Which rock guitarists had as much as Eddie Van Halen after the VH explosion?

[Rebel]

Five stars for you guys, if you dig some P&G, ya'll alright in my book. Not a bad track on there.

[ELVIS]

Killer!

[badhorsie]

I absolutely agree about Yngwie .(im a HUGE fan of yngwie , ive seen him a bunch of times live and own ALL his albums) He definitely changed the way the guitar is played and approached.

But i dont think he's regarded as highly as Hendrix or EVH.

[nosuchluck]

Originally posted by Terry

Where Malmsteen would have ended up without Blackmore (let's face it, Yngwie knicked more than just a little from Ritchie) is another question............

hmm..i always thought that Yngwie borrowed from Blackmore more in terms of image and things like that. As far as his playing goes, i think he borrowed quite a bit from Uli Jon Roth.

[Panamark]

To all those that dont even mention Randy Rhoads....

Shame Shame Shame !

[WACF]

Good point.

Randy deserves a solid nod.

[scottydabodi]

Originally posted by nosuchluck
hmm..i always thought that Yngwie borrowed from Blackmore more in terms of image and things like that. As far as his playing goes, i think he borrowed quite a bit from Uli Jon Roth.

Thank God someone remembers Uli aside from me... Yngwie sounds like a Uli Jon wannabe to me. Uli's double cd with the orchestra is pretty fuckin' awesome! What a great player...

[dave_is_vh]

Uli fucking rocks. If he could play fast as clean as Yngwie does, Uli would be better than Yngwie. Prologue to the Symphonic legends is definitely one of my top 10 CDs.

[HELLVIS]

Originally posted by Panamark
To all those that dont even mention Randy Rhoads....

Shame Shame Shame !

Hey, Randy is my fave metal/hard rock guitarist, but this thread is about who has had influence like Eddie VH after the Van Halen explosion. Randy was during. And unfortunately, his time was too damn short. We can only guess that he had hardly scratched the surface.

[SNIPER]

Do know Randy Rhoads was gay? Was banging Bill Icion, Kiss and my ex manager.

[Rikk]

Originally posted by SNIPER
Do know Randy Rhoads was gay? Was banging Bill Icion, Kiss and my ex manager.

DIAPER, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET BACK IN THE FUCKING PEN!!

GUWAPO and MERLE are waiting for you...

[HELLVIS]

I don't care if he was banging you. We're talking about guitarists' influence, not their sexual exploits. I'm afraid you have chosen the wrong forum if you want to talk about gay love.

If that is the topic you wish to discuss, type "GAY" in the search box at the top of your screen. Good luck!

[ELVIS]

Even if this were true, who gives a crap ??

[ELVIS]

BTW, Randy had a girlfriend at the time of his death...

[scottydabodi]

Originally posted by dave_is_vh
Uli fucking rocks. If he could play fast as clean as Yngwie does, Uli would be better than Yngwie. Prologue to the Symphonic legends is definitely one of my top 10 CDs.

He's just as clean, but not QUITE as fast, but his fuckin' TONE is just unreal... I like Uli better than Yngwie, even though YJM is faster, I find Uli to be more listenable. Not that I don't like YJM, I LOVE Yngwie... I've been playing Malmsteen riffs goin on 21 years now, but Uli really has a killer style... Apples and Oranges, huh?