly locked in, the give and take creates a tension that just doesnt, cant, happen when theres only one guitar player. Heres how it works. Or listen to the Pixies. Kramer was nominally the lead guitarist, but he and Smith locked into contrapuntal flights of fretboard fancy aimed for the stratosphere. Ill take that any day over the noise made by punk rockers like Dream Syndicate. Regardless its good to see these pee-pod guitarists get some heartfelt recognition. Just want to say thanks for turning me onto Wilko and Neils Cline. Clearly Lou on the Left, and definitely Nico is the blonde, and who else looks like Mo? Re: The early 90s TELEVISION reunion record. Youd have to put these two at the top of any list: Moby Grape just incredible guitar arrangements. I like ellipses. Noodles' NDM5 is his latest in a line She is truly an unsung guitar hero. We are going through this right now. Thanks for all the comments. The pair also shared a yen for cheaper 60s student-model guitars and ancient British tube amps various Epiphone models with batwing headstocks, Gibson Melody Makers, Vox AC30s or early Marshall non-master volume half-stacks. Also lofi. And Televisionbut you missed out on one of the greatest twin guitar bandsThe Church. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. . eeeeeeeee..theyre every bit as good as dickey and duane .. and how about some of the other southern rock bands ?? Thomthanks for the note. It distinguished Ivy, among a universe of pseudo-Thunders-ites Chuck Berrying their way across their fretboards. But here are some bands who, if you love dual-guitar, you just might love. Choose Your Weapon, the bands 2015 album, debuted at No. Bath And, as stated in the intro, this is a list of SOME great 2 guitar bandsnot ALL great 2 guitar bands. But what Ray ultimately brought to punk was the Echoplex. That most certainly IS Nico era VU. You all forgot Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap. All have benefitted from his stinging, beautiful tone and caress. And my greatest is not your greatest. 2 guitarists is what comes to mind when I think modern post-punk. freelancer Pretty aspect to material. (You guys are canadian right?). WebThin Lizzy immediately comes to mind. Many punks talked the DIY talk, but these two lived their principles. When Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun offered them a blank cheque to sign the band, they told him where to go, instead reaching arena status on their own terms and keeping ticket prices to a target $5. I think it's more than possible. Folk: Pentangle with Bert Janch & John Renbourn, Check em out dudes, these lads go well beyond a few moody solos. He twisted the innovations of Thunders and Williamson into something sick and dangerous, crossed with something of the proto-metal charm of someone like Coopers, contributed a lot to the art of punk guitar. STONEHENGE, ferchrissakes! She rages across every stage the hard-touring band play, handling her Gibson SG like the genetically modified lovechild of Angus Young and Johnny Ramone. come on already .. yeah maybe you might have some kinda beef with henley and frey for one thing or another .. but to dismiss felder and walsh ?? shoulda been mentioned as well as Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Beatles, And if youre into heavy bands The Sword has some nice double barrell Sabbathy riffage. WebHaving two guitarists means a lot more than just a wild stream of noise on stage. well some of these guys obviously didnt read the criteria to make this list .. it was supposed to be bands that had two guitars that BOTH PLAYED LEAD as opposed to the traditional lead rhythm offereins that usually were .. but to leave off the allmans ?? A large part of Dead Boys sonic signature was Cheetah Chromes intense fretwork. These machines broadcast enormous stereophonic crunch chords and stinging, abrupt melodic leads. I cant stand idiots who glorify punk rock and talk about how much greater it is than music made by real musicians who can really play their instruments. Might want to check that Velvet Underground in 1967 picture. CLAIM TO FAME: New York Dolls, the Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders (solo). Even in Green Days indie days on Lookout! He utilized/abused the classic tape delay unit to create shrieking psychedelic textures not found on other punk records, even to this day. peter green and danny kirwan ..they were freakin awesome .. or johnny winter and rick deringer ?? (but not Hendrixs). Not what youd normally think as a two guitar band, you just think of it as Janis Joplins band, but listen to Summertime from Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company. Her tone was the dirtiest and widest heard in forever. He seemingly tapped into the same free jazz as MC5, plus the guitar gymnastics of. He served tours of duty with Ringo Starrs first two All-Starr Bands, co-wrote with the late Lou Reed on 1979s The Bells (opens in new tab) (along with songs that became part of Lofgrens 2019 album, Blue With Lou (opens in new tab)), and he was the lead guitarist on onetime Foreigner frontman Lou Gramms first solo album, Ready or The only essential member was visionary founder Greg Ginn. I believe you could also think of the Pretenders as a two guitar plus bass band. I play "lead", but really I'm just playing off him. SIGNATURE MOVE: Of all the original grunge guitarists, L7s classic duo of Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner is possibly the most impressive. These changes all occurred as his songwriting grew. Sure, he had forebears. Sparks and Gardner both just seemed to want to outdo everyone, dead or alive, on noisy, messy guitar sounds. Regardless of the genres of music you enjoy, we've got you covered! THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND!!!! Check out their record, "epitaph" for enlightenment.Obscura - same as what I said about necrophagist two of the dudes from the old necro lineup joined this band recently.But to me, it sounds like you're asking if there are bands with two guitarists and that play together effectively, but not necessarily "lead".
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