John Frusciante “greatest guitarist of the past 30 years”
Red Hot Chili Peppers star John Frusciante has been voted the greatest guitarist of the past 30 years.
Runner-up in the list of post-punk axe heroes was British-born Slash of US rock giants Guns N’Roses.
More than 30,000 listeners to threatened BBC radio station 6Music voted from a choice of 40 top strummers.
6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny said: “Frusciante’s range, from minimalist melody lines, through choppy Hendrixian chord voicings, all the way up to eleven with wailing metal-tinged blues, gives him the edge.”
The top 10 were;
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Slash (Guns N’Roses)
- Matt Bellamy (Muse)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- Prince
- Jack White (White Stripes)
- Peter Buck (REM)
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/
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