best led zep guitar solo

[TerrySilver 0]

all i'm saying is the best guitar solo in any led zep song is in Achilles Last Stand. prove me wrong.

 

 

discuss.

[SUXBNME 1,503]

all i'm saying is the best guitar solo in any led zep song is in Achilles Last Stand. prove me wrong.

discuss.

 

 

You're wrong...There...I proved it..

 

Don't mess with the bull, son..etc..etc

[BiPolarBear 485]

Whole Lotta Love!

[TimmySmith 2,782]

"In My Time Of Dying"

 

Which also happens to be the greatest drumming song ever, how Bonham's calves didn't explode I'll never know.

[kutulu 1,677]

all i'm saying is the best guitar solo in any led zep song is in Achilles Last Stand. prove me wrong.

 

 

100 Best Guitar Solos

 

1. Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

2. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

3. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

4. Freebird - Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

5. Maggot Brain - Edie Hazel (Funkadelic)

6. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan

7. Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

8. Highway Star - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)

9. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck

10. Hotel California - Don Felder/Joe Walsh (Eagles)

11. Mr Crowley - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

12. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

13. Time - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

14. Layla - Eric Clapton/Duane Allman (Derek & The Dominos)

15. Sweet Child O' Mine - Slash (Guns N Roses)

16. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson

17. Nottingham Lace - Buckethead

18. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

19. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix

20. November Rain - Slash (Guns N Roses)

21. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

22. Blue Sky - Duane Allman/Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

23. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani

24. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young

25. Lazy - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)

26. Crazy Train - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

27. White Room - Eric Clapton (Cream)

28. Sultans Of Swing - Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)

29. One - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

30. No More Tears - Zakk Wylde (Ozzy)

31. Since I've Been Loving You - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

32. Floods - Dimebag Darrel (Pantera)

33. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

34. Atom Heart Mother - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

35. Red House - Jimi Hendrix

36. Big Sur Moon - Buckethead

37. The Rocker - Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)

38. Those Were The Days - Eric Clapton (Cream)

39. Bohemian Rhapsody - Brian May (Queen)

40. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Eric Clapton (The Beatles)

41. Fade To Black - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

42. Dream - John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)

43. Sound Chaser - Steve Howe (Yes)

44. Alive - Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)

45. Mood For A Day - Steve Howe (Yes)

46. Aqualung - Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

47. Stone In Love - Neal Schon (Journey)

48. Child In Time - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)

49. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young

50. Dreams - Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)

51. Southern Man - Neil Young

52. Over The Mountain - Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)

53. Money - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

54. Killer Queen - Brian May (Queen)

55. Two Minutes To Midnight - D. Murray/A. Smith (Iron Maiden)

56. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad - D. Allman/E. Clapton (Derek & The Dominos)

57. Kid Charlemagne - Larry Carlton (Steely Dan)

58. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani

59. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan

60. Too Many Humans - Buckethead

61. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

62. Under A Glass Moon - John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

63. Desert Rose - Eric Johnson

64. Dazed And Confused - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

65. Tender Surrender - Steve Vai

66. Still In Love With You - Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)

67. Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix

68. Don't Keep Me Wondering - Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)

69. Ramblin' Man - Dicky Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

70. Always With Me Always With You - Joe Satriani

71. Tale Of Brave Ulysses - Eric Clapton (Cream)

72. You Really Got Me - Dave Davies (The Kinks)

73. Stranger In A Strange Land - Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)

74. 25 Or 6 To 4 - Terry Kath (Chicago)

75. Devil Takes The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth

76. Have A Cigar - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

77. Super Stupid - Edie Hazel (Funkadelic)

78. Trademark - Eric Johnson

79. La Villa Strangiato - Alex Lifeson (Rush)

80. Bulls On Parade - Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)

81. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

82. Beyond The Realms Of Death - Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)

83. Unrestrained Growth - Buckethead

84. Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen

85. Miserlou - ###### Dale

86. Brighton Rock - Brian May (Queen)

87. Dogs - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

88. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King

89. Master Of Puppets - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

90. Beat It - Eddie Van Halen (Michael Jackson)

91. Sow Thistle - Buckethead

92. Whipping Post - Duane Allman/Dicky Betts (Allman Brothers Band)

93. The Way It Has To Be - Shawn Lane

94. 21st Century Schizoid Man - Robert Fripp (King Crimson)

95. War Pigs - Toni Iommi (Black Sabbath)

96. Dreams - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

97. Padmasana - Buckethead

98. Whole Lotta Love - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

99. Working Man - Alex Lifeson (Rush)

100. Love Is The Law - John Squire (Seahorses)

 

5 Page solos on the top 100 list and Achilles still not on it.

[Juniper 0]

61. Heartbreaker - Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

 

Alot of the fanfare for specific Page solos have to do with how familiar people are with the song itself. A selection included on a more popular album doesn't hurt, either. I remember during the '70's that Stairway To Heaven was the most requested radio song. That status may have changed by now, but the fact that it was never released as a single not only boosted the sales of Led Zeppelin IV (...Untitled, Zoso, Four Symbols, Runes, Sticks...whatever the fvck you want to call it); it added something to the mythical aspects of the song. It's sheet music is the biggest seller in history.

