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Greatest solo poll: Alter Bridge speak
Winners Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy react
Guitarist, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 1:56 pm GMT
Our Greatest Guitar Solo Of All Time poll certainly caused some fierce debate amongst guitarists… and that was just in our office.
Choosing the 'greatest' guitar solo is obviously extremely subjective. But Guitarist had other motivations too – we were eager to see how many modern solos have impressed you all in the thirteen years since our last solo poll.
The results were suprising. For the full rundown experience, complete with clips and details, click here.
After asking for your nominations, we took the 20 most popular and asked for you vote on which your though was most deserving here and at MusicRadar.com.
The Eagles' Hotel Caliofrnia, winner thirteen years ago, dropped to fourteenth place in the end. Fanbases were motivated and old favourites suffered. In the end Alter Bridge's 2007 song Blackbird triumphed with its guitar solo played by two men: Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy. We spoke to the duo to find out their reaction, but first here's what the top 20 looked like after all the votes were tallied:
1. Alter Bridge - Blackbird (Mark Tremonti/Myles Kennedy) 16.52%
2. Van Halen - Eruption (Eddie Van Halen) 13.58%
3.
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (Slash) 11.7%
4. Guns N' Roses - November Rain (Slash) 9.4%
5. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour, Pulse: Live) 8.26%
6. Dream Theater - Hollow Years (John Petrucci, Live At Budokan) 5.18%
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Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon (John Petrucci) 1,902 5.16%
8. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Jimmy Page) 4.89%
9.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (Gary Rossington/Allen Collins) 3.22%
10.
Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls (Marty Friedman) 3.11%
11.
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 2.97%
12.
Steve Vai - For the Love Of God 900 2.44%
13. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 2.14%
14. The Eagles - Hotel California (Joe Walsh/Don Felder) 2.24%
15.
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Mark Knopfler) 2.17%
16. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page) 2.05%
17.
Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues 1.78%
18.
Michael Jackson - Beat It (Eddie Van Halen) 1.6%
19.
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (James Dean Bradfield) 0.74%
20. Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Martin Barre) 0.57%
Alter Bridge speak
So what do the winners think? Let's find out…
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User comments (2)
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I agree completely. I love Alter Bridge, they are definitely one of my favorite current bands. However I am surprised they won considering who they were up against. I dedicated Blackbird to the memory of my Aunt, and this was announced on the 2 year anniversary of her death, so I was pretty excited to say the least :)
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Yeah, if AB's fans have no sense, at least Mark and Myles do. Nothing wrong with being a fan, and nothing wrong with being current and relevant--and definitely taking nothing away from AB, a great band--but please get your noses out of AB's collective cheeks, or at least get a musical education and sense of musical history beyond the current decade.
Blackbird is a kickin' song, but the solo better than Comfortably Numb or Eruption or Stairway or Hotel California (amongst others)? Bitches, puh-leez. Mark and Myles are too polite to call you all dumbasses, so I just did.
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