REB BEACH: KIRK HAMMETT Is One Of The Worst Guitar Players I've Ever Heard

[chrispsullivan]

 

yeah no {censored}. Problem with that is he's not comparing himself to you, he's comparing himself to Hammett, who made more money last year than he did on his whole career, despite the fact that HIS band was WAY MORE pop-oriented than Metallica has ever been even on their worst days. No wonder he's bitter.

 

 

he didnt compare himself to hammet, someone else did and his response was "thats too bad"

 

anyone who has put time into becoming a halfway decent guitarist might have the same response to being likened to hammet, i know i sure would

 

who wants to be compared to a hack like kirk? :poke:

[Travisaurus Rex]

 

yeah no {censored}. Problem with that is he's not comparing himself to you, he's comparing himself to Hammett, who made more money last year than he did on his whole career, despite the fact that HIS band was WAY MORE pop-oriented than Metallica has ever been even on their worst days. No wonder he's bitter.

 

 

I know that, I'm just calling you out on your statement that "they failed at it" which they did not.

[Santuzzo]

who gives a {censored} about professionalism?? its rock and roll. there should be more of this {censored}.

 

LOL.

I'm just not a big fan of badmouthing, especially among famous people. Like someone else said earlier in this thread, this seems to be Reb Beach's only way to get some attention. Pretty poor IMO

[lp_junkie]

Kirk is all about the same 4 notes and his wah pedal, I listen to Metallica for James' rhythm work and vocals not the solos that's for sure.

 

The leads are the weakest parts of the Metallica catalog.

[guitarbilly74]

LOL. I'm just not a big fan of badmouthing, especially among famous people. Like someone else said earlier in this thread, this seems to be Reb Beach's only way to get some attention. Pretty poor IMO

 

yep. That's pretty much it.

[Valtiel]

LOL poor Hamster.

[mike moriarty]

Hamlet may not be the most technically impressive player alive but the mother{censored}er knew how to WRITE awesome, memorable lead lines, which is more than you can say about gay ass Whitesnake.

[chrispsullivan]

LOL poor Hamster.

 

hes seriously awful, i still dont understand how he got the gig of lead guitar player in metallica

[DEADBYDAWN]

Pretty dumb that he was acting like he didn't know what band wahmette is in.

 

Yeah-then he busts out with the true butthurts about the darts thrown at Kip Hahahahahaha!!! Yeah he doen't know who is in Metallica- OK

[Hapless]

 

Winger WAS great, they are just remembered as terrible due to some revisionism. They topped the charts and wrote what that era was looking for. Kip Winger was actually a great writer who will unfortunately be remembered for the big hair and spandex of that era. Funny that they walked the line and got away with it, but it killed the career of Billy Squier. Actually Kip Winger was a badass in comparison. The guys wearing black Metallica concert Ts and living in their moms basement watching Beavis and Butthead reruns are the only ones still carrying the "winger sux" torch. Grow up.

 

 

Um...no. I remember Winger's time in the sun, and they were a huge joke then. I liked a few of their songs, basically because of Reb's playing, but Kip Winger's ballet moves and pretty boy image was the selling point of that band.

[chrispsullivan]

Hamlet may not be the most technically impressive player alive but the mother{censored}er knew how to WRITE awesome, memorable lead lines, which is more than you can say about gay ass Whitesnake.

 

unfortunately he could never play them accurately

and i have to say that most of his leads are pretty blah, people listen to metallica for hetfield, not hammet

[DEADBYDAWN]

Hamlet may not be the most technically impressive player alive but the mother{censored}er knew how to WRITE awesome, memorable lead lines, which is more than you can say about gay ass Whitesnake.

 

This.....but hell any HCAF noob could have done that....

[DEADBYDAWN]

unfortunately he could never play them accurately and i have to say that most of his leads are pretty blah, people listen to metallica for hetfield, not hammet

 

he schools you .....what does that mean? Hahahahaha!!!

[RaceU4her]

LOL. I'm just not a big fan of badmouthing, especially among famous people. Like someone else said earlier in this thread, this seems to be Reb Beach's only way to get some attention. Pretty poor IMO

 

 

 

well, he did say in the thing metallica had no problem playing a video of them throwing darts at a winger poster every night to 20 thousand people so he had no problem saying hammett sucks. i say they just fight

[Unstrung]

Hey, wait... what?

 

 

Are you guys seriously siding with Hammet?

[jbandy10]

Winger was great, {censored} you guys.

[Santuzzo]

well, he did say in the thing metallica had no problem playing a video of them throwing darts at a winger poster every night to 20 thousand people so he had no problem saying hammett sucks. i say they just fight

 

well, that is just as on 'tallica's side.

[chrispsullivan]

he schools you .....what does that mean? Hahahahaha!!!

 

if hammet wasnt such a busy guy, id challenge him to a guitar off and film it just to show you

im not that great, but you dont need to be in order to be better than hammet

[Hapless]

The Hammett of yesterday was a decent guitarist, who came up with memorable leads. HIs vibrato always sucked. The Hammett of today is a pale shadow of his former self, and he's become lazy and wah dependent.

[Santuzzo]

 

The Hammett of yesterday was a decent guitarist, who came up with memorable leads. HIs vibrato always sucked. The Hammett of today is a pale shadow of his former self, and he's become lazy and wah dependent.

 

 

I have to agree here. I actually think Hammet's playing on the first 3 Metallica albums was really good ! I also liked the solos on those (regardless of whoever wrote them).

[mike moriarty]

Are people so jaded these days that we are really arguing over the signifigance between Winger and Metallica? Back in the 90's you would be stoned to death for even mentioning Winger in the same breath as the mighty Metallica.

[Northstar]

You'd better be talking about Reb!

 

No I was talking about the guy on the left. Beach has the standard buzz-tone of someone who's been playing for six months.

[ShaneV2]

Are people so jaded these days that we are really arguing over the signifigance between Winger and Metallica? Back in the 90's you would be stoned to death for even mentioning Winger in the same breath as the mighty Metallica.

 

1: No, the argument is about the guitar playing of Reb Beach vs. that of Kirk Hammet.

 

2: Metallica's catalog has not improved in the last 20 years

[Hapless]

 

Are people so jaded these days that we are really arguing over the signifigance between Winger and Metallica? Back in the 90's you would be stoned to death for even mentioning Winger in the same breath as the mighty Metallica.

 

 

Back in the 80's, most people looked at you like a mongoloid if you wore a Metallica shirt. I took so much {censored} from my hair-metal loving friends for liking Metallica. Then I went in the Army, went to Desert Storm, came back home in 91, and suddenly everyone and their brother is a Metallica fan.

[Northstar]

2: Metallica's catalog has not improved in the last 20 years

 

Tie: Metallica-Winger