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Don't feed the troll. Don't even get me started on David Gilmour. SB

is frusciante even still in the chilis? not sure that's a fair comparison there... frusciante joined the chilis, when, 1989? I mean hair metal was still mainstream back then. prince was in teh 80s, too. Nice try. FWIW i hear plenty of lead guitar and van halenisms in a fair bit of hard rock and metal at the moment. Hardly mainstream, but it gets on kerrang and scuzz tv channels here. As you say, it's not like either hendrix- or van halen-style lead guitar really gets into the charts, i don't think you can claim either is any better in that respect. Can you read? I said that price and J.F. are way past their creative prime in my post. Guitar based rock is in it's death throes and it is on its way to big band type status as a niche product for a niche audience. Van Halen Style Rock is beyond dead. Heck EVH started the self-embalming process years ago. SB

Probably way more than you know. Possibly every recording guitarist with a Floyd Rose and a humbucker. Name one then. Someone that gets airplay and isn't just a nostalgia act. I hear Hendrix in Fruciante and Prince (both well past their creative prime). I hear Page in the Black Keys and White Stripes (hardly newbies) Not hearing a whole lot of two handed tapping or EVH style riffing. It still might be fun to play/listen to EVH songs. Heck, its still fun to play Django songs. Doesn't make him relevant as anything other than self-promotional marketing machine. He can sell signature items at jacked up prices to boomers who are still waiting for a good new EVH album to drop. It won't. Sailed ship has sailed. The only place where guitar driven music is still mainstream is Nashville. VH belongs in a museum, with other worthy relics. SB

That was one of the worst things I've ever heard. BTW EVH was a period musician. His period is over. By 15 years. Or More. What current guitar players who are STILL writing good songs were markedly influenced by him? Zero. EVH style rock is dead. JH is my fave but his influence is waning too. Rock in general is dead. The Black Keys are already what six albums in? And they're the NEW thing. 80's rock is beyond dead. It doesn't even have the skills to caricature itself anymore. Buh-bye. SB