I'm curious of your opinions as guitarists on this...
My son is a big fan of Linkin Park, so I recorded their concert at Madison Square Garden that was on Fuse TV last night....
They're one of the few rock bands that I can listen to in the last 25 years, although I can't stand the rap.... "In The End" is a really good song, the singer has a good rock voice IMO.... There are a few other good songs as well....
But as I watched about half of the show, I just couldn't get over the simplistic chords that they just played over and over.... Now admittedly, I'm not a guitarist, but I've been listening and watching rock guitar for many, many moons, and I know when someone is a good or outstanding guitarist and when someone is simply average.....
And I just kept thinking to myself, "these guys couldn't exist in the '70's".... You simply didn't make it back then by constantly playing melodies that a RHYTHM guitarist should be playing, not a LEAD guitarist....
Your thoughts ??
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