@@Krullmatic Edward is King, as the hospital I was born in, Being named "King Edward memorial" in His honour is testament to His legendary status as the only King Edward that exists is the one who left behind the music we have forever thanks to the Man known as EVH.
Roy Clark man, laugh if you want but watch a couple videos and he'll blow your mind. He was doing all that flamenco, tapping and hammer ons back in the day.
Watched Roy weekly on HeeHaw growing up and I can remember him playing Tobacco Road and his guitar sounded like nothing else I heard him play. 10 years later I realized on that song he was playing on the dirty channel instead of the clean channel on his amp.
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple/Rainbow) is a real pioneer of fast-playing neo-classical guitar. has so many killer solos ( Child in time, highway star, Burn, Stormbringer, light in the black, stargazer, gates of Babylon) + loads more.
Just so many great songs with killer hooks and melodic solos. I think he’s somehow underrated. Jimmy Page is my favorite rock musician, but he’s publicly said that Blackmore is a much better live guitarist. Props to Jimmy for his honesty and recognition of Blackmore’s greatness. And Blackmore was always a fan of Page’s. Can’t have Page and Iommi in a Top 10 without including Blackmore. Mt. Rushmore!
I'm 69 years old and have seen all these great players live in concert and I agree with your list and could add a few more on top of it. I had the ultimate pleasure and honor of seeing Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco DeLucia in concert in Frankfurt Germany and as far as guitar playing is concerned, that was by far the greatest evening of just pure straight guitar virtuosity I've ever witnessed.
Off the top of my head, Steve Howe would have to be in any top ten conversation. I'm guessing that since he's a prog rocker that some haven't even heard of him.
For me the guy that incursion in every genere and makes my mind explode was Mr. Beck, and the best of the best point him as the most incredible guitarist beyond Hendrix, and Beck respected him a lot. His sound change the rock game since the Yardbirds with every record with Truth & Beckola, JBG2, BBA and Blow by blow and all the records he makes until his death in this year. No mention Jeff Beck is envy, because can’t be emulated and you can certify this when you make a blind test all guitarist sound like others but Beck sounds like Beck. By the way there are incredible guitarist like Tekro, Rypdal, Apetrea etc…that nobody names.
I'm a jazz fusion guy who started out as an 80's metal shredder... Lots of similarities between the two styles. I first heard of guys like McLaughlin, DiMeola, Holdsworth etc because of guys like EVH, Vai, Satriani etc. Language and feel are very different but double time lines are double time lines 🤷👍
Ritchie Blackmore should be on any list of rock guitar legends. He wrote some of the greatest rock tracks ever penned, Smoke, Child in Time, Burn, Mistreated, Stargazer, Light in the Black, Maybe Next Time…etc etc…
Great list of guitar innovators. Glad you spoke so highly of Tony Iommi. Not many musicians can claim they created an entire genre of music. And played with missing finger tips.
Yeah what an amazing story, lost the tips in a machine at work like the day before he was going to leave to go play, If memory serves his doctor said he wouldn't play again.
@@klmullins65 Indeed - a burns victim. Superb guitarist. Along with Wes Montgomery and Jeff Beck, Django was certainly a one-off cast mold type musician.
Thanks Zak You struck a chord with so many of us Frank Marino fans who've recognized his playing for so many years. He would play for hours and every single show was different. A true Legend.
He nailed it. It is the song. I have said that for years. David Gilmour isn’t fast, he’s not going to shred, but my God his playing and the melody and the songs themselves are epic.
@@blurplebear8573. The name came from co-founder Syd Barret's favorite blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. You are apparently too young or tone deaf to appreciate the music of Pink Floyd, and especially David Gilmour's ability play the guitar with so much emotion and skill.
@@jack-1955 No, I'm just not on a heavy dose of psychadelics and other narcotics. Pink Floyd is atonal ear sodomy and anyone that has any type of critical musical ear will tell you that. It's all release and no tension and most likely a Tavistock construct to control minds. As far as guitar playing goes Gilmour is pedantic at best compared to hundreds of other guitarists in music. You apparently have no comprehension of actual musical composition.
I love how much reverence that Zakk has for these guys who influenced him and the rest of us. Seriously such a decent guy. I met him at ozzfest years back and told him I wished I could have him talk to my guitar teacher at the time because he's a huge fan of ozzy but clearly he was busy finishing the autograph line. His manager was like "yeah no way kid, Zakk can't do that he's got a set soon" well to my surprise Zakk literally said "nah fuck that, go over there, get your teach on the phone and I'll say hi to him". Got his voicemail and he left a message for him... Ironically it turned out five minutes before he came to start doing autographs my teach was on the tour bus hanging out with Zakk anyway, so the voicemail was kind of worthless but I'll always remember that interaction because not many famous people behave that way and would do something that nice for some rando fan who came for an autograph. Zakk is a stand up dude for sure.
Glad to hear a guitarist with superior technical chops call out No Quarter live solo. JP's technique is not as sharp as some of the others on this list, but to hear the reaching, the spontaneous inventiveness, the fact that he couldn't just hi-speed shred through scales yielded a truly breathtaking solo. You can hear his mind trying to find it in his fingers, rather than the fingers just going through the motions. It's the feel and the emotion that make it stand out as one of the best recorded solos ever, in any style.
No Satriani? No Hendrix? No SRV? Interesting list! Also have to say I've seen a lot of great guitarists live and Zakk Wylde absolutely KILLED IT when I saw him with Ozzy in the 90s
ST. Eddie's playing on the song " I'm the One" is mind blowing!!!! That song for me solidified their debut in my top 4 GREATEST debut albums FOREVER!!!!!!!
Leave it to a great guitar player to put Frank Marino on a top guitar player list! I’m so happy to see it, because Frank is not just underrated, he’s often completely overlooked. I’ve seen top 50 lists where he doesn’t even get an “honorable mention”! Mahogany Rush was the first band I saw live, and he’s perhaps the best guitar player I’ve seen in person, although Steve Howe is fantastic too. They are quite different stylistically, so I wouldn’t know how to compare them.
All awesome choices!! Zach you’re awesome! I would have to give honorable mention to Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa and Alex Lifeson. My overall favorite is King Edward!!😎👍
Alex Lifeson's total career production of music, start to finish spanning 40 years, makes him the most creative guitar composer in rock history. No one touches him, the Beethoven of guitar.
Absolutely awesome list. Was beyond shocked that he included Frank Marino. I doubt many of the younger generation knows much about him. Just listen to Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live Album. You will butter your britches.
i was fourteen when this album came out .i didn't sleep for months lol trying to copy this guy .amazing album and guitar player..underrated like Uli jon Roth
@@reacteur84 We're the exact same age. I first saw him in '78 when it first came out. MR was opening for Aerosmith, and to this day, I've never seen a concert where the opener absolutely blew the headliner off the stage so bad! I'd been a Sabbath/Purple fan from about 8 years old, but this was the first time where a guy really made me want to play guitar. I started about a year later...
