330 GUITARISTS PICK THEIR TOP 50 FAVORITE GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME
Roadie Crew magazine (official site – www.roadiecrew.net) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll, there were current-and-former musicians of such bands as Guns N’ Roses, Kiss, Machine Head, Nightwish, Genesis, Megadeth, Scorpions, Testament, Blue Cheer, Arch Enemy, King Diamond, Yes, Sepultura, Dio, Twisted Sister, Living Colour, Exodus, Toto, Helloween, Triumph, Behemoth, Gamma Ray, Nazareth, Manowar, Uriah Heep, Nile, Focus, Opeth, Angra, Marillion, Anthrax, Faith No More, King’s X, Mercyful Fate, Ten Years After, Carcass, Dr. Sin, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult, At The Gates, Paradise Lost, Dark Tranquillity, Ayreon, Cacophony, Sebastian Bach, Halford, Fates Warning, Soulfly, Girlschool, Kreator, Ministry, Symphony X, Children Of Bodom, Heart, Celtic Frost, Stratovarius, Sir Lord Baltimore, Kamelot, Mick Jagger, Down.
The results of the poll, published in issue #112 of Roadie Crew, were as follows:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eddie Van Halen
3. Yngwie J. Malmsteen
4. Randy Rhoads
5. Ritchie Blackmore
6. Jimmy Page
7. Tony Iommi
8. Steve Vai
9. Jeff Beck
10. Michael Schenker
11. David Gilmour
12. Dimebag Darrell
13. Allan Holdsworth
14. Uli Jon Roth
15. Angus Young
16. James Hetfield
17. Brian May
18. Marty Friedman
19. Joe Satriani
20. Jason Becker
21. Gary Moore
22. Paul Gilbert
23. Eric Clapton
24. Al Di Meola
25. Zakk Wylde
26. John McLaughlin
27. John Petrucci
28. Adrian Smith
29. Steve Morse
30. Stevie Ray Vaughan
31. Slash
32. Kirk Hammett
33. Robert Fripp
34. Alex Lifeson
35. Chuck Schuldiner
36. Ace Frehley
37. George Lynch
38. Dave Murray
39. Glenn Tipton
40. Neal Schon
41. Eric Johnson
42. Trey Azagthoth
43. K.K. Downing
44. Andy LaRocque
45. Malcolm Young
46. Django Reinhardt
47. Jeff Loomis
48. Steve Lukather
49. John Sykes
50. Denis ‘Piggy’ D’Amour.