LoxleySeptember 15, 2010 in Effects and Processors. SIGNATURE MOVE: Auditorily, San Francisco political punks Dead Kennedys paralleled no other band. While early Stones is incredible, and Brian Jones had a wonderful genius for playing, well, for playing things that werent guitars (sitar, dulcimer, and so on), the band Pearl Jam (Mike McCready & Stone Gossard) And, as stated in the intro, this is a list of SOME great 2 guitar bandsnot ALL great 2 guitar bands. Los Straitjackets? Guitarist, is especially adept, spewing volleys of 16th notes like some people yawn. BA1 1UA. He accomplished all this with a Gibson Les Paul Custom originally belonging to the Dolls, And The Wailers. Man (Micky Jones & Deke Leonard) He combined the, school of bent-note lead guitar with the filthy raunch of, tonsorial and sartorial cues). Buy some CDs, or download the MP3s or add it to your phone or the chip in your head or whatever it is you kids do to get music these days. s metallic sludge, then blasted on a Plexiglas guitar through a solid state PA head, and you get the harsh, discordant battering ram that was Ginn. Most likely they looked like this (http://www.likeadesertprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/a1967-warhol-velvet-underground.jpg) in 1967, not a group of bright, young, dapper garage band men. shoulda been mentioned as well as Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Beatles, And if youre into heavy bands The Sword has some nice double barrell Sabbathy riffage. Regardless its good to see these pee-pod guitarists get some heartfelt recognition. For a couple of minutes there I thought I was in the twilight zone or another dimensionuntil someone finally mentioned the Allman Brothers Band(Sigh of relief)there is still intelligant life on earth. The last, reunion Television album is mind boggling and criminally overlooked by modern guitar players. But, remember, PAY the artist for it! eeeeeeeee..theyre every bit as good as dickey and duane .. and how about some of the other southern rock bands ?? Webpunk bands with two guitarists punk bands with two guitarists Rubriky. And Televisionbut you missed out on one of the greatest twin guitar bandsThe Church. 20 of punks greatest guitar players. Hey there, cool article, but I just thought I should mention that that photograph is most definitely not of the Velvet Underground. King Crimson mkIII (Bob Fripp & Adrian Belew). Punk guitar solos, like punk songs, have to walk a fine line: they need to be melodic and simple without being cheesy, and they need to have teeth. Original six-string Stooge Ron Asheton learned on the job and reduced rock guitar to a series of drones blasted through what sounded like The Worlds Biggest Fuzz Box. All great bands (well, except for Judas Priest :)but, as stated in the intro, the article isnt mean to cover bands that do the traditional rhythm/lead breakdown.as great as the Clash are, for instance (my vote for my favorite punk band) Jones played almost ALL the leads and Strummer played the rhythm partsthey didnt weave 2 guitars the way the bands mentioned did. That two-note, bent-string lead-fest on "Bad Reputation" is all Jett, according to manager/musical partner Kenny Laguna. The sound that comes to mind is Bloc Party. There was still room for Stinsons gonzo yet melodic guitar work. Pete Kourim (bass / lead vocals) Scott Ozark (guitar / back-up vocals) Brian Czarnik (drums) vocals) Brad McMahon (guitar) Oblivion (stylized as ObLiViOn) was a punk rock group from the Chicago area. I believe you could also think of the Pretenders as a two guitar plus bass band. BEST HEARD ON: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. This influenced a generation of young Brits. SIGNATURE MOVE: Bob Mould manages to crunch and jangle, often at the same time. The members include Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals and guitar), Mike Dirnt (ba Sure, he had forebears. I was posting the new articles last night, and I decided to add a few pictures. soungarden's "superunknown" album had a lot of guitar layering kinda the same as what you're looking for. Sounds like he's just making stuff up as he goes along. Serving as inspiration for some of the most well-known and loved rock and metal bands of all time such as Nirvana, Metallica, Foo Fighters, and Nine Inch Nails, Killing Joke emerged from the post punk, industrial and gothic rock scenes and became one of the faces for the genres as a whole. There is nothing quite a great two-guitar rock and roll band. This plus The Cure, Interpol, Bloc Party, etc. BEST HEARD ON: Sonic Reducer - Best Of Dead Boys. I simply cannot believe that no one mentioned Thin Lizzy some of the best dual guitar riffs out there. Trouble (Bruce Franklin & Rick Wartell) Kramer was nominally the lead guitarist, but he and Smith locked into contrapuntal flights of fretboard fancy aimed for the stratosphere. The Fugazi guitarists inspired one of most dedicated fanbases in the world. WebHaving two guitarists means a lot more than just a wild stream of noise on stage. Also have to agree with the earlier post about The Allman Brothers, during their Duane Allman/Dickie Betts period. I know the article is about rock bands, but I gotta tell all the rockers to check out the dual guitar work on any of Fela Kutis albums The Nigerian wizard took his cues from james brown era funk, and the two guitars are just sublime! By this, I dont mean just any band where one guitar strums rhythm, while another player does the lead, but a band where the two guitars work together so symbiotically, they become almost a single great instrument in the band. Her tone was the dirtiest and widest heard in forever. Please enjoy our custom playlist as you read about what makes all these six-stringers unique. No, Im talking here about bands where the two guitars are so intertwined, so filled with communication that the players seem to be operating on a telepathic level when playing. 