WHAT KILLED THE GUITAR SOLO?

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2. Some other great solos in grunge/alternative are

   Gun by soundgarden
   Silverfuck by Smashing Pumpkins
   Paranoid Android by Radiohead
   Unglued by stone temple pilots
   Skins in my closet by Skin Yard
   Hummer by Smashing Pumpkins
   Standing on the edge by screaming treees

   Check these out if you haven’t heard them yet

3. Too much of anything leads to white noise after a while that’ll answer most of these

4. Love the beat it solo!!

5. I'm not a guitarist. I wish I was. I tried to be. My brother plays bass and guitar. The problem is, I don't have musical talent. It's ok. I have other talents and I'm not complaining. I mention this because while I don't play, I love metal and guitar. To each their own, but pop music is for the most part boring to me. I appreciate the creative ability and technical skill of a good guitar player and metal band, much the same way I appreciate a symphony. I agree the guitar solo is an endangered species in the pop world, but I think there are non-guitar players who appreciate and listen to talented musicians.

6. There's alot of soloing on you tube. Like watching another guy masteurbate. Correct and hilarious.

7. Remember when every pop song had a saxophone solo? Yeah. That happened.

8. Towards the late 00’s ans into the 2010’s it wasn’t cool to have guitar solos scene kids that didn’t play music would say they didn’t like guitar solos not everyone but a lot of people would say these things but some bands like escape the fate were cool to do them probably because the solos weren’t to show off they had feeling and I think that’s a reason why people stopped liking solos was from the years of solos just being a dick measuring contest not about serving the song.

9. If you want solos, Finnish melodic death metal has it in spades. Kalmah's songs like The Groan of Wind, Hollow Heart, and Blood Ran Cold are good examples. Surprised you haven't done a video about that genre cuz it's nuts.

10. Love the vids Finn. Sick content , you got any on industrial music?

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12. Avenged is very mainstream and all the songs have solos

13. Resolve is still doing it…. 😀

14. This was really good thanks

15. Do video on drum solos please

16. "butt first"

17. I blame oasis.

18. I think Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold is probably the best at guitar solos now but it's very much because his solos are more like jazz licks as opposed to metal solos. The Stage was full of solos just as catchy as some of the riffs. I can't wait for their new album to see what he does

19. Me.

20. Thanks to you I discovered Polyphia. Thank you

21. I always thought Tony Rombola epitomized how legitimate lead guitar players got swept aside during the late 90s. The dude's solo work generally ends up hidden in the breakdown, which is a darn shame. Dan Donegan from Disturbed is another example. Those guys would have been widely recognized in the 80s.

22. Do not fret…(pun intended) for just like all good things did return eventually, before & after the solo, e.g. bell bottoms, shaggy haircuts, aviator shades etc. so shall thy solo
    So be sure to bolo.

23. After Dime's solo on Floods there was never a need for another guitar solo ever again.

24. The only part of hair metal that was cool was lead guitar

25. Yngwie Malmsteen is my favorite shredder. I encourage anyone who thinks there is no emphasis on songwritting in shred, to listen to far beyond the sun. I especially love Yngwie live with the Japanese Philharmonic. That entire concert is amazing. Its not about being self indulgent, its about seeing what can be done with guitar. Its about replacing the singer with the guitar. Guitar is an extremely diverse instrument, you can do so much with, from guys like Yngwie, to guys like Adam Jones of tool, to Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders to guys like John Frusciante therre are so many differnt ways to approach guitar playing and they're all awesome when done right .

26. Marty Friedman. His tornado solo is pretty much the only solo I’ve ever held on repeat

27. Breakdown's blow. The fact that the entire band becomes a percussive instrument relegates the individual instrument and musician as irrelevant.

    Virtuality is, and has been, an important part of music for centuries.

28. 15:57 How could you reference guitar influencers on YouTubers and not include Steve Terreberry 🙀?‽ Stevie is the god of YouTube axe slayers!!

29. Them Bones is one of my favourite solos of all time

30. Guitar solos are now essential in pop country… to the point they are corny and sickening.

31. That 80s shred stuff is totally like watching someone masturbate. Quit jacking off and fuck me, dammit!

32. I do think most, not all speed metal is just guitar masterbation or musicial masterbation

33. new solos suck hendrix was top guitar solo , skill plus soul

34. 6:22 I mean honestly even though Marty is a shredder he always puts the melody first! His melodic phrasing is impeccable

35. They've said that guitar solos would be dead as far back as the 1970s, yet they've always seemed to be resurrected somehow.

36. Anyone know what song is the one he used for the breakdown clip??

37. Plini is an amazing all-instrumental band from Australia people have been sleeping on for far too long when it comes to shred but still has grooves that make you move. The main dude even uses the same headless guitar that Paul Masvidal of Cynic used.

38. I've been subscribed since August 2020 and your content is still on point, great job homie.

39. For me Criss Oliva from Savatage is the best combination of shred and musicality at the same time. Top quality player

40. Bedroom djent progressive metal

41. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Claton , Slash, Greg Howe, Dream Theatre, Kick Hammet, Dimebag, list goes on and on and on .. so many good guitarists

42. I still love solos. It is the only way to get singers to be quiet.

43. What I really miss is the Sax Solo ! !

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