Archive for November 22nd, 2009
There are and have been some outstanding groups, some have good sound without having an outstanding lead guitar or bass guitar. There are some bands that focus more on vocals, which is OK, then there some that have really good stand out musician.
Two bands that come to mind are Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Although Led Zeppelin was primarily known as a rock band, Black Sabbath was a heavy metal band. The two bands share one thing, they both have a lead guitar player of an 0utstanding caliber. Tony Iommi is the lead guitarist for Black Sabbath and Jimmy Page is the lead guitarist behind Led Zeppelin.
Both are among the top guitarists on the list of “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. They are both credited with pioneering some of the greatest electric guitar riffs of heavy metal.
Tony Iommi has had a series of Gibson SG electric guitars while Jimmy Page made famous the use of a double neck electric guitar by Gibson.