8. Judas Priest is also one of the great two-guitar rock bands. I cant stand idiots who glorify punk rock and talk about how much greater it is than music made by real musicians who can really play their instruments. Noodles' NDM5 is his latest in a line Sparks especially stood out, with her inside-out blues licks and melodic sense, and for consistently employing the thickest, loudest fuzzbox this side of Ron Ashetons. SIGNATURE MOVE: All rock n roll from the '60s, going into the '70s, was based on Chuck Berry, at the exclusion of any other influence, Cramps leader/guitarist Poison Ivy told Guitar World. The same goes for AC/DCa fine bandbut not one that falls into the category I define in the introduction. Talking Heads were so experimental there was barely a sound they didnt try, starting new wave in the process. Perfect for solos like American Idiot. WebFrontman. Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton of the original Alice Cooper band for sure fit the criteria you established. Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper wove a wonderful electric guitar tapestry together. They were not only the earliest of thrash outfits, but they were likely the best musicians to tackle the form. Is there a way around this? Especially if one you plays the main rhythm and the other just adds stuff that maybe isn't that noticeable, but still fits in and fills out the songs. how could you leave out the Allman Brothers Band? A large part of Dead Boys sonic signature was Cheetah Chromes intense fretwork. AwesomeOne theme by Flythemes. So, they were left off as a taste issue. So much great music by these guys. GnR (the Slash/Izzy era) Please enjoy our custom playlist as you read about what makes all these six She is truly an unsung guitar hero. Equally a hero to the metal and industrial genres, Geordie gave Killing Joke haunting arpeggios and remains a cult figure. They were not only the earliest of thrash outfits, but they were likely the best musicians to tackle the form. I want a prize! Or listen to the Pixies. SIGNATURE MOVE: Billie Joe Armstrong contributed a lot to the art of punk guitar. Try listening to F.U.B.B., a totally instrumental cut on Theres the Rub, another truly great guitar alubum. Great list. Two, half the personnel were women. Check out their record, "epitaph" for enlightenment.Obscura - same as what I said about necrophagist two of the dudes from the old necro lineup joined this band recently.But to me, it sounds like you're asking if there are bands with two guitarists and that play together effectively, but not necessarily "lead". Alice Cooper (Glen Buxton & Mike Bruce) Or Broken Social Scene? why even limit yourself to the term post-punk? Thanks. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Television and Sonic Youth have both done pretty well with two guitars. an inexperienced youth. Take Oasis for example. in 1970 at the height of their powers they were almost untouchable ..or eric clapton and duane allman on the derek and the dominos album ?? He twisted the innovations of Thunders and Williamson into something sick and dangerous, crossed with something of the proto-metal charm of someone like Coopers, contributed a lot to the art of punk guitar. !We could have been like MUSE but we were not total pussies, so.. Xavior "Soylent" G. says:We could have been like MUSE but we were not total pussies, so..-----------------------------------------------------------------------Yeah, I'm sure Matt Bellamy's got nothing on you. The heady mix of. However, thats clearly not the VU in the bottom photo. a young ruffian; hoodlum. And while singer/guitarist. Ditto on the Allman Bros sentiment. Sparks and Gardner both just seemed to want to outdo everyone, dead or alive, on noisy, messy guitar sounds. Guitarists are especially under scrutiny. 11. I just switched them out. Hey Chris. god i love music :-). One, they owed as much to 70s Camaro rock as to classic punk. Can anything good come out of this? He combined the Chuck Berry school of bent-note lead guitar with the filthy raunch of Keith Richards (as well as a few of histonsorial and sartorial cues). Even shred god Paul Gilbert described him as one of the best guitarists in the world for his blistering downpicking, and his mastery of palm-muting and powerchord riffing rivals even thrash-metal giant James Hetfield. The fringe-jazzy, Televisionesque guitar work on The Las Vegas Story comes to mind, as well as the more lush sounding stuff they did on Pastoral Hide And Seek. This American Rasta was like one of the earliest metal guitarists working within a punk format. A short starter-list of great two-guitar bands. But both guitarists . Are two guitars at once in a post-punk band really that contradictory? Attacking the strings at about 30 degrees gives Billie an aggressive tone and reduces resistance so he can play faster. Johnny Thunders might be the definitive punk-rock guitarist. The only essential member was visionary founder Greg Ginn. And he wants to pretty much drop all the music we had written, performed and recorded over the last four years to start from scratch. Listen to "Banquet" and the way they split the riff between the two players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. word. I never meant to suggest here are all the great two-guitar bands. But what Ray ultimately brought to punk was the Echoplex. Anyway ive gone off on a tangent. Theres nothing quite like it (for the player or audience) when two guitars really have that going on. No fancy studio effects either, just primitive fuzz-tones and reverb. All rights reserved. Guitarists are especially under scrutiny. But shes also a capable lead guitarist. Listen to Television and tell me two guitars can't work in a post-punk setting. is possibly the most impressive. And maybe have some individual ideas, as well. If you wanted to attach punk to it, its not a fast track; its laid-back, almost like Booker T & The MGs. There was also Kramers idea of playing the amp, cranking it so loud that overtones spill all over the place. WebWhen there are two guitarists, usually one will be assigned the lead sections, and the other the rhythm sections. Hed clearly learned a thing or two from 70s metal, but left the parts he didn't like on the cutting-room floor. 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