Members grwhitefan Posted May 21, 2011 Members Share Posted May 21, 2011 I thought I'd make this bold statement, after listening to the new Whitesnake. In fact, I think Aldrich is the best guitarist Whitesnake has ever had.....as good as if not better than John Sykes playing on the classic Whitesnake. I'm completely blown away by his rhythm & lead playing on this cd. I can't say the mix is the best I've heard, but that's a minor complaint. I realize Reb Beach is playing on there a bit also......but we all know this is Aldrich's show. Talk about some raunchy, rockin', bluesy rhythm & lead playing!!! Too bad this style of music is "not in" at all anymore, because there's some seriously good songs & guitar playing being overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keshav dhar Posted May 21, 2011 Members Share Posted May 21, 2011 I thought I'd make this bold statement, after listening to the new Whitesnake. In fact, I think Aldrich is the best guitarist Whitesnake has ever had.....as good as if not better than John Sykes playing on the classic Whitesnake.I'm completely blown away by his rhythm & lead playing on this cd. I can't say the mix is the best I've heard, but that's a minor complaint. I realize Reb Beach is playing on there a bit also......but we all know this is Aldrich's show. Talk about some raunchy, rockin', bluesy rhythm & lead playing!!!Too bad this style of music is "not in" at all anymore, because there's some seriously good songs & guitar playing being overlooked. Aldrich is amazing. Lovely fluid playing and smoking tone! Gotta check this album out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny guitar Posted May 21, 2011 Members Share Posted May 21, 2011 If you like Doug, you must listen to Dio's Evil or Divine Live cd. Alrich's playing is just amazing in it: always impressive technically but very melodic, not self-indulgent but sometimes it is jaw dropping good. Very underated player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted May 21, 2011 Members Share Posted May 21, 2011 Aldrich is awesome on everything he does. He's both the best guitarist Dio had since Vivian Campbell and the best guitarist Whitesnake has had since Sykes. Both of the last 2 Whitesnake records have been incredible. Dude's such a monster player, and has some seriously sick tone on top of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DARKMETL/ Posted May 21, 2011 Members Share Posted May 21, 2011 I saw him with Dio a handful of years before I was really familiar with him and he {censored}ing destroyed. He was just effortless, tasty and a sick tone. I then saw Dio again a couple of years later with Craig Goldy and was bummed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members colejustesen Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 I love Doug's stuff... I cannot wait to see him live with Whitesnake this August. It is going to be the highlight of my year! Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wicked_Tone Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 I saw him with Dio a handful of years before I was really familiar with him and he {censored}ing destroyed. He was just effortless, tasty and a sick tone. I then saw Dio again a couple of years later with Craig Goldy and was bummed. I was fortunate to see Doug with DIO for Killing The Dragon Tour. He was awesome and in addition to the DIO tunes, he also did killer versions of both rainbow and Black Sabbath tunes for good measure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 Damn you guys who got to see Doug with Dio! I really, really wanted to see that band live. Rudy was {censored}ing awesome, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubesteakfortone Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 OP is high...Sykes is way more! Killer song writer...Aldrich..nope...tone advantage Sykes again. Doug is a great player but IMO much more of a player when he slows down...just like Sykes! Anyway....Sykes was Whitesnake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaturalBornBoy Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 Yeah Doug is one of those guys who just know when to rip it up and when to back off. The new Whitesnake is a good album and the tones IMO, are better than on 'Good To Be Bad'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wicked_Tone Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 OP is high...Sykes is way more! Killer song writer...Aldrich..nope...tone advantage Sykes again. Doug is a great player but IMO much more of a player when he slows down...just like Sykes! Anyway....Sykes was Whitesnake! I love Sykes past stuff he's done, but I wasn't bowled over on his playing more recently with the Thin Lizzy Tribute band he was performing with up until the last year or so. Thin Lizzy was opening for Deep Purple back in 2003 and Steve Morse just killed that night. Sykes couldn't touch Morse, nor did he compare to Doug Aldrich's phenomenal tone and playing IMHO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members glenecho Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 I thought the new Whitesnake album was horrible the one time I've listened to it. I was, however, listening to the overall package and wasn't really paying attention to the guitars per se. I'll have to give it another listen. Sounded like they were trying way too hard to recreate the self-titled album to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 I agree with the OP, that solo in "Love Will Set You Free", along with the overall groove, is just sick. Aldrich is like what I aspired to be when I started getting into shred in the late 80's. Fluidity, bends, great vibrato, speed, feel, everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted May 22, 2011 Members Share Posted May 22, 2011 I thought the new Whitesnake album was horrible the one time I've listened to it. I was, however, listening to the overall package and wasn't really paying attention to the guitars per se. I'll have to give it another listen. Sounded like they were trying way too hard to recreate the self-titled album to me. Yeah, 'cuz a band should never sound, you know... like themselves. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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