Thanks you so much for mentioning Frank Marino and Al DiMeola, these guys were killing it when I was growing up and blowing my mind with their playing! I am surprised you mentioned Steve Vai before Joe Satriani though, all rule in their own way
@@Lovell93 I think I do too. A lot of other guitarists could be on a list like this too such as Eric Johnson, John Pettruci, Steve Morse, Ritchie Blackmore etc.
The solo in No Quarter from the live Song Remains has always raised the hair on my neck for 45+ years. I nearly busted out laughing that Zakk tossed that in with Whole Lotta Love as #1. Also Stairway live from that same album. There is magic there.. I always felt it.
The version of No Quarter on Song Remains The Same, in my opinion is probably the finest example of Zep live - the synergy of the 4 of them was unrivaled to this day.
Does anyone have the original LP of Zep Live - Song Remains...? If so, what is the length of No Quarter? It's my favorite Jimmy Page solo of all time so I need the time stamp to make sure that I'm listening to the whole solo. It's impossible to remove any part of that solo without ruining the direction that Jimmy felt at that time. It's a Composition. It won't work if you take a section out! I see on TH-cam, "Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (Original Solo Live from Madison Square Garden 1973) [REMASTERED] 12:45 Is that the real one? It's confusing because of the words "Original" & "Remastered". thank you in advance.
@@hanleyk Hi Kerry, I’ve just pulled out the original 1976 pressing of the dbl album TSRTS. No Quarter goes for exactly 12:30. When CD’s came out in the mid 80’s, original recordings were simply transferred onto CD format as you would know, so with no remastering & no additional tracks added to the track listing, again NQ, of course, still goes for 12:30. Interesting to know that the guitar solo on NQ on the above soundtrack is different from the same in the actual movie. Likely, from the footage shot over the 3 nights, the better suited celluloid made it to the screen for JPJ’s fantasy sequence & the preferred solo made it to the soundtrack. Long answer to a short question, easy to get carried away with one’s fave band!!! Hope this helps. Best 👍☮️🎸
0:19 Jimmy page 1:19 St Randy Rhodes 2:10 King Edward Van Halen, first of his name 2:51 St Dimebag Darryl 3:39 Lord Tony Iommi, creator of the universe 4:17 Alan Holdsworth 5:05 Frank Marino 5:54 John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orch) 6:57 Al De Miola 7:58 Yngie Malmstein 9:11 Father Steve Vai
what? its like this kid, you choose the genre, but if your gonna go into the greatest you have Hendrix, Eddie, Randy, Page, Beck, Buchanan, Winter, IOMI, Marino, De Miola, Malmstein, Dimaebag, Vai, Satriani...etc, all varry and fluctuate but dont forget "the guitarists" and a load of un known artists who actually play well but you never heard of them...th-cam.com/video/8k6TtBuZ9nU/w-d-xo.html
Another demonstration that musicians often don't really fit in the box people try to put them in. What a pleasure to hear that Allan Holdsworth was in Zakk's musical orbit as an influence, and to hear about Al Di Meola with even a mention of non-guitarist Chick Corea, whose music I love. I'm getting old, and my tastes have mellowed from the metal of my youth to a lot of fusion players who still shred from time to time. I still trot out the hard stuff once in awhile, much to wife's chagrin (and my kids'). Cheers!
I don't know how old you are but I myself am getting up there in age. But I will tell you this never stop riding the lightning that you love. I tell my wife when I'm 90 years old I'll be walking with a cane and tell her put on some Judas Priest honey. For some reason whenever the body aches from getting older when I play my metal and Ride the Lightning I always feel better.
Words of wisdom. This comment to me wrapped it up. When you are learning guitar you find guitarists to study but you keep look for someone better. It always leads you to these guys, some of these guys you never heard of.
It's a good day when Lord Zakk is sharing inspiration and stuff that we don't know about or stuff that inspired us as well.Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻🤘🏿😎👹🤘🏿
Great list, with concise, insightful and vivid articulation of what has made each of these players special. I'd love to hear Zakk talk about 11 more of the greatest guitairists ever, since there really are scores of true geniuses out there.
totally agree with Frank Marino, the guy is from another planet with his playing. My top 10 would certainly have Trower and also Buckethead, huge fan of both.
@TheRockOracle everyone is entitled to their opinion Rock, and you are no exception. I would say if you get the chance to see him live, go for it. Try to get past the bucket and appreciate the music.
Zakk's whole persona just cracks me up. I'd never heard the guy talk when I first heard Book of Shadows. If you/d have told me this is how he talks, I wouldn't have believed it lol
Excellent list. Impossible however to make a top 10. There is Leslie West, Michael Schenker, Les Paul, Uli Roth, Alvin Lee, Robin Trower, Rick Derringer, Joe Satriani (To skip over him is sacrilege) Gary Moore, and many more
totally agree about Joe Satriani even more so since he was via's teacher and via said Satriani was better than himself. Paul Gilbert is great too as well as SRV.
Dime's guitar in Cemetery Gates completely hooked me!!!! I distinctly remember hearing that song at a party at my friend's apartment. It was 1991 I believe. I didn't know who it was and because the song was one of many played that night, I literally borrowed every cd my friend had played in order to figure out what band and guitarist that was!! And then I found Pantera and became obsessed!!! Saw them live 5 or 6 times. Had the honor and privilege of meeting Dime and Rex in 1995! They were part of the soundtrack of my 20's....😁
Everybody knows he was good, not many people can actually name a song. Dude did weird shit but wasn't very influential. I really hope that his death wont breed a bunch of weird Jeff Beck style players because it gets old after about 5 minutes to most players.
@@massimobattaglioli6651 naw..man..most of those dudes were one dimensional..sorry..except for Jimmie..the others were just basic blues guys..all copies of BB..
Man Frank Marino was so awesome to see, he would tour around just playing in jazz clubs around the time of Juggernaut- all over Ontario. One club had a riser of maybe only six inches and I spent two hours listening to the better part of "IV" while he played three feet in front of me, I so looking forward to this, saying how crazy I was going to get, but I drank maybe two beers 'cause I was just so taken in. Just an incredible player.
I have to admit this is not at all what I expected when I clicked on this. What I just watched is a very thoughtful and extremely educated rundown. And for the most part I could not agree more Zakk!
Vai was a madman back in the 80’s especially when playing with Billy Sheehan chasing each other around the stage while playing incredible guitar and bass
@@Yucopn musics subjective so that’s cool that you think that. lots of people could agree with you and lots could agree with me as well. no right or wrong 🤷🏽♀️
I get Tony Iommi and Sabbath being origins of Metal but the rhythm section was still pretty jazzy at times, which was cool. I think that Judas Priest Glenn Tipton & K K Downing deserve credit for being the first legitimate "Heavy Metal" band. Awesome vocals, harmonizing guitar solos, spikes and leather.
Didn't know what to expect from Zakk and d@mned well loved every minute of it! A well rounded and humble list and gotta love the fanboy tone! To throw his contemporaries on there (Dime, Yngwie and Vai) is high praise for all! But I also really loved seeing someone give Frank Marino props! It's a shame he doesn't get mentioned very often. That was a pleasant surprise!
