(especially when considering as a great guitarist)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
I voted Ginn.
Have always been intrigued by his lack of prowess and totally rubbish tone. He was great.He seemed to just jam along in any key, in a way that made me think he didn't even know what key he was in and certainly his scales were unique.
Ever since I heard My War back when it was released, that twat influenced my guitar playing. What he was doing sounded so random, angry and sludgy,.It was always the easy way out and I only played on stage 7 times and my career was over.
He still deserves my vote.
Now, Greg, let somebody with a clue remaster them classic SST albums
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
on greg ginn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4deAZAT21xc#t=53s
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
Have always been intrigued by his lack of prowess and totally rubbish tone. He was great.
I think I'm putting my finger on why I never liked Black Flag that much, one or two songs aside, and Ginn especially. Maybe even why I love some classic Amerindie and am left totally cold by some.
no, i just mean he was part of a scene/era in which chops were not a must
I've actually been thinking about this. I guess it depends what you consider to be his scene/era. I really like several bands on Ginn's own label - Sonic Youth, Husker Du, fIREHOSE, Meat Puppets - all of whom seemed to place some value on musicianship. I'd probably say that in some cases they were better musicians, at least as instrumentalists, than many mainstream rock bands of that time. I realize that most of these were 'indie rock' and not 'hardcore' bands (at least as far as the records I listen to go). But, while I get that chops were not a must, even some other hardcore bands seemed to have placed a greater emphasis on tightness, e.g. Minor Threat, whom I also dislike but for different reasons.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
Thinking about why I don't like something often tends to be a first step in starting to appreciate it. I used to hate Pavement for similar reasons.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
figured he must have been a big influence on kerry king
Can see this btw (and I love Reign in Blood obv).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
WTF?! How could this list omit Kevin Okanyra?!
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
(j/k I made up that name)
loved the album he did with hans bennink and joe mcphee
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
imo he was kind of an overrated gimmick player, it's not like the 6th and 7th fingers on his left hand really contributed to his fretwork at all
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't he uncredited on some of those denny vertigo peel sessions?
― goole, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:54 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
particularly on those records where he plays a stringless.
Incidentally, one of those was enough.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
i disagree, i'd put him in the top five stringless baritone guitar players ever
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
His pit band work on the touring cast recording of CATS is kind of an overlooked gem though
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
little known fact: he invented that pick-holder that you stick onto your guitar. His nickname was "butterhand" for a reason.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
okanyra shreds
― max, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
Despite the moments of goofiness/trolling, this list (the full 100) is kind of amazing.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
just scrolled through some of the comments again, re-confirming this list is basically the greatest thing to ever happen
― alpine static, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
carrie brownstien finishing over iommi lol
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link