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At 9:13 AM +0100 6/24/01, John Matthews wrote:
>
>May I really throw the cat among the pidgeons with a few really
>controversial up to date names that I think changed the sound of rock guitar
>over the last 10-15 years:-
>
>The Edge (U2), Kurt Cobain, Tom Morello (Rage against the machine), John
>Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli peppers).
>
>These are what I would call "attitude" players rather than blistering
>soloists, but all four of em are guitar gods in their own right.


I would not take issue with any of these guys belonging up there. 
Prince too.   Also I don't see how Tom Morello could escape the 
"blistering soloist" label.  The guy has put some pretty blistering 
bits on the 'Rage' albums.   Knocked me out the first time I heard 
it. One thing I never could swallow about that band though was the 
singer.  He just came off as whiny and impotent to me.  He seemed 
forever wanting to say something witty and cutting but simply lacking 
the tools to form the statement.  He just came off like a nervous 
chihuahua shitting itself while barking at a parking attendant from a 
fat lady's shoulder bag.


As for the specifics of Richie Blackmore depravities, sorry I can't 
cite incidents.  It's just what several music writers who had the 
misfortune to interview him and his band members said.  When my 
friend who did the guitar work for him told me what asshole  he was I 
asked him for specifics as well but all he really said was that he 
figured "David Lynch used him as the model for 'Bob' in Twin Peaks".

Haven't ever heard of Jimmy Page's flagilation fetish before either. 
I did read a book by Led Zepplin's roadie that had some pretty good 
scenes.  John Bonham apparently had a thing for shitting in the 
purses and shoes of whichever groupie Jimmy happened to be doing.  Or 
there was another scene where they invited a roadie to sit in on bass 
at a stadium gig then gave him a solo and walked off the stage 
leaving the poor sucker out there facing 10.000 fans valiantly trying 
to play a solo and keep up a groove till they came back which they 
never did until he finally just gave up after ten minutes of exposure 
to life threatening levels of humiliation.
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