Randy Rhoads was and will always be my favorite guitar player of all time and the reason I started playing guitar. My favorite song he wrote is Diary Of A Madman. That song is absolutely mind blowing and I still tear up whenever I hear it. Every one of his solo’s are so different from one another but all are classics. I often wonder if his life wasn’t cut way to short at just 25 what other mind blowing music he would have wrote and produced. God Bless You Randy I know your in Heaven and I hope to meet you on the other side one day!
Hell Yea Randy Rhodes NEVER went CRAZY on the Tremelo bar like Zack. Boy that dude KILLED and Destroyed music with constant Tremelo dives. worse than a kamikaze piolet.
I love Randy as much as anybody and he's still a huge influence on my playing. But he definitely "borrowed" the chords from Diary from Leo Brouwer. I guess the story is Ozzy heard Randy practicing it and Ozzy said we're definitely using that. th-cam.com/video/36_X-bojjUY/w-d-xo.html
Nice list and informative. I'm so glad he named Frank Marino to his personal list. I definitely would have placed Marino on my own list along with Johnny Winter and Alex Lifeson. I'm surprised he didn't name Ritchie Blackmore and David Gilmour, or even Angus Young. 🙂🤘
My Top 11 which is more NY faves since I don't play is 1)Eddie Van Halen 2) Randy Rhodes 3) Alex Lifeson 4) Tony Imommi 5) Jake E Lee 6) Steve Vai 7) Pete Townsend 8) Angus Young 9) Prince 10) Iron Maiden lol. Hard to say which! 11) Billy Gibbons
I can say I got to see him in absolute prime. I’ve had all his stuff he’s put out from Ozzy to BLS to Pride and a bunch of other stuff. He’s a goofy fun kick ass guy all the way with killer amazing guitar skills!
Hey Zakk, if your watching, I saw you on the generation axe tour in Oakland, and man you stole the show. I'm a big Vai fan and saw him last year and got to meet him - super nice guy, gracious, had time for the fans and I'll never forget that - it was surreal. But yeah, when you did the warpigs solo going through the audience, dude you owned the crowd amd gave us all a baddass memory. Thanks dude
I know zakks influences so well I called at least 8 of these right off the bat. Surprised he didn't mention rory Gallagher or Albert Lee, 2 of his biggest influences
Hello Mr. Zakk... really enjoyed your guitarist list video. Thank you for having a spot on your list for my friend Frank Marino..... I speak to him once and a while and he's a genuine human being! Merci et bonne journée!
Hey Zakk why not get a bunch of guitar friends together and do a tribute concert for Frank Marino. Many like him and have been influenced by Frank. Eric Gales , George Lynch , Paul Gilbert , Walter Trout , Vai and many more.
Sharon and Ozzy were probably unable to bully Steve into signing off on his songwriting credits the way they bullied Jake. So they didn't see the record as a big enough potential moneymaker for them.
@@termsofusepolice Shiitteee... Not to dismiss Jake getting screwed by Sharon & Ozzy. But, what they did to Jake isn't even close to how much they f%cked Bob Daisley & Lee Kerslake. Until Bob & Lee finally took them to court & won their case 20 some years later. Especially Bob Daisley he wrote a lot of those Ozzy tunes for the majority of Ozzy's solo career. I agree though they really did a lot of those dudes dirty who played in Ozzy's band. ++Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul++
@@bobbymcfee2974 NO the attitude and the image with the heavy riffs makes it metal. It not just a certain tempo or down tuning so it’s Sabbath and it’s the combo of Iommi and geezer
Well that's a good list, but you sir are a humble man with your own amazing skills and techniques. Recently had the privilege and honor of seeing you in Boise . Mad respect . Peace and love
Awesome list! Love Zakk’s playing and his comments too! I’d personally find room for Blackmore and Beck but hard to argue with these. Oh and Schenker! And Roth, Lukather on and on. And this dude named Wylde! Man, it’s tough to stop at 11
He got yngwie as 10,but no Blackmore?. You can go to any reputable classical guitar school in London or New York and plug any good graduate into a wall of Marshalls and sound no different from Yngwie.Come on..
I agree with the comment below regarding Alex Lifeson. He's so underrated. What was curious to me about his choices is that he omitted Joe Satriani who was Steve Vai's sensei.
Disappointed that there was no mention of Ritchie Blackmore, who obviously preceded Yngwie and was a huge influence on him. Also wrote some of the most iconic riffs in history...
Whilst I love deep purple, they always struck me more in the led zep brand of rock rather than the heaviness of Sabbath... child in time, amazing, but a more prog rock sound
WHERE is Zakk in the list?!?!?!? You are my favourite, the tone, the agression, song writing, the looks and YOUR guitar! OMG!!! Still killing it! 😆🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Zakk is incredible, my favorite Jimmy Page song is The Rain Song. Flawless! Stevie Ray Vaughan, Satriani, David Gilmore, Hendrix, and the new blood: everyone needs to check out Max Newman of the Main Squeeze. Kid is insane!!!
A shame to have to get this far down the comments section to finally see SRV mentioned. More talented than all of them. No list should ever leave SRV out, if not just put him at the top of every list and call it a day.
Nice picks Zakk. It should have probably been titled "Greatest 11 Electric Guitar Players ever" , since he's really not including acoustic players. Its hard deciding when there are so many gifted artists to choose from. Some of my favorites are Nuno Betancourt, Mark Knopfler, John Petrucci, Buckethead, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Marty Friedman.
Knopfler. He was my first hero on the six string. Subconsciously. My parents played Dire Straits constantly in my first 6 years of life. And I swear his beautiful sense of melody and playing the RIGHT notes is in my soul. It's not about fast. It's about the song.
Phenomenal choices and explanations for each! Agreed! Thank you for the overview and introductions to the greats! Obviously you wouldn’t say it because you are the presenter, so I’ll be happy to step in and say it like it is and that’s that you, Mr Zack Wylde, are on this list! You bet! You guitar playing is aggressive and unique only to you, in a way that’s on par with the rest, so thank you for your rich history in metal and guitar playing ( and performance, and thanks again for this rundown! God Bless and God Speed in you endeavors into the future!
Great to hear Zakk say it #1 Jimmy Page. Who I've said since '70. Zakk's a killer guitar player, and it takes one to know one. So am I. I know what Zakk means about the No Quarter solo on TSRTS live album. I have all 3 nights live at MSG '73, and there all great. Thanx LedHed Steven 🎸 🎹 🎸
Yessir! Jimmy Page isn't the fastest player, he isn't the most technical player, he is just the tastiest player! Coolest riffs, tones and solos IVE EVER HEARD! Hearing Page play makes me feel like the coolest son of a bitch on the planet! Sonic heaven all over Zep's catalog!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
So glad you included the most overlooked guitarist of all time, Frank Marino. But no Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, Uli John Roth, Michael Shenker, or the Maestro, Ritchie Blackmore?
