What's the best three-guitar band?

[UGS]

I'm going with Lynyrd Skynyrd on this one, but Iron Maiden would be up there too.

[academic punk]

Skynard, period.

[nosuchluck]

McLaughlin, Dimeola, de Lucia.

[Soul Reaper]

Iron Maiden. That's the only one I can think of at the moment.

[Soul Reaper]

Did The Eagles have three guitars?

[Mr Badguy]

Well, I think that about covers them all.

I`ll go for Skynryd as I prefer Maiden with two guitars.

[nosuchluck]

the Steve Vai band. love 'em or hate 'em, they play some wicked stuff...

[Soul Reaper]

I was about to say Vai's band but I don't like them as much as Maiden.

Although, yes, Vai's band do play some wicked stuff.

[Soul Reaper]

http://blogs.ipona.com/images/blogs_ipona_com/davids/20/r_2004.06.25%20-%20G3%20007.jpg

Tony MacAlpine rules!
Dave Weiner is pretty good.

Do you prefer Vai or MacAlpine?

[nosuchluck]

Mike Keneally :D

[Soul Reaper]

Oh yeah, I forgot about him.

Yes, Keneally rules!

http://www.united-mutations.com/k/mikekeneally.jpg

[Hardrock69]

Iron Maiden.

[academic punk]

Lindsey Buckingham toured with I think some crazy number like nine guitars in an eighteeen piece band.

The Stones, over the years, Jagger has been playing with Richards and Wood more and more on record and on stage.

Fuck, even REM toured with two additional guitarists to Buck (who would also alternate onto keyboards) on the Monster tour. Which is one of the reasons it kind of sucked.

[loss of fools]

maiden

[fe_lung]

Radiohead

[BrownSound1]

I don't think Maiden should count because they didn't start off as a 3 guitar band.

[Big Troubles]

i dunno. SlipKnot? They have like 12 dont they? :D

[FORD]

Originally posted by academic punk

The Stones, over the years, Jagger has been playing with Richards and Wood more and more on record and on stage.


And in their Kansas City show on the 1981 tour, Mick Taylor actually came back to the band for that night, which technically made them a 4 guitar band.

The name of the bootleg for that show, appropriately enough is "Guitar Onslaught". Though as Mick Taylor boots go, it's a bit disappointing. I suspect they didn't have much rehearsal time so there was some confusion as to who was gonna play what parts. Usually it works, but it ain't "Brussels Affair Vol. 2" by any stretch of the imagination.

As far as a permanent triple guitar attack, nobody pulled it off better than the original Lynyrd Skynyrd. I've got a boot from their 75 tour in the brief period after Ed King left, but before Steven Gaines joined up, so it's just Rossington & Collins playing. You can easily tell that something's missing :(

[ALinChainz]

Boston ... kinda.

[rustoffa]

Gotta go with Skynyrd.

[ULTRAMAN VH]

Lynyrd Skynyrd, I think Boston had a triple guitar attack also.

[BrownSound1]

Boston was mainly two leads plus an acoustic...sure that's three guitars, but I dunno if can call it an "attack." LOL

[Chaz Rock City]

One of the early line-ups of Iron Maiden had 3 guitarists.

[Steve Savicki]

Boston or Skynyrd

[scottd1984]

Skynyrd

[Soul Reaper]

John McClaughlin, Al DeMeola and Paco De Lucia

[Last_Child]

uhm...Skynyrd..Since I haven't heard much Iron Maiden stuff...

[tydhurst]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
http://blogs.ipona.com/images/blogs_ipona_com/davids/20/r_2004.06.25%20-%20G3%20007.jpg


Dave Weiner is pretty good.


Haha, A person named Wiener!!

[tydhurst]

I wasn;t aware there were bands other than Synyrd that had 3 guitarists!

[Panamark]

Originally posted by tydhurst
I wasn;t aware there were bands other than Synyrd that had 3 guitarists!

Yeah, Im having a hard time thinking of others too !

[kentuckyklira]

Leatherwolf!

[SweetSecrets]

Originally posted by Panamark
Yeah, Im having a hard time thinking of others too !

Baby Animals

[Casemeister]

Skynyrd. They did it so freakin' well.