 

Since I've Been Loving You was a watershed song for the group, as was the album Led Zeppelin III, because they started to incorporate more folk and blues elements into the music. Although the album isn't their stunning debut, the pop friendly II or classic IV; III nonetheless finds the band riding the crest of their early '70's creativity when they were willing to experiment without sounding portentous.

 

I like all of the guitar work on Heartbreaker because although Page is performing each segment; he sounds like four different guitarists at once. Whole Lotta Love is close to what random fans might consider a "typical" Page solo. Dazed And Confused took on a life of it's own in concert with it's half hour length and Page's bow work. But all five of the solos on that list are from the band's first 4 albums.

 

Presence is a charming enough album for hardcore Led Zeppelin followers; but it's not the best place to start for the casual fan, critics interested in the band's music or people compiling lists of the greatest guitar solos ever. Page's playing and production was hampered by his drug useage, Plant recorded the album while in a wheelchair following his car crash, there's none of the acoustic guitar work or John Paul Jones' keyboard flourishes from prior albums, several of the songs go on way too long and the general mood sounds sparse and uninspired. That didn't stop the album from going to #1; but I'd bet it's the fan's least popular album besides In Through The Out Door.

[Rusty Syringes 478]

I've always liked the Communication Breakdown solo. It sounds on the brink of being out of control the whole time.

 

An oddball solo I really like is the one in "Hots On For Nowhere" off "Presence."

[D_House 0]

i dunno about solo, but best song is clearly "when the levee breaks"

 

[WahooJim 4]

all i'm saying is the best guitar solo in any led zep song is in Achilles Last Stand. prove me wrong.

discuss.

 

You state an unequivocal fact. Or at least I completely agree with you. Also happens to be my favorite song ever. Totally lost among all the other Zep classics, but an absolute work of art.

[kutulu 1,677]

You state an unequivocal fact. Or at least I completely agree with you. Also happens to be my favorite song ever. Totally lost among all the other Zep classics, but an absolute work of art.

 

I won this thread.

[WahooJim 4]

I won this thread.

 

Please elucidate.

[kutulu 1,677]

Please elucidate.

 

No way, Freak!

[TerrySilver 0]

You state an unequivocal fact. Or at least I completely agree with you. Also happens to be my favorite song ever. Totally lost among all the other Zep classics, but an absolute work of art.

 

 

1. achilles last stand

2. in my time of dying

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. everything else

[BiPolarBear 485]

Is this Buckethead person the clown that had the column in Guitar Player Magazine? Is he really that good to be in the top 100 so many times? Just asking.

[IAMWood 6]

Gallows Pole.

 

[Jeff Garcia 8]

Pink Floyd.

[zmanzzzz 1]

st. stephen

[kutulu 1,677]

Is this Buckethead person the clown that had the column in Guitar Player Magazine? Is he really that good to be in the top 100 so many times? Just asking.

 

 

Buckethead is the stage name of Brian Carroll, an avant-garde guitarist and minimalistic composer. Although multi-instrumental, he is most trademarked for his virtuosic guitar-playing, characterized by a blinding fretwork speed and idiosyncratic lead lines. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborative albums with Les Claypool, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, and System of a Down's Serj Tankian. His numerous limited-release albums cover and blend many different musical genres. His stage name and persona comes from an upside-down KFC paper bucket which he wears on his head during performances along with a Japanese Kabuki mask; his biography claims that he was raised by chickens.

 

In an interview with Revolver, Ozzy Osbourne stated that he had offered to have Buckethead play guitar in his band at Ozzfest. Ozzy quickly changed his mind after meeting with him when Buckethead refused to go on stage without a disguise:

 

"I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me but only if he got rid of the ###### bucket. So I came back a bit later and he's wearing this green ###### Martian's-hat thing! I said, 'Look, just be yourself'. He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother'. So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum then!'. I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing ###### mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up'? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a motherfucker!"

 

 

Buckethead was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004.