Fresh to see the reality of how humble guitar greats such as Zakk are, to give praise and admiration to their idols including other guitarists that inspired them and inspire them to push
Zakk learned from Rhoads...indirectly, you praise everyone, never be petty and appreciate people who play the instrument Rhoads was that in his interviews and that guitar seminar
I can’t believe that you included Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin and Al Dimeola in this list. The first concert I ever saw was the Mahavishnu Orchestra and every member was an incredible musician. Billy Cobham is perhaps the best drummer ever. I am disappointed that you didn’t include Django Reinhart , Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan or David Gilmour though.
I love his respect for these legends. “Lord Iommi” “St. Rhoads” “King Edward” “St. Dime”. Can we get a round of applause for this man 👏🏻
This. ❤
The thoughts on why these are his choices, speaks monumentally of his musical intelligence.
I have a signed Diary of a madman shirt from Zakk that says St. Rhoads is the G.O.A.T.
I think it's cringe. Eddie would be a saint now anyway.
@@Krullmatic Edward is King, as the hospital I was born in, Being named "King Edward memorial" in His honour is testament to His legendary status as the only King Edward that exists is the one who left behind the music we have forever thanks to the Man known as EVH.
Saying Iommi basically employs all of us makes a LOT of sense
Ritchie Blackmore definitely deserves a honorable mention.
@@shawnmartin6210 He does!
Yes, and educated in music also.
@@shawnmartin6210deserves more than that; he's actually still playing....
Always wondered why people argued about who was the first metal band. It's so obvious.
Roy Clark man, laugh if you want but watch a couple videos and he'll blow your mind. He was doing all that flamenco, tapping and hammer ons back in the day.
Absolute love for Roy Clark!!! Amazing on banjo, as well. Laugh, if you must, but the man was fascinating.
"Charo" was definitely impressive , and not just because she is a woman ♫
Watched Roy weekly on HeeHaw growing up and I can remember him playing Tobacco Road and his guitar sounded like nothing else I heard him play. 10 years later I realized on that song he was playing on the dirty channel instead of the clean channel on his amp.
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple/Rainbow) is a real pioneer of fast-playing neo-classical guitar. has so many killer solos ( Child in time, highway star, Burn, Stormbringer, light in the black, stargazer, gates of Babylon) + loads more.
I agree,i think Blackmore had as much influence over metal than Iommi
Just so many great songs with killer hooks and melodic solos. I think he’s somehow underrated. Jimmy Page is my favorite rock musician, but he’s publicly said that Blackmore is a much better live guitarist. Props to Jimmy for his honesty and recognition of Blackmore’s greatness. And Blackmore was always a fan of Page’s. Can’t have Page and Iommi in a Top 10 without including Blackmore. Mt. Rushmore!
temple of the king RITCHIE BLACKMORE WAS A GENIUS
@@Cletus-Beauregard1 Tommy Bolin
@@Cletus-Beauregard1 Blackmore was a much superior soloist than Iommi IMO
I'm 69 years old and have seen all these great players live in concert and I agree with your list and could add a few more on top of it. I had the ultimate pleasure and honor of seeing Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Paco DeLucia in concert in Frankfurt Germany and as far as guitar playing is concerned, that was by far the greatest evening of just pure straight guitar virtuosity I've ever witnessed.
I am really envy of you. As far as guitar playing they are at the top of the mountain.
I have seen them several times but solo.
Check out Justin Johnson he is the best guitarist of all time
Off the top of my head, Steve Howe would have to be in any top ten conversation. I'm guessing that since he's a prog rocker that some haven't even heard of him.
@@regev1970 it's a normal list for normal people that don't think outside of the box.
@@ronaldmorgan7632Totally agreed. Fripp is great as well.
Great to see a heavy metal icon like mr. Wylde giving props to Holdsworth, Mclaughlin, and DiMeola.
Jan Akkerman of Focus 70s . A technical master .
Paco
For me the guy that incursion in every genere and makes my mind explode was Mr. Beck, and the best of the best point him as the most incredible guitarist beyond Hendrix, and Beck respected him a lot. His sound change the rock game since the Yardbirds with every record with Truth & Beckola, JBG2, BBA and Blow by blow and all the records he makes until his death in this year. No mention Jeff Beck is envy, because can’t be emulated and you can certify this when you make a blind test all guitarist sound like others but Beck sounds like Beck. By the way there are incredible guitarist like Tekro, Rypdal, Apetrea etc…that nobody names.
Paco what a beast!!!
I'm a jazz fusion guy who started out as an 80's metal shredder... Lots of similarities between the two styles. I first heard of guys like McLaughlin, DiMeola, Holdsworth etc because of guys like EVH, Vai, Satriani etc. Language and feel are very different but double time lines are double time lines 🤷👍
Yes, Frank Marino! Thank you , thank you , thank you for recognizing such an underrated player. Saw him live and it was game changing as a teenager.
Frank was and is still huge on me... Love FM..
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush was in rotation on KISW FM 100(now 99.9) in Seattle back in the late 70S and Early 80S. Appreciate the choice👍✌️❤️🤘
Indeed. I listened to him on CHOM out of Montreal 'back in the day', and saw him live in Montreal in '78.
It’s about time Frank got kudos, thanks Zak.
I got to see him live opening for Kansas back in the late 70’s in Boston. He blew Kansas away!!!
Alex Lifeson is so underrated! You gotta consider songwriting, variations of styles, body of work, ability, technique, etc.
I agree wholeheartedly. Alex is fkng amazing! He's def in my top 3 or 4
@@vaekkriinhart4347 same, easily top 5.
Nzinn73 Rush is one of my favorite bands.
Lifeson = chord quality
Like everything about Lifeson, except whenever he played a lead.
Zakk, you left yourself off that list! The guitar work on No More Tears, the entire album, was a masterpiece
His solo for Mama I’m Coming Home is truly a timeless masterpiece.
I agree ,,love that album!!!
Zakk your guitar is very distinctive. You have a unique sound, easy to pick out. 🙏👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤟
😂😂😂Not even in my top 100
agreed, he's nobody..
Ritchie Blackmore should be on any list of rock guitar legends. He wrote some of the greatest rock tracks ever penned, Smoke, Child in Time, Burn, Mistreated, Stargazer, Light in the Black, Maybe Next Time…etc etc…
Gates of Babylon is my personal favorite!!!
Great list of guitar innovators.
Glad you spoke so highly of Tony Iommi. Not many musicians can claim they created an entire genre of music.
And played with missing finger tips.
Iommi doesn't claim it. He plays it.
Yeah what an amazing story, lost the tips in a machine at work like the day before he was going to leave to go play, If memory serves his doctor said he wouldn't play again.
The absolute King of RIFFS. Iommi's riffs ain't lightning fast, they're CATCHY. They just invoke heaviness, drama, and DOOM! So moody, so atmospheric.
Django Rhinehart created his own genre with two fingers!
@@klmullins65 Indeed - a burns victim.
Superb guitarist. Along with Wes Montgomery and Jeff Beck, Django was certainly a one-off cast mold type musician.
Thank you Zach for mentioning Frank Marino . Incredible axeman from the great white north .
Thanks Zak You struck a chord with so many of us Frank Marino fans who've recognized his playing for so many years. He would play for hours and every single show was different. A true Legend.
