*smokeweed*

*noises of gatman flicking back ponytail as he solemnly shreds at the edge of a cliff at sunset"

*dirty old man laugh* hehehe... "wet" yourself

the best ad i ever saw in a guitar mag was that one for the 'perfect pitch' training casettes - with the guy in tight jeans and sneakers grinning widely and holding a walkman

Perfect pitch is a legend in itself... that guy was so tame, yet "wild!". And his guitar wasnt even plugged into anything. Hes so hardcore. Also, doesnt everyone love ponytails, shredding and cliffs? The only shredding on cliffs i think i like was slash in the guns n roses don't cry video. cos the song is great.

LMAO

Flame retardent perming chemicals... and his sunglasses were to protect his eyes from the embers.

Oh, and gatman... yeah, there is still a lot of instrumental guitar music happening... Jakob, Clot, Spiderplain, Dukes Of Lesiure... just not much shredding... although I think maybe Clot would edge closest to what you're imagining. I think they're playing Indigo on a Tuesday sometime soon.

// why doesn't his hair catch fire?//

Everyone has missed the most obvious point, he don't catch on fire cause he's Slash, he's bigger than that...

but only if he's in his leather pants.

//Pink Floyd
I just got into them, and then they reform!

I think it is doubtful though that they will reach their height of greatness (see the Live at Pompeii DVD for their greatness in a nutshell)

The live at Pompeii DVD has some footage from the Dark Side Of the Moon recording sessions... which is very interesting indeed. Haven't seen the making of DVD though.

//Surfing With The Alien- brilliant, melodic guitar playing, but oh someone please do something about the rhythm guitar

yeah foetus, that is a great example. Satriani's work on this, his best album, was impressive but often the musical context was bereft of groove and other ideas apart from shred.
And this is why no one should stop yearning.

Hell, i cant believe I have just made out like i know about this sort of shit

Ok, speaking of shredding.

Why did Ralph Machio's character beat Steve Vai in the guitar duel in 'Crossroads'.

Answer:

Cos the blues beats limp-wristed 80's metal hands down, every time, SOFTCOCK.

I loved hating Vai in Crossroads, but I've always had a soft spot for Satch, don't know why. I think its because (relative to other guitar virtuoso instrumentalists) he's got the most soul.

What Satch have you heard? if you mean Surfing With The Alien, that of course had Drum machine on some tracks but to insult his incredible chord work, you must be somewhat naive. You couldn't of heard of Stu Hamn the amazing bass player he had for years or any of his great drummers, maybe you should know a bit more before slagging off a genius.

Portia, surely you can't be a guitarist cause mate you're clueless, Joe satriani is one of the technical players that has great feel and a musical soul, that's why the guy's survived. I bet you're into real crap!

Anyone with half a musical brain would realize that Satch is a very talented musician and song writer ,even if his stuff aint your cup of tea. Portia i'd love to see you write a song as great as "Aways with me always with you" or "Tears in the rain"the chord work is brilliant and the dude writes great melodies. Wake up!

You've lost me!

In actual fact, he aint dead. Lillith are you shit stirring?

Who's dead?

satch=armstrong

satrianis
diminutive is
ani

& im not
sure hes a
genius

specially
not when
compared to
satch

Mate, being technically good at their instruments doesn't make them geniuses, they're still capable of (and are guilty of) making terrible, self-indulgent music. Joe Satriani's just that guy in the rock shop playing the Ibanez with the pointy head on the Line6 amp, impressing everyone with his rad whole tone sweep picking, taken to the Nth degree. He can't songs to save himself.