[SUXBNME 1,503]

Buckethead is the stage name of Brian Carroll, an avant-garde guitarist and minimalistic composer. Although multi-instrumental, he is most trademarked for his virtuosic guitar-playing, characterized by a blinding fretwork speed and idiosyncratic lead lines. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborative albums with Les Claypool, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, and System of a Down's Serj Tankian. His numerous limited-release albums cover and blend many different musical genres. His stage name and persona comes from an upside-down KFC paper bucket which he wears on his head during performances along with a Japanese Kabuki mask; his biography claims that he was raised by chickens.

 

In an interview with Revolver, Ozzy Osbourne stated that he had offered to have Buckethead play guitar in his band at Ozzfest. Ozzy quickly changed his mind after meeting with him when Buckethead refused to go on stage without a disguise:

 

"I tried out that Buckethead guy. I met with him and asked him to work with me but only if he got rid of the ###### bucket. So I came back a bit later and he's wearing this green ###### Martian's-hat thing! I said, 'Look, just be yourself'. He told me his name was Brian, so I said that's what I'd call him. He says, 'No one calls me Brian except my mother'. So I said, 'Pretend I'm your mum then!'. I haven't even got out of the room and I'm already playing ###### mind games with the guy. What happens if one day he's gone and there's a note saying, 'I've been beamed up'? Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a motherfucker!"

Buckethead was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004.

 

who cares who cares

[kutulu 1,677]

who cares who cares

 

 

Buckethead

 

Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Giant Robot (Demo Tape) 1991 Self Released 
Bucketheadland Blueprints 1991 Toystore 
Bucketheadland 1992 Avant 
Giant Robot 1994 Avant 
Day Of The Robot April 30, 1996 Subharmonic 
Colma March 24, 1998 CyberOctave 
Monsters and Robots April 20, 1999 Higher Octave 
KFC Skin Piles 2001 Battle Breaks Hip Hop 
Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse June 5, 2001 Stray 
Funnel Weaver January 1, 2002 ION 
Bermuda Triangle July 23, 2002 Catalyst 
Electric Tears October 8, 2002 Meta 
Bucketheadland, Vol. 2 October 14, 2003 ION 
Island of Lost Minds March 19, 2004 Bucketheadland Parks 
Population Override March 30, 2004 ION 
The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell April 20, 2004 Disembodied Records 
Enter The Chicken October 25, 2005 Serjical Strike 
Kaleidoscalp November 22, 2005 Tzadik 
Inbred Mountain December 2, 2005 TDRSmusic 
The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock February 17, 2006 Bucketheadland 
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Cobra Strike
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
13th Scroll August 24, 1999 ION 
Y Y+B X+Y <hold>  October 3, 2000 ION 
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Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
The Big Eyeball in the Sky September 21, 2004 Prawnsong 
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Cornbugs
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Spot the Psycho 1999  
Cemetery Pinch February, 2001  
How Now Brown Cow February, 2001  
Brain Circus February 13, 2004 TDRS Music 
Donkey Town November 29, 2004 TDRS Music 
[edit]
Death Cube K
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Dreamatorium May 10, 1994 Strata 
Disembodied July 22, 1997 ION 
Tunnel November 10, 1999 TDRSmusic 
[edit]
The Deli Creeps
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Demo Tape 1991 Self Released 
Demo Tape 1996 Self Released 
Dawn of the Deli Creeps November 1, 2005 TDRSmusic 
[edit]
El Stew
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
No Hesitation May 4, 1999 OM Records 
The Rehearsal April 3, 2003 Catalyst Entertainment 
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Giant Robot
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Giant Robot 1996 NTT 
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Gorgone
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Gorgone August, 2005 TDRSmusic 
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Guns N' Roses
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Chinese Democracy (Currently unreleased) Geffen Records 
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Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Octave of the Holy Innocents March 1, 1995 Day Eight Music 
[edit]
Pieces
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
I Need 5 Minutes Alone February 17, 1997 Avant 
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Praxis
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) September 8, 1992 Axiom / Island 
Sacrifist January 18, 1994 Subharmonic 
Metatron August 12, 1994 Subharmonic 
Transmutation Live October 7, 1997 Douglas 
Live in Poland 1997 Jazz a Go-Go 
Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) (Currently unreleased) Sanctuary Records 
[edit]
Thanatopsis
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Thanatopsis 2001 TDRS Music 
Axiology July 10, 2003 TDRS Music 
Anatomize February 17, 2006 TDRS Music 
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Zillatron
Album Cover Title Release Date Label 
Lord of the Harvest June 28, 1994 Black Arc / Rykodisc 
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Guest Appearances
[edit]
Numerous appearances with artists:
Anton Fier

(1993) - Dreamspeed 
(2003) - Blindlight 1992-1994 
Axiom Funk

(1995) - Funkcronomicon 
(1995) - If 6 was 9 (Single) 
Bernie Worrell

(1993) - Pieces of Woo: The Other Side 
(1997) - Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey 
Company 91

(1991) - Company 91 Volume 1 
(1991) - Company 91 Volume 2 
(1991) - Company 91 Volume 3 
Icehouse

(1993) - Big Wheel 
(1993) - Full Circle 
Phonopsychograph Disk

(1998) - Ancient Termites 
(1999) - Live @ Slim's/Turbulence Chest 
(1999) - Unreleased (Cassette Only) 
Refrigerator

(1997) - Refrigerator 
(1997) - Somehow 
Viggo Mortensen

(1999) - One Less Thing to Worry About 
(1999) - One Man's Meat 
(1999) - The Other Parade 
(2004) - Pandemoniumfromamerica 
(2004) - Please Tomorrow 
(2004) - This That and the Other 
(2005) - Intelligence Failure 
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Single appearance with artist(s):
Arcana: (1997) - Arc of the Testimony 
Axiom Ambient: (1994) - Lost in the Translation 
Banyan: (1999) - Anytime at All 
Bassnectar: (2005) - Mesmerizing The Ultra 
Bastard Noise: (1998) - Split W/Spastic Colon 
Ben Wa: (1999) - Devil Dub 
Bill Laswell: (2001) - Points of Order 
Buckshot LeFonque: (1995) - No Pain No Gain (Single with Remixes) 
Divination: (1993) - Ambient Dub Volume 1 
DJ Q-Bert: (1998) - Wave Twisters 
Double E: (2000) - Audio Men 
Fishbone's Family Nexperience: (2002) - The Botliest Psychosis... 
Freekbass: (2003) - The Air is Fresher Underground 
Gemini: (2003) - Product of Pain 
Gonervill: (2001) - Gonervill 
Hakim Bey: (1994) - T.A.Z. (Temporary Autonomous Zone) 
Henry Kaiser: (1991) - Hope You Like Our New Direction 
Jon Hassell and Blue Screen: (1994) - Dressing for Pleasure 
Julian Schnabel: (1995) - Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud 
MCM and the Monster: (1993) - Collective Emotional Problems 
Meridem: (2004) - A Pleasant Fiction 
Myth: (1996) - Dreams of the World 
Psyber Pop: (1993) - What? So What? 
Shin Terail: (2000) - Unison 
Shine: (2004) - Heaven and Hell 
The Freak Brothers (2001) - The Freak Brothers 
Tony Furtado Band: (2000) - Tony Furtado Band 
Valis II: (1997) - Everything Must Go 
Will Ackerman: (1992) - The Opening of Doors 
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Appearances with various artists:
(1993) - Last Action Hero (Soundtrack) 
(1993) - Last Action Hero (Score) 
(1995) - Johnny Mnemonic (Soundtrack) 
(1995) - Mortal Kombat (Soundtrack) 
(1995) - Mortal Kombat (Score) 
(1996) - Alien Ambient Galaxy 
(1996) - Stealing Beauty (Soundtrack) 
(1997) - Beverly Hills Ninja (Soundtrack) 
(1997) - Guitar Zone 
(1997) - Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation (Soundtrack) 
(1997) - Guitars on Mars 
(1998) - Night and Day 
(1998) - Guitarisma 2 
(1998) - Great Jewish Music: A Tribute to Marc Bolan 
(1998) - New Yorker Out Loud: Volume 2 
(1999) - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Soundtrack) 
(1999) - Crash Course in Music 
(1999) - Horizons 
(1999) - Music for the New Millennium 
(2001) - Innerhythmic Sound System 
(2001) - Ghosts of Mars (Soundtrack) 
(2001) - Dragon Ball Z: "The History of Trunks" (Soundtrack) 
(2001) - Bomb Anniversary Collection 
(2002) - Guitars for Freedom 
(2002) - The Meta Collection 
(2002) - Scratch: The Film (Score) 
(2002) - Urban Revolutions 
(2005) - Blue Suenos 
(2005) - Masters of Horror (Soundtrack) 
(2005) - Saw 2 (Soundtrack)

[BiPolarBear 485]

kutulu, thanks for the response on Buckethead. I think that is the guy from Guitar Player Mag. A lot of great players are crazier than shiot. Danny Gatlin and Roy Bucannan come to mind.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

I like the one where John Paul Jones plays all by himself.

 

Focking ROCKS!

[War Pigs 0]

Whole Lotta Love!