He nailed it. It is the song. I have said that for years. David Gilmour isn’t fast, he’s not going to shred, but my God his playing and the melody and the songs themselves are epic.
I’ve always said two of the best solos (my opinion) are from one song…Comfortably Numb and Dave gives me chills every time I hear it.
I mean if you like atonal droning from a band that has the name of a gay bar I guess.
@@blurplebear8573. The name came from co-founder Syd Barret's favorite blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. You are apparently too young or tone deaf to appreciate the music of Pink Floyd, and especially David Gilmour's ability play the guitar with so much emotion and skill.
@@jack-1955 No, I'm just not on a heavy dose of psychadelics and other narcotics. Pink Floyd is atonal ear sodomy and anyone that has any type of critical musical ear will tell you that. It's all release and no tension and most likely a Tavistock construct to control minds. As far as guitar playing goes Gilmour is pedantic at best compared to hundreds of other guitarists in music. You apparently have no comprehension of actual musical composition.
So apart from a snarky comment, do you have something of value to add?
I love how much reverence that Zakk has for these guys who influenced him and the rest of us. Seriously such a decent guy. I met him at ozzfest years back and told him I wished I could have him talk to my guitar teacher at the time because he's a huge fan of ozzy but clearly he was busy finishing the autograph line. His manager was like "yeah no way kid, Zakk can't do that he's got a set soon" well to my surprise Zakk literally said "nah fuck that, go over there, get your teach on the phone and I'll say hi to him". Got his voicemail and he left a message for him... Ironically it turned out five minutes before he came to start doing autographs my teach was on the tour bus hanging out with Zakk anyway, so the voicemail was kind of worthless but I'll always remember that interaction because not many famous people behave that way and would do something that nice for some rando fan who came for an autograph. Zakk is a stand up dude for sure.
i read that line in zakk's voice in my head. definitely something he would say
he has always been very respectful of the guys who came before him
Frank Marino... Nice pull. Caught him in High School as the opening act, Holy S! Thanks a ton Mr. Wylde.
I really love in Zakk that he can speak with such enthusiasm about the musicians who inspired him ❤️
Excellent list! John McLaughlin was a damn beast!!
Truly
He's still alive, I hope, just retired.
Love the first two Mahaviahnu albums!
@@billtomson5791 He's not retired. Still touring
@@dannycruz5446 The third album Visions of the Emerald Beyond is my favorite - fantastic album
Glad to hear a guitarist with superior technical chops call out No Quarter live solo. JP's technique is not as sharp as some of the others on this list, but to hear the reaching, the spontaneous inventiveness, the fact that he couldn't just hi-speed shred through scales yielded a truly breathtaking solo. You can hear his mind trying to find it in his fingers, rather than the fingers just going through the motions. It's the feel and the emotion that make it stand out as one of the best recorded solos ever, in any style.
No Satriani? No Hendrix? No SRV? Interesting list! Also have to say I've seen a lot of great guitarists live and Zakk Wylde absolutely KILLED IT when I saw him with Ozzy in the 90s
Remember this is 11 of HIS favorites not yours
ST. Eddie's playing on the song " I'm the One" is mind blowing!!!! That song for me solidified their debut in my top 4 GREATEST debut albums FOREVER!!!!!!!
I’ll never understand why that song wasn’t the biggest hit on the album.
greatest metal debut album: Blizzard of ozz
@@KevyNova because it's not as good as the other songs
Secular music is nothing special. Don't call these people Saints
Leave it to a great guitar player to put Frank Marino on a top guitar player list! I’m so happy to see it, because Frank is not just underrated, he’s often completely overlooked. I’ve seen top 50 lists where he doesn’t even get an “honorable mention”! Mahogany Rush was the first band I saw live, and he’s perhaps the best guitar player I’ve seen in person, although Steve Howe is fantastic too. They are quite different stylistically, so I wouldn’t know how to compare them.
Excellent list my brother! Glad to see that Marino made it in there!
I like that you highlighted Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush .. I loved them! .. used to listen to them a lot way back in high school. Fantastic sounds!
All awesome choices!! Zach you’re awesome! I would have to give honorable mention to Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa and Alex Lifeson. My overall favorite is King Edward!!😎👍
Honorable mention is also a nice idea.
Zappa was a Tool 💯
Alex Lifeson's total career production of music, start to finish spanning 40 years, makes him the most creative guitar composer in rock history. No one touches him, the Beethoven of guitar.
Absolutely awesome list. Was beyond shocked that he included Frank Marino. I doubt many of the younger generation knows much about him. Just listen to Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Live Album. You will butter your britches.
i was fourteen when this album came out .i didn't sleep for months lol trying to copy this guy .amazing album and guitar player..underrated like Uli jon Roth
That record blew me away!
@@reacteur84 We're the exact same age. I first saw him in '78 when it first came out. MR was opening for Aerosmith, and to this day, I've never seen a concert where the opener absolutely blew the headliner off the stage so bad!
I'd been a Sabbath/Purple fan from about 8 years old, but this was the first time where a guy really made me want to play guitar. I started about a year later...
Why were you shocked, Zakk has stated Frank as one of his biggest influences since he first joined Ozzy.
@@paulevans6925 Marino isn't nearly as well known as some of the others listed. I was glad to see it, 'sall.
Thanks you so much for mentioning Frank Marino and Al DiMeola, these guys were killing it when I was growing up and blowing my mind with their playing! I am surprised you mentioned Steve Vai before Joe Satriani though, all rule in their own way
I prefer Steve over Joe personally. Both great, though!
@@Lovell93 yup both are awesome, but Joe taught Steve. The thing is, there's a ton of guitarists that are great but get no recognition which is sad
@@Lovell93 I think I do too. A lot of other guitarists could be on a list like this too such as Eric Johnson, John Pettruci, Steve Morse, Ritchie Blackmore etc.
The solo in No Quarter from the live Song Remains has always raised the hair on my neck for 45+ years. I nearly busted out laughing that Zakk tossed that in with Whole Lotta Love as #1. Also Stairway live from that same album. There is magic there.. I always felt it.
The version of No Quarter on Song Remains The Same, in my opinion is probably the finest example of Zep live - the synergy of the 4 of them was unrivaled to this day.
Since I've been loving you on that song remains the same dvd... Man it gives me chills... It's an amazing solo and just playing all around
Did he say that " they shortened the solo" on the CD version?!? 🤔 Was that on the newer CD where they added the four songs?
Does anyone have the original LP of Zep Live - Song Remains...?
If so, what is the length of No Quarter?
It's my favorite Jimmy Page solo of all time so I need the time stamp to make sure that I'm listening to the whole solo.
It's impossible to remove any part of that solo without ruining the direction that Jimmy felt at that time.
It's a Composition.
It won't work if you take a section out!
I see on TH-cam, "Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (Original Solo Live from Madison Square Garden 1973) [REMASTERED] 12:45
Is that the real one? It's confusing because of the words "Original" & "Remastered".
thank you in advance.
@@hanleyk Hi Kerry, I’ve just pulled out the original 1976 pressing of the dbl album TSRTS. No Quarter goes for exactly 12:30.
