Members JohnRageOn Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 This one is slightly different than previous polls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crusher Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 I'd say Randy Rhoads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnRageOn Posted December 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by Crusher I'd say Randy Rhoads Nice one I voted Eddie, because the majority of us like to tap and were impressed when they first saw this technique or heard it! I have to give the reps to Mr. Iommi who actually invented heavy riffing. All of them are equal for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members STEEL KAGE Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Considering the title of the thread, My vote goes to Tony Iommi... For sheer metal riffery and heaviness, Hes the one that got the ball rolling IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 The Maestro Alex Gregory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members STEEL KAGE Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by PlayboyChris The Maestro Alex Gregory. LMAO!!! I met that assclown at NAMM( actually I didnt meet him) I was walking by him( I wa a little sauced at the time) and I pass this guy whose NAMM badge reads "Maestro Alex Gregory" I pointed at it and started laughing my tits off... He muttered something and kept going while I was there trying not to laugh up a lung.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tonemeister87 Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Iommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxx61 Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Iommi defines all that is metal. It's his party, everyone else in the list are invited guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deldgeetar Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 I voted for Iommi. His riffs are epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dimebag666 Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Although i'd still pick Iommi i think Smith & murray and Downing & Tipton should be on there. But they would have to come as a set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AgentOrange Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 thordendal and hagstrom What those guys were doing 15 years ago, everyone is ripping off now. If you wanna know what the metal of the future will sound like, listen to meshuggah. Before that, its gotta be Iommi. He wrote all the riffs in existence, everyone else has just reworked them to fit the current trends James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wok Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Where is Denis 'Piggy' d'Amour of Voivod? before him, NO metal guitarist had ever been so 'alien' and out of this world. AFAIK he was the first metal guitarist to use open jazzy chords to such an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Highgrade Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Originally posted by Megadeth Man Where's Jimi in the list? Also, Zappa should be there and Robert Johnson and some more dudes. Sorry no vote. Not having Jimi on that list is a major boo-boo for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrendanO Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 It should be noted that Holdsworth was a big influence for EVH and Thorendal/Hagstrom. On the list though, Iommi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wok Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 Originally posted by Highgrade Not having Jimi on that list is a major boo-boo for sure! what does Jimi have to do with metal?not to say he wasn't innovative, but he has not been very influential to metal as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted December 2, 2006 Members Share Posted December 2, 2006 EVH, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goodison Posted December 3, 2006 Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'm pretty sure Iommi should be the only name on the list. Sure lots of these other guys have done alot for metal. But Iommi {censored}ing defined it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnRageOn Posted December 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Wow, I can't believe that so many of you guys voted for Mr. Iommi. Yep, this guy actually invented heavy riffing, but all the other guys took the instrument to a new level as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VinnieC Posted December 4, 2006 Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Chuck Schuldiner should be on there. Everything him and death have done has been recycled and copied in all forms of metal. And any of these newer bands has copd a riff from chuck wether they know it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnRageOn Posted December 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Originally posted by VinnieC Chuck Schuldiner should be on there.Everything him and death have done has been recycled and copied in all forms of metal. And any of these newer bands has copd a riff from chuck wether they know it or not. Well personnaly I'm not into death metal. but some friends who listen to his material say he had serious chops. Even the name Death Metal became synonimous with the band Death. Too bad he died too young and he seemed like a nice guy without abusing himself.Anyway the poll was more 70s-80s oriented about the people who laid the basic foundations!For eg. Uli Roth, Schenker and Blackmore were the first neoclassical shredders each one with his personnal style. Jimmy Page wrote mystical and eerie compositions. Gary Moore played 'mass hysteria' lead lines flawlessly and dual guitar harmonies in Lizzy (more intricate ones like 'waiting for an alibi'). Eddie tapped and actually took the technique to a new level using diatonic scales etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gafyagaton Posted December 4, 2006 Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 I would say Iommi cause he is one of the founding fathers of metal. Who is more innovative than a founding father? It would be a crime to not vote for him. Eddie is hard to even think of as a "metal" player but he is an innovator and he would be my #2 choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnRageOn Posted December 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Originally posted by gafyagaton I would say Iommi cause he is one of the founding fathers of metal. Who is more innovative than a founding father? It would be a crime to not vote for him. Eddie is hard to even think of as a "metal" player but he is an innovator and he would be my #2 choice. Totally agree on the Iommi part but songs like Hang 'em high, Unchained and Light up the sky are definately not hard rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gafyagaton Posted December 4, 2006 Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Originally posted by JohnRageOn Totally agree on the Iommi part but songs like Hang 'em high, Unchained and Light up the sky are definately not hard rock! When I think of early 80s metal I think of bands like judas priest, iron maiden, ozzy, Dio, Raven,etc etc. Bands who really cranked up the gain. While they were crankin up the gain, Eddie was saying how he didnt like too much gain. That's why I can't think of him as metal but I know thats debateable because there is no clear definition of "what is metal?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gafyagaton Posted December 4, 2006 Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 I think I might have missunderstood the poll. I thought the question was "who innovated metal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnRageOn Posted December 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2006 Originally posted by gafyagaton I think I might have missunderstood the poll. I thought the question was "who innovated metal". :D BTW I like Raven too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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