When CD’s came out in the mid 80’s, original recordings were simply transferred onto CD format as you would know, so with no remastering & no additional tracks added to the track listing, again NQ, of course, still goes for 12:30.
Interesting to know that the guitar solo on NQ on the above soundtrack is different from the same in the actual movie. Likely, from the footage shot over the 3 nights, the better suited celluloid made it to the screen for JPJ’s fantasy sequence & the preferred solo made it to the soundtrack.
Long answer to a short question, easy to get carried away with one’s fave band!!! Hope this helps. Best 👍☮️🎸
Man, Zakk is just a blessing
Thank you for the music, guitar, voice and above all for being a straight up nice guy
0:19 Jimmy page
1:19 St Randy Rhodes
2:10 King Edward Van Halen, first of his name
2:51 St Dimebag Darryl
3:39 Lord Tony Iommi, creator of the universe
4:17 Alan Holdsworth
5:05 Frank Marino
5:54 John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orch)
6:57 Al De Miola
7:58 Yngie Malmstein
9:11 Father Steve Vai
*Rhoads , hall of Famer
I like them all, but if there were 12 I think in my humble opinion I'd put Jeff Beck in there.
what about Jimi and Richie Blackmore
@@flathame1 next tier
what? its like this kid, you choose the genre, but if your gonna go into the greatest you have Hendrix, Eddie, Randy, Page, Beck, Buchanan, Winter, IOMI, Marino, De Miola, Malmstein, Dimaebag, Vai, Satriani...etc, all varry and fluctuate but dont forget "the guitarists" and a load of un known artists who actually play well but you never heard of them...th-cam.com/video/8k6TtBuZ9nU/w-d-xo.html
Another demonstration that musicians often don't really fit in the box people try to put them in. What a pleasure to hear that Allan Holdsworth was in Zakk's musical orbit as an influence, and to hear about Al Di Meola with even a mention of non-guitarist Chick Corea, whose music I love. I'm getting old, and my tastes have mellowed from the metal of my youth to a lot of fusion players who still shred from time to time. I still trot out the hard stuff once in awhile, much to wife's chagrin (and my kids'). Cheers!
I don't know how old you are but I myself am getting up there in age. But I will tell you this never stop riding the lightning that you love. I tell my wife when I'm 90 years old I'll be walking with a cane and tell her put on some Judas Priest honey. For some reason whenever the body aches from getting older when I play my metal and Ride the Lightning I always feel better.
Words of wisdom. This comment to me wrapped it up. When you are learning guitar you find guitarists to study but you keep look for someone better. It always leads you to these guys, some of these guys you never heard of.
It's a good day when Lord Zakk is sharing inspiration and stuff that we don't know about or stuff that inspired us as well.Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻🤘🏿😎👹🤘🏿
Blackmore, Uli, May, Frehley, Lifeson, Howe, Phillips, Hackett, Vincent, Gallagher.
Thank you for mentioning Frank Marino, he is sick. and underrated by the general public.
So great to see a metal guy mention the fusion guys. Hopefully this will turn some viewers on to that amazing music of the 70s.
Great list, with concise, insightful and vivid articulation of what has made each of these players special. I'd love to hear Zakk talk about 11 more of the greatest guitairists ever, since there really are scores of true geniuses out there.
totally agree with Frank Marino, the guy is from another planet with his playing. My top 10 would certainly have Trower and also Buckethead, huge fan of both.
The first time I saw a Frank Marino solo on TH-cam I was like “wow, that’s where Zakk got his style from.” Huge influence for sure.
Buckethead is in a class by himself.
@@cswal118 no there are plenty of B leaguers unless you mean weirdos who don KFC buckets...then yes he has no peers for that
@TheRockOracle everyone is entitled to their opinion Rock, and you are no exception.
I would say if you get the chance to see him live, go for it.
Try to get past the bucket and appreciate the music.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle B leaguers ,, Like Michael Schenker lol, no thats more like D
Zakk's whole persona just cracks me up. I'd never heard the guy talk when I first heard Book of Shadows. If you/d have told me this is how he talks, I wouldn't have believed it lol
Excellent list. Impossible however to make a top 10. There is Leslie West, Michael Schenker, Les Paul, Uli Roth, Alvin Lee, Robin Trower, Rick Derringer, Joe Satriani (To skip over him is sacrilege) Gary Moore, and many more
Joe Satriani (To skip over him is sacrilege) 100%
totally agree about Joe Satriani even more so since he was via's teacher and via said Satriani was better than himself. Paul Gilbert is great too as well as SRV.
Rory Gallagher
So many good players. Especially from the 80's. Schenker and Satriani for sure. Probably need a top 30 list to be fair.
Toy Dolls did a Beethoven tune that sounds like Primus. So many good ones.
Dime's guitar in Cemetery Gates completely hooked me!!!! I distinctly remember hearing that song at a party at my friend's apartment. It was 1991 I believe. I didn't know who it was and because the song was one of many played that night, I literally borrowed every cd my friend had played in order to figure out what band and guitarist that was!! And then I found Pantera and became obsessed!!! Saw them live 5 or 6 times. Had the honor and privilege of meeting Dime and Rex in 1995! They were part of the soundtrack of my 20's....😁
You really are a fortunate soul!!!
Lucky you! You picked the same one I did 🌈🙏🌈🙏Rest in power Dime & Vinny
Wow. Zack nailed it. His choices have such a broad variation of styles and he has an exquisit knowledge that underlies these choices.
jeff beck and zappa
Some pleasant surprises (Holdsworth, Di Meola), but a list without Jeff Beck is always able to be challenged
Everybody knows he was good, not many people can actually name a song. Dude did weird shit but wasn't very influential. I really hope that his death wont breed a bunch of weird Jeff Beck style players because it gets old after about 5 minutes to most players.
…and Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton….
@@massimobattaglioli6651 naw..man..most of those dudes were one dimensional..sorry..except for Jimmie..the others were just basic blues guys..all copies of BB..
@@PowertotheHIGHIQPeopleclearly you've never listened to blackmore. What a dumb comment.
Man Frank Marino was so awesome to see, he would tour around just playing in jazz clubs around the time of Juggernaut- all over Ontario. One club had a riser of maybe only six inches and I spent two hours listening to the better part of "IV" while he played three feet in front of me, I so looking forward to this, saying how crazy I was going to get, but I drank maybe two beers 'cause I was just so taken in. Just an incredible player.
I have to admit this is not at all what I expected when I clicked on this. What I just watched is a very thoughtful and extremely educated rundown. And for the most part I could not agree more Zakk!
Vai was a madman back in the 80’s especially when playing with Billy Sheehan chasing each other around the stage while playing incredible guitar and bass
I love that you gave some credit to Frank Marino! I was listening to him back in the day saying WTF? How is this guy not a legend already 🔥🔥🔥
Yes
His 'What's Next" album was an amazing piece of music!
Absolutely Dime on “Cemetary Gates” is one of my top 5 solo favorites. It was amazing. Zakk is great too!
Zakk is great, but he is not Rhoads. Who dwarfs Dimebag
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oraclejake e lee better than both 😮
@@j.jaguilar9770 Jake E Lee was arguably Ozzie’s best sounding guitarist. But even he is no Dimebag 🤘🏻
@@j.jaguilar9770no lmao
@@Yucopn musics subjective so that’s cool that you think that. lots of people could agree with you and lots could agree with me as well. no right or wrong 🤷🏽♀️
I get Tony Iommi and Sabbath being origins of Metal but the rhythm section was still pretty jazzy at times, which was cool. I think that Judas Priest Glenn Tipton & K K Downing deserve credit for being the first legitimate "Heavy Metal" band. Awesome vocals, harmonizing guitar solos, spikes and leather.
They aren't. The copied Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin.
SRV is always underrated and I would ALWAYS have Gilmore in my top 5.
How SRV didn't make this list feels almost criminal
no he's not he is an absolute B leaguer. could not do a rock ...
Not “underrated” by any means. The most OVERUSED term on YT is UNDERRATED.
@@spacejockey4746 overrated and underrated are hack terms..SRV is nowhere near underrated he is a B leaguer
Don't tell the noob the TheRockOracle that SRV is a freaking Legend
Didn't know what to expect from Zakk and d@mned well loved every minute of it! A well rounded and humble list and gotta love the fanboy tone! To throw his contemporaries on there (Dime, Yngwie and Vai) is high praise for all! But I also really loved seeing someone give Frank Marino props! It's a shame he doesn't get mentioned very often. That was a pleasant surprise!
Zakk mentions Frank Marino alot....one of his biggest influences...
I literally jumped up out of my seat with a "hell yeah THANK YOU" when he mentioned Frank.
@@warinsidemyhead11 Zakk must be a bit older than me. Never heard of Frank Marino until today. Going to explore that rabbit hole...
Randy Rhoads was and will always be my favorite guitar player of all time and the reason I started playing guitar. My favorite song he wrote is Diary Of A Madman. That song is absolutely mind blowing and I still tear up whenever I hear it. Every one of his solo’s are so different from one another but all are classics. I often wonder if his life wasn’t cut way to short at just 25 what other mind blowing music he would have wrote and produced. God Bless You Randy I know your in Heaven and I hope to meet you on the other side one day!
Hell Yea Randy Rhodes NEVER went CRAZY on the Tremelo bar like Zack. Boy that dude KILLED and Destroyed music with constant Tremelo dives. worse than a kamikaze piolet.
Same! My favorite of all time!
I love Randy as much as anybody and he's still a huge influence on my playing. But he definitely "borrowed" the chords from Diary from Leo Brouwer. I guess the story is Ozzy heard Randy practicing it and Ozzy said we're definitely using that. th-cam.com/video/36_X-bojjUY/w-d-xo.html
The fact that EVH's Bumblebee Strat is buried with Dimebag should tell you he was revered by the the greats. Terrible loss.
Nice list and informative. I'm so glad he named Frank Marino to his personal list. I definitely would have placed Marino on my own list along with Johnny Winter and Alex Lifeson. I'm surprised he didn't name Ritchie Blackmore and David Gilmour, or even Angus Young. 🙂🤘
Thanks for the heads up on these players.
My Top 11 which is more NY faves since I don't play is
1)Eddie Van Halen
2) Randy Rhodes
3) Alex Lifeson
4) Tony Imommi
5) Jake E Lee
6) Steve Vai
7) Pete Townsend
8) Angus Young
9) Prince
10) Iron Maiden lol. Hard to say which!
11) Billy Gibbons
Prince was rad. Never got respect he deserves as serious player
Half of your picks don't even belong there , so much better not listed.
If there's one person that doesn't have to introduce themself, it's Zakk Wylde.
No it’s Ozzy Osbourne
No it’s Papa Smurf.
I can say I got to see him in absolute prime. I’ve had all his stuff he’s put out from Ozzy to BLS to Pride and a bunch of other stuff. He’s a goofy fun kick ass guy all the way with killer amazing guitar skills!
@@Bleghhhh oh but of course!
Lord Iommi ! Thank you, and good night!
St. Rhoads, King Edward, St. Dime, Lord Iommi, Father Steve, Father Yngwie. I love the titles. ❤🔥
Hey Zakk, if your watching, I saw you on the generation axe tour in Oakland, and man you stole the show. I'm a big Vai fan and saw him last year and got to meet him - super nice guy, gracious, had time for the fans and I'll never forget that - it was surreal. But yeah, when you did the warpigs solo going through the audience, dude you owned the crowd amd gave us all a baddass memory. Thanks dude
at the Fox theater?
I know zakks influences so well I called at least 8 of these right off the bat. Surprised he didn't mention rory Gallagher or Albert Lee, 2 of his biggest influences
What a humble and great fella Zack is , Heck he for sure is on this list !
Zakk, I know you won't see this, but well done brotha! Articulate and concise...💚🎸
Hello Mr. Zakk... really enjoyed your guitarist list video. Thank you for having a spot on your list for my friend Frank Marino..... I speak to him once and a while and he's a genuine human being! Merci et bonne journée!
Great pics
Great list Zac. Nothing against the 3 jazz wizards you picked but I would've definitely included Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker. No doubt.
I thought Schenker would be in there for sure!
They may have been 12 13 😉
Jimmy. Michael Randy top 3
@@dsp-deansokollproject3885This bloke here is nothing but a boring shredder so what would he know.
Hey Zakk why not get a bunch of guitar friends together and do a tribute concert for Frank Marino. Many like him and have been influenced by Frank. Eric Gales , George Lynch , Paul Gilbert , Walter Trout , Vai and many more.
We love Zakk and he loves guitar, which make us love him even more
Met Vai last year and he was the Guitar idol I always thought he was. Fantastic man!
this is one of the best, well thought out and described top 11' ever. Kudos to Zakk Wylde for hitting the nail on the head with these choices.
We need to get some huge pressure on Ozzy & Sharon to get the FULL album Ozzy recorded with Steve Vai released before it's too late.
And release live footage of Randy. Some has been popping up but there has to be more.
Sharon and Ozzy were probably unable to bully Steve into signing off on his songwriting credits the way they bullied Jake. So they didn't see the record as a big enough potential moneymaker for them.
@@termsofusepolice Shiitteee... Not to dismiss Jake getting screwed by Sharon & Ozzy. But, what they did to Jake isn't even close to how much they f%cked Bob Daisley & Lee Kerslake. Until Bob & Lee finally took them to court & won their case 20 some years later. Especially Bob Daisley he wrote a lot of those Ozzy tunes for the majority of Ozzy's solo career. I agree though they really did a lot of those dudes dirty who played in Ozzy's band. ++Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul++
Holy Radar Batman!! I wanna hear that album myself!!!!!
How exactly does one go about pressuring Oz, hmmm ?
It's cool to hear what others like and find another awesome player to ad to my already large catalog of killer players.
Great list so glad Zak mentioned the fusion guys & Frank Marino. Nobody mentions these guys. I’d also have to put Robin Trower in there.
Iommi is the riff king and the originator of metal 🤘🙂
Jimmy Page
@@bobbymcfee2974 NO the attitude and the image with the heavy riffs makes it metal. It not just a certain tempo or down tuning so it’s Sabbath and it’s the combo of Iommi and geezer
Nah, Blackmore is the riff king!
Iommi's vibrato sounds like a dead cow, he's good for rhythm, lead is a different story
@@juiceman8108I always get flack when I say that, glad I'm not the only one
Great list... Saw Steve Vai, in November. He played his 3 necked HYDRA guitar / base unbelievable.
It's hard to choose just 11 guitarists...there are so many great guitarists in the world. solid list Zakk.
You forgot one... Ritchie Blackmore Great list!!
So many greats
I might even add Zappa in there, great list!
Well that's a good list, but you sir are a humble man with your own amazing skills and techniques. Recently had the privilege and honor of seeing you in Boise . Mad respect . Peace and love
Nice analogy about the bottom of the box of Cracker Jacks and Eddie. Always great to hear what a great guitarist thinks about other great guitarists.
SRV, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons, Roy Clark, Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Awesome list! Love Zakk’s playing and his comments too! I’d personally find room for Blackmore and Beck but hard to argue with these. Oh and Schenker! And Roth, Lukather on and on. And this dude named Wylde! Man, it’s tough to stop at 11
But why not just make 10 louder?
He got yngwie as 10,but no Blackmore?. You can go to any reputable classical guitar school in London or New York and plug any good graduate into a wall of Marshalls and sound no different from Yngwie.Come on..
@@Cletus-Beauregard1 I agree man. Blackmore was so creative and technically great but also so accessible and memorable. Much much better songs.
god bless you Tony Iommi... love your tone, your solid carreer... creative, innovative, prog, all balanced!
Speaking as a metalhead, I appreciate Allan Holdsworth. Al DiMeola is in that category as well.
I forgot Zakks influence and longevity is very significant. This video was eye opening. Thank you for this
I agree with the comment below regarding Alex Lifeson. He's so underrated. What was curious to me about his choices is that he omitted Joe Satriani who was Steve Vai's sensei.
I thought the same thing! Vai, but no Satriani?? Makes NO sense!
Agreed, I'd have chosen Joe Satriani... Far more versatile & artistic.
Great list! Not enough people mention Mahavishnu John McLaughlin in my opinion.
Mahavishnu was the greatest in my opinion
Or Holdsworth
Mahavishnu, Holdsworth, and Robert Fripp are too advanced for the masses to appreciate. Maybe next year...
Disappointed that there was no mention of Ritchie Blackmore, who obviously preceded Yngwie and was a huge influence on him. Also wrote some of the most iconic riffs in history...
Yeah absolutely! He’s a warlock so people diss him
Agree, deep purple was creating metal at the same time as sabbath, and I think that's the issue. Being overshadowed by sabbath
Whilst I love deep purple, they always struck me more in the led zep brand of rock rather than the heaviness of Sabbath... child in time, amazing, but a more prog rock sound
Uli Jon Roth did it better even than Richie. In my list they are both there.
@@armaggedonsblade
Yeah, Yngwie ripped off quite a few Uli licks (especially from Catch Your Train) and just sped them up to twice the speed.
Every player on this list deserves to be there. All have given something brilliant to the art. Thanks Sir Zakk.
WHERE is Zakk in the list?!?!?!? You are my favourite, the tone, the agression, song writing, the looks and YOUR guitar! OMG!!! Still killing it! 😆🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Zakk is incredible, my favorite Jimmy Page song is The Rain Song. Flawless!
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Satriani, David Gilmore, Hendrix, and the new blood: everyone needs to check out Max Newman of the Main Squeeze. Kid is insane!!!
A shame to have to get this far down the comments section to finally see SRV mentioned. More talented than all of them. No list should ever leave SRV out, if not just put him at the top of every list and call it a day.
@@mikefogal8225 Exactly....I mean there are just not that many people who can play behind their back and play well .
Hendrix. Page. Srv. Clapton. George lynch. Satch. Eric Johnson. Randy Rhoads. Eddie van Halen. Ritchie Blackmore. . Just to name a few. 😎👍💪💯🎸🎸
So many greats...Steve Morse and Paco de Lucia come to mind
yeah Steve Morse should be on there over Marino or DD
I saw Steve play duets with Paco once when he opened for the trio (JM, AD and PDL)
@@chrischoir3594 Yes
Paco de Lucia was definitely a musical genius!!! Thanks for acknowledging that.
Jeff Beck too
Nice picks Zakk. It should have probably been titled "Greatest 11 Electric Guitar Players ever" , since he's really not including acoustic players. Its hard deciding when there are so many gifted artists to choose from. Some of my favorites are Nuno Betancourt, Mark Knopfler, John Petrucci, Buckethead, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Marty Friedman.
DiMeola plays acoustic
Knopfler. He was my first hero on the six string. Subconsciously. My parents played Dire Straits constantly in my first 6 years of life. And I swear his beautiful sense of melody and playing the RIGHT notes is in my soul. It's not about fast. It's about the song.
Phenomenal choices and explanations for each! Agreed! Thank you for the overview and introductions to the greats! Obviously you wouldn’t say it because you are the presenter, so I’ll be happy to step in and say it like it is and that’s that you, Mr Zack Wylde, are on this list! You bet! You guitar playing is aggressive and unique only to you, in a way that’s on par with the rest, so thank you for your rich history in metal and guitar playing ( and performance, and thanks again for this rundown! God Bless and God Speed in you endeavors into the future!
Great to hear Zakk say it #1 Jimmy Page. Who I've said since '70. Zakk's a killer guitar player, and it takes one to know one. So am I. I know what Zakk means about the No Quarter solo on TSRTS live album. I have all 3 nights live at MSG '73, and there all great. Thanx
LedHed Steven 🎸 🎹 🎸
Yessir! Jimmy Page isn't the fastest player, he isn't the most technical player, he is just the tastiest player! Coolest riffs, tones and solos IVE EVER HEARD! Hearing Page play makes me feel like the coolest son of a bitch on the planet! Sonic heaven all over Zep's catalog!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
So glad you included the most overlooked guitarist of all time, Frank Marino. But no Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, Uli John Roth, Michael Shenker, or the Maestro, Ritchie Blackmore?
We need to take a moment and add Zakk Wylde himself to the list
Great job Zakk. Your picks were bang on brother! Cheers from Canada. Frank Marino for sure and Honarable mentions to Alex Leifson and Mark Knofler
Fresh to see the reality of how humble guitar greats such as Zakk are, to give praise and admiration to their idols including other guitarists that inspired them and inspire them to push
Zakk learned from Rhoads...indirectly, you praise everyone, never be petty and appreciate people who play the instrument Rhoads was that in his interviews and that guitar seminar
I can’t believe that you included Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin and Al Dimeola in this list. The first concert I ever saw was the Mahavishnu Orchestra and every member was an incredible musician. Billy Cobham is perhaps the best drummer ever. I am disappointed that you didn’t include Django Reinhart , Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan or David